Under the precise and fierce mortar fire of our mortars, the offensive of the Soviet army was quickly paralyzed......

As soon as the tank came up...... Although the mortar shells do not have the ability to pierce armor, if the shells hit the tanks directly, there is a high chance that the tankers inside will be stunned, and the fighters hiding on the high ground on both sides of the pass will soon fire rows of rocket launchers and "blowpipe" missiles at these tanks...... This equipment is still very effective against tanks, especially "blowpipe" anti-aircraft missiles...... Because the direction can be constantly adjusted after launching, the hit theory of slow tanks is often very high, and generally one of the two or three shots will hit the target...... In an instant, the pass was filled with the wreckage of dozens of tanks that had been burned to the ground.

Not to mention infantry combat vehicles and armored vehicles...... Although they are much faster than tanks, their armor is only good enough to withstand bullets, and they are powerless against mortars. So the guerrillas didn't have to worry about these things at all, all they had to do was to lurk on both sides of the pass, and then shoot a few fish out of the net with bazookas or anti-aircraft machine guns.

As for the Soviet infantry...... Seeing that tanks and armor-piercing vehicles could not rush through, it was certainly impossible for them to pass through such a wall of fire blown up by shells.

This is the limitation of the ground forces...... As long as the enemy has enough shells, it can blow up a wall of fire on the battlefield...... That is, what we often call "artillery blockade", then no matter how strong the troops are, they will not be able to get through.

In this case, there are only two possibilities to escape......

The first is to suppress the enemy's artillery with its own firepower...... The Soviets did the same, and when we used mortars to blockade the Soviets, the Soviets summoned a large number of long-range artillery to bombard the mountains on both sides of our mortar arrays......

This is certainly the right thing to do...... As long as it can suppress the artillery of our army. Then the wall of fire that stood in front of the Soviet army would naturally disappear or weaken. Then the Soviets will be able to escape from the mountain pass.

But. Our mortar positions are different from other artillery positions...... In general, artillery is used intensively, which is mainly for the convenience of command...... Imagine, if the artillery is not used in a centralized manner, then every time a target is replaced, it will take a lot of time to inform the artillery of the direction of the target, which will not only cause the artillery to lose its fighters on the battlefield where every second counts, but will also make it impossible for the artillery positions to coordinate.

But our mortar positions are different...... The reason for this is that we will not change our targets at all, and this was already set when the Soviets attacked Pass No. 3...... The target of all mortars was the No. 2 pass.

So there is no question of coordination and the loss of fighters...... Our mortar position is centered on the No. 2 mountain pass and draws a big circle in the mountainous area with a radius of five kilometers. Hundreds of mortars are scattered in this big circle...... Moreover, many of these positions are still covered by tunnels, which greatly increases the vitality of the mortar positions.

Just like what I saw...... Although the Soviets bombarded our mortar positions and searched them by helicopters, there was no way to eliminate them...... And these scattered mortar positions have only one target, and that is the No. 2 pass.

When the fifth Soviet charge was knocked down again, two green flares rose in the sky...... Mortar positions were scattered so much that we couldn't arrange a walkie-talkie for each position to communicate, so signal flares were the best choice...... When a green flare is fired, it is a ceasefire, and when a red flare is fired.

And the partisans in mortar positions had only three things to do...... Open fire, cease fire, and dodge the threat of Soviet long-range artillery and helicopters.

"Wang Xianman!" When the correspondent connected to Pass No. 2, I asked on the walkie-talkie: "Is Hassan not around?" ”

Wang Xianman was the translator we brought from China when we set off. Because when we fight, we often need to communicate with leaders such as Hassan...... That's the only way to achieve better synergy, so I assigned an interpreter to Hassan and Aduzai respectively.

"In!" Wang Xianman replied: "But I was a little injured. Bandaging ......"

"Hmm! Hassan is injured? I asked, "Is it strict?" ”

"Not strict zhòng!" Wang Xianman replied: "It just made the shell scratch a little skin...... And...... It seems that it was still our own shells! ”

I couldn't help but feel amused when I heard this...... Wang Xianman said that it was like, and that was basically it...... Although he is a translator, he has also been a soldier for many years like Saheide and has also been on the battlefield in Vietnam, so this long-range gun and mortar are still distinguished...... Most of the shots from the direction of the Soviet army were long-range artillery, and the mortars were fired by our own men nine times out of ten.

