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    Attack, attack, attack!

    After the general offensive in Kunduz began, all departments of the National Defense Forces that entered Afghanistan took full action, and most of Afghanistan became a war zone.  Troops crossed the mountains and ridges according to the plan, and the interspersed lines covered the entire map.  Most ordinary Afghans welcome these volunteers from China, and many of them spontaneously take on the work of guides and mule and horse transport teams.  Afterwards, statistics showed that a total of 300,000 Afghans were more or less involved in the logistics work. This was all due to Zhang Zhidan's nine years of hard work, which allowed the locals to gradually understand and recognize China.

    Those scattered small arrows formed two large arrows, pointing directly at Baghlan and Kunduz, the center of the battle.  When the two Soviet divisions in Baghlan were trapped in the valley by intensive artillery shells and machine guns during the breakout, the core battle for Kunduz also entered a fever pitch.  Du Yuming finally breathed a sigh of relief when more than 300 heavy trucks arrived in the middle of the night and a transport group of 2,000 mules and horses arrived from Kabul early the next morning.  Two battalions of the 16th Mountain Brigade arrived one after another. After the ammunition crisis was temporarily resolved, he decisively invested more than 4,000 infantrymen and hundreds of tanks at once and launched continuous attacks.

    "More effort! Let the air force concentrate on bombing the river and don't let the reinforcements come over. Third Battalion, protect the 23rd Regiment and go around it. Set up a sniper line here. If the Soviets cross the river, I will kill you!"

    "Come on, come all the way, don't even get the soup! You little melon, give me a good fight, and let's fight together to the Soviet Union!"

    "Flame gunhuh."

    Amidst the whirring sound of the flamethrower, the hundreds of meters long flame was particularly dazzling in the night.  Yakovic, who was hiding in the bunker, was shivering while nibbling the last bit of dry food.  The soldiers around him, like him, endured the severe cold and hunger in the Afghan plateau, and had to guard against the elusive Chinese soldiers, which was a real hardship.  Looking out from the small cracks, no complete building can be found, and there are deep craters left by the explosion everywhere.  The corpses of comrades and enemies were mixed together, the snow was dyed red, and the whole Kunduz was groaning and bleeding.

    The morale of the Soviet army dropped rapidly, but the plateau mountain infantry from the 16th Brigade on the opposite side showed the results of years of hard training.  These men who came out of Sichuan, Xikang and Tibet are short and thin, but they have amazing tenacity and perseverance in their bodies.  The cold plateau area is extremely uncomfortable for the soldiers of the 10th Armored Division who are stationed in Shandong all year round. Since the beginning of the war, they have lost countless soldiers due to altitude sickness alone, but in their eyes, it is the most familiar hunting ground.  They took the squad as a unit and used the most familiar three-three tactics, just like a group of plateau antelopes jumping from one place to another.  Ignoring the severe cold and obstacles, they quickly cut through the city, dividing the reserve forces invested by the Soviet army into small pieces.

    This is a typical small tactic in urban street fighting. It is like driving fish out of the abyss. First, cut off a small area to form a small encirclement. After using superior firepower to block the enemy troops in nearby blocks to block the support, you can then concentrate your efforts to clear the encirclement.  of enemy troops.  Under this skillful small-scale cutting tactic, the Soviet army was constantly eliminated and surrounded.  to the afternoon of the next day.  Using armored forces and air force to intercept, the offensive forces have occupied the mosque in the center of the city, cutting Kunduz into two parts, the east and west, for separate encirclement and suppression.

    "Hold on! The 153rd Division is coming soon."

    "Company Commander, we are surrounded! They are coming!"

    "Comrades, for the sake of the Soviets, rush out with me!" After receiving the report, Captain Yakovic swallowed the last mouthful of dry food and led the soldiers to jump out of the bunker.

    He is an old officer.  In 1920, when the Soviet Union was at its most difficult, he resolutely joined the army at the age of 16.  In his 17 years of service, he has seen too many tragic battles and seen several times more corpses than now.  He always thought that no battle would be difficult for him, but he had never seen such tactics, so before he understood what was going on, he was surrounded by a mountain company.

