Two hours later, it was slowly getting brighter.

If it was in the past...... I think I'd definitely choose to attack when it's dark...... Needless to say, it is difficult for the Soviet army's air power to be brought into full play when it is dark, and on the other hand, if the Soviet army is hit by an avalanche when it is dark, it is easier to fall into chaos, and at the same time, it is also conducive to us to recapture the mountain pass and cut off the Soviet army's supply and retreat.

But there's only one downside...... That is, the Soviets were very cautious at night, and they won victory...... But the number of infantry sent into the valleys from which we withdrew was very small, on average only one company of troops per valley was carried in armor-piercing vehicles!

It's obvious...... The Soviets are also wondering if we are doing something, and if we are still thinking of taking advantage of the darkness to attack their mountain pass and surround the Soviets in the valley...... Therefore, the Soviet commanders preferred to take the full occupation of the Shigio Valley at a slower pace, but also to try to ensure the safety of the mountain passes and valleys they occupied!

So I calculated it this way...... If the five valleys we withdrew from were only one company on average, the other valleys in which we had arranged would be a little more than one battalion...... All of them add up to just over two battalions.

You must know that the Mi-8 of the Soviet Army can carry a platoon...... A company of troops only needs three Mi-8s, so the infantry of these two battalions only needs a few dozen Mi-8s to snatch ...... Or there is no need for so many at all, a dozen Mi-8 back and forth is almost the same.

This is also the benefit of having a helicopter...... Even if you are surrounded, you can often easily jump out of the encirclement!

In order to obtain greater results, not to mention that we still have a batch of "Stinger" missiles in our hands at this time...... At this time, it was time to try his skills, so it was finally decided to wait until dawn for the Soviets to send more troops into the valley before attacking!

Maybe the fruits of victory that came in hand because of fear flew like this...... Early in the morning, the Soviets began to move into the Higio Valley as soon as it was dark......

The way they occupy can be said to be steady...... Infantry was sent to each pass to build defensive positions, and helicopters were loaded with equipment and ammunition to ensure that they could withstand a possible counterattack. In terms of mountains...... Helicopters were used to send groups of scouts in turn to reconnoitre, and when they detected suspicious caves or fortifications, they carried out devastating blasts, and infantry was stationed on important high ground to control both sides of the valley with firepower. Make sure that the mountain sides are under the protection of their long-range fire!

It should be said that these arrangements were indeed very tight, and even among them I found some A-type fortifications that could only be found on the battlefield in Vietnam...... This kind of fortification is very suitable for building in this snow, and even the soil layer covered on it can be saved, and you only need to wait for the next snow after the logs are erected...... Everything is covered up tightly, and there is basically no fire point in sight!

But...... But I know that all of their arrangements are useless, because their strategy is fundamentally wrong...... All their arrangements were defensive, all in response to a possible attack by the guerrillas......

This may be true, but it is not the guerrillas who attack them, but the snow that keeps collapsing!

"A battalion is ready!"

"The second battalion is ready!"

……

Voice after voice came from the walkie-talkie...... Those were all Afghan guerrillas under Hassan...... The number of this unit may sound a little scary, and there is a battalion at every turn. But in fact, this battalion is only more than 200 people...... This is also the result of our efforts to close in.

But that's enough for us...... Because their task is only to capture a few mountain passes to block the retreat of the Soviet army, and also to capture the mountain passes after the avalanche!

I looked at my watch and ordered, "Listen to me...... Get ready to blast! ”

"Yes!"

“10，9，8…… Initiation! ”

"Detonate!"

"Boom, boom......" Before the words fell, explosions in the valley were heard one after another. And because the explosion was in the valley, the echo was endless. It's like a valley of rolling thunder rolling endlessly...... And then it didn't take long. Then I saw that the snow on the high ground began to move......

The snow began to move very slowly, like a corner of flour piled down, but soon caused a chain reaction, and the affected areas became larger and larger, and the snow layer fell more and faster...... After a while, like a snow dragon, it roared viciously and pounced on the bottom of the valley...... This tremor even caused a chain reaction in other snowy mountains where we didn't have explosives, so it was as if the mountains were in a race...... Compete to shake off the snow that weighs on you!

This scene stunned the Soviet troops who were carrying out various tasks...... The Soviets, who were on a reconnaissance mission in the mountains, retreated and ran in the opposite direction of the avalanche, but no matter how fast they ran, they ...... And where can it compare to the speed of an avalanche? But after a while, he saw the snow dragon mercilessly following them, engulfing them one after another.

