Chapter 878： Winter Offensive and Guerrilla (2/2)
A young military officer replied in response: ”Come on, Lieutenant Colonel. We have walked a dozen times on this road, and we have encountered a raid attack. The really dangerous road is ahead.”
This is a fact, the more dangerous it is to penetrate deeper into Afghanistan, this is already the consensus of the British army. Most of the attacks occurred in inland areas, especially the most dangerous mountainous and forested areas.
After a long period of attacks and counter-attacks, the British army also summarized a set of plans to deal with the guerrillas.
For example, when an accidental attack occurred, they retaliated against the surrounding indigenous people and forced them to stand opposite the guerrillas.
In order to stand up for power and kill the village, the British army did not do much. While inspiring local hatred, it also brought fear.
Human nature is the most complicated. Not all Afghans can be regarded as dead, and they also sell the guerrillas to the British soldiers for their own benefit.
The more densely populated the area, the less conducive to the guerrilla lurking. After the attack, it was not convenient to run, so most of the attacks were transferred outside the city.
”Shut up, Vail! Your experience is shit. The most important thing to live long on the battlefield is to be cautious ...”
The middle-aged officer hadn't finished speaking yet. A bullet screamed and hit his right arm.
Immediately after the mess of gunfire sounded, everyone knew that the guerrillas were coming. In the panic, the people who rhyme the materials have been in a mess, and some carriages have already rushed out.
The guards and soldiers hurriedly fought back with guns, and the injured middle-aged officer resisted the pain and continued to command the battle.
It seemed that he realized that the transport team was not easy to provoke. After about a quarter of an hour, the guerrillas gave up their preparations to continue the offensive, leaving a few corpses and moving away.
Similar attacks are staged almost daily in Afghanistan. The guerrillas are like a routine, often go out to ambush.
Regardless of the strength gap between the two sides, the British army attacked. Immediately after the attack, they retreated without any mud or water.
Seeing the guerrillas retreat, the injured middle-aged officer sighed with relief and hurriedly yelled at his opponent: ”Don't chase, count the casualties and continue on the road.”
Their task is to deliver supplies, not to chase guerrillas. Suppressing the guerrillas was only an accidental military achievement, but if the guerrillas had lost materials, it would have to go to the military court.
There are a lot of negative teaching materials in this area. Some people are caught in the plan to get away from the mountain. The forefoot just went out to be investigated, and the rear foot was taken by the guerrillas as a transportation convoy. …
The number of transportation convoys is not large, except for more than 800 civilians, there is only one **** escort team, and the speed of counting casualties is very fast.
After a moment of effort, Weir ’s young officer went to Qianhuihui to report: ”Lieutenant Colonel, this time we suffered heavy losses.
A total of 184 casualties, including 27 wounded officers and soldiers, 11 killed, 127 wounded civilians, 19 killed, 7 vehicles lost ... ”
The middle-aged officer waved his hand, possibly the wound he touched, and his face paled suddenly, and he swallowed the discomfort and commanded: ”Go on and continue on the road.
Before dark, we must rush to the next stronghold, otherwise it will be dangerous at night. ”
This is the experience summed up by Lieutenant Colonel Jack, but any convoy targeted by the guerrillas will not only attack once.
Many times, even if it is known that the attack will not succeed, the guerrillas will still launch the attack. Just like brown sugar, as long as it sticks, it can't be thrown away.
Mo said that these guerrillas of dozens of people, even in the case of the Lone Ranger attack, Jack would not dare to stay longer.
When Lieutenant Colonel Jack's right arm was injured, Weir asked, ”Lieutenant Colonel, deal with your injury first. It is prone to inflammation if you drag it down.”
This year's gunshot wound is also fatal. Even if it only hits the arm, if the wound is not treated in time, once the wound becomes inflamed, it is also possible to die.
Many soldiers who have been amputated do not mean that the shrapnel has blown up the limbs. It is likely that they were only scratched by bullets. Because the body did not resist, the wound became inflamed and had to be amputated.
Lieutenant Colonel Shake shook his head: ”What to do? There is no military doctor here, and we have no time to delay.
Rest assured, I've already bandaged it. It's winter now, and it's not so susceptible to inflammation.
Bring the wounded and set off immediately. The fallen officers and soldiers don't care anymore. When they come back, they will collect them. ”
The reality is so cruel, even for middle-level officers, there is no guarantee of safety on the battlefield.
The British Chinese Medicine Hospital is very limited and there is no luxury to equip the transport team with medical staff.
Even if there were medical staff, Lieutenant Colonel Jack did not dare to receive treatment at this time.
As the commander of this transportation convoy, Jack knew very well what his men were.
Don't look at the fact that they have just repelled a guerrilla attack. If the guerrillas attack again, it is still unknown whether they can stop it.
It is not that the troops have no combat effectiveness, but mainly that the morale of the military is lost.
Everyone had a grievance in their hearts when they were transporting supplies on ice and snow. If there is no more morale, the soldiers will run away.
This happened in the past, because the transport team was repeatedly attacked by the guerrillas, and the officers and soldiers who escorted the materials could not bear the pressure and ran the road.
In order to reduce the risk of another attack, Lieutenant Colonel Jack had to hurry and hurry. The dead bodies of the officers and soldiers were not dealt with.
People with a discerning eye know that coming back to deal with is just a procrastination. When everyone escorted the supplies and folded them back, the corpse didn't know what to mobilize.
However, people are selfish, not to mention the problem of the task. Everyone is ostracizing in the matter of sleeping in the wilderness. It ’s not that it ’s hard to endure. It ’s really dangerous.
As the convoy left, the earth returned to calm again, and only the messy bodies on the ground proved that there had been fighting.
As night fell, the British transport convoy finally arrived in the small town of Takal, and the dangerous journey ended temporarily.
In the wilderness, several young men beside a bonfire were whispering.
A bearded middle-aged man said sharply, ”I don't agree with your plan. Now that it's not time for a decisive battle with the British, the attack on the town of Takal will only bring us unnecessary losses.
The Russians are only our temporary allies. You would n’t naively think that they really came to help us expel the British? ”
Take short hands and eat soft.
After receiving the Russian weapons assistance, the combat effectiveness of the Afghan guerrillas has increased by a large amount, as can be seen from the recent success rate of doing things.
No matter how to improve, there is still a lot of pressure to rely on a guerrilla team of several hundred people to run to attack the towns controlled by the British.
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