After more than a month of preparation, the Soviet army finally couldn't help it!

On this day, just as a heavy snowfall had stopped, the sound of helicopter propeller breaking through the sky could be heard......

"Battalion commander!" Zhao Jingping reported loudly to me: "Soviet helicopter group has been found in the northeast......"

After listening to the walkie-talkie for a while, Zhao Jingping continued: "A large number of Soviet armored troops were found in the south and north...... The strength is about a regiment! ”

It's finally here...... I took the belt from the wall and fastened it myself, picked up the binoculars on the table, and walked out of the battalion headquarters with the guards.

For more than a month, we can say that we have always been at a disadvantage in the supply war with the Soviet army...... There's no way around it...... The Soviet army is a modern unit with a variety of modern equipment and communication lines, although such a unit is not suitable for fighting in the mountains, but it is inherently resistant to climate change.

For example, this heavy snow in front of you...... It has almost no impact on the air power of Soviet transport planes and helicopters, and it can also be said that it has little impact on the capacity of cars on the road!

But......

We were a guerrilla warfare unit in the mountains, and most of the time we had to run on two legs, and we relied on mountain roads with mules and horses for transportation...... There is no doubt that this type of supply will be affected by heavy snowfall!

So...... This is an act of God for us, a force majeure of God......

This is not to say that we are not brave in fighting or that we are not determined to transport...... In fact, the determination shown by the refugees of the supply team surprised me, who had come down from the battlefield...... Even if the snow covers the mountains, even if the snow is full of mines, it can't stop them...... Their primitive method is to use bamboo poles to find their way in the snow ahead. Then he led the mule forward......

But this method is not very effective. On the one hand, there may be a lot of mines in the snow. It is not possible to clean it with bamboo poles, and on the other hand, it is very slow to transport supplies. So there are people who are constantly killed and injured in the process of transporting supplies, but we get very few supplies.

I have to admit it...... The spirit and courage of the Afghan people was very commendable, and although the mortality rate in the process of transporting supplies was skyrocketing, it did not deter the refugees, and they did everything they could to get supplies to the Hijeo Valley without interruption, such as letting the mules and horses go ahead, and carrying supplies on human backs on paths that the Soviets had not discovered.

This gives the Shigio Valley a little more capital to fight against the Soviet army, and at the same time has an extra chance to survive!

As for the aspect of striking at the supply of Soviet troops...... We've also made some attempts......

Just like I thought before...... Although the chances of blowing up the arsenals of the Soviet army were slim. But this is also a matter of small fighting for big things, and if it succeeds, it is very likely to disintegrate the Soviet army's operational plan for the whole winter...... There is not enough ammunition, and there is not enough capacity to replenish quickly, so it is better for the Soviet troops to stay in the city and not come out, and defend against the opposition in the city!

So I ended up devised a plan for the Soviet arsenal......

The plan is as simple as buying off an Afghan driver who transports arms and then putting a time bomb in the arms he delivers...... Of course, the timing of this time bomb was set to explode after entering the Soviet arsenal. What we hope for...... This time bomb can be transported into the arsenal by the Soviets themselves through normal channels, and then it "booms" with a bang......

Unfortunately, this plan did not succeed...... On the one hand, it was because the Soviet army was very meticulous in the inspection of munitions, and on the other hand, because the driver's psychological quality was not good...... The Soviets were already distrustful of the Afghans. So when I saw that the driver was acting a little abnormal, I became suspicious of the arms he was transporting.

Needless to say, the results after that......

This directly made the Soviet army's inspection of arms more stringent. It also made me finally give up the idea of a sneak attack on the Soviet arsenal!

It was also one of the few failures I had since I entered Afghanistan...... However, I was not discouraged by this, because I knew very well that there were no victorious generals on the battlefield, and that there were some things that could not be controlled by manpower...... The failure of the supply war is due to the existence of too many objectively unfavorable conditions.

Moreover, the victory or defeat of the supply war is only the beginning, and it is still unknown who will die in the end...... All I have to do is try to find a new way to play from this weakness to save the defeat!

Not to mention that this situation is not all bad for us......

I have reason to believe that a large part of the reason why the politicians of the US government did not equip us with "Stinger" missiles was because they found that we could defeat the Soviet army without the "Stinger...... Just like the last Soviet offensive, the Soviet helicopter group was inexplicably defeated under our hands!

