Chapter 1164: Anti-Special Operations
When the Afghan war broke out, the Taliban listened to the advice of their friends and gave up the direct confrontation with the coalition forces.
The coalition forces have the advantage of advanced weapons and equipment. They are well-armed and well-trained, and are the strongest army in the world. However, the Afghan army has not even popularized military uniforms, let alone bulletproof vests and bulletproof helmets.
The weapons and equipment of the entire Afghan army are varied and can be called multinational brands. There are modern weapons and equipment, as well as weapons and equipment from World War II and even World War I.
In this situation, there is no chance of winning if they confront the coalition forces led by the United States head-on.
Therefore, the Afghan army broke up into small pieces, fought guerrilla warfare, and fought against the coalition forces.
Some Afghan army officers received systematic training in guerrilla warfare, and then one led two, two led four, and expanded the influence of guerrilla warfare. When the Afghan war had just begun for half a month, every member of the guerrilla team received guerrilla warfare education, in addition to ideological education on "Afghan Protracted War".
The book begins with the "Afghanistan will inevitably perish" and "Afghanistan will win quickly" as the introduction. It uses the example of the Soviet Union launching the Afghan War in December 1979 to refute these two erroneous views one by one, and then introduces the view that the Afghan War or the War against the United States is a protracted war, and the final victory belongs to Afghanistan. It also explains why the Afghan War is a protracted war, how to conduct a protracted war, why the final victory will be achieved, and what should be done to achieve the final victory through the explanation of independent but related chapters such as "Activity in War", "War and Politics", "Political Mobilization of the War of Resistance", "Purpose of War", "Offense in Defense", "Quick Decision in Protracted War", "External Line in Internal Line", "Initiative, Flexibility, Planning", "Mobile Warfare, Guerrilla Warfare, Positional Warfare", "War of Attrition, War of Annihilation", "Possibility of Taking Advantage of the Enemy's Gap", "The Issue of Decisive Battle in the War against the United States", and "Militia is the Basis of Victory".
As for mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, and positional warfare, guerrilla commanders with higher cultural levels will read relevant books, while ordinary soldiers and low-level commanders with lower cultural levels will learn about war through guerrilla commanders' lectures, watching movies, etc.
In more than two years, the Afghan guerrillas have become adept at mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, and positional warfare, and have even developed special operations and anti-special operations.
Here, a Navy SEAL team is launching a special operation against a guerrilla's nest, but it ended up in a tough battle.
This Navy SEAL squadron has 228 personnel, and the guerrilla's nest they are attacking has about 800 guerrillas.
"Boom~~" A Navy SEAL soldier stepped on a place where a mine was buried, and the mine exploded.
The soldier was blown directly into the sky, and the surrounding soldiers were also killed and injured.
And the explosion woke up the guerrillas.
"FUCK!" The commander of the Navy SEALs cursed. He originally wanted to launch a sneak attack and quietly remove the firepower points and sentries, but now it seems that it is not possible.
The guerrillas were not panicked. If it was at the beginning, they would be panicked and in chaos.
But with experience, they knew what to do. The guerrillas relied on caves and tunnels to defend and counterattack, and did not charge.
These special forces had accurate shooting skills and good equipment. The guerrillas were definitely not their opponents in a head-on battle.
A guerrilla fighter picked up the wooden-handled grenade at his waist, pulled the fuse, and threw it down.
Among the Afghan guerrillas, the most common grenade is this wooden-handled grenade.
The Afghan guerrillas have several types of grenades, even grenades from the Anti-Japanese War.
Each guerrilla carries four grenades with him to enhance the firepower of a single soldier.
"Boom~~" The grenade landed in a place and exploded, and a SEAL soldier was blown away several meters.
"Da Da Da~~" In the bunker, the machine gun spewed flames, and bullets were fired at the SEALs as if they were free.
"Boom~~" A SEAL took a rocket launcher, aimed at the bunker, and fired.
It didn't hit the target, and it exploded next to it.
The SEALs' armed helicopters began to provide fire support from the air, and missiles and rockets were continuously fired from the air.
The battle was fierce, and both sides continued to suffer casualties!
A SEAL combat team attacked a cave.
But the guerrillas in this cave had retreated into the tunnel.
"Boom~~" The grenade was thrown over.
Some people who realized that something was wrong immediately lay on the ground, and some who did not react quickly enough were killed on the spot by the grenade.
An angry soldier picked up a grenade and threw it into the tunnel.
Explosions were heard in the tunnel.
The soldiers went to the tunnel, but the tunnel was not big. It was OK for the shorter Afghan guerrilla fighters, but it was very uncomfortable for the tall Navy SEALs, who were greatly restricted.
The size of the tunnel was very particular, suitable for Afghans, but not for Europeans and Americans.
"Da Da Da~~" The gunshots continued, and the SEAL soldier who entered the tunnel a few meters was shot to death.
This situation continued to happen throughout the base.
A large number of caves and tunnels are the nightmare of the Navy SEALs.
Moreover, the tunnels are connected in all directions, and it is difficult to grasp where the entrance and exit are. Maybe there is a shooting hole somewhere, which can be used to shoot outward.
A SEAL soldier threw a gas bomb into the tunnel, but the gas bomb failed to disperse and was blown away by the wind from the vent.
The battle continued until night, and the gunfire continued.
The SEALs had already suffered heavy casualties, and the guerrillas didn't know how many more there were.
There was no choice but for the SEALs to retreat.
The SEALs attacked here, but they paid the price of 89 deaths and 47 injuries, and they failed to take down the base.
This made the SEALs silent.
The casualties must be huge!
And with such heavy casualties, they couldn't take down such a mountain base.
Even the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle could not be taken away.
At night, when it was confirmed that the SEALs had withdrawn, the guerrillas came out of the tunnel and began to carry the bodies and count the losses and results.
When looking at the bodies of 89 American soldiers, the guerrilla commander was very happy. Although nearly 200 guerrillas were killed and hundreds were injured in this battle, it was a great victory for the guerrillas.
Not to mention two people for one American soldier, even three or four people for one American soldier is worth it.
The guerrillas sang and danced to celebrate a victory.
Finally, the dead guerrillas were buried.
Others who were alive recited scriptures.
The guerrillas were not afraid of death. Since they chose to become guerrillas, they were ready to die at any time. Their biggest hope was to kill an American soldier. As long as they killed an American, even if they died, they would make a lot of money. (End of this chapter)