Chapter 290 Southern Afghanistan
Afghanistan.
This summer, the entire northern mountainous area is busy.
In the past, people in the mountainous areas could only live on barren land, and their lives were hard and closed, and there was no contact between tribes.
Now, on the simply opened mountain road, there are constant roars, Steyr heavy trucks are carrying ore back and forth, and wealth is also constantly accumulating.
The Afghan free government has gradually become financially afghanistan. Even if it does not rely on external aid, they are full of confidence in winning this war.
The rich people will fight hard to defend the fruits of victory, and their morale is high.
"Our current strength can completely attack big cities." A voice came from a room in the mountainous area, where the Afghan Free Government was located.
"Osama, this is not your concern." Another voice said, "Just manage your economy."
"Hwaja, although I am the Minister of Economic Affairs, and I am also the captain of the Liberty Guard, and I am the power controlled by His Excellency Mhamad! You can't order me!" Osama said: "If you disagree, I will take my people with you and take down Jalalabad first. In this mountainous area, I will be suffocated."
Dana looked at the two who were arguing. In the past six months, Osama and Hwaja have quarreled more than once over the war.
"Without the orders of His Excellency Mhamad, we will continue to implement the current policy," Dana said.
Of course Dana knew what Osama thought. This guy would be itchy when he didn't fight for three days. If he had become the Minister of Defense, he would have already captured many cities. His Excellency Mhamad asked him to be the Minister of Economy. Regardless of military affairs, it would have been intentional.
Now, the economy of the free government has been greatly improved, and the people have money, and the entire occupied area is booming and flourishing.
Just looking at the newly replaced uniforms of the army, you will know that the government is well-off and the troops' equipment has also developed substantively. It is no longer a guerrilla team, but has become a regular army!
The Soviets had no movement in the past six months. As long as the Pakistani Liberal Government did not send troops to attack them, they would also guard the big city. They enjoyed themselves, and both sides seemed to be able to live in peace.
This short-term peace allowed the free government to develop rapidly. Once it breaks the situation, then the wealth that has finally accumulated after another war may disappear again.
Therefore, Dana is also very inclined to maintain the status quo.
"Dana, don't talk, you woman." Osama is almost crazy here. Seeing Dana always helping Hwaja speak, she couldn't help but get angry with Dana.
"Stop quarrel." At this moment, another person walked in with a gloomy face. It was Durani, the president of the Afghan Liberal Government.
"President, come and judge." The evil man Osama complained first: "We have eaten and drunk enough. If the troops do not fight, they will deteriorate and cannot fight."
"Osama. There is the latest mission." Dulani said: "Secret mission, you take your people into the south, mission, provoke conflicts between the guerrillas in the south and the Soviets, the bigger the better!"
This mission was from Pakistan, and Mhamad personally instructed it.
Now, the north is quiet and the south is quiet, but the quietness of the north is different from the quietness of the south.
The quietness of the north was created, and the power of the Afghan Free Army in the north was now enough to conquer cities and defeat the Soviets step by step.
Especially, as soon as a war is fought, the Pakistani Air Force will fly in to protect the airspace here. The airspace belongs to Pakistani people. The Soviet ground troops are useless if they are dispatched. They lose air superiority and even female deer dare not fly. Entering the mountains to wipe out the Afghan Free Army? It would be good enough not to be wiped out by the Afghan Free Army.
However, the south is different. The guerrillas in the south have no ability to confront the Soviet army at all. In the past, they were suppressed and beaten by the Soviet army. Now, they have a very problematic relationship with the Soviet army. In addition, the Soviets used to detour to transport supplies, and it can almost be concluded that they reached some kind of agreement with the Soviet army.
There can be no more war in the north, so if you want to fight, you can only launch it in the south!
Upon hearing this order, Osama immediately looked excited: "Okay!"
I have wanted to fight a war a long time ago, but now I finally do some again!
Unlike the north, many areas in the south are plains.
Kandahar, the main city in southern Afghanistan, is distributed on the plains in the lower reaches of the Argandab River.
And in the southwest of Kandahar, there is a desert.
Leaving the plateau, the climate here is very stuffy.
Southeast of Kandahar, air force base.
This is an important air force base in southern Afghanistan, with a large number of Soviet soldiers and the army of the Afghan pseudo-government.
