Military vehicles, one after another, the 177th and 682nd regiments are motorized infantry regiments, although the Soviet motorized infantry regiment is actually called a mechanized infantry regiment, but a lot of equipment still has to be transported by guò trucks.

Especially when entering the valley this time, many times, the infantry could not stay in the infantry fighting vehicles, but had to climb the high hillside on foot, and the preparation of supplies was even more sufficient.

And, as night fell, the real attack, a few hours away, these were the leading vehicles, and in the back, there were tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, rumbling from this valley into the valley, quickly blocking all the valley entrances.

Watching the trucks drive over, Gulbahar's garrison battalion commander Mastellov frowned, this town is too small, and those supplies can no longer be stored, so these trucks can only be parked on both sides of the road so as not to block the road.

The soldiers holding the red flag kept moving, there were too many vehicles, and outside the town, the passage was gradually blocked as the vehicles piled up.

"Damn, get out of the way!" Mastellov shouted loudly, his voice, in the rumble of the engine, almost inaudible.

In the past, the offensive started during the day, but this time, I don't know who came up with the idea, and the attack was carried out in the middle of the night, and the Afghans were more shrewd than the foxes, so maybe they would have noticed the movement a long time ago.

Mastellov looked at the sky above him, it was still pitch black, and there was a rumbling sound in the distance, could it be that the helicopter unit had been dispatched?

At this moment, a bright flame appeared on the hillside in the distance, and one after another, as if it were fireworks in a festival.

"Enemy attack, alarm!" Mastellov shouted, he recognized at a glance, those flames, definitely rocket attacks!

Damn, when did the partisans have rockets? And, in the middle of this mountainous terrain, how did they carry the rocket artillery over?

None of this is important, what is important is how to deal with these flying rockets, they also have only one choice, dodge!

Dozens of rockets, dragging the tail tongues of fire, drew a graceful arc in the air, flying from the hillside over there, close in front of them.

There are vehicles everywhere, where to hide? The combat units were still behind, they were all just transport troops, and in an instant, they panicked.

"Boom!" The first rocket, already flying among them, sent out brighter flames and shrapnel as it kissed the ground, hitting the parked vehicles around them.

"Boom!" With the sound of explosions, several military vehicles that were closest to them burst into flames.

The nearest Soviet soldier tried to put out the fire, but before they could act, the explosions continued to sound, and they realized that they had been surrounded by raging fire.

"Boom, boom!" The sound of explosions alarmed the inhabitants of the town, and there was another war outside! They closed their doors tightly and did not dare to come out.

Fahim rubbed his eyes, these rockets had a long enough range to allow his side to attack the Soviets at such a distance, it was really useful! More valuable than a sniper rifle, more valuable than an RPG! Moreover, without a launcher, you can carry a shell and launch it when it comes, which is simply tailor-made for the guerrillas!

Fahim put away his disdain for Mhammad's army, and his eyes became hot.

"Let's go!" Mhammad shouted.

The Soviets reacted very quickly and had to retreat as soon as their attack was over.

Hearing Mhammad's order, the partisans quickly ran back along the planned route.

"Boom!" At this moment, there was a violent sound of artillery in the distance, and one after another, shells flew from the road in the distance, accurately hitting the place where the rocket had just been launched.

The heavy troops of the Soviets! Mhammad took one last look into the distance, where it was possible to distinguish the tank unit of the Soviets, which was the Soviet army that had entered the Panjshir Valley in advance!

Behind the munitions vehicles were followed by the tank battalion of the 682nd Motor Infantry Regiment, which, when they found out that they had been attacked in front, was on the road and began their first firing.

A 105-mm grenade shattered the hillside in front.

Seeing that the road ahead had been completely cut off, the commander of the tank battalion, Vonkovsky, ordered on the radio: "Turn around, drive down from the right road and enter the valley mouth!" ”

There is still an hour before the early morning, and before he has even started to act, he has already been attacked by the partisans, which makes Vonkovsky very annoyed, how is the division headquarters in the rear arranged? At that time, if he had placed this tank battalion of his own at the front, he would have rushed up a long time ago!

The tracks of the tanks crushed the fields beside the road, the only flat land outside the mountains, and the Afghan residents of Gulbahar town almost all depend on cultivation for their livelihood.

Now, as soon as the crops in these fields began to sprout, the tracks of the tanks were crushed up, and when one tank after another passed by, the place had completely turned into a wasteland.

