Although Saudi Arabia maintains a good relationship with the United States, and is willing to purchase weapons from the United States with real money, but the Saudis are old and young, and no matter how much the Saudis stick to the Americans, they still can't compare to Israel's status in the hearts of the United States.
After all, Britain and the United States are just a conjugated father-son relationship, while Israel is a standard American grandpa. This is not just a casual statement. Israel can defeat all Arabs in the Middle East only by relying on one vote from Jewish veterans of the Soviet Union and American equipment, especially during the Yom Kippur War, Israel was at risk of total failure. In order to help Israel, the United States launched Operation Five Cent Rescue.
This action did not mean that the United States gave Israel five cents, but that Nixon ordered the United States to send all aircraft that could take off to the Middle East to make up for Israel's losses.
In order to ensure air superiority, Israel also purchased active fighter jets, and those F4 fighter jets even just changed their logos, and were then flown by American pilots to participate in air battles. It can be said that the U.S. arsenal is completely open to Israel, as long as Israel has demand, then any ammunition will be sent to Tel Aviv as soon as possible.
Saudi Arabia, which is really a little frightened by Israel's violent expansion in the Middle East, has been eager to purchase advanced missile systems to enhance its defense force. However, the United States has always refused to allow Saudi Arabia to purchase its own missiles. As for the relationship between the Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia, the relationship between the Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia is even more complicated. Oops, impossible to buy either.
Therefore, Prince Sultan, who serves as the commander of the National Air Defense Force, is very depressed, but now, he feels that Saudi Arabia can consider purchasing third-party missiles!
But Prince Sultan is just thinking about it now, because ballistic missiles are an important weapon of the country. There are only a handful of countries capable of developing them, and they generally will not be easily sold to outsiders. It is impossible for the Saudi government to come directly to ask the other party. Whether you can sell this ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear warhead, so this matter needs to be discussed in the long term, at least to make the relationship between the two parties further! .
At the same time, some people were worried about the large fireworks that could be launched from the ground and then fall from the sky. However, his identity was somewhat special and he belonged to the National Security Council of the Soviet Union.
"Those rockets that appeared out of nowhere caused a lot of losses to our soldiers. Major General Beliukov, do you have any clues?"
Looking at his immediate superior in a crisp uniform in front of him, Major General Beliukov, who was responsible for summarizing enemy information in Afghanistan, could only stand at attention and replied loudly.
"Comrade General, we already have relevant information. The rockets come from China, were purchased by the Afghan militia, and were transferred to Afghanistan via the Soviet Union!"
"Then what?"
At this moment, the outdoor temperature in Kabul has reached 36 degrees, but the major general in the room only feels the chill spreading along his back.
"We have begun to mobilize our elite forces to cut off this transportation line. I will personally lead the team and take command!"
The major general knew that he had made a big mistake. If he did not want to be graduated from the KGB, he could only make up for it with all his strength. Otherwise, the end would be very tragic. The KGB could tolerate mistakes and failures, but it would not tolerate incompetence. Such trash is a crime against the great motherland, and it is the most intolerable thing for the man in front of him. He does not want to die in the cold wind of Siberia!
"Then I wish you good luck!"
The Afghan guerrillas were not without heavy weapons in the past. They had towed guns, mortars, etc. provided by the Communist Party, and they had also used them to attack Soviet troops.
But the previous attacks could only be regarded as piecemeal, and the Soviet army could easily deal with them. But this time, it was different. From Khost Province in the north to Kandahar Province in the south, guerrillas appeared in four provinces. The rocket attack was not an independent incident, but a chain. Although the casualties suffered by the Soviet army were only around double digits, most of them were recoverable and could be cured by applying medicine in the hospital for a few days. kind of.
However, independent attacks and chain attacks have completely different meanings. The latter shows that the scattered Afghan militias are slowly beginning to gather, changing from stragglers to group operations, which means that the Soviets will face more troubles.
And most importantly, the KGB's view of the militia
The presence of a large number of rocket launchers, weapons and ammunition in their hands was not noticed in advance. This was an absolute shame for the KGB, which had always regarded intelligence as its special skill.
In order to wash away this shame, the Soviet troops and the KGB in Afghanistan deployed a lot of force.
They mobilized the 264th Independent Special Forces Regiment, which specialized in radio and radio technical intelligence and was originally stationed in Kabul, the 15th Special Forces Brigade, the 22nd Special Forces Brigade, the 345th Guards Independent Air Assault Regiment, and the 56th Guards Independent Air Assault Regiment. The first brigade, with a combined elite force of nearly ten thousand people, began the encirclement and suppression of border areas, especially the four provinces bordering Afghanistan and Japan.
These troops made great contributions when they first attacked Afghanistan, and after several years of battles in Afghanistan, they are also quite skilled in how to deal with their opponents.
With the cooperation of Mi-8 Hippo helicopters, Mi-24 Hind armed transport helicopters, as well as Aerospace Force fighters, attack aircraft and ground armor, these elite Soviet troops surrounded many guerrillas without much effort. Between the mountains.
Elite Soviet special forces would board a Hind helicopter and appear directly above the hiding guerrillas. The Hind helicopter would first carry out a fire strike, then land and open the crew cabin, drop the special forces on board, and launch a ground assault.
The tactics of the Soviet special forces do not stop there. They will also use the dark operations that are regarded as cover by the Afghan guerrillas. The Soviet special forces equipped with night vision goggles and PBS rifle silencers will reach the guerrilla sentries extremely quietly. side, and then launch an assault.
The guerrillas who were attacked were knocked to the ground one by one in the dark before they even had time to react. The Soviet special forces had no intention of leaving anyone alive. Even those who were knocked down by bullets would be shot again.
It can be said that under the careful encirclement and suppression by the Soviets, the anti-Soviet cause that had just made some progress due to the aid of arms was once again on the verge of collapse.
And this also made the man whose name must not be mentioned realize that trying to force the Soviet Union to withdraw by relying on the so-called guerrillas to fight head-on was simply a wishful thinking. The guerrillas should just continue to hide and seek in the mountains!
