With the efforts and publicity of translations such as Sahide, Afghans with a certain level of education were recruited one after another.
By the way, this mission really requires Saheed and other Persian soldiers to do it. The reason is that they have to ask and identify whether the Afghans who came to sign up are really educated... and these are all required to communicate with the Afghans. Sometimes
I also have to do some necessary tests, so it would be a real problem if someone else did it.
But these were trivial matters for Saheed and others, and there were a large number of guerrillas and refugees waiting outside the valley... So more than 400 people were recruited in less than a week.
"Battery Commander!" At this time, Saheed asked: "Is the number of people enough? Do you still want to continue recruiting?"
"Yes! Of course!" I replied without thinking: "Can you recruit as much as you have. This work must continue... but you must improve your level of education a little... at least you must have a junior high school or above!"
"Yes!" Saheed responded very simply... It was not difficult to complete this task, that is, prepare a few test papers, and then send the papers at a fixed time every day for those who came to register to do it.
It's over.
"Battery Commander..." After Saheide left, Zhao Jingping asked from the side: "I understand that we should recruit trainee soldiers with education, but if we keep recruiting... will there be too many?
Our logistics are afraid that we can't meet the supply of the valley!"
"Hey!" the instructor replied for me: "No matter how many soldiers with education are, they won't make much money... Afghans are born to endure hardships. If they are educated and have the ability to learn... This is amazing! Logistics issues
...Because we have built more than a dozen mountain roads before, the pressure is not high for the time being, and we can build a few more roads!"
"But..." Zhao Jingping said with some doubts: "We recruited more than 400 people in one week... and at this rate, our population will double again in less than a few months!"
"Not so many!" I said: "There is not that high education in Afghanistan, and not many educated people... The reason why we recruit more than 400 in a week is because there are many guerrillas and
Refugees waited outside the valley for a long time, and the number of people down will gradually decrease!"
"Oh!" Zhao Jingping nodded when he heard this.
"Besides..." I continued: "Even if more and more people recruited in the future exceed our ability to provide logistics supplies... we can also send a group of people back to Pakistan for training! There is no logistics in going to Pakistan if you go to Pakistan.
The issue of supply is that it is the reserve force of our troops!”
"It makes sense!" Only then did Zhao Jingping completely relieved.
"And the people we recruited are far less than we imagined!" I handed the statistics Saheed gave me to Zhao Jingping and said, "Look... many of these educated people are
He is aged, and there are less than 300 out of the more than 400 people who can actually go to the battlefield..."
"Then the battalion commander summoned them in?" Zhao Jingping couldn't help but be puzzled when he heard this: "Isn't this increasing the burden on our logistics?"
I understand Zhao Jingping's concerns... The last war has proved that the defense of the Xigeo Valley is very strong. Even though most of the guerrillas we led before were still a group of mobs, they still defeated their strength by relying on the advantages of the terrain
And the Soviet army, whose quality is several times that of ours.
So... the weakness of the Xigeo Valley lies in logistics... There is no need to worry about this. Xigeo Valley is a place suitable for cultivation, with a length of more than 50 kilometers, an average of two kilometers wide... There are ten mountains on both sides.
The remaining streams and countless springs gather into a "river of life" in the valley. There are fertile fields everywhere on both sides of the river... It can be said that self-sufficiency is not a problem if you cultivate here.
But the question is... do we dare to farm?
It would be fine if we plant some crops in small batches... The Soviet army looked down on those crops at all and did not make any big fuss about that thing. If we planted them in large batches... We worked hard for more than half a year, Su
As long as the army dropped dozens of aviation incendiary bombs from the air, they would burn them all.
This is what embarrasses us... There are a large number of fertile fields that are not illegally cultivated, and they can only plant in small batches in very scattered fields... This can only meet the needs of the people in the valley, and the supply of the troops, such as food, ammunition, etc.
It depends entirely on the path from Pakistan to the Hijjo Valley.
That's why we dare not let go of recruiting troops... In this regard, our problems are the same as those of the Soviet army, and the size of the troops is also limited by logistics issues. Zhao Jingping is responsible for logistics... For this issue
Of course, I always care about it.
