Seeing that Pesur didn't speak, I added: "If you don't believe me...... It's perfectly possible to ask Rajir, or any of the Afghan guerrillas trained at a Chinese base......"

"I believe in you, honored guest!" Pesur interrupted me: "I see sincerity in your eyes, and I also know that China is at war with Vietnam, and relations with the Soviet Union are tense......"

"And what are you worried about?" I asked.

Pesur was silent for a long time before nodding slightly and saying, "You have convinced me on this point, I can accept your assistance, but I don't want to accept your training, let alone agree to let you establish a base in the Shijieo Valley...... What do you think? ”

Pesur is clever enough to keep their guerrillas supplied without worrying about our influence...... It seems that he is still very wary of us foreigners.

I wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, I nodded and replied, "It's a deal!" ”

This made Saheide, who was acting as the translator, look at me with disbelief and almost thought that he had misheard.

In fact, it wasn't just Sahayd who couldn't believe it, even Pesur was surprised by this, not to mention the staff officers under me.

"Battalion commander!" When I returned to the base and talked about the outcome of the negotiations, Scar immediately objected: "How can there be such a thing...... They all take advantage of it, and we can't even catch a single hair...... Isn't this sending them food and equipment for nothing? ”

"Yes, battalion commander!" Zhang Zuoliang also said on the side: "How can you agree to such a condition? Moreover, the base is not close to the Higio Valley...... Let's send them equipment and supplies along the way, not to mention the tired. There was also a fear of interception by Soviet troops...... This is to risk the lives of the soldiers! ”

Others have objected. It is said that it is really not cost-effective to agree to this condition. Not only lost equipment and supplies...... Maybe even his life will be taken, only Zhao Jingping and the instructor are silent.

"What do you think?" I asked Zhao Jingping and the instructor.

Zhao Jingping replied: "My thoughts are...... The purpose of our coming here was to arm the Afghan guerrillas, and Pesul was also an Afghan guerrilla force, and it was also a very strong resistance to Liliang, so there is no problem of losing money by equipping them, because we have national interests in them...... But so be! I don't think the battalion commander's idea can be so simple......"

The instructor smiled and said, "I said Xiao Yang...... Don't sell it anymore, tell everyone about it......"

"What Staff Officer Zhao said is right!" I said to the crowd, "Our minds ...... The time to fight a war at home cannot be stopped. We can't habitually regard the guerrillas as our enemies, thinking that sending them equipment is a loss-making business......"

"Battalion commander!" Hassan asked, "What about ...... What about our base in Afghanistan? Is it a change of place? ”

"That's what I'm going to say next!" I laughed and said, "Think about it...... If we were to build a base in Sigio...... What should I do first? ”

"What to do? Build fortifications! Scar replied without thinking about it, "Because it's a base, and it's such a big base...... It was impossible to avoid the eyes of the Soviets, so it was necessary to use the terrain to build fortifications, and at the same time store ammunition so as not to be surrounded by Soviet troops! ”

"That's right!" I said: "If you want to build a base in Sigio, it is important to have ammunition and food reserves, otherwise...... As long as the Soviet army cuts off our supply lines and besieges the Shigio Valley with heavy troops, then even if the Shigio Valley is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it will not last long! ”

"What does this have to do with us delivering supplies to the Hijeo Valley?" Zhao Jingping couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"Think about it further......" I said, "if we're going to quickly store a lot of ammunition in the valley." It is also necessary to build various fortifications...... So what is the most difficult? ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhao Jingping seemed to understand a little: "The most difficult thing is supply!" ”

"Yes!" I said, "The Jerao Valley is not close to Peshawar, more than 30 kilometers away. And you have to take the mountain road, which currently leads to the Gelå valley only two...... This is nowhere near the requirement to supply the Higio Valley, so ...... What we have to do now is actually prepare for the entry into the Higio Valley! ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, the soldiers suddenly realized.

"But the battalion commander!" "If Pesur insists on not letting us into the Shigio Valley, then Zuihou is not ......"

"He will!" I said, "Pesul is not strictly a soldier, but a thinker...... His theory does make sense, but it is divorced from reality, and the battlefield is a real place...... If he continues to stubbornly keep his mind and refuse to cooperate with us, then he will have only one result...... Eliminated by reality! ”

"What does the battalion commander mean ......," Hassan asked.

"The Soviets will not let Pesur develop!" I said, "Everyone knows that the valley of Sigio is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if the guerrillas are allowed to develop like this, it will only make the guerrillas sit in the valley and it will become more and more difficult to deal with in the future...... The reason why they have survived until now is solely because we sabotaged the Soviet sweep twice before! So...... We just have to wait, wait for Pesur to come and call for help, or they would rather all die than call for help...... But no matter which one it is, Zuihou we can successfully enter the Xijieo Valley...... Of course, this has to be based on the fact that we have many mountain roads leading to the valley of Sigio, because it also means that we can put a large number of troops and supplies into Sigio in the shortest possible time...... No one can compare to us! ”

"Oh!" Now the fighters understood it thoroughly.

But I added the following sentence: "Take a step back and talk about it...... If Pesur is lucky enough to be able to resist the Soviets' onslaught, then they will also be badly damaged, and the supplies are still in our hands...... Do they still have the right to disagree? ”

The warriors couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this...... None of them expected me to have so many follow-ups, and this one seemed a little sinister.

In fact...... If it's not a last resort, I don't want to use zuihou as a trick...... After all, Pesur was a respectable old man, and although he was too idealistic and did not see clearly what the essence of war was, I had to be so prepared.

There is only one reason for this...... The battlefield is realistic! (To be continued......)