Chapter 3: The Valley of Death

At 5:50 p.m., it was already dark, and the battle that had been brewing for a long time finally began. One after another, the illuminations burst out over the valley, and the dazzling light pierced the snowflakes, instantly illuminating the winding pass and the Soviet convoy marching on the pass. Suddenly, countless points of light shot into the valley from the tops and slopes of the mountains on both sides, and the flames of the explosion were like a series of firecrackers, which flashed continuously along this road for several kilometers.

In the era when optical aiming dominated, the impact of wind and snow on the accuracy of artillery fire was obvious, even so, the terrain advantage of the ambush side completely offset the lack of fire accuracy, and the Soviet army on the road was like a fighter who had not advanced for several days, and as soon as he got into the ring, he was beaten by the opponent without fighting back, and those tanks that were invincible on the European battlefield became slow-moving practice targets, one after another were hit by various anti-tank fire from the enemy, The trucks carrying soldiers and war materiel were even more powerless to resist the onslaught of the enemy, and the trucks constantly tumbled down the valley in the explosions, and the Soviet officers and soldiers who hurriedly got out of the trucks tried to organize defenses, but these efforts were completely ineffective under the fierce guns and artillery of the opponents.

Standing in the bunker of the command post with an excellent observation position, Lynn calmly watched the splendid scene in the valley, a hearty battle of revenge, but also a completely one-sided massacre, more than a thousand lives were dwindling at an alarming rate. Judging from the fact that a large number of troops had already driven out of Salzburg before dark, the Soviet commander sent this regiment of soldiers not to completely underestimate the enemy, but to prepare to use this convoy as a fat fish to lure the opponent to the bait, they did not even need to contain the ambushers for a long time, as long as the position was determined, the tens of thousands of Soviet officers and soldiers who rushed from Salzburg and the peripheral troops who pulled the nets in all directions could catch this big fish, even if it was a fierce black shark!

The Soviets went to great lengths to lay a wide net, and the bigger the gain, the better, and the group of fighters commanded by Lynn was indeed worthy of the weight of a large shark. As soon as the mouth of the blood basin opened, the bait entered the stomach with no bones left. Hooks and lines? It allows the fisherman to find the fish's position, and it also allows the fish to determine the fisherman's position.

The battle in front of him was not over yet, and Lynn's attention was already on the distance. Even if there was no wireless communication from the advance troops, the light of the fire reflected in the sky could urge the main Soviet forces attacking from Salzburg to speed up, and after they left Salzburg, the Imperial soldiers scattered around the city quickly assembled into a platoon of assault forces according to the predetermined plan, even if the Soviet troops left two or three thousand officers and soldiers to guard the departure base, 1 CCC elite Imperial soldiers were enough to seize the main target in Salzburg with the rapid night assault they were good at. At 7:40 p.m., the second battle began. As Lynn judged, it didn't matter how far the Soviets were staying in Salzburg from what was expected, the point was that there was fighting at the front and their own elite was exhausted, and the Soviet defenders were fatally lax psychologically. With the help of some underground resistors, it took less than an hour for the elite soldiers of the Reich to capture the majority of the set targets, and the Soviet troops did not carry the heavy artillery and rocket artillery that were difficult to travel through the mountains, and although there were not many heavy weapons in Salzburg, the Reich soldiers still used them as if they were a treasure. At the same time, dozens of demomen, under the cover of their companions, began a sabotage operation on the mountain approach south of Salzburg, and when they used pre-prepared explosives to divert rocks and snow to block the road, the Imperial forces that occupied Salzburg continued to bombard the valley entrance area with captured Soviet artillery and rocket artillery. In this case, even if the retreating Soviet infantry were able to climb over the obstacles and make their way back to Salzburg, their combat vehicles and towed artillery would not be of use, and more than a thousand Imperial soldiers with plenty of experience in cold combat would have enough to deal with them! …,

The rear road was cut off, and the Soviet commander once again followed Lynn's prediction: one regiment of infantry turned back to reinforce Salzburg, the rest of the troops continued to advance, and they could meet up with the advance force that was "still engaged" by another thirty kilometers of mountain road. Unfortunately, 1,200 Soviet soldiers could not support the arrival of the large force, and after the first forty minutes of heavy bombardment and the next hour of attack, Lynn's main force had already begun to clean up the battlefield before the Imperial ** team lurking near Salzburg launched an attack. In order to attract the enemy's large forces along the mountain road, they still fired flares into the battlefield area, and used the empty cartridges prepared in advance to create the sound effect of fierce battle, except for a small number of soldiers of the Freedom Regiment who stayed behind to sweep the tail and transfer the booty, more than 3,000 fighters and main weapons and equipment were racing against time to move in the direction of Salzburg. If this continues, the main forces of the two sides will soon meet in the middle of the valley, but about 7 kilometers north of the previous ambush field, Lynn's main force stops, this is the second ambush field they have surveyed in advance, and only the ideal battle position of the condescending concubine will allow them to successfully defeat an opponent who is three or four times more numerous in men and heavy equipment. Considering that after the first ambush battle, the Soviet army will inevitably send more powerful combat troops to come, and the length of this ambush field is more than twice as long as the previous one, and the biggest gap between reality and plan is that the follow-up troops of the Soviet army came so quickly, and Lynn's soldiers did not have a night's rest time after arriving at the predetermined position, and the transfer of anti-tank combat vehicles and combat ammunition became their biggest problem in the race against time.

