The progress of our road to the Higio Valley is manageable.

On the one hand, we have mastered the process of the Soviet army opening the Salang tunnel...... It is not difficult to grasp this, as hundreds of Afghan workers work in the Salang Tunnel every day...... The vast majority of the people sent by the Soviet Union to Afghanistan were armed with morale, and the Soviet government certainly did not use soldiers to do hard work, so these things naturally fell on the heads of the Afghan people.

It is impossible to keep secret where Afghan civilians work, so information about the Salang Tunnel comes to our base almost every day.

This also made me know that we buried more than a dozen cars in that operation, and the tunnels that were blown up were even a mile long...... It's just that when the tunnel was dug there was still a horizontal tunnel...... This transverse tunnel is driven into the middle of the intended tunnel from the side, so that the construction personnel can speed up the construction process of the tunnel, and our explosion site this time happened to be in the middle of this transverse tunnel, which also accelerated the speed of the Soviet army to open the tunnel again...... The work, which originally took at least more than two months to complete, now only takes more than a month to get through with the Soviet army's transfer of modern equipment such as bulldozers and excavators, as well as several groups of people taking turns to rush to work day and night.

Knowing this time, we also know the time when the Soviet army is preparing for the next sweep.

On the other hand...... We also have a grasp of the capacity of the other parties on the Soviet side......

This information was provided by Smith...... After all, the United States also has spy satellites, so it is not difficult to count the cars and planes coming and going on another transportation route, and then estimate the extent of the Soviet Union's supply at this time based on the capacity of each car and plane.

So we know one thing...... After such a long period of accumulation, the Soviet Union is now actually capable of launching another sweep. But they don't give it away. It seems to be waiting for the Salang Tunnel to open up for another blockbuster.

By this time, more than a dozen trails leading to the Higio Valley were almost complete...... Actually, we deliberately slowed it down. The reason for this is that once completed, it will mean a large shipment of weapons, ammunition and supplies to the Higio Valley, if so...... I'm afraid that the Xigio Valley is really capable of resisting the attack of the Soviet army, which is certainly not what I hoped.

So, what we have to do is to widen these paths a little more, or to consolidate some places...... Anyway, these paths are all very crudely built, and it is almost as good as blowing them up with explosives to allow the mules to pass through, so if they are tinkered with to make them perfect, I am afraid that they will not be finished in a year and a half.

I'll just wait. Waiting for the moment when the Soviet Union launched a new round of attacks on the Afghan partisans...... This is the first time, and I am looking forward to the rapid start of the Soviet offensive.

"Battalion Commander Yang!" While I was looking at the map in my office and wondering how the Soviets would attack the partisans this time, Smith walked in with a few American soldiers.

He held a telegram in his hand and said with some embarrassment: "There is something I want to tell you...... That's right, the U.S. government asked me to broker a coalition of Afghan guerrillas! ”

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this...... Somewhat embarrassed, he said to Smith: "Colonel Smith, it's not that I don't want the Afghan guerrillas to unite...... This is only good for us, and there is no harm in it. But...... Don't you think that in the current state of affairs, it is almost impossible to unite the Afghan guerrillas? ”

"I understand!" Colonel Smith nodded: "I made this mistake last time, the guerrillas have a strong barrier to each other, no one obeys anyone, and even some guerrillas still have a feud...... It is simply impossible to unite them. And I've tried it during this time...... I want to merge two guerrilla groups that seem to be close to each other......"

"Oh!" So I knew that Smith was not going to take in any other guerrillas during this time. It turned out that he had thought hard about the internal integration because of the failure of the last time......

"How did it turn out?" I'm interested in Smith's shiyan, and it's an attempt anyway.

"You don't want to hear it!" Smith said with a little embarrassment, "You know...... I specially chose two guerrilla detachments that were very close to each other for this attempt. It was thought that it would be easy, because they were related to each other, and they also hoped that the merger of the two forces would become an example. Results ......"

Smith shook his head with a wry smile: "There is nothing wrong with the two guerrillas on the surface...... But everyone wanted to be the leader, and both guerrillas fought for their leader to lead the guerrillas...... Later, there was an assassination attempt, so not only did the merger not succeed, but the two guerrillas turned against each other! ”

I can't help but hahadaxiao when I hear this, in fact, this is the current situation in Afghanistan, it is not a matter of one or two people to reason or match it to solve it, this is a bit like the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons and the Warring States and the Seven Heroes, and it is also a bit like the warlord melee period, who do you say has the ability to make the five hegemons, the seven heroes or the warlords merge into one country just by reasoning? Even when the Qin State was about to destroy the other six countries, the other six countries would rather die at the hands of the Qin State than cooperate sincerely!

So, in the face of such a situation...... There is only one way to truly unite them, and there is a strong shili that unites all these little shili.

Of course, now is not the time for reunification, because with the invasion of the Soviet Union, a strong enemy, if the Afghan guerrillas fight a war of unification...... That is not good for the situation, but has many disadvantages.

This is also the reason why when I went to negotiate with Pesur, I only talked about cooperation from beginning to end, and did not talk about unity and merger, which is simply impossible!

"My thoughts are ......," I said to Smith, "just keep it as it is, the unity of the guerrillas is not a matter of one or two days, nor can you and me do it, the current state of affairs...... As long as we have guerrillas at our disposal, we can give them some advice on how to improve their quality, to improve their equipment, and to give them advice when the time is right...... That's good! ”

"That's what I thought, too!" "But that's not how the U.S. government thinks," Smith said...... And ......"

"And what?" I asked.

"And they also gave an order......" Smith spread his hands helplessly: "If they don't build such an alliance to unite the guerrillas, they will immediately cut off aid funds and supplies!" ”

I couldn't help but smile wryly...... A group of politicians who do not understand the real situation are using their economic means to remotely control the decisions of the front-line generals! (To be continued......)