"Battalion Commander Yang!" On the third day, Smith walked into our base in a panic with an interpreter and a guard.

"Something's wrong?" I asked.

Actually, I don't even have to ask...... Looking at the ugly faces of Smith and his party, you can guess it.

"Hmm!" Smith nodded: "Our troops are surrounded!" ”

"What?" I couldn't help but be taken aback when I heard this...... How is it possible, it is in the mountains...... Moreover, it was divided into three parts to fight guerrilla warfare...... The Soviet army doesn't have so many troops even if they want to encircle!

After walking into the conference room, Smith let out a long sigh and said, "Camp Commander Yang...... You're right, this is a trap laid by the Soviets! ”

"Tell me about the situation!" Without saying a word, I spread out the map on the table.

At this point, I should probably taunt Colonel Smith...... I warned you a long time ago, didn't I? You insisted on sending troops on your own way!

But now I don't have the heart to say that, because I know...... Smith mobilized a lot of troops this time, and if this force was completely annihilated by the Soviet army, it would bring very heavy losses to the guerrillas.

"That's right!" Pointing to the map, Smith said, "It's like in the meeting...... Our army was divided into three parts, of which the first and second parts, which were less powerful and were mainly responsible for harassing roads and cities, and the third part, which was divided into two parts, lurking in the mountains near Hakus, ready to sneak up on the Soviet troops who entered the villages and swept at any time...... But what we didn't expect was...... The Soviet troops did not sweep along the highway at all, as intelligence said, but took advantage of the darkness to attack Hakus...... Armored vehicles and tanks surrounded the area around Hakus. After that, two companies of Soviet troops were parachuted by helicopter and occupied the commanding heights behind Hakus and cut off the retreat of our troops......"

I couldn't help but be shocked when I heard this, and said: "The Soviet army seems to have completely mastered the whereabouts of your troops!" ”

"That's what I thought, too!" Smith nodded.

"Did you find the mole?" I asked.

This is very important, if we don't find out who is secretly giving information to the Soviets, then the Soviets will be able to know in advance every step we take, and then the battle will not be fought.

"Although I haven't found it, I have already locked up several suspects!" Smith sighed and said, "It's a couple of ...... who are addicted to drugs."

"Oh!" I understood when I heard Smith say that...... That's why I've insisted on not taking in drug addicts from the very beginning.

"What about the other guerrillas?" I said: "Is there a way to reinforce Hakus?" ”

Smith shook his head: "The Soviets' sweep was not just against Hakus...... In other directions, Soviet troops and government troops joined forces to encircle and suppress the mountains, and even sent airborne troops to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area...... Apparently trying to cut off the guerrillas' retreats and supply lines...... So the other guerrillas are also too busy to take care of themselves! ”

Even the Airborne Forces were used...... I couldn't help frowning.

In modern times, I knew that the Soviet Airborne Forces were an extraordinary force in combat effectiveness...... In fact, this is not only the case for the Soviet army, but also for the United States, such as the 101st Airborne Division...... The reason for this is that the tasks carried out by the Airborne Forces are often very dangerous but very important...... Airborne. Often airdropped to the enemy's rear to occupy important military targets. For example, bridges, high grounds, or blowing up enemy arsenals, artillery positions, or cutting off enemy supply lines, retreats, etc., the meaning of these tasks means that they will be surrounded by the enemy as soon as they land.

This requires that the airborne troops have a very strong combat effectiveness and adaptability, otherwise even if they are successfully airborne to the designated location, it will be in vain...... The same was true of the Airborne Forces of the Soviet Army, which, in addition, were not suitable for carrying too much heavy equipment in peacetime training...... This is dictated by the nature of the Airborne Forces. So they also do not have the problem of over-reliance on modern equipment.

This is a big problem...... It's obvious. The purpose of this Soviet sweep was not to protect the supply lines and keep the roads open. The information that Colonel Smith obtained, including the information I received, was also false......

But when I think about it, I think this may not be false information...... The intelligence is real, just like Smith said, the intelligence obtained by different channels and different units is the same...... It is impossible for us to deceive us with a unified voice in the Afghan government forces.

So...... There's only one explanation for that...... The Soviets knew that there were many traitors lurking in the Afghan government army. So there was a borrowed knife to kill people...... The traitors of the Afghan government army were used to pass on a set of false information to us, while the Soviets were secretly looking for traitors within the guerrillas...... This is not difficult for them, just a few loyal Afghan government forces to lure the guerrilla addicts with some drugs or money. On the other side, troops were dispatched to spread a net towards the mountainous area where the guerrillas were located.

