The Army Attacks
After five days, before the sun rose on the sixth day of the month, the Chinese army began a large-scale attack on the suspicious locations of the afghan taliban. The air strikes that had not been carried out in the previous period also began, and they easily occupied several airfields in afghana.
Relying on several airfields in the country, a large-scale air strike began. All kinds of military materials also entered the country through the Wakhan Corridor. More materials were airlifted to the occupied airfields, and then dispersed from the airfields to the surrounding teams.
Similarly, on this day, the ground troops were also advancing quickly (mainly infantry, the number of combat vehicles was very small due to the difficulty of transportation, and the terrible road conditions in afghana were not suitable for vehicles).
The government and local governments of afghana were not ready for war, and the chinese army easily took down nearly 100 cities in afghana. Through the city, they indirectly controlled one-fifth of the land area that was equivalent to the area previously controlled by the afghan taliban. More than 6,000 people were killed by the afghan resistance forces, while 1039 people were killed by the Chinese army. 80% of these deaths were mainly caused by the resistance they encountered when clearing the weapons of the afghan people.
It was well known that for a long time, there were many tribes in the country, each of which was independent and had constant conflicts of interest. Almost every two adult men in the country owned a gun, and each tribe had one or more loose armed teams. Some powerful tribes or organizations had more lethal artillery and other ammunition.
When the Chinese army wanted to confiscate their weapons to show their identity and protect their own safety, they would definitely not be willing. In addition, the country had experienced conflicts and wars for many years. Moreover, the people of the country were tough and unruly. It was easy for conflicts to occur, and every conflict would bring about a large number of casualties.
Another 10% of the casualties were caused by various sneak attacks and suicide attacks. The remaining 8% were killed by the guerilla warfare of the Arabs during the march. Only less than 2% were killed in normal military operations and confrontations.
It wasn't without reason that the world called afghanistanthe graveyard of empires. The roads were not smooth, and the road conditions were particularly poor. The mountains were high and the roads were far away. Mechanized troops could not carry out large-scale operations, and the cost of using air power to attack was too high.
For example, the Soviet army had been dragged down into the country for nearly a decade. Coupled with other reasons, the Soviet Union was almost disintegrated. It had not completely controlled the country for ten years. In the end, they had no choice but to withdraw their troops, leaving behind an anarchic mess that was hostile to the Soviet government.
After 911, the United States had roped in a large group of younger brother countries. It had been more than a decade since then, and the number of so-called "terrorists" that were attacked increased (they were transferred to other countries in the world). In the end, they supported a weak government. The army that had almost no combat power only controlled some large cities. The vast periphery and mountainous areas were also unable to be effectively controlled.
The terrorists attacked the American allied forces from time to time. As a result, the number of non-combat casualties increased bit by bit, making the countries that followed the West see no hope of complete victory. The people of the participating countries opposed it one after another, and most of the countries had no choice but to withdraw their troops. The economy of the United States, Europe, and other western countries had also been depressed for more than ten years because of this, and it had also triggered a worldwide economic crisis and financial crisis.
In order to ensure the safety of the military strongholds in the city and future military operations, the Chinese army carried out restrictions and collection of guns and knives like in China. Naturally, it encountered resistance from the people of the whole country of afghanistan.The collection work was time-consuming and laborious, and the danger was extremely prominent.
When they found out that the Chinese army was going to confiscate all guns and knives regardless of their likes and dislikes, every city or small village that the Chinese army wanted to confiscate would be met with strong resistance.
Regardless of whether they were old or young, as long as they knew how to use a gun, they would pick it up. Those who did not have guns would use all kinds of tools that could harm people, stones, and other items to attack the Chinese soldiers. The cities that they had occupied in the early stages were also in a common situation. The Chinese side was tired of dealing with it. In the end, they had to regroup in a few small cities near the airport and where the road conditions were relatively good and it was easy to resupply. They would slowly eliminate the possible threats in the surroundings.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Commander Zhang's troops arrived at a place called Julm in Iraq. They quickly took control of the town and set up camp on the east side of the road.
For the safety of the camp, they also carried out an intense weapon collection operation, resulting in heavy casualties. Only then did the collection mission come to an end.
Early the next morning. The political commissar went straight to the regimental commander's office (a simple tent) after checking the night patrol situation.
"Regiment Commander Zhang, the team has already lost one-tenth of its members. The remaining soldiers are not willing to go out and patrol further away. They are a group of pampered child soldiers. They said things like,'How is this a war? It's clearly a suicide mission. Collecting weapons should be the job of the police or armed police. Using the elites with the best combat strength to do a suicide mission? Whoever wants to go can go. I'm not going.' All of them were about to disobey orders. Sigh! What kind of soldiers are they! It made it difficult to do the current thinking work!”。
The political commissar nagged at the regiment commander.
