After a week of training, I convened a meeting of the leaders of the guerrillas, not only with the main leaders of Hassan and Aduzai, but also with the minor leaders of the various ethnic groups...... To put it simply, it is equivalent to gathering together cadres at the guerrilla company and platoon levels.

It's not easy to do that...... Although our team has only more than 4,000 people, its forces are quite complicated...... For example, in a meeting like today's, we must at least count how many forces there are within the body, and who are the ones who are talking.

I don't know if this is not counted, but it really scared us when it was counted...... There are hundreds of these large and small leaders combined, that is, an average of thirty or forty people have a power organization, and this is under the condition that we have vigorously cultivated the guerrilla force of Hassan.

"Comrades!" I raised a small loudspeaker and shouted to the guerrilla leaders who were sitting below, and the whole room soon fell silent.

This may be the result of several victories in which I successfully commanded the guerrillas...... Especially after the defeat of the Soviet army, my prestige among the partisans skyrocketed, so whether they would understand what I was saying or not, they all stopped all their movements and turned their attention to me on the podium.

It also made me understand that it was completely unnecessary to hold a small horn on my own...... Even if I shout so loudly, they don't understand, do they?

So the next second, I smiled self-deprecatingly and handed the little speaker to Sahyde beside me, and the meeting was soon held in the form of me saying a word, and Saheide shouting a word.

"Comrades!" I said, "First of all, I want to say ...... You have shown great courage on the battlefield because of your valor. We were able to successfully defeat the Soviets, who were several times stronger than us. Cast them out of your land. This is a victory not only for you, but also for all Afghans, and a glory for all Afghans! ”

There was a burst of cheers from the audience, and if it weren't for the fact that this was in a cramped bomb shelter, I think they would have grabbed the AK47 again like before.

"But......" Then I said, "you should know too...... It is precisely because we defeated the Soviets that the valley of Shigio will get stuck in the throat of the Soviets like a thorn, and it will be uncomfortable not to pull me out. So it is very likely that the Soviets will launch a second or third clearance of our valleys...... And it could be even more violent! ”

"Then let them come!" An Afghan leader stood up and waved his hand and said with a proud expression: "Let them know that we Afghans are not easy to mess with, and we will drive them back as we do now!" ”

"Punova is right!" The other leader stood up and said, "Next time...... We won't put them back like we do now! ”

There was another round of cheering in the room, and it seemed that the vast majority of people agreed with the two men.

When the conference room calmed down again, I continued: "We have an idiom in China called 'be prepared for danger in times of peace', and there is also an old saying that 'people have no long-term worries, they must have near-term worries'...... We have to look a little bit farther, try to think as bad as possible about ourselves and be prepared...... In this way, we can survive the brutal struggle, and these words apply to China, and I think the same applies to Afghanistan! ”

As soon as I said this, the chiefs stopped talking. Because it's obvious that if you think too optimistically about the outlook and live in the triumphs of the past. Then one day you will find that what happens is not as good as you think!

"Battalion Commander Yang!" A bearded Afghan leader stood up, gave me a chest salute from afar, and said, "You have a point...... We should not take the Soviets for fools, we defeated them with this method for the first time, and it cost the Soviets dearly, then the next time ...... Will the Soviets attack like this, will they let them defeat again? War is certainly not that simple, and we believe you...... Battalion Commander Yang, it was you who led us to victory again and again! ”

"Yes, the old Chinese saying is true!"

"What Camp Commander Yang said is also very right! The fact that the Chinese military has won so many victories is a clear proof of this! ”

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The Afghans talked nonsense, leaving only Saheed and Wang Xianman, who were standing next to me in charge of translation, busy...... Wang Xianman added translators to this meeting in order to deal with this situation.

"Comrades!" I raised my hand to signal the Afghan leaders to calm down and continued: "Thank you for the trust you have placed in us. But as I said earlier, we must be prepared for danger in times of peace, and we must take into account the future defense of the Shigio Valley and the possibility of a more violent offensive by the Soviet troops...... Therefore, we must constantly improve ourselves and make ourselves stronger, so that we can face more severe tests and more brutal battles in the future, and I believe that our comrades agree with this! ”

The Afghan leaders nodded their heads...... There is nothing to refute these words.

