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"Now, our country needs to change in all aspects, we need to invest money in production and construction, but we have been fighting in Afghanistan for nine years, what is the result now? We have suffered more than 50,000 casualties, we have consumed 40 billion rubles, and who can tell me how much more money Afghanistan needs from us and how many more fighters we need to be killed and wounded before it can be pacified? Gorbachev said sternly. Pen&Fun&Pavilion www.biquge.info{{}}

"Afghanistan, which is related to our national strategy, is the only passage for our development to the south, and only by occupying Afghanistan can we open the passage to the south." At this time, Marshal Nikolai Ogarkov said.

The meeting was extremely cold, except for Nikolai who defended a few words, no one dared to speak, and even the newly appointed Minister of Defense, General Yazov, did not say a word.

"Really? So what are we going to do there? Swimming in the Indian Ocean? To drain the last drop of blood at home and turn our last piece of iron into a bomb is just for a reason to go south to the Indian Ocean? Gorbachev said, his face was blue. {{}}

Hearing Gorbachev say this, no one else dared to speak, and General Gromov, who returned from Afghanistan, also did not say a word, and even the Minister of Defense did not defend himself, which of them dared to speak? Nikolai confronted the general secretary today, and maybe, in a few days, he will be dispatched.

"We need a detailed report on whether our war in Afghanistan should continue, and when our withdrawal will begin." Gorbachev said: "General Yazov, I hope that the Ministry of Defense will be able to complete this plan as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, General Secretary." Yazov said.

Out of the conference room, all the faces were ugly, they were the main leaders of the military, they knew what Afghanistan meant to them, but the new general secretary was no longer willing to go on on Afghanistan.

With more than 50,000 casualties, is it possible to retreat like this?

"This is simply a betrayal of our great Soviets!" Sergei said: "That Gorbachev, who does not understand military affairs at all, thinks that we invaded Afghanistan only for the purpose of aggression and expansion? That is the only way for the development of our USSR! ”

In front of Sergei, Gromyko's face was still very calm, and now, Gorbachev's fledgling wings, finally, began to want to get rid of his influence. {{}}

This time, Gorbachev convened a meeting of the military, and the content of the meeting did not reveal any information to Gromyko, and after the meeting, Gromyko learned that Gorbachev wanted to withdraw his troops from Afghanistan!

"We can't let Gorbachev come by Hu, his power is getting bigger and bigger, the dismissal of the commander of the Air Defense Forces and the Minister of Defense, he just said a word, and he was relieved, he is now, and he wants to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, this is a big task set by General Secretary Brechenev personally, we need to continue to invest troops to calm Afghanistan, but, in Gorbachev's eyes now, only our military's consumption is too great, and he only wants to reduce military spending, he is committing suicide to our army, we want Gorbachev to know, He did it wrong! Konstantinovich Mortin, the former head of the KGB, said.

After saying this, he was a little startled by his words, but then, he strengthened his thoughts, and Gromyko cast a supportive look at him. {{}}

Without Gromyko's support, Gorbachev could not have become general secretary at all, and after the death of one of his supporters at that time, Defense Minister General Ustinov, Gorbachev began to gradually dissatisfaction with the military, and with the help of the last incident, he finally transferred the military top brass into his own people, he thought, in this way, can he control the Soviet army?

Gorbachev is still too naïve, he doesn't know that the Soviet Union is really controlled by these people, although they are not on the surface, but those grassroots personnel, those at the bottom of the army, are controlled by them.

In the Soviet Union, there was a special stratum called the Senates, which began to flourish and develop gradually since Brerainev announced the lifelong system of cadres, and now their dissatisfaction with Gorbachev is only one thing, and a more important reason is that Gorbachev's reforms touched their interests!

"Gorbachev wants to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan, which is absolutely impossible, and we want Gorbachev to know that Afghanistan is important." This was stated by Air Marshal Boris Pavlovich Bugaev. {{}}

"What's your idea?" Gromyko asked.

"We are on the battlefield in Afghanistan, and although there will always be guerrilla attacks on the ground, the sky is completely ours." Bugaev said that although he is now in charge of the civil aviation department, he is after all an air marshal and is familiar with air operations. "And when we are cruising in the air, we often encounter sneak attacks from Pakistan's air force."

