"Afghanistan? Why did a playboy like him go to Afghanistan?" Kai didn't react for a while. A rich playboy like Stark ran to Afghanistan after eating enough.
"It's not important! What's important is that Tony has been missing for half a month!" How could Pepper have the heart to explain to Kai why Tony went to Afghanistan? What she is most worried about now is Tony's safety. As for other things, they are not important. !
Fortunately, Kai soon understood. Stark Industries is one of the largest arms suppliers to the US military! Thinking about it this way, it seems that there is nothing unacceptable for Stark to go to Afghanistan.
Just like in the previous life, the Afghan War in this world started, and even the process was almost exactly the same. The 2001 Afghan War was a war led by the United States-led coalition against Al Qaeda and the Taliban starting on October 7, 2001. The war was The United States' retaliation for the September 11th incident also marked the beginning of the war on terrorism. Coalition officials state that the purpose of this war is to arrest Ben ** and other al-Qaeda members and punish the Taliban for supporting terrorists.
Since then, the United States has fallen into the quagmire of Afghanistan. Not to mention that the Taliban has not been eliminated, US military casualties have remained high.
By this year, against the background of the financial crisis in the United States and the Democratic Party coming to power, the development trajectory of the war in Afghanistan is destined to change. Shortly after taking office as President of the United States at the beginning of this year, President Benjamin announced that he would comprehensively assess the situation in Afghanistan to formulate a new strategy for the entire Afghanistan and surrounding regions. Subsequently, Benjamin announced twice more troops to Afghanistan in March and September, designated Afghanistan as the main "anti-terrorism" battlefield, and made it clear that he would gradually withdraw troops from Afghanistan starting in July 2011.
As we all know, Benjamin is an anti-war president. His two troop increases are the last chance for domestic hawks. No matter what the future war situation is, he will start to consider a dignified exit from Afghanistan in July next year.
After all, the benefits achieved by occupying Afghanistan are far less generous than expected when the war was launched. On the contrary, because it was trapped in the quagmire of war, the U.S. military's military expenditures continued to rise again and again.
In addition to making a lot of money for those stakeholders linked to the military, other groups have not benefited much. So starting this year, President Benjamin’s proposal to reduce military spending was approved by Congress. The president prefers diplomatic solutions to Afghanistan.
This is good news for many people. But not for Stark Group.
That means fewer orders, which means stocks plummet.
This is why Tony Stark went to Afghanistan.
They had to secure more orders to stabilize their stocks during the turn of the war. At the same time, it is also to carve up more shares in the shrinking arms market. After all, Stark, the group president, always neglects his duties. Now that the company has problems, he must step forward. Go to Afghanistan in person and try to get orders from the military.
"What do you want me to do?" Kai asked very calmly.
Kay is a Los Angeles police officer whose jurisdiction does not include Afghanistan.
"I don't trust those people!" Pepper finally told the truth.
This is indeed the case. Tony Stark has been missing for a week before Pepper received the news. This is not normal at all. Tony Stark is not a kitten or puppy. He has been missing for so many days before the news comes. Come on, this is not common sense at all. You can imagine how fishy this is! What's more, Tony Stark disappeared under the protection of the US military! This made Pepper even more distrustful of the US military in Afghanistan.
Pepper had no idea who to trust.
This is not unfounded by Pepper. After all, Tony Stark's itinerary was originally classified and few people had access to it. But when Tony Stark was kidnapped, the other party seemed well prepared and kidnapped him very accurately. Tony, and killed twelve fully armed U.S. soldiers responsible for protecting Stark in the fastest time! There was no chance for them to ask for help! If there was no conspiracy behind this, Pepper wouldn't believe it.
Moreover, after Kai helped Tony pierce the window paper between them, Tony handed over all the company's affairs to Pepper, which caused dissatisfaction among many company veterans. Pepper has just turned thirty, but he has openly held the power of the president of Stark Group. It is impossible for a lot of old guys not to have some opinions in their hearts. So now Pepper doesn't even trust anyone within the group.
The only person Pepper can trust now is Kai.
"I hope you can save Tony."