So the U.S. government will come to the conclusion that since the valley can be defended without the "Stinger" Xigio, then why should the U.S. government use the "Stinger" to equip the valley? Moreover, there is also the problem of advanced weapons being copied by other countries, and eventually there will be "Stingers" or imitations of "Stingers" to deal with US fighters......

That's something I've been thinking about, so I'm not going to rush Smith...... Because I know that it's useless to urge, this involves a matter of national security, and it is not something that a colonel Smith can decide!

But I can use Smith to influence the U.S. government.

So I called Smith......

"Colonel Smith!" I said, "I have to admit it...... The current situation is very unfavorable for the Higio Valley, and there is a good chance that we will not have a chance to meet! ”

I'm exaggerating, of course...... Although this is true, I am far from so depressed.

"Battalion Commander Yang!" Colonel Smith was taken aback: "I know you're having a hard time right now, but I want you to pull yourself together...... Just get through this winter......"

"The problem is that we won't survive this winter!" I interrupted Colonel Smith and feigned anger and said, "Do you know how important the Hipjeo Valley is to the opposition as a whole? The current Higio Valley can almost be said to be the confidence of the entire guerrillas to persist in resisting the Soviet army, and if we are crushed, then the confidence of the Afghan guerrillas is likely to be crushed, and all the efforts of our base here will be in vain! ”

"I understand!" Colonel Smith replied: "That's why you must hold on, I will send reinforcements to you, I will organize troops to transport supplies to you, and I will let other guerrillas fight with you......"

"What can this do?" I said, "The Soviets also know what the valley of Sigio represents, so they are determined to win, and they are not so easily confused by other partisans!" ”

When I said this, Colonel Smith was silent, because he knew I was right...... What's more, the Soviet army had much more troops than the guerrillas, and it was almost impossible for the Soviet army's plan to attack the Shigio Valley to be influenced by the guerrillas from other directions!

"Do you know the truth?" I said, "The Higio Valley will be in the passive situation it is today...... You Americans are fully responsible! You, the U.S. government, are fully responsible! ”

"What......" Smith asked rhetorically, somewhat inexplicably, "what does this have to do with us?" ”

"Isn't it?" I said: "The U.S. government has more advanced anti-aircraft missiles, but it refuses to use them in Afghanistan...... Don't you know that the 'blowpipe type' we are using now is still the 'blowpipe type' that cannot play an air defense role at all, and don't you know that the main force of our current air defense is still antiaircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft artillery? What are our supply units doing...... They were going to deliver a lot of bullets and shells for these anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, but these bullets and shells had little anti-aircraft effect......"

"Battalion Commander Yang......" Smith said a little weakly: "Didn't you destroy many helicopters with anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns last time?" It was a brilliant victory! ”

"That's because the Soviets fell into our ambush!" I said, "Do you think the Soviets will be ambushed by us again?" And is it in the same way? ”

Smith was dumbfounded by my question.

"Colonel Smith!" I said, "Think about it, if we were equipped with a very effective anti-aircraft missile, would the Higio Valley be so passive today?" We can hardly do without anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns, or anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns can be used against enemy infantry, and at the same time bullets and shells can be greatly reduced, and there is no need for 'blowpipe'...... In terms of air defense, we only need to deliver one thing, which is your anti-aircraft missiles, how will this bring convenience to our supplies? As a colonel, would you not know what to do? ”

Smith, of course, was knowledgeable, so there was still no sound.

"Mr. Colonel!" After that, I said, "I don't blame you for calling you...... Because as a soldier, I know that now is not the time to hold people accountable, and at the same time, I know how to do it...... Even if the US government immediately agrees to equip the Higio Valley with anti-aircraft missiles, I am afraid that it will be too late...... The supply route has been blocked by the Soviet troops! I just want you and you to know a little bit about the U.S. government...... The battlefield is a rapidly changing place, and if the U.S. government doesn't do its best...... Even if we can avoid this crisis, there will be another one...... We can't avoid it every time, but only once...... Then it's all over! I hope you've thought it through! ”

Without waiting for Smith to answer, I hung up the phone...... This time, arguably the best weight or excuse I can come up with, if that doesn't make the U.S. government equip us with the Stinger...... Then I will have to wait for the time when the United States in history will actually equip this thing to the guerrillas! (To be continued......)