Although there were no dangers along the way, there were not without twists and turns... mainly because this time we had to cross the blockade line of the Soviet airborne troops and Kabul.
It would be better to pass through the blockade line of the Soviet airborne troops... After all, they have more than 2,000 kilometers of defense to defend. If more than 10,000 people are thrown into it, each platoon must guard the border line of 20 kilometers, which is obviously far from enough.
... In addition, the guerrillas are familiar with the terrain, so they easily crossed the Soviet blockade line from the small path.
I encountered some difficulties when I passed through Kabul, mainly because Kabul had been attacked before...The Soviets were worried that we would do it again like last time, so the alert around Kabul was much stricter than before, and it was everywhere in the air.
All the Soviet helicopters shone down with spotlights, and Soviet checkpoints and tanks were set up at the main intersection outside the city... At this time, the Soviet army had discovered that tanks were in places like Afghanistan, and it seemed that they were only placed on the highway.
I was used to be fooled by the turret, but to be honest... it is quite good to be a turret. On the one hand, it can quickly provide certain defenses for the Soviet army at the checkpoints, and on the other hand, the mobile turret is very convenient to deploy.
So Kabul was stuck in front of us like a defender... Although this is not a big problem, Afghanistan is full of mountainous areas, and you can go around the mountainous areas as long as you know the road. But the problem is that we don't
So much time... it took an extra day to go around. The war on Hakus was getting tighter and tighter, and the Soviet army seemed to have lost patience.
Later, Rajir was clever and sent people to Kabul to contact the insiders... So four trucks were soon driven out, with government uniforms on the truck... We just need to change these uniforms,
Under the eyes of the Soviet army, they passed through Kabul. The Soviet army did not even interrogate because they were speechless with the Afghans. They just pulled open the canvas in the back car and slapped us with a flashlight.
So this is another weakness of the Soviet army... the language is not understood, and the military components are complex and it is difficult to accurately identify the enemy and us.
At this moment, I remembered a newly added Afghanist named Abuzai in our team... He was originally from the government army, and he was also a battalion commander of the government army... When Hassan asked him why he wanted to join the guerrillas, he was also a battalion commander.
, He told us a story:
It was during the first time to sweep the guerrillas. Abuzai was born in this area and was familiar with the terrain, so he was arranged to indicate targets to the Soviets on a helicopter... Although Abuzai was a battalion commander, he
He had never taken a helicopter, so he was so excited... Especially when the helicopter passed over his home, he danced with joy, excitedly gestured to the Soviet pilots, telling them that it was his home...
Inviting them to visit his house, the Soviets patted him on the shoulder. They nodded in understanding and then issued a series of instructions... What happened next shocked Abuzai, and several missiles ran straight for him.
He left his house and quickly blew the target to pieces...
Later I learned that the Soviets mistakenly thought Abuzai was telling them that it was a house hiding guerrillas and asked them to blow it up!
The final result is conceivable... The Abuzai family was buried in the sea of fire before they understood what had happened. Only Abuzai was left.
So we should feel lucky that language barriers will not only happen to us, but also to our enemies. Even the Soviets are more serious than us... According to the insider, the Soviets found only a dozen translations in emergency.
A Soviet army of 100,000, and cooperated with an Afghan army of 100,000, and there were only a dozen translations... I really don't know what the Soviets have been doing for so long in Afghanistan.
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Also because the Soviets and the Afghan government forces were basically unable to communicate, the Soviet Union was too lazy to ask questions about our convoy... This caused the convoy to transport back and forth twice. Only then did our 200 troops transport the 200 troops.
If this was placed elsewhere... it would be unimaginable, but sometimes things happened like this... In the end, the convoy even sent us a ride and helped us pass through several Soviet checkpoints.
Put us out of the car.
This is also why we were able to arrive at the Sarang Tunnel within three days...
The Sarang Tunnel was built in 1964 with the help of the Soviet Union, with a total of 1.6 miles... Such a long tunnel was difficult to complete with the national strength and level of Afghanistan at that time, so of course it can only be done by the Soviet Union.
It was this tunnel that directly penetrated a mountain, making the Soviet Central Asia region directly connected to Kabul.
But now it seems that the Soviet Union has been planning for a long time... The Soviet Union does not need any economic and trade relations with Afghanistan. Why should I build such a tunnel? Isn't it just for its own troops to directly threaten the capital of Afghanistan?
