Watching the soldiers climb into the car in a neat line, I also got into the jeep that came to pick me up.

When the throttle roared in the direction of the base, I felt a little strange in my heart...... With Zhang Fan's character, she should have come here to pick me up, why haven't I seen her all the time?

Because my relationship with Zhang Fan is also semi-public in the army, and I am worried about whether something happened to Zhang Fan...... So I didn't have any scruples and asked the driver in front of me: "Comrade...... That, why didn't Comrade Zhang Fan come! ”

"Well, this ......" the driver replied with some embarrassment: "Commander Zhang won't let Zhang Fan come...... Say yes, let you report the situation first, and get down to business...... Worrying that Zhang Fan coming to pick you up will affect your mood! ”

"Oh!" I was a little embarrassed to hear the driver's answer...... Like this kind of thing, Commander Zhang told Zhang Fan in private, why did even the driver know about it...... It's nothing for me to be thick-skinned as a big man, so where does Zhang Fan's face go......

From this point of view, although Commander Zhang is a good commander, he doesn't seem to know much about thinking about his daughter's face!

The car sped all the way forward, and it didn't take long to reach the base...... As we expected, there were already a large number of comrades-in-arms waiting for us at the gate...... Many of them were my subordinates, who were waving and cheering at me through the car window!

I can't help but feel emotional...... When I first went to Afghanistan, because of the restrictions on the number of people and equipment, I couldn't take the entire synthetic battalion away, who knew that this would be a year...... I don't know how they spent their year, or if they have been dismantled to other units......

I'd love to get out of the car and ask. Or say hello to these old comrades-in-arms and old subordinates...... But the driver didn't mean to stop at all. Just honked the horn one after another to signal the soldiers blocking the car to get out of the way.

Look at my puzzled gaze. The driver explained: "Battalion Commander Yang...... Excuse me! Commander Zhang wants to see you at the first time......"

I couldn't help but smile bitterly...... Commander Zhang must still be the same old saying, the business matters!

The cars behind stopped one after another...... I could only watch my comrades reunite behind me from the rear window, while the jeep took me all the way to the headquarters, and then stopped at the entrance of the headquarters with a "squeak".

"It's coming!" When I walked into the headquarters, Commander Zhang, who was reading the text, raised his head and motioned for me to sit down on the chair in front of him.

What surprised me a little was...... Commander Zhang was in such a hurry to call me over, but he was not in a hurry to ask me at all, and even continued to look at Wen Jiàn as if I hadn't come and left me aside...... Every now and then I frown or sigh!

Because I was curious, I secretly glanced at the text in his hand...... I didn't see many words though. But guess is also a report about our fight against the Soviet army in Afghanistan!

So I was even more nervous...... What's going on with Commander Zhang's frowning and sighing? Could it be that I didn't fight well in Afghanistan? Or is there something wrong with it?

Otherwise...... Is it the dollar thing that has been revealed?

Not really! We didn't do anything wrong at the end of the day...... At the beginning, it was reported to the headquarters, but the specific amount was not specified, and then the financing of refugees in Afghanistan was also a fighting need, and the only thing to say was that there was money...... It was on the returning ship that some of the soldiers said something undisciplined during the meeting...... Is this because of this?

When I think about it, my heart goes to the bottom of my mind...... If it is for this to punish a few cadres of the Liang Company, it will be too unjust, not to mention that they have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, this is not for their own ......

After a while...... Commander Zhang threw me a cigarette, nodded and said, "Good fight...... This proves that it was right to send you to Afghanistan, and at the same time...... It also proves that you are right, the war in Afghanistan did not end so quickly...... Afghanistan has become a quagmire that binds the Soviet Union. As long as we keep trying...... Let the USSR not be able to get out in Afghanistan, then there will be less and less pressure on us! In this respect...... You're doing a great job, both strategically and tactically! It's a matter of merit...... That can almost be said to save the country from danger! ”

Listening to Commander Zhang's words, I was relieved...... It seems that I was thinking too much about it just now. Commander Zhang's frowning and sighing were not aimed at me or my troops, but something else...... But thinking about it, I think this is normal, Commander Zhang, as a commander, where would he care about which soldier is not a problem of ideological desertion, this problem can be solved at the instructor level at the level of the regimental political commissar at most!

Thinking of this, I breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The commander is serious, I am just doing my duty as a soldier!" ”

"Hmm!" Commander Zhang shook his hand, as if to tell me not to say these clichés...... Actually, I don't want to say it, but what else can I say if I don't say it?

