Chapter 57: Attack
It is common sense not to do anything with the Soviet army during the day...... The main reason is that the Soviet Union has helicopter gunships, which can easily carry out air strikes against us, and even use helicopters to send infantry to block our retreat, and at this time we ...... But there is a lack of basic anti-aircraft equipment!
Such results are often fatal, and the thing of fighting a war is sometimes not clear...... Even if the enemy doesn't have many helicopter gunships...... There are only one, two, but because this thing is our natural enemy, it can whirl around in the sky and deal a fatal blow to us at any time, and we don't even have the power to fight back......
The human heart is made of meat...... No matter how well-trained a fighter is, he will be scared and nervous in the face of such a situation, and he will even feel that there is no point in fighting like this except to send him to death...... So the troops will soon collapse.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, it would be considered a very stupid thing to challenge the Soviet army during the day.
However, it seems that we have to choose to do so now...... Because if the Soviets are preparing to launch the final blow, it means that the Soviet commander is quite sure that the valley will be defeated in this battle, and once the valley is completely captured by the Soviets, it will be difficult for us to take it back from them.
Thinking of this, I didn't hesitate any longer, took out the map and spread it out on a rock, and then beckoned the cadres to my side for a meeting.
"There's a good chance we're going to attack early!" I say.
"What the battalion commander means...... Attacking during the day? "I saw the doubts in the eyes of some cadres.
"Hmm!" I nodded: "If I'm not mistaken, the Soviets are organizing the final blow...... If we don't attack, there's a good chance we'll never get a chance again! ”
Hearing this, the soldiers couldn't help but be stunned. Then he nodded heavily.
"The locations of several of our troops are here, here......" I pointed out four points on the map. "Our advantage is that we are prepared to take the lead," he said. Moreover, it is easier to surround the Soviet army with troops, and the disadvantage is that the equipment is inferior to the Soviet army, especially the helicopter gunship......"
"According to the previous way of fighting of the Soviet army!" After a pause, I continued: "They usually start with a burst of artillery fire or an air strike...... The duration of this artillery and air raid may be relatively long, and I think this is the best time for us to attack! ”
"I agree!" Zhao Jingping immediately nodded in agreement: "At this time, the Soviet army's artillery preparation will cause a lot of noise, the noise will not only mask the sound of our troops, but also make the Soviet army slow to react, plus the artillery fire will also set off a lot of smoke and the Soviet army's attention is completely focused in another direction, so we are very likely to succeed in the sneak attack!" ”
"The most important thing is that the Soviets may not have imagined that there would be guerrillas who would dare to launch a sneak attack on them during the day!" I said, "In the old battles...... The partisans basically used the night to launch attacks on the Soviet troops. At most, they only shoot cold guns during the day, so they habitually think that the day is safe...... This will lower their vigilance! ”
"The battalion commander is right!" The instructor nodded, "But we're just going to do the opposite, and fight them during the day!" ”
"But ......" Scar said with some concern: "I am worried about two aspects, one is that we do not have more troops than the Soviet army, although it looks similar in numbers, but the Soviet army is a well-trained airborne force, and we have a part of the partisans who have only been trained for more than a month. Another aspect...... It's the Soviet helicopter, although we are armed with more than a dozen 'blowpipe' anti-aircraft missiles, but that thing can hardly pose a threat to the helicopter! ”
"In terms of force comparison......," I nodded, "Maybe we are not as good as the Soviet army, but this clearance can be said to be the first time that the Soviet army has gone deep into the mountains to fight the Afghan guerrillas." I observed just now that even the Soviet airborne troops could not adapt to the battlefield in a short time. Therefore, the fighting in the past few days has exhausted the Soviet army, but our army is a new force that has just entered the battle, and the Soviet army is actually facing internal and external attacks, which has made up for the weakness of the lack of training of some units of our army in a certain way. As for the helicopter......"
After thinking about it, I said: "So we should quickly get together with the Soviets and fight in close combat!" ”
"Fight melee?!"
"Yes!" I said: "Fight hand-to-hand with the Soviets...... It would be possible to completely render the Soviet helicopters useless, and on the other hand, we would have an advantage over the Soviet army in terms of physical strength......"
"Hmm!" After a moment of silence, the instructor said, "I think I can fight!" ”
"Just fight like that!"
The fighters were all eager to try.
"Is there a problem with Hassan?" I asked.
