If it were in the past... I think I would definitely choose to launch the attack when it is dark... Needless to say, the reason is that it is difficult for the Soviet army to use its air power when it is dark.
If we are hit by an avalanche, we will be more likely to fall into chaos. At the same time, it will also help us to retake the mountain pass and cut off the Soviet army's supply and retreat routes.
But there is only one bad thing...that is, the Soviet army was very cautious at night, and they won the victory...but the number of infantry sent into the valleys we evacuated was very small. On average, only one armor-piercing vehicle was used in each valley.
The company's troops are stationed!
Obviously... the Soviet army is also wondering whether we are up to something, and whether we are still planning to sneak attack on their mountain pass at night and surround the Soviet army in the valley... Therefore, the Soviet commander would rather take the time to fully occupy Cij.
Ao Valley, we must also work hard to ensure the safety of the mountain passes and valleys they occupy!
So I made this calculation... If the five valleys we evacuated had only one company on average, the other valleys where we had deployed would only be a little more than one battalion... The total sum of them was only a little more than two battalions.
You must know that one Mi-8 of the Soviet Army can carry a platoon... A company of troops only needs three Mi-8s, so the infantry of these two battalions only need dozens of Mi-8s.
You can snatch them away...or you don't need so many at all. A dozen Mi-8s and a few trips back and forth are enough.
This is also the benefit of having a helicopter...even if you are surrounded, you can often easily jump out of the encirclement!
In order to obtain greater results, not to mention that we still have a batch of "Stinger" missiles in our hands at this time... This is the time to try our skills, so we finally decided to wait until dawn to send more troops into the valley.
Then launch the attack!
Perhaps it was because of worry that the fruits of victory were lost... The Soviet army began to move into the Chigeo Valley early in the morning as soon as it was dark...
Their occupation method can be said to be steady and steady...Infantry was sent to build defensive positions at each mountain pass, and helicopters were used to transport equipment and ammunition to ensure that they could withstand possible counterattacks. In mountainous areas...helicopters were used to drop in in turns.
Group after group of scouts were sent to conduct reconnaissance, and when suspicious caves or fortifications were detected, devastating blasts were carried out. Infantrymen were also stationed on important highlands to control both sides of the valley with firepower to ensure that both sides of the mountainous area were protected.
Protected by their long-range firepower!
It should be said that these arrangements are indeed very strict. Among them, I even found some A-type fortifications that could only appear on the Vietnam battlefield... This kind of fortifications is very suitable for construction in this snow, even the soil covering them.
You can save everything. After setting up the logs, you just need to wait for the next snowfall... Everything is covered tightly. It is basically impossible to see where the firepower is!
But... I know that all their arrangements are of no use, because their strategy is simply wrong... All their arrangements are defensive, and they are all designed to deal with possible guerrilla attacks...
This may be true, but it is not the guerrillas who attack them, but the snow that keeps collapsing!
"The first battalion is ready!"
"Second Battalion is ready!"
…
One voice after another came from the walkie-talkie... They were all Afghan guerrillas under Hassan... This unit number may sound a bit scary, and there is usually only one battalion. But in fact, this battalion only has more than 200 people.
...This is still the result of our efforts to gather together.
But these troops are enough for us... because their mission is only to capture a few mountain passes to block the Soviet army's retreat, and they also capture the mountain passes after the avalanche!
I looked at my watch and ordered: "Listen to my order... prepare to blast!"
"yes!"
"10,9,8...detonate!"
"Detonate!"
"Boom boom..." Before I finished speaking, I heard explosions one after another in the valley. Because the explosions were located in the valley, the echoes were continuous, just like the continuous waves of rolling thunder in the valley.
Rolling... Then after a while, the snow layers on the highlands began to move...
The snow layer moved very slowly at first, sliding down slowly like a corner of a flour pile collapsed, but soon it caused a chain reaction, and the affected area became larger and larger, and the snow layer sliding down became larger and larger.
The more, the faster... After a while, it roared like a snow dragon and pounced viciously down the valley... This vibration even caused a chain reaction in some other snow-capped mountains where we did not deploy explosives, so one after another
It’s like a competition in the snow-capped mountains... competing to shake off the snow that’s weighing on themselves!
This scene shocked the Soviet troops who were conducting various missions... The Soviet troops who were performing reconnaissance missions in the mountains retreated and ran in the opposite direction of the avalanche. But no matter how fast they ran... how could they
The speed was comparable to that of an avalanche, but within a short time they saw the snow dragon following them mercilessly, swallowing them up one after another.
