Zhang Heng had been lying on the boundless snowfield for half an hour. He held the M28 in his hand and put the butt of the gun on his right shoulder. His fingers were a little red and swollen from the cold. Even with his usual calmness, he couldn't help but start. I doubt whether I can complete today's training.
This is the seventy-ninth day since he came to this world. The mission deadline has long passed. However, because of the extra 24 hours, his stay in the ice and snow has been extended to one hundred and forty days. Now the time It’s just over half way through, but the good news is that the end of this war is not far away.
From the perspective of later generations, the Soviet-Finnish Winter War can be roughly divided into two time periods according to the process. The first stage started on November 30, 1939. The Soviet troops launched a fierce attack on Finland in four directions. As a result, the operation was as fierce as a tiger, except for Except for achieving the predetermined goals at the northern end of the front, they ended in disastrous defeats in other areas. They were forced to stop the offensive and continue to increase troops from within the country.
At this time, Finland basically confused the Soviet Union, especially in the main battle in the Karelian Isthmus. The Soviet army was still unable to break through the Mannerheim Line of Defense that Finland had worked hard for more than ten years, and because it could not figure out what Finland was doing, The army's defense was weak and weak, and after paying a heavy price, it only captured the Finnish army's 20 to 60 kilometers deep support zone.
But in January, the situation began to take a turn for the worse. The Soviet army established the Northwest Front Army in the Karelian Isthmus and appointed Timoshenko as commander. The latter also served as the commander-in-chief of the front line, mobilizing two armies with a total of 21 infantrymen. Division, with six tank brigades, launched a fierce attack on the Mannerheim Line of Defense. At this time, the Finnish side was short of troops, lacked heavy weapons, and the problem of excessive ammunition consumption was also exposed.
There have been more and more urgent reports from the front line recently, but for the time being, they have nothing to do with Zhang Heng. During this period, he has experienced more than 20 battles, large and small, and is on the verge of death almost every day. It is no longer like the first battle. He was so relaxed at times, even with his caution, he failed several times. The most dangerous time was when a grenade fell in front of his eyes, but he didn't know if the lucky rabbit's foot on his waist played a role. The grenade finally There was no explosion, allowing Zhang Heng to escape.
This is indeed the most dangerous game he has ever experienced. There are many uncontrollable factors on the battlefield. Even if he makes all the right choices, he may still die accidentally.
However, the huge pressure also allowed him to unleash unprecedented potential. Zhang Heng's skiing and shooting skills improved rapidly, especially the latter. It only took him less than a month to upgrade to lv1. At this rate, perhaps He will reach level 2 in one month.
Now his sniper hit distance has been increased to 200 meters. At this distance, he can basically guarantee a hit rate of more than 80%, but his most important improvement is not the range.
Simon has been helping Zhang Heng improve his overall quality as a sniper and his battlefield sense. This is why his performance is getting better and better.
What the two are currently doing is observation training. Simon used a trap to capture five ferrets, which are small animals that are slender and look like mice. The girl marked them and then released them. Zhang Heng needs to kill three of them to complete the training.
This kind of little thing is covered in pure white fur. It is very difficult to distinguish in the snow, and it is also very alert. Half an hour later, Zhang Heng only found and shot one, and the other four disappeared without knowing where they were. , Zhang Heng even suspected that they had run out of this area.
After another ten minutes, Zhang Heng finally found half of his little head exposed in a snow ditch. However, the distance between the two sides was a bit far at this moment, but Zhang Heng did not intend to wait any longer, for fear that the little thing would come back next moment. Out of sight, he pulled the trigger, but his stiff fingers obviously affected his shooting accuracy.
The shot failed to hit the target, and the ferret got frightened and disappeared into the snow ditch.
Zhang Heng shook his head, put away the rifle in his hand, and gave up the training.
He saw Simon on the other side sitting in front of the campfire in a daze.
The guerrillas have also had a holiday in the past week, and the fighting in other areas has basically ended. They are waiting for the Karelian Isthmus to be divided into winners and losers, or to be more precise, it is to see whether Finland can hold on until international aid arrives.
Britain and France promised to send an expeditionary force to fight in Finland. However, Sweden and Norway clearly rejected the Allied troops' request for transit, while Germany made it clear that it had no intention to participate in the Soviet-Finnish war or to mediate. Finland was unsure whether reinforcements could arrive in time. They began to be pessimistic about whether they could withstand the Soviet attack after arriving.
At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been negotiating with the Soviet Union to seek the possibility of an armistice, but the harsh conditions proposed by the Soviet Union are difficult to accept.
It's now February, and as time goes by, the situation will become more and more unfavorable as the weather gets warmer.
Zhang Heng can quickly put aside these things and stop thinking about them because he does not belong to any party in the war. But for Simon, her country is about to be defeated, and may even face the danger of national subjugation. I am afraid it is a different feeling in her heart. .
Zhang Heng could feel that the latter's mood had been obviously depressed recently, but there was not much he could do. Personal power had minimal impact on a war. Even if he had the same strength as Simon, he still could not change the final outcome. the result of.
So he could only find another way to make the girl's mood improve.
Snapped! A snowball hit Simon on the back, and the girl had a look of confusion on her face. When she turned around, she was hit on her left arm by two snowballs, so she immediately bent down to make ammunition.
The precise counterattack from the top sniper landed on Zhang Heng's chest, but at this time Zhang Heng's two consecutive shots also arrived. Simon dodged the front one but was hit in the neck by the back one. Snow fell on his collar. She couldn't help but shiver, but this also aroused her competitive spirit.
The snowballs were flying and spinning in the air, coming and going. At least for this brief moment, Simon temporarily forgot the trauma and pain the war had brought to her.
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It was already night when the two returned to the camp. Zhang Heng boiled water and took a hot bath. When he put on his clothes and walked outside the woodshed where he lived, he unexpectedly saw Maggie, a female doctor.
"You guys came back very late."
Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows, "Is something wrong?"
"The war in the Karelian Isthmus is not going well. The Soviet army has broken through the first line of defense. There is news that the guys above are ready to agree to the Soviet Union's request. The war is almost over. Aki wants to talk to you. I didn't know if you have any Not available."