When they first entered here, the Soviet Air Force was very worried about opposition from Iran. Soon, they became bolder. Due to the tension between Iran and Iraq, they had no energy to take into account the situation in Afghanistan. At most, they just exported some weapons.
Therefore, the Soviet Air Force stationed here mainly Mi24, MiG21 and MiG, most of which were used to provide ground support and eliminate threats from the south.
They went well.
They did not participate in the air battles in the north, they just swept the strongholds of the guerrillas in the middle.
In the past six months, they have only conducted some daily training at the base.
Before the arrival of new fighter jets, the Pakistan Air Force firmly held air supremacy. I heard that the big men of the Moscow military were very indignant and putting greater pressure on the Mikoyan Design Bureau and the Sukhoi Design Bureau. New fighter jets are actively developing.
They need to accumulate strength and temporarily make the Pakistanis rampant. In order to deal with the Afghan Liberal government in the north, they have to stabilize the south. The stability method is very simple. They already have a common goal with the Afghan guerrillas in the south, so it is easy to reach an agreement.
The strong wind rolled up yellow sand and flew around, and the entire base was so shattered that no one was seen.
This kind of weather is not a good weather for flight. In particular, the aviation engine sucks in yellow sand particles, which will greatly reduce the engine's life.
However, the two MiG21s arrived on the runway, and even the tow trucks that were pulling them seemed to be blown away by the wind.
The canopy cover was closed, and Afghan pilots Jodri and Suriman looked at the yellow sand outside the cabin, feeling helpless.
Daily airlift patrol is necessary, and it is announced that they still have a firm grasp of this airspace.
However, there is actually no need for such patrols, because they dare not enter the airspace of the Afghan Free Government, but just fly in the remaining airspace, which makes them even more incompetent.
Moreover, in such a strong windy weather, Soviet pilots were unwilling to take action, so they handed over the patrol mission to pilots from the Afghan pseudo-government.
"Kandahar, please take off." Jodri said in the radio. Just in the radio, the sound of the wind seemed to be heard.
"You can take off." Echoes came from the headphones.
Jodri released the brakes, pushed the throttle all over, the engine roared, and the fighter skidded on the runway.
A burst of crosswind caused the small MiG 21 to shake a little. If the crosswind was too strong and the MiG 21's wings flipped, he would crash during the takeoff.
However, he could only do this. Fortunately, although he was shaking, he was still acceptable. The fighter's speed was getting faster and faster. Finally, he pulled the operating lever backwards, and the fighter suddenly lightened and left the runway.
When climbing, when it reaches a high altitude, the airflow is not so powerful. It exceeds 10,000 meters, and it is almost sunny!
The two MiG21s continued to climb, and no one noticed the sudden appearance of two flames on the ground.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, Jodri felt the fuselage tremble, and then the instruments in front of him began to fall quickly, and countless red lights flashed.
Engine failure and hydraulic oil pressure loss!
Oops, it's going to be a crash! Intuitively, he wanted to pull the ejection handle, but looking at the yellow sand rolled up by the strong wind outside, he knew that if he ejected out, he might die faster. Under such strong winds, the parachute would definitely not be able to unfold.
Prompt landing! He operated the fighter plane hard, and continued to descend in the strong wind and yellow sand, until yellow sand suddenly appeared in front of him, and the fighter plane had already arrived in the desert.
The nose of the machine plunged into a sand dune, and he felt countless yellow sand coming towards him, and the huge force hit him, making him unconscious...
The wingman behind him had no luck, disintegrated in the air.
At dusk, the wind and sand gradually decrease.
A search convoy finally found that half of the fuselage had penetrated into the sand dunes, and the rear fuselage had been blown up to pieces.
Found it! Finally found it! The search convoy was very happy and began to rescue the fighter plane.
When the head of the fighter was pulled out, the pilot inside had no breathing. He did not die by impact, but was suffocated to death. Under the sand dunes, there was no oxygen inside. The oxygen brought by the fighter could only last for two hours.
They observed the rear of the fighter again and finally found a problem. The fighter did not crash due to bad weather. The cause of the crash was that it was attacked by a portable missile and the engine was hit!
It has always been very safe here. After reaching an agreement with the southern guerrillas, there has never been another attack. Could it be that the Afghan guerrillas have gone back on their word? Or did the people from the north do it?
This special accident made the commander of Kandahar Air Force Base feel uneasy. He sat in the office, waiting for the analysis results to come out. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!