The Rise of the Third Reich

The place where British Colonel Bond, German Colonel Rothenberg and American Colonel Gingrich met alone was the best Royal Hotel in Kabul. The generous-spending Rothenberg and his German soldiers were regular visitors here. Rothenberg himself was familiar with the Indian manager of the hotel. After the latter greeted him, he booked the terrace restaurant on the top floor of the hotel overlooking the streets of Kabul. The talks were held here.

"Let's talk in English." Colonel Rothenberg knew that his German was not very fluent and the Germans might not understand him, so he suggested that everyone speak English.

"OK."

"It's better to speak English."

Colonel Bond and Colonel Gingrich both nodded reservedly in agreement.

"Then let's first determine the principles of cooperation between Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom in Afghanistan today." Colonel Rothenberg was much older than the other two, and he also paid for the US dollars to book the terrace restaurant, so he was very conscious He plays the role of the big brother among the three.

"The conflicts between our three countries outside Afghanistan cannot be brought to Afghanistan." Colonel Rothenberg spoke American English while smoking a corncob pipe filled with fine Cuban tobacco. "Because none of us want the Soviets to take complete control of Afghanistan and then march from Afghanistan to India, do we?"

"Of course." Colonel Bond nodded, and then glanced at Colonel Gingrich, who looked more like an unresponsive British gentleman than himself.

"I agree." Colonel Gingrich showed an indifferent expression, as if he didn't care much whether Stalin's Red Army would liberate the Indian people.

"Okay, that's good!" Colonel Rothenberg nodded with satisfaction. This is a good start. If the spies of the three countries of Britain and Germany in Afghanistan fight to the death, things will be difficult to solve.

"And we should cooperate, right?" Rothenberg took a puff of cigarette and continued, "The situation in Afghanistan is very critical now. The Soviets have invested 200,000 troops, and they have also obtained Uzbeks and Tajiks in northern Afghanistan. Therefore, we must increase our assistance and give the Afghans more weapons... German, American and British weapons. To achieve this, we must cooperate and communicate with each other. none."

Colonel Bond and Colonel Gingrich also nodded. Now Britain and the United States have given the Afghans a total of less than 20,000 firearms of various types, as well as a small number of light artillery. These weapons may be able to arm two simple infantry divisions, but they are obviously not enough to face the attack of 15 Soviet divisions. Not only is it not enough to fight regular warfare, but it is also not enough to fight guerrilla warfare.

Since there is not enough, we need to increase the intensity of assistance, and if we need to provide vigorous assistance, trouble will come. Because Colonel Rothenberg from the United States did not have many German arms in his hands, and there was no smooth channel to transport weapons into Afghanistan. Although Colonel Gingrich from the UK has a lot of American arms that can be used to support Afghanistan, he should not block other forces that are willing to prevent the Soviet Union from conquering Afghanistan. Otherwise, if the Soviet Union sees through the truth, the evil people will It's all done by the UK. As for Colonel James Bond in Germany, although there is no shortage of British arms, how to transport these arms into Afghanistan gives him a headache. Air transportation is one way, but the cost is too high and the distance is too far, so the transportation efficiency is really not high.

Seeing that both Colonel Bond and Colonel Gingrich agreed with his opinion, Colonel Rothenberg smiled and suggested: "Then we will arrange a meeting every week in the future to discuss the need for mutual communication in person. How about it?"

Neither Bond nor Gingrich had any objections, and the weekly three-way meeting was decided.

Then James Bond spoke again: "The current situation is that Kandahar and Kabul will fall within 1-2 months, unless we, the British, directly send troops..."

"This is impossible. It is impossible for your British Empire to go to war with the Soviet Union." Colonel Gingrich gave a negative reply.

"Then we can only plan for guerrilla warfare," James Bond said. "The Afghan government must also leave Kabul... How about going to Peshawar in India?"

Colonel Gingrich shook his head and said, "No, we can only go to the Panjshir Valley, which is close to the Kashmir mountains. The terrain is very complex and it is easy to hide."

The Panjshir Valley is located northeast of Kabul and is part of the Hinduku Mountains. The mountains are high and the ravines are deep. There are many tribes living who only know Allah and tribes, but do not know Marx and the Soviet Union. Moreover, the altitude in that area is very high, and the climate in winter is very cold. Heavy snow will block the mountain roads and make it difficult to pass. A good place to serve as a counterrevolutionary base.

"Can an airport be built there?" German Colonel Rothenberg asked.

"It's not easy. It's not convenient for your German weapons and equipment to be transported there." Colonel Gingrich said. "Your planes can take off from Iran and airdrop arms to the mountains in central Afghanistan."

