The guns were piercing, bullets were flying, and Soviet soldiers were constantly pierced through their bodies by the whirling steel bullets, and their bodies were scattered in the snow. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoWarm blood flowed out of the wound, and it was quickly frozen into bright red ice edges by the severe cold of more than minus 20 degrees Celsius, and under the light of the midday sun, it was as scorching and dazzling as a snow and a cold plum.

After a short battle of ten minutes, nearly 100 of the more than 500 Soviet infantry who participated in the attack suffered nearly 100 casualties; The ghostly screams echoed in the snow, causing the rest of the Soviet soldiers to weaken their legs and crouch on the ground and never dare to take a step forward. The firepower of the Finns in front of them was not actually very dense, but its accuracy was frighteningly high; The bullets flew towards him as if they had eyes, taking the lives of soldiers in an instant.

If this was all there was to say, the outnumbered Soviet attacking force could have suppressed the enemy's fire with light and heavy machine guns and mortars, but the Soviet infantry had no idea where the Finns were hiding. As far as the eye could see, the surroundings were covered in snow-white and snow-white, and the Soviet soldiers could not see any other abnormal colors at all!

Seeing that the enemy was overwhelmed by his own fire, Finnish machine gunner Aalto couldn't help but be excited. In the weekday training, he and his comrades were asked to practice their marksmanship hard to make up for the lack of heavy firepower, and now it is finally time to show the value of their training. In addition, the Finnish soldiers were dressed in pure white winter field uniforms, which completely blended in with the surrounding snow, which gave the Finnish army an unequal and overwhelming advantage over their opponents in concealment. Aalto's machine-gun position opened fire dozens of times intermittently, and not a single Soviet soldier noticed it, and by this time he had already hit a dozen enemies.

Without infantry cover, two Soviet T-26 tanks did not stop at all, and rumbled over the Finnish position. As the distance closed, the Soviet commander finally saw the Finnish soldiers in close cover, and the machine guns in front of the hull opened fire, sweeping several Finns who could not avoid them into a pool of blood. Soon, however, their end came. With a roar, three Finnish soldiers suddenly jumped out of the trench without warning and swooped down on an advancing Soviet tank from the flanks and rear. They had no guns in their hands, only a slender wine bottle with a blazing flame at the beak!

"Bang!" One Finnish bombardier was hit in the lower ribs by a Soviet bullet from the rear and stumbled for a moment before stumbling to the ground, while the other two were flying wildly in a hail of bullets, crossing a distance of 30 meters in just a few seconds. The two ****** were thrown hard by them, and they smashed them into the rear hull of the Soviet tank one after another, and the gasoline that was scattered was instantly ignited by the open flame at the mouth of the bottle, and most of it attached to the tank and burned violently.

Just over a minute later, a large scorched fog rose from the rear of the Soviet tank that had been attacked by ******; The engine with severe overtemperature could no longer tolerate this working environment and immediately collapsed completely. The loser tank was perched diagonally on the snow stack, desperately rotating the turret in a desperate attempt to make a final death throe, but for the Soviet tankmen, it was all over. The Finnish soldiers looked in the opposite direction of its turret, and struck from the side and rear to avoid the truth, and ****** and cluster grenades beckoned at the Soviet tank, which was immediately completely paralyzed in the flames and air waves of the explosion.

The Finnish soldiers did the same, and launched a close-range attack on another Soviet tank with ******. Even in this extremely cold weather, the gasoline with the added viscous agent still heated the engine under the steel plate to 200 degrees Celsius, which could not work at all. And the tank's luck was even worse, its internal gasoline actually exploded under the erosion of high temperatures. The steel chariot, weighing more than 10 tons, shattered and disintegrated in an instant with a loud thunder, and the flying steel fragments nearly cut off half of the head of a Finnish soldier.

Seeing that the two tanks were all destroyed, the little remaining fighting will of the Soviet infantry in the rear was suddenly extinguished. They fled back from the front line in a hurry, just wanting to get out of the terrified area once and for all. The gunfire in the snow field gradually subsided, and the front of the Finnish position was littered with dead bodies. The Finnish squad began to clean up the battlefield and collect all the available supplies left behind by the enemy. They only got two bases of ammunition from the logisticians, so any bit of equipment abandoned by the enemy was precious.

"Comrade Kasimov, didn't you promise me that today you will be able to advance at least 15 kilometers? Now that it's night, why are your troops still stuck in the starting positions? "In a hidden bunker hundreds of meters from the front line, the commander of the 169th Division of the Soviet Army roared angrily at his regimental commander's subordinates; Those bronze bell-like eyes stared at the person in front of them, as if they were about to tear and devour the other party in the next moment.