"Of course there is no problem!"
"Be careful!" I confessed: "Don't be afraid in the face of the Soviet troops, but bravely rush in with them...... In this way, they will not be separated by Soviet firepower, and they will not be killed or injured by Soviet helicopters! ”
"Understood!" Hassan nodded heavily.
So the order was quickly delivered...... This order was not only delivered to this unit in my hands, but also to the other four units radioed...... Here we basically don't have to worry about the radio detection of the Soviet army, the first reason is that this is a mountainous area, and it is difficult for the Soviet radio listening equipment to enter. Second, there is no need for this...... To be precise, the Soviets did not think it was necessary, the Afghan guerrillas were too weakly equipped, and many of them were still using World War II bolt rifles, and even those with shotguns, so they took it for granted that this radio interception was useless.
That's what makes it cheaper for us...... Right next to the Soviet troops, you can also boldly communicate by radio.
The units were quickly ready for battle...... In fact, this combat preparation does not need to be done at all...... We traveled lightly and hid our mules before we got here...... Just kidding, let's hide next to the Soviet army, do you dare to bring this mule? A casual call would expose all of us.
So...... The so-called preparation for battle is actually to check the ammunition and wait gradually at the entrance of the hole......
Another half an hour passed...... The sound of a large piece of spiral pulp was heard in the air from far and near, and I was shocked...... Listening to this voice, there are quite a few helicopters sent by the Soviet army this time, and it seems that they are determined to win this Xijieo Valley.
As soon as his mind moved, he heard the whistling of cannonballs in the air...... It should not be a shell, to be exact, but the shrill and shrill whistling of rockets...... Having fought on the battlefield in Vietnam for so long, and our army is equipped with a large number of rockets, of course, it is no stranger to this howling.
Then came a loud roar and tremor...... Rockets are like that, they don't have any precision, but they're numerous and dense...... A rocket launcher is loaded with 12 rockets, and these 12 rockets can be fired in almost 3 minutes...... If there are so many dozens of rockets at the same time, it means that hundreds or thousands of rockets will hit the target in a short period of time, and the damage caused to the target is not comparable to the firing of artillery shots.
So as soon as I waved my hand, the soldiers rushed out of the cave while the Soviets were preparing for artillery fire...... The exit from our cave was facing away from the direction of the Soviets, and there were many stones for cover, plus the rumble of artillery fire and the light and smoke everywhere...... So that the Soviets did not even notice that we had secretly deployed troops not far from them.
I got out of the cave and looked at it...... Good fellows, the valley of Shigio is already in a sea of fire, and there are seven or eight helicopters of different types circling in the air, and every now and then a few missiles or a burst of machine guns are fired at the dead corners of the artillery in the valley...... It looked like the guerrillas in the Higio Valley were being crushed, and then the helicopters and infantry were just going to rush forward...... It's almost over!
At this point, I couldn't help but be glad that I had made the decision to attack...... Otherwise, with the Soviet army's position...... After easily taking the Higio Valley, there is still a lot of time to build fortifications, and it is even possible to strengthen the garrison here with additional troops, and it will be we who will attack the Higio Valley at that time......
So I didn't hesitate, and with a wave of my hand, I led the soldiers with their guns on their waists and surrounded the Soviet troops who were lying in front of the trenches and ready to attack...... At this time, the Soviets were coming out one by one to watch the battle in the valley, and from time to time they would cheer a few times for the wonderful performance of the helicopter, and they didn't notice that we were slowly approaching them behind us.
That's when I suddenly noticed a helicopter coming straight at us...... So I quickly realized that it had found us...... As the saying goes, standing high and seeing far, the helicopter in the air is still flying around the battlefield, so it is naturally easier to spot our group of people wearing guerrilla clothes and holding guns......
I think it may have warned the Soviet army at the first time, but because the explosion on the battlefield was too loud, the Soviet infantry still did not react!
Of course, I knew that our time was running out, so with a wave of my hand, I led the soldiers to speed up and rush towards the Soviets......
A Soviet soldier who was answering the phone seemed to hear the helicopter's shouting to him clearly, and turned back blankly...... We couldn't help but be stunned when we saw a large group of wolves and tigers behind us...... When he reacted for a long time, he was about to alert the other fighters around him, but he was knocked to the ground very simply by a few bullets.
At this time...... The rest of the Soviets realized the danger behind them! (To be continued......)