The Third Reich in Desperation

"Second Battalion Commander!" The colonel shouted loudly, "Where are those Italian guns in your hands!"

During the Spanish Civil War, the Soviet troops who fought against the famous Italian general Gambara on the northern front failed in the end, but they also captured a lot of equipment from the Italian expeditionary force in some battles.

In order to embellish the results of the battle, these trophies were transported back to the country as showpieces.

The Spanish Civil War was over, and most of these Italian weapons entered the "Second Army" as their equipment.Therefore, there is also the stalk of these artillerymen accompanying the observation group with Italian artillery.

"Pull it up, regimental commander..." The second battalion commander replied immediately.

"Fire!" The colonel immediately gave the order to kill Simon without any hesitation.In his opinion, if Simon is not dead for a moment, he is in danger of being killed for one more second.

"Bang bang bang...!" Simon and his party just took two steps from the high ground and rushed down. Several artillery grenades exploded around the position where they lay down just now!

The huge explosion carried scattered shrapnel, shattering the cushions and white cloth they had laid just now.As for Simon, because of his timely prediction of the crisis, he hardly suffered any major trauma.It's just that his thick coat was scratched by a single piece that flew not far away.

Text 240 Chapter Eight Strongest Snipers

The Soviet colonel looked solemnly at Captain Fyodor Oklopkov who came forward from the back of the convoy: "The Finnish snipers are obviously masters, they can kill our side one after another in such a short period of time. Even among the 11 senior officers, they are definitely the best among snipers! Ordinary soldiers can’t hold them back at all, and the howitzer just now is unlikely to kill them all.”

The colonel looked at him seriously, gritted his teeth and said, "On our side, only your sniper team can deal with them. You are our strongest sniper, I can only rely on you!"

Captain Fyodor nodded, and said calmly: "No problem, but you must immediately let at least one platoon of people rush up. Our team will follow closely and make sure to kill this arrogant Finnish sniper team."

Looking at the cold and conceited Fyodor, the colonel followed his advice without hesitation: "Second Battalion Commander! Let your people rush to the front and cooperate with our snipers!"

Although the colonel didn't understand, the reason for Fyodor's request was to attract the firepower that Simon and the others might shoot, and try to expose the opponent's position through the angle at which the assault troops were hit.The second is to use this group of cannon fodder on the bright side to cover their sniper team and ensure the relative concealment of the sniper team.Third, if the Finnish snipers are too strong, Fyodor and the others can also choose to fight with them, cover the approach of the charging regular troops, and kill the opponent's snipers at close range.

But the colonel knew one thing, that Captain Fyodor, an authentic Yakut, was a master at long-distance hunting of prey, just like his bow-shooting ancestors.Since the start of the war, Fyodor has sniped and killed more than 20 Finnish soldiers, becoming a great pride of the Soviet camp.

In the overall situation, the Soviet army fought with thunder, but in the end they fell into a quagmire of a dilemma.There is nothing to praise in the battle situation, so the Soviet army can only show off examples like Fyodor repeatedly, which has achieved the effect of boosting morale.

The Battle of Finland has been fought for more than a month so far. Under the command of General Kirill Afanasyevich Meretskov, commander of the Leningrad Military District, the Soviet army dispatched 35 troops, a total of 4 armies , 18 infantry divisions, 1 tank army, 4 tank brigades, about 1200 tanks, and more than 800 aircraft.

General Meretskov is a veteran of the Soviet Union, coupled with the crushing advantage in military strength, this battle should have ended soon.

But now, the battle has been going on for nearly a month.Partial mobilization has also been carried out in the country, and the formation of "shadow troops" has even been started.The frontline troop strength has expanded to nearly 55, but even half of the planned strategic goals have not been achieved.

In the south, there are five infantry divisions of the Ninth Army, nearly 10 people, 270 five tanks, 360 cannons and one hundred aircraft.The original plan was to attack Oulu on the Gulf of Bothnia via Soms and Salmi, cutting Finland in half and cutting off land communication with Sweden.But in fact, they are still stuck in the Somus Salmi area, making no progress.