"The elderly also have their own uses!" I said, "I think this is what I think... If we want to build a cultured and qualified army, we cannot just recruit some educated guerrillas from the outside.
Or refugees! There are several congenital shortcomings in doing this...
First, educated people may not necessarily have military qualities. Afghanistan is a country that is very polarized... Poor people have no knowledge at all and have been working hard for life and filling their stomachs all their lives. What about educated people? Most of them are
Landlords or landlords with relatively rich family conditions, descendants of elders... They became refugees after the land was occupied by the Soviet Union. The life of pampering since childhood has given them the reasons and determination to fight against the Soviet army, but they are very
It’s difficult to adapt to this hard life…or to be able to adapt, but it takes a process!”
Zhao Jingping couldn't help but frown through the documents in his hand, looking at them, and frowned: "The battalion commander is right...their family background is either the landlord or the businessman...then this is..."
"Another question is that these educated people can say that one person dies on the battlefield will be missing!" I did not answer Zhao Jingping's words for the time being, and then said: "So...if we want to rely on them to become the backbone of our troops.
Strength...that is hopeless, and at best they can only solve our current problems."
"I agree with this!" the instructor interrupted, "Only the proletariat can become the backbone, and these landlord classes...most of them hope to regain their land and wealth and re-enforce the proletariat...so they will not
What kind of climate is it!”
"Then let's do these now..."
"I just need their knowledge!" I replied, "What is our problem? [Fuck] many of us are indeed educated and have combat experience... but because of language barriers, we cannot go deeper
When communicating, the guerrillas have no cultural foundation, so it is difficult to impart this knowledge and experience to the guerrillas. But... if there is a group of guerrillas with cultural foundation in the middle, it will be different!"
"Oh!" Zhao Jingping seemed to understand something.
"This group of knowledgeable Afghans is like an interface connecting the past and the future!" I said: "Although they also have a language barrier with us, fortunately they have a cultural foundation... We just need to concentrate on teaching them with the help of translation
, teach them all kinds of tactics and experiences, and they will soon spread these tactical ideas and experiences among the Afghan guerrillas, and will make us twice the result with half the effort!”
"It turns out that the battalion commander was still making this idea!" The instructor suddenly realized: "I just said why don't you let me check the selection of people this time!"
I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "These people are either landlords or merchants, and some are descendants of drug dealers... If you were asked to check this, how many more could come in today?"
The instructor couldn't help but laugh: "I'm not such an unintentional person either! As long as you explain the reason... can I not know that I have to use extraordinary means in this extraordinary period?!"
I quickly apologized: "It's because there are too many things happening during this period, so I just..."
"It's okay!" The instructor smiled: "I have said a long time ago... I can trust your skills. Just let it go, and I will support you unconditionally!"
I couldn't help but feel moved... I thought to myself that Commander Zhang arranged such a teacher to give me a long-term plan. Before, I accepted my reforms in China, and now I fully support me in introducing the bourgeoisie in the Afghan guerrillas...
This era is not something that ordinary instructors can do!
"I have no problem!" Zhao Jingping also nodded and said, "Battery Commander... Just give orders, what should we do?"
I nodded, thought about it and said, "I think we should start from two aspects... roughly divide these newly recruited educated people into two parts...
One part can participate in combat, which is used to solve our urgent needs. After preliminary study, they will directly enter the combat post for training, such as the artillery force, anti-aircraft artillery force, missile force, etc....
On the one hand, the people can participate in the war directly, and on the other hand, they can quickly and popularly spread our tactics and experience to other guerrilla members.
Another part... For those who cannot participate in the war, let them become teachers... On the one hand, they can teach the guerrillas basic knowledge, and on the other hand, they can also convey the discipline and ideological style of our army through them... Of course,
This also requires the instructor to communicate with these Afghan teachers through translators such as Sahide, so that they can know what kind of force we are and what kind of force we will become in the future!”
"No problem!" The instructor patted his chest... This is his strength and his job, so there is no reason why he should not inherit it. (To be continued.)