Originally, I thought we would have a lot of time to train, and even Commander Zhang thought so......

If our synthetic battalion is doing the tactics of cooperating with the 40th Division to go to the battlefield to repel the Vietnamese army's layered tunneling, then we should wait for the 40th Division to go up with them when the whole training is ready. However, the 40th Division has just come down from the battlefield, and according to our army's previous habit of rotational warfare, this time will have to be at least half a year.

Of course, the timing of this round of battle is not necessarily, because the troops on the front line are retreating down in batches, and it also depends on the tightness of the war on the front line...... In some places, the fighting was loose, and there were not a few battles fought in the top year, and the months when the war was tight were unbearable, so the time for the rear troops to go up was also different.

However, we are in a hurry to go up this time, but it is not because the troops on the front line cannot bear it......

"Battalion Commander Yang!" While I was watching the soldiers train on the training ground, a jeep stopped beside me with a "squeak", jumped out of it, saluted in front of me, and reported: "Commander Zhang asked you to go right away!" ”

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this...... In the past, when Commander Zhang wanted to see me, he would call someone directly, but this time he sent a car...... It's clear that something big is happening.

What will be the big deal? Sitting in the car, I wondered...... Then I thought about the time and quickly understood that it was the end of December, and it was almost time for the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan...... I'm so busy training all day that I've forgotten about my days.

Sure enough, when I walked into Commander Zhang's office, I saw Commander Zhang walking around the desk with a very ugly face, and waved the guard to exit as soon as he saw me walk in. Said anxiously: "The situation has changed. We get the news. Last night, Soviet agents stormed Amin's palace and got rid of Amin! ”

"What?" I couldn't help but pretend to be surprised......

Actually, I know a little bit about it, in fact...... The Soviet Union must have carried out the assassination of Jihua a few days ago, and they first poisoned Amin's dinner, the purpose of which was to create the illusion of food poisoning, so the poisoning was not heavy.

The idea of the Soviet side was ...... With the medical conditions and level of Afghanistan, any poison can kill Amin without suspicion of the Soviet Union...... Why not!

But what I didn't expect was ...... This Soviet assassination of Jihua is a secret, so no one else knows about it except for a few people. This also includes Soviet doctors in Afghanistan...... The level of doctors in Afghanistan is backward, but this is not the case with Soviet doctors, so Amin actually cured him after he hired a Soviet doctor.

This time it was a surprise, and Amin hurriedly moved to the heavily guarded Amin Palace, and arranged 2,000 Amin guards to guard it layer by layer...... But helplessly, the Soviet Union still has a reserve Jihua, they have formed a special force of 500 people to enter Afghanistan a few months ago and are ready, and a few days later in the evening wearing the uniform of the Afghan army broke into the Amin Palace and shot Amin to death in the palace...... Also said to have fallen in a pool of blood were Amin's four wives and twenty-four children.

Commander Zhang looked at the map and continued: "This morning, the Soviet army has crossed the Soviet-Afghan border from north of Kabush to launch a war to invade Afghanistan! ”

"How dare the USSR be so blatant!" I asked, pretending to be confused, "Aren't they afraid of the condemnation of the international community by doing this?" ”

In fact, I know very well that there is no justice between countries, especially the international community. If not, it's not out of interest or some kind of balance...... When a country is swallowed up by another country, there will be no one to interfere substantively.

"The USSR used their justification!" Commander Zhang frowned and said: "They supported a puppet regime in Afghanistan, and then invited the Soviet Union to provide military assistance to suppress the opposition in the name of the puppet regime...... So the Soviet Union was 'taking into account the request of the new Afghan leadership for assistance in countering foreign aggression. The Soviet Union, in keeping with its internationalist responsibilities, decided to send a limited number of Soviet troops to Afghanistan', stressing that this was a 'temporary operation of last resort'......"

"Oh!" There was only a wry smile in my heart...... Politics is so ugly, even the Soviet Union itself knows that this is just an excuse, but this kind of thing needs such a fig leaf to block.

"Commander Zhang, then what are we worried about!" I said, "This is a good thing, the Soviet Union is now in a state of fighting on two fronts, and this situation will only make the Soviet Union exhausted!" ”

"The situation may not be as rosy as you think!" Commander Zhang shook his head and said: "After the Soviet Union entered Afghanistan, it almost did not encounter decent resistance, and it was very easy to control the transportation arteries and military facilities...... If this continues, I am afraid that it will not be long before Afghanistan is firmly in our hands! ”

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this...... Because I knew that this could not happen, the Soviets would soon find out that they were wrong, and that they could quickly take control of the government in Afghanistan and establish a puppet regime or even a huge puppet army.