In the middle, General Meretskov deployed two armies, intending to crush the resistance of the Finnish army with a pincer offensive.

Among them, the Seventh Army has ten infantry divisions, six tank brigades, a total of 24 troops, [-] tanks, [-] cannons, and [-] aircraft.It is planned to attack northward along the west bank of Lake Ladoga from the north of Leningrad, break through the Finnish Mannheim line of defense, capture Viipuri, the second largest city in Finland, and then advance to Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

The Eighth Army has seven infantry divisions, one tank brigade, a total of 15 troops, 540 five tanks, 520 cannons, and two hundred aircraft.It is planned to attack westward along the northern shore of Lake Ladoga, and approach the hinterland of Finland after joining forces with the Seventh Army.

As a result, two divisions of the Eighth Army were attacked in the northeast area of ​​Lake Ladoga, and most of them were wiped out. Under the continuous blocking of the Finnish army and the harassment of the guerrillas at night, they had to switch to a defensive posture.

The Seventh Army was battered on the Mannerheim defense line. Although it invested in echelon after echelon and took turns to attack, it did not find out the main defense zone and support zone of the Finnish army. The army's fortifications and obstacle coordination, coupled with poor coordination and poor command, until now, after paying a heavy price, the 1th Army has only captured the 1-7 km deep protection zone of the Finnish army.

At this time, the 7th Army had suffered heavy losses, unable to break through the main defensive zone of the Finnish army, and was forced to stop the attack on the spot.The two sides formed a confrontation and turned into a war of harassment.This has created the situation where Simon and others repeatedly harassed the Soviet army.

The Soviet 14th Army in the north did a good job.With the cooperation of the Northern Fleet with the "Peter the Great" battleship, the 14th Army attacked all the way along the Barents coast, quickly occupied the port of Bessamou and the Rebach Peninsula, and blocked Finland's access to the Barents Sea and the Barents Sea. Norwegian channel.However, after leaving the support of naval guns, the 14th Army is now making slow progress.

Now is a critical period of confrontation between the two sides.At this time, the high-level commanders of 3 divisions were killed by Finnish snipers at one time, and the blow to morale would be devastating.

Only by killing this Finnish sniper team can we regain some dignity and not lose face!

Seeing Fyodor trotting away with the two young snipers, the colonel paled and prayed that they could beat the Finnish snipers.

The colonel knew a little about the two snipers Fyodor brought with him.

One of them was Vasily Zaitsev, a naval shore crew. Because of his good marksmanship, he was temporarily transferred from the Northern Fleet by the Army to deal with Finnish snipers.

The colonel forgot the name of the other sniper, but I only remember that he was the son of a hunter in the past, and he was also transferred from the rear to deal with the Finnish snipers because of his good marksmanship. Everyone likes to call him "Beagle" on weekdays. ".

"Second Battalion Commander!" The colonel confirmed to the Second Battalion Commander worriedly: "How many people did you send just now? Could it be a little less?"

The commander of the second battalion looked at the colonel with an ugly face, and patted his chest to assure him: "Regimental commander, don't worry. Although the captain only needs one platoon, I just asked Knopf to bring two Row up. The remaining people will stay to guard the Italian artillery. But if necessary, I can also draw one or two platoons of soldiers to make up for it."

Although he had narrowly escaped death, the colonel couldn't help being afraid when he thought that he almost became one of the 11 corpses of senior officers around him: "Forget it, since Fyodor himself said that there is only one platoon, the two There must be enough people in the platoon. The rest of the people spread out for me to guard and are responsible for protecting my safety."

"After all, if I die, the senior management of our three new divisions will be wiped out." The colonel excused himself for his timidity.

Text Chapter 249 Revenge

"Simon, someone is following up!" Murray glanced back and reminded: "There are still 5 meters to go into the forest, and they will definitely find us."

