Chapter 455: There Are No Eternal Enemies

In the VIP lounge of the wooden YSL-style terminal building at Kabul Airport, a somewhat embarrassing scene was taking place. When Colonel Val T. Schellenberg, who went by the pseudonym James Bond, was hugging Prince Daoud of Afghanistan, William Eddy (Rothenberg), who was leaning on a cane and smoking a corncob pipe, suddenly broke in with a few loose-looking German soldiers.

"You, are you Germans?" Colonel Val T. Schellenberg was stunned for a moment, and then asked in English that sounded very fluent in London accent.

"Yes, I am Colonel Rothenburg!" William Eddy spoke very unfluent German. "I am the chief military adviser of the German Wehrmacht in Afghanistan, and I am here to help the Kingdom of Afghanistan fight the Bolsheviks."

A German Wehrmacht colonel who can't even speak German well? Val T. Schellenberg glanced at the few soldiers wearing German uniforms following William Eddy. The style of the uniforms was not wrong, but the problem was that the guys looked too loose and didn't look like German soldiers.

"I am Colonel James Bond," Val T. Schellenberg said calmly, trying to show the calmness of a British gentleman. "I am from London, and I am glad to meet you here."

William Eddy laughed, "Me too, I am glad to meet friends from Germany in Afghanistan, I hope we will not meet on the battlefield in the future."

"Maybe we will meet on the battlefield against the Bolsheviks." Val T. Schellenberg's mind turned quickly, and he had a little understanding of the other party's origin and purpose of coming to Afghanistan.

These loose guys are definitely not German soldiers, and most of them are not British. The British will not be so rude and direct. They will most likely observe from the side and then draw wrong and prejudiced conclusions. So these people are mostly rude and barbaric American cowboys!

Thinking of this, Val T. Schellenberg smiled reservedly and continued, "I am also here to help the Afghans... I think we have common interests in Afghanistan, right?"

"Yes!" William Eddie spit a mouthful of high-grade Cuban second-hand smoke on Val T. Schellenberg's face, then nodded and said, "We in the German Empire do not have eternal friends and enemies, but only eternal interests. As long as the interests are consistent, enemies can also become friends."

"This is also the principle of our British Empire in dealing with international affairs!" Val T. Schellenberg glanced at the Afghan prince who seemed a little stunned standing aside, and said, "Our war with you is a brotherly fight. What we need to decide is victory or defeat, not life or death. Maybe in a few months, our princess will marry your prince."

Princess and prince? William Eddie was stunned again and again. What's going on? Which princess is it? Could it be Princess Elizabeth? She is going to marry a German prince... What does that mean? Could it be a merger between Britain and Germany?

While William Eddy was thinking about it, Val T. Schellenberg had already stretched out his right hand and said in fluent German with a smile: "Colonel, I hope that our two great European countries can start from jointly supporting the Afghan people in resisting the Soviet invasion, resolve the past conflicts, come together again, and jointly lead the world."

William Eddy frowned, but still stretched out his hand and shook Val T. Schellenberg's right hand tightly.

At this moment, the gloomy "American Colonel Gingrich" suddenly pushed open a small door that led to nowhere, walked out with his head held high, and then said in a more authentic London accent than "British Colonel James Bond": "The Afghan people's resistance to the Soviet invasion requires real support. Now the brutal Soviet Red Army is marching towards Kandahar, and the Afghan people are in urgent need of strong support. How are you British going to help Afghanistan?"

"This is Colonel Gingrich from the United States. He is also a friend of our Afghanistan..." Afghan Prince Daoud quickly introduced "Gingrich" to "James Bond".

James Bond nodded to Gingrich very gentlemanly, and then said, "We will not only provide the Afghan people with ordinary rifles, machine guns and light artillery, but also provide several secret weapons developed for the British mainland!"

Secret weapons to defend the mainland? Colonel Gingrich was stunned. This secret weapon should be secret. How could it be brought to Afghanistan to show off? Is it still a secret weapon if everyone knows it?

"What secret weapon?" Colonel Rothenburg of Germany asked in American English.