In order to increase the weight of victory, Lynn decisively invested all the forces that could be mobilized, the wounded were temporarily left in place for preliminary treatment, the stretcher bearer was transferred to the ammunition delivery, the personnel who could be drawn out of the command headquarters were also used as laborers, and the people who could move were all put into the tense delivery of supplies, and even Lynn carried a box of "Bazooka" rockets when he was transferred to the next ambush field. It usually takes more than an hour to walk down the 7-kilometer flat road, and all kinds of bad factors come together in the cold winter, dark night, snow, and mountain shape, and Lynn struggles to arrive in two hours, and all the underwear is already as if it has been soaked in water, and the others have to turn back to continue carrying it to meet the consumption of materials for the continuous onslaught.

With astonishing enthusiasm and perseverance from their comrades, the soldiers who had been engaged in front-line operations were able to rest and recuperate after arriving in their new combat area. By the time the mountain assault guns had difficulty reaching the shelling position, the vanguard vehicles of the second group of Soviet units entered their pockets. As in the first ambush battle, the brave warriors of the Imperial Elite and the Freedom Regiment patiently allowed them to pass through the forward ambush area, and after about half an hour, a large number of vehicles began to appear on the mountain road ahead like stick insects.

At this time, the tanks and other vehicles of the Soviet army had already turned off their headlights, and on the side of the valley floor, the Soviet soldiers were guided by small lighting equipment such as flashlights and kerosene lamps.

By the time Lynn's "pockets" filled the Soviet columns, this huge reinforcement remained outside for a long time. Now that the valley in the direction of Salzburg had been sealed, Lynn immediately gave the order to attack. Once again, a large number of American-made flares burst over the heads of the Soviets, making the light in the valley even brighter than during the day. At this moment, Lynn and his soldiers really saw the "appearance" of their prey, which is a combat unit with a large number of tanks, self-propelled guns, and troop carriers, and its degree of mechanization is only surpassed by the US ** team in the world. It seems that after the signing of the armistice agreement with the allies, although the Soviet Union demobilized a large number of troops and put them into production, what remained in Central Europe belonged to the condensed essence, and their strong mobility enabled them to have a handy reaction speed when dealing with the resistance, and not only armored vehicles, but even ordinary trucks were equipped with semi-stationary machine guns, this kind of firepower was more than enough to deal with the average resistance, but unfortunately they were very unlucky to meet Lynn today, which can be called a legendary figure. …,

With the guidance of flares, all kinds of light and heavy artillery fire and anti-tank rockets smashed into the long snakes of the Soviet army like hailstones, and it was not uncommon for two or more vehicles to explode at the same time, and the Soviet convoy in the valley quickly became chaotic on the scene. This time, however, the resistance of the ambushers was much stronger than before, and the Soviet officers and soldiers who came to the battle just did not expect the battle to start here, and they quickly calmed down and launched a counterattack against the ambushers on the hillside in squads. This is a battle that requires courage and courage, in order to seize a machine gun fire point, the Soviet army must pay dozens of sacrifices, watching the Soviet soldiers in white coats rush up one after another, the shot person rolls straight down like a falling rock, and even the hard-hearted people will be shocked.

In the case of a fair duel, the Empire's "specialty" in Northern Europe, the wheeled mountain assault gun, was no match for the T-34, but in the valley between Salzburg and Bischofshofen, every mountain assault gun that struggled to climb the hill was given an excellent opportunity to become the "T34 killer". Here, all the gunners had to do was repeat the process of loading, aiming, and firing, avoiding the thick frontal armor of Soviet tanks, and firing at their wide sides or vulnerable engine positions again and again until they caught fire or even exploded.

Time quickly consumed the superior strength of the Soviet army, and also consumed their confidence that was greatly damaged. Half an hour after the start of the battle, the passes between the valleys were full of burning and smoking wreckage, the resistance of the Soviet column in the middle and front was gradually weakened, the vehicles behind could not move forward, and the exposed infantry were only live targets for machine guns.