Chapter 45: The Valley

"Bang!"

With a single gunshot, the refugees quickly became confused...... Although most of the refugees in Afghanistan are elderly, women and children, they all grew up in troubled times, and they are all very familiar with the sound of gunfire, and of course they know to run away when they hear it, but because they are running in different directions, the scene is very chaotic for a while.

That's what I'm looking for...... Because I knew that the more chaotic the scene was at this time, it would be better for me, on the one hand, it would alert my guards and Major Rana and others that there was a situation, and on the other hand, because I could run around in the crowd, the killer who was still hiding in the shadows became in the light.

Just like what I'm seeing now...... I just ducked down and hid in a few scarve-covered Afghan women and ran sideways for a while, and I saw the killer looking around the crowd for a target......

From this it can also be seen that these killers are not smart...... But it's not surprising that the Afghan government forces ...... Just like our previous puppet army, the puppet army is characterized by flattery in the face of Soviet masters, ruthlessness towards the people, and greed for life and fear of death towards the enemy...... But then again, it should be said that they were originally such people, otherwise they would not have been able to act as minions of the Soviets!

So, even if they were coerced and lured by the Soviet masters, they carried out their mission...... I don't know how the Soviets managed to get them to carry out this assassination, maybe it was money, maybe it was a big deal, maybe it was a death...... But in short, it will not be for the sake of the nation, it will not be for the sake of Afghanistan's future.

Because of this, they have thought of a way out for themselves...... Refugee!

Refugees were meant to be their tools...... They had hoped to assassinate me and then flee among the refugees...... But now the problem is that the refugees have already messed up before the mission is completed, so they quickly mess up......

Finally...... The killer spotted me, but it was too late. Because my pistol was already on his head.

Several Pakistani soldiers crowded in. I can't help but say that a rifle butt knocked the killer to the ground.

"Battalion Commander Yang. Are you okay! Rana soon squeezed in, clutching a pistol in his hand, asking me as he watched for any other suspicious people nearby, and subconsciously instructed the soldiers to protect me with their bodies.

I was very touched by this, and I really didn't think anyone would be willing to protect me with their lives in this foreign land, but the Pakistani soldiers did not hesitate at all.

"I'm fine!" I replied: "They may be killers sent by the Soviets, and two ......"

As I spoke, I raised my head in the direction of the base with the two veiled Afghan guerrillas. At this time, they saw that the situation was not good, and they wanted to flee back to the base...... But he was stopped by Hassan and others who rushed to hear the gunshots......

"Catch them!" Major Rana shouted.

Hassan was stunned when he heard this, but he saw the two guerrillas walking towards the base...... Hassan was not stupid either, and if there was a situation outside, it should be right to go outside, so the two guerrillas quickly aroused his suspicions...... So without saying a word, he raised his fist and knocked one guerrilla to the ground, and the other guerrilla was about to raise his gun but he put a pistol to his head!

I really don't see it...... Hassan will still have such skills!

Thanks to Major Lana's efforts, the scene was quickly brought under control, and the refugees, who had been panicked a moment ago, gathered in front of us again...... They seem to have been used to all this for a long time, so they were chaotic just now, but now they know that there is no danger and their faces are full of calmness.

What's different from just now is ...... The three killers were tied up and brought to their knees in front of the crowd, with their weapons still in front of them......

"Folks!" Major Rana raised his hand and shouted to the Afghan refugees: "Now it's safe, these are sent by the Soviet Union to assassinate Camp Commander Yang!" ”

"Folks!" Hassan snatched Major Lana's words. He shouted to the refugees: "Chinese friends are here to help us, they give us food." Give us weapons and fight with us against the Soviets...... But these Soviet lackeys, who, as Afghans, did things for the Soviets and came to assassinate their friends...... They are the devil and Allah will not forgive them! ”

Then there was a shout of scolding in the crowd, and then ...... I don't know who led the way, but all men, women, and children, all of them picked up stones from the ground and threw them at the three men, and at first there were only a few of them...... But it soon grew into a piece, and the stone grew bigger and bigger...... Soon the three of them were smashed everywhere in blood, screaming miserably.

I looked a little unbearable, so I said to Hassan, "Almost...... Pull it back for interrogation, they may still have the same party! ”

"Yes!" Hassan answered, and with a wave of his hand, he let his men drag the three men in.

