As the partisans rode through the tunnel, we were ready for battle on the periphery of the tunnel mouth...... Of course, we didn't want to use these 200 men to fight the defenders of that Soviet company, and even if we were to take the tunnel and blow it up, it would be quite costly.

The reason why we need to be ready for battle...... Just in case, if the guerrillas fail to blow up the tunnel, then we will have to fight.

"The team has passed through the tunnel!" Saheid's voice came over the walkie-talkie.

Saheid was an Afghan translator, so of course the news from the death squad had to go through him. As for the death squads, weishenme will have communication equipment...... That's actually very simple, our soldiers are equipped with a large number of miniature walkie-talkies, as long as a few pairs are given to them.

So the news of the death squad came to my ears one after another from Sahaydna:

"The team finds the right spot and prepares for the carjacking!"

"The team waits for the right target to appear!"

……

Then there was more than half an hour of waiting, which was very unfortunate, and the convoy that came over was either carrying food and clothing, or a team of more than a dozen vehicles, or there were troops to protect it...... Soviet supply convoys were always attacked by Afghan guerrillas, so some of the convoys would be protected by troops.

But not all convoys have protection units...... The reason is very simple, the Soviet army is seriously understaffed, especially during the sweep, a large number of troops were sent to the east and south to "suppress bandits...... Its total strength is only 100,000, and the Afghan government army is only 200,000. Throw 10,000 at the border. The city invested one or two thousand. The bandits will use another hundred thousand, and it will soon be gone.

Not to mention...... Protecting supply lines is something that can never be protected if you follow it with troops.

On the one hand, it is because it requires a lot of troops, and the troops need to follow the convoy to travel back and forth on the supply line, which is very tiring.

On the other hand, because Afghanistan is full of mountains along the roads, and four-fifths of the country is mountainous, it is really difficult to find some areas without mountains. This determines that the troops following the convoy will not play much of a role...... The Afghan guerrillas simply went to the high ground on both sides of the road to lay ambush...... No matter how many people in this convoy are protected, it will not escape the fate of being attacked, and it can even be said that the more troops that follow the protection, the greater the casualties...... The cars were loaded with bullets, shells, explosives, diesel, and a dozen rockets or mortar shells...... It is very likely that it will cause a chain explosion, and the troops that follow it will naturally be finished.

So...... Smart people don't send too many troops to follow the convoy when protecting the supply lines, and of course it is necessary to send troops to follow. But only a small amount is needed...... Its role is merely reconnaissance, or the ability to defend against a small number of guerrilla attacks, waiting for reinforcements from its own troops.

More important ...... It is to set up cards along the supply line to occupy the commanding heights...... The number of people who occupy the commanding heights should not be too large, and in some places, if not very important, only a few people are enough, so that they can play the role of an outpost. You can throw a little more troops at important parts.

That's what the Soviets did, so we saw a company of Soviet troops stationed at the exit from Salang......

Luckily, the players finally found an opportunity after half an hour......

"Battalion commander!" Saheid said: "The right target has been found, and the team is ready to carjack!" There are a total of six vehicles ...... targeted."

After that, there was no report for a long time, and it was not until ten minutes later that I heard Sahyd's excited report: "Battalion commander, they succeeded...... Successfully hijacked these six cars! ”

I learned about the situation only when I heard a report from a guerrilla who had been lucky enough to come back alive......

These six cars were not really suitable targets, because they were followed by another convoy less than a mile behind. They simply didn't have enough time to hijack the six trucks.

But I don't know if they were afraid that if they continued like this, they would be exposed or what, these guerrillas had no patience to wait any longer. So as soon as they discussed it, they decided to do it right away.

The way to do this is to drive a car and pretend to break down on the road to buy time for your own people......

From this point of view, I think these Afghans are still courageous...... I wouldn't dare do that if I did, because I knew ...... A car was nothing to the smooth flow of the entire transport line in the Soviet Union, so if this was the case, it would be more appropriate to push the car down the cliff rather than wait there for ten minutes. In other words, this approach simply doesn't work.

However, there is a saying that "fools have foolish blessings", and it was a team of Afghan drivers who were stopped by them...... The Afghan drivers came from either Afghan civilians or Afghan government troops, and they had no enthusiasm at all, and they had been running around on this road all day and night, so when they saw that the road was blocked by cars, they took the opportunity to find an excuse to rest for a while, so they gave the guerrillas a few minutes.

