Spark

AFghan is in a mountainous area on the border with Pakistan.

Mansour stood in front of Omar's grave, followed by the core leader of the entire organization and his only remaining "trustworthy" brothers and compatriots after a round of purges.

Just a few hours ago, he had just summoned all the power he could mobilize, intending to achieve the ultimate goal of this organization since its establishment in the shortest time and in the most decisive way.

That is, Jianguo.

In his opinion, this is not purely an irrational gamble, on the contrary, it is an "investment" after complex weighing of interests and careful calculation.

Moreover, the probability of return on investment is not low.

The reason is simple. The current organization has gathered almost all the positive and negative conditions. Every fact and every change in the situation is pushing the organization towards the final decision.

The crescent moon had risen in the sky. Mansoor raised his head and spread his hands in prayer piously.

After a few minutes, he lowered his head again, turned to the other "brothers" standing beside him, and said:

"The situation has reached a point where we have to make a choice - and again, after yesterday's message, there is no room for turning back."

"The moon is being destroyed by thought, and our faith is being destroyed."

"If the previous Ras Lakhela incident was just dirty water poured over our heads by the enemy, then now we have to respond."

"The end will really come, even if we follow the most scientific theories they say, it will be the same."

"The quality of the moon will continue to decrease due to human mining, and the balance between the earth and the moon will be broken. The consequences of the broken balance will be major ecological changes on the earth."

"No one can resist or save this change. Once it begins, all we can do is wait quietly for the end to come."

After hearing his words, everyone stood in silence, no one knew how to answer.

In fact, the senior personnel within this organization are not just a group of fanatic believers with extremely poor knowledge and cultural standards as the outside world thinks. Many of them have received higher education, and a few have even received the most advanced education in Western society. of study abroad education.

What makes them stand here is not just the difference in technology, but the difference in belief.

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But even so, when these words came out of Mansour's mouth, everyone still felt a little ridiculous.

Moon's mass change? Earth-moon balance?

This is the first time that this organization has explained the so-called "doomsday" in this way. In a sense, it is also contrary to the organization's teachings.

Obviously, Mansour, who was once the representative of conservatives in the organization, has begun to change his mind and run towards a radical path.

However, this is in line with his pragmatic tendency. After all, when Omar was still the supreme leader, he once advocated solving problems and achieving goals through negotiation.

Looking at this man's calm expression, after a long time, someone finally spoke:

"Such a propaganda strategy may arouse resistance from some lower-class members."

"Mansour, you know, their faith is very strong - as strong as ours."

"But at the same time, their education level is so low that they are helpless. They may not be able to understand our doctrinal shift, and may even think that we are betraying the doctrine."

"And it is precisely these people who are our core source of strength, us"

"They won't."

Mansour interrupted the man named Sediqi and then explained:

"The focus of our propaganda to the subordinates is still on the desecration of the moon. Someone has already laid the groundwork for us in the early stage."

"And these scientific theories are actually for AFghan officials and the Western world."

"We have to have a strong motive, a motive that is tied to the interests of everyone besides freedom, human rights, and religion."

"There's nothing like the moon. And most importantly, we didn't lie."

"Once large-scale mining causes changes in the mass of the moon, the doomsday we are talking about will really come."

Hearing his words, Sediqi nodded silently.

He had to admit that Mansour's consideration was right.

In fact, after China released news about lunar mineral resources, opposition voices around the world began to emerge, and the reasons were exactly the same as what Mansour said.

This is indeed a usable sharp knife. But the question is, is it really time to wield the knife?

So, he continued:

"Even if we are self-consistent in terms of motivation, our power is still slightly insufficient."

"Then we can't wait any longer."

Mansoor said firmly.

"The Arab coalition has taken shape in fact, and we will be the first obstacle they have to remove. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have already begun to mobilize troops to the border. Without the United States as a barrier, our situation will become increasingly difficult."

"In fact, our fate was sealed from the moment they withdrew from the Middle East."

"It is God's blessing that he has given us such a long preparation time. Moreover, I also heard that the East will participate in some operations in the form of peacekeeping and provide technical, command and equipment support to the two countries."

"Do you think we'll have a chance once they're deployed?"

"They are not Americans. They want nothing. They can even transfer a lot of benefits. They only want one thing, and that is stability!"

"And we happen to be the most unstable factor."

Mansour - In fact, everyone who could stand around him knew the fact he said, so when he pointed it out bluntly, no one spoke to defend it.

There is only one thing they still have doubts about, and that is, can this organization really survive by advancing their own goals at all costs?

Seemingly sensing everyone's doubts, Mansour said:

"I can understand what you are worried about. Faith, this is something we cannot give up."

"But in fact, in this new era, the soil for faith to survive will be more fertile."

"All we need to do is give up some things temporarily and adopt a more flexible approach."

"Or to put it in a more understandable way, as long as we can obtain legal status, no matter what we do in the future, no one will pay attention to us."

"Because the explosive development of technology will force everyone to move forward. They can't afford to look back."

Saidiqi nodded with deep understanding, but then asked:

“Even if we obtain ‘legal’ status, will China recognize it?”

"They will definitely - IRAN can support the Arab Commonwealth, so can we, and we can do better than the current official."

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s southwest border.

A temporarily formed "special response force" has begun to assemble, and their leader is an experienced anti-terrorism operations commander, Norman Karim.

