"The United States is really in trouble this time. The economy has collapsed like this, and the military operations in Iraq haven't stopped yet."

Wang Jiancheng said with a little sarcasm.

It can be said that the main reason why he chose NPU was because of the U.S. military operations in Iraq at that time. Now that he sees the relevant news, he will naturally feel emotional.

"The security war is not that easy to fight. Iraq is just a puddle of mud. Once you step into it, it will be difficult to get out again."

"Coupled with the surrounding counter-terrorism operations, they need Iraq as their core stronghold."

"No matter how little money they have, they have to keep going. If they give in now, all their previous efforts will be completely in vain."

Chen Nian explained while eating.

He naturally knows the final result of this so-called "security war", but now, it is not that easy to explain the significance of this war.

Fortunately, neither Wang Jiancheng nor Qiu Mai cared much.

One of them is obsessed with exoskeletons, the other doesn’t understand war at all

"If they had exoskeletons, the security war wouldn't be so difficult, right?"

Sure enough, Wang Jiancheng immediately brought up the topic again.

"It's useless to have an exoskeleton. The environment of security warfare is very complex. It cannot be solved by simply increasing the firepower density of individual soldiers."

"Of course, if the exoskeleton you are talking about is the iron can in Warhammer, then just pretend that I didn't say that."

"Harm, that's all I'll say."

Wang Jiancheng laughed twice, then continued:

"But based on what you said, I think exoskeletons still have potential in low-tech environments."

"For example, in Africa, if there are no heavy weapons, the benefits brought by an exoskeleton should be crushing, right?"

"That's not necessarily the case."

Chen Nian shook his head. At this time, the conflict in Darfur, Africa, was being shown on TV, so he used this as an example and explained:

"You see, conflicts in the African region are typical conflicts in low-tech environments, but you can find that their pursuit of protective equipment is actually extremely low."

“If you have money to buy an exoskeleton, it’s better to spend the same money and buy more.”

"How much does an exoskeleton cost, and how much does an AK cost? In a low-tech environment, the common situation is that people are the least valuable thing."

As he spoke, Chen Nian's voice suddenly slowly dropped.

From the descriptions in the news, he keenly captured something different.

Is war starting again in Darfur?

Darfur is an area in the western part of Sudan, a large African country. For a long time, armed conflicts between tribes have continued, resulting in many local places being in a state of anarchy and the situation is extremely unstable.

In addition, Sudan’s national borders were artificially drawn when European powers carved up Africa in the 19th century. Many tribes in this area were assigned to different countries. Therefore, tribes in this area generally have inextricable ties with neighboring countries.

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Almost every conflict has the shadow of the game between neighboring countries.

Combining these conditions, Darfur has almost never been stable.

Since 2003, the two main armed forces here have been constantly confronting local officials, seeking autonomy rights.

Naturally, there were various sieges of cities and territories and armed conflicts in the process.

In just three years, the turmoil here caused the displacement of at least one million people and tens of thousands of casualties.

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However, since 2005, due to the intervention of the United Nations, the situation in this area has reached relative stability.

Although there is no complete ceasefire, the scale and intensity of the conflict have been reduced to the limit.

Just in May this year, the two parties to the conflict signed a peace agreement in Abuja.

Although Chen Nian knew that it would take at least 16 years for a complete ceasefire there, he also knew very well that not many people in Darfur wanted to fight anymore.

Then why are they making news now?

Moreover, this time, the scale of the conflict was relatively large, and the level of weapons and equipment seemed to be relatively high.

From the flash of the scene, Chen Nian even saw an armed man holding an M-32 grenade gun.

Are you kidding me?

This thing obviously only began to be distributed on a large scale among the US military in April this year, and the first batch of distributions were all US troops stationed in Iraq.

How can the armed personnel in Darfur, a region far away in the hinterland of Africa that is so poor that they can't even afford a few AKs and where tribal conflicts even rely on machetes occasionally, be able to use this kind of weapon?

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If you say it came from Saudi Arabia, it is still possible. After all, Sudan is Saudi Arabia’s traditional source of mercenaries, and there is indeed an exchange of weapons between the two countries.

But the problem is that even Saudi Arabia cannot get M-32 now!

This is a bit big.

A thought flashed through Chen Nian's mind:

Could it be that these old Americans are still planning to open up another battlefield in Africa?

But judging from the current clues, the other party obviously has no intention of directly participating in the war. Perhaps their way of disrupting the situation is simply "arms export."

In this case, what is their purpose? What are the benefits to them?

Or for oil?

Sudan is a traditional oil-producing country in Africa. It was previously split from South Sudan. A large part of the reason was the uneven distribution of oil benefits.

Now, if the United States really re-enters Darfur

That's not right either.

Theoretically, the more stable the situation, the more favorable it is for the United States to obtain oil.

We have finally pushed forward the normalization of exchanges between North and South Sudan. Are we going to mess up the situation through Darfur now?

It shouldn't be.

Mysteries arose in Chen Nian's mind one after another, and he was in no mood to continue eating.

After taking a hasty bite of rice, he said goodbye to Qiu Mai and Wang Jiancheng, got up and walked outside the school.

Qiu Mai's eyes were a little confused. She originally wanted to take advantage of Chen Nian's "not looking very busy" opportunity to say a few more words to him.

Unexpectedly, out of nowhere, he just left like this again

However, at this time, Chen Nian couldn't care less about guessing her thoughts.

He was keenly aware that the appearance of MK-32 in Darfur was definitely not an accident.

It won't be an ordinary arms deal either.

It cannot even be seen as "the United States wants to provoke the situation in Sudan."

The conspiracy behind this should be much bigger than what I can think of now.

You must go and confirm with Chen Guo immediately.

If the superiors do not respond to this matter, then you must remind them carefully.

Otherwise, by the time the United States completes its layout there, everything will be too late.
Chapter completed!