Fulton recycling system, this name may be unfamiliar to many people in later generations, but when it comes to the operation of the system, there will be many people who suddenly realize that this is the original after seeing the whole process.

This system was first established in the United States in the sixties and seventies against the Soviet espionage activities, in the beginning, the CIA used satellites to photograph Soviet military bases, because the data collected by satellites was stored in hard drives, so it needed to be put on the ground and then recovered.

But this is not safe, so in order to ensure the safety of the intelligence, the CIA has designed an airplane-mounted device that can hook up the intelligence hanging on the balloon and send it back to the intelligence center in the shortest possible time.

Later, the device was further improved, and its functions were no longer limited to collecting intelligence, but extended to rescue and other aspects, such as escaping spies, downed pilots and even shipwrecked people who fell into the sea.

After many improvements, the system matured, hence the name Fulton Recycling System.

Several of the main customers for this system are the U.S. Air Force Rescue Force and the Coast Guard, all of which are armed with C130 transport aircraft with Fulton systems installed.

This unit is 2 4.42 m long tines mounted on the nose, which normally fold and stick under the fuselage, but can be extended forward to form a "V" fork when in use. The aircraft also carried recovery equipment, including a life raft and a hydrogen balloon. The latter floats in the air after being inflated, and the balloon is connected to a 152-meter rope with a set of life jackets attached to the other end of the rope. When the aircraft approaches the balloon in the wind at a speed of 225 km/h, it can drag a weight of 227 kg out of the water after clamping the rope with the nose clamp. The balloon is then disengaged, and after the rescued person or item is lifted into the aircraft by a winch, the rope is secured or stored in the cargo hold. If the approach fails, the Teflon cable from the nose to the tail and wingtip prevents the rope attached to the balloon from getting entangled in the aircraft propeller.

Naturally, the CIA also has their Fulton, and the CIA's Fulton system is used more frequently than the Air Force Rescue Force or Coast Guard system, after all, how many people can the Air Force Rescue Team and Coast Guard save all year round? The CIA has to fish people out of dangerous areas every once in a while!

Of course, this system is naturally not very convenient to use, because it is composed of two systems: the aircraft and the ground.

First of all, the ground needs the evacuees to fill the hydrogen balloon so that the balloon will rise into the air and pull a safety rope to fly into the air, then the evacuees will link themselves to this safety rope, and finally, the plane arrives and uses the system to recover the personnel, so if you want to use the Fulton system to recover the personnel, you first have to drop the things!

So how do you lose something? Shepard's idea was naturally the Bird helicopter, and the Shadow Company used the Bird helicopter had been specially modified, such as installing a skid to transport combat personnel or something.

Therefore, it is not a problem to hang two recycling systems, the only problem is that the Soviets are not stupid!

In total, the Soviet Union deployed more than 300 combat aircraft in Afghanistan, including fighters, attack aircraft, transport helicopters and helicopter gunships, not counting those transport planes and other special models.

In addition, the Soviet Union also deployed a series of radars of various types in Afghanistan and its own border areas, keeping an eye on this airspace, not to mention an aircraft, even if a cloud suddenly appeared, it had to be stopped and checked by MiG fighters.

So, how to get the device in is also a big problem!

While Shepard and the rest of the secret service chiefs were still pondering this issue, the Anas guerrillas, under the command of Bashtu, launched the so-called tentative breakouts one after another.

Because Bashtu was still a loyal servant at the moment, his tactical command did not arouse any suspicion, and this tentative tactic was also correct, because the surrounded guerrillas did not know at all whether the enemy was attacking the main attack and the other was assisting.

So, wave after wave of partisans crashed into the Soviets' trap without knowing it.

At this moment, the sky has already brightened, so there is no slightest concealment in the actions of the guerrillas, the Soviets are stuck to their strongholds, not only with the support of artillery and helicopter gunships, but also with the support of a large number of Afghan government troops, and at this moment, batches of Su-25 attack planes have also taken off and are hunting in the valley area.

Many guerrillas tentatively attacked the mouth of the valley, and before they could see the Soviets, a bunch of shells fell overhead, and some were spotted by Soviet sentries before they even approached the valley, and then the roar of Su-25 attack planes came from above.

In this way, the Anas guerrillas lost dozens of men again, and counting the previous losses, nearly a quarter of their personnel had already been wiped out, and they had not even engaged in a full-scale exchange of fire with the Soviets.

But what was worse was that the Soviets mobilized a lot of Afghan government troops to participate in the operation, and these Afghan soldiers were tasked with lining up and searching along the valleys and ridges, and in order to make sure that the Afghan soldiers did not fish and paddle, the Soviets took a lot of pain, they distributed additional bonuses to all Afghan soldiers, and also promised to give additional rewards to the soldiers who first found suspicious targets.

The Afghan soldiers who chose to be soldiers for the sake of food naturally ate this set, so after they started searching the mountains, these guys ran faster than the other.

The Anas guerrillas had a number of secret supply and ammunition storage points between the valleys, all of which were hidden in caves with only a small entrance and exit, and camouflaged them, but still unable to escape the Afghan soldiers who were motivated to take the prize.

There were even some of the Anas guerrilla wounded who were wounded in the fighting and were left behind and had to hide in these hideouts, only to be found by the Afghan army.

When the Afghan army was sweeping the valley in a horizontal line, the Soviet soldiers turned into points, blocking the roads and forks in the valley step by step, like a big net, which was constantly tightening.

In just one day, the area of activity of the guerrillas shrank by almost a tenth, and if the situation continues, their situation will only get worse, and when the time comes, there will be nowhere to run!