…… The Termez corridor is one of the four most important corridors in Afghanistan. The remaining three are the Herat Corridor, the Wakhan Corridor and the Nimroz. These mountain corridors connect Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, India and China, respectively.

Afghanistan is a purely landlocked mountain country, and corridor access means flat, oasis and food. With the exception of the Wakhan Corridor, which is entirely on the Pamir Plateau, the other three corridors are all hilly. Compared to the large mountains in the central and northern regions, it is already the most accessible area in Afghanistan. It is conceivable that if China controls the four corridors, not only Dushanbe will be surrounded by flanks, but the army will be able to set off from Afghanistan directly into Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan, and even open a passage to Persia and threaten the security of the Caucasus!

That is, Chapter 628 is overwhelming! So that the capacity of all passages is poor, and Moscow does not dare to gamble. This is the main reason why Soviet generals such as Tukhachevsky insisted that Afghanistan should not be allowed to turn to China, even if the recovery of national strength was slow. In the final analysis, they are too worried that China will penetrate deep into the Persian Gulf region, and the loss of Afghanistan and Persia when Vladivostok has already been lost, will mean that most of the Soviet Union's foreign communication channels will be cut off, and the dream of gaining access to the Pacific and Indian Oceans will be aborted.

Now, two of these four corridors are already under the control of Soviet troops, and even Yegorov says that victory is not far off. In order to buy time to take Afghanistan, Moscow has been increasing its troops in secret peace talks with China to ease the Kazakh standoff.

Belkin took his own company. Standing on the hillside, his face was a little depressed. The stalemate in the Charikar Valley displeased Moscow, and many officers were demoted. His regimental commander was also demoted to company commander and transferred here to protect Kunduz's only road to Horam in the west. The Soviet army knew it internally. It is a very dangerous thing for an officer to be demoted, and more than once the people of the GPU have come to investigate whether he is derelict in his duties, and if it were not for the fact that the officer in the back also met in the Hindu Kush and broke his blood, maybe he would have been sent to Siberia to be a "lumberjack" Chapter 628 is overwhelming!.

Lumberjack: This is a profession that has changed throughout the Soviet Union in recent years! But in fact, when it comes to this battle, he is also full of bitterness. First of all, the troops were seriously ill-prepared, and when they first moved south from Dushanbe, there were only two 75-mm field guns in the regiment. Look at the enemy again, all flexible and convenient mortars. Machine guns are attached to each platoon! As long as the plane on his side goes to the sky, it is basically impossible for him to land on his own, and the impregnable natural mountains around Kabul are simply a nightmare for the infantry.

Despite all the reasons, he still blamed himself for coming out of the civil war. I feel that I have not fulfilled the responsibility of a ** warrior, and it is a shame to be defeated by the rotten capital army.

"Comrade Company Commander." The soldier's shouts pulled him out of his four-month memories and turned his head to see the dust billowing in the direction of Hoolem.

Reinforcements have arrived!

"Watch out for enemy planes." After arranging the task of air defense, Belkin led the soldiers to the reinforcements.

Reinforcements came the 3rd Division of the Ural Army. This is a heroic unit that came out of the civil war, participated in the pursuit of Kolchak's troops, and fought the final siege and annihilation. It is also the best unit east of the Urals, equipped with more than 100 trucks and more than 3,000 horses, as well as 24 122-mm guns and a large number of machine guns.

Led the division commissar Kuzmin of the truck regiment and the cavalry regiment. He participated in many battles under Frunze, and because of his political qualifications, he became the political commissar of the 3rd Ural Division last year. "Turkestan Front, Belkin, welcome Comrade Political Commissar."

"Comrade Belkin, you have worked hard." Kuzmin was an Uzbek and did not have the aggressive nature of the Slavs, but on the contrary had an easy-going temper and was very suitable for political work. He didn't ask about the war immediately, but more about chatting about the common life, which made Belkin, who had even suffered defeats, feel good.

Trucks and neatly lined Cossack cavalry made the fighters of the Turkestan Military District very envious, in the end, the main forces from the regions close to Europe. Compared with their miscellaneous border guards, the equipment and quality are much higher. The only thing that makes everyone not quite accustomed to it is that the Soviet army still does not have a regular military rank, so everyone is a shout of comrades coming and going.