Although all three were wearing white camouflage suits, they were running after all.As long as you take a closer look, you can see the strangeness on their side.

Of course, if you choose to lie on the snow and crawl slowly towards the woods, the chance of being discovered will definitely be greatly reduced.But that would take too long, maybe the pursuers would come before they climbed into the woods.

In that case, as long as the other party is not blind, they will definitely be able to see through their disguise at such a close distance.

"I'm going to lure them away!" Jieweni, who had always been taciturn on weekdays, suddenly said.

About 50 soldiers from the Soviet side had climbed the slope to the side where Simon's team was.It probably took less than half a minute to find the three people running.

Before Simon and Remo could answer, Gevini left the formation, turned around and ran to the left.After running to the left for more than 20 meters, Giverny quickly stopped on a diagonal, squatted and raised his Mosin Nagant and fired at the Soviet soldiers.

"Crack!" A bullet hit the front of the Soviet soldiers' line tens of meters away, setting off a large splash of snow.But it is a pity that the bullet from this distance did not hit the Soviet soldiers, but only caused a burst of panic and surprise.

After all, the gun was fired in a very short period of time. It only took two or three seconds from aiming to design. In addition, Jiewei was dragging the gun with his hand, instead of shooting calmly with the design frame set up before. , so that the crosshairs dropped further, and the bullet did not hit the desired position at all.

Still, that's enough!The goal of Giverny has been achieved, and the attention of the Soviets has been attracted to his direction, thus winning the opportunity for Simon and the others to rush into the woods.After that, it depends on whether he can suppress the opponent until Simon and the others enter the woods.That's when Simon and Remo would be able to shoot from the woods, cover themselves in turn and rush in.

Jieweni, who had successfully drawn hatred, became more and more cautious. He knew that now was the critical time.Slowly lowering his body, Jieweni changed the half-squatting position to the current flat position.

This is the right decision.Although the opponent has already determined his position, even if he gets down on the ground, it is impossible to hide.But this can greatly reduce the main viewing area in the eyes of the enemy, thereby reducing the probability of being hit.

Jeveni is cautious and decisive.Although his marksmanship was not as precise as Simon and Remo's, his judgment and years of hunting experience were not far behind Simon's.

Exhaling lightly, Gevini calmly aimed his gun at the Soviet soldiers 2 kilometers away.With his level, let alone 2 kilometers, it is absolutely impossible to hit a target that is 1 kilometer away.But he still has to target the Soviet soldiers first, just in case.

Sure enough, as if they were not afraid of death, about 50 Soviet soldiers were "forced and encouraged" by the political commissar to rush up with pistols.

Aiming and aiming, Jiewei Ni didn't fire a single shot.What he has to do now is to suppress the opponent, not kill him.As long as the Soviet soldier is within effective range, he will not risk shooting to provoke the opponent.Besides, even if he shoots, he can't hit him.

Just as Gevini attracted the attention of the Soviet army, Simon and Remo finally ran into the woods.Without a moment's gap, the two blindly fired two shots in the direction of the Soviet soldiers.Similarly, the bullets came out and set off a block of snow, but failed to cause substantial casualties to the Soviet army.

However, these two shots sent an important signal to Jiewei Ni-"Quickly withdraw, we will cover".

Jieweni didn't procrastinate, and immediately ran back with a cat when he raised the gun.

His posture looked a little embarrassed, and it seemed a little inconsistent with the righteous feat of luring the enemy alone.But things on the battlefield are like that.

Those who want to be handsome and majestic usually don't live long.Most of the people who really lived to the end were people like Jieweni who didn't care how embarrassed their posture was in order to survive.The battlefield is not a theater, and there is no requirement for how gorgeous your actions are here.What matters on the battlefield is how cautious you are and how strong your desire to live is.

Moreover, those who are not cautious on the battlefield will surely survive...