Chapter 290: Southern Afghanistan
Afghanistan.
This summer, the entire northern mountainous area is in full swing.
In the past, people in the mountainous areas could only live on barren land, and their lives were hard and isolated, and tribes did not interact with each other.
And now, on the simple mountain road, there is a constant roar, Steyr heavy trucks are carrying ore back and forth, and wealth is constantly accumulating.
The Afghan Liberal Government has gradually swelled up its finances, and even if it does not rely on external aid, they are full of confidence in winning this war.
The people who have become rich will fight hard to defend the fruits of victory, and their morale is high.
"With our current strength, we can attack big cities." In the mountains, the seat of the Afghan Free Government, a voice came from a room.
"Osama, it's not your business." Another voice said, "Just take care of your economy." ”
"Hewaja, although I am the Minister of Economy, I am also the captain of the Free Guard, and I am a force directly under the control of His Excellency Mhammad! You can't command me! Osama said, "If you don't agree, I'll take my men and take Jalalabad down first, and I'm going to suffocate in this mountainous area." ”
Dana looked at the two people who were arguing, in the past six months, Osama and Hewaja had quarreled more than once over the matter of the war.
"Without the orders of His Excellency Al Muhammad, we continue to carry out the current policy." Dana said.
Of course, Dana knew what Osama was thinking, this guy had itchy hands without a war for three days, and if he had become the Minister of Defense, he would have captured many cities a long time ago, and His Excellency Mhammad made him Minister of Economy. Regardless of the military, it must also be useful.
Now, the economy of the liberal government has improved greatly, the people have money, and the entire occupied territory is thriving. Flourish.
Just by looking at the new uniforms of the army, we know that the government has plenty of money, and the equipment of the troops has also developed substantially, and it is no longer a guerrilla army, but has become a regular army!
And the Soviets, there has been no movement in the past six months, as long as the free government of Pakistan does not send troops to attack them, they also guard the big cities. Enjoying themselves, both sides seem to be able to live in peace.
This brief period of peace allowed the free government to develop rapidly, and once it broke this situation, then the wealth that had been easily accumulated by the resumption of war may disappear again.
Therefore. Dana is also very inclined to maintain the status quo.
"Dana, don't talk to you, woman." Osama is here. Almost going crazy, seeing that Dana always helped Khwaja speak, he couldn't help but lose his temper with Dana as well.
"Don't make any noise." Just then, another person walked in, with a gloomy face, it was none other than the president of the Afghan Liberal Government. Duranney.
"President, you're here to judge." The wicked man of Osama first complained: "We have eaten and drunk enough, and if the troops do not fight again, they will all degenerate to the point that they will not be able to fight." ”
"Osama. There are the latest tasks. Durrani said: "Secret mission, you take your people, into the South, mission, to provoke a conflict between the guerrillas in the South and the Soviets, the bigger the better!" ”
This mission was brought over by the Pakistani side, and Mhammad personally instructed it.
Now, the north is quiet, and the south is quiet, but the quiet of the north is different from the quiet of the south.
The quiet of the north was fought out, and the strength of the Free Afghan Army in the north was now enough to storm the city and defeat the Soviets.
In particular, as long as there is a war, the Pakistani Air Force will fly in to protect the airspace here, the airspace is Pakistani, and the Soviet ground forces are useless if they are dispatched, they have lost their air supremacy, and even the hinds do not dare to fly and go into the mountains to exterminate the Free Afghan Army? It would be good enough not to be wiped out by the Free Afghan Army.
However, the southern partisans did not have the ability to confront the Soviet army at all, in the past, they were pressed and beaten by the Soviet army, and now, they live peacefully with the Soviet army, which is very problematic, and in the past, the Soviets used to make a detour to transport supplies, and it can almost be concluded that they have reached some kind of agreement with the Soviet army.
There can be no more war in the north, so if you want to fight, you can only start it in the south!
Hearing this order, Osama was excited: "Okay! ”
I've wanted to fight for a long time, and now, at last, it's done again!
Unlike the north, many areas in the south are plains.
The main city in southern Afghanistan, Kandahar, is located on the plains of the lower reaches of the Argandab River.
To the southwest of Kandahar, there is the desert.
Away from the highlands, the climate here is very hot.
Southeast of Kandahar, Air Force Base.
It was an important air base in southern Afghanistan, home to a large number of Soviet soldiers and troops from the Afghan puppet government.
