I quickly convened a meeting of the staff officers and cadres of the troops, the purpose of which was needless to say, of course, to discuss how to respond to the Soviet "sweep".

"Comrades!" Glancing at the warriors sitting around, I cleared my throat and said, "We just got the news...... It is quite possible that the USSR will launch another round of sweeps! ”

As soon as I said this, the soldiers talked a lot, and Liang Lianbing couldn't help asking: "Battalion commander, are we going to fight the Soviet devils?" It hasn't been a war for so long...... I'm having itchy hands! ”

"Look!" Scar quipped on the side: "You have itchy skin and want to find a fight!" ”

With a coax, the warriors burst into laughter.

"Here's what I think!" I said, "We've been in Pakistan for a while...... But very few Afghan guerrillas have received our assistance...... On the one hand, this is because the equipment of our army is inferior to that of American bases, and on the other hand, there is also the problem of not believing in the combat effectiveness of our army...... Just like the attitude of Hassan's guerrillas towards us before......"

At this point, the fighters burst into laughter again, while Hassan and other Afghan guerrilla cadres had embarrassed expressions on their faces.

"For this reason!" I said, "So I think it's necessary to fight a fight, and it's a kind of propaganda work...... Let the Afghan guerrillas understand that although our Chinese equipment is not good, we can win battles and fight vicious wars! ”

"Good!" The soldiers couldn't help but cheer, and we only saw that the Afghans were a little inexplicable...... They didn't understand it...... We have to cheer for the drudgery of weishenme going to the battlefield, and there are even people who rush to get on and fight for it......

Actually, I didn't understand it before, but now I do...... Because there is something called "collective honor" in the blood of our Chinese soldiers...... If there is anyone in an army who is afraid. Flinched. That whole force would have felt humiliated. Then it will be difficult for this cowardly guy to be recognized by his comrades in the future.

And once the army has formed such an atmosphere, the new recruits will naturally be affected after joining, so a tradition has formed over time.

Especially now...... We are fighting abroad, and we are fighting in front of our brothers in Pakistan and the people of Afghanistan...... There is also the factor of "winning glory for the country" here, so no one will drop the chain at this time.

"The battalion commander is right!" The instructor followed my words and said: "We must not only fight this battle, but also fight beautifully, fight crisply, and show the majesty and spirit of our Chinese soldiers!" ”

"Good!" The warriors cheered again. The venue was immediately full of excitement.

At this time, the Afghans looked at us not only strangely, but with a kind of disbelief...... They couldn't believe that a unit that usually seemed so friendly and so kind could be so excited when it came to fighting and killing the enemy...... If they hadn't come into contact with us during this time and knew something about us, they would have thought that our group of people were born murderers!

"Battalion commander!" After the soldiers calmed down, Zhao Jingping asked: "We can say that we don't know much about the battle situation and the enemy, how should we fight in this battle?" ”

"Staff Officer Zhao is right!" I said, "That's why we have to listen to the Afghan comrades first!" ”

With that, I called Hassan to the stage, and of course he was followed by Saheed as an interpreter.

But Hassan stood on the stage and was stunned for a long time...... Then he spread his hands and said, "I...... I don't know what to talk about! ”

So I understood that Hassan probably didn't have such a pre-war meeting at all, in their war...... Maybe it's a simple discussion of whether to fight or not to fight. If you decide to fight, you just take a gun and take someone up, so now standing on the stage, I don't know what we want to know. He didn't know what to say.

"So be it!" I said, "I asked, you answered!" ”

"Good!" Hassan nodded.

"You've already experienced the first sweep by the Soviets!" I said: "We want to know how the Soviets fought this sweep, how many troops they had, how well equipped they were, and in what way they attacked......

"Oh!" Hassan couldn't help but suddenly realize what he said, but then replied with a look of embarrassment: "I don't know much about this, our guerrillas are too weak, and we will avoid the Soviet army and government troops from afar...... There was simply no chance to observe how they attacked, and it was not known what kind of equipment they had...... Sometimes you see several tanks and armored vehicles! ”

I couldn't help but faint when I heard this...... Hassan was nowhere near what I needed this information, but he couldn't seem to blame it...... You must know that he only had about 50 guns at that time, where would he dare to go head-to-head with the Soviet army or the government army...... If we do, I'm afraid we won't be able to see them now.

"Battalion Commander Yang!" Just as I was disappointed, Ragil stood up and said, "I probably know a little bit more about this...... Because I participated in the first sweep! ”

"Hmm!" I couldn't help but be overjoyed when I heard this, and immediately invited Ragil to the stage.

