Chapter 51: The Man Behind the Scenes

The attack on the Tashkbek Palace was the first "classic" appearance of the 154th independent detachment.

The Tashkbek Palace was built on a hill, sixty or seventy meters higher than the perimeter, with a strong wall outside. The guards of the Islamic Republic of the Mountainmen, firing heavily at the attacking BMP-I infantry fighting vehicles. In the rain of bullets, the chariot that rushed to the front was hit, and the soldiers inside jumped out of the cart and began to climb to the top of the mountain with the help of a ladder. The infantry fighting vehicles in the back pushed away the fighting vehicles that were on fire in front of them, and went forward to attack and advance.

20 minutes after the start of the offensive, 9 tanks stormed the gate of the Tashkbek Palace. With a bang, the gate was blown open, and the Spetsnaz special forces stormed the Tashkbek palace and engaged in a fierce shootout with Amin's personal guards. Amin's guards were a company of guards, and during the battle, polar bear snipers shot and killed a large number of guards in the Tashbey Palace, while the 154th independent detachment suffered only 6 killed and 23 seriously wounded.

The battle soon ended, and Colonel Kolesnik found Amin's body and buried it in a trench. During the cleaning of the battlefield, it was found that more than 2,500 soldiers loyal to Amin had been killed in the battle. The independent 154th detachment, with only more than 500 men, won a complete victory in a battle against a heavily defended fort.

It was an unbelievable massacre of disparity. From a purely military point of view, this raid can be called "perfect" and "classic", and Spatenaz deserves the title of Shijie's first-class iron-blooded team.

Just when the 154th Independent Detachment raided the Tashbek Palace, the "Thundering" and "Apex" special forces quickly occupied the building of the Ministry of Defense of the Shanren Islamic Republic, the Ministry of Communications Hub, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other important departments, and seized Amin's family and dignitaries of the Shanren Islamic Republic, and the whole of Kabul quickly fell into the hands of polar bears.

The commander of the Polar Bear Army, via the radio, quickly announced to the nation that the Islamic Republic of the Mountain People had been "liberated" from Amin's rule. At the same time, the Central Committee of the People's Party appointed former Deputy Prime Minister Babrak. Karl Mailer, who served as General Secretary of the Central Committee and President and Prime Minister of the country, "took the initiative" to ask for military assistance from the polar bears.

The polar bear then sent Karmal back to Kabul from Moscow. Over the next few days, the number of polar bears marching into the territory of the Shanren Islamic Republic reached 80,000, and the number remained at 10 to 120,000, beginning a decade-long military occupation of the Shanren Islamic Republic.

After Director Yu finished speaking, Director Shi said, "Is Moscow launching a military occupation of the Shanren Islamic Republic just because the polar bears want to secure control of the country?" This 'People's Mujahideen', weishenme has so much energy, can it set off a nationwide wave of rebellion? Another key issue that confuses the world is that the real mastermind and operator behind the entire military occupation is precisely country M! ”

Director Yu continued, "In all public appearances, Country M has sworn strongly against the occupation of the Shanren Islamic Republic by polar bears. But behind the scenes, long before Moscow imposed a military occupation, the CIA of country M began to aid the opposition, creating a religious confrontation, and finally leaving the polar bear in a dilemma and had to launch a military occupation. ”

In December 1979, after the polar bears began a large-scale military operation, President Carter of country M immediately announced to the whole of Shijie that the invasion of polar bears jeopardized the core interests of country M. Because of the Persian Gulf region, "it is currently under serious threat from the army of polar bears in the territory of the Shanren Islamic Republic." ”

The Carter administration's public "anger" is nothing more than a two-faced maneuver. Because they not only used this incident as an excuse, but also succeeded in promoting an increase in military spending. At the same time, half a year earlier, in June 1979, country M had already begun large-scale assistance to the "mujahideen" in order to provoke a strong reaction from polar bears.

Back in early 1979, Carter's CIA director, Robert Brown. Gates conducted a whirlwind secret visit around the Shanren Islamic Republic. He visited China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the Halal country, and since June, Gates has organized CIA agents to begin large-scale assistance to the People's Mujahideen.

On July 3, 1979, on the desk of President Jimmy Carter, there was a note written directly to the president by National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, "Mr. President, the purpose of the assistance to the Mujahideen is to provoke military intervention by polar bears. There is no need for a clear push for polar bears to intervene, we just need to increase the likelihood of their intervention. ”

After reading Brzezinski's account, President Carter issued his first order on the same day, calling for full covert assistance to the opposition of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. The secret aid operations were all organized and carried out by the CIA, and since then, a large number of weapons and equipment have been continuously sent to the mujahideen through the halal country.

The government of country M is well aware that the aid to the mujahideen means that they are supporting an extremist group, but this concern is not worth mentioning in the face of geopolitical interests. In August 1979, a secret report from the State Department of State M blatantly declared that "the end of the Taraki-Amin regime is in the interests of State M." Although this may mean that the political and economic reforms of the Shanren Islamic Republic are hindered. ”

On the same day that this secret report was released, the spokesman of the State Department of State of M. However, at a regular press conference of the State Department, Carter told Quanshijie with great reverence that Country M "hopes that all parties in the region, including polar bears, will fully abide by the principle of non-interference in internal affairs." "This kind of hypocritical performance is enough to make people jaw-dropping.

