Gale, scorching sun, dust and sand.

This is Afghanistan. The first thing that comes to mind when you come here is that, unlike the rest of the world, the sparse crowd is completely embellished by nature. Here, the barren nature is the undisputed master, and human beings are only slaves struggling to survive under the ravages of nature. And the Hindu Kush Mountains, which have been formed since the Ice Age, overlook the crowd of ants at their feet with their coldness.

The converted Y-8 transport plane was parked on an improvised runway made of bulldozers and rollers, and ACE was driving the jeep out of the engine room. It is said that this runway was once built by the US military to attack the "Taliban", and after the establishment of a base in Uzbekistan, this runway has not been used again. The excellent crew members used their skillful 'manoeuvring' to bypass the difficulties of landing caused by the disrepair of the runway. Two hours earlier, the plane transporting the Rapid Reaction Force had also landed safely, and they had been picked up by a truck dispatched by the intelligence station.

The crew took into account the opinion of Ro'Men. It would be dangerous to stay on the runway, and there was no point in doing so, but they could fly back to Pakistan to refuel and overhaul and wait for the call to fly to the runway again. With less than 400 kilometers to the Pakistani border, even the Y-8, which only uses cruising speed, will be able to enter and exit in about 40 minutes, so the decision is much safer than having the plane just wait where it is.

But the captain has a question. What is certain is that although their flight can evade radar, it will definitely not be able to evade the reconnaissance of satellites and drones, and it will be dangerous to fly here again, especially when the aircraft itself does not have any ability to defend itself.

Both Luo 'Men' and Sun Guo believe that security is not an issue. In Afghanistan, the vast majority of American, British, and Canadian troops, which are primarily responsible for fighting the Taliban, are stationed in the southeastern part of Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, based in Kabul and Kandahar, while much of the defense in northern Afghanistan relies heavily on "peacekeeping forces" such as Germany, Italy, Spain, and France, as well as some warlords of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance. Considering the behavior of these countries in Afghanistan, the real threat comes from the lawless local forces, and the Afghan intelligence stations have good relations with most of the local forces, so they can be seen as truly neutral, so the success of flying here again is still very high.

However, both Luo 'Men' and Sun Guo said that they would consider whether the plane should cooperate according to the situation at the time, and the unarmed crew was only a support force for this operation, so they would not be allowed to take risks.

"Are you really going to use this plane?"

Watching the plane fly away, Sun Guo asked Luo 'Men' with great interest.

Luo 'Men' nodded, and pulled Sun Guo to walk quickly to the jeep that had started.

"If you want to use a car to cross half of Afghanistan, the operation has to be carried out during the day, I don't know if this has been considered above. Personally, I think the best thing to do is to use the planes to get the cargo away again, and although it is likely that there will be another air strike, the chances of success on a two-hour night voyage are obviously higher than ten hours on land. ”

"That's what I said. But the Americans have already gotten the news, so they are determined to get the surviving supplies, and if they send men to the area, the plane will certainly not be of much help at that time. ”

Sun Guo motioned for the ACE in the driver's seat to give up his position. Obviously, Sun Guo had more say in the local situation, ACE grinned and happily gave up the driver's seat, but he wanted to sit in the co-pilot seat and was opposed by Luo 'Men', so he had to move to the back with a machine gun. Ma Xibei kept looking at ACE smiling, and when ACE turned to him, Ma Xibei turned his gaze to the other side.

"Listen to me, the reason why the 13th Office was allowed to intervene in the action of the General Staff is because they don't have a real solution, so everything is not finalized, and then it will be up to us to see which method has a higher probability of success." Luo 'Men' glanced at the two people sitting in the back of the car and put on his goggles. "Everybody's ready? Let's go. ”

"You want to lead the operation?" Sun Guo glanced at Luo 'Men' attentively. "But it seems that the leadership of this operation is in the hands of the commander of the rapid reaction force, if he doesn't agree, you won't even have a chance to fight."

