Chapter 35 Boosting the Morale of the Army
"Boom." The 23 mm shells easily tore apart the flanks of the hind's side, and the air currents shook the hind, but fortunately, the short wings had been broken, and the rockets hanging underneath, the anti-tank missiles, fell with the broken short wings, and did not explode, if those ammunition exploded, the helicopter would have been destroyed immediately.
The shles had already opened fire at their maximum range, wounding the hinds, who were still flying staggeringly towards the mountains to the north.
There was a puff of smoke from the top of the hind, and the short wings had just been broken, and the flying shrapnel hit the engine at the top, although the engine was still working, it was already in a state of stalling at any time.
Damn the Shile River! When Mhammad saw that thing, he knew that it would be the guerrilla's greatest threat, and now, when he encountered it for the first time, he gave himself a dismount.
Mhammad tried his best to operate the helicopter, completely ignoring the flashing red lights on the dashboard in front of him, and he couldn't care about what those red lights meant or how to operate them, he had no idea at all.
As soon as he flew into the mountain, the roar of the engines overhead disappeared, and the two engines actually stopped working at the same time, and the huge helicopter immediately spun and fell downward.
The guerrillas in the rear cabin, clinging to the handrails on the side, kept crying in their hearts, God forbid!
Mhammad was doing his best to operate the helicopter, and in his last effort he watched the mountains below approach at a rapid pace, and large drops of sweat rolled down his forehead.
"Boom!" On the other side of the mountain, there was a roar, and then smoke came out.
The hatch in front of the Schle River opened, and a tall Soviet man emerged from it, looking at the smoke rising in the distance with a sneer in his eyes.
Hmph, it's a miracle that an Afghan guerrilla can actually drive a helicopter, but unfortunately, he doesn't know how to dodge at all, and if the Soviets themselves were pilots, they would have made evasive actions a long time ago.
"Go ahead and find the wreckage of that helicopter." He took the radio and gave orders to his vehicles.
The rising sun shone on the mountains of Afghanistan, and the air smelled of sunlight mixed with earth, and soon, as the sun rose, the earth became dry again.
A group of people dressed in the uniforms of the Afghan government army walked on the sheep intestine path in the mountains, each of them with their faces blackened by smoke and their bodies also wolf-bรจi, although they were tired, they still insisted on walking.
Two of the team, no longer breathing, were carried back to the depths of the mountain to be buried.
After climbing over the mountains and through the canyon, Mhammad was sure that the Soviets would not chase him, so he relaxed: "Rest in place." โ
Hearing Mhammad's order, the partisans immediately fell to the ground, lay down on rough stones, felt the sun, closed their eyes, and they were all exhausted.
Mhammad looked at the bodies of two partisans who could no longer speak. Just when it crashed, it was a blessing to be able to bring most of the people out, the two dead people, when the helicopter was hit, shrapnel flew into the crew compartment and hit their arteries, when the blood spurted out, no one could save them, in just a few minutes, they died.
The sacrifices made by the Afghan guerrillas in order to drive out the Soviet invaders were very large, far exceeding the casualties of the Soviets several times.
And in these few battles, under the leadership of Mhammad, the number of Soviets they killed was enough, in that cruel saying, killing one was enough, killing two, and earning one.
No one blamed Mhammad, on the contrary, they all admired him, and under the leadership of Mhammad, they attacked the Soviet helicopter base and blew up all the helicopters, especially when they returned in helicopters and blew up the remaining helicopters, and the people on the ground were shot with their heads in their hands and fled, even if they were all killed, it was completely worth it.
Seeing that Mhammad was stunned, Hewaja sat down, silently lit a cigarette, and took a puff.
"They did not die, they fought bravely, and their souls will ascend to heaven, and Allah bless them." Hewaja said: "Your Excellency, your command is perfect, and you are the leader sent by Allah to us Pashtuns. โ
Mhammad looked at the sky and said: "Our battle this time was very successful, and we achieved our expected goal, killing the Soviet helicopters, but the Soviets have a huge defense industry, and soon, new helicopters will arrive, and they will also find that the four-barreled self-propelled anti-aircraft guns are the most advantageous weapons against us, and in the next time, the Soviets will strangle us even more brutally." โ
It is only 81 years now, and the overall situation in Afghanistan is still favorable to the Soviet Union, and the Soviets thought that they would quickly put down the guerrilla rebellion in Afghanistan, completely control the situation in Afghanistan, and the Soviet Union would get a passage south to the Indian Ocean, and from time to time they would provoke some battles with Pakistan to suppress the arrogance of the Americans.