"The purpose of the Soviets was to try to strike at the partisans liliang!" I said: "They turned their passive into active, knowing that it would be very difficult for them to defend purely the supply lines, so they took the initiative to attack and suppress the guerrillas in the mountains!" ”

"That's right!" The instructor nodded and said, "If the guerrillas are surrounded and annihilated by the Soviet army in large numbers...... On the one hand, it will deal a big blow to the morale of the partisans, and on the other hand, the harassment of the guerrillas on the supply lines of the Soviet army will be much weakened due to the lack of troops, so ...... This is the ...... of attacking instead of defending."

"Battalion Commander Yang ......" Seeing us slowly and logically analyzing the battle situation, Colonel Smith couldn't sit still: "Let's study how to reinforce Hakus, now only you have the ability to help the besieged guerrillas break through......"

"Colonel Smith!" I said, "Of course there are reinforcements, but there is no urgency!" Not to mention that the Soviet and government armies have much more troops and equipment than us, and now with the addition of their elite airborne troops, they can cut off our rear route at any time...... Of course, the Soviets will also think that we may reinforce Hakus, and now they are afraid that they have already laid a trap for us! ”

"Yes, Colonel Smith!" The instructor said: "We call this trick 'encirclement and reinforcement', which means that you are surrounded by an army that has the ability to eat but deliberately does not eat it...... Just wait for the enemy to come with reinforcements, so that you can maximize the results of the battle, so ...... This matter must not be rushed, and rushing into it recklessly will only make things worse and worse, and the more the battle is fought, the more stinky it becomes! ”

Colonel Smith was silent for a moment before nodding, "You have a point...... The intelligence sent back from the battlefield was indeed the same, the Soviet artillery fire was not heavy, and no incendiary aircraft were used against Hakus. But...... We now know that the Soviet army is 'encircling the point to send reinforcements', but we are afraid that we have to go to the rescue...... Otherwise, when the Soviets realized that we were not going to send reinforcements...... They'll be going to do it soon! ”

I looked at the instructor for a moment and realized that Colonel Smith had a point...... However, this problem is basically unsolvable, and the lack of reinforcements means that the guerrillas of Hakus are likely to be wiped out, and the reinforcements will have to pay more guerrillas to go in or even go back.

"Battalion Commander Yang!" At this time, Hassan ran up to me with a note and reported: "Just received information from Kabul...... The Soviet troops temporarily changed the operational jihua, and the direction of the Soviet sweep became a mountainous area on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border! ”

"Hmm!" I nodded...... This information came a little late, and this is the disadvantage of the flying pigeon. But then again, even radio contact is not very useful, because when the Soviets convey the real combat jihua...... The guerrillas have already entered Afghanistan, and it is too late to retreat.

"How many troops are there at our base?" I asked Hassan.

"There are more than 2,000 people including my troops!" Hassan replied.

There will still be so many people in our base, all because Hassan's army has more than 800 people.

"Do they know about the siege of the guerrillas?" I asked.

"Know a little bit of news!" Hassan replied: "Because we also have two units at the base participating in the war...... But they are not much threatened! ”

"What do you mean?" Smith asked, "Not much of a threat?" The Soviet Airborne Forces have blocked the Pakistan-Afghanistan border! ”

Hassan shook his head: "The Pakistan-Afghanistan border is so long...... And everywhere there are mountains, the Soviet Airborne Forces can only block a few main roads, and there are so many small roads that they can't block at all, they don't have that force or don't know that there are these roads......"

I am not surprised by this, otherwise if the Soviet Airborne Forces could easily block the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, then the war in Afghanistan in the past ten years would not have existed at all.

And the truth is...... Throughout the war in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union tried to block the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and the Iran-Afghanistan border, but never succeeded.

This is undoubtedly good news...... That is to say, the average partisan does not have to worry too much, they are familiar with the terrain...... Although the Soviet Airborne Forces are strong in combat, it is still a question whether they can find a way!

So the focus quickly returned to Hakus...... And I also know from Hassana that although the guerrillas are not united, there are often inextricable relationships between the guerrillas, such as the leader of this guerrilla group is the son-in-law of another guerrilla force...... In addition, they were fighting the Soviet army, which they hated, so maybe there were other partisans to rescue Hakus.

"Battalion commander!" The instructor advised, "I really can't do it...... Let's give up reinforcements! ”

"Hmm!" I nodded: "Reinforcements are jumping into traps...... So reinforcements are definitely not going to work! But we can try attacking! ”

"Attack?" Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, it's time for it...... I'm still planning to attack?! (To be continued......)