The US military in Afghanistan has been fishing for a week and has not caught anything. Pepper feels that there is no hope.
Kai was a little hesitant. Although he didn't like watching superhero movies, he also knew that Tony Stark was a son of the plane and was not easy to burp. And he still has a lot of things going on here, making it difficult for him to leave. But then I thought, no, this is the real world, who knows if it will be based on the movie, what if?
Although he and Tony didn't have a deep relationship, they could not be called friends. I really looked at it, it was inappropriate, it was really inappropriate.
Pepper said nothing, waiting for Kai's response. She also knew that her request was a bit excessive. But now she has no one else to turn to.
"I'll leave tonight, help me make arrangements."
Forget it, let's save him. It would be bad if Tony really burps.
In fact, Kai planned to take Saji and the others with him, but when he thought about it, he couldn't. Saji and Rouqiu have already planned to get married, and they are still staying in Jiade Town to prepare for the wedding. Portman had just been transferred to Chicago before Kay came to Los Angeles. Asking for help was like putting out a fire. Of course, the sooner the better. Now he didn't have time to wait for them to come, so he had to set off alone.
But this also has the advantage that it is easy for one person to perform.
"I understand. In two hours, there will be a plane flying directly to Afghanistan." Pepper said excitedly.
After hanging up the phone, Kai sighed, feeling that he was really busy today.
"Boss! There's something discovered here!"
Before Kai could figure out how to ask for leave, Chloe yelled over there.
I saw the witness came over with a piece of women's underwear. They said it was women's underwear, which was a bit inaccurate. A more accurate statement would be girl's underwear, with cartoon patterns on it.
"Girl's underwear in a single man's room?" Kai held the underwear in the evidence bag and felt sick in his heart. Damn it, did he encounter a copper-smelting fetish again?
"There are blood stains on it!" the forensic officer continued.
Kai raised his eyebrows!
"Chloe!"
"yes!"
"I have a mission for you. Find this Italian man and that girl!"
"clear!"
Chloe replied very excitedly.
Just as he was about to express his determination, he saw Kai turning around and leaving.
"Boss, where are you going?"
"Ask for leave!"
"Asking for leave again?" Kaike had just canceled his leave.
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Dustin quickly approved the vacation. It wasn't that Kai leaked the news about Stark's kidnapping. In fact, Dustin thought it would be better for Kai to avoid it. The DEA had strong opinions, although Dustin Don't be afraid, it's troublesome. As for Kai's request for leave... it's none of his business. He's just a little police chief and has no control over it.
That's when Kai stepped onto a plane bound for Afghanistan. Stark also began a plan to save himself.
About half a month ago, the convoy escorting him was attacked. He was injured and fell into a coma. After losing consciousness for a period of time, he entered a semi-conscious and semi-awake state, and the huge pain like a nightmare kept haunting him. When he wanted to sleep quietly, many bearded people kept wandering in front of him and yelled something around him, which made him upset. He couldn't distinguish the meaning of these shouts. Everything seemed to be happening in a dream, and he forgot most of the scenes after seeing them.
Until a certain moment, he finally came out of his coma.
After waking up, he finally confirmed that he had been kidnapped and thrown into a dark cave. But the good news is that you are not alone in your misfortune. He also had a fellow inmate with him. Soon he learned that this bald middle-aged man was named Ethan, a scientist and a doctor. The two share the same fate, as they were both unlucky guys kidnapped by the Kongbu elements outside the cave. However, Ethan, the doctor, was at least in good health, but Tony, the young man, was horrified to find that there was a pit in his chest.
This is nothing, Tony can understand this situation, after all, he remembers the explosion before he passed out.
But what he couldn't understand was why Mao would have such a big magnet connected to his chest? ? ? The worst thing about electromagnets is that they must be powered by a bulky battery.
"Don't dislike it. Without this electromagnet to absorb the remaining rocket shrapnel in the wound on his chest, they may flow into the heart along the bloodstream at any time and kill you."
This is how Dr. Ethan comforted Tony. The person who helped Tony operate, remove the shrapnel, and install the electromagnet was Ethan. Therefore, Ethan is the eldest son’s savior.
