PS: Three more presents! Let's count the tickets......

Of course, we often do the work of building fortifications at night......

It's not just for reasons of secrecy...... It is not easy to be detected by Soviet reconnaissance planes at night, and I don't want to let the Soviets know where and where we are the focus of defense before the battle has even begun.

On the other hand, the reason is that it is too hot during the day, and working at this time will undoubtedly consume the body exponentially. On the contrary, it is much easier to work at night, and when it is dark, you can turn on the lights and flashlights...... Wear more clothes at night when it's cold...... In fact, after working for a while, I quickly get sweaty, so I don't need to think about this at all.

But I soon found out that it didn't work...... The reason is that the ground in the Xigio Valley is very hard, so hard that there are only a few white spots when you tie a shovel, and if you are not careful, you may let the elastic hard soil bounce back and hit yourself.

This may have been shaped by the natural environment of the Higio Valley...... I noticed that outside of the Higio Valley, there was little earth, either stone or yellow sand...... The only exception is this valley.

I think...... The reason why Xijieo has soil is first of all because there is a river in this valley, and water is the source of life...... This may not be very deep in our world where there is no shortage of water, but it is unforgettable in the desert area.

With water, there are plants, and with plants can retain dust...... There was a lot of dust in the air in Afghanistan, and a gust of wind came to the face, so gradually, after hundreds or even thousands of years of accumulation, the dust in the Shigio Valley became more and more accumulated. The result is what we see now...... In this valley there is a large and complete area of land.

As you can imagine. These lands are the accumulation of wind-blown dust year after year. And then another year after year of stampede...... And it has not been moistened by rain for many years, so it is not surprising that it is so hard and tough.

This is of course good for the solidity of the fortifications, but the problem is that it will also directly lead to our progress being too slow...... It only takes a few dozen minutes to dig a single cat ear piercing in Vietnam, but here it takes hours...... A few days have passed, but the fortifications are still only a prototype...... If it weren't for the fact that there are many natural caves near the valley itself that can be exploited, then my defensive plan would have been almost impossible to achieve in the short term.

"Battalion commander, it's not okay to go on like this!" Scar, who had been leading the soldiers to hurry up and build the fortifications for the past few days, had apparently noticed this, and he saw me coming up. He thrust the shovel in his hand into the ground and handed me a cigarette: "Follow this pace...... It's going to take at least a month and a half before the roll call is made! ”

"Hmm!" I nodded, took the cigarette and lit it: "The Soviets won't give us such a long time!" ”

After thinking about it, I said, "Either ...... Let's do it during the day! ”

"What did you do during the day?" Scar was a little surprised when he heard this: "What about the secret work?" ”

"Secrecy continues!"

"This ......" Scar was a little confused...... You can't keep it a secret during the day, can you?

"You're not going to use your brain?" I was a little annoyed and said, "We're digging a tunnel...... We can do the work on the surface at night, and we can do the work under the ground during the day...... The excavated soil is stored in it first, and then transported outside in the evening, understand? ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Scar couldn't help but suddenly realize, and then laughed and said, "I'm a countryman, how can I think so much?" It would be nice if the battalion commander considered these things! ”

I smiled wryly and shook my head: "And ...... Let's toss around some fake targets! ”

"False target?"

"I think those people are quite idle now!" I said, "It's not the time to do farming, they don't seem to have anything to do!" ”

"Yes!" Scar replied, "Many of them have asked to join us." But we all refused, on the one hand, for the sake of secrecy. On the other hand...... Those who do this kind of physical work still have to be good envoys to be soldiers, and most of the people are old people, women and children, and it is in the way when they come up and huddle into a pile! ”

"Hmm!" I nodded, Scar's consideration certainly made sense...... It's a bit like digging a tunnel, where a few people go in and the others don't have to work. What's more, if there are a few spies sent by the Afghan government army in this people...... Then go up and take a turn, and there will be no secrets.

"You don't need to let them do the work!" I said, "But let them move around the high ground of the valley, and build a few firing points, or a whole trench, or a bunch of pillboxes...... That's right, just build a bunker complex...... The helicopter thing in particular will be red when it sees the bunkers, and it will surround it like a fly seeing, and then ......"