Comrade Turkestan warmly welcomed the arrival of reinforcements and slowed down the advance of the troops, and along the way, many Afghan guerrilla soldiers loyal to Amanullah surrounded them to say hello, and they were also happy to see the well-equipped main force of the Soviet army, and many of them shot into the air and shouted for a counterattack on Kunduz. But unlike Kuzmin, after entering the war zone, Belkin and the soldiers were much more nervous, and the action of staring at the sky from time to time surprised the officers of the Ural Army, and many even scoffed, isn't it just a few planes? Can you hold back the high-morale proletarian fighters?

Belkin didn't know how to answer, for fear of being ridiculed and called cowardly, so he could only secretly smile bitterly and hope that the road would be peaceful. But the more he thought about peace, the more he came, and only a few kilometers after the convoy walked out, two falcons patrolling together found the target and rushed towards the convoy with a roar.

"Be careful, spread out! Disperse. ”

Belkin shouted loudly to remind everyone to disperse, and the soldiers of the 3rd Ural Division immediately jumped out of the car, but most of them had no experience in dealing with aircraft, and many even fired into the air with rifles. Kuzmin was so nervous that he asked the soldier to take out the DP light machine gun he had just equipped and mount it on the truck, and the round cartridge disc was the best feature to identify it.

This machine gun has not yet been officially equipped with the Soviet army, and the 3rd Division was allowed to bring some for experiments because it was to support Afghanistan. The DP light machine gun spat out several obvious lines of fire into the sky, but the 7.62mm bullet was not very effective against metal aircraft, so the dive momentum of the two Falcon was not contained. On the contrary, the two 12.7 mm machine guns equipped by the Falcon were not insignificant, and several unprotected trucks were hit by bullets and began to catch fire, and the cavalry horses were even more frightened to scurry.

"Shoot, concentrate, knock them down!"

"Quick, it's back."

The two falcons resemble falcons that have been lured in the eyes of their prey. Repeated dives and non-stop strafing at the truck convoy were strife, and in just a few minutes, the people on the ground were overturned. Everywhere there were Soviet soldiers like headless flies. In the face of such an offensive, the Soviet troops, lacking anti-aircraft weapons and training, complained bitterly. Fortunately, the Falcon was short of ammunition, and after a few minutes of strafing, it made a large circle and flew north over Kuzmin's head.

"Damn it, what about our planes!" In just a few minutes, more than a dozen fighters were killed by machine guns before they even saw the enemy, and several trucks were lost, which made Kuzmin's good temper turn blue. Belkin shook his head with a wry smile. If you have a plane here, how can you be dragged here for four months? said: "Comrade political commissar, there is space here. Should get out of here, they will definitely bring more planes when they get back. ”

Kuzmin nodded. The troops were immediately regrouped, and orders were given to abandon the damaged trucks and speed up the advance. Maybe he was too impressed by the plane attack just now, and after giving the order, he couldn't help but look at the sky, and it was this glance, and he couldn't take his gaze back!

"What's that...... Belkin was looking at the new DP machine gun in the hands of his comrades, and he raised his head when he heard the inquiry, but when he saw it clearly, his face changed even more abruptly! I saw a large group of silver planes suddenly jumping out of the mountain in the distance, and each one of them was rushing towards here. "Airplanes are big bombers in China! Oh my God, there are so many! Disperse. Spread out! ”

Two Falcon will make the self-proclaimed elite 3rd Division forward troops taste the hardships, not to mention the bomber group that is pressed like a hill! On the ground, the Soviet troops once again scattered everywhere to find cover, and the bomber group that suddenly jumped close to the mountain peak in order to achieve the purpose of the surprise attack also began to disperse, and a group of 4 small formations roared down at a speed of 250 kilometers per hour.

"Open the magazine."

After the captain gave the order, the bombardier quickly opened the bomb bay gates, and the sudden influx of air made the plane extremely difficult to control. It's like you're in a truck that has lost control and rushed down the mountain, clutching at anything that would stabilize your body. Fortunately, this bump was short-lived, and the captain quickly gave the order to drop the bomb.

