Chapter 24: The Soviet Sweep

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  A bowl of cool mountain spring water, after drinking it into the belly, Hadim looked at the instructor in front of him and said: "Instructor, the Soviet people are coming to sweep our mountains."

  "No rush, take your time." Muhammad looked at Hadim, the task he had given to Hadim was to receive Dana, and the information Dana obtained would be brought back through Hadim.

  In this era, there were no mobile phones and guerrilla forces did not have wireless radios, so they could only use the primitive method of sending people to run errands.

  "On the Jalalabad side, they have prepared ten tanks, two regiments of Soviet troops and one regiment of government forces to enter our mountainous region for a sweep operation, aiming to thoroughly eliminate us," Hadim said.

  "Khadija, how did you get the news?" Khawaja asked from beside her.

  When Khwaja asked the question, Hadim did not answer immediately, but first turned his head to look at Muhammad. After seeing Muhammad nod, Hadim said: "It's Sahar, Sahar has joined the government army. This time the Soviets came to sweep the mountains, he led the way. He is familiar with our mountainous environment here, and with him leading the way, we can avoid the situation where the Soviet tanks were ambushed last time."

  Sahar! As soon as Sahar is mentioned, Hadim's face becomes furious. Sahar entered Jalalabad and relied on the guidance of the Soviets to wipe out a guerrilla unit. In fact, the Soviets had falsely reported their achievements, and they only managed to chase down one truck that fell off a cliff, without killing anyone. Thanks to this achievement, Sahar became a small platoon leader, and Dana also followed him. It was Dana who learned about Sahar's plan to enter the mountains and informed Hadim, bringing back the intelligence.

  Although Sa Ha is just a porter, this time entering the mountain mainly relies on him to lead the way, so he knows how many people are coming.

  Dana accepted Muhamed's arrangement and began transmitting back the first piece of intelligence.

  Dana's identity is a secret, and once exposed, she will face great danger. This is also the reason why Muhammad did not tell anyone, including Khwaja. The discipline of this guerrilla team is not strict, and they do not understand the importance of secrecy. Muhammad needs to change them slowly.

  "Sir, the Soviets have arrived. It's time for us to make a big move." Khwaja said: "For this period of time, our Pashtun boys have been holding back their strength."

  They felt the improvement of their own strength, even if they only held an AKM rifle, they could accurately hit the target within a distance of one or two hundred meters. When the weapons in their hands began to become more efficient, they all yearned for a real battlefield.

  "No," said Mohammad. "There are ten tanks coming, two companies of Soviets, one company of government troops, more than three hundred men, we can't fight them head-on."

  The essence of guerrilla warfare is: when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance; when the enemy rests, we harass; when the enemy tires, we attack. Absolutely not a hard fight.

  "We are retreating," Muhhamed said: "We will retreat deeper into the mountains."

  To the north of Jalalabad, it's all mountains, stretching for hundreds of kilometers. A guerrilla band of several dozen people hid deep in the mountains, and no one could detect them.

  Fall back? Hearing Muhammad's words, Khwaja was taken aback for a moment, then said: "Yes, instructor."

  He has unconditionally accepted Muhhamad's orders.

  At Muhamed's command, the whole guerrilla squad quickly disappeared into the deeper mountains.

  "Rumble, rumble." Ten tanks, marching at the forefront, as vanguards, their caterpillar tracks stirring up dust, swirling alongside the road.

  Behind the tank were more than a dozen infantry fighting vehicles, and Soviet soldiers inside them kept observing the outside situation through observation ports.

  Behind these infantry fighting vehicles were twenty or so trucks, the remaining soldiers of a Soviet regiment and government troops, all on the trucks.

  The 40th Army was originally a second-line unit, and the number of infantry fighting vehicles in the troops was severely lacking. Most soldiers had to ride trucks. Moreover, their combat literacy was not high, and they were still stuck in the Soviet artillery concept.

  Wipe out the guerrilla forces in the mountains thoroughly! Protect the safety of Jalalabad area well!

  Jalalabad is not far from Kabul, and the guerrilla forces that have been appearing in the northern mountains here have made Kabul very dissatisfied. The commander of the garrison troops in Jalalabad has made up his mind this time, mobilizing hundreds of troops to thoroughly sweep the mountainous areas here.

  The battalion commander, Slovich, sat on a tank in the middle, constantly watching around him through binoculars.

  Here everywhere are mountains, the angle is too high, T-62 tank's main gun is not suitable, although the tank looks very solid, however, the top and rear of the car are weak places that cannot withstand impact.

  There should be a more efficient weapon to replace the T-62 tank. Suddenly, Slovic thought of a four-barreled Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun! Fierce firepower and high shooting range, yes, this time after completing the mission, report back to superiors!