Brzezinski and CIA Director Gates co-directed this covert operation drama produced unexpected results. Eventually, it dragged the polar bear into the plateau war, the huge trap of war.

On December 27, 1979, when the armored cluster of the 40th Army of the Polar Bear Army officially crossed the border, Brzezinski happily wrote a note to President Carter again, "Mr. President, we finally have the opportunity to give the Polar Bears a Vietnam War as well......

The full-scale invasion of the Islamic Republic of Mountain People by polar bears marks the escalation of country M's support for the rebels. In January 1980, three weeks after the Polar Bear tank entered Kabul, the Minister of Defense of State M. Harold Brown. Brown took the initiative to visit Beijing to seek and plan the transfer of light weapons from China to the Halal country, and to hand them over to a resistance group of the Shanren Islamic Republic supported by Country M, which had already been pulled up there.

As the invasion of polar bears has directly threatened the security of China's western border, the Chinese government and people have supported the people of the Shanren Islamic Republic in their just war against aggression. Brown's visit to China has achieved the expected results. He also struck a similar deal with Egypt, where he purchased large quantities of AK series light weapons from that country, which were transported from Cairo to the resistance of the Shanren Islamic Republic by aircraft from Country M.

The purpose of the "secret war" launched by country M is to drag the polar bear into a long-term war that drains its resources in order to avenge the defeat of the Vietnam War. Congressman Charles of Texas in the State of M. Wilson, for his part, publicly declared:

"We have killed more than 58,000 people in Annam, and we also want to return the polar bear a 'Vietnam War'...... I'm a bit obsessed with this, just because of Annan. I think polar bears should try it too...... I've always had the view that spending a little bit of money against an adversary is worth it than the rest of the Department of Defense's spending. ”

The Mujahideen had seven main factions, and they often fought each other over territory and the opium trade. In order to combat the polar bears, the CIA deliberately chose the most extreme factions as the object of its full support. They gave most of their weapons to the extremist group headed by Hekmatyar, a crazy fundamentalist.

The unscrupulous secret assistance of the people of country M will leave an endless bane in the future.

Brzezinski's goal is not just to drive the polar bears out of the mountain-man Islamic Republic, he is also thinking about how to cause trouble inside the polar bears. His jihua is to export nationalist and Islamic ideologies to the Muslim-majority republics of Central Asia and the polar bears, starting with "messing up their minds" and undermining the internal order of polar bears.

Director Yu said, "In order to divide and disintegrate hostile countries, Brzezinski started with ideology, ideals and beliefs, and ideological foundation to shake the national foundation of the polar bear and let it start chaos from within, which is the most ruthless move in the contest between countries." Although doing so will cultivate an extremist group and will have endless consequences, he has no regrets. ”

Zbigniew Brzezinski once sharply asked those who opposed the "secret war" Jihua, "From a historical point of view, which is more important than the creation of several radical Muslim groups and the liberation of Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War?" In other words, the purpose of the secret aid launched by the people of country M is to drag down the polar bear and achieve victory in the Cold War, which is the highest national goal of country M.

In order to achieve this strategic goal, country M, with the support of the government of the Halal country, recruited and trained jihadists from among the 3 million mountain refugees of the Islamic Republic of Hills who had fled to the halal country, and also organized a mercenary army from the neighboring Arab countries. This huge secret aid jihua was the largest secret military operation in country M after World War II.

The CIA of country M became the general coordinator of this huge jihua, procuring and arranging for the production of large quantities of Soviet-style weapons from Egypt, China, Poland, Israel, and other places to be shipped to the resistance. In addition, it organized military advisers from country M, Egypt, China and Persia to conduct military training for the mujahideen. It also encourages Arab countries to donate, with Saudi Arabia providing hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

In 1981, Ronald. Negan was elected president of country M, and he publicly praised the "mujahideen" as "freedom fighters." Country M's assistance to the Mujahideen has also increased significantly compared to the Carter period. He instructed CIA Director William Brown. Kelsey, fully supported the "secret war" of the Islamic Republic of the Mountain People.

During this period, the CIA mainly purchased weapons such as assault rifles, grenades, mines, and SA-7 anti-aircraft missiles from China. After being transported to the land of halal, it was transferred as far as the resistance groups or "mujahideen". From 1981 to 1983, the number of weapons and ammunition in support of the resistance groups increased year by year, exceeding 10,000 tons per year.

"Earlier, Xiao Yu briefed everything that happened behind the war, the great powers competing for hegemony, the national competition, why bother to be cold and bloody. Let's explore below, the mountain people of the Islamic Republic and the country of halal, these two countries weishenme make the country of M and the polar bear, and even the whole of the West shijie, so worried? The answer must be found in the geopolitical context. After Shi Hefei finished speaking, Director Yu then began to give a briefing.