Four bombers, with a total of 72 experimental flowering bombs, quickly broke away from the pylons. While the bombardier was busy closing the hatch, Belkin and other Soviet soldiers on the ground saw an unforgettable scene. I saw four planes skimming in the air, and then nearly 100 black dots like eggs drilled out of the belly of the plane. The Soviet soldiers who were targeted ran wildly in the hope of escaping the bomb range and were relieved to avoid the soldiers who were far away.

Belkin was also nervous when he saw the dense small bombs, the only thing that could be thankful was that the terrain here was empty and the experience of the two fighters in front of him meant that the soldiers were scattered and the truck regiment had dispersed, so it should not cause much damage. But just when he thought it wouldn't hurt much, the small bomb that roared down suddenly appeared abnormal!

Under Belkin's astonished gaze, the tails of these small bombs suddenly opened up with small parachutes that were as white as blooming flowers! Before everyone could figure out what it was, the bomb that suddenly slowed down exploded in the air 30 meters overhead, and then a vague thing was seen flying out from the center of the explosion, and a sharp whistle filled the entire sky.

"Poof." Before a Soviet soldier who was bending down to avoid the explosion point was hundreds of meters away from the explosion point, he heard a soft sound, and then there was a sharp pain in his chest, and when he looked down, he found that something had drilled a big hole in his lungs! Immediately after the second, the third dozens of soldiers were penetrated through their bodies by the splash and fell inexplicably.

Belkin was dumbfounded, wondering why his comrades, who were hiding far away, also fell like leeks inexplicably, and only after two pops in front of the bunker where he was hiding, 300 meters from the explosion point, did he understand what had happened.

Two black and somewhat deformed steel balls dug deep into the dirt next to him, and the piercings deeper than a finger made his face pale! "It's a steel ball! Disperse. Belkin was so anxious that he got up and shouted, but by this time it was already too late.

After the first squad successfully dropped the bomb, the group behind quickly followed up and dropped a ** submunition without stopping. The bomb was set to detonate at an altitude of 30 meters, and the moment the small parachute opened, the head of the bomb and the internal column detonated at the same time to tear the shell open, and 108 solid steel balls weighing 200 grams poured down from the top of the Soviet army like scattered rain under the action of explosion and falling acceleration!

The steel balls that were crushed by the explosion and deformed or not deformed collided with each other and screamed, drawing irregular trajectories and smashing to the ground. Penetrate the body and plunge into the rocks. Piercing the steel plate of the car. 1 submunition is 108 steel balls, and a squad of Lei Gong bombers can carry 72 submunitions. A total of 7,776 steel balls scurrying! When 7,776 steel balls were squeezed and whistling down by the shock wave, it could only be described in one word.

Overwhelming!

A soldier who was running around was hit in the thigh by a steel ball, and his leg was broken in two. The comrades tried to drag the injured man behind the rocks, but another steel ball passed directly through the door of his head, and he fell straight on his back with half of the flying skull. Several trucks were smashed into a sieve by steel balls, and none of the machine gunners and drivers on them were spared.

The worst is still the cavalry regiment!

No matter how fast the war horse is. It can't be compared with the bombers, in order to deal with the cavalry, there are 3 squads and 12 Lei Gong, constantly chasing and throwing bombs to the place with the most people. The steel balls that were released after the explosion in the air were not at all something that the war horses could resist, and they were hit by the steel rain in batches, and their owners who threw them fell down with a scream.

32 Lei Gong. 576 submunitions, 62,208 steel balls!

By the time the last one finished dropping its bombs and whizzed back, the wilderness was already covered with dust stirred up by steel balls, and there were corpses everywhere and Soviet soldiers writhing and screaming in pain, and the trucks that lit the fire and the screaming horses made Belkin feel as if he was in the Shura hell, and his whole body was cold and cold.

"This one didn't explode." A soldier jumped out of cover, picked up a bomb that hadn't exploded, and held it high. Perhaps he thought it would be a great credit to help the country develop the same bomb, but he didn't pay attention to the soft ticking sound of the bomb. Belkin and the surviving soldiers quickly surrounded him. Trying to see what kind of demon it was, the bomb exploded in the palm of the soldier's hand.

The last thing Belkin felt was a sharp pain in his chest.

The results of the bombing before the retreat were learned by Moscow intelligence officers three months later, and only 576 submunitions killed 411 Soviet soldiers, 1,322 people were injured to varying degrees, 221 horses were lost, 79 trucks were damaged, 29 officers including Kuzmin, the political commissar of the 3rd Division of the Ural Army, were killed, and the 2 regiments of the forward 2 regiments of the 3rd Ural Division were almost completely wiped out!