Regiment Commander Zhang Zhiyong flipped through the military map in his hand and compared it with the military satellite map in his laptop. Sometimes he nodded, sometimes he shook his head, sometimes he smiled, and sometimes he was deep in thought. He did not listen to the political commissar's 'report'.
The political commissar saw that the regiment commander had no reaction to what he had just said. He took a step forward and shook Zhang Zhiyong. He said angrily," Did you hear what I said just now? Because they're afraid of death, the soldiers aren't willing to go out and patrol. They can't even command anymore. Also, there's already a tenth of the casualties in the regiment. The brats are in a bad mood. This will cause a huge problem."
" How many cars are still patrolling?" Yin Chang asked.
" Two cars, one at the north and one at the south intersection," the political commissar replied.
" Where are the other cars?" the regiment commander asked.
"There are four in the regimental headquarters, two in each company. Two are still under repair, and one is completely scrapped.”the political commissar replied.
"Arrange for each patrol team to get on a car. Two cars will form a patrol formation. Tell the little brats that they will work hard for three more days at most. After three days, they will be given three days off in the camp.”the Gran Maestro said
"What? Did I hear wrongly? You've almost sent all the cars out. If another one is blown up, we'll all be demerits. Each car will cost millions of dollars! Also, you want to give them a holiday? You don't have that right."
The political commissar said angrily. Just as he was about to continue arguing with the regiment commander, he heard the regiment commander shout loudly,"Commissar Li, have you seen our casualty reports? How did the soldiers die? Few died in battle. Those who died were almost all during the weapons collection and patrol.”
That's because they didn't collect all their weapons." the political commissar said righteously.
After the cultural revolution, we started to collect guns. It's been decades, but we still haven't collected all of them." The leader said angrily.
The political commissar moved his mouth and was about to speak when the regiment commander spoke again,"" Don't think that the war chariots are more important than the lives of the soldiers. Although a war chariot costs millions and we must take good care of it, no matter how important it is, it is not as important as human lives. The country has to compensate the family of a dead soldier for millions, and the family of the dead soldier is extremely ungrateful. It is even more troublesome for those who are disabled. Also, if there are too many deaths, the higher-ups will hold them accountable. The anti-war sentiment in the country will also rise. This is not only in the western democratic countries."
" But there are only so many chariots. If we lose one, we'll lose one…"
Before the political commissar could finish speaking, the regiment commander said sternly,""Cars are dead, but people are alive. Cars are meant to serve people. Don't you have to wait for them to rust and become obsolete? We can't rely on the sea of people now…"
As they were arguing, the door was opened with a creak. The chief of staff stretched half of his body in and said,"You guys were arguing so loudly. I thought the two of you were fighting! I didn't even finish my shit before I ran over. Um, I didn't knock before coming in. You guys don't mind, right?”After saying that, she smiled embarrassedly.
"You came at the right time. What do you think about the current patrol problem? There are two plans now. The political commissar and I have come up with one each. The political commissar advocated the current patrol method without any major changes to reduce military expenses.”
The regiment commander looked at the chief of staff, who looked at the political commissar. The political commissar said," Basically, that's the situation. I'm afraid that if we use too many military supplies, it will be difficult to replenish them. You have to know that the country is in short supply of everything right now. Who knows when we might need them but run out of them? We have to save on fuel. I think it's better to be conservative and not make any changes."
The chief of staff looked at the regiment commander again. Seeing that neither of them had any intention to add, he said,
"Originally, I was also prepared to meet with the two of you for a small meeting to discuss the patrol matter after taking a dump. However, since we are discussing this matter now, you should listen to my opinion! "Right now, our station has a population of nearly 5,000 people. We have about 1,000 people here, and we completely control one-sixth of the residential area on the east side of the road. This part is relatively safe. The main thing is that most of the areas on the west side of the road are highly dangerous. There are many people in the houses, and it's not easy for people and cars to move around. They're also vulnerable to attacks. I think it's best to patrol from the air to see the situation below. The plan is to apply for two small drones to be transferred from the air 24/7. A full-time patrol."
The political commissar smiled and said," They're just returning two drones for our town. The higher-ups won't approve either one. Even if they approve it, they'll only approve about one every ten days to half a month. Other than the fact that we don't lack ammunition, everything else is lacking and slow.”
Hearing the political commissar's words, the chief of staff looked worried and could not say a word. He sighed heavily.
"Hehe, our Chief of Staff Lin has a good idea! As expected of an advisor." The more the regiment commander laughed, the lower the chief of staff lowered his head.
"Haha, alright, I'm glad that Elder Lin can think of this. I've already bought 10 camera drones, 60 large hydrogen balloons for advertisements, and some wireless network transmission equipment from the Internet. I was planning to buy some other things, but I realized that I didn't have enough money. You can't just lose me alone!" The Guild Leader looked at the two of them and teased them.
