Because we have built many mountain roads, but the Soviet army has a serious shortage of troops and supplies, the Soviet army is unable to effectively blockade us... In fact, throughout the Afghan war, the Soviet army was unable to block the Afghan-Pakistani border and the Iraqi border.
Effective blockade of Pakistan border...
Some Soviet generals estimate that if they want to effectively blockade these borders, the Soviet army will need at least 500,000 troops... However, the constraints of the logistical supply line on the Soviet army mean that they can only invest 100,000 troops. This reality
Obviously far from what is needed.,
So naturally, various supplies and ammunition continued to flow into the Xigeo Valley...
What just makes me feel a little depressed is that...a considerable part of these supply shipments are food, medicine and other materials. These food and medicine are not only supplies to the guerrillas, but also to meet the needs of the people in the valley.
Basic needs.
This is what war is like... Wherever the war burns, industrial agriculture will be ruthlessly destroyed, especially agriculture... Agriculture depends on the land, but the war is fought on the land. In the Chigeo Valley,
No exception.
The Cigeo Valley was originally a good place for growing crops. There are several mountains on both sides of the valley with an altitude of four or five thousand meters... When the altitude is higher, there will be snowfall, and when there is snowfall, there will be water sources, so the Cigeo Valley has
It has its own water source, and there are more than one... These water sources gather at the foot of the mountain to form a river. This river runs through the entire valley and nurtures all life in the valley, so the people in the valley call it
As the "River of Life".
It is precisely because of this "river of life" that many people gather in the valley. They usually rely on the river water to irrigate and grow various crops to make a living. However, the Soviet army came in with guns and artillery. In addition,
Landmines and incendiary bombs were installed... and these crops were almost completely destroyed in no time.
So the people in this valley became our burden, most of them were old people, children and women...the population numbered tens of thousands, which was the number after a group of people escaped from the Soviet invasion.
These people undoubtedly bring a heavy burden to our logistics... These people have to live, and they have to consume supplies. To consume the supplies, they have to be transported from Pakistan...
To transport a bag of rice from Pakistan to Afghanistan, one has to lead a mule carrying rice all night long, risking being killed by the Soviet army, being blown up by landmines, falling to death, and other dangers...
Only in this way can the bag of rice be transported into the Xigeo Valley.
The value of this bag of rice has doubled several times... This is a life-threatening job. Who can do it without paying a high price? Although most of this work is done by guerrillas, it is free... But the guerrillas
Your life itself is a value on this battlefield.
What's more important is... in the event of a war, when our military supplies are in very short supply, we have to consider the supply of the common people, and we have to provide a large amount of manpower and material resources for the supplies of the common people. Then it is very likely that these common people will
Broken down.
So I held a meeting on this point...
"This is what I think!" I said: "Considering that providing supplies to the people... has caused a heavy burden on our logistics, I think it is necessary to move a group of people to Pakistan..."
"Captain Yang!" Before I could finish my words, Aduzai objected: "These people have lived here for generations, this is their home, and the purpose of our formation of this army... is to
Protect them and let them continue to live here!"
"I didn't say we won't defend them!" I said: "But... their population is too large, and it is very likely that they will drag us down. We have a saying in China that even if the nest is overturned, the eggs will not be finished... This means
That is to say, if all the bird's nests are overturned, can the eggs be preserved? Similarly...if even we are dragged down and defeated, how can the people still survive in the Xigeo Valley?"
"The battalion commander is right!" the instructor interjected: "This account is easy to calculate. The food produced in the Xigeo Valley is simply not enough to feed all the people. A large number of people need to occupy our military transportation capacity.
, this will directly affect our combat effectiveness! But... if the people are moved to Pakistan
It's different in Afghanistan. We can also feed them. The difference is that we don't need to transport food all the way to Afghanistan. Besides... we don't mean to let all the people migrate, and it's temporary, etc.
We have beaten back the Soviets... and the people can return to the Chigeo Valley again!"
Aduzai frowned and thought for a while, then argued with several Afghans, and finally walked up to me and nodded: "We agree, but I hope you will treat them well!"
"Of course!" I said: "You must have heard how we assisted the refugee camp in Peshawar!"
Aduzay nodded and no longer had any questions.
