Chapter 113: Rescue the Hostage

  "We now have two regiments of troops, plus a regiment from the government army, more than 4,000 people, and we've set up three lines of defense." Belgrade said: "Now, as long as we build a good isolation zone here, not one of the surrounded guerrillas will be able to escape."

  In front of him was the newly arrived commander Dorofeyev, who was much luckier than his predecessor Kurikov, having achieved such great military success in just a few months.

  Now, throughout Afghanistan, the most troublesome thing is the guerrilla, like locusts, causing chaos everywhere, attacking transport teams and outposts. Last time Kurikov went to the mountains to encircle and annihilate them, it cost a lot but had little effect... not completely ineffective though, for example, Kurikov paid with his own life.

  Dorofeyev was also not very talented, he was transferred from Eastern Europe to take over as the commander of the division here and conduct operations to eliminate guerrilla forces.

  His luck is not ordinary, now, the destruction of the Northern Guerrilla is just around the corner.

  "Don't rush, let's take it slow and steady," Dorofeev said. "We need to finish digging the isolation trench before nightfall, the guerrillas may try to break through tonight."

  Dorofeyev was patient, anyway those guerrillas were surrounded, now he needed to consider how to eliminate them at the lowest cost, not letting a single one escape.

  "Report, there's a sniper in front of us, interfering with our establishment of the isolation zone." Just then, a voice said.

  Sniper? Dorofeyev furrowed his brow: "Why not use firepower to eliminate them? Don't be under pressure."

  To deal with snipers, we usually use big guns to blast them. Since the enemy dares to send out snipers, we should cover all areas where there are snipers with artillery fire, even if it means accidentally injuring civilians inside.

  "Report. We cannot cover with artillery fire."

  "Why?"

  "The doctors, nurses and patients in our hospital are being held as human shields. They are on the front line, if we use artillery fire, they will be injured."

  "What?" Everyone in the room was suddenly shocked, those hateful guerrillas!

  They can not care about the humble lives of local Afghans, but they absolutely cannot not care about the lives of Soviets, especially in the hospital in Jalalabad, where there is also a very important doctor, General Tretyakov's daughter Irina!

  If I couldn't save Irina's life, or if those damned partisans had desecrated her, it would have ruined Dorofeyev's future.

  Always thinking about how to get rid of all the guerrillas, but such an important thing was overlooked. Dorofeev hesitated for a moment, armed rescue? Those people in the hospital were taken to the outskirts, who knows which house Ilana is hidden under!

  "Ask Kulneva to come over," Dorofeev said.

  Such things are more familiar to the KGB people, and now there is a KGB intelligence officer next to Dorofeev who can be asked.

  Soon, Kulneva arrived at the temporary command center set up in the original 117th Regiment headquarters, but she didn't come alone, bringing another middle-aged man with her.

  The man was relatively tall, with clear facial features and a few days' worth of stubble on his cheeks. He was a Pashtun.

  "Comrade Shulong, this is the main helper who can eliminate the guerrilla team for us, Mr. Nikubudin." Kurniayeva said to Dorofeyev: "It was he who persuaded the alliance high-level in Peshawar, Afghanistan to launch an attack on Jalalabad, concentrating all the guerrillas in northern Afghanistan. All were solved by us at once."

  Dorofeyev already knew about this matter, and had not yet met Nikubdin in person. He thought that Nikubdin was mistakenly injured in the chaos last night. Now seeing Nikubdin standing right in front of him, Dorofeyev said: "Mr. Nikubdin, you are a friend of ours, the Soviet people, our friendship will last forever. The Afghan government still has a position for deputy foreign minister, I can make a call to Kabul and from now on, you'll be the Minister there."

  Nigubuding's heart was not pleasant. If he had been given another chance to choose, he would absolutely not have gotten involved with the woman by his side!

  In Peshawar, Nikhubuddin had already entered the alliance and was doing some secretarial work. Later, while visiting a refugee camp, Nikhubuddin met Ayesha, a girl who had escaped from Kabul. He sympathized with her plight, and unknowingly fell in love with her, having multiple intimate encounters.

  On the bedside, Nikhubutin had said a lot about the internal affairs of the alliance, and at that time he didn't think much of it. Now he finally knew that this woman was actually a KGB agent!