"Opportunity is fate, not a given by someone." Ro'mon laughed. "If I think the Swift Counterforces are doing something stupid, then I will ask to take over the command."

"I don't think you have much chance, compared to you, the rapid reaction force is the regular army, if you encounter the Americans, they are the ones who play a decisive role, so they naturally have the dominance." Sun Guo also laughed. "Who knows? Anyway, my job is to take my men to cooperate with you or them. ”

Without turning on the headlights, relying only on the help of night vision devices, Sun Guo, who was familiar with the road, still drove very fast, and soon drove to the place where the intelligence station temporarily hid this batch of supplies. As the car drove into a valley, Luo Men and his companions were taken aback by the sight of dozens of people carrying a dark green painted box to a Russian KAMAZ car with the help of temporary lighting, a rectangular metal box about ten cubic meters in size, and it looked so heavy that it was difficult to 'get' it without special lifting equipment. A group of Afghans gathered around, arguing loudly about something, and the valley was bustling.

As the car approached, Romen noticed two more of these boxes in the valley, both of which had burned marks.

"If you put the barbecue 'meat', this is simply his *** golden autumn carnival." ACE jumped to the ground and began to marvel at the lively scene in front of him. "I thought that only Americans could do whatever they wanted here, but I didn't expect our people to live so nourishingly here."

Ma Xixi stabbed him, and Ace followed his gesture and was surprised to see two Afghans slaughtering a sheep in the corner of the valley, and several were tied to the stones next to them, and a bonfire had been lit not far from the slaughter, and there was a smell of baked bread in the air.

"I'm wrong, it's really a golden autumn carnival." ACE shook his head. "Go get me a cold beer, a soldier ant, and a bottle of cow's milk' for yourself, you're not old enough to drink."

"Fuck off." Ma Xibei smiled and saluted back, and stood still.

"That's how the locals go with the flow, so you can try to take it easy." Sun Guo walked past them with a smile. "Welcome to Afghanistan, the lamb they 'make' is very good, you can't eat it at home."

"They don't have enough people, so they have to rely on the locals. If I'm not mistaken, they'll give the other two boxes in return. Luo 'Men' looked at the surrounding situation, and his face 'revealed' with appreciation. The guys at the Afghan intelligence station are doing a good job, and these local armed forces are very good at buying their bills. ”

"How do you know?" ACE ASKED HIM UNCONVINCED.

"It's very simple, I know more information than you, and more importantly, I use my brain more than you." Luo 'Men' winked at Ace, and then quickly followed Sun Guo. "You two find a place to rest and be on standby."

ACE took a closer look at the two boxes in the distance, and saw that they had been opened, and there were some automatic weapons scattered around them, and then looking at these Afghans, it was easy to conclude that Luo 'Gate'. Afghanistan has been fighting for many years, and of course, there is no shortage of weapons, but even for local armed forces, large quantities of brand-new light weapons are still difficult to obtain, so they are as popular as drugs.

Outside a huge mountain 'cave', they met with the commander of the rapid reaction force, a lieutenant colonel with the call sign "Yangtze River No. 1", and some agents of the local intelligence station. In this kind of task, no one asks for the origin and name of the other person. Most of the Rapid Reaction Force has been dispersed around to carry out the vigilance mission, and while the local vigilance may be more effective, like all commanders, there is no peace of mind without being in control of the situation. The portable satellite antennas brought by the rapid reaction forces were set up in an open field, and judging from the equipment connected, they could receive intelligence support from spy satellites and listening stations set up in Pakistan, and two communications officers stood in front of these machines and reported to the "Yangtze River-1" every five minutes.

"The vigilance here is mainly aimed at unfriendly local forces." Number One smiled at Ro'mon. "The actions of the Americans are under our control, but time is running out, and we are getting worse and worse."

Ro'Gate nodded. "You mean the box hasn't been loaded into the car yet?"