Chief of Staff Lin was thinking about the use of these things. The more he listened, the more excited he became. He pounced on the regiment commander and asked,
"How did you come up with that? What did you buy? When will it arrive? Your family is so rich, why do you care about this little bit of money! Let's plan how to arrange these things and how to distribute these special equipment…"
The political commissar looked at the two of them and smiled knowingly."I agree with your plan. Tell those brats to drive carefully now. "Also, report how much you spent on the things. I think the financial department in the group will approve it. If you can't approve it, I'll share the money with you." After saying that, he prepared to go out and appease those delicate soldiers.
" Political Commissar Li, wait a moment. We will have a meeting at 1 p.m. to plan the distribution of the new equipment and training on how to use it. We will also summarize the various problems that we have encountered since the start of the war and make preparations for future problems."
The next day, the morning and afternoon supply convoys delivered a large number of strategic materials and left two chariots behind. The item he wanted had not arrived yet. The Chief of Staff and some impatient Battalion Commanders were disappointed and kept saying,"They're not here yet."
"Didn't Regiment Commander Zhang say so?" The political commissar joked. It will only arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Look at how anxious you are.”
The political commissar was actually a little happier today. After patrolling with the tank yesterday, there were no casualties. There weren't even many gunshots in the town. It was quiet all of a sudden. However, when he thought about the amount of oil used... Sigh, it really gave him a headache!
On the afternoon of the third day (the ninth day of the lunar month), the convoy of goods finally arrived. A large group of soldiers surrounded them and unloaded the goods. The chief of staff held the list of goods that he had seized and compared it to the regiment commander's personal belongings. The smile on his face was exaggerated, and he was as anxious as a naughty little boy. He instructed his subordinates to steadily take out two large boxes from the pile of goods and escort them to the newly established "Air-to-Ground Reconnaissance Strike Group" in the regiment. The leaders of the regiment were eagerly looking forward to these divine artifacts.
After the assembly, test flight, layout, and testing were completed, they began to install the wireless network transmission base, as well as some surveillance cameras, solar panels, and so on. When all of this was over, the sky was almost dark. When the strengthened patrols returned to the camp, the entire town of Julm was filled with a voice in Persian and Pashto:
"The entire Julm has entered a peaceful environment. The Chinese army will not enter the Luxi area to collect guns for the time being. The people of afghanistani can live a normal life. I hope that you will not go to some places marked by the Chinese soldiers, and do not do anything that will damage any items in the marked areas because it is very dangerous for you. They are the death gods sent by your God. Any contact with them will make them angry. I hope that you won't deliberately anger the Death God. Good night and good luck."
When the sound rang out for the second time, the fourth base point was shot. The bullet was fired from a room 42 meters south of the base point.
"Report: 48042 direction detected abnormality. The abnormality is due to a burst of gunfire.”A 0.4 basis point observer reported. (42 meters south of Point 4)
The regiment commander said,"Follow the plan."
" Broadcast to this location." said one of the people in charge.
"We should broadcast it to the entire city," said the chief of staff hurriedly.
" Turn it on to the public channel," the person in charge ordered the broadcasting team.
" Attention, residents 42 meters south of Point 4. Please bring your gun immediately and place it at the location marked 12 on the highway. Everyone in the room can leave immediately to avoid a disaster for you and your family. [Repeat] Resident 42 meters south of Point 4, please…] The announcer repeated the broadcast in translated Farsi and Pashto for five minutes.
" Looks like we've run into some unlucky people. This is my last warning," the chief of staff said. " Prepare the artillery fire. Don't harm the innocent."
"Please leave your residence with your family immediately. Due to your lack of cooperation, the disaster will befall in one minute. " 59, 58…40, please hurry up and leave. Disaster is coming. Please hurry up and leave. Disaster is coming. 29, 28…" The broadcast continued.
" A five or six little girl ran out and left the house. She's about ten meters away from Base Point 04.
Observer No. 04 said. Then, he added," Three more shots were fired at the same location. The bullet was fired near the little girl. The girl was lying on the ground and there was no movement."
" 3, 2, 1... Boom!" Not long after the countdown ended, the flames shook the entire Julm with a roar.
The room where the gun was placed was hit by a cannonball and instantly collapsed. Shen Yan and the fire burned for more than ten minutes. No one came out of the collapsed room. Other than the neighbors who stuck their heads out to look inside, there was no other sound. Similarly, the entire Julm fell silent after the announcement.
The laughter that should have been heard in the " Open Space Detective Strike Group " was replaced by silence.
Only the faint broadcast of the entire city could be heard outside.
After a long while, the regiment commander said,"Line up a squad of patrol cars and check on her."
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