However, the insurgency in various parts of Afghanistan left the Soviet Union at the expense of the other...... Either this place is attacked or that place is occupied, and from time to time there are puppet soldiers with weapons and equipment who mutini or act as traitors......

However...... These are only certain for me, a person who knows history, and Commander Zhang at this moment...... Comparing Afghanistan's weak and even Soviet-controlled Afghan government forces is startled, and it is easy to draw a conclusion...... Afghanistan is coming to an end.

"Commander Zhang!" I said, "I don't think we need to worry too much about this, like I said before...... The people of Afghanistan are fierce and will not succumb to the aggression of other countries so easily, and this war is likely to plunge the Soviet Union into a quagmire! ”

"I hope so!" Commander Zhang nodded and continued, "But that's not what we're worried about...... We have to take precautions against such things as war, otherwise it will be too late to prepare when the war really starts. So...... We have to think in the worst-case direction, if the Soviet Union can take Afghanistan and win in a short time, then the next step ...... It is very likely that it will be a sandwich attack with the north and south of Vietnam......"

"Hmm!" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this...... I know that this incident did not happen in history, but I have to admit that it is indeed possible based on the analysis of the current situation of Commander Zhang.

Originally, Sino-Soviet relations were very tense during this period, and even before our army launched a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, the Soviet Union repeatedly threatened that the Soviet Union would not sit idly by if our army sent troops to Vietnam, and in fact the Soviet Union did the same...... It is said that there were millions of soldiers in Mongolia at that time...... It's just that I didn't dare to start fighting because of the pressure of the situation.

But now...... Anyway, it has already torn its face to launch aggression against Afghanistan, and there is more Afghanistan as a channel...... The higher the likelihood of uniting with Vietnam to attack China.

Although this is only a possibility, it is just like what Commander Zhang said...... War is about taking precautions before they happen, and thinking ahead.

"So......" Commander Zhang continued, "considering the pressure from the northern frontier...... We believe that the war in southern Xinjiang should be stabilized as soon as possible! How's your training going? ”

Hearing this, I quickly understood what Commander Zhang meant...... If the situation in the north has changed, we must first stabilize the south side, otherwise there will be a fire in the backyard if we are not careful...... This means that we will soon be on the battlefield.

"Not very good training!" I'm telling the truth: "The sniper unit has entered the initial state, and the special forces will need some time to ......"

"Can't wait!" Commander Zhang shook his head: "Give you a week to prepare, and you will go to the battlefield in a week, the purpose is to counter the layered excavation tactics of the Vietnamese army, only succeed and not fail, you must suppress the Vietnamese devils in the south, do you understand?" ”

"Yes!" I replied helplessly.

When I walked out of the headquarters, my heart sank...... I had known about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan for a long time, but I did not expect that this incident would indirectly have such an impact on us.

Perhaps this is my disadvantage as a modern person...... It is precisely because I know the course of historical development that I take it for granted that I do not regard the Soviet Union as a threat, and I take it for granted that its invasion of Afghanistan is not a big deal...... But I didn't expect that from the perspective of people in this era, there would be so many variables.

From this point of view, sometimes it doesn't seem like a good thing to know where history is going, and it prevents me from thinking from the perspective of the people of this era.

To be honest, I wanted to tell Commander Zhang just now...... Don't worry, the Soviet Union will definitely fall into the quagmire of Afghanistan and will not be able to get out of it, and in a few years it will not invade China again or even disintegrate itself......

But...... What do I have to prove that this will happen? It is impossible to draw conclusions about such a major matter that may affect the fate of a country because of what someone has said.

And so the result is...... We're going to be sent into battle soon, before we finish our training!

Even I just found out...... The original Jihua was to let the 40th Division cooperate with us, but because the 40th Division was too large...... The number of soldiers and equipment of a division is not a small number, and it is difficult to quickly transport it to the battlefield and complete the contact with the front-line troops, so this time only our composite battalion went up. And the unit that cooperated with us was the Ninth Frontier Division, which used to always look down on our synthetic battalion unpleasantly!

That's when I couldn't help but wonder...... With them, can we win the battle? (To be continued......)