The commander of the Soviet regiment, who was called Kasimov, stood with his head bowed in shame, and his heart was full of shame and resentment. In today's daytime attack, he had pressed all the forces at his disposal, but even though his troops had the advantage of heavy firepower, the Finnish line on the opposite side remained unmoved, and each time inflicted a large number of casualties on the Red Army soldiers. The Red Army's four attacks were all repulsed by the Finnish army, and the casualties approached the 300 mark. The total strength of the Finnish army on the opposite side was only about 1 battalion, which is proved by the intelligence of the Red Army scouts and the firepower shown by the Finnish army on the battlefield today!

For the reasons for such a fiasco, Kasimov already realized one in his heart. He had just been promoted to captain last year, but because a large number of officers had been purged, he was promoted to commander-in-chief of the regiment by Rocket. I don't even have the experience to be a company commander, let alone train these more than 2,000 people to command like an arm. To this day, Kasimov is still blind to the battle in different environments, and he has no idea what to do and when. At this moment, when the real battle began, Kasimov immediately showed his original form: from the deployment of troops to the selection of offensive directions, there was not a single place without defects.

However, Kasimov apparently would not explain this as an explanation. His mind turned, and he immediately began to pour bitter water on his commander: the current weather was too cold, and the soldiers could not sleep well in the freezing cold of almost minus 30 degrees, and the battle was naturally not as good as usual. In addition, due to the difficult terrain of Karelia, heavy snow blocked all roads, which made it waist-deep for the soldiers to attack, which made it more difficult to advance. Kasimov then began to complain that the divisional logistics did not have enough shells to get to him from the rear, and if there were 500 more shells, he would be able to defeat the Finnish defenders in front of him.

The Soviet division commander glared at Kasimov angrily, but the heavy panting gradually subsided. The snow-covered Isthmus of Karelia did pose many obstacles to its offensive: not only could the mechanized troops not be able to operate, but the logistical supply was also extremely inefficient due to the heavy snow blocking the road, which made the advance of the front-line troops even more insecure. At the same time, the Red Army did not have a good grasp of the topography of the area, and the lakes, jungles, and mounds were so heavy that it was difficult for the grassroots commanders to sort out their eyebrows.

Finally, when the commander finished his breath, Kasimov cautiously spoke: "Comrade division commander, how is the situation of the other two regiments?" If they advance smoothly, our regiment will not be able to provide cover for them on the flank......" The Soviet division commander snorted angrily and said: "They have more rice than you!" I sent the entire tank battalion to support, but not only did they fail to make a breakthrough, but they were knocked out by the Finns' anti-tank guns as many as 8 pieces! I am here to explain to you that tomorrow's attack must crush the Finnish army in front of you, otherwise Comrade Commander Meretskov will be held accountable, and not a single senior commander of the whole division will be able to escape! ”

Kasimov shuddered, and immediately said yes. Although the responsibility for the failure of the 169th Division's attack was borne by the division commander, the latter was definitely able to pull his back before being liquidated by the commander. However, how easy is it to repel the Finnish defenders in front of you? Today he has lost one-seventh of his troops, and the only two tanks have been accounted for in the Finnish positions, and 80% of the field artillery shells have been consumed. In this case, your side is already at the end of your crossbow, how can you hope for victory tomorrow?

"Tonight, the division's baggage team will be able to reach the front line from the rear. This time I'll give you a thousand shells and tear the Finns on the opposite side to shreds! The Soviet division commander saw Kasimov's hesitation and spoke coldly.

At this moment, a dull explosion suddenly sounded in the silent wilderness, and the two people hiding in the command bunker were stunned when they heard the sound, and their hearts quickly changed from nervous and serious to uneasy and doubtful.

"Comrade division commander, the sound of the explosion seems to be coming from the south?" Kasimov spoke in a daze, with a hint of uncertainty in his words. The Finnish army was now positioned to the north, and to the south was the rear base of the Red Army, where heavy artillery, baggage brigades, and battle reserves were deployed. And with the management methods of the Soviet commissars, the probability of an accident or accident was extremely small - being sent to the gulag for forced labor meant hell for all Soviets!

The Soviet division strode outside the bunker and listened carefully in the night wind, and after a moment, his face changed abruptly, and he said: "There are gunshots!" It is highly likely that the Finns have gone around our rear and are already engaged in fire with our soldiers! He hurried back to the command bunker, and opposite the panicked Kasimov, he ordered: "Order the front-line troops to strengthen their vigilance and strictly guard against the surprise attack of the Finnish army in front of him." The number of Finnish troops infiltrated will not be very large, and the 2nd Regiment was notified to draw a battalion of troops to reinforce it! (To be continued.) )