Chapter 68: The Mountain Rain is Coming

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The rest of the plot went as we planned, and our fighters guarding Valley One played a scene with Afghan government forces......

At first, it was a big battle of guns and artillery between the two sides outside the valley...... Of course, these guns are all targetless, but the guns are targeted...... It's just that we have made an agreement with the Afghan government forces in advance, and each has set aside a few areas for the other side to fight with confidence.

So the fight was really intense, but the guns didn't hit a few people...... Of course, bullets and shrapnel flew indiscriminately, and if a few people were injured, there was nothing to be done...... I can only sigh that my life is not good.

The Soviet helicopters were also very cooperative, and machine guns and rockets were turning around in the air, and they were indiscriminately attacking the houses and fortifications below, only hitting the No. 1 valley, which was blazing with flames and thick smoke...... But the Soviet pilots actually knew very well in their hearts that there were actually few people in the houses and pillboxes they hit, so it was impossible to do much damage to the valley.

But the next scene surprised the Soviet army...... In the image of the Soviet army, the weak and incompetent government troops uncharacteristically shouted "rush" in the evening of the same day, and they poured out of the trenches and rushed towards the enemy's valley...... It was a spectacle of two battalions of soldiers rushing like a tide towards the valley where the "enemy" was stationed, and while charging and at the same time very heroically fired rows of bullets in the direction of the enemy, and the enemy's defenses collapsed under their offensive as if they were devastated......

Afghan government forces actually captured a valley...... I think the Soviet commanders jumped in surprise when they heard the news.

But whether the Soviet army believes it or not, the facts are in front of us...... It's just that, as in the usual battles of the Soviet army, during the day the Afghan government forces have the upper hand. In the evening, it was the world of the partisans again...... So it was dark, and the valley was soon taken back by us.

Nevertheless...... The Afghan government army's table is also quite good. Because when they go back. They all had blood on their hands, and of course on their bayonets...... Actually, it was a few sheep that we left for the Afghan government army in advance, and this was the dinner we gave to the Afghan government army, and they roasted and ate the sheep when they entered the valley, as for the blood of the sheep...... Of course, it is also used in practice.

In addition to these sheep, we also prepared more than 100 AK47s for them...... Anyway, the guerrillas in the valley now are equipped with brand new 56 punches, and the old and tattered AK47s they use should also be retired from the army...... Although the quality of the AK47 is better than that of the 56 Chong, most of the AK47s used by the guerrillas were repaired by the government and the military and transferred to the arms market. It's been in the hands of the guerrillas for a while, so it's really not in time to catch up with the brand new 56 rush that we shipped from the country.

For that Enfield rifle...... I am still reluctant to give this old bolt rifle, the reason is that we will not be able to equip SVD in large quantities for a while, although the country has the ability to produce SVD at this time, but it is still improving the quality is not satisfactory...... So sniper rifles became a problem, and old rifles like Enfield were a good alternative because of their long range.

The Afghan government army has more than 100 AK47s...... When I returned, I was able to make a mission, but I later received information from the guerrillas, and when the government troops returned, they said that they had killed and wounded more than 300 guerrillas...... This figure is quite reasonable, because only when so many people are killed and injured can it be possible to seize more than 100 AK47s. And these AK47s are basically still loud...... At this time, even if the Soviet army still had any doubts, it would be dispelled when they saw those weapons.

Because they know it well...... The equipment of the guerrillas can be described as a great shortage. Even if you see any guerrillas still using shotguns...... Don't be surprised, it's normal. Therefore, the Soviet army could not imagine that the partisans would take the initiative to sacrifice more than 100 AK47s.

What they don't know is...... Because of the constant flow of weapons from Pakistan, we now have too much equipment.

For the rest of the day, it is unknown whether the Soviets believed that we did not have any other firepower that could pose a threat to them, or if there was some other reason...... For more than ten days, there has been no movement on the part of the Soviet troops, and one or two helicopters have occasionally flown over, and most likely only passing by, because they have neither hovered over us as before, nor have they swooped down and strafed.

This change made it a little difficult for the soldiers in the valley to adapt, and many people were sensitive to the prelude to a large-scale Soviet attack, so the whole valley was enveloped in an oppressive atmosphere......

