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Preparations soon began.

These preparations were made based on the information I got.

For example, it is mentioned in the data that most of Afghanistan is mountainous...not suitable for mobile troops to operate. In fact, I have known this for a long time, and I have trained the troops in advance for this point.Now that this is confirmed, my armored vehicles, tanks and artillery companies are all unnecessary.

Another example is the climate of Afghanistan, which is hot during the day and extremely cold at night... I didn’t expect this. I think it may be because of the serious damage to the trees and grasslands in Afghanistan. In ancient times, Afghanistan was full of forests and grasslands, which were over-exploited and exploited. After grazing, it became the current desert...

When plants are exposed to direct sunlight, they absorb the heat of the sun to cool down, and after the sun goes down, they will also play a role in heat preservation, so the temperature in places with a lot of vegetation will not change too much.On the contrary, if it is a desert, sweet potatoes can be roasted as soon as the sun comes out, and they enter the ice cellar as soon as the mountain sets.

So we have to bring the marching quilt...

These preparations are relatively easy, and the more troublesome preparation is translation... It is known from the information that the official languages ​​​​of the Afghans are Persian and Pashto...

This makes me feel awkward, it's all this time, where else can I find someone who can speak Persian and Pashto?

However, Commander Zhang resolved this point for me. In fact, he had thought about it long ago. Before the Afghan inspection team sent back the materials, he secretly summoned Persian or Pashto-speaking soldiers in the entire army.

Sometimes I wonder...how come there are soldiers who can speak Persian and Pashto in our army?

I didn't realize it until Sahid found me...

"Battalion Commander!" Sahaide asked me a little strangely: "Why do our troops use those who can speak Persian?"

"Why do you care about it?" I said angrily, "The superiors have their own ideas, why do you need to ask?"

In fact, I am out of the principle of confidentiality, so I don't plan to say more.

"I..." Sahaide said with some grievances: "I don't want to ask too much, I just said... I can speak Persian too!"

"You will too?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but wonder: "How can you say such a thing?"

"Persian is the language of our ancestors, isn't it?" Sahaide explained: "I am from the Hui nationality... Our ancestors said this, but there are fewer people who speak it now... I heard the old people in our village say it because We were forbidden to speak Persian during the Ming and Qing dynasties, so many people forgot it, and not many people can speak it now!"

"Oh!" I couldn't help but suddenly realized...the Hui people don't eat pork, Muslims...I used to think they were a minority, but now that I'm talking about it...the Hui people in our country may have migrated from Afghanistan.

"Then why do you know Persian now?" I asked curiously.

"I'm from Xinjiang!" Sahaide said, "Afghanistan is right next to us. Many of our people go to Afghanistan to do business...the kind that buys and sells jade and jewelry. There are also people from Afghanistan who come to our village to do business... In addition, if you don’t learn Persian, you can’t understand the Qur’an, and the number of people will increase over time!”

"Oh!" I nodded.

I have to admit that my geographical knowledge is lacking, and I don’t even know that Xinjiang Province borders Afghanistan, but I have heard of Afghan Jade... It seems that there is a "Lapis Road" between Afghanistan and China. Like the Silk Road, because Afghanistan is rich in gemstones, the trade with China has never been broken since ancient times, so there are naturally cultural exchanges.

Therefore, just as there are many Chinese who speak Vietnamese on the Sino-Vietnamese border, there are also many people who speak Afghan on the Sino-Arab border.

So this problem was solved, Sahid and others not only speak Persian, but also have the same beliefs as the Afghans, so what kind of customs and taboos are similar... I later learned that these taboos are all from the Koran , so of course it is the same.

The next step is to let the soldiers simply learn how to get along with the Afghans... This is actually to understand some etiquette and some taboos, not something difficult to remember... It's just that our canned meat can't be taken to Afghanistan , Our canned meat is basically made of pork, and pork is taboo for Muslims... If you accidentally hand them a box of canned meat, you may cause trouble.

At this time, the soldiers were a little puzzled...

"Battalion Commander!" Shen Guoxin asked a little strangely: "We... aren't we fighting devils? Why... why are you learning these things?"

Before I could answer Dao Scar, he scolded at Li Zuolong: "If I tell you to learn, you will learn...why ask so many questions?!"

