A day after the An-12 transport plane was hit, another piece of bad news came from the northern province of Kunduz, when a Mi-8 helicopter was shot down while transporting soldiers, killing all twelve Soviet soldiers and two Afghan interpreters on board.

And did not feel sad for a moment for the fall of the Mi-8, and then it was another low-flying Mi-24 that was shot down, and after the pilot made a forced landing on the ground, he relied on two AKS74U rifles and dozens of guerrillas to fight for two hours until the arrival of the rescue force.

Then I didn't feel sad for the fall of the Mi-24 for a moment, and it was another Su-17 attack aircraft belonging to the Air Force that rushed to join the crash team.

The attack plane was attacked while bombing the guerrillas' hideout, the guerrillas fired a full six Stingers, although only one hit in the end, but the explosion still blew off a small half of the attack plane's wing, the pilot tried to save the plane, hoping to drive back to the airfield, but the fragments in addition to blowing up a small half of the fuel tank and wing, also cut off the plane's internal circuitry, and finally the pilot had to parachute, watching his fighter plane brave the flames all the way down, and finally fall into the arms of Mother Earth.

In less than a week, four planes were attacked, two fell, and the number of casualties exceeded double digits, which was a slap in the face for the Soviets, who claimed to be the strongest army in the Cold War.

Perseus knew that if the situation continued like this, the Soviet army in Afghanistan would gradually lose the lead in the war, because once the loss of equipment reached a threshold, then commanders at all levels would refuse to send such equipment.

At that time, the Soviet army will have to abandon those areas under its control and instead stick to the cities and highways and other facilities, and become a situation of passive attack.

In order to make sure that the situation was not the last step, Perseus finally decided to release the mad dog that he had been restraining all along.

"Comrade Colonel, we'll arrive at the base in Bagram at once!"

An inconspicuous An-22 transport plane, escorted by two fighter jets, is descending altitude, and a beautiful stewardess in a dark blue wool suit, fedora, shawl, shoes and gloves is whispering softly to wake up the sleeping man sitting in the luxurious cabin seat.

The man was bareheaded, wearing a full set of school officer uniforms, and a very domineering black leather jacket outside.

"Well, where are you?"

"Yes!"

The man turned his head to look at the ever-magnifying scene on the ground, and then took out a cigar, which was naturally contraband on the plane, but the flight attendant not only did not say anything to stop it, but also brought him an ashtray and lit it thoughtfully. Look at the book

"This place, it doesn't look good!"

The man shook his head at the lack of greenery below, and then he felt a sudden force that almost threw him out, and if he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have landed on the cabin.

And the flight attendant was not so lucky, she was thrown out and screamed in pain.

"I'm sorry, sir, we were hit by a surface-to-air missile, and we're trying to avoid it now!"

The captain apologized eagerly on the radio.

And the man's attention is not here, at this moment the plane has dropped to a height of 100 meters, the escort plane has become four Mi-24, these four helicopters have undergone emergency improvements, installed infrared countermeasure devices, at this moment is a group of two and two with the landing of the transport plane frantically splashed infrared heat decoy bombs.

On the hill to their right, a faint white cloud of smoke could be seen streaking through it.

However, it seems that the missile did not hit anything, and the things sent by the Americans were good, but there were really not many people who could really master how to use it, and the shooter who launched the missile did not grasp the timing at all, and even if the Mi-24 helicopter did not launch a thermal decoy bomb, the missile would not be able to hit the landing transport plane.

After the transport plane landed, as soon as the man got off the plane, he heard the rumbling artillery fire, and the 152-millimeter artillery deployed near the airport was tilting its fire on the hill

The meaning of not giving up.

"Colonel Zakaev! The car is ready!"

An armored convoy was already waiting for the man at the airport, and they escorted the man into the car and immediately drove to the KGB station.

Imran Zakhaev, this is a relatively rare Central Asian face in the top echelons of the KGB, but he was able to rise to this position by no means by any special treatment, he really entered the KGB by virtue of his military merits and knowledge.

In the past, he has been active in Central Asia and the Caucasus, commanding local KGB border guards to clear extremists and separatists, who have been dubbed bloody butchers by their enemies.

Because he had a lot of experience in fighting guerrillas, Perseus also wasted a lot of effort to transfer him to Afghanistan.

"The situation here is very different from that in Central Asia! You have to be mentally prepared!"

"yes, after all, there aren't so many annoying flies there! But it's not a big difference, I can handle it!"

Zakayev is talking about the local extremists who do not obey the king, and those separatist forces in Central Asia and the Caucasus lack foreign funding, so the weapons and equipment are relatively backward and scarce, but in Afghanistan, it is accessible in all directions, and a steady stream of armed forces and personnel are constantly being transported into the country, and the Soviets have killed tens of thousands of guerrilla members in recent years, but if they kill 10,000, they can jump out of 20,000, just like leeks, they can't finish killing them at all!

"It's good if you can handle it, there are a few things to pay attention to!"

A document was handed to Zakaev, who looked at it and nodded.

"Mercenaries, it's okay, my subordinates' favorite is mercenaries, those guys are much more interesting than any guerrillas!"

"Don't underestimate them, those French people are making us trouble in Africa, and these Americans, this is a good dog for the CIA, and the two countries of Chad and Comoros have even become places under their control!"

"Of course, Comrade General, I never despise my opponent!"

"So, do you need anything?"

"My only request is to get all of my men here as soon as possible, and a few more awesome guides! Also, some little perks!"

Perseus remembered something about the other party's troops in Central Asia, and wanted to refuse, but in the end he nodded.

"Colonel, this is different from the Caucasus, your people, it's better to be restrained!"