The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1073 Classic Works and the Headache of the US Army

Before dinner, Amir gathered the team members and began to give them a lecture.

Unless they are on missions, they have to study two theory courses every day.

One of the courses is called "Protracted War", which summarizes the valuable experience of Afghanistan's victory in fighting the Soviet Army. It criticizes the "Afghanistan will inevitably perish" and "Afghanistan will win quickly" that some people believe, as well as the contempt of guerrilla warfare by some Afghans, and systematically expounds Afghanistan's strategy of carrying out a protracted war to win the war against the United States.

The book "Protracted War" scientifically demonstrates the development laws of the fight against the Soviet Army, thereby clarifying the path to victory in the war against the United States, criticizing various erroneous understandings of the war against the United States, ideologically arming the guerrilla fighters and the Afghan people, and strengthening the confidence of the Afghan people in winning the war against the United States. It is the theoretical program guiding Afghanistan's nationwide resistance to the United States.

Every guerrilla squad leader or above has a copy of "Protracted War" and must study it daily.

There is also a course called "Guerrilla Warfare", which summarizes the experience of the Afghan people in fighting against the Soviet army, pointing out that guerrilla warfare is irregular warfare, using attacks as a means, with high mobility, flexibility, initiative, offensiveness and quick decision-making, and can widely mobilize the masses to participate in the war. Wandering without fighting is escapism, and fighting without wandering is desperate. The essence of guerrilla warfare is to harass the enemy when they are stationed, to attack the enemy when they are tired, to retreat when the enemy advances, and to pursue the enemy when they retreat.

The guerrilla warfare method follows five principles: rational selection of combat locations, rapid deployment of forces, rational allocation of forces, rational selection of combat opportunities, and rapid retreat after the battle.

It also gives examples of various guerrilla warfare tactics such as sparrow warfare, tunnel warfare, mine warfare, ambush warfare, raid warfare, siege warfare, etc.

After dinner, Amir organized everyone to watch a movie in the cave. Except for the necessary people who were on guard, everyone was watching the movie. What was used at this time was a projector equivalent to that used in China in the 1980s and 1990s. It was a very simple projection method, with a beam of light projected onto a screen.

What we are watching today is Sparrow War, which we will combine with theoretical learning.

The Sparrow War was mainly carried out in mountainous areas, where the terrain is complex and the roads are rugged. The guerrillas are familiar with the local conditions in the mountains. When the coalition forces entered the mountains, the guerrilla fighters flew all over the sky like sparrows, gathering and dispersing from time to time, attacking the enemy everywhere. The coalition forces, however, were unfamiliar with the people and the place, so they could only hover on the main road and be beaten, and they were helpless against them.

The guerrillas watched with great fascination, as if the warriors in the movie who were simply dressed and holding crude weapons were themselves. They felt very involved in the film and thus learned the essence of sparrow warfare.

After watching the movie, Amir asked everyone to rest, and he went to a corner, lit a candle, and studied "Long War".

Amir used to be a small leader of the guerrillas. Later, when peace came, he became a teacher in a middle school. He thought that from then on Afghanistan would be peaceful and there would be no more wars.

He did not expect that war would come to Afghanistan again, and that the enemy was even more brutal than the Soviet Union.

The Soviets would not bomb cities indiscriminately, let alone schools and hospitals.

But this time the enemy will!
When Amir saw his school reduced to ruins by bombs dropped by bombers, he cried. After crying, he decided to return to his old job, join the organization, and was appointed as the captain of the guerrilla force.

At the beginning, this guerrilla force consisted of only 80 people.

According to the information they received, they came to this natural cave that had been abandoned for many years, but they did not expect that there was a large amount of food, weapons and ammunition here.

Amir led the guerrillas to victory after victory, and many young men in the surrounding area chose to join his guerrillas. His guerrillas grew rapidly and even had more than 400 people, which was five times the size!
Through ambushes and attacks, Amir's guerrillas won battle after battle and seized a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies. Each member of the team not only had guns and weapons, but could even support him to expand his army by another 1000 people.

Amir regards the two books, "Protracted War" and "Guerrilla Warfare", as classics like the Bible. He firmly believes that victory will definitely belong to the guerrillas! Victory will definitely belong to Afghanistan!

Even though Kabul had fallen, Amir never wavered. Uruzgan Province, capital city of Tarin Kot.

Uruzgan Province was established in 1989 and is located in central Afghanistan, in a valley in the southern part of the Hindu Kush Mountains. It borders Daykundi Province, Ghazni Province, Ghor Province, Zabul Province and other provinces.

The entire Uruzgan Province covers an area of ​​22696 square kilometers and originally had a population of 62.7, of which the capital city of Tarin Kort had a population of less than 10.

Many buildings here were bombed into ruins, and the current population of the entire city is only about 30,000 to 50,000 people.

The coalition forces camp is located in the city, in a relatively intact building. This is the coalition forces headquarters in Uruzgan Province, responsible for operations in Uruzgan Province.

The first level of administrative division in Afghanistan is the province. The whole of Afghanistan is divided into 34 provinces, each with counties under it, and the capital is Kabul.

The coalition forces of 34 provinces have occupied 19 provincial capitals, including the Afghan capital Kabul.

Kabul, meaning trade hub, had a population of 300 million before the war. It is the largest city in Afghanistan and the political, economic and cultural center of Afghanistan. It is located in the eastern part of Afghanistan, on the southern foot of the Hindu Kush Mountains, surrounded by mountains, with an altitude of 1950 meters. It is one of the highest capitals in the world. Kabul is an ancient city with a long history. As early as more than 2000 years ago, it was the center of trade between the East and the West and a transportation fortress for Europe, Central Asia and the South Asian subcontinent.

It was only after the coalition forces occupied Kabul that they announced to the world that they had taken control of the situation in Afghanistan and that it would not take long before they could occupy all of Afghanistan's territory.

But in fact, by now, the coalition forces have discovered a serious problem, that is, the shortage of manpower.

For example, the coalition forces in Uruzgan Province have a total of only 5000 people, but are responsible for combat in the entire Uruzgan Province.

This caused a headache for the coalition commander "Johnf" in Uruzgan Province, because Uruzgan Province is mountainous and has many plateaus, and transportation is very inconvenient.

All military supplies have to be shipped from Pakistan.

The airport here has not been built yet, so we have to take the land route, and a small number of items will be airdropped by transport planes.

However, the land roads are rugged and difficult to travel on, and are prone to guerrilla attacks.

This caused heavy losses to the coalition forces.

John wanted to deal with the guerrillas and annihilate them.

But the guerrillas are very cunning. Once they have succeeded in their attack, they will never linger on. Armored vehicles simply cannot move in the mountainous areas. Even if they can move in some places, their speed is not even as fast as that of the guerrillas walking on foot. Helicopters will also face the threat of the guerrillas' portable individual air defense missiles.

John has scolded previous decision-makers more than once, asking why they would fund so many Stinger missiles for the Afghan Taliban. It used to be a headache for the Soviets, but now it is the turn of the coalition led by the US military to have a headache.

(End of this chapter)