Dao Scar scolded me before me... Why is Shen Guoxin still not enlightened after practicing at this point? If I can tell you, I told you early in the morning, why do I need to wait for you to ask?

The next thing to prepare is the military supplies that we will bring to aid Afghanistan... I don't need to worry about these things, that's what Commander Zhang and other upper-level officers should worry about most.

I just gave them a suggestion... There is no need to suggest that they also know which equipment is suitable for fighting in such mountainous areas and which equipment is not suitable, such as armored vehicles, tanks and the like... I'm afraid there is no need to send them Well, on the contrary, things like submachine guns and ak47 are more adaptable.

Finally, on the fifth day, when all these preparations were done... We set off secretly that night.

This time the departure was a bit different from usual... Usually when we set off, people in the base could hear a little bit of wind, so some cadres in the base would spontaneously come to see us off.But this time... even Zhang Fan didn't know we were leaving, so even she didn't come to see us off!

In fact, it's not just that she doesn't know... Even I received the order half an hour before departure, and the order was not sent by phone or telegram, but by two guards next to Commander Zhang. a letter.

Before I had time to open the letter, Commander Zhang called: "Have you received the order?"

"Got it!" I said.

"Execute now!"

"Yes!"

……

So half an hour later our convoy set off... This time it was not as cool as before. There were armored vehicles, all of them were cars, and the car license plates were painted with paint as usual. No one was allowed to get out of the car, not to probe, not to make any noise, the back compartment of the car was tightly covered with canvas, and it was so dark inside that you couldn't see your fingers... Except for the driver and me, the soldiers were not at all. Know where this is going!

This is of course out of the principle of confidentiality, especially since our troops still have to secretly go to Afghanistan to perform missions. If the Soviets find out or catch something, I am afraid that it will cause some political disputes, so it will It is common sense to be so careful.

But having said that... our team of 500 people is equipped with automatic rifles, machine guns and so on. Finished.

In these days...it is not too common to have more than a dozen military vehicles running on the road, and there are no cannons behind the vehicles and no tanks behind them. Even if the Soviet spies discovered such a team, they would not feel any fuss. .The only thing that makes them suspicious is... our convoy is not bound for Yanjing Railway Station, but for Tianjin Xingang...

But it’s not surprising to go to Tianjin Xingang. The canvas is tightly wrapped, and we hid in it without making a sound. No one knows that it’s loaded with troops... Maybe it’s shipped to the port to go to sea. What about the goods?

I have been mentally prepared to take the sea route from the port... Commander Zhang discussed with me before that it is too conspicuous to go from the airport, and a large number of military supplies are not easy to disguise and it is not convenient to transport. It is much more convenient to go by sea. , Once the container is loaded...who knows what's inside.

After more than an hour, our convoy arrived at the destination... But arriving at the destination does not mean that we will see the sun again.

In fact... our convoy drove directly into a warehouse. After several teams assembled and counted the number of people, I pointed to the dozen or so containers next to me and ordered: "Everyone has... Take the platoon as a unit. container!"

"What?" The soldiers couldn't help being stunned when they heard this... into the container?

But doubts are doubts. At this time, no one dared to ask questions, so with a few low-pitched passwords, the soldiers walked into the container one by one.

I finally walked in with the battalion department, translators and several consultants... These consultants included Chen Yiyi and Chen Qiaoqiao. This was not arranged by me, but the nature of their work belonged to the category of consultants. Moreover, they often have to discuss with the staff how to train and formulate training plans, so it is only natural that they will be assigned to the battalion headquarters.

The container was quickly closed and locked from the outside, and there was a sense of oppression and crisis in an instant, as if one's life had been handed over to others but he could do nothing about it.

At this moment, I felt someone beside me holding my hand and leaning against me...it was Chen Yiyi!I realized this very quickly because I sensed it was a woman right away.

A man is always very strong when he has the protection that a woman needs, so the fear in my heart quickly disappeared, and instead I tightened her hand to express comfort!

But I soon found out that I was wrong, because when the flashlight is on...it is not forbidden to use a flashlight in the container, because the light will not be exposed.

At this time, I was surprised to find that Chen Yiyi was opposite me, and the one holding my hand was Chen Qiaoqiao... (To be continued.)