Then, Tony experienced something special that he had never experienced in his life.
He was tortured and threatened.
These terrorists actually asked him to build Jericho missiles. Well, by the way, Tony came here this time just to promote this powerful missile with a huge range of action. Faced with this kind of torture, Tony readily agreed. He had never suffered this kind of crime since he was a child.
Faced with this request from the gangster leader, the young man felt extremely complicated. Damn it, the military is not as discerning as the terrorists. It's just an order worth hundreds of millions, and he, the president of the group, needs to personally come forward to promote it... Others come to the door on their own. If the military had acted simply, maybe he wouldn't be so unlucky. Well now, he, a super rich man, actually wants to work for terrorists, it would be embarrassing to tell anyone about it.
But the gangster is also very persistent. He doesn't want money or fame, he just wants the third-rate missile he just developed. What shocked Tony even more was that when he was taken out of the cave for the first time after he agreed to cooperate, he saw that the gangsters had the Stark Industries trademark on their hands, cars, and weapons piled together. He couldn't believe where on earth these terrorists got these things. He couldn't remember any terrorists in his company's client list!
Of course, arms dealers can sell arms to anyone, but when it comes to arms dealers at his level, it's not possible. What they want to talk about is not just profit, but also their stance!
But Ethan was unlucky enough to be caught for a long time, so he knew a little bit about the inside story.
I learned from Ethan that this group of people has always had channels to purchase weapons and equipment from the Stark Group, and the quantities were quite large. They even engaged in the business of second-tier dealers, distributing the weapons purchased from the Stark Group to other parties. Terrorist groups and organizations.
Tony looked puzzled. Why didn't he know that he had such a distributor?
But he had no reason to believe it. He had previously included many powerful anti-tank missiles and anti-aircraft missiles, and the production batch numbers showed that they were new goods in recent months.
It is very wrong for weapons of this quantity and power to appear in the hands of empty elements. What's even worse is that as the president of Stark Group, Tony is completely unaware of this. This is definitely a problem with his control of Stark Group.
Tony was not stupid and quickly thought of the attack he had received.
Moreover, the gangsters even prepared the raw materials in order for him to make Jericho missiles, indicating that this kidnapping must have been planned in advance and was not a temporary act.
There's a mole! ! !
Someone betrayed him!
Tony's heart felt heavier now. The terrorists had promised him that they would let him go as long as he cooperated and made them Jericho missiles. Tony thought he was farting, but now it seemed that not only was there no hope of his freedom, but his life was in danger.
As long as the terrorists are not stupid, they will know that if Tony is allowed to go back alive, these empty elements will definitely be hated by him for the rest of his life. It is not a good thing to be hated by one of the world's top arms dealers for a lifetime. What's more, the mastermind behind this incident is even more unlikely to let him go back, otherwise the betrayer himself will be in bad luck.
So he must save himself!
Here we have to admire Tony's brain. It only took him about six hours to come up with a rough plan to save himself.
First, he must solve the big hole in his chest and the magnet. He can't hold a battery every day! Secondly, it’s inconvenient, but most importantly, it’s so stupid! Tony would hate to look like an idiot.
So he tricked the terrorists into giving him some materials to build a portable magnet...
A few days ago, Tony finally made what he wanted.
Tony took the tweezers and carefully picked up an object like a small wire ring, put it into a small disc, and then breathed a sigh of relief. After connecting some more lines, a cylindrical object emitted light blue light.
"So you spent so many days just to build a battery for yourself?" But when Ethan saw that thing, he couldn't be more surprised.
"Of course it's not that simple! This is a micro arc oscillation reactor. I have a larger one at home that supplies power to my factory. Adding electromagnets to it can prevent shrapnel from entering my heart. . It can get me out of that stupid battery! Of course, this is just a side function, its real function is..."
Ethan's eyes became brighter and brighter as he listened.
"You are such a genius!"
Then in the days that followed, Tony went to those terrorists, asked for a bunch of scrap metal and parts, and honestly started working as a blacksmith with a promising career.
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