Chapter 1055: Clearing the Wings Four
The latest news in Afghanistan shocked the world and made the US government and military feel extremely embarrassed, and the Canadian government and the Australian government were disgraced, but the facts are the facts, and it is useless to cover up.
"Our Australian army is fulfilling the obligation of allies, coming to Afghanistan to help the American army maintain order, you have the responsibility to provide the necessary protection for the Australian army, it has been less than a week since we arrived, not to mention that we are familiar with the local environment, and even the camp has not been built, so we can withstand the onslaught of the Taliban army?"
"When we were attacked last night, we asked the coalition command for help, but what about you, you actually stood still, saying that you were being attacked, and the lives of your American soldiers are precious, are the lives of our Australian soldiers so cheap?" Australia's defense minister was trembling with anger.
"Mr. Minister, in fact we were indeed attacked by the Taliban army last night, the Kabul satellite TV report also clearly proves this, you can go to the air base to see, the enemy fired rockets, blowing up a large number of supplies and equipment, hundreds of American soldiers were killed in the attack, and more than 20 British troops, we don't want to reinforce the Australian garrison camp, but there are really not enough manpower." Mr. Four-Star Admiral said.
How can the US military make a mistake, the generals unanimously said that the situation was urgent last night, and they did not mention the matter of making a mistake in judgment and causing the destruction of the allies, which would damage the image of the US army.
"Mr. Minister, I suggest that you add some modern equipment to your soldiers, the army that came to participate in the peacekeeping this time is not much better than the equipment of the Taliban army, the combat effectiveness is very problematic, what age is it, and it is still letting your army use Leopard 1 main battle tanks, not even a helicopter gunship, if you want, the US government can help you enhance your strength." said the commander of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division.
The U.S. military is the most modern army in the world, and it doesn't look down on the weapons and equipment of the Australian army at all, calling it tattered.
The Australian Minister of Defense was furious, knowing that he was so remorseful, why did he send troops to Afghanistan, isn't this a mistake? People don't take it seriously, the government and the military are still rushing to fulfill their obligations as allies, paralyzed, and when this problem is solved, they will not send troops to death!
"In Afghanistan, the only people who can talk to the Taliban army are mercenary people, and the two sides have been dealing with each other for a long time, and they are very familiar with each other, when we know that more than 300 officers and soldiers of the Australian army were captured, we actively launched a rescue, and specifically communicated with the mercenary army for this purpose, unfortunately, the other party has no intention of helping the Australian government and military, I guess there may be some kind of misunderstanding or holiday." The four-star admiral said solemnly.
As the supreme commander of the US military in Afghanistan, the ideological realm of the four-star general is not low, Australia is a military ally of the United States, and its influence on Oceania is irreplaceable, and it must not be easily offended.
No matter how much he despised the Australian army in his heart, he did not leave anything behind, and indeed talked to Thompson about how to free the captured officers and soldiers of the Australian army, including a major general.
But Thompson was very cold about this matter, and had no interest in earning intermediary fees, because Atlantis International wanted to enter Australia and develop the local mineral resources, but this matter was blocked by the government, which also annoyed the mercenary elites.
"These are some contradictions between the government and Atlantis International Group in the development of mineral resources, I hope to have a good chat with Mr. Thompson first, and then report to His Excellency the Prime Minister, and His Excellency the General will help me arrange it." Now that the U.S. military has taken measures, Mr. Minister's anger has also decreased a lot.
The military did not represent the government, and the meeting did not make substantial progress, Thompson said that he could help the Australian government contact the Taliban government-in-exile to rescue the captured Australian soldiers, as well as the hapless Major General, but the Australian government had to agree to some conditions from the federal government in the Golden Triangle in exchange.
After communicating with His Excellency the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defence agreed to hold talks between the two sides, and Foreign Minister Marcas of the Federal Government will fly to Canberra, the capital of Australia, to meet with senior officials of the Australian Government.
What conditions do the mercenary corps want, it is definitely lice on the bald head, obviously! The Federation of the Golden Triangle is notoriously barren, and so far, no significant mineral resources have been discovered.
Therefore, in order to achieve a large number of raw materials for national economic development and infrastructure construction, such as high-quality steel, aluminum alloy, etc., as well as rare metals needed by the military industry, including some precious metals, such as gold and silver, and even diamonds.
Atlantis Mineral Resources is looking for mineral resources all over the world, and the good relations with the Gulf countries and cooperation with Russia have made the federal government not short of oil and gas resources, and the minerals of Africa and South America are still unable to meet the demand, and most of them have to be exported, and Australia is an extremely important link.
The Australian government has always been very wary of mercenaries, especially in the case of New Caledonia and Polynesia, which is enough to show the strength of the other side, and is very reluctant to extend the other side's hand into Australia.
There are too many dangerous factors in the mercenary industry, which is very likely to bring danger to Australia, and the government has not agreed to the other party's application for mining rights and exploration rights after discussion, but now the other party has taken a good card, and it is not okay not to agree.
"The appetite of the mercenary corps is too great, as long as we have minerals in Australia, they all want exploration rights and mining rights, and they also want a number of preferential policies such as tax reductions and exemptions, and the craziest thing is that they actually proposed to lease the right to use the Port of Melbourne for 100 years at a cost of only 2 billion US dollars, and lease the right to operate the Port of Darwin for 100 years at a cost of 300 million US dollars, which is simply a clear robbery, and I don't think I can agree to it." His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister said indignantly.
"We can't help but agree, and we must agree without discounts, the mercenaries can afford to wait, but we can't afford to wait, after getting the news that the army in Afghanistan has lost more than 1,200 people, and the rest have become prisoners, the people have begun to take to the streets to protest strongly, and the families of those soldiers will come to block the door immediately!" His Excellency the Prime Minister said with a wry smile.