  But later, Nikubdin couldn't find Aisha anywhere. He searched every street in Peshawar but there was no sign of her. Nikubdin was heartbroken and lost.

  He did not know that at the time, Aisha was following Muhammad and Aisha had a new prey. And Aisha also did not know that she herself was actually Muhammad's prey.

  A few months ago, Ayesha reappeared and told Nikhub that she had returned to Afghanistan where she joined a guerrilla unit fighting the Soviets. Moreover, Ayesha analyzed the situation in Afghanistan and concentrated on the northern guerrillas who could completely retake Jalalabad!

  Nikubdin convinced, just as the coalition was eager to take the lead in Dehlan and was dissatisfied with it. Upon hearing Nikubdin's analysis, the coalition immediately decided to launch an attack and occupy Jalalabad! As a messenger, Nikubdin personally came to each guerrilla unit to give orders, especially the Panjshir Guerrilla Unit and the Jalalabad Guerrilla Unit.

  It wasn't until Nikoubtin was caught in the middle that he realized it was a trap. At first, he wanted to die on the battlefield with his comrades, but when bullets whizzed past his head, he suddenly changed his mind - living seemed better after all.

  Not being killed by the female deer helicopter, Nikubutin was caught in the hands of a group of Soviet soldiers. Before being taken to the car, Nikubutin finally saw Aisha, no, at this time Aisha had been called **Wa**, she was originally a Soviet person!

  Living is more important, Nikubdin accepted this reality, although he was forced to, but the fact can no longer be changed.

  "Thank you, sir," said Nikubdin, bowing very low. "I will do my best to contribute to the stability of Afghanistan."

  "Now, we have one thing," Dorofeyev said. "Those rebels fled to the hospital and took our doctors, nurses and patients as hostages. With these people, we cannot annihilate those rebels at once."

  Dorofeyev hadn't thought of a way to solve it, the person in front of him was a defector from the alliance and was very familiar with the guerrillas, maybe he had a solution.

  Nikoubatdin knew that the other side was testing himself, if he was incompetent and couldn't think of any way out, he wouldn't be reused by the other side. What's the use of being a deputy minister of foreign affairs? Now, almost all Western countries, even including Eastern countries, do not recognize the current Afghan government, and there is nothing for the diplomatic department to do.

  What to do? Muhammad is very cunning, taking those Soviets as hostages just to prevent the Soviet army's attack. Wanting him to voluntarily release these hostages is absolutely impossible. What measures can be taken to rescue these noble Soviet friends?

  "What if the Soviets mobilize their air force? The Soviets won't engage in street fighting, they'll use large incendiary bombs to turn Jalalabad into a sea of fire, they'll use thermobaric bombs to turn Jalalabad into ruins. Then, their armored units will be able to easily crush us, and Jalalabad will become the graveyard for all our guerrilla forces!"

  The Soviets will certainly do this, and we, the Afghan guerrillas, will be the ones who bring such disasters to the people of Jalalabad!

  Muhammad's words echoed in Nikubdin's mind, and he suddenly realized that there were still many original residents in the current encirclement!

  When Mohammad arrived there, it was as if he brought the war to the residents. Mohammad wanted to establish a positive image and would not watch those residents being bombed by the Soviets together with the rebels and killed as insurgents.

  This is an opportunity!

  Thinking of this, Nikhubutin said: "Shilang sir, I have a plan. We can negotiate with the guerrilla forces across from us and ask them to release our innocent medical personnel and patients."

  "How can they possibly negotiate with us?" Eva asked without waiting for Malofeyev to speak.

  "There are still many civilians in our encirclement, once the battle starts, those civilians will be affected." Nikubudin said: "As long as the guerrilla troops opposite agree to our request, we can agree to open the encirclement and let all the civilians come out. This way, it's also convenient for our attack. When we charge again, we don't have to worry about civilians. Those who are still in the encirclement are all guerrillas."

  "How can we be sure they're all civilians? What if there are partisans mixed in?" Belgrade asked.

  "We just promised to release them, can temporarily detain them." Nikubuddin said: "When there are only guerrillas left inside, we don't need to rush in and fight a street battle. We can directly use artillery, use aircraft, and completely destroy this place."

  As soon as Nikubutin said this, everyone's eyes in the room lit up.

  "We are still missing one person." Eva said: "Who should be sent over for negotiations?"