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Originally, my consideration was... If I wanted to threaten the Soviet Union's logistics supply, I should blow up a long and dangerous tunnel, otherwise it would still be possible that I would be unblocked in a few days. So naturally, I put it in
The target aimed at the Sarang Tunnel... from any angle, it is a very suitable target for sneak attacks.
But... when we arrived at the Sarang Tunnel, we were stunned. The Soviets defended very tightly around the tunnel... Not only did they arrange tanks and checkpoints on the road in front of the tunnel, but they also arranged troops on the surrounding commanding heights.
.The searchlights are everywhere on both sides of the highway... These control lights are not entirely used to check the enemy situation. At this time, many cars are running back and forth on the highway, and the searchlights are guiding these cars.
But these seem normal... We will know that the Sarang Tunnel is important, and the Soviet Union will of course know this, so it is natural to set up a heavy defense here.
This made us suffer... Now we are at the entrance of this tunnel but don’t know what to do!
"Captain Yang! How to fight?" Hassan crawled to me and asked, "We are all ready!"
I couldn't help but smile bitterly... Not to mention the total number of Soviet troops, there is a company, nor to say that the Soviet troops have tank covers, they still occupy the commanding heights... If we want to fight a tough battle, we are afraid that it is not enough.
look.
At this time, I couldn't help but feel a little regretful... I would have brought more soldiers out if I had known it.
The reason I only brought two hundred people here... I thought it was just a tunnel blowing up, and it was enough to bring enough explosives... As for the Soviet defenders, there were not many people.
But now I realized that I was wrong. The Soviet army would actually use a regular army to guard here... Later I realized that the company had a relatively small force, and then because of the Sarang Tunnel, it was constantly attacked by guerrillas...
The Soviet army sent more and more troops to protect the Sarang Tunnel, and in the end they all increased to one division.
"Battery Commander!" The instructor climbed up from behind and whispered: "This is a hard bone...why, let's change the target?"
Without an answer, I turned around and asked Hassan: "How long will it take to go to the next tunnel?"
Hassan took out the map and looked at it, and replied, "It takes more than four hours..."
I shook and said, "For more than four hours... it was already dawn by that time. Even if we could succeed, we would not have time to escape!"
The characteristic of fighting in the mountainous areas of Afghanistan is that it is best to choose night battles... The reason is that there are few trees in Afghanistan. Although there are many stones and caves in the mountainous areas of Afghanistan to hide, the problem is that if you retreat, you can see it at a glance in the air.
This makes it necessary to solve the problem at night...and to reserve some time to retreat.
"But now the situation..." the instructor frowned and said, "If we are all our people... then there may be a way to do it, but now half of them are guerrillas..."
I know this, but this guerrilla team must be led by, on the one hand, because they are familiar with the terrain, on the other hand, if we take action and leave the guerrilla team aside, no matter what battle... Then the guerrilla team will always be
Can't grow either.
I looked into the tunnel again, then retracted my head and said to the instructor: "The Soviet army has a large number of people and is well equipped, so we cannot attack forcefully and can only lead to wisdom!"
"How can you learn from it?"
I said: "Our goal is to blow up the tunnel, not occupy it!"
"But..." The instructor became more and more confused as I said: "If I didn't occupy the tunnel... how could I blow up the tunnel?!"
I pointed to the convoys that were transporting supplies on the highway, and only said two words: "Car!"
"Oh!" The instructor quickly understood, but then frowned: "I'm afraid this is not easy to do. Even if we can pass through the Soviet army outside the tunnel... we need time to install explosives in the tunnel!
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I understand what the instructor said... We don't carry much explosives, they are transported by manpower, and they also have their own bullets, so we can only get a few pieces of explosives on each person...
If it can be installed in the tunnel in an orderly manner, it can also achieve our goal... But there must be alert Soviet troops in the tunnel, and of course they will not watch us load explosives inside.
but……
"We don't need to load explosives!" I said, "We just need to detonate explosives!"
"What does it mean?" The instructor was a little confused again.
"There are empty cars from Kabul to the Soviet Union!" I said: "But the cars from the Soviet Union to Kabul are transporting..."
"Oh! Ammunition..." The instructor quickly understood.