Walking in the middle of high peaks on both sides, the T-62 had a big drawback, the elevation angle was too high for tank guns to reach.

However, Vonkovsky had no choice, the partisans attacked their supplies, he had to catch up, and besides, the road was blocked, and only if he caught up first could he make way for the teams behind.

He was not afraid of a sneak attack by the guerrillas, and behind his tank battalion there was also a unit that specialized in packing up the special equipment of the Afghan guerrillas.

Crossing into the pass of Gulbahar, which presented a quiet mountain, it was already the middle of the night, and the moon was shining with a quiet light, and the stars were dotted.

The infrared headlights of the T-62 turret are constantly shining around, and even if there are guerrillas hiding on the hill, they can be exposed in their original form under the illumination of the infrared headlights.

The sneak attack just now was just an accident, and Vonkovsky believed that as soon as the Soviet Union's large forces were dispatched, those partisans would definitely be hidden, and they would never dare to take the initiative to come out again.

Fifty kilometers through the valley to the mouth of another valley, where the tanks serve as a fixed position, blocking the exit there! This is Vonkovsky's task, which he needs to complete before dawn.

It's a simple task.

There is not a shadow of half of the Afghan guerrillas around! After turning the commander's circumferential lens around, Vonkovsky relaxed, and the partisans were either blown away by the rapid fire of his own urgent order, or ran away.

"Boom!" At this moment, an explosion sounded in front, and then, the shouts of the driver at the front came from the headphones.

"Report, car No. 312 was pressed with an anti-tank mine, and the track was blown off!"

Anti-tank mines! Did those Afghan guerrillas already know in advance that they were coming?

This kind of mine uses a pressure-launch fuse, and only when the mass of more than 180 kilograms is pressed up, it will explode, so it is safe to blow up only the vehicle and the personnel step on it, although the power is not great, but it can blow up the tracks of the tank and make it difficult for the tank to move an inch.

"Sappers, remove the mines immediately." Vonkovsky commanded over the radio.

When there is a threat of mines ahead, it is definitely not a good idea to move on, even the most reckless commander can only wait.

The two motorized infantry regiments, plus a team of government troops, were very large, and the forward had already entered the Panjshir Valley, while the government troops behind were still waiting in their own trucks and did not move in.

Just halfway from Bagram to Gulbahar, Major General Kulikov sat in a command car, and in this encirclement and suppression operation, he did not sit in command in Bagram behind, but personally came to the front line.

Kulikov's body is flowing with the blood of the same fighting nation, he remembered the tragic death of his son, and his hatred for the Afghan guerrillas has reached the point of no return, and he even wants to personally pick up an AK-74 rifle and charge at the front line.

The command vehicle suddenly stopped, and Kulikov heard a report on the radio from the independent tank battalion of the 682nd motorized infantry regiment, and as soon as he entered the valley pass, he was hit by a mine by the Afghan partisans!

It must have been compared to that subco! Thinking of the five mountain passes that he needed to hold, two of them were already in his hands, and only the other three needed to be sent to defend them, who would have thought that before he could deploy his troops, he encountered a counterattack from the Afghan guerrillas!

"Order Bagram, send six Hinds, escort six infantry squads, and occupy Valley Passes No. 4, No. 6 and No. 7." Kulikov gave the order.

The Bagram base in the rear was already brightly lit, and the Hind helicopter quickly started and burrowed into the night sky.

There were only two infantry squads at the mouth of each valley, and the number was a bit small, of course, this was only temporary, and by daybreak the sappers had cleared the mines, and at any moment more soldiers could be reinforced.

Although there are infrared night vision devices, helicopters flying in the mountains at night are also very dangerous, and Kulikov will not risk the lives of more soldiers.

At the mouth of the valley, in the quiet moonlight, the sappers carefully confirmed the safety ahead.

Anti-tank mines do not cause harm to the human body, but no one would believe that the Afghan guerrillas planted only one anti-tank mine, and if there were also anti-infantry mines, careless sappers would lose their lives.

Fully equipped with demining equipment, sappers carefully searched the way forward.

The east gradually lit up the white of the fish's belly, and the night passed like this.

The area of a hundred meters ahead was thoroughly searched, and there was no second mine to be found, except for the one mine that was crushed!

Fooled! was blocked by this mine, and after tossing for half the night, I finally found that there was only this mine!

The long-awaited tank unit finally couldn't suppress its fire, and the driver in front stepped on the accelerator fiercely, a puff of black smoke came out of the tail, and the tank quickly moved forward.