"Battalion commander! Shan Pass No. 2 is in a hurry! ”

"Valley 013 is lost!"

"No. 3 Pass is missing...... The Soviet army is approaching the No. 4 mountain pass! ”

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The bad news coming from the front came one after the other, and it was too late for me to react...... One pass after another, the passes were lost, and the speed with which they were lost was astonishing...... In less than a few hours, the Soviets captured a mountain pass on the north and south sides, which would have taken the Soviets at least a few days to suffer hundreds of casualties...... Now there are almost no casualties, because the Afghan guerrillas stationed on these passes have no morale to resist...... Or rather, they don't think it's in Afghanistan's interest to hold on...... The Chinese are using them to fight the Soviets to the death!

I was speechless for a moment in the face of this situation...... I didn't expect that I had been operating in the Higio Valley for so long, and in the process, I had paid close attention to the quality, ideology, and education of the guerrillas, and even carried out reforms at the risk of offending the interests of the leaders in order to eliminate the ethnic problem, but I didn't expect that the Soviet army would eventually find a loophole......

But I really can't blame the Afghans for this, because I really didn't notice this loophole before, and it's a contradiction in the grand strategy between countries...... The Afghans wanted peace, they had the desire to defeat the Soviets and end the war, but for China...... In terms of national interests, the longer this war is fought, the better!

These were originally contradictory strategic objectives...... In the early stages, the performance was the same...... If the Afghans want peace and want to get rid of the Soviets and end the war, they must continue to fight the Soviets, and for China they will also fight the Soviets. So we don't seem to have a contradiction with the Afghan guerrillas.

In fact...... The current war in Afghanistan is in its early stages. China and Argentina are still at a stage where there are no contradictions.

But...... The Soviets gave the Afghan guerrillas a false image. An illusion that the Soviets are willing to de-escalate the war with the Afghan guerrillas, but Chinese do not want it...... So this contradiction intensified!

I have to admit that it worked, and I could even say that I was caught off guard and didn't have the power to fight back...... So the whole valley of Chigio fell like dominoes that had been toppled, one after another, whether it was a mortar position or a mountain pass...... The guerrillas stationed there withdrew into the mountains because they had little will to resist......

An army that does not have the determination and will to fight is very terrible, and I believe that some of these Afghan guerrillas do not believe these rumors and want to continue fighting in this valley, but the problem is that most people believe it...... Those few people don't make a difference at all!

Fortunately, it was night when the Soviets captured the No. 3 Pass, and unfortunately the Soviets had long been ready to pursue the victory, so they did not mean to stop the battle at all, but changed a group of troops to continue the attack on the No. 4 Pass......

"Battalion commander!" Although it is now a cold winter. Beads of sweat still appeared on Zhao Jingping's forehead, and he said a little helplessly: "According to the current situation...... I'm afraid that the Soviet army will only need a few days to occupy the entire Shigio Valley! ”

Zhao Jingping is telling the truth...... Today alone we have lost three mountain passes, and there are only fifteen mountain passes in the entire Shigio Valley, if the situation is not brought under control...... It simply did not take a few days for the Soviet troops to take all the passes.

"What's going on over there at Pass Four?" I asked.

"Stabilized for the time being!" Zhao Jingping replied: "It is Ragil who is stationed at the No. 4 mountain pass, and it is night again...... Difficulties arose in the search of Soviet helicopters for mortar positions in the mountains......"

"Hmm!" I nodded.

The Soviet army, with modern equipment, has never been good at night fighting, not to mention that it is difficult for helicopters to search for mortar positions in the dark...... So we had a little respite!

But...... By dawn tomorrow, I'm afraid that all this today will be re-shadowed again...... Although the troops stationed at the pass were relatively credible Rajir's troops...... The longer the troops followed, the more emotional they became, and Hassan's unit grew from a few hundred to several thousand now, so the main cadres of their unit were convinced that our Chinese soldiers would not betray their interests, so they were not so easily confused by the rumors of the Soviet army.

However, this will not turn the tide of the battle...... Because they already do not have the coordination of mortar units on both sides...... I have already made separate efforts with the instructors, and we have contacted all the cadres who can be contacted through walkie-talkies...... First of all, of course, there are middle and high-level cadres like Allerd......

It's not that hard. Because Aled, Apuchu and others are not fools, they can guess with a little brain that this is a discordant plan set up by the Soviet army. The aim is to bring our Chinese soldiers and the Afghan guerrillas out of harmony.