So the other guerrillas took their guns and ...... in the middle of the road It was easy to hijack the six cars carrying ammunition. The reason why it was so easy was that the drivers who were also Afghans were not willing to die for the supply of the Soviet army, so they handed over the car without any resistance, and there were even three drivers who were willing to drive for the partisans......

Of course, the three drivers were willing because they did not know that the guerrillas were trying to blow up the tunnel, and they thought that the guerrillas were coming for the ammunition on the truck.

Jihua went smoothly like this...... I couldn't even believe it could have been so easy, even just now...... I also regret that I didn't send Li Zuolong and a few people to follow the car to help them complete it...... The reason why I didn't do this was because once the tunnel exploded, it would take Li Zuolong and the others several hours to get around.

But now it seems...... I don't seem to have to do it at all.

"Everything works!" Saheid reported to me: "The first ammunition truck has entered the tunnel!" ”

"Tell the team!" I ordered: "Don't rush, divide into several parts and insert them in the ammunition cart and enter the tunnel!" ”

"Yes!" Saheid was quick to convey the order.

So communication equipment is really important, if it weren't for the miniature walkie-talkie...... We can only wait here like fools, not knowing the situation, unable to give orders, and unable to coordinate with them.

"The second car enters the tunnel!"

"The third car enters the tunnel!"

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Just as I was waiting for the phrase "the fourth car entered the tunnel", a gunshot suddenly rang out from the other side of the tunnel...... The gunfire wasn't noticeable because the other side of the tunnel was a mountain away from us, but even then I knew there was probably something wrong!

Sure enough, in the next second, Sahayde reported to me: "Battalion commander, the guerrillas have been discovered!" ”

At this time, I couldn't help but be surprised...... Jihua went so smoothly, and when it was time to get in the car and drive into the tunnel, how could it still be exposed?!

Later, I learned that the problem was with the Afghans who drove the guerrillas...... They originally thought that the purpose of the partisans was the ammunition on the car, so they were willing to cooperate whether it was for public or private purposes...... For the public, that is to do things for their own people, and they also do not like the Soviets to forcibly occupy their country. For selfishness, it is to think that if you do this, you can at least survive......

So there's no reason why they shouldn't cooperate.

But soon they realized that something was wrong, first of all, they did not understand that after the guerrillas seized the car, they would disperse and drive into the tunnel, and secondly, the guerrillas knew what would happen to the car after it drove into the tunnel, so they were inevitably so nervous that they were sweating profusely and kept saying "Allah blessings" and so on......

So the drivers quickly knew what they were going to do...... The guerrillas were ready to die, but Si Yao didn't intend to die with them...... So when the fourth car was about to enter the tunnel, the driver jumped out of the car with the partisans and ran to the Soviets for help!

Originally, this was not a big problem...... The Soviets didn't understand Afghan at all, so they were confused...... The guerrillas only moved to the cab and stepped on the accelerator to enter, but the psychological quality of this member was not good enough...... But then again, at this life-and-death juncture, there are few people who still have such haode psychological qualities, just like him...... He picked up the gun and slammed it out of the window, and the Soviets quickly understood what the problem was!

So the scene quickly became chaotic...... The Soviets did not dare to shoot at the car because they were afraid that the partisans would detonate the explosives on the cart because they were on the ammunition truck, but they reacted quickly and soon learned that the purpose of the partisans was tunnels...... Immediately the tank was transferred up and the mouth of the tunnel was blocked.

As a result, none of the three cars in the back were able to enter the tunnel...... The first car ignited the explosive pack and rushed to the tank blocked at the mouth of the tunnel, and with a loud "boom", both the tank and the car were blown into the sky, but the tunnel was not affected. The remaining two couldn't get in, so they also lit the explosives bag and fled to the side of the road...... This allowed two of the daredevils to miraculously survive and return to base.

Of course, we can't see the situation on that side, and we only know that the Soviet troops on this side are also nervous...... The tanks stopped in the middle of the road, no vehicles were allowed to pass, and searchlights shone around, looking for every suspicious spot.

And yet at this moment...... There was a loud and dull noise in the tunnel...... (To be continued......)