Although I was confident when I made the bet with Smith, I didn't have any confidence at all.

The main reason, of course, is that no partisans are willing to cooperate with us...... It's infuriating to think about...... Damn, let's come here to help the guerrillas for free, and not only that, but also provide all kinds of help for free, even on the battlefield...... But no one wants to!

But then again...... The battlefield is such a realistic place, think about it...... If I were the leader of the Afghan guerrillas, there would undoubtedly be a preference for the United States in the face of China and China...... The United States is well equipped and has a lot of money...... Isn't that what Afghanistan lacks?

On the other hand...... A considerable part of the Afghan guerrillas are still converted from drug dealers, and what are the drug dealers for...... For the sake of money and interests, of course, the United States will also choose the side.

However, I prefer not to use armed forces such as drug dealers, because I know very well that such troops are difficult to command and cohesive...... As the instructors often say, a force without ideas and ideals...... It is impossible for them to be willing to give their lives for the sake of fighting, and this determines the combat effectiveness of a unit.

I quite agree with this, because I myself grew up in this way in a unit with ideas and ideals.

It's just that...... Will this unite the masses of the people be effective?

I am deeply skeptical...... Because obviously, the Afghan refugees we are helping are just old people, women and children...... Even if we could unite them, we wouldn't be able to form a women's biedong team, or wait for the children to grow up!

But I soon realized that I was wrong......

"Battalion commander!" On our third day of assistance to the Afghan refugee camps. Saheed brought an old Afghan from the camp to me: "This is Elder Abdul...... He said he wanted to see you! ”

What I saw was an old man with a thin face and a white hat on his head. He had realized that I was the person he wanted to meet. So he gave a chest salute and said, "Anji Galigon!" ”

"Anji Galigon!" I also returned the salute.

Then the old man spoke, and the old man translated as he said Saheid: "My name is Abdul, I am an elder of the Saida tribe, thank you for your assistance to the Afghan people, may Allah bless you!" ”

“xiexie！” I replied, "That's what we're supposed to do, and that's what we're here for...... Drive out the Soviet invaders with the people of Afghanistan! I hope that the suffering of the Afghan people will end soon! ”

The elder's eyes moistened a little when he listened: "Thank you Allah...... At this time, I can't believe there will be such a force as yours! Selflessly helping us without expecting anything in return...... It is Allah who has sent a messenger to save us, or Allah has guided me to you...... I think we should obey Allah's arrangement! ”

"Elder Abdul...... "I was a little confused and asked, "What you said was obedience to Allah's arrangement...... What does it mean? ”

"Distinguished guests!" Elder Abdur replied: "I heard that you are looking for guerrillas to resist the Soviet Union. Our Saita troops, with 500 fighters fighting stubbornly against the Soviet troops in the Hindu Kush, need your help! I can contact them if you allow me! ”

Hearing this, my eyes lit up, but then I asked, "Elder Abdul...... I don't know about the 500 warriors of your tribe...... What did you do before? ”

The reason I ask this is because I am afraid that they are drug dealers...... If that's the case, then I'm going to say no.

However, Abdul quickly gave me a satisfactory answer: "Most of them are farmers, but some of them are people who work in Kabul and serve as soldiers...... Because Kabul and the Horde were occupied by Soviet troops, they fled to the Hindu Kush in order to resist the Soviet army and the Karmal government! ”

"Great!" I nodded and said, "Then ask Elder Abdul to contact the warriors." ”

"May Allah bless you!" Again, the elders saluted us.

"Elder!" Just as he turned to leave, I chased after him and added, "I hope you understand...... We are not as well equipped and funded as the United States on the other side, and we are not as good as theirs! ”

"I know!" The elder nodded, "This is why the other guerrillas chose the Americans, but I trust Allah's instructions. You are all merciful people and merciful troops. That's all that matters! ”

I couldn't help but sigh after sending Elder Abdur away...... It's really fucking useful to unite the masses of the people!

One night a few days later, the partisans sent three men......

The three men, brought by Elder Abdul, bowed to me and then introduced to me to an Afghan with a bearded mouth and a fierce look: "This is my son Hassan, the leader of the guerrillas!" ”

"Hmm!" That's when I realized that this Elder Abdul was not simple.

