The Third Reich in Desperation

Vasily was also very surprised.Although he knew that even if Fyodor didn't have two platoons of soldiers as cannon fodder, Odo might still insist on rushing into the forest to fight, but he didn't expect that Fyodor would let the "beagle" be this new cannon fodder.

Indeed, a trained sniper like "Beagle" is certainly more suitable for bait than ordinary tactics.Although there are few people, there is only such a bait.But if you want to snipe a vigilant professional sniper like "Beagle", the opponent will not be easy, and it will even take more energy than sniping 50 rookies.

However, is the cost of doing so too great?

As a sniper, Vasily knew very well that excellent snipers like himself and "Beagle" were worth far more than 50 ordinary soldiers on the battlefield.

According to the statistics of later generations, during World War II, the troops of various countries needed an average of 2.5 rounds of ammunition to kill a soldier.However, a sniper in the same period only needed 1.3 shots on average.

Although Vasily did not do this kind of statistics in his time, he still understood how important a sniper is on the battlefield!Using snipers as bait is simply the most extravagant and least cost-effective deal.

But Fyodor didn't care about these things. Right now, he was only thinking about how to kill the disappearing and stealthy Finnish sniper.As for the price to pay, he doesn't care at all.

"Go!" Fyodor suddenly raised his gun and pointed at the heart of "Beagle"'s chest: "Go, you may still survive by relying on your ability. If you don't go, I will kill you now!"

The devil!A thought flashed through the minds of "Beagle" and Vasily at the same time.

"Beagle" knew Fyodor's strength.If he insisted on resisting, he thought he would never be Fyodor's opponent.

So, after less than 3 seconds of silence, "Beagle" resigned himself to Fyodor's black gun and said, "I'll go, but if I come back alive, I must remember to give me credit."

"No problem," Fyodor nodded, but the gun still did not move away from his body: "Then you can start now, we don't have so much time to wait. Otherwise, the Finns should slip away .”

"You also follow behind with me!" Fyodor said to Vasily in a cold tone.

"Understood." Vasily didn't accept it because he was afraid of Fyodor, but because he was relatively conceited about his own strength, and at the same time, he himself was looking forward to the fight with the Finnish sniper.

Soon, with the "Beagle" leading the charge, Fyodor and Vasily scattered behind him on the left and right, and cautiously stepped into the woods where Simon and Remo were.

Seeing the three masters abandoning themselves and going into the woods, the Soviet soldiers in the two platoons felt a burst of joy in their hearts.The political commissar has already died, and the three snipers don't seem to care about their assistance at all. In other words, they can withdraw? !

After staying in place and waiting for another two or three minutes, the two Soviet platoon leaders made a decision together.Carry the political commissar's body back to report to the colonel, and leave this horrible place.

"Hiss...hiss." In the woods, the "Beagle" who was walking in the front lightly pushed aside a thin rope loop in front of him with his gun.

This thin rope circle is buried in a thin layer of snow. If you don't observe carefully, the average person is likely to ignore the tone.But as soon as a person steps on to drive the rope loop, the two structural stakes connected by the rope loop will move left and right to unhook, causing the branches connected to the above structural stakes to spring up, causing the rope cover to tighten and hang up The foot that stepped into the loop.

Seeing this low-level hunting trap that can't kill him, but can cause a lot of trouble, "Beagle" is convinced that the other party, like himself, was once a hunter.Under normal circumstances, only hunters would set up such hunting traps.

Obviously, the Finnish snipers did not expect this small trap to cause much trouble to the enemy.Perhaps they just hope that the small traps arranged around can play a role in positioning, helping them know where the enemy who triggered the trap is, and then carry out sniping.

"Beagle" evoked a playful smile and lowered his body. The cat was next to a pile of snowdrifts that were probably scattered from the trees, using the trunks and snowdrifts to form cover.

If the person who came was a well-behaved sniper who graduated from a military academy, perhaps the Finn's strategy would have succeeded.It's a pity that the person who came was him, the son of Orion who was also experienced. The nickname "beagle" is not a nice one!

As long as he is in the forest, his performance level is even higher than that on the training ground.This is a characteristic that has been developed from hunting with his father since he was a child, and it has long been engraved in his bones.

This is also the reason why the Beagle knew that the woods were extremely dangerous and full of dangers, but he still plucked up the courage to break in at the end.

No matter how ingenious the enemy's ambush is, it is almost impossible to avoid the eyes of his "beagle".In the woods, his insight is comparable to that of a real hound with a keen sense of smell!

"Beagle" swears that as long as he discovers the Finnish sniper who survived his gun, this time he will never allow himself to let him go again!

As for the stealth stunt that Simon showed just now, disappearing within 30 seconds, in the eyes of "Beagle", it is not so magical.

Although he can't perform at Simon's level, he can at least focus on catching Simon's every movement and position in the first 10 seconds of his sneak preparation.Within these 10 seconds, as long as Simon didn't move his body to the blind spot of shooting in time, what awaited him would be a howling cold bullet!

After "hiss... hiss" once again cracked a small trap set by the Finn in advance, the "beagle" slowly climbed to the thick snow layer on the ground and put it down under a thick tree. .

Like the Finns, "Beagle" and others also wear white camouflage clothing, which can easily blend into this environment like a chameleon.

Along the way, although "Beagle" never triggered a trap and kept the movement to a minimum, he still paid as much attention to covert work as possible.