There were even people who waved for a helicopter in mid-air...... However, at this time, the helicopter lowered its altitude, and the snow from the avalanche and the accompanying air flow were enough to make the helicopter lose control, so they could only climb quickly and watch the infantry below disappear into a blanket of snow.

The Soviet troops in the valley were better...... Because there are many bomb shelters built by Afghan guerrillas in the valley, it seems that they just need to hide in them...... But here's the thing. It's easy to hide in but hard to get out, the snow layer is pressed down and soon blocks the ventilation holes and exits, and the lucky ones may be able to dig out of it, but the unfortunate ones are either waiting inside to be our prisoners or suffocating to death!

The worst belonged to the Soviet troops stationed at the mountain pass...... When we evacuated the mountain pass, we all blew up the fortifications at the mountain pass, and the Soviets could not build a fortress or anything on it for a while, so they could only build some open machine gun forts, mortar positions or trenches...... This was indeed enough for the defense of the partisans, after all, it was the Soviet army that had the air superiority...... Having such a position, coupled with the firepower and transportation of helicopters, coupled with the condescending geographical advantage...... How many guerrillas come up, I'm afraid that they will only be sent to death!

However...... This time, it was not the guerrillas who attacked them, but the rapidly sliding snow...... They can't go up or down, and there's nothing to hide...... So I can only accept fate, I saw that some Soviet soldiers even gave up escaping, and I don't know if Lu Dao was scared stupid or knew that Lu Dao couldn't escape this catastrophe and simply faced it calmly, and watched the snow layer crush them under them like a wind and clouds!

For this scene...... It wasn't just the Soviets who were surprised, Mike, who was standing not far away, and several of his American soldiers also watched this scene in amazement...... He was talking to himself over and over again, "Mygod! Mygod”……

At this time, of course, I didn't have the heart to pay attention to them anymore, and when I saw that the time was almost up, I ordered into the walkie-talkie: "All of them...... Capture the passes and build fortifications as fast as you can! ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

……

With a sound of response, the guerrillas, who had been lurking near the mountain pass for a long time, drilled out from all directions and swooped down on their designated mountain passes......

The guerrillas knew the terrain of the area well, so they knew exactly where to hide without being affected by the avalanche and being closest to their target...... Of course, there were some mistakes in this, for example, Ragil's troops had designed a route to take the No. 4 pass, but they didn't expect the area affected by the widespread avalanche to be too wide...... The snow that had piled up had buried their original route without a trace! This left them with a detour and half an hour late to reach their destination......

Half an hour is an unforgivable mistake for a battle, because the battlefield is where every second counts, and it is often only a few minutes late that a fighter plane can be missed...... But this time there were no surprises, and Ragil's troops finally managed to capture Pass No. 4 without any problems!

The reasons for this are mainly due to two factors:

One is that the Soviet army was beaten by this avalanche, and it can be said that it is completely impossible to find the north...... The infantry was either crushed under the snow or blocked in a dugout in a valley, unable to move at all. There were indeed some infantry...... That was a few companies stationed outside the valley, plus a few troops who were lucky enough not to be affected by the avalanche...... The Xigio Valley is so big, more than fifty kilometers long, that there will always be some troops outside the range of the big avalanche.

In addition, add to this the air power of the Soviet army...... It can be said that the helicopters of the Soviet army were basically not affected, and no matter how powerful the avalanche was, it could not hit the sky.

However, these troops have completely lost their will to fight...... Maybe it was the avalanche that frightened them, or maybe it could be said that they realized that they had lost this war, so they only thought about two things...... Save people and escape!

So for this No. 4 pass...... Who cares if someone is going to seize it, they just want the rescue helicopter to come and take them out of this hellish place as soon as possible!

On the other hand...... It's because we have Stinger missiles in our hands.

In the beginning...... Soviet helicopters still tried to do something to stop our troops...... This was a necessity for helicopters, and they thought that the guerrillas had no effective weapons against helicopters, so they could safely stop the guerrillas rushing into the mountain passes and valleys...... This will buy at least a little time for the rescue activities of the ground forces, as well as the evacuation activities!

But they soon found out wrong...... Because we already have the "Stinger" in our hands! (To be continued......)