  "Halt, alert." Entering the mountainous region, after walking for a while, Slovich gave orders over the radio.

  Upon hearing the order, the entire team came to a halt.

  The infantry fighting vehicles behind rumbled to both sides, protecting the tanks on their left and right. The Soviet soldiers got off the trucks, holding guns and vigilantly looking around.

  Meanwhile, the government soldiers who were their comrades-in-arms were the most exhausted. After getting off the trucks, they began to climb up to the mountain tops on both sides under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles below. They ran very fast because their superiors kept urging them on.

  Finally, they arrived at the top of the mountain, where there was nothing, and they made a familiar gesture.

  The hatch of the tank opened and Slovich jumped down from the tank with a somewhat pale face.

  It was too stuffy inside the tank. After he came down, he breathed in the air with a muddy smell and picked up a pair of binoculars to look around.

  Everywhere are mountains, bare mountains with no grass growing on them. Except for our own people, there is not a single person in sight.

  Several fuel trucks drove up behind them, and the tank crew jumped down from their vehicle and began rapidly refueling.

  A tank, such a big iron thing, is not only a sharp weapon for attack but also an oil-drinking monster. After leaving Jalalabad and entering the mountainous area, half of the fuel has been consumed. In order to prevent any unexpected situation, it is necessary to refuel here.

  Farther away, on the top of a mountain, two large stones.

  A bird landed on top of a rock, it was tired and stood on the rock resting.

  Suddenly, the stone below actually moved slowly, it flew up fiercely, looking at that stone, slowly stretching out an arm, putting a double-barreled thing in front.

  Monster! It flapped its wings and flew away.

  This stone has started talking.

  "Range one thousand five hundred, speed three, adjust two mils, target, 432 tank beside, that Soviet officer with binoculars." A voice calm and low: "Fire."

  "Bang." With Muhammad's command, the Khawaja beside him pulled the trigger, and a 7.62mm sniper rifle bullet modified by hand flew out of the barrel.

  The SVD sniper rifle is equipped with a Soviet infantry squad, with one sniper per squad. This sniper rifle has more of an effect on increasing the firepower and range of the infantry squad, although theoretically it has a range of over 1,000 meters, in reality, its accuracy drops off significantly beyond 600 meters.

  At a distance of six hundred meters, such a large sweeping team is absolutely dangerous. The two can only make a sniper attempt at a distance of one thousand five hundred meters.

  Long-range sniping requires close coordination between the sniper and spotter, Muhammad had done his duty as Hwaja's spotter.

  The guerrilla team was hidden deep in the mountains, while Muhammad and Khwaja came out to investigate the Soviet movement. Originally intended to observe the Soviet route of advance, they found that the Soviets had stopped moving here, so they simply fired a cold shot at the Soviets.

  The enemy is stationed in our territory, and we have hit one of them, killing a Soviet person, which counts as a victory. If we miss the target, there will be no loss either.

  The bullet that was ejected was improved by Khawaja under the guidance of Muhammad, who carefully corrected the shape of the bullet with a steel file to increase accuracy.

  As soon as the bullet left the barrel, Muhammad said: "Go."

  Sniper, and there is a prefix called cannon fodder sniper. Real sniping is absolutely not as cool as what's shown on TV. After the bullet is fired, you will face a hail of gunfire, especially now with over 20 Soviet tanks and armored vehicles below. When those vehicles roll in, our two men won't stand a chance.

  Two stones, quickly disappeared from the top of the mountain, Muhammad folded up the camouflage net a few times, and quickly ran down the slope to the other side, quickly disappearing from the winding path.

  At a distance of one thousand five hundred meters, the bullet also needs to fly for two seconds. The initial velocity of the bullet is eight hundred meters per second, while the speed of sound is three hundred and forty meters per second. In other words, the bullet will arrive before the sound.

  Slovich put down his binoculars, picked up his military canteen, raised his head and took a drink of water.

  Suddenly, his ears perked up, a special sound entered his ears, the sound of bullets piercing through the air! Mixed with the rumble of the tanker truck, it was almost inaudible.

  Sniper! He immediately reacted and turned his hand, putting the water bottle on one side of his shoulder. Just as he was about to move, he felt a sudden jolt on his shoulder.

  A soft "ding".

  The bullet that flew in, passed through his military canteen and hit the arm behind it. At a distance of 1,500 meters, the bullet's lethality was insufficient, and after passing through the canteen, the front end of this bullet was inserted into his arm, while the back remained in the canteen.

  "Twelve o'clock direction, in front of the mountain top, sniper!" Slovic shouted loudly. PS: Thanks to Feng Chui Yang Liu Yu and Tian Di Shuang Jue for their rewards! Thank you!

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