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    A mighty convoy consisting of ten heavy-duty trucks headed towards Faizabad along the China-Afghanistan Resource Highway.  The target of the convoy is Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan Province in northern Afghanistan, which is closest to China.

    The car body was tightly covered with sand-yellow canvas, and the carriage was filled with armed soldiers.  The strange thing is that although these soldiers are all wearing the standard sand-yellow uniforms of the Chinese National Defense Force, their armbands have a map of Asia.  These soldiers were obviously coming here for the first time. The bare and endless mountains always aroused their curiosity. They pointed and pointed as if they were comparing this place with the green mountains of their hometown.  .

    On the jeep at the front, Zhang Zhidan squinted his eyes, his head dozing off little by little to the rhythm of the wheels.

    In the history of China, there was a group of people who set out from Xianyang, carrying exquisite silks and porcelain, escorted by the mighty Tang army, and went to various countries to promote the power and prosperity of the Tang Empire. Because they all came from the Tang Dynasty,  Therefore, he was called the "Tang Envoy".  The people sent by various countries in the Western Regions to return gifts and learn advanced technology and culture were also called "envoys to the Tang Dynasty".

    Now he plays exactly such a role.

    This close friend of Lieutenant General Mei Sheng, deputy chief of staff of the Northwest Theater of the Republic of China, joined the Military Intelligence Section in the year of 1911. From coordinating the Henan Campaign to heading to the Eastern Front of the European War, he was then in charge of Central Asia, causing upheaval in Afghanistan, and finally almost becoming the King of Korea.  Zhang Zongchang, a 45-year-old military intelligence officer also known as the North and South Zhang, is one of the most popular figures in the entire Muslim world today.  From the Muslim League in India to various factions in Afghanistan, from Iran to Saudi Arabia, and even Iraq and Turkey, they all know about this "great achievement".

    As an intelligence officer, others are trying their best to hide themselves. I wish I could become a ghost in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, changing my face every day.  But he was the exact opposite. Not only was he famous, he also opened a Zhonga trading company and started doing business with great swagger.

    Then why is he so famous?  Let's look at what he's been up to over the past nine years.  Invested 6 million yuan.  Help build three highways in northern Afghanistan, including the China-Afghanistan Resources Highway that runs through Tajikistan Province in China and connects Kashgar.  It invested 15 million yuan to open dozens of schools, set up handicraft workshops and open more than ten mines in northern Afghanistan.  Invested 20 million to help Iran build railways and airports, and invested 30 million to help the Muslim League open the first small steel plant with an annual output of 50,000 tons in Peshawar, the first national power plant, the first walking tractor factory, and the  A sugar factory, etc.; invested 10 million yuan to help the Muslim League build 107 primary and secondary schools; invested 3 million yuan to help Saudi Arabia build the first university. In the past nine years, he has provided aid and loans to all ethnic groups of Muslims.  As much as 300 million yuan was spent to build hundreds of various industries, mines, workshops, and schools, and both sides opened up markets.  As a result, more than a million Muslim believers have benefited.

    Precisely because of this kind of reputation and kindness, the intelligence agencies of various countries have no choice but to say anything. Even the Afghan tribes loyal to Amanullah provided help to let him escape when the Soviet Union captured him.  The 007s of the British Empire tried to assassinate him countless times, but they also tried to avoid him.  Because no one can guarantee whether killing him will push the Muslim world towards China?  Will it provoke retaliation from China?  But if I don¡¯t kill him, I will really hate him so much!  This guy acts unscrupulously, making whatever money he can with arms, silver, horses, veils, tea, salt, iron, etc., and he also targets the disadvantages of widespread poverty in the Muslim world.  Carry out barter-style transactions.  Since the end of the last war in Afghanistan, the gold flowing back to China through his hands has reached 200 million yuan, and the total trade volume has reached 3.7 billion yuan.  Of course, this doesn't even count the gold mine that was kept strictly confidential and was about to be emptied.  This alone brought back 900 tons of gold, 4,000 tons of copper, 8,300 tons of silver and other high-value non-ferrous metals to the country, with a total value of up to 2.5 billion yuan.