"We ...... No, not us! Ragil's face turned red, and he hurriedly changed his words and said: "The sweep of the Soviet army is like this...... The Soviet army had more than 80,000 men in seven divisions, not including their logistics teams, and the government army had 13 divisions with 100,000 men, but now there may not be 100,000 people, because government troops are constantly being instigated to join the guerrillas. Their sweep ...... It is to continue to control the cities with a small number of troops, and to transfer most of the troops to the areas where the guerrillas are active, such as tanks, armor-piercing vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, and automobiles...... That is, the guerrillas in Kabul, Kunduz, Baghlan and the provinces of Kunarha, Nangarhar and Paktia carried out a comprehensive extermination...... When they come across a village, they search the village, search for weapons, search for men, and torture people suspected of being guerrillas...... In the mountainous areas, helicopters or reconnaissance planes were used to reconnoitre, and sometimes reconnaissance units were sent directly into the mountainous areas to reconnoitre, and when they encountered resistance, they annihilated the guerrillas with the tactical principle of 'brave assault' with the cooperation of artillery and armored units! ”

"Brave Impact? Armored forces? I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, and asked rhetorically: "Will this fight be effective?" ”

"Of course it didn't have much effect!" Ragil replied: "Otherwise, the Soviets would not have needed a second sweep!" ”

The Afghans in the room couldn't help but let out a burst of pride and laughter that mocked the Soviets.

"Talking about weishenme will have no effect!" I asked.

Although I know the reason for this...... Four-fifths of the country of Afghanistan is mountainous, and mountainous areas are naturally not suitable for mechanized troops such as armored vehicles and tanks, which is why we do not bring armored vehicles here. I'd like to know a little bit more, though.

"The main problem is that mechanized troops can't go up the mountain!" Ragil's answer was not what I expected, he said: "The armored units can only provide fire support or supplies to the troops at the foot of the mountain...... However, the provision of fire support was also limited, because a considerable number of armored units, such as tanks, did not have a large elevation angle of their weapons, as long as the guerrillas climbed a little higher or escaped a little deeper...... The tanks and armored vehicles of the Soviet army were powerless, but the Soviet troops were not brave enough to go deep into the mountains to search for the guerrillas, so they could only fire a burst of artillery into the mountains or send government troops into the mountains to search...... But many government troops entered the mountains and never returned! ”

"Exterminated by the guerrillas?" I asked.

"No, no......" Ragil replied to make me laugh and cry: "They have joined the partisans with weapons......"

With a "coax", both Chinese and Afghans in the conference room burst into laughter.

"Some government troops went into the mountains to search, which is also perfunctory!" "This part of the government army is in the city where they have families, and they are afraid that the Soviet army will be bad for their families, and at the same time they have to feed their families, so they can't join the partisans," Rajir said...... But they didn't want to fight the guerrillas either, so they shot indiscriminately, walked around the mountains for a while, and then went back! In order to deceive the Soviets, they also handed over part of their guns, telling them that they had taken them from the partisans! ”

"Coax!" The fighters burst into laughter again.

"So......" I asked Ragil, "we don't have to worry about the sweep of the Soviet troops at all?!" ”

"Not either!" Ragil replied: "The Soviets are not fools, they know how to fight the partisans...... Whenever they passed through a village, they would loot all the food in the village, or simply drive away the elderly, women, and children from the villages, and set them on fire...... Because they knew that the guerrillas could not hide in the mountains forever, that the guerrillas needed this food to survive, and that it would be difficult for the guerrillas to survive without the villages! ”

"Hmm!" I couldn't help frowning when I heard this...... It's poisonous, it's not against the guerrillas but at civilians, and it's no wonder that Afghan government forces are not resisting, but so many refugees are pouring into neighboring countries.

This is the clear field of the strong wall! Winter is just a few months away...... It is quite possible that the partisans will be forced out and go to the cities in search of rations, and then this will be the opportunity for the Soviet troops.

But this move of the Soviet Union obviously will not have any effect, because at this time Afghanistan is not only Afghanistan, but also Pakistan, Iran, the United States and other countries standing behind her, so food, ammunition, etc. will be continuously delivered from the borders of various countries to the hands of Afghan guerrillas.

"The most terrible thing is the incendiary bombs of the Soviets!" "The incendiary bombs were fired from the planes, and once they found out where there were guerrillas...... The incendiary bomb is a fire ......" (to be continued......