The Soviet Union was a huge polar bear, and against Afghanistan, they were bound to win. It's just that they don't know that the war in Afghanistan was a powerful catalyst for the collapse of the Soviet Union.
After speaking, Mhammad lowered his head, saw all the partisans, sat up, looked at himself with longing eyes, and in an instant, Mhammad knew that he had said something wrong.
He was their instructor, and now, in their eyes, he was like a god of war who would never defeat a battle, and now, he said these discouraged words, which would obviously hit them and shake the morale of the army.
Mhammad couldn't help but despise himself in his heart, what's going on? How come you have forgotten how to do political and ideological work?
"However, I believe that the final victory still belongs to us, history has proved that the aggressors are doomed to failure, we are now experiencing a hard war of resistance, our strength will grow day by day, and the Soviets, will not be able to bear the constant death and attrition, God willing, we will be able to defeat the Soviet aggressors."
With Mhammad's words, the eyes of these guerrillas slowly brightened, and his words were inspiring.
"Of course, we will also have sacrifices, even great sacrifices, many of us may not see the moment when the Soviets were driven away, but our sacrifices will not be in vain, it is precisely because of our heroic dedication that we have returned the independence and autonomy of Afghanistan, Afghanistan will eventually be strong, and we are not slaves of the Soviets!"
"Yes, we will be able to drive out the invaders!" Hewaja said.
"We will definitely be able to drive out the invaders!" More shouted, their eyes steadfast, their fearless sacrifice.
"During this time, the guerrillas were all under the command of Khwaja." "The Soviets have just suffered heavy losses, and for a period of time, they should not come to the mountains to sweep again, and the main task of the guerrillas is to train and at the same time sum up the experience of this battle," Mhammad said. โ
Leave it to your own command? Hewaja looked at Mhammad and didn't know what he wanted to do.
"I'm going back to Peshawar." "If we don't have the means to deal with the hinds, then we will always be at a disadvantage, I'll go back to Peshawar and find someone who can support us, we need portable anti-aircraft missiles, we need anti-tank missiles!" โ
The war in Afghanistan is not only the business of the Afghan people themselves, in order to help the Afghan people and get rid of the aggression of the Soviets, various Western countries have given strong support, for example, in order to protest against the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviets, the Moscow Olympics in 80 years, only Eastern European countries participated, and all Western countries boycotted, as a result, the Soviets almost won all the gold medals.
Pakistan has provided the most aid to Afghanistan, even sending instructors like Mhammad to direct the guerrilla warfare of the Afghans.
As for weapons, as long as they apply to Western countries and explain the situation of the Afghan guerrillas, the Westerners will support it.
Mhammad is very confident in this.
"Instructor, will you ever come back?" Hearing Mhammad's words, Khwaja did not oppose or support it, and he asked this most fatal question with great concern.
The instructors are here to train them, and it stands to reason that the instructors are in the rear, and they will not fight with them at all, let alone take them with them to bomb the planes of the Soviets.
Moreover, after the instructor has finished training, he will definitely go back. So this time the instructor went to Peshawar, will he come to Afghanistan again?
"Absolutely." "Before I drove out the Soviets, I would have stayed in Afghanistan, which is my second home," Mhammad said. โ
At this moment, Mhammad remembered the afterlife, although the Soviets were driven away, the Afghans did not get a day of peace, the guerrillas defeated the government army, then the guerrillas fought among themselves, attacked each other, and finally the rise of the Taliban, which turned Afghanistan into a theocratic state, back to the Middle Ages.
Although Mhammad's later life has nothing to do with this place, but when he crossed over here, fought with the guerrillas here, especially watching them die by his side, Mhammad knew that he was completely integrated into this place, and he would fight with them until the Soviets were completely driven away!