I looked around, pointed to a few vantage points, and said to Scar, "Make a few fortifications in these places...... Anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery can be fired from top to bottom...... Do you understand? ”

"Understood!" Scar leaned towards me.

So this trick was quickly applied to the defense of the entire valley, as for the shortcomings of anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery...... These were actually minor issues that I solved with just a phone call to Major Lana.

Let's not talk about the friendship between the Pakistani government and China, nor how much weapons and equipment China has provided to Pakistan...... More importantly, the situation of the war in Afghanistan will have a direct impact on Pakistan's security, which can almost be said to be a bitter lip, so whether it is for public or private reasons, Pakistan has reason to help us.

And one more point...... I specifically asked Pakistan to provide us with Chinese anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft artillery, which is not to say that I like domestic products...... People who fight on the battlefield should first think of saving their lives, and on the basis of saving their lives, they should want to win the victory...... In fact, these two points sometimes do not conflict, because to win the victory against the enemy is often to save one's own life.

So...... From this point of view, no matter what country it is, as long as it is useful and can help us achieve our goals...... As warriors, we have a reason to choose.

The reason why I would choose Chinese anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber artillery...... It's for the long term.

Because of the current state of affairs...... American-style equipment may not be able to adapt to the battlefield in Afghanistan, and now even the US military has purchased weapons and equipment from China for guerrillas, and it is difficult to buy Soviet-style equipment, so the mainstream must be Chinese-style equipment.

Besides...... The equipment and ammunition we will ship from China in the future will also be Chinese-style, so can we not use Chinese-style equipment now? What if the ammunition is not universal? What should I do if the equipment parts are not universal? What should I do if the maintenance personnel will not be able to repair?

After receiving the call, Major Rana accepted the matter without saying a word......

Originally, as a major, he had no right to agree to this, after all, we wanted hundreds of anti-aircraft machine guns and hundreds of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns...... There are a total of fifteen nodes in the valley of Sigio, and these fifteen nodes divide the whole of Shigio into fourteen small valleys, and each valley is allocated seven or eight anti-aircraft machine guns and seven or eight guns...... That's why it's all about that.

This is not a small amount for Pakistan, a poor country...... But Rana still agreed with one bite.

When I asked curiously, "Major Lana, are you......?" Don't you have to report and discuss with your superiors before making a decision? ”

"Of course I want to!" Major Rana replied, "But I can tell you with certainty...... The superiors will agree! ”

"Hmm!"

"Because you are Chinese!" Major Rana said with confidence: "You have helped us in the most difficult time for us in Pakistan, and now let's not say that this war is also related to the security of Pakistan, even if it is none of our business...... And rightfully so, we're here to help! Camp Chief Yang is relieved...... We will do our best to get these equipment to you! If there is anything else needed...... Just tell us! ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but be moved...... Whatever the reason, to be able to receive such help, to be treated with such respect, and to receive such selfless help in this foreign land...... It's all commendable.

At this time, I couldn't help but recall the time when I was in the next generation...... When Pakistan provided relief tents for China's earthquake, it not only used military tents, but also informed the Chinese side that there was no need to provide food for Pakistani rescuers because they had already brought their own food.

This is the reason why Pakistan Railway is called Pakistan Railway...... This kind of affection has long gone beyond the definition of only interests in state-to-state exchanges.

Sure enough, the Pakistani government moved so quickly that even I was surprised...... That night, they equipped the 100 anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, all of which were shipped from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan (note: the capital of Pakistan was originally in Karachi, that is, the port where the protagonist had just entered Pakistan, but because Karachi was by the sea...... Pakistan's main enemy, India, which has aircraft carriers and is more powerful than Pakistan in terms of navy, moved its capital to Islamabad).

The reason is that they don't have so much stock on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border...... Major Rana meant that if there was an emergency, their border guards could have taken down the aircraft that were being equipped and sent them to us, but now our situation is not urgent, so the Pakistani government has selected a batch from the stock in Islamabad and sent it, and every machine gun and small-caliber anti-aircraft gun has been tested.

And then bullets and shells are also included...... All of them were transported to the border guards on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in one go, and then divided into several batches and sent to the transit station to the Shigio Valley. (To be continued......)