    After seeing the encirclement formed and two Chinese infantry squads crawling towards his position in the night, he completely forgot about the tactical instructions and shouted and led the soldiers to try to break out of the encirclement.  "Dong dong dong, dong dong dong." Different from the tearing sounds that had been heard for several days, a tongue of fire in the darkness on the left stung the eyes of all the Soviet soldiers!  "It's a trap. Get down, get down" A 12.7mm Venom Fang heavy machine gun placed in a dark blind corner opened fire.

    The bullet passed through the waist of the comrade next to Yakovic, and the impact directly cut the comrade's body in half!  Another comrade's legs were directly broken by bullets.  Even if you hide behind a wall, it's useless. These bullets can easily penetrate the wall and kill the people behind.  "Get down, don't move. Get down!" Yakovic's eyes were bloodshot, and he wanted to rush over and blow up the heavy machine gun immediately, but he knew better to protect his company first.  But he thought he could avoid the bullets by lying down. Two flames instantly shot out from both sides.It swept over, sparks flew and gasoline flowed, directly burning several soldiers to a bloody pulp.

    How can we fight like this!  If you lie here any longer, you will become a roasted pig.  The remaining soldiers were so frightened that they jumped up and tried to break out of the encirclement. However, the heavy machine gun and general machine gun fire directly reduced most of Yakovic's company.  "Long live the Soviets" Yakovic's eyes turned red, he gritted his teeth and shouted loudly. He jumped out of the bunker and rushed desperately towards the elite mountain infantry on the opposite side. However, a precise bullet was fired from an unknown source.  Hit him in the chest.

    In the darkness, a sniper used an iron nail to mark stripes on the butt of his gun and began to look for the next target.  Through the faint firelight, one can see that the expensive walnut stock that is close to the cheek is densely covered with horizontal bars.

    After solving the encirclement, the mountain infantry handed over the area to the Afghan soldiers, and then spread out to surround the next block.  The tactics of chasing fish for the deep completely disrupted the deployment of the Soviet army. As more and more neighborhoods were cut and cleared, Zhukov could no longer effectively organize and command the scattered troops. The orders he issued could not even pass through a few streets. In the end, he had to take the lead in  The headquarters withdrew to the other side of the Kunduz River and watched helplessly as its soldiers and the city were slowly swallowed up by their superior opponents.

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    As the main force of the 10th Army continues to enter Afghanistan, domestic military forces are gradually mobilized.  More and more soldiers are riding on the train, singing loud military songs, and heading towards the northwest, which they dream about.  Although the veterans who have fought in the war have retired for many years, although these healthy and lively young people still do not know the horror of war.  However, after more than 20 years of compulsory education, patriotism and national concepts have gradually taken root in the hearts of the people. Generations of young people have understood the country, glory and responsibility.  Following in the footsteps of our ancestors, we put on the sacred military uniform without hesitation.

    ¡°Compared with the veterans who have made great achievements in the National Defense Forces, they now have more sophisticated weapons and more training experience. They are full of confidence and firmly believe that there is no trench that cannot be passed on the land of Asia.  When more and more of them walked out of the barracks, got on trucks and drove to the nearest train station, the situation in Asia was turned upside down by them.

    Beijing has also begun to show the achievements of twenty years of national construction in just one month.  Railroads alone transported a full 15 infantry divisions and all supplies northwest.  Even the Associated Press was amazed. You must know that it is winter, and the railway line from Guannai to the northwest is thousands of kilometers long!

    The war in Afghanistan has affected the whole world, and the queue of cars from Beijing¡¯s foreign affairs department to inquire about the news can reach Xizhimen.  The most lively Ministry of National Defense was even more crowded. Officers at all levels crowded the conference room, wishing they could pull all the troops they had on hand.  What are you doing here?  Exercise!  Whoever can reach the position of a senior officer is not a human being?  Although it has not been announced to the public, no specific regulations and measures have been introduced.  But the rush to start work in all military factories and equipment manufacturing companies with three shifts in a row can explain all the problems!  A war that has been waiting for twenty years is just around the corner!