But here's the problem...... They understand that it does not mean that their subordinates understand that the Soviets have taken advantage of the situation to launch an attack at this time, and they will not dare to convene a meeting of their subordinates to publicize anything for a while...... Coupled with the fact that the distribution of our forces is already very scattered, the situation has become uncontrollable!

The mortar force could not be controlled, so Agil, who was stationed at the mountain pass, had three heads and six arms, and he was afraid that he would only be surrounded by the Soviet army......

"Battalion commander!" At this time, Hassan walked into the camp headquarters with a body full of gunpowder smoke and said to me: "You better withdraw first...... We're on top here, and the Soviets' helicopters have split up and are looking for you everywhere! ”

I believe that...... Although it is not yet time to end the war, the Soviet army can basically be regarded as having the absolute upper hand, so they can send helicopters to carry out the "decapitation operation" at this time!

Of course...... The "head" that the Soviet army wants to behead will not be Hassan, but me and this battalion headquarters led by me!

As he spoke, there was a sound of spiral pulp outside, and the guards hurriedly took a step forward, blew out the kerosene lamp, and prepared their combat equipment...... However, this was only a false alarm, and the sound of the spiral soon went farther and farther away, and finally disappeared into the darkness!

I couldn't help but sigh when the guards re-lit the kerosene lamp...... This is arguably the most embarrassing battle I have ever fought, even when I was besieged by the Vietnamese army in Vietnam and chased by the Vietnamese army, it has never been like this...... There is no hand to fight back at all, and it feels like a lost dog!

But I also know it...... There are often two sides to the story, and now is the time when the Soviet army is in high spirits, and it is often the time when its vigilance is the most lax, or it can also be said that the Soviet commanders are most careful...... Victory is at hand, and seeing that their treacherous plans have succeeded, the guerrillas have no intention of fighting and are unable to form an army...... Naturally, you will think that everything can't escape your Five Finger Mountain, and this is the easiest time to be used by the enemy!

Who were the enemies of the Soviet army?

That's me...... At this time, if I don't take advantage of this mentality, I feel sorry for myself here, which means that I admit my failure!

Thinking of this, I immediately unfolded the map under the kerosene lamp, and thought as if no one was around in the anxious eyes......

Is it still possible to turn defeat into victory?

If there is such a possibility...... So what could this be?

Will stabilizing the morale of the army pull the guerrillas back?

We've tried this method before...... But the effect was not good, the non-stop offensive of the Soviet troops left us with no chance to rest and fully explain! Besides...... At this time, even if the guerrillas are brought back, it is likely that it will only prolong the time for the Chigio Valley to be cleared!

With the rest of the troops?

This is not a good choice...... On the one hand, our army does not have enough troops to hold on, and on the other hand, we do not have a good tactical response to the tactics that the Soviets are now using to uproot mortar positions point by point. What's more...... Most of the guerrillas believed that we had betrayed the interests of Afghanistan and were reluctant to reinforce or cooperate with the fighting in the Higio Valley, so we were a lone army trapped in the valley!

Neither left nor right...... After thinking about it, there seems to be only one way, and that is to retreat into the mountains to fight a guerrilla war with the Soviet army, in the hope that one day the guerrillas can be reintegrated and retake the valley!

Someone else may choose to do so, but it won't be me...... I know my character, I don't belong to the kind of person who is good at forbearance, even if I fight with the Soviet army, I will not be willing to choose this option of being chased and killed by the Soviet army in the mountains!

However...... What capital do I have now to fight against the mighty Soviet army?

I stared at the map with a frown and was silent...... Now maybe it's only God's help......

Not! Rely on the sky!

It occurred to me that I immediately looked at the direction of the valley by approaching the map with the kerosene lamp close to the map...... I couldn't help but be overjoyed under such a photo, and said to Zhao Jingping and others: "There is a way!" ”

"Is there a way?" Zhao Jingping couldn't help but say in disbelief: "The battalion commander has thought of a way to defeat the Soviet devils?" ”

"This ......," the instructor asked incredulously, "what way?" ”

"The way is to retreat!" I said, "Let the Soviets come in!" ”

"This ......" Everyone was stunned when I said this, what kind of solution is this...... Even if we didn't retreat, the Soviets would have come in, and everyone has been trying to persuade me to retreat......

But they didn't know that the retreat I was talking about was something else...... This is our active retreat, and this retreat is temporary, in order to better fight back! (To be continued......)