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Of course, we often do the work of building fortifications at night...
This is not just for confidentiality reasons... It is not easy to be reconnaissed by the Soviet reconnaissance planes at night. I don’t want the Soviet army to know where we are and where we are the focus of defense before the battle begins.
On the other hand, the reason is that it is too hot during the day, and working at this time will undoubtedly consume exponentially. On the contrary, it is much easier to work at night. If you can't see it, turn on the lights and use flashlights... It's colder at night.
Just wear more clothes... In fact, after working for a while, I quickly got sweaty, so I didn't have to consider this at all.
But I soon found that this would not work... The reason is that the land in the Sigeo Valley is very hard, and it is so hard that there are only a few white spots when the shovel is laid. If you accidentally, it may also cause the elastic hard soil to rebound.
Come back and hit yourself.
This may be formed by the natural environment of the Sigeo Valley... I noticed that there is basically no soil outside the Sigeo Valley, either stone or yellow sand... There is only exception to this valley.
I think... the reason why Xigeo has soil is first because there is a river in this valley, and water is the source of all life... This may not be felt very deep in our world where we are not short of water, but in the desert
The region is unforgettable.
With water, there are plants, and with plants, dust can be retained... There is a lot of dust in the air in Afghanistan, and a gust of wind comes over the face and it gradually, after hundreds or even thousands of years.
As the accumulation of dust in the Sigeo Valley became more and more, and eventually formed what we see now... There is a large area of complete land in this valley.
It can be imagined that these lands are accumulated year by year by year by year by wind, and then gradually formed by stepping on them year by year... and it is not surprising that they are so hard and resilient.
It's right.
This is of course good for the fortifications, but the problem is that this will directly lead to our progress being too slow… It only takes dozens of minutes for a single cat ear piercing in Vietnam, but it takes several hours here…
As the days passed, the fortifications still had only one prototype... If it weren't for the fact that there were many natural caves near the valley, then my defensive plan would almost not be realized in the short term.
"Battery Commander, this is not enough!" The scar, who has been leading the soldiers to seize the time to build fortifications these days, obviously discovered this. When he saw me walking up, he inserted the shovel in his hand to the ground and gave him a shovel to the ground.
I handed a cigarette: "According to this progress... it will take at least one and a half months to make a name for it!"
"Yeah!" I nodded, took the cigarette and lit it: "The Soviet devils won't give us so long!"
After thinking about it, I said, "Or... let's do it during the day!"
"Dry during the day?" Scar was a little surprised when he heard this: "What should I do if I keep confidential?"
"Confidentiality work continues!"
"This..." Scar was a little confused... and it was impossible to keep it secret during the day, right?
"You won't use your brain?" I said a little annoyed: "We're digging a tunnel... We can do open work at night, and work under the ground during the day... The digging soil
Keep it inside first, and wait until the night before transporting it outside. Do you understand?"
"Oh!" Hearing this, Scar couldn't help but realize it suddenly, and then laughed: "I am a countryman, how could I think so much? Just have the battalion commander consider these things!"
I smiled bitterly and shook my head: "And... we can toss some fake goals!"
"Fake target?"
"I think those ordinary people are quite free now!" I said, "It's not the busy farming time. They seem to have nothing to do!"
"Yes!" Scar replied: "Many of them asked to do it with us, but we rejected them. On the one hand, it was for the sake of confidentiality, on the other hand... Those who do this kind of physical work should be better off as a soldier.
Most of the people are elderly people, women and children, and it’s just a big mess when they come up and squeeze into a bunch of them!”
"Yeah!" I nodded. Scar's consideration made sense of course... Building a tunnel is not enough to have too many people. It's a bit like building a tunnel. After a few people enter, the others have no work to do.
What's more, if this people were mixed with spies sent by Afghan government forces... Then, after a walk, there would be no secret.
"There is no need to let them work!" I said, "But they can move on the high ground in the valley, build a few fire points, or a whole trench, or build a bunker group... Yes, build it
A bunker group... The helicopter thing is jealous when he sees the bunker group, and will surround it like a fly seeing shit, and then..."