He is bait, but not cannon fodder!As long as he doesn't think his fate is too big, he won't act foolishly.On the contrary, he was disarming the trap left by the Finn as quietly as possible to ensure that Vasily and Fyodor who were following behind would not trigger the trap and make any noise.

In this regard, the "beagle" was indeed as Fyodor expected, performing better and more qualified than ordinary soldiers as bait.

Text Chapter 252 Europe 1940

On January 1940, 1, at the beginning of the new year, all European countries were busy to welcome the new year.

On the Finnish battlefield, although the Soviet army and the Finnish army entered a stalemate with the Mannerheim line of defense as the boundary.However, small-scale firefights have never stopped. For example, Finnish snipers like Simon's team always like to pick on Soviet soldiers who are alone.

In response, the Soviet Union also recruited many fighters with excellent marksmanship to form an anti-sniper team.Intended to counter and eliminate those troublesome Finnish snipers.

The first sniper duel between the two sides actually involved two future Soviet super snipers at once, that is, Fyodor and Vasily.At the same time, it also involved Simon, who was finally named the number one sniper in World War II as the White Death.

While wars were raging on the Finnish battlefield, the League of Nations, under the joint auspices of Britain and France, announced an expedition to aid Finland, claiming to send 10 elite British and French expeditionary troops to the Finnish battlefield to cooperate with the Finnish army.

However, the so-called 10 elites actually only had two British infantry divisions and one French infantry regiment with a total strength of less than 2.And even this French infantry regiment was reluctantly agreed to be transferred by Churchill under the circumstances of Gan Molin and his reluctance.

It's not that Gan Molin's defense line arrangement really lacks the strength of this regiment, he is just simply stingy.

The narrow-minded commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces was extremely reluctant on the spot when he heard that the Norwegian operation would be commanded by the British.In the end, Churchill thought of a way to give the nominal title of commander to Gan Molin, and the British general served as the adjutant, and actually commanded the war in Norway on behalf of Gan Molin.

After the Swedish government learned of the announcement of the Anglo-French coalition forces, it immediately emphasized its neutral position and reiterated that they would not allow the Anglo-French coalition forces to pass through Swedish land.Of course, the main purpose of the Swedish government is to tell the Germans, just for show.

However, the Swedish side dispatched a volunteer army of about 8 people to aid Finland with great fanfare, plus a small air force.At this point, the politicians in Sweden are obviously showing the League of Nations a show, showing their loyalty to the League of Nations.

Compared with Sweden, the Norwegian government seems a bit powerless.They imitated the Swedish government and sent less than 1000 volunteers to Finland, and at the same time submitted a protest application to the League of Nations.

However, the League of Nations did not accept the favor of this Norwegian force of less than 1000 people.In other words, in the eyes of Britain and France, the benefits of occupying the major ports in Norway far exceed others!

Sure enough, Norway's protest was rejected by the unanimous vote of the two permanent members of the League of Nations, and the British and French coalition forces decided to endure the "borrowing" of Norway.

Interestingly, neither Britain nor France mentioned the matter of "borrowing" Sweden.Only through Norway but not through Sweden, which is obviously inconsistent with the intention of Britain and France to aid Finland as soon as possible.As for the inside story, the Norwegian royal family has probably guessed some of it now.

In Germany, Reinhardt used the excuse of celebrating the arrival of the New Year to schedule a small-scale exercise between the SS and the Wehrmacht on the outskirts of Munich on January 1, and went to a Munich tavern on January 2, which is today. A speech before the opening of the exercise.

Basically, only officers of the National Defense Forces participated in this speech, so many people speculated that this speech may have other purposes.

The most interesting thing is the remarks made by Italian Prime Minister Mussolini at the party meeting at the beginning of the year: "In the new year, we must do something big. Since we have more than 4 million people living in more than 30 people in Italy Why not transfer 400 million people to Ethiopia, which has an area of ​​more than 100 million square kilometers, in a land of square kilometers. In this way, in a few years, we will have a piece of fertile land that is larger than the land area!"

The Ethiopian War was the most proud foreign expansion war since Mussolini became prime minister.The victory of this battle allowed Italy to occupy the strategically important place known as the "Horn of Africa", greatly expanded Italy's African military base, and obtained Ethiopia's rich minerals and fertile land.

Although this battle has passed for several years, Mussolini still talks about it whenever he has time, fearing that someone will forget his historic contribution.

Knowing the leader's mind, Ciano, Mussolini's son-in-law and Italian foreign minister, wisely followed Mussolini's will and said: "The Ethiopian war has brought huge benefits to the kingdom, and this is all dragging down the leader. Fu, we must not waste the success our leader has brought to the kingdom!"

After glancing at Mussolini and confirming that his father-in-law looked very satisfied, Ciano raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "Leader, leave this matter to me!"

"Well, my dear Ciano, you are indeed an excellent talent, and you can always do things according to my wishes." After listening to Ciano's flattery, Mussolini said with a look of intoxication: "This I will leave this matter to you with confidence and handle it well. After the meeting is over, I will give orders to the finance side and let them do their best to meet your needs."

Get a big deal!Ciano was ecstatic in his heart, but his face was full of respect, and he said loyally: "Leader, don't worry! I will do my best."

Under Mussolini's suggestion, Deputy Prime Minister Rossi led the construction of the northern defense line, which made a lot of money.This incident is well known among the Italian high-level, and it is estimated that Mussolini himself was kept in the dark.

As for the reason why everyone is blinded by Mussolini, of course they hope that this situation will continue, so that they can wait for the opportunity to make a fortune.