"Colonel Bond," Colonel Rothenberg took two puffs of cigarette and suddenly asked Colonel James Bond, "Do you think we can air-drop weapons and ammunition?"

"This..." Val T. Schellenberg, whose alias was James Bond, thought for a while and then asked, "Then can our British weapons and ammunition be transported into Afghanistan through the Balochistan region?"

The Baluchistan region is also a lawless place that only knows God and tribes, and has no country. It is roughly the place with deep mountains and deep ravines in southeastern Iran, southern Afghanistan and the west of the Indus River Basin. The total area is larger than Afghanistan. There is basically no government governance and tribal politics are practiced. The British began to enter 100 years ago and now have a certain foundation.

"I think it's possible," Colonel Gingrich replied, "but part of the weapons and ammunition must be used as reward for the tribes there... Of course, they won't want those bomb vests."

"Ah, Colonel Gingrich, I remembered you mentioned bomb vests. We need to start some guerrilla warfare training classes."

At this time, James Bond suddenly proposed the idea of ​​starting a class to teach students. He said: "I believe there must be many people in Afghanistan who are willing to fight for their tribes and Allah, but they don't know how to resist a powerful opponent like the Soviet Red Army. We need us to teach them more effective tactics and combat skills."

Of course, YSL Saints also need training, although Afghanistan's tribal warriors have already developed combat skills in harsh environments. But what they have to face this time is not an ordinary enemy, but the strongest Bolshevik red regime in human history, and it is also the Bolsheviks led by the fatherly leader Stalin.

Long before the Red Army entered Afghanistan, Stalin had recognized the dangers of the Afghan reactionary forces and ordered a group of young Bolshevik cadres proficient in Uzbek and Tajik to be transferred from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to accompany the Soviet Red Army into Afghanistan.

Their mission is to help Afghans progress, and first of all, of course, to help the Uzbeks and Tajiks in Afghanistan progress.

In northern Afghanistan, where Uzbeks and Tajiks live together, many schools to train revolutionary cadres have been hastily established. A large number of young people from the Uzbek and Tajik ethnic groups who have been oppressed for a long time and come from poor lower-middle peasants (poor lower-middle herders) have been recruited into these schools and receive training to make a comeback.

"Comrade Stalin, the South Asia Bureau has established 15 cadre schools in Afghanistan, and more than 1,100 progressive young people from the Uzbek and Tajik ethnic groups are receiving training..."

In the Kremlin, General Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Third International, Georgi Dimitrov, was reporting to Stalin. This seemed to be a bit of a reversal of the superior-subordinate relationship, because theoretically the Soviet Bolshevik Party was a branch of the Third International. Therefore, Dimitrov should be Stalin's superior. However, since the establishment of the Third International, the "Soviet Bolshevik Party" has been a supreme party.

Therefore, Stalin, the head of the branch of the Third International, could order the boss of the Third International to do things. Helping Afghanistan establish proletarian democracy is the task assigned by Stalin to the Third International.

The method Dimitrov adopted in Afghanistan was to organize revolutionary cadre training and recruit many poor Uzbek and Tajik youths who could not read a few Chinese characters, so that the Soviet Union could speak Uzbek and Tajik. cadres to teach revolutionary truth.

"Only 1,100 people?" Stalin smoked a carved pipe and showed a dissatisfied expression. "Isn't it a little less?"

"Comrade Stalin," Dimitrov spread his hands, "we don't have that many teachers, and most of the Afghan young people are uneducated, and it is difficult for them to understand the truth of socialism..."

"What does this have to do with education?" Stalin waved his hand and said, "As long as those people can help us fight against the feudal forces in Afghanistan, it will be fine. It is better if they have not received education from reactionary forces!"

"But the principles of GC doctrine..." Dimitrov said awkwardly.

"What's the truth?" Stalin raised his eyebrows. "It is the last word to be willing to follow the party and dare to fight against the reactionary, feudal and superstitious forces in Afghanistan!"

Stalin himself was responsible for the national affairs of the Soviet Union. Of course he knew that those compatriots who believed in God were not easy to deal with, and he also knew the importance of eradicating feudal superstition.

Stalin added: "Tell the South Asia Bureau not to ask for too much, otherwise we will be separated from the masses. The training of local Afghan cadres must be accelerated. Give me 30,000 people within 3 months! In addition, the Afghan People's Party, People's Army and the Afghan People's Army The government of the People's Republic must also be formed as soon as possible, and the leaders of the Afghan party, government and military can first be appointed by Uzbek and Tajik cadres with Soviet nationality.”