    What makes Britain most angry is that as the only serving military intelligence officer at the Institute of Muslim and Arab Studies at the National Defense University, he and his Sino-Arab trading company with tens of thousands of employees are under the influence.  After hundreds of years of silence, Eastern culture and values ??seem to have been awakened again, and many people have begun to call him "The Ambassador of the Tang Dynasty."

    He was in the same car with him.  There are also some old friends.

    The first one is Fei Wenhua, who has fought here. He is now the deputy brigade commander of the Asian Liberation Brigade and an expert in mountain warfare.  The person sitting next to him, whittling a wooden stick with a dagger, is Park Eun-sung, the leader of the Korean regiment of the Asian Liberation Brigade, who has received actual combat tests in India. The man sitting in the back, dressed in an Arab robe, was sent by Jinnah to study at the Chinese Military Academy.  Muhammad Ayub Khan is currently the commander of the Third All-India Muslim Brigade.

    The China-Afghanistan Resources Highway is a strategic highway that was fully invested by Zhang Zhidan on behalf of China after the last war in Afghanistan and took six years to build. It covers a total of 712 kilometers from Kashgar to Faizabad and will directly connect to Kabul in the next step.  Because the entire road is winding and built in mountains, the traffic rate cannot be compared with domestic provincial highways.  But this road is a connectionThe two countries are closely connected, so you can often see Afghan road guards who volunteer to maintain the roads on the road.

    Now the whole of Afghanistan knows about Zhang Zhidan and the China-Afghanistan Trading Company, so when the Afghan Northern Alliance checkpoints along the way see the convoy from a distance, they will immediately pull away from Luchai to let them go.  The convoy soon arrived at Faizabad.  This former small city surrounded by mountains has developed into a medium-sized city due to the establishment of former Afghan President Nadir Shah and the Northern Alliance.  And because of the existence of the resource highway, it has become a distribution center for China-Arab trade, and the number of goods and prosperity are not much worse than Kabul.

    As soon as the convoy entered the city, sporadic gunshots were heard. The Korean regiment soldiers who came here for the first time subconsciously touched the guns, but were quickly stopped by soldiers from the security team of the trading company who were familiar with local customs.  After pointing in the distance, I realized that it was locals holding a wedding and firing guns into the air to celebrate.  Soon the convoy arrived at the Northern Alliance headquarters in the north of the city. This is a spacious military camp-style building complex. There is also an airport built with Chinese aid to the west. Two squadrons of J-4 fighter jets and three-armor three-wheeler fighter jets are parked in the simple hangar.  Frame transport 7.  After various countries have developed considerable models, this kind of fighter jets are allowed to be deployed forward. Their mission here is to protect the northern no-fly zone from intrusion and protect the safety of the air channel from Kashgar to here.

    Dozens of ten-wheel trucks entered the station, causing quite a stir. Even the local soldiers who were training gathered around.  When Fei Wenhua got out of the car, he saw a familiar figure.  He was greeted with a hug when he came up, which made Chahattu, the commander of the Northern Alliance's First Division, very uncomfortable with this kind of enthusiasm.  "Sir Fei, I'm so happy to see you." Although Chahattu was not used to this kind of hug, his eyes were warm.  The two had a close friendship. They worked together to stop the Soviet army in the Hindu Kush, not to mention Fei Wenhua saved his life.

    "Now that your military rank is higher than mine, I should call you sir." Fei Wenhua was joking with him. Just as he was about to see what his soldiers were doing, Zhang Zhidan lazily walked up from behind:  "Okay, let's catch up on old times later. My dear Chahattu. Is Nadir Shah here?"

    After Nader Shah escaped from Kabul, he gathered the remaining troops to form a resistance army, and then formed the Northern Alliance with the help of Zhang Zhidan.  Therefore, Chahattu, like everyone else, respected this "Mr. Tang Ambassador" and saluted: "Mr. Tang Ambassador, Nadir Shah has been looking forward to your arrival for a long time."

    "Don't move the twenty cars in front, the back is yours." Zhang Zhidan smiled and asked someone to bring a new submachine gun that had just been prepared in China, and threw it to Chahattu, who loved guns to his death: "This is a gift for you.  , we have just been equipped." In Afghanistan, owning a good gun is definitely a status symbol.  But Chahatu is no longer the impulsive young man he was nine years ago, so I thank him.  First, take everyone to see Nadir Shah and the elders.

