A night of silence.
At noon the next day, Simon found traces of Soviet troops on the snow. It seemed that they had passed through here a day ago. The number of people was estimated to be between 100 and 200. There were also tracks of carriages on the snow. Seal, which means that the other party is likely to be equipped with heavy machine guns.
The two chased on skis all afternoon and finally approached their target before sunset.
This Soviet unit moved very slowly. It was difficult for both men and horses to walk on the half-meter-thick snow. Sometimes soldiers were even required to push the carriages. The bad weather and the constant news of casualties from the front line made the soldiers Their morale has become very low. At this time, the original 16-day combat period has long been exceeded. If Zhang Heng remembers correctly, many Soviet troops have been wiped out by the guerrillas, but the results they have achieved are Very few.
Now every unit sent to the front line is worried. The morale of cross-border operations is usually lower than that of local operations. Although the Soviet Union also carried out a certain amount of public opinion mobilization before the war, the effect can only be considered unsatisfactory, especially just after the war. Due to excessive purges, experienced middle- and high-level officers in the Soviet army were either executed or exiled to Siberia to accompany the polar bears.
Many of the young officers who are being promoted rapidly now have just graduated from military academies. They are impeccable in terms of loyalty, but they only know how to rigidly implement the military orders above. There is no problem in fighting a smooth battle, but once they encounter a difficult situation like now, He is also not very good at appeasing his soldiers.
Simon took a second look and handed the binoculars to Zhang Heng.
The unit behind the lens is a typical Soviet infantry company, with a combat strength of about 150, including three infantry platoons and a machine gun platoon. It is equipped with twelve light machine guns, two heavy machine guns, and some that look like shapes. A grenade like a shovel, of course, more soldiers are still equipped with the M1891 Mosin Nagant, because its stable performance has always been the main weapon of the Soviet Union.
In terms of firepower, this unit is quite strong, especially the two Maxim heavy machine guns on the carriage. The theoretical rate of fire can reach 600 rounds per minute, and can even shoot down aircraft in the sky.
Because he was worried that the reflection of the lenses would reveal their positions, Zhang Heng did not dare to look further and planned to retreat first and wait until dark. As a result, Simon had already started to gather the snow on the ground in front of him, and the girl made a gesture to him, which meant that he should retreat first.
Zhang Heng had trained with Simon for a week before, and originally thought that he had a good understanding of the latter's marksmanship. However, when he guessed the girl's plan, even with his usual calmness, he couldn't help but take a breath.
The distance between the group of Soviet troops and them was more than 700 meters by visual inspection. What is the concept? Using the machine sight, the sight after 300 meters is larger than the target itself.
The visual recognition range of ordinary people is 500 meters or 700 meters - this completely breaks common sense. Under such circumstances, Zhang Heng doesn't know how a sniper can complete the shooting.
However, the first rule on the battlefield is to trust your companions. Although Zhang Heng was stunned when he heard this, he nodded and quietly retreated a mile away with their skis and backpacks. Not long after he lay down, he heard the sound of gunshots, followed by the sound of gunshots in the distance. There was a commotion among the Soviet troops. Zhang Heng could not see the specific situation there, but he could roughly guess the reaction of the Soviet soldiers.
They should lie down immediately and then blindly fight back while looking for the sniper. But unfortunately, even if they tried hard, no one could guess that the bullet was fired from more than 700 meters away.
The exchange of fire lasted for a while, and then the two Maxim heavy machine guns fixed on the carriage also opened fire, accompanied by grenades. The power was amazing. However, even the sound of the M28 gunfire was covered up, and the group of Soviet soldiers even more The attacker could not be found.
This fighting method has an astonishing impact on morale. Although Simon only has one man and one sniper, there is a galaxy of firepower difference between him and the Soviet army on the opposite side. But at the moment, this kind of fighting can only be passively beaten without being able to find out where the enemy is. In this situation, our own fierce firepower will only make people more desperate.
Panic began to spread among the team...it was not until five minutes later that the gunfire gradually stopped. However, there were still many Soviet soldiers looking around nervously with rifles in their hands. Some people were accidentally injured because they were too nervous. companion.
Although the Soviet army found no one there from beginning to end, some random bullets still landed in the area where Simon was, which made Zhang Heng a little worried. Fortunately, he soon saw the girl retreating from the front line.
Simon was almost the same as before, except that his breathing became a little faster. He spit out the snow water in his mouth and gestured to Zhang Heng with the number twelve.
The girl knocked out two magazines and thirty rounds of bullets in total, with a hit rate of more than one-third. Don't underestimate this achievement. Considering her range, it is already amazing. Her main target is the one with the greatest threat. She killed more than half of the fourteen people in the two squads of the machine gun platoon. In addition, she also hit an officer and several grenadiers.
While the Soviet army was still in chaos, the two of them put some distance between themselves and the enemy.
So Zhang Heng's first battle in his guerrilla career came to an end. He didn't fire a single shot and acted as a spectator throughout the whole process, witnessing his partner's killing spree.
But Simon seemed to have only done an insignificant thing, and there was no excitement on his face. It was as if he was not the one who calmly shot and harvested heads when facing hundreds of times more enemies.
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There was still about half an hour before the sky turned completely dark. The girl did not intend to waste it. She changed positions with Zhang Heng and repeated what she had done before.
The Soviet army had almost nothing to do about this. In terms of numbers, they indeed far exceeded the guerrillas. But if they really wanted to hunt on a large scale, more than a hundred people scattered in the woods were not enough. Instead, they gave the enemy one by one. There is no chance of defeating them, and it is difficult to take advantage of heavy weapons after the formation is disrupted. Of course, now they are still in a state of serving food when they are together.
This was actually an unsolvable problem that troubled all Soviet commanders during the Winter War.
The only person who can deal with a sniper is a sniper.
It is a pity that the Soviet Union did not realize the importance of snipers at this time. It was not until the later stages of the war that it learned the lesson after paying hundreds of thousands of casualties and began to vigorously strengthen the training of snipers. Later, the Patriotic War also became Soviet snipers. In an active stage, they dealt with the German army in the ruins of the city, biting each other, but this is a story for another day.