This repression comes mainly from the people of the valley...... They didn't really believe that we would hold the valley, because we had little resistance to the destruction of Soviet helicopters during this time...... These are the realities they see in their eyes. And the anti-aircraft equipment that we are equipped with...... Because of secrecy, most of them secretly moved into the fortifications when it was dark, so the people did not know the truth at all.

In fact, this ignorance is also the effect I hope to achieve, because I believe that there will be people among the people who will contact the Soviet army...... This is unavoidable, with the fact that Afghans live a difficult life, the average life expectancy is very short, and a significant proportion of the population is addicted to drugs...... The countryside was no exception, which gave the Soviet army an opportunity...... For the Soviets, as long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

So...... I'm almost certain that some of the people were bought off by the Soviet army to be their insiders...... In fact, there are such internal lines in the Afghan guerrillas, but the instructors do a good job in this regard...... On the one hand, guerrilla members are subjected to strict examination when they join, and on the other hand, a system of separation and supervision is implemented for guerrilla members.

The so-called separation system means that once a guerrilla member joins a guerrilla unit, he is separated from the people in the valley, from the logistical guerrillas who transport supplies, and from outside the valley. For example, the new guerrillas were basically sent to build fortifications at the mountain passes, or they were trained in the mountains, and they had no access to the people or the logistics personnel...... That way, they can't get the message out there......

The supervision system is to have a trustworthy old guerrilla with three or five new members and supervise each other for abnormal behavior.

Saying...... Our army was born in the underground party back then, so we are the masters of the masters in this regard...... Where could the little tricks of the Afghan guerrillas escape the eyes of the instructor's group, so a few moles were arrested before they could find a chance to spread the news.

There are two sides to everything...... The tight lockdown of this news is of course a good thing, but the negative effect is that many people, including a considerable part of the guerrillas, are not very confident about the coming battle...... As a result, the whole valley felt a little panicked, and some people even took the initiative to flee to the refugee camps in Pakistan at this time.

But my order is: No one shall go out of the valley...... The reason is simple, I can't rule out that some of these refugees have some information, looking for an opportunity to go out and sell to the Soviets. There must be brave men under heavy rewards, this is an eternal truth.

Of course, this thing to stabilize the hearts of the people still has to be done, otherwise it will be difficult for us to do this chaos among the people...... I'll leave it to the instructors and Hassan and the others, and I'm sure they'll handle it well.

As for me...... It is necessary to put the finishing touches on the fortifications and to strengthen the training of the guerrillas as soon as possible.

In terms of the construction of fortifications...... Afghans are good at work...... Most of the Afghan guerrillas are poor, and if they want to live, they have to sell their labor, so they all endure hardships and stand hard work, and they do not complain even when they work in the tunnels in the high temperature during the day...... I still admire this very much, because many of our fighters can't stand it after going down for dozens of minutes, while the Afghans can hold out for hours at a time.

A little troublesome is the training of the guerrillas......

The training in anti-aircraft machine guns was also okay, because this is also a gun...... The Afghan guerrillas usually run around in the mountains with a gun, so they are quite familiar with guns, that is, they just change to a larger gun.

Mortars are a bit more difficult...... The difficulty here does not refer to the difficulty of operation, in fact, the mortar is very simple to operate, that is, as soon as the shell is put into the barrel...... it is shot out with a "bang".

The difficulty is to hit the target with this cannon...... This requires knowledge of artillery, but also the ability to observe coordinates, as well as the ability to calculate...... Isn't this embarrassing for ordinary illiterate Afghan guerrillas?

In addition, our fighters and the Afghan guerrillas do not speak the same language...... So even if you want to teach, you can't teach, and in the end you can't do it...... King Chuang came up with a solution, which was to have our artillery observers build a number of jù libraries based on each mountain pass...... For example, for a certain mortar position, the various areas of the valley are divided into blocks, and the number jù parameters are fixed...... You can hit a certain area according to which number jù is played, and then practice it a few more times...... Anyway, we are on the defensive side, and the battlefield is basically fixed.

The most difficult thing is the operation of anti-aircraft guns...... Its intricacies are not something that can be learned by Afghan guerrillas who can only shoot guns, and there is no way to fix it like mortars...... Because the target of the anti-aircraft artillery is the aircraft that will move quickly in the air......

However, this is not a difficult task, and two fighters are assigned to each anti-aircraft gun...... One is the commander of the gun, and the other is the gunner...... Other things, such as ammunition supply or something, let the Afghan guerrillas learn Dan Ren. (To be continued......)