    Nader Shah, who was in a meeting, had already received the news of his arrival, and brought the tribal leaders and imams to greet the distinguished guests early.  "Nader Shah, let me introduce some guests to you." After everyone took their seats, Zhang Zhidan introduced Fei Wenhua and others to Nader Shah and the tribal elders.  Ayub Khan is familiar to them all.  The Muslim League and the Northern Alliance of Afghanistan are like brothers, but the appearance of Park Eun-sung and others made them feel something vaguely.

    After Nader Shah was trapped here, he thought about returning to Kabul all the time.  So wait for him to finish the introduction.  With a thought in his heart, he asked excitedly: "Master Tang Ambassador, are you bringing them here to guide us back to Kabul?" This sentence made the elders and imams cast their eyes.  Even Chahattu's eyes were filled with fire for war.

    Zhang Zhidan knew in his heart that although Faizabad was very prosperous, in the hearts of these people, Kabul's status was always irreplaceable. Only by capturing Kabul would they be considered "grass bandits".  Fortunately, he came here to help them retake Kabul. The underlying purpose was to make the Soviet Union worry about losing control of Afghanistan and make some people make wrong judgments.  So there was no need to hide anything. He looked at Chahattu and asked, "Can you tell me about the current situation in Kabul?"

    His words made everyone's hearts heat up. Chahattu had been waiting for the opportunity to take revenge and immediately introduced him to the current situation in Kabul: "Amanullah has betrayed Allah and became a hawk of the Soviets. He now controls 50,000 troops.  , the weapons were all provided by the Soviet Union, and 20,000 of them were deployed on the defense lines of Baghlan and Andaka in Kunduz to deal with us. In order to maintain their position, he also stationed Soviet troops in Kabul. About 2,000 of them were at the airport and  Near the palace, there are machine guns and artillery, as well as 6 tanks and some armor, and there are more than 20 aircraft at the airport protected by anti-aircraft guns."

    After Chahattu opened his conversation, the elders and imams sitting around also told the news they knew. From their angry expressions, it can be seen that after Amanullah returned to Kabul with the help of the Soviet Union, in order to retain power, he attacked the north.  The alliance and the resistance forces in various places launched a sweep, carried out massacres, and even repeatedly invited the Soviet army to help in the attack, so now all the tribes in Afghanistan hate him.  But unfortunately the Soviet army was too powerful, except for KabulIn addition to the 2,000 troops stationed in Seoul, there is an infantry division stationed in Kunduz and Termez. There is also an infantry division in Herat. Even Kandahar, which is close to India, has more than 2,000 troops stationed. The total strength is as high as 50,000.  Not to mention there are reinforcements from Dushanbe, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan that can support at any time.

    It can be said that except for the Northern Alliance, which can still contact the outside world through resource roads and airplanes, almost all other channels have been cut off by the Soviet army.  Because of this closure, there has been constant gunfire in Afghanistan for nine years.  Except for the establishment of no-fly zones in the three northern provinces, and Moscow is also afraid of triggering a full-scale war between the two countries, the Soviet army and Amanula have always adopted blockade tactics and did not go deep. In other places, there is almost war.

    After listening to the entire introduction, both Zhang Zhidan and Fei Wenhua frowned slightly.  Although the Northern Alliance is not bad in strength, it has been blocked in three provinces by the Soviet army and Amanullah's army after many years of defense. If they want to retake Kabul, they must first break through the Kunduz Baghlan Andaka line of defense, and also  Quickly cross the Hindu Kush Mountains, which the Soviet army once hated.

    Since the higher-ups are not allowed to use their own troops, the only thing they can rely on in this battle is an elite brigade officially renamed the Asian Liberation Front, and the 50,000-strong Northern Alliance Army, which is fully equipped with medium ordnance.  Fifty thousand versus 20,000, they were confident of breaking through Amanulla's motley army's defense line, but the Soviet infantry division in Kunduz was in some trouble.

    How can we retake Kabul before the Soviet army reacts?

    For the first time, Zhang Zhidan put away his cynical pretense. Even if he did not know the full strategic purpose, it can be seen from the above that the entire Asian Liberation Brigade, which had been cultivated for several years, was transferred to his disposal, and that the weapons arsenal was opened. This battle will never be tolerated.  There is a mistake!  ¡­
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