"Allahu Akoba!"
Although higher-level units have issued warnings to be wary of recent guerrilla attacks, when the explosions of guerrilla rockets and war cries echoed in the valley outside Sailfish Post, the Soviet soldiers in the camp were still unavoidable Somewhat panicked.
"Captain, Captain!"
An airborne sergeant wearing a helmet and a Guoka combat uniform strode to a semi-underground bunker in the corner of the base carrying an AK74 assault rifle. He was about to knock on the door, and then the door was opened.
Immediately, Captain Balalaika, who was also wearing a hooded Guoka combat uniform, walked out of the room carrying his beloved SVD.
"How's it going?"
"not so good!"
The sergeant followed closely behind the trotting captain. The two came to the wall bunker on one side of the base. At this moment, about twenty Soviet soldiers had gathered here. In addition to the elite VDV airborne troops, there were also some ordinary infantry. .
"The sentries saw about three hundred people, but there should be more. They are charging from the west and east sides of the valley. The enemy's artillery position should be on the high ground in the north. They have rocket launchers and mortars... "
After hearing the brief report of the enemy's situation, a trace of self-mockery flashed across Balalaika's face.
"These guys really think highly of us!"
"They probably think of our place as an important base!"
The Soviet infantry captain on the side said with a wry smile.
The Sailfish Outpost is actually not that important. The permanent troops stationed here are only two platoons. They are the guard posts on the western passage of Kabul and are responsible for the security of two roads and a bridge passing through here.
After Balalaika's company was transferred to the 40th Group Army in Afghanistan, it was assigned to the 76th Airborne Division, and was then assigned to Sailfish Outpost by its superiors to deal with possible attacks.
They were just brought here yesterday by Mi-8 helicopters. Many of them only slept for less than six hours before being awakened by the explosion.
At this moment, this outpost, which looks like a triangle and a pentagon spliced together, is being attacked from all directions.
The east and west roads of the post are now full of running Afghan guerrillas, and the guerrillas are also active on the northern and southern slopes.
All the Soviet soldiers in the camp were now engaged in the battle. The number of enemies was five or six times theirs. No one dared to take it lightly. All the firepower equipment in the camp was put into operation.
Although there are less than 150 Soviet soldiers in Sailfish Camp, the firepower configuration here is quite luxurious. The camp has complete walled trench bunkers, a large number of heavy machine guns and automatic grenade launchers, and there are enough firepower in the center of the camp. There are eight 120mm heavy mortars. In addition, there is a combat readiness warehouse with sufficient ammunition and food stored in the camp more than ten meters underground.
In the center of the camp, there is also a large helicopter landing field that can take off and land all types of helicopters.
But now, this place has become the main coverage area for the guerrillas' long-range firepower. Almost two-thirds of the rocket launchers and mortars were fired on the concrete tarmac.
Although the guerrillas did not understand helicopter tactics, they knew that helicopters needed a stable place to take off and land. Therefore, in order to prevent the Soviet soldiers in the base from receiving reinforcements, they attacked there as soon as possible.
Balalaika reported to the regiment headquarters immediately after the attack, but then they learned a rather unpleasant news.
Large-scale armed attacks have broken out across Afghanistan, from Kabul to Faizabad in the north and Kandahar in the south.
Especially in several provinces in the south, Afghan guerrillas gathered tens of thousands of troops from nowhere and tried to counterattack towards the cities.
Therefore, elite airborne troops have been mobilized, running around as fire brigade to support those besieged strongholds. Balalaika's Sailfish Outpost can only rely on itself at present, because there is a large military camp not far from them. The base is currently fighting about 6,000 guerrillas, and the tanks and armored vehicles there will not be able to support them until at least the next day.
Although
He had long expected that the reinforcements he hoped for would not be able to depart in time, but Balalaika could not help but feel a little disappointed. After all, how could the invincible Soviet army become like this?
However, contrary to Balalaika's expectation, although the guerrillas who besieged the outpost attacked fiercely, they actually did not cause too many casualties to the camp, because those guerrilla soldiers, or the cannon fodder of the guerrillas, were nothing at all. Qualified soldier.
They launched wave after wave of group charges on both sides of the hills and roads. Each time, dozens of people rushed over, shouting and holding weapons.
Then, they were knocked to the ground by countless machine guns and automatic grenade launchers on the road. The ferocious firepower of the Soviets was like an insurmountable peak in front of the charging guerrillas. No matter how many casualties they paid, there was still no one. Can climb over.
Less than an hour after the attack started, the guerrillas lost more than 200 lives around the outpost, but even so, the besieging guerrillas still did not decrease at all. Under the leadership of their commander, they still They continued to launch mortar bombings and rocket bombings, and then after the bombing ended, they chanted slogans and continued to kill people.
"Don't stop the mortars, don't stop! Keep going north!"
The Soviet commander who was originally stationed here was dumbfounded. He had never seen this tactic of hitting the mace with his head. Those guerrillas seemed to intend to consume all the ammunition on the position, and they were like waves. of coming.
The mortars in the camp have overheated their barrels, but the enemy's charge has not stopped at all. It can be said that apart from shooting and charging, those guerrilla soldiers have no tactical skills at all. They even stand in the open. The Soviet troops on the plains and on the defensive line started shooting.
"Did these guys take any medicine?"
The Soviet soldiers who were busy firing were also complaining endlessly. They were so desperate to pull the trigger that there were more shell casings piled up under their feet. Even the Germans during Stalingrad were not so crazy.
"These guys have been brainwashed by religion. They think that dying here is liberation and the only way to heaven!"
The paratrooper next to him explained while changing the bullet chain for the PK who had finished firing.
"So, it doesn't make sense to reason with them. You can only use bullets to send them to meet their gods. This is the most correct way of communication!"
"Then do they only know how to die like this? This is not a battle, it is a massacre!"