"In order to improve ourselves, we have to find our shortcomings and correct them...... That's what makes us stronger! ”

The leaders nodded in agreement, which was also an irrefutable truth.

"Then I'll talk about our shortcomings!" I continued: "Although we won the last battle, there were still many unsatisfactory points...... For example, the problem of the disconnection between the upper and lower commands, the problem that the various parts of the guerrilla force are difficult to coordinate and the pace is inconsistent, and then the problem of the guerrilla forces, etc., we could have achieved more and greater victories, or we could have avoided some unnecessary casualties, but because of the existence of these problems, we can only do this. That's pretty good...... I'm more worried that we're going to continue like this...... It is quite possible that it will not be able to withstand the next attack of the Soviet troops! ”

"Battalion Commander Yang is right!" As soon as I finished speaking, an Afghan leader stood up: "Oditu's troops are fighting us like government troops!" ”

"That's because your mortars hit our positions!"

"There will always be times when the mortar will not hit accurately!"

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"Aders' troops are stealing our ammunition while we are fighting the Soviets!"

"We are short of ammunition, and you didn't give it to you twice after we told you!" The chieftain, known as Adès, stood up and retorted, "You have a lot of ammunition left, so why don't you give us some of it?" Just let them stand and stare dryly! ”

"But that's our ammunition! Why don't you save more? ”

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Then in the conference room, you and I soon quarreled with each other, in short, the public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother said that the mother was reasonable...... If it weren't for our pressure, I'm afraid that these guerrillas would have already started fighting.

Actually...... These things are very common on the battlefield, such as mortars hitting their own positions off, or asking for some ammunition from friendly troops due to lack of ammunition...... Who has never experienced these things, our troops have never fought over this matter, and even have a way to fight each other on the battlefield.

But the Afghan guerrillas are different...... The reason is that they each have their own small groups and their own interests, so there are endless cases of tearing each other's faces on the battlefield or arguing over ammunition, and it can almost be said that they join forces to fight a battle...... Whether this battle is won or lost, it will cause a lot of contradictions.

This is why historically the Afghan guerrillas have not been able to form a substantial coalition that has effectively united against the Soviet Union...... We only have a few thousand people united, so the whole Afghan guerrilla group of more than 100,000 can be united?!

"That's what I'm going to say next!" When the chiefs were almost at a par with each other, I continued: "For the sake of the valley of Siejo, and so that we can withstand the Soviet attack, I will carry out a reform of the Shigio's partisans, which will ensure that such things happen as little as possible, and that even if they do, they will not worsen, and that those who violate discipline will be punished as much as they deserve!" ”

When they heard these words, the expressions on the faces of the leaders were still disapproving...... I think it's because they don't know what "reform" is, so they don't take it seriously at all.

Aduzai, who had not spoken, seemed to have heard something, so he stood up and asked, "Battalion Commander Yang, what's going on with the reform?" ”

"Simply put!" I continued Zaduzai's words: "It is to carry out a unified formation in the guerrilla units, that is, regiment commanders, battalion commanders, company commanders, ......."

The chiefs still didn't think so, because they had done it before, but it was just a name, and the real power was still in the hands of these leaders.

"Then who will be the commander of these regiments and battalions?" Aduzai knew that this time it wouldn't be so simple, so he asked again.

"Of course you're in charge!" I said, "For example, if you have a unit of 100 men, then you can be a company commander, and if you have more than 30 fighters, you can be a platoon commander......

I'm doing this to look out for the interests of the chiefs, otherwise it would be a headache for them to join forces to rebel...... Although at this time we have the strength to suppress the rebellion of any force.

"But ......," I continued, "you can't be a cadre of your own people, like the Pashtuns, you must be a cadre of the Hadak!" And...... If you don't perform well on the battlefield, or if you are not qualified for this position, we can discuss the removal together! ”

As soon as the words fell, it caused an uproar in the conference room! (To be continued......)