British James Bond waved to several "British soldiers" standing behind him, and someone immediately brought two suitcases, put them on the ground and opened them carefully. In one suitcase was a pair of "round hammers" wrapped in linen. Colonel Gingrich immediately recognized that they were two No. 74 anti-tank grenades, which were very deceptive. Churchill ordered the production of 1 million, but the regular army refused to take them because they were too easy to cause accidental injuries, so they were given to the National Guard and later airdropped to the so-called French Resistance. In the other suitcase were a few things that looked like cotton vests.

"Is this a bulletproof vest?" Colonel Rothenburg of Germany asked in confusion.

Many countries have bulletproof vests, but none of them are equipped to the army in large quantities. One reason is that the bulletproof effect of bulletproof vests is not very good; the other reason is that bulletproof vests are too heavy - most bulletproof vests these days are made of steel plates, which are very heavy and inconvenient to wear.

"This is not a bulletproof vest, this is a Churchill bomb vest."

"Bomb vest?" Prince Daoud's eyes widened. "how to use?"

"Colonel James Bond" said: "Just wear it on your body, make up like an ordinary person, then sneak into the enemy's side, and then pull the fuse..."

"Then what?" Prince Daoud asked again.

"Colonel James Bond" spread his hands, "and then it exploded."

"The person wearing this bomb vest..."

"Of course he died for his country!" "Colonel James Bond" pretended by Val T. Schellenberg glanced at the "German Colonel" and "American Colonel" and said solemnly: "If our British homeland is attacked by the enemy, In the event of an invasion, 46 million people will wear these bomb vests and die together with the invading enemies! So no enemy can conquer the British mainland!"

Is there such a thing? German Colonel Rosenberg seemed to be frightened, and looked at the equally surprised American Colonel Gingrich.

This bomb vest is too crazy! Could this thing really have been thought up by Prime Minister Churchill? Could it be that Churchill really wanted to lead 46 million British people to fight the German Nazis in a bloody battle to the end, and would rather die together than surrender and lose half the money?

"This, this, the people of this British Empire are indeed invincible!" Prince Daoud broke the silence with a tone full of admiration, "But such bomb vests are of no use to us in Afghanistan."

"It's useless?" Val T. Schellenberg asked, "Are Afghans willing to be subjugated slaves of the Soviet Union?"

Prince Daoud shook his head helplessly, "Most of us Afghans have no concept of a country at all. They only know tribes and Allah!"

"Then let them sacrifice their lives for the tribe and Allah!" Val T. Schellenberg said, "The Bolsheviks are all atheists. If they rule Afghanistan, then there will be no YSL religion in Afghanistan."

"But, what about Kabul and Kandahar?" Prince Daoud said, "Now the Soviets are advancing rapidly towards Kandahar. They will soon occupy it, and then they will come to Kabul. And we do not have enough troops to defend Kabul... …”

There is no problem for the Soviets to invade Kabul. Afghanistan's regular army is not large in number. Even with assistance from Britain and the United States, its weapons and equipment are still very backward, and the army's training is insufficient. It is difficult to fight against overwhelming numbers, equipment and training. Superior Soviet Red Army.

"Then don't stick to Kabul." Val T. Schellenberg said, "Afghanistan is a vast country, with a land area larger than France itself. Plateau and mountains account for 80% of the land area. It is impossible for the Soviets to Control all Afghan territory."

Now the Soviets have dispatched 15 divisions and less than 200,000 people to invade Afghanistan. There is no problem in capturing Kabul and Kandahar. But total occupation of mountainous Afghanistan is not enough. In fact, the Afghan government itself can only control a few towns. Most of the land in Afghanistan is still controlled by countless tribes, large and small. It is not an easy task to dig them out of countless ravines to participate in voluntary labor. Moreover, in this era, the Bolsheviks and the YSL cult were still somewhat incompatible.

His view was echoed by German Colonel Rothenberg, who said: "Yes, the Soviets can only control the areas north and west of the Hinduku Mountains where the Uzbeks and Tajiks live. In addition, there is a long The long transportation line from Herat to Kabul is a 1,300-kilometer transportation line. The terrain along the way is very complex by European standards, and the environment is harsh, which is very conducive to guerrilla activities. ...The guerrillas in Afghanistan need more weapons and ammunition, and we should carefully study how to help the Afghan people more effectively.”

Colonel Rothenberg glanced at the British Colonel James Bond and the American Colonel Gingrich who were present, "Colonel Bond, Colonel Gingrich, I think we should talk alone... just the three of us, how about it?"