There was no deliberate concealment of Shepard's small cooperation with the Saudis. He even took the initiative to report it to Morgan, who found out about it and had no objections.
Nixon's visit to China broke the ice in Sino-U.S. relations. A big reason is that the United States needs to win over China as an ally to fight against the Soviet Union during its power. Therefore, in the view of senior executives like Morgan, the country on the other side of the ocean may become a NATO ally in the future. It's not impossible.
Then, it’s nothing to make deals with future allies, and companies like Grumman, Boeing, and General Motors buy more and bigger things!
Moreover, as the director of the CIA, Morgan's most important task at the moment is to hinder the Soviets. Whoever attacks the Soviet Union is a friend of the United States. As for what this person did before and what he will do after that, of course it has nothing to do with the CIA. , they only care about opposing the Soviet Union!
It has to be said that the Soviet Union during this period was indeed an elusive behemoth. The shock and psychological shadow that the grand Western 81 military exercise brought to the world has not yet dissipated, and to put it bluntly, even if In the war in Afghanistan, the Soviet army also performed well. It took less than a few weeks to basically control the entire territory of Afghanistan.
It can be said that if Afghanistan were a slightly normal small country, then this war would have ended with the complete victory of the Soviet Union.
However, Afghanistan was not normal, and coupled with the continuous funding from those forces that opposed the Soviet Union, this war was dragged into a protracted and exhausting process.
With the payment in place, the relevant departments showed amazing efficiency. Under the so-called battle production they organized, Saudi Arabia's needs were met in less than a month. The relevant departments not only exceeded the production quota , and even packed a little extra in.
The weapons and ammunition were then transported to Fort ***.
Because Afghanistan borders Afghanistan, the mountainous area in northern Afghanistan has become the activity area of the Afghan guerrillas. A large number of Afghan fellow villagers receive training and rest here, and then cross the border into Afghanistan to find the Soviets. trouble.
It can be said that Afghanistan is the Afghans' rear area. If they cannot defeat the Soviets, they will run to Afghanistan because the Soviets dare not pursue large-scale cross-border pursuits.
Therefore, the Afghans can safely and boldly rest inside the territory, wait until they are full and full of food and drink before fighting back, and then wait until they run out of ammunition and food before running back.
In fact, in the combat plan submitted by General Akhromeev to the Soviet top brass, this veteran general who had been on the battlefield for a long time and was admired even by the US military had foreseen this situation and proposed a more radical plan. , a plan to directly occupy Afghanistan and Afghanistan together, but unfortunately, the Soviet high-level officials ignored this plan and only demanded the occupation of Afghanistan.
Therefore, from the beginning, the bitter fruit was planted by the Soviets themselves!
The weapons from China were quickly transported to the camp of the fellow villagers. The trained *** instructors will be responsible for teaching these fellow villagers how to use the weapons. In addition to the weapons, the Chinese side also supported a lot of ammunition carrying equipment and the like. Things, after all, fellow countrymen can't go to the battlefield with only one gun and one magazine.
So things like the 56-type chest hanger and the matching grenade bag, which were already widely praised by PCs, were distributed to fellow villagers.
A Western reporter even left a rather classic photo during the interview.
The photo shows an ordinary fellow wearing a white hat. He is wearing a knee-length white robe and a 56-style chest hanger with three magazines stuffed in it, and on the left and right sides of his waist. On each side, there is a grenade bag with wooden handle grenades stuffed inside. In addition, the fellow has a pair of canvas sneakers from the United States on his feet and is holding a Type 56 submachine gun in his hand.
American shoes, Chinese weapons, and local fellows, this kind of combination that seems a little weird at any time seems to be quite in tune when put together.
A large number of automatic rifles and rocket launchers have greatly alleviated the difficulties faced by the guerrillas, and the millions of rounds of ammunition sent together have allowed the guerrillas to fire boldly without worrying about bullets. However, the 107 rocket launcher has Still need training, so old
The villagers can't use it for the time being.
However, many local armed forces still tried their best to recruit a few people who were literate and numerate to receive training. After all, no one disliked large-caliber weapons.
Ali Said is one of them. He successfully studied for several years relying on the reforms implemented by Red Prince Daoud, but later because the Afghan government's policies were too radical, it led to fierce opposition from civil religious factions and large-scale riots. , he had to drop out of school because his school was destroyed before he finished reading the book.
From then on, Ali helped his father herd sheep at home until he became a teenager. Then, the Soviets came!
Ali didn't know what the Soviets were doing, but his father handed him over to the tribal elders, who then took him to Japan to train him as a rebel.
Because of his reading, Ali quickly became familiar with the use of weapons. The **** instructor even prepared to train him to become a mortar operator. However, with the rocket launcher in place, Ali naturally became a mortar operator. A rocket launcher.
Ali was very confused when he saw the 107 rocket for the first time. It was the first time he saw such a bold weapon, a three-layer nine-tube launcher with two wheels underneath. The launcher was connected to the wheels by two brackets. , can adjust a certain angle.
No matter how he looked at it, Ali felt that this thing looked more like a farm tool than a weapon, just like the cart that pulls grain at home.
However, the big and thick 107 rockets made a deep impression on Ali. Such a big guy weighs 18.8 kilograms, just enough for one person to carry one, and even a teenage boy like Ali can carry it. , it can also withstand long-distance marches on complex terrain.
Moreover, the **** instructor also conducted a test firing demonstration for these students. One gun fired nine rounds in just a few seconds, blowing up a distant hilltop into a sea of flames.
Looking at the burning flame, Ali suddenly found the question he had been pursuing for more than ten years, that is, what on earth was he going to do!
In the past, he always listened to his parents, who told him to go to school and follow the elders, so he followed the elders. But now, he has found his future destination!
"Sir, I want to learn this, I want to learn how to shoot a rocket launcher!"
Ali shouted so loudly!