"Allah bless you!" Hassan bowed to me and said, "Thank you for taking care of my relatives and friends, we will remember them!" ”

"Hmm!" Listening to Hassan's tone, he didn't seem to trust me very much, otherwise he wouldn't just thank me and not say a word about the help.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but smile, and also didn't mention the matter of military aid, and replied: "Brother Hassan has seen the outside, it's just our help!" ”

Then I prepared pilaf and yogurt soup for them...... Our cooking class has itchy hands, watching the pilaf made by Pakistanis and the like, and we also follow along, but I didn't expect it to taste like that.

I don't talk about any assistance during the meal...... Because I know very well that Hassan is still suspicious of us and is psychologically vigilant, and rushing to help will only make him more suspicious and vigilant, although I don't know what he is suspicious or wary of at this time.

Zuihou, on the contrary, Hassan couldn't help it, he saluted me from afar, and said: "Dear Chinese friends, I heard that you are willing to help us fight the Soviet army free of charge, I want to know that this is weishenme!" ”

As soon as I heard this, I understood what Hassan was wary of...... There is no free lunch in the world, how can it be so good to give food, weapons and help them fight, so there must be some kind of purpose!

In this respect, Hassan is much more rational and realistic than his father.

"For the sake of profit!" I'll be honest.

Because I know, in front of someone like Hassan...... If we talk about Sino-Afghan friendship for the sake of the Afghan people, it will only be a bad thing. Although it is true that when I decided to help the Afghan refugees, I felt compassion because I couldn't stand it.

"What interest?" Hassan asked very directly.

I flipped through my desk, pulled out a map, walked it out in front of Hassan, and said, "This is China, here is the Soviet Union, here is Afghanistan......"

"Hmm!" Hassan couldn't help but nodded, looking at the expression on his face, it was obvious that he had rarely seen a shijie map.

"There's a Vietnam under China!" I went on to say, "Now China is at war with Vietnam...... I don't know if you've heard of it? ”

Hassan shook his head.

This is actually not to blame him, Afghanistan is a poor country, there are not many literate people, and they can't care about domestic affairs, and there will be a few people who care about whether there is a war abroad. It's like our Chinese ...... My soldiers didn't even know about Pakistan before they came here.

"The reason why this small country of Vietnam dares to go to war with China!" I simply said: "It is because the Soviet Union provides weapons, equipment and food, and at the same time the Soviet Union wants to invade China...... This is also the reason why the USSR wanted to occupy Afghanistan quickly, as soon as possible...... The USSR would have been able to wage war against China! ”

"Oh!" Only then did Hassan understand: "If the Chinese army can help us defeat the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, then the Soviet Union will not be able to invade China!" ”

"That's right!" I said, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and we have a common enemy!" ”

Hassan couldn't help nodding frequently, and the suspicion and vigilance in his eyes immediately became much less.

"And what about the Americans?" Hassan asked: "They want to help Afghanistan again!" ”

"The United States is an enemy of the Soviet Union!" I said, "There are only two superpowers in the world right now, one is the United States and the other is the Soviet Union...... They're the boss! ”

Of course, I wouldn't say anything about the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union...... said that Hassan didn't understand this, but only when he said it in a simple and plain way, he would feel that it made sense.

"So!" "Now that China and the United States are friends of Afghanistan, they are both here to help the Afghan people defeat the Soviet Union, and you can choose the United States or us...... We will provide you with the necessary weapons and equipment, and even financial assistance! ”

Hassan nodded, and returned to his seat, where a few people gathered around and discussed for a while...... I learned afterwards that they had now determined that it was in their interest to receive assistance......

In the past, the main reason why they were afraid to accept aid was that they were afraid that they would be used by foreign shili or annexed...... Afghanistan is a country where there are too many tribes to count, and the tribes are incompatible with each other, and there are even frequent cases of big fish eating small fish between tribes, which never stopped even during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and was even often exploited by the Soviets.

It's a little different from our Chinese brothers who are playing on the wall and are out of the way...... This may be due to the fact that Afghanistan has not yet formed the idea of a large "nation". For example, all ethnic groups in China are called the "Chinese nation," and everyone should consider the interests of the "Chinese nation" first, and then all ethnic groups should belong to each ethnic group. But Afghanistan is not, they consider their interests from their own tribe or even their own tribe, and of course it is difficult for them to unite with each other and between tribes.

That's why Hassan is so suspicious of our assistance...... There has never been such a cheap thing in Afghanistan, and there must be some kind of conspiracy! (To be continued......)