The world is colorful.

Just looking at the terrain, you can also sigh at the miraculous work of God's creation, the Middle East, North Africa, all year round, is extremely hot, and Europe, the four seasons are very warm, the Mediterranean climate nourishes Europeans, at the same time, in terms of industrial level, Europe is also the most developed.

Further north, the Soviet Union, was in the bitter cold.

At the same time, there are countries that are colder than the USSR, for example, Finland.

Most of the country's land area is within the Arctic Circle, with long, cold winters and short-lived summers, and at the same time, the country has a highly developed industrial base and is a permanent neutral country.

However, Finland only became independent in 1917 and was previously a vassal of Russia.

So, for the Soviets, Finland has always been a piece of meat in their eyes.

Moreover, Finland was so close to Leningrad, the main Soviet city, that it was always considered a serious threat to the second largest city in the Soviet Union.

Therefore, for several years, the Soviets have been trying to "communicate" with Finland and put forward demands for the cession and adjustment of part of Finland's territory.

The basic content of this was to demand that Finland move the border between Egrea and Finland on the Karelian Isthmus 40 kilometers north, and cede to the Soviet Union several islands in the Gulf of Finland and Finnish territory on the Rebache Peninsula; The Hanko Peninsula was leased to the USSR for 30 years at a cost of 8 million Finnish marks per year.

In order to compensate Finland for the loss of territory, the Soviet Union offered to give Finland twice the amount of land northwest of Lake Onega, which was ceded by Finland.

It seems to be an equal agreement, but just look at the topographic map to see how "good" the Soviets' intentions were.

The topography of the Hanko Peninsula determined that it was a natural barrier against the USSR, but the USSR asked for a lease to the USSR! In this way, the Soviet army will enter the heart of Finland at any time.

After all, friendly negotiations between the two sides have only begun in recent years, and in previous years, the two sides were still hostile, and there were often some frictions and conflicts on the border.

As a result, in the face of these demands of the Soviet Union, the Finnish side has been procrastinating.

Now, the war that broke out on the European continent attracted the attention of the whole world, and no one noticed, just on the border of the inconspicuous USSR and Finland, a major event suddenly appeared.

Soviet-Finnish border, on the territory of the USSR, the village of Maniela.

Due to the proximity of this village to the border, the villagers of the village were relocated more than ten years ago, after all, the Finnish army crossed the border from time to time, and often brought them sad memories.

After the villagers moved away, the village became the station of the Soviet troops, a company of infantry guards of the border guards, lived here.

Now, in the rare short summer, even then, because the latitude is too high, the sun has been shining obliquely on the ground all the time.

The temperature is not very high, and at this latitude, the highest temperature in history does not exceed 18 degrees, which is just the standard for heating rooms in winter.

Finns who live in this area all year round are not very afraid of the cold, even in the snowy winter, Finns can come out of their room naked at any time and dig an ice hole for winter swimming, and in the summer, even if the temperature outside is only 8 degrees, they like to eat ice cream bare-chested.

However, the Soviets on this side could not.

The Soviets are frost-resistant, and that depends on who they are compared to, compared with the Europeans, they are really frost-resistant, but compared with the Finns, they are far inferior.

Moreover, the territory of the Soviet Union was vast, and the Soviets in some parts of Central Asia were also afraid of the cold.

Victor, a border guard soldier, dressed in a cotton uniform and carrying a rifle, hummed an unknown country tune, walked outside.

In fact, the soldiers stationed on the border are quite boring, there are desolate places here, there are no big cities, and even buying a bottle of vodka has to go to a town more than ten kilometers away.

The soldiers' usual recreational activities are, at most, to go out, hunt game, and improve their lives.

Next to the village, there is a forest area, and in the inaccessible places, nature is dominant, and most of these tall pine trees cannot be hugged by two people.

With dead leaves under his feet and a creaking sound, his eyes were sharp, and he kept looking around, hoping to spot some prey, and the other day he had killed a wild boar and feasted them several times.

This time, it would be nice to run into another wild boar!

Victor looks careless, but in fact his ears are pricked up, and in the forest, many times, ears are better than eyes.

Suddenly, there was a tightness under his feet, and suddenly, he secretly screamed in his heart!

A rope quickly strangled one of his legs, and then, the rope continued to contract, only to hear the sound of swishing, and his world turned upside down.

He's been hung upside down from a tree!

Damn, who designed this hunter trap?

Victor cursed inwardly, his body rippling with the rope, and at the same time, he tried to roll over, but it was impossible.

You can't cut the rope yourself, and even if you do, when you fall, you'll fall half to death.

So, he reluctantly raised his gun and fired into the sky.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Mosin's Nagant rifle was five-round, and he fired all five rounds in almost a few seconds, hoping that the voice would alert his companions to come to his rescue.

At this time, his shouting is useless, the trees in the woods will block his shouting, and it will not be heard from dozens of meters away.

The gunshots are different.

The sound of gunfire echoed in the woods, and the birds nearby scattered in fright.

Next, just wait.

Maniela Village.

"Squad leader, there's gunfire in the woods." A soldier hurriedly shouted to his squad leader, Belenko.

In the border guards, the sound of gunfire is the signal, and it is said that they should go out and check it out immediately.

"Don't be afraid, that's our sharpshooter, Victor is going to hunt game for us, wait, it seems that Victor has gained something again today." Belenko said.

Hopefully it's a wild boar that can be eaten for days.

Now, the economic strength of the Soviets is still limited, even for border guards like them, that is, there is just enough black bread to eat, after all, Ukraine is the granary of the Soviets, but meat, etc., is seriously insufficient.

Therefore, the troops went out to hunt and improve their food, which was already an act of tacit approval from above.

Belenko didn't think much about it, not knowing that his subordinates were hanging on a tree at this time, and this gunshot was a distress signal.