After another moment of silence...... Commander Zhang looked at me with a stern expression and asked, "I want to hear the truth...... The combat effectiveness of the Soviet army was compared to ours...... Which is stronger and which is weaker, and where is the strong? Where is the weakness? ”

"Hmm!" So I knew the reason why Commander Zhang was in such a hurry to find me, and at the same time, I also knew why he was frowning and sighing just now!

On the one hand...... I think he saw too much flashy stuff in the report...... The reports written at this time are like this, perhaps it is the legacy of ten years, and the reports are habitually full of fake, big, and empty ...... This is true even for military reports, and it takes a process to change that, and now is just the beginning!

It is precisely because of this ...... So Commander Zhang was not very clear about the difficulties and facts of my war in Afghanistan, because the report put in front of him was ...... It is all carefully and carefully polished, and it can even be said that it is polished to the extreme...... It looks comfortable at first, but it erases a lot of really useful information.

On the other hand...... I think Commander Zhang still saw the gap between us and the Soviet army in these reports, so he frowned and sighed!

So I didn't think much about it and said, "Objectively...... Compared with our army, the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army is not one or two points stronger...... Whether it's on equipment or on the suzhì! The reason why we have been able to defeat the Soviet army in Afghanistan repeatedly...... On the one hand, it is because the Soviet army is not good at guerrilla warfare, and its tactical thinking is out of touch with the terrain of Afghanistan, and this is exactly what our army is good at. On the other hand, because of the terrain restrictions in Afghanistan, the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army was greatly reduced...... Of course, we have combat experience and the Soviet army does not have combat experience is also one of the reasons! ”

"Hmm!" As soon as he heard my words, Commander Zhang came to his senses and said, "What is the specific gap...... Speak slowly, talk about it in detail......"

"Equipment, for example!" I said, "I'm not talking about the absolutism of equipment, but I can't say that equipment is useless...... Although equipment cannot play a decisive role in combat, the reality is that with sufficient training, equipment with superior performance can expand the killing radius, mobility, flexibility and combat effectiveness of the troops on a large distance! These things...... There are many things that cannot be reached by manpower! ”

"Like a helicopter!" Commander Zhang said.

"Yes......" I nodded: "Soviet helicopters are used in large numbers in the mountains of Afghanistan...... It is possible to easily move from this high ground to that high ground in ten minutes with several companies of infantry, but it takes more than ten hours or even dozens of hours for us to do this...... In addition, helicopters are a good mobile point of fire in the air, which often puts them in a passive situation! ”

"Hmm!" Commander Zhang nodded heavily: "When our troops have not yet reached mechanization, the troops of the Soviet army have already put on their wings and flew into the sky!" You're right...... At this point, we have to catch up! It has always been ...... We all emphasize that the spirit is omnipotent, and think that overemphasizing equipment is a manifestation of greed for life and fear of death...... That's where we are now! ”

"And that's only part of it!" I went on to say: "I think the Soviets are even more remarkable...... Their equipment has formed a complete system...... There are tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled rocket artillery, armored transport vehicles, etc. on the ground, and armed helicopters, armed transport helicopters, reconnaissance planes, and fighter planes in the sky...... Correspondingly, it is also equipped with various combat units such as airborne troops or special forces...... This makes their equipment no longer a single equipment, but a whole and a force that is interconnected and cooperates with each other...... For example, the cooperation between the Soviet special forces, paratroopers and helicopters left a deep impression on me...... The combat effectiveness exerted after such a synergy is not something that ordinary defense can stop! ”

"It's like your synthesis camp!" Commander Zhang let out a long sigh: "When we have just begun to experiment with the coordinated operation of various arms...... The Soviet army has long been popularized throughout the army, and it has also formed a strong combat effectiveness, and it is not only the coordination of infantry, tank, and artillery, but also the coordination of the air force...... If conditions permit, I believe there is also the coordination of the navy! ”

Commander Zhang actually said what was in my heart...... In particular, the Soviet army is still stationed in the north of our country, and as soon as it enters our country, it will be the Great Plain of North China...... That's completely different from the terrain of Afghanistan, both in terms of supply lines and methods of warfare...... All are regular battles between regular armies...... So we need to think about that even more.

At the same time, this is not to grow the morale of others to destroy their own prestige...... It's about the time to face up to the problem and think about how to solve it!

Of course...... I know that we don't need to solve this problem, because I know that the Soviet Union will not take this step...... It's just that Commander Zhang doesn't know! (To be continued......)