When I returned to the battalion headquarters, I convened a meeting of the cadres, the purpose of which was, of course, in response to the assassination.

Zhao Jingping frowned and said, "It can't go on like this...... The Soviets can do this for the first time, and there will be a second and a third ......"

"But what can be done?" Scar said: "We are training Afghans, and the Soviet Union can mix in as long as they buy a few Afghan government soldiers, and we can't stop accepting those surrendered troops!" ”

"This is indeed a question that cannot be taken lightly!" The instructor said: "They are targeting Battalion Commander Yang today, and tomorrow it may be someone else, and it may even be our base...... Therefore, I think that although it is impossible for us not to accept and surrender troops, we can strictly check the gates, that is, to conduct some necessary examinations of the comrades who have joined our troops, especially the examination of Hassan's army! Comrade Hassan...... What do you think? ”

"I don't have a problem!" Hassan nodded, "I'm sorry for what just happened, and I don't want it to happen again...... It's just that I don't know how to censor ......"

"I'll leave this to me!" The instructor patted his chest.

I couldn't help but smile at the instructor's decision to apply our censorship system to the Afghan guerrillas.

The assassination soon came to an end...... Our solution to this problem is to do a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, as the instructor said, to vet the members who want to join Hassan's unit, and this review includes identity verification, whether they have a bad record in the past, and the reason for joining the guerrillas......

At this time, it shows the people's liliang even more, such as identity verification and whether there are bad records in the past, which is difficult to do, but it is not difficult for us...... The reason is that there are people everywhere in the refugee camp, and as long as you can name a place or village, you can find a few acquaintances in the refugee camp and ask them.

While this would not 100% exclude the Assassins, it would at least make it more difficult for them to infiltrate. In addition, the new partisans were still separated, and the old ones were in charge...... In fact, the task of the veteran team members is to monitor the new team members during an inspection period, and if there is any strange behavior, they will immediately report to the Xiangshang level.

On the other hand...... It is to strengthen the vigilance of our bases, especially the battalion headquarters, and some people have even proposed to separate our Chinese bases from the Afghan guerrillas...... That is, the Chinese troops have a separate base, and the training of Afghan guerrillas is at another base...... This would greatly reduce the chance of Afghan Assassins infiltrating.

But zuihou we still haven't done that...... The reason is that we have not been here for a long time, and although we have won two battles, we have only gained a firm foothold, and what we should do at this time is to "unite all the liliang that can be united", rather than starting to separate within ourselves before we have united many people.

So we just divided the base into two areas, one side for our camp and the other side for the Afghans, so that it was easy to manage and not create a barrier.

I've never had much interest in these issues, so no matter how the instructor and Zhao Jingping tossed around, I had another more important issue in my mind...... Build a base in Afghanistan!

The problem of location has been solved, in a valley called Sigio...... The last time we withdrew from Afghanistan, we took a detour to this valley to have a look, and sure enough, as Rajir said, it was an easy valley to defend and difficult to attack......

The valley is more than 50 kilometers long and varies in width, from several kilometers wide in some places to only a few hundred meters in size...... In the valley, there are wide and flat valley plains, large forests, peaks on both sides of the valley, complex roads, and many caves between the mountains...... If you look at the map, this endless valley is a bit like a sausage we made...... There is a node between the knots, and this node is the narrowest part of the valley, and Hassan and other Afghans call this part the "mountain pass...... The name lives up to its name, as it is formed by two mountains sandwiched together.

I calculated that in this valley with a total length of more than 50 kilometers, there are a total of 15 such "mountain passes", that is, there will be one "mountain pass" every three or four kilometers on average......

Anyone with a modicum of military common sense knows it...... This kind of terrain is undoubtedly the ideal place to defend...... First of all, this "mountain pass" is a place where no one can open it, and secondly, even if the enemy breaks through the "mountain pass" and enters the "node", then the next thing to face is firepower from all directions, and it is even very likely to be surrounded and annihilated.

Even if the previous paragraph can't withstand being captured by the enemy...... We can easily withdraw to another "mountain pass" and then deploy our forces again!

But here's the problem...... This valley already has a lord, and the one who occupies it is a guerrilla force like us. (To be continued......)