Due to the severe losses. Fears would cause panic at the front, so Moscow ordered a blockade of news. As a direct consequence of this bombing, Stalin was seriously dissatisfied with the Soviet Air Force, and he removed several generals in succession and ordered the construction of better and more new planes to defend the skies.

On September 3, 1927, as a tribute to the 15th Congress of Soviets, Yegorov ordered a general offensive on Kabul and Kunduz. 37,000 Soviet troops and thousands of Afghan rebels bombarded the two cities indiscriminately, but when the troops entered the city, they found that the IDF and Afghan forces had already been emptied.

Red-eyed Soviet soldiers slaughtered and looted in two cities, killing thousands of people in both cities, until Amanullah returned to Kabul on September 9.

On the day of his return to Kabul, Soviet-backed Amanullah announced the restoration of the throne and demanded that China and Britain immediately withdraw from northern Afghanistan and Kandahar. By 15 September, troops loyal to Amanullah and 2,000 Soviet troops were approaching Kandahar, and in the face of superior opponents, the British abandoned Kandahar and retreated all the way to India.

Amanullah, who knew that he could only rely on the Soviet Union, had no way out, not only secretly allied with the Soviet Union and promised to let the Soviet troops be stationed in Kabul and Herat for a long time, but also set up a counter-terrorism committee according to the Soviet model, and with the support of the Soviet army, he made a big move against the domestic opposition and tribes. By mid-1928, tens of thousands of people had been killed by the Afghan Suppression Committee and Soviet forces.

At the beginning of October, the 15th National Congress of Soviets ended. The traitors to the party, Tonotsky and his lackeys were finally expelled from the Politburo and the USSR. Stalin, who was in power alone, was excited and realized that he could not continue to fight, so soon China, the Soviet Union and Britain reached a "Ceasefire Agreement in Afghanistan" in Dushanbe, and all three sides promised to immediately cease fire according to the current Line of Actual Control. The day after the agreement was reached, Nanjing declared the four northern provinces of Afghanistan a no-fly zone for the Soviet Union, prohibiting all aircraft from flying over the four provinces.

Although the fighting in Afghanistan has been short, its impact has been significant. In just four months, the Wehrmacht suffered a total of 537 casualties, wounded more than 1,100 people, including 122 seriously wounded, and spent 23 million yuan on military expenditure. The Soviet army suffered a total of 8,700 casualties, hundreds of trucks and tanks, 57 aircraft, and economic expenditures of up to 100 million rubles. In the later guerrilla war in Afghanistan, in order to stabilize the Amanullah government, the Soviet army had to be stationed in Afghanistan for a long time, and the number of troops reached 70,000 at the peak, which once again consumed the already weak national strength.

But at this time, Stalin considered himself the victorious side, so Pravda declared himself the victor in Afghanistan on the day of the armistice, swearing that he had cut off China's passage to Persia and defeated the imperialist plot. Although Nanjing seems to have fought a useless battle, the goal of leading the deeper troubles to the south has already taken shape. Of course, the happiest were the British, and although Afghanistan was temporarily under Soviet control, Sino-Soviet relations deteriorated further, and both sides began to strengthen their military presence in the northwest, delaying the resolution of India's civil unrest for them. But Whitehall probably didn't expect that a few years later the international situation would suddenly become turbulent, turning this victory into a self-digging folly!

On the day the ceasefire agreement was reached in Afghanistan, the entire British army in India was dispatched to suppress the Muslim League and the Congress Party at the same time, and tens of thousands of people were arrested.

In March 1928, after four years of construction, the Novosibirsk Railway, which had been damaged in the civil war, was finally re-laid on the west bank of the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk after four years of construction, and a total of 46,000 political prisoners and their families worked day and night.

At the same time, the East Indies rebellion was gradually quelled by 15,000 British and Dutch colonial troops, and the weakened Sukarno and other guerrillas had to temporarily retreat to the depths of the rainforest to wait for an opportunity. Seeing that the opportunity was lost, Blyukhel could only quietly return to Japan and take the Japanese-Soviet transport fleet back to Moscow...... rq！！！