Obviously...only, only scared people will run away without riding a horse. Not to mention that riding a horse can quickly escape from our sight, he will run away without taking anything... He cannot survive in this desert.
But the fear of death made him not consider this at all... he still ran wildly behind the stone...
Saheed and others did not stop him, nor did they chase him... because they knew he was already a corpse!
Sure enough, with a gunshot... the remaining robber turned over and fell to the ground... In the blink of an eye, there were only a dozen horses left by the lake, stomping their hooves beside the robber's corpse, as if they were still
I was reluctant to let their master die like this!
"Check the body!" I ordered Saheed, "Take the horse back!"
"Yes!" Saheed responded, then pulled out his dagger and walked up.
This scene stunned Hassan and his group... Although they knew we were powerful before, they had never seen how we dealt with the enemy... This time it was the first time I saw us in actual combat
Fighting power, and this time we used snipers again... It is hard for the Afghans to imagine how we could have a way to deal with these dozen cavalrymen in such a short time, at such a long distance, and so simply...
The other party didn't even have a chance to fight back, that is, he didn't even shoot a single shot!
What surprised the Afghan guerrillas even more was that... all of us seemed to be quite indifferent to what happened just now... In other words, we have long been used to such results and do not take it seriously.
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But in fact, this is true... What can more than a dozen little thieves be counted? Which time we are on the Vietnam battlefield has not killed a large number of people!
Not long after, the water withdrawal team came back soon, and the cold and delicious lake water was quickly distributed to the soldiers, and everyone couldn't wait to pour it into their mouths... Of course, this also included me, that big can (can box).
The container made) poured into our mouths... We quickly understood what the long-lasting drought is.
So the rest of this day was the most comfortable day since we set off. The main reason is that we don’t lack water near the water source... After drinking the water, we will go to the lake to get it. The only regret is that we can’t go to that lake.
Take a shower.
What made us even more excited was... because this is the only water source nearby, so from time to time, a few sheep would come here to drink water, which ruined the soldiers. "Bang bang"
A few shots were knocked down, and then a fire rose in the cave and started barbecuing... The mutton smelled so good, so we only had oil all over our mouths. If it weren't for the high temperature, it would be a bit annoying.
There is nothing to be picky about.
There is also a small episode among them... The Afghan guerrillas also ate sheep, but the sheep they ate were determined not to mingle with ours... so that their lamb was not enough, and the soldiers handed them to them and they didn't accept it.
I just said very politely that I was full and I didn't need it anymore...
Later, after listening to Saheed's explanation, I realized that although Muslims have no taboos for mutton, they cannot eat things slaughtered by pagans... I didn't want to study this aspect in depth, but I wouldn't respect other people's religious habits.
It would be wrong.
Maybe it was because I was too tired during this period, or it was the first time I drank enough water... In fact, I drank too much water. Except for the mutton, my belly was full of water, and it was round and bulging. When I walked
There will be a "gurgling" sound on the road.
This may sound funny... but if you are in it yourself and after a few days of thirst... you will understand that this is actually very normal.
This is like when the volunteer army was in war in North Korea, they were hungry for more than ten days... After they came back, there was no shortage of food, and even if someone could eat, they could eat to death... Now we are almost in this situation!
After we had enough water and food, we hid in the shadow of the stone and slept for a while... When we woke up, we realized that it was almost evening. The Afghan guerrillas had already gotten up first and made preparations for us... This is what the Afghan guerrillas should compare
We are much more skilled. So along the way, we seem to be taken care of by the Afghan guerrillas.
"Captain Yang!" Hassan saw that I woke up, and came up to ask, "What should I do if those dozen horses are there?"
"Can you bring it with you?" I asked.
Actually, I don’t need to ask at all... If I were to take Hassan, I wouldn’t ask this question.
"It's not good to carry it!" Hassan replied: "We are walking on a mountain road... The horses are too big, and if they carry it, it will slow down our speed and the goal is also big!"
"Yeah!" I nodded: "Then let it go!"
I felt a little sorry when I gave this order... because these are horses used by Afghan robbers, and they must be the ones that are used to running in this desert with more endurance.
Just when Hassan was about to execute my order, I stopped him.
"Hasan!" I said, "You seem to say... there is only this water source in this radius of dozens of miles?"
"Yes!" Hassan replied: "There are some small water sources in other places...but there is very little water, just a small spring water in the cliff, and it sometimes drys out!"
"Then..." I said: "The Soviet army has not started sweeping yet. The monitoring of water sources is not strict... The sweeping begins in a few days. Will they strengthen the monitoring of water sources?"
"Of course!" Hassan said: "That was the Soviet army doing the last sweep... Many guerrillas were driven to this area, but they had to replenish water here..."
"The battalion commander said..." Zhao Jingping woke up at this time and interrupted, "When we retreat... it is very likely that we will face this problem?"
"That's right!" I said, "Unless we can bring enough water back to Pakistan, but that's unrealistic...that will affect our retreat speed!"
Hassan realized the problem at this time... nodded and said, "And there will often be problems when retreating. During the battle with the enemy... the water bag will probably be broken by bullets or shrapnel. The mule
It may also be lost..."
"What should we do?" Zhao Jingping asked: "Even if we successfully complete the task, we are afraid we will not be able to get out of this area!"
"How did you do it before?" I asked Hassan.
"Just as I said just now!" Hassan said: "There are still a few small sources of water... but it depends on luck. It may dry up, or it may be occupied by other guerrillas first."
After thinking about it, I spread out the map and said, "We can do this... Taking advantage of the time when the Soviet Union was not strictly monitoring water sources, we should take more water... and store this water on or near our retreat route!
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"Oh!" As soon as I said this, Zhao Jingping and Hassan understood immediately. This is actually the assembly point... The advantage is that we don't need to come to Dahar Lake to replenish water when we retreat, and we can save a lot of trouble along the way...