I looked around and pointed to a few commanding heights and said to Scar: "Make a few fortifications in these places... I set up anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, and can be used to shoot up and down...
…Get it?”
"I understand!" Scar stood up at me.
So this move was quickly used in the defense of the entire valley. As for the shortcomings of anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery... These are actually small problems. I just called Major Rana.
Solved.
Not to mention the friendship between the Pakistani government and China, nor to say how many weapons and equipment China has assisted Pakistan... More importantly, the situation in the Afghan war will directly affect Pakistan's security, which can almost be said to be a loss of lips and teeth.
So whether it is for public or private Pakistan has reasons to help us.
Another point is... I specifically ask Pakistan to provide us with China's anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft artillery. This does not mean that I like domestic products... People who fight on the battlefield should think of life first, on the basis of saving their lives.
If you want to win again... In fact, these two points sometimes do not conflict. Because winning against the enemy is often to save your life.
So... from this point of view, no matter which country's weapon is, as long as it is easy to use, as long as it can help us achieve our goals... Then as warriors, we have a reason to choose.
The reason why I would choose China's anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber artillery...is for long-term considerations.
Because of this current situation... American equipment may not necessarily adapt to the Afghan battlefield. Now even the US military has purchased weapons and equipment from China, and it is difficult to buy Soviet-style equipment, so the mainstream is definitely Chinese equipment.
Besides... the equipment and ammunition we shipped from China in the future are all Chinese. So can we do it now without Chinese equipment? What should we do if the ammunition is not universal? What should we do if the equipment parts are not universal? What should we do if the maintenance personnel do not know how to repair it
manage?
After receiving the call, Major Rana agreed to this matter without saying a word...
Originally, as a major, he had no right to agree to this matter. After all, we need hundreds of anti-aircraft machine guns and hundreds of small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery... There are a total of fifteen nodes in the Xigeo Valley, these fifteen nodes.
Each node divides the entire Sigeo into fourteen small valleys, each of which is assigned seven, eight anti-aircraft machine guns and seven, and eight cannons, which are not too many... So this is what counts.
This is not a small number for Pakistan, a poor country... But Rana agreed immediately.
When I asked strangely, "Major Rana, do you... don't have to report to your superiors and discuss it before making a decision?"
"Of course I want it!" Major Rana replied: "But I can tell you with certainty... the superiors will agree!"
"Um!"
"Because you are Chinese!" Major Rana said confidently: "You have helped us in the most difficult time in Pakistan. Now, let alone this war, it is also related to Pakistan's security, even if it is not our business.
…We should provide you with help! Commander Yang rest assured… We will do our best to deliver these equipment as soon as possible! If there is anything else… just tell us!”
I couldn't help but feel moved after hearing this... No matter what the reason is, it is commendable to get such help, such respect, and such selfless help in this foreign country.
At this moment, I couldn't help but recall the regeneration... When Pakistan provided disaster relief tents for the Chinese earthquake, it not only used military tents, but also informed China that it did not need to provide food for Pakistani rescue personnel because they had already
Bring your own food.
This is why Pakistani Tie is called Pakistani Tie... This kind of feeling has long gone beyond the scope of the definition of interests when countries interact with each other.
Sure enough, the Pakistani government's actions were so fast that I was surprised... That night they equipped these 100 anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, all of which were transported from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan (Note: Pakistan
The capital was originally in Karachi, which means the protagonist had just entered Pakistan's port, but because Karachi was on the beach... Pakistan's main enemy, India, has aircraft carriers and other forces, is stronger than Pakistan in the navy, so it moved its capital to Islamabad).
The reason is that they do not have so much inventory on the Ba-A border... Major Rana means that if there is an emergency, their border guards can completely remove the equipment and other equipment they are being equipped to send us, but now we
The situation was not urgent, so the Pakistani government selected a batch from the Islamabad stock, and each machine gun and small-caliber anti-aircraft gun were inspected.
Then there were also bullets and shells... They were all transported to the border guards on the Baja-Arab border in one breath, and then divided into several batches to be sent to the transit station and transferred to the Xigeo Valley.