"There are snipers!" A mournful shout rang out in the front row of the Soviet Observer Mission.

The snipers were three reserve division commanders with the rank of major general, that is, all the general-level officers present. Although theoretically another general named Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov was also accompanying the mission, in practice the current general Zhukov was still far away from Stalin in Moscow.

Originally, Zhukov's name was placed in the observation group in order to coat the gold so that he could carry out the next step of promotion, but it was not really to ask a dignified general to take the observation group to the war zone all day long.

Who does not know that Zhukov's Reds on Stalin's side, the heroes of the defeat of the Japanese army at Nomenkan. Chairman Stalin's cronies wanted to be gilded with gold and earn some seniority, and everyone turned a blind eye.

As for the other three major generals and division commanders, they are actually not serious division commanders. According to the Soviets, these major generals were actually the commanders of the "second unit". Using Reinhardt's private names to the German generals, these major generals were called the division commanders of the "shadow troops".

The "shadow troops" were born out of the system of the "Second Army" with the Soviet Army. This very innovative system made it possible for one division in the Soviet Union to become two divisions overnight.

In the final analysis, there is nothing magical about the "second army" system. That is, on weekdays, each division commander is assigned two deputy division commanders, instead of only one deputy division commander as in Germany and other countries. And one of these two deputy division commanders performed his daily duties like the German deputy division commander. The other one only does a little work in this area occasionally, and most of the time is busy with other things - that is, he is in charge of the work related to the "Second Army".

In this way, in the Soviet Army, the chief of staff of the division was one colonel, and he also had two lieutenant colonels under him, one of whom was also responsible for the work related to the "Second Army", that is, the "chief of staff of the division of the shadow troops". The same was true for each regiment, 1 colonel and 2 lieutenant colonels. However, each battalion is equipped with 1 battalion commander and 1 deputy battalion commander.

In the event of an armed conflict, one division was ordered to be ready for combat and was called upon to move to the area of operation. Then, there is only one deputy division commander in this division who will follow the division commander to lead the troops, that is, the deputy division commander who performs daily duties.

And the same is true for each regiment, only one deputy commander will accompany the troops.

For each battalion, as long as the battalion commander leads the team, the deputy battalion commander is left, and the deputy division commander and deputy regiment commander who were left before are responsible for forming and leading a new division.

Since there is no deputy battalion commander in each battalion, one company commander will be selected in each battalion to be immediately promoted to deputy battalion commander, and the vacancy left by the company commander will be promoted by one platoon commander. In this way, such a transfer at the officer level will not affect the combat effectiveness of the division at all, and at the same time it can leave the skeleton of a new division.

After the entire personnel of this division left their barracks with weapons and equipment. If there is a shortage of soldiers and junior officers in this division, they will look for opportunities to replenish them on their way to the combat area, and they will find personnel to fill in the reserve personnel or other scattered friendly units.

After this division leaves, the barracks left behind will not be idle. The colonel, who usually served as deputy division commander, remained there, and at the same time, six lieutenant colonels, who usually served as deputy regimental commanders, and several deputy battalion commanders, remained there.

But the commanders of such "second forces" are often underqualified. In order to increase their qualifications, that is, to gild, the Soviet military tried all sorts of ways. One of them is to organize the officers of the second unit to participate in the battlefield observation mission, and after the completion of the service, they will be considered to have increased their seniority.

But now, the 3 major generals and division commanders who are about to take office in the second unit have been sniped collectively, which is equivalent to being directly beheaded on a large scale as mentioned in military analysis, and this is okay!

"General!" Several regiment commanders, who had just been promoted to colonels of the new unit, ran forward and shouted around the bodies of the three division commanders.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Smack! Smack....... "The sniper team led by Simon fired one after another, and learned a wish for these fools who ran to the front with the rank of colonel to die.

"Withdraw!" Without a trace of dragging, after judging that most of the generals in the intelligence would not appear, it was determined that the team had completed the highly valuable tactical objectives today, and Simon decisively gave the order to retreat.

3 major generals, 8 colonels, this is already equivalent to knocking out the top of 3 divisions! Even if we continue to fight, it is impossible to achieve better results. It's better to accept it when it is good, keep the green mountains, and create good results in the future.

And Simon has a natural premonition talent, which is his greatest luck as a sniper. He instinctively felt that if he killed so many high-ranking members of the Soviet Union in one go, the other party would definitely not let him go. If you don't run away now, maybe you'll have to stay here forever.

Anyway, the revenge of being slaughtered in the field hospital can be regarded as revenge, and the psychology is more balanced. Simon lowered his body and slid down the slope, while Murray and Jawini on both sides rolled over against the snow and rolled back to the back of the highlands.

Although on the back side of the slope, it is impossible for the three to be hit by bullets. But Simon still didn't let his guard down, and hurriedly beckoned the two to run into the woods 3 kilometers away. There, there are sled equipment that they hid. Once you're on the sled, it's basically safe to get out of the way.

"Quick! Send someone in the direction where the gun just rang out! "A colonel with a good brain has become the only survivor of the three major generals and the nine colonels because he has just hidden.

At this moment, since he had the highest military rank, the right to command on the spot naturally fell into his hands.

"Colonel!" Although he was only a major in rank, the commander of the alert unit who was ordered by Mr. Colonel still stubbornly said: "If the other party is a Finnish sniper, then our people will definitely not be able to drag them down, and they can only sacrifice in vain." I suggested that the accompanying artillerymen could fire howitzers in the direction where the guns were fired earlier, and that would ......."

"Second Battalion Commander!" The colonel shouted: "What about the Italian guns in your hands! ”

At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, the Soviet troops on the Northern Front who fought against the famous Italian general Gambara, although they were ultimately defeated, also captured a lot of equipment of the Italian Expeditionary Force in local battles.

In order to whitewash the results of the war, these trophies were transported back to China as an exhibition for the scene.

The Spanish Civil War ended, and most of these Italian weapons went into the "Second Army" as their equipment. As a result, there was also the stalk of the accompanying artillery of this observation group with Italian artillery.

"Pull it up, the regiment commander ........," the second battalion commander replied immediately.

"Fire!" The colonel did not hesitate for the slightest, and immediately gave this order to kill Simon. In his opinion, Simon is not dead for a moment, and he is in danger of being killed for one more second.

"Bang bang bang ......!" As soon as Simon and his party ran two steps from the high ground and rushed down, several grenades exploded around the place where they were lying just now!

The huge explosion carried scattered monoliths, shattering the mats and white cloth they had just laid to pieces. On Simon's side, because of his timely prediction of the crisis, he was hardly traumatized. It's just that his thick coat has been cut by a single piece flying not far away.