Number One sighed. "Either there are more people, or there are more 'hairy' donkeys."

"Now I don't think this is a problem that can be solved by a large number of people, we need lifting machinery, and we can't solve the problem with donkeys provided by the locals." After simply 'communicating' with his subordinates, Sun Guo already had a rough grasp of the situation here. "The problem now is the lack of the necessary machinery."

"How far is it from where the plane crashed? Where did you get the truck? Ro' walked over to the map under the light. We don't have much time to 'waste'. ”

Number One looked at Ro'Men. "We are here mainly on combat missions, and we did not expect to encounter such a situation."

"No problem, I know what your duties are." Ro'men patted No. 1 on the sturdy shoulder in relief. "If you don't object, let me take over here, what do you think?"

Number One looked at Ro' 'Gate' solemnly. "If you can figure it out, of course I'd like you to take on this task."

The rapid reaction force's greatest skill is combat, and Luo 'Men' even thinks that they don't even want to think about the difficulties in front of them. They're here to fight, and they don't care about anything but that. This is very correct, which is why the general meeting agreed to the intervention of the 13th Office, and now An Nianrong is already a "omnipotent" gentleman, no, an "omnipotent" 'woman', and it is already a tacit understanding between the two departments to lead this mission in name only.

There were electric winches, rolling 'rods' and rails for loading and unloading on the crashed plane, which should have remained at the scene and now need to find another truck to collect them there. It would have been a delay of almost two hours, but without these things, it would lead the locals to solve the actual 'operation' problem, and they would need all the tools they could find, even explosives.

Sun Guo thought he could save some time and use the current truck to go to the crash site, and the other truck could ask the locals for help, or the other truck would not be needed at all. Romen told him that the other truck was to replace the electric winch that might have been damaged, and that this truck had a rather important role to play in order to save time.

"That's no problem, it's still easy to find a KAMAZ here." Sun Guo also understood the intention of Luo 'Gate'.

"How easy is it to get a truck?" Luo 'Men' looked at Sun Guo in bewilderment.

"It's not a broken *** left over from the former Soviet Union." Sun Guo explained with a smile. "Now Afghanistan and Russia are official business partners, so these trucks are also new, you don't have to worry."

When ACE took the locals to the crash site, the rapid response force received information from the rear that six UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the 10th Mountain Division's engineering battalion stationed in Kabul had left the station, and the expected arrival site was the crash site, which would take about one to one and a half hours.

It seems that although the Americans have received the news, they are already a day behind, and because of the lack of troops, they are still transferring resources for the time being. The engineering battalion of the 10th Mountain Division sent helicopters to use the "Volcano" minelaying system to lay minefields around the crash site to prevent people from entering. In principle, a helicopter can set up a 300-meter by 200-meter 'mixed' minefield, and it is obviously too much to use six helicopters for such a place as the crash site, so the Americans have other plans.

Unlike the 16th Special Service Wing, which was temporarily formed to carry out special operations missions, the US Army's FM100-70 field doctrine held that the 10th Mountain Division was "particularly suitable for offensive operations and air assault operations to seize mountainous terrain, jungle land, and urban residential areas." When meeting the level of first-level establishment equipment, it can independently carry out offensive combat operations under low-intensity conditions, and is suitable for rushing to attack, preparing for attack, expanding battle results and pursuit, as well as carrying out special operations, raids, ambushes, feints, and other operations, and the biggest threat to this unit is that it can fight independently for 48 hours.

With the direct intervention of the CIA, the Afghan coalition command had to 'draw' a platoon from the 10th Mountain Division to operate with the 16th Special Service Wing, which consisted of Rangers, Marines, and Delta. After the engineering battalion's aircraft took off, the infantry combat teams flew to the designated locations in Humvees and armoured vehicles, while the 16th Special Service Wing flew to the crash site under the cover of two "Apaches" of the 10th Division.