When they first entered the area, the Soviet Air Force was very worried about opposition from Iran, and they soon became bold, because of the tensions between Iran and Iraq, they simply did not have the energy to take care of the situation in Afghanistan, at most, they just exported some weapons.
Therefore, the Soviet Air Force was stationed here, mainly Mi-24, MiG-21 and MiG-23, most of which were used for ground support and to clear the threat from the south.
They went very smoothly.
They did not participate in those air battles in the north, they just swept away those strongholds of the partisans in the center.
In the past six months, they have been in the base for some daily training.
Before the arrival of new fighters, the Pakistani Air Force firmly held air supremacy, and the big figures in the military in Moscow were very indignant and were exerting more pressure on the Mikoyan Design Bureau and the Sukhoi Design Bureau, and the new fighters were being actively developed.
They need to build up their strength and let the Pakistanis run rampant for a while. In order to deal with the Afghan Liberal government in the north, they had to stabilize the south, and the way to stabilize the country was very simple, they and the Afghan guerrillas in the south already had a common goal, and it was easy to reach an agreement.
The wind swept up the yellow sand, flying everywhere, and the whole base was blowing so that no one could be seen.
This kind of weather is not a good weather for flying, especially since the aero engine inhales yellow sand particles, which will greatly reduce the life of the engine.
However, the two MiG-21s still came to the runway, and even the tractor that pulled them seemed to be blown away by the wind.
The cockpit canopy was closed, and the Afghan pilots Chaudhry and Suliman looked at the yellow sand outside the cockpit, a little helpless.
Daily lift-off patrols are a must, to announce that they still have a firm grip on the airspace.
However, this kind of patrol is actually unnecessary, because they do not dare to enter the airspace of the Afghan Free Government at all, but only fly in the rest of the airspace, which makes them even more incompetent.
Moreover, in such a windy weather, the Soviet pilots were reluctant to go out, so they handed over the task of patrolling to the pilots of the Afghan puppet government.
"Kandahar, please take off." Chaudry said on the radio, and on the radio, it seemed that the wind could be heard.
"You can take off." There was an echo in the headphones.
Chaudry released the brakes, pushed the throttle all the way, the engine roared, and the fighter plane slid down the runway.
A gust of crosswind made the small MiG-21 shake a little, and if the crosswind was too strong and caused the wings of the MiG-21 to flip, he would crash during takeoff.
However, he can only do this, fortunately, although the shaking is still acceptable, the speed of the fighter is getting faster and faster, and finally, he pulls the operating stick back, and the fighter suddenly lightens up and leaves the runway.
Climbing, when rising to a high altitude, the air flow is not so strong, more than 10,000 meters, almost always sunny!
The two MiG-21s continued to climb, and no one noticed that two flames suddenly appeared on the ground.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, Chaudry felt a shock to the fuselage, and then, the instruments in front of him began to fall rapidly, and countless red lights flashed.
Engine failure, loss of hydraulic oil pressure!
Oops, wrecked! Intuitively, he wanted to pull the ejection handle, but looking at the yellow sand rolled up by the wind outside, he knew that if he ejected it, he was afraid that he would die faster, and under this kind of strong wind, the parachute would definitely not be able to deploy.
Crash landing! He operated the fighter plane vigorously, and continued to descend in the strong wind and yellow sand, until the yellow sand suddenly appeared in front of him, and the fighter plane had already arrived in the desert.
The nose of the plane plunged into a sand dune, and he felt countless yellow sand rushing towards him, hitting him with a huge force, leaving him unconscious...
The wingman in the back, without his luck, disintegrated in the air.
At dusk, the wind and sand become lighter.
A search convoy finally found that half of the fuselage had been buried in the dunes, and the rear fuselage had been blown to pieces.
Got it! Finally found it! The search convoy was very happy and began to rescue the warplane.
When the head of the fighter plane was pulled out, the pilot inside was no longer breathing, and he was not killed by impact, but suffocated to death, covered by sand dunes, there was no oxygen in it, and the oxygen brought by the fighter could only last for two hours.
They looked at the rear of the fighter again, and finally found the problem, this fighter plane was not wrecked due to bad weather, the cause of the crash was a portable missile attack, and the engine was hit!
It's always been safe, and after the agreement with the southern guerrillas, there have been no more attacks. Or, did the people from the north do it?
This particular accident made the commander of the Kandahar Air Base uneasy, and he sat in his office, waiting for the results of the analysis. (To be continued......)