    ¡° Taking advantage of the opportunity of the war in Afghanistan, it is the idea of ????all the officers to take the little boys out for exercise.  Even the Marine Corps asked to send troops to fight.  "Go away, tell Dongfang Chen to guard the island for me!" In front of the Presidential Palace, as soon as Wang Zhengting got out of the car, he saw Yue Peng angrily chasing Chen Shaokuan away.  After hearing the whole story, he was a little surprised: "Zian. Isn't it a good thing for the troops to seek war? Didn't they say yesterday that the Soviet Union was still sending troops to Afghanistan? There is a lot of pressure on Mei Sheng."

    "My good Prime Minister, you think I don't want to! It's just that broken road. How many things have been delayed? If there was a railway, I would have swept through Afghanistan eight times! 200,000 is already the largest scale that can be maintained now."

    Wang Zhengting didn't know how to fight. Hearing Yue Peng say that logistical pressure did not allow for more troops to be sent, he frowned and said: "Zian, I met Li Liejun a few days ago and he said that you are fighting this battle in a hurry. From a logistical point of view, one month  We are simply not prepared for such a big battle."

    "It's a bit urgent." Yue Peng nodded.  It would be a lie to say there is no rush. There was only one month between Nader Shah's visit to Beijing and the start of the war. Even in a place like the northwest with three railways, it would be difficult to transport the amount of materials needed for a campaign, let alone Afghanistan.  Planting in mountainous areas.  Therefore, the most common response on the front line during this period was supply and road difficulties.  But if he were given another choice, he would still launch an attack immediately, saying: "Cousin Confucius, you don't understand the war. Afghanistan is a plateau and mountainous area, the roads are difficult, and the winter traffic rate of the resource highway is really poor. On the contrary, the Soviet army  We have been stationed in Kunduz and other places for nine years. We already have sufficient weapons and ammunition, and are supported by railway lines. In terms of geography and transportation, we have actually lost. If Kunduz cannot be solved quickly, once the winter is over, the railway carrying capacity will  Come up here and fight againit will be ten times harder than now!"

    Wang Zhengting doesn¡¯t know how to fight, but he helped Yang Qiu handle matters such as the mobilization of military supplies in his early years, so he knows?How much material is needed for a battle.  If the Soviet army does not take advantage of the fact that the Soviet army does not understand the domestic technological and equipment advantages in recent years and quickly eats up Kunduz, I am afraid that it will really reach a stalemate.  So he then asked: "You can take care of Afghanistan. I won't ask any more questions, but what is the current situation in the northwest?"

    "Both the Soviet Union and we are increasing their troops. According to preliminary intelligence, plus the original troops, the Soviet Union has accumulated 35 divisions outside our borders, half of which are in Karaganda. We now have 25 divisions, and we are preparing to add more in the next step.  Add 10 divisions. Now the railway from Moscow to here is often delayed by wind and snow. Unless we take the initiative, we will not be able to fight in the northwest for the time being."

    "That's good, that's good." Wang Zhengting finally let go of his worries when he learned that the northwest could not be fought for the time being.  Recently, the economy has been gradually shifting towards armaments. Although the vitality data has increased significantly on the surface, it has actually slowly affected the civilian field. It would be really nervous to start a full-scale war in the northwest now.

    After chatting about the war situation, Yue Peng asked about supporting Afghanistan: "Prime Minister, what about the railway and loans? The president is worried."

    When Nader Shah visited China, Yang Qiu promised to provide loans to Afghanistan to help the country rebuild and restore its economy, and also proposed the idea of ??building a Beijing-Kabul-Tehran railway.  Loans are definitely no problem. If the Republic of China wants to go global, it must strengthen capital exports. However, the railway makes Wang Zhengting a little worried: "I have submitted loans and aid to Congress for review. Guofu said that they will be approved by the end of the Gregorian calendar year at the latest."  . But the railway is built to Tehran. Isn¡¯t it too eye-catching?¡±