Some of them even waved to the helicopter in mid-air... However, how could the helicopter lower its altitude at this time? The snow chunks brought up by the avalanche and the ensuing airflow were enough to make the helicopter lose control, so they could only climb quickly and watch.
The infantry below disappeared into the white snow.
The Soviet troops in the valley are better off... because there are many air-raid shelters built by Afghan guerrillas in the valley. It seems that they only need to hide in the air-raid shelters... But the problem is that it is easy to hide in but difficult to come out. The snow layer
Pressing down will quickly block the vents and exits. If you are lucky, you may be able to dig it out, but if you are unlucky, you will either be waiting to be our captives inside, or you will be suffocated to death!
The worst thing was the Soviet troops stationed at the mountain pass... When we evacuated the mountain pass, we blew up all the fortifications at the mountain pass, and the Soviet troops couldn't stop them for a while.
Fortresses and other things were built above, so we could only build some open machine gun forts, mortar positions or
Things like trenches... These are indeed enough to defend against guerrillas. After all, it is the Soviet army that has the advantage in the air... With such a position, coupled with the firepower and transportation of helicopters, plus the condescending geographical advantage...
…How many guerrillas come up and are afraid that they will only die!
However... this time it was not the guerrillas who attacked them, but the rapidly falling snow... They couldn't get up or down, and there was no place to hide... So they had to accept their fate.
I saw some Soviet soldiers even gave up on escaping. I don’t know if they were scared out of their wits or if they knew they couldn’t escape and just faced it calmly. I watched helplessly as the snow covered them like wind and lingering clouds!
Regarding this scene... the Soviets were not the only ones who were surprised. Mike, who was standing not far away from me, and several American soldiers under him also stared blankly at this scene... muttering to themselves over and over again.
Shouting: "Mygod! Mygod"...
Of course, I had no intention of paying attention to them anymore. Seeing that the time was almost up, I ordered over the walkie-talkie: "Everyone is here...occupy all mountain passes immediately and build fortifications as quickly as possible!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
…
With each response, the guerrillas who had been lurking near the mountain pass emerged from all directions and pounced towards their designated mountain passes...
The guerrillas know the terrain in this area very well, so they know exactly where to hide that will not be affected by the avalanche and is closest to the target... Of course, there are some mistakes in this, such as the original design of Ragir's troops.
They had planned a route that would lead directly to Pass No. 4, but they didn't expect that the large-scale avalanche would affect such a wide area... The accumulated snow layer directly buried their original route without a trace! This forced them to take a detour.
After a long trip, we arrived at our destination half an hour late...
Half an hour is an unforgivable mistake in a battle, because the battlefield is a place where every second counts. Often, a fighter plane may be missed just by being delayed by a few minutes... But this time, there was no accident. Lajier's troops
Finally, we successfully captured Pass No. 4!
The reasons mainly come from two aspects:
One is that the Soviet army was so beaten by the avalanche that it could be said that they were completely unable to find their way... The infantry were either pressed under the snow or blocked in the air raid shelters in the valley, unable to move at all. There were indeed some others.
Infantry...that is, a few companies stationed outside the valley, plus some troops who were very lucky not to be affected by the avalanche... The Xigeo Valley is so big, with a total length of more than 50 kilometers, there will always be some troops in the big avalanche
outside the scope.
In addition, coupled with the Soviet air power... it can be said that the Soviet helicopters were basically unaffected, and no matter how powerful the avalanche was, it could not hit the sky.
However, these troops have completely lost their will to fight... Maybe it was the scene of the avalanche that frightened them, or it can also be said that they clearly realized that they had lost this war, so they only thought about
Thinking of two things...saving people and escaping!
So for this No. 4 mountain pass... who would care if someone is trying to seize it? They just want the rescue helicopter to come as soon as possible and take them away from this ghost place as soon as possible!
On the other hand... it's because we have Stinger missiles.
At the beginning... the Soviet helicopters still tried to make some moves to stop our troops... This was necessary for the helicopters. They thought that the guerrillas did not have effective weapons to deal with the helicopters, so they could rest assured.
Block the guerrillas rushing towards the mountain passes and valleys... This will at least buy some time for the rescue and evacuation activities of the ground troops!
But they soon found out they were wrong... because we already had the Sting on our hands!