So a large migration of refugees soon occurred in the Xigeo Valley...it was a sea of people and loud gongs and drums...
Fortunately, these refugees can still take the road... Although the Soviet army is unscrupulous, they still dare not do anything to the refugees who are migrating in groups. Otherwise, there will soon be international pressure. More importantly,
The thing is...the Soviet army still supported the refugee migration to a certain extent, because they
I think that the reason why many guerrillas can survive is because of the help of local people... If all these Afghan people move out, then on the one hand, the guerrillas will not be able to get help from the people and they will not be able to pretend to be people. On the other hand, they will
You can let go and do whatever you want without any scruples...
So the Soviet people's ideas are sometimes very straightforward. They don't think about how much hatred will be accumulated by forcing people to leave their homes and countries. In time, when these children who were originally refugees grow up,
After they grow up, they will return to Afghanistan one after another to fight to regain their homeland...
Therefore, it can be said that their opponents, the guerrillas, will never be defeated, because the refugees who gave birth to the guerrillas are already abroad, and they have no way to control or influence them.
In the end, there were only about 7,000 refugees left in the Xigeo Valley... These 7,000 people were really unwilling to leave the valley, and they would not put much pressure on our logistics because of population migration.
After that, there will be a large amount of surplus land. Even if the food grown on these lands is damaged and the output is reduced, it will be enough to feed them. In addition, our army also needs the support and assistance of the people, so this matter was settled.
.
However, the bigger problem lies behind... In the past, we never wanted to build a base in Afghanistan... This kind of thinking is actually normal. If the guerrillas fight against the powerful Soviet army, then at most there will be
A base area... The main force still cannot be concentrated in one place. It must run around in the mountainous area and change places at any time. This is also guerrilla warfare. Otherwise... the Soviet army will be defeated in two and a half strokes.
Therefore, most of the equipment we carry is light equipment that is easy to maneuver, such as assault rifles, light machine guns, rocket launchers... heavy machine guns and light mortars can be considered our heavy equipment.
But it’s different now. With the Chigeo Valley, a terrain that is naturally suitable for guerrilla warfare, and the fact that the Soviet army cannot last too long due to supply and troop problems every time, it makes it possible for us to establish a base.
...But establishing a base requires heavy equipment, especially anti-aircraft firepower...such as anti-aircraft machine guns, small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, etc.
Of course, it would be better if we could have effective individual air defense missiles, but even if the "Stinger" thing in the U.S. government can be accomplished, I'm afraid it won't be so fast... Smith will report it, and then the pro-support faction in the U.S. government will
, the opposition will have to hold debates one after another, and then vote on resolutions... The country is like this, it often takes a few months to get something done, and we obviously can't wait a few months.
Time... we have the patience to wait, but the Soviet army does not have the patience to wait!
Do you want to go to China now? It seems that far away water cannot quench near thirst!
"Batalion Commander!" Just as I was staring at the map in the office, Zhao Jingping came up to me and said: "The relocation of the refugees has been completed, and we have dispersed the remaining refugees to more than 30 groups.
In a village, there should be no problem in being self-sufficient!"
"Yes!" I nodded. Fortunately, I have a capable staff officer like Zhao Jingping as my assistant, otherwise I would be surprised if these things wouldn't give me a headache.
"What about supplies?"
"Because most of the people have moved away, there is no problem with supplies!"
"Where are the soldiers?" I asked again: "How many of the dispersed guerrillas have returned?"
"There are more than 1,200 people in total!"
"So many?" I couldn't help but be surprised by this number.
"Battal Commander!" Zhao Jingping replied with a wry smile: "These are not all the guerrillas of Xigeo... but we have defeated the Soviet army several times in succession, and now we have occupied the Xigeo Valley... So the guerrillas from all walks of life
The teams came to defect one after another..."
"Hmm!" I nodded: "We must pay attention to screening... we cannot let Soviet spies sneak in, and we must select the best from the best in terms of quality!"
"Yes!" Zhao Jingping stood up and responded.
Now, there is such a valley in front of me... Although it has been rapidly improved in terms of equipment and logistics due to the previous preparations for road construction, I am not sure whether it can withstand the enemy's attack.
, because the enemy we have to face... is the Soviet army with a large amount of modern equipment! (To be continued.)