In the battle with the BLA, Karim can be said to have made great achievements. He even led a thousand-man team without heavy weapons to take back the besieged Gwadar Port from the BLA despite losing logistical support.

This kind of combat power is astonishing even if you look around the world.

Within the Pakistani military, many people even think that he is an "outstanding student" who has inherited the orthodoxy of the PLA, and those PLAs under the "L" banner are nothing more than a group of unorganized and disciplined stragglers in front of him.

In the past three years, with the support of Pakistan and China, Karim has completely solved the security problem in the southwest. The once powerful rebels and BLA either retreated to AFghan to join the TLB, or surrendered directly to the authorities.

It can be said that he is one of the important founders of peace in Pakistan.

And now, what he will do is bring peace to the entire Middle East.

Standing in front of the sand table, Karim said to the blue-helmeted Duan Jie beside him who had just arrived at the border:

"The combat model in Kandahar is different from our combat model in Balochistan. The first is the difference in terrain."

"Although Balochistan is a mountainous and rugged terrain, overall it is still located on a plateau. Even if there are no roads, traveling by vehicle is relatively smooth."

"Kandahar is located on the edge of the plateau, especially our planned combat area. The terrain is extremely complex, with mountains, canyons, and sand dunes. Not only does it have higher requirements for troop mobilization, but it also greatly reduces operational security."

"In a word, we are likely to face more harassment and ambushes, and there will be more problems in logistical support."

"It is even possible that without official assistance from AFghan, we will continue to face logistical disruptions."

"Therefore, a steady and steady strategy will not work. Coupled with the particularity of the operation, I judge that we must complete the main combat tasks within two weeks, cause a major blow to the main body of the TLB organization, and establish a safe and stable logistics transportation the way."

"Only in this way will we have the confidence to fight with them after they turn into a security war."

Hearing Karim's words, Duan Jie couldn't help but nodded.

He could feel that the man in front of him was definitely not a so-called "strategic" who talked on paper, nor was he a so-called "media hero" who was rumored to be deliberately promoted by Pakistan. A practical fighter with great military exploits.

Just because he can consider logistical issues from both the terrain and the nature of combat is enough to beat up a large number of officers sitting in sedan chairs.

So Duan Jie opened his mouth and said:

"As for specific tactics, I will not participate in the discussion."

"My purpose here is mainly to provide technical and training support, while ensuring that new equipment can be effectively used."

"However, I agree with your suggestion on the Kandahar battle plan. 'Quick victory' is what we must do. Even more extreme, we should avoid being dragged into the security war as much as possible, and should instead eliminate the opponent. After the main body strength, leave the next problems to AFghan to solve by himself."

"It's not easy."

Karim shook his head and explained:

"TLB is different from BLA. Although BLA has the same loose organizational form, at least most of the time, it fights in an organized manner."

"But TLB are more like bandits gathered in a small group."

"They will basically not organize large-scale attacks, but will continue to attack and harass military facilities."

"When Lao Mei was still there, they had already achieved considerable results with this set of tactics. But now, after a vacuum period of nearly three years, their strength has further expanded and their tactical level has also improved. I even I doubt we can catch them."

"If they continue their previous tactics and choose to hide among civilians or flee into the mountains after our arrival, it will be difficult for our combat operations to achieve effective results."

"We may need to set some obvious baits - according to previous intelligence, they seem to be on the verge of a 'decisive battle'. Only by making good use of this opportunity can we uproot them."

Hearing Karim's words, Duan Jie nodded thoughtfully.

After a moment of silence, he asked:

"So what you're saying is that the 'decapitation operation' we originally planned cannot be carried out?"

"Of course not!"

Karim waved his hands repeatedly, and then explained:

"This is not a distrust of your special operations capabilities, but because the special nature of the TLB organization determines that the so-called 'decapitation' can only temporarily solve the problem."

"To use a saying I learned in China, what we need to destroy is their mass base."

"And their mass base is obviously not concentrated in their leaders."

"Understood."

Duan Jie sighed with regret - it seems that the batch of surveillance and attack drones brought this time will most likely only be used as reconnaissance aircraft.

He had previously thought about giving this organization and the world some small shocks from Huaxia Technology

Looking at Duan Jie's expression, Karim suddenly felt a little funny.

He shook his head and said:

"But what I'm talking about is a best-case scenario strategy."

"But in fact, this operation has the official cooperation of Saudi Arabia and AFghan. Even if it enters a security war, we don't need to worry."

"The big deal is that the progress will be slower and the losses will be greater."

"Furthermore, with so many new equipment blessings, we believe that no matter how big the loss is, it cannot be so big."

As he spoke, Karim looked outside the tent in the camp.

There, boxes after boxes of equipment were being unloaded from the huge "Kunpeng".

No one can see clearly through the outer packaging of the equipment what is inside, but the soldiers who occasionally pass by the transport plane reveal the "advanced nature" of these equipment in a sense.

Because they are all wearing the latest military exoskeletons.

An exoskeleton from China.

According to Karim's previous statement, these exoskeletons will make his soldiers "as durable as mules."

Even when all logistics are cut off, they can maintain extremely high combat capabilities.

After all, the combat equipment and supplies that each soldier can carry are more than three times that of traditional infantry.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg of new equipment.

The end of TLB is coming.

Karim thought silently.

He felt a little excited because he knew that he was likely to witness the first newly upgraded "modern warfare" since the 2003 Iraq war.