Speaking of Pakistan's sneak attack, Sergei smiled, although he only served as defense minister for more than a year, however, he was very clear about Pakistan's sneak attack, in the first few years of entering Afghanistan, because the Pakistani side always smuggled weapons to the Afghan guerrillas, so, the Soviet air force, once invaded Pakistan's airspace on a large scale several times, hit the targets that supported the guerrillas there, and then fought several battles with the Pakistani air force, because it was mainly ground attack aircraft, so, Always in a disadvantageous position in an air war with Pakistan.

"When we encounter a sneak attack by the Pakistani Air Force, we must carry out a counterattack against them, which can even include the bombing of their bases, in this case, our conflict with Pakistan will be big, Gorbachev at this time, announced the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, then, our Soviet army will be ridiculed by the whole world. {{}}" Sergey took over.

Gromyko frowned slightly, yes, this is a good way, especially in the original strategy, pro-American Pakistan is actually their next target after the invasion of Afghanistan, otherwise, how to open up the passage to the South Seas? However, the problem of Afghanistan has not been resolved, and this next goal cannot be achieved at all.

Now, stimulate Pakistan, provoke a conflict, and make it difficult for Gorbachev to ride the tiger, if you don't fight, you have to fight!

"Okay, we can do that." Gromyko agreed.

Next, things were very easy to do, just say hello to the commander of the 120th Aviation Regiment of the Soviet Fourth Army, stationed at the Bagram airbase in the north of Kabul, based in Temez of the Turkmenistan Soviet Republic, and tell him what to do.

Unexpectedly, their opportunity came quickly.

However, this is not their own provocation.

October 5ri, 1987.

A twin-engine turboprop transport aircraft, flying near the border area with Pakistan, it was an An-26 transport aircraft of the Afghan Air Force, flying in the direction of Khorst, with 39 people on board, all Afghan military personnel.

The pilot had already flown this route many times, and it was just an ordinary trunk voyage, but, unbeknownst to him, his habitual navigation system had failed, and he deviated from his own course and entered Pakistani airspace, while the target was pointing at the Parachina radar station.

In the other direction, two F-16 fighters are cruising at an altitude of 3,000 meters.

In order to prevent Afghan aircraft from flying into its airspace, the Pakistan Air Force has been patrolling along the border, and since these areas are mountainous and the Pakistan Air Force does not have a pre-aircraft, the establishment of ground radar stations in the high mountains is a very important means.

In the mountains, these deployments were very difficult, and finally, Pakistan established two early pre-jing radar stations, No. 4084 and 4102, in the Randikota and Alawali areas, and a number of fixed radar stations in the area between Swat and Milanshah, as well as active low-altitude radar systems and a number of mobile observation posts. These radars were not only used to monitor the actions of the Soviet and Afghan air forces, but also to guide Pakistani warplanes at the Peshawar and Samangeli air bases.

"Attention,... In the direction of Zhong, a slow-moving plane, suspected to be an electronic reconnaissance plane, was flying in the direction of Parachina and immediately went to intercept it. Said on the radio.

In the direction of Parakina, there is a radar station.

Hearing the sound on the radio, Lieutenant Abdul Razak and Sikander Hayat, piloting the F-16 fighter jet, immediately turned ... The bell direction, then, turned on its own radar.

At this point, the ground target was thirty to forty miles away from them.

On the radar display, after a bright line turned, a target appeared on the screen.

"Discover the target." Abdur said.

It's a pity that it's not the Super Seven that is piloting, if it's the Super Seven, you can use the Sparrow missiles at a medium range, and now you can go into the final preparations and send shè missiles, and now, they still need to continue flying, enter the line of sight, and attack with close-range missiles.

Abdur felt his adrenaline rush begin to increase, turned on the afterburner, and the two F-16s began to move rapidly towards their targets.

After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Pakistani Air Force could only use the J-6 fighter with Sidewinder missiles, which were very outdated and could not be effectively intercepted, so the initial interceptions were very unsuccessful.

It was not until later, with the introduction of the American F-16 and the Iraqi Super Seven, that the situation changed greatly, especially the Super Seven, which can fire medium-range bombs and intercept the other side with great certainty at a distance of 30 kilometers, and after that, the invasion of Pakistani airspace by the Afghan Air Force has been greatly reduced. (To be continued.)