    Iran is a strategic location in the Persian Gulf, so Yang Qiu has been wooing it.  It just so happened that the establishment of Saudi Arabia allowed Arab countries to see another possibility of independence. Reza Khan, who was eager to get rid of Britain and France, and was worried about the threat of the Soviet Union, almost hit it off with China. In recent years, the relationship between the two countries has been very hot.  However, because he was worried about the opposition of Britain, France and the Soviet Union, he only conducted peripheral exchanges. It was not until the war in Afghanistan started that Yang Qiu wanted to completely win over Iran, so he proposed the idea of ??this railway.  Not only the railway, he is also preparing to use oil weapons again, following the example of Saudi Arabia in purchasing oil exploration and oil fields from Iran, funding Reza Khan to get rid of the threats of Britain and the Soviet Union, and further establishing the status of the Republic of China in the Arab world.  It¡¯s just that Afghanistan has already worried the UK. Xu Gesen¡¯s recent statement further proves that the UK has no intention of getting involved. Will talking about this at this time intensify the conflict?

    Yue Peng saw his worry, smiled slightly and whispered: "Bai Chongxi took Reza Khan's cronies and generals to Afghanistan, and he must have seen our strength. As for the railway what the president means is,  All you need to do is find a way to get Congress to secretly approve it and set the amount of money, and it doesn¡¯t matter whether it¡¯s built or not.¡±

    "Huh? Secret approval." Wang Zhengting turned his head, what did he want to do?

    Yue Peng chuckled, and just when he was about to explain why he did this, there was a sudden rush of shouts from behind him.  "I've got it! I've got it, haha" Turning around, Jiang Fangzhen trotted towards the President's Office. He didn't even bother to say hello when he saw the two of them, he opened the door and shouted happily:  "President! Great victory, great victory! Kunduz was won!"

    "What!" Wang Zhengting suddenly rushed forward and grabbed the telegram regardless of his appearance.

    On December 12, 1937, after four days of fierce fighting, a total of 30,000 soldiers of the 10th Armored Division, the 23rd Infantry Regiment and the 16th Brigade of the Chinese National Defense Force, and the 16th Brigade of the Chinese National Defense Force, as well as the 3rd Division of the Afghan Army, sacrificed 673 people.  At the cost of more than 1,400 injuries and the loss of 29 tanks and armored vehicles, it took only five days to break through the Khan Balad Isthmus, known as the "Gate to Hell" by military strategists from various countries, and capture the strategic town in northern Afghanistan in one fell swoop.  Kunduz.  In the five days of fierce fighting, a total of 41 tanks were destroyed, more than 6,700 Soviet troops were killed and injured, more than 14,000 prisoners were taken, more than 1,000 tanks and trucks of various types, 21 aircraft, and a total of 1,000 light and heavy weapons were killed and wounded.  Thousands of pieces, the bombs also successfully forced the Soviet 57th Division and the remnants of the 71st Division to retreat hastily to Termez outside the Afghan border.

    The loss of Kunduz not only meant that the northern gate of Afghanistan was completely closed, and the Soviet army could only enter and exit Afghanistan through Herat, but also meant that the 30,000 Soviet troops surrounded in Baghlan completely lost their way out.  Although Moscow kept demanding a bloody fight to the end and never surrender, the Soviet 131st Division, 36th Motorized Division, 8th Armored Brigade, 9th Armored Brigade, and 11th Tank Brigade, which were short of food, clothing, and supplies, learned that Kunduz  After being lost, they only lasted for two days before they all laid down their weapons and declared their surrender.

    The thunder that exploded over the Pamir Plateau completely shocked the world!

    No one expected that in just 14 days, the troops and supplies were not perfect. It can even be said that the somewhat hasty Chinese Volunteer Army relied on its strong combat capabilities and air force superiority to reduce the pre-war possession of more than 170 tanks and 200 tanks.  The Soviet army in northern Afghanistan, which had more than one fighter plane and 323 artillery pieces of various types, was completely wiped out. Only two remaining divisions with less than 10,000 people fled back to Termez.

     After the news broke, everyone wanted to know one thing, where will Moscow go?

    (To be continued.)
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