"Here's what I think!" I said: "I don't think the ammunition supply of the Soviet army is very sufficient......"

"Battalion Commander Yang!" Smith shook his head and said, "Although I would love that you can send troops to rescue Hakus, I don't agree with this point of view...... The last sweep did not consume much ammunition by the Soviet troops, because the last sweep lasted only three days...... It was interrupted because Kabul was attacked by you! Then another month followed...... The USSR had absolutely time to replenish the ammunition they consumed! ”

"Maybe you didn't include the Airborne Forces!" I said, "Obviously...... This airborne force did not fly directly from the USSR...... I'm not wrong about that! ”

"That's true!" Smith nodded: "The mountainous terrain of Afghanistan is complex, and there are many places that are not suitable for transport aircraft to be airborne...... So, the Soviet Airborne Forces entered Afghanistan first, and then airborne by helicopter, oh ......"

Speaking of which, Colonel Smith quickly understood: "This month, the Soviet Union has a lot of transport capacity for the Airborne Forces and their equipment!" ”

"That's right!" I said, "I want to ...... The airborne troops used by the Soviet Union to block the Pakistan-Afghanistan border will certainly not be less! ”

That's right, of course...... The Pakistan-Afghanistan border is 2,430 kilometers long, and it is certainly not possible for a small army to seal such a long border.

"There are four regiments of paratrooper units in total!" Colonel Smith said, "There are more than 10,000 men, and that's not including the reserves!" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded.

In fact, it is not enough to use more than 10,000 people to block the Pakistan-Afghanistan border...... Because the historical Soviet army Zuihou used 50,000 people to blockade this border, and it could not be closed.

Of course, the current Soviet army definitely doesn't know this, so it will use more than 10,000 people to think of a war of annihilation against the partisans!

It's a shame to say that's a shame...... The strategy of the Soviet army was right. Closing the border means cutting off Pakistani aid into the mountains of Afghanistan. Coupled with the Soviet Union's policy of clearing the wilderness and the encirclement and suppression of the guerrillas by the government army. Moreover, this time the guerrillas were caught off guard, and the guerrillas at this time were still in the growth stage, and their combat effectiveness and vitality were very brittle...... So the Soviet Union really had a chance to nip the partisans in the bud.

But...... But they will use 10,000 men to block the border...... Before fighting this battle, we should find out the terrain and situation on the border, so that not only will the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan not be blocked, but it will also give the guerrillas a wake-up call...... It is very likely that the Soviet army will attack the border, which will open up a few more roads in the future.

So when the Soviet troops were slowly increasing their forces to block the roads...... Trails have been carved out in the mountains, and there are hundreds of trails that the Soviet army cannot control on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border alone.

"So ......," I said, "to relieve the siege of Hakus...... It should not be reinforcements, but offense...... Attack the supply lines of the Soviet army! ”

"This plan might work!" The instructor nodded and said, "First of all, the Soviet army focused most of its forces and attention on the mountainous areas on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Naturally, there would be gaps in the supply lines behind them. Secondly, if we cut off the supply lines of the USSR...... Then the Soviet troops in Afghanistan will be very dangerous, and their continued sweep will mean that a lot of ammunition will be consumed, and as a result, it is likely that their ammunition depots will be exhausted...... In this way, it will not be far from the collapse of the Soviet army on all fronts......"

"So......" I continued with the words of the instructor, "as long as we cut off the supply lines of the Soviet army when the ammunition is not sufficient...... It means that the Soviet army had to end the sweep, and as soon as the Soviet army ended the sweep...... Then the siege of Hakus would not exist, because if the Soviet troops of Hakus did not retreat, it was very likely that they would be drowned in the sea of partisans! ”

"Great idea!" Smith complimented heartily, with some approval and a hint of shame in his eyes.

After a pause, Smith said again: "Camp Commander Yang...... It's a good idea. But there are a couple of problems...... We must cut off the supply lines of the Soviet army for a long time, otherwise...... If it's just harassment or blowing up a bridge...... I'm afraid that the impact on the Soviet army is not great! ”

Smith certainly makes sense of what he said. We all know very well that we are from military backgrounds...... That's what the sappers in the army do, blowing up a stretch of road or blowing up a bridge...... In the hands of sappers with modern equipment, it is only a matter of hours.

"And we can't stay somewhere for long to cut off its supplies!" Smith went on to say: "On the highway the modern equipment of the Soviet army will work...... If we cut off its supply with perseverance, we will be able to hold out until Hakus is relieved...... We're going to be surrounded ourselves! ”

Smith is right about that...... Since it is necessary to cut off the supply lines of the Soviet army for a long time, it means that we must give them continuous blows on their supply lines...... This means that we must hold on, and we must hold on for a few days or even longer, otherwise it will not be enough to affect the logistics of the Soviet army.

But......

"To cut off the supply lines of the Soviet army for a long time, it is not necessary to hold ......"

"That'...... Camp Commander Yang meant...... "Both the instructor and Smith looked at me with curious eyes.

I pointed to a spot on the map and said just two words: "Tunnel!" ”

"Oh!" Smith nodded again and again: "Good idea, good idea...... Good job! Battalion Chief Yang ...... You're an expert in guerrilla warfare, and now I know how stupid it is to want you to do my bidding......"

As we thought earlier, sappers can quickly repair a bombed-out road or get a blown up bridge open to traffic in a short time...... However, it is not always possible to repair a section of the tunnel and get it open to traffic quickly.

The reason is obvious...... The tunnel is a hole dug in the mountain, and the explosives will collapse into a mess as soon as they explode, and its internal structure may blow up problems, and it will often collapse while digging...... Besides, there are a lot of tunnels that are still very long, and we just need to blow them up...... Then the Soviet Union's supplies had to be interrupted for ten days and half a month.

This, of course, refers to the Soviet road logistics on this side of Kabul...... In fact, the Soviets had a supply route to the west, and transport planes were airlifted back and forth between the Soviets and Afghanistan, so blowing up the tunnel could not completely paralyze the supply of the Soviet army...... In fact, if the Soviet supply supply could be completely paralyzed by just blowing up a tunnel, then the Soviet army would not have been able to stay in Afghanistan for ten years, and would have been completely dismantled by the Afghan guerrillas.

But...... Due to the limited capacity of air transport and the fact that Afghanistan is a landlocked country and cannot be transported by sea, most of the Soviet supplies came by road, and now one of the already burdensome supply lines has been cut off...... One can imagine what kind of pressure it would put on the logistics of the Soviet army! (To be continued......)