It seems that the guerrillas still need to be improved...... I'm afraid that some of them will blow up their own heads with cannonballs, and they don't know yet!

"Battalion commander, Hassan is here!" After a while, Wang Xianman said: "Let me translate his words......

"Battalion Commander Yang!" Hassan said: "It was a lot of fun...... Thousands of Soviets were blocked in the valley by us, along with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles...... None of them can run away, this time we must look good to the Soviets......"

Maybe what Hassan said was not all like this, but after Wang Xianman's translation, it took our Chinese own tone.

"That's what I'm going to tell you!" I said, "Ragil is in your unit now......"

"In!" Hassan replied.

"Let him go and shout to the Soviets!" I said, "As long as they promise to disarm...... And without deliberately destroying the equipment, then we can get them out of the valley safely! ”

"What?" Hearing this, Hassan couldn't help but be stunned, and it took a long time to hear Wang Xianman say: "Battalion commander...... Hassan asked me if I had made a mistake in translation! ”

"You sue him again!" I said, "Just disarm and let the Soviets go!" ”

"Battalion Commander Yang!" Hassan was unconvinced: "Why let those Soviets go? Is it for those gear?! Aren't we equipped enough? What's more, what use do those tanks and armored vehicles give us? Is it worth letting go of the Soviets for the sake of these? ”

"Hassan ......"

"Battalion Commander Yang!" Hassan refused to say more, and said in a hurry: "I have listened to you all this time, because I believe in you...... But this time I think you're wrong, we can't let them go back...... They have killed many of us, they have done a lot of bad things on Afghan soil, and they deserve to be punished! ”

"Hassan!" I accentuated my tone and said, "What's at stake here...... I'll tell you later, but for now you have to take my opinion into account! Of course...... You can not do what I suggested, after all, we are only military advisers and have no command over you, but you have to think about it too...... Who commanded this battle as it is now? Is that you? Or is there Aduzai? Or someone else in the guerrillas...... If you think it's a credit to our decision...... Then you should know that you can trust us now! ”

There was silence on the other end of the walkie-talkie, and after a long while, Hassan sighed and said, "I believe in you, Camp Commander Yang...... I was blinded by anger just now, I hope you don't care! But...... I had to have a reason to convince my fighters that they wouldn't let the Soviets go, if I insisted on doing it...... I'm afraid something will go wrong! ”

I can understand what Hassan said, and this is also a problem with the general existence of Afghan guerrillas...... Some guerrillas are all in one group when they fight, they are actually divided into several factions within themselves, and even Hassan's guerrilla force is no exception, for example, this or two hundred people belong to this tribe, and those two or three hundred people belong to that tribe...... Every tribe had its own leader, and the two or three hundred listened to that chief.

It is for this reason that ...... Therefore, when we train guerrillas, we do not need to choose any platoon commanders or company commanders...... They themselves have long chosen.

If we have to mess them up...... In fact, we don't dare to do this at all, because there are many contradictions among Afghans of various ethnic groups, and they are artificially scrambled together...... This unit is basically unable to lead, one is that there are constant incidents of fighting and making trouble, and the other is that not only will they not cooperate with each other during the battle, but they will also dismantle each other and frame each other.

So...... It is safe to separate these groups for a short time...... This may be what Pesul said, that the Afghans are so united that they are so united that they are incompatible with each other.

Sometimes we've tried to swap the small leaders of those tribes...... For example, in the group, choose a soldier with strong ability and su zhì to become the company commander to replace the position of those small leaders...... Needless to say, the purpose of this is to weaken the power of those minor leaders.

But what makes people laugh is ...... The company commander was chosen, and he became a ...... But it's just the name of a company commander, and he still listens to the little leader about everything, even the company commander is no exception.

And because of this...... Hassan had to consider the thoughts of his minor leaders, otherwise there would be a disagreement...... It's possible for each of these men to do their own thing!

"That's what you say!" I said: "The Soviet army in Afghanistan was fixed at 100,000 people for supply reasons, so ...... No matter how many Soviets we kill, it will not have a fundamental impact on the situation in Afghanistan, unless we can kill all the Soviet troops! But if they are left with their equipment...... At least there will be some substantial benefits! ”

"Oh!" Hassan also felt that it made sense, so he didn't say anything more. (To be continued......)