Upon returning to the group, Lynn was assigned to the advance team by Eric, tasked with scouting, keeping guard, and eliminating enemy outposts that could not be avoided. Before joining the "Vampire" commando, Lynn had the successful experience of crossing enemy lines at night, and with more professional training in this area in the training camp, everything should have been natural, but the bright moonlight illuminated the land, and the sparse woods were not enough to hide the tracks, so the road was quite difficult.

"Let me see!"

Bringing an assault rifle with an infrared sight from a companion with night vision gear, Lynn expertly opened and closed for short periods of time - both to save power and to reduce the chance of detection by the enemy. Although the naked eye cannot directly see infrared light, as long as the other side transforms ordinary camera equipment into direct observation equipment, it can see infrared light sources and beams like infrared night vision device users, it is said that the Allies have begun to adopt such anti-night vision equipment on the Western Front, although the industrial technology of the Soviet Union is inferior, but it is not difficult to piece together some camera equipment.

In the infrared sight that resembles a small camera, the sight of ordinary objects has a strange grayish-white color, and the observation effect is no better in the current light than with the naked eye, but the human body and vehicles with temperature are particularly conspicuous.

About thirty meters away, two Soviet sentries were clubbing in place, presumably chatting face-to-face; A little farther away, two other Soviet soldiers sat on a motorcycle that had not yet cooled down, and the warmer part showed a color very different from the surroundings; As for the farther place, limited by the surname of this infrared night vision device, Lynn could not know, so she had to use an ordinary telescope to barely observe. Judging the situation, he summoned the six-member advance team he led.

"Carl, Lenks, a group of you, use night vision devices to guide the two sentries who are close to you, and lay an ambush at a position of about five meters. Jonas, Nicholas, a group of you, detour back to the two sentries in the distance, preferably at a distance of about five meters, and if there is no accident in place, shoot the target directly with the silenced pistol, Carl and Ronx, you also follow with the silenced pistol! Brück and I are here to cover for you! ”

Although Lynn was only a non-commissioned officer and the last to join the assault team, the commando soldiers attached to the SS showed no signs of unconvincing, and they immediately split up according to the instructions.

Although neither he nor Brück had infrared night vision equipment, the bright moonlight became an effective illumination at this time. Gargo's excellent eyesight is like an eagle, and Lynn accurately circles the nearby sentry within his rifle crosshair, so that if there is an accident, he can easily knock out the opponent, and even if he can't continue to sneak at that time, he can at least protect his companion and get out.

The solemn and tense atmosphere once again fulfilled the relativity of time, and after a few minutes of tormented waiting, Lynn finally saw the four Soviet sentries in his sight staggering and falling one after another, and did not hear any unusual sound in his ears at all.

"Beautiful!"

Lynn suppressed his voice and exclaimed, melee combat is his weakness, so the role of slitting the enemy's throat like a chicken with a dagger is not suitable for him to play personally, and as for the close-range hunting with a German-made PPT or Czech-made CZ27 with a silencer, it is far from being as easy for him as a barge gun.

When the two teams returned one after another, the "brigade" led by Eric himself also arrived. Having managed to slip through the Soviet lines, they did not venture through the open area, but stooped down along a canal roughly parallel to the road.

The icy water soaking his feet through the cuffs of his boots, and Lynn, though not completely indifferent, could at least minimize the negative impact of the harsh environment on his mentality. Moving briskly forward, he cautiously looked around - he didn't ask Eric for the right to use the infrared night vision goggles, after all, carrying a 25-kilogram battery box all day was not an easy job.

Woo Toot Toot ......

Hearing the characteristic roar of the tracked vehicle coming from above the road, Lynn hurriedly half-raised his left hand to signal the followers to stop advancing. At this time, they were nearly fifty meters from the road, but the road was above the level and had a view of the canal, so in the event of an enemy situation, it was wisest to hide in time.

Sergeant Eric, who was at the head of the line, was not necessarily slower than Lynn, but when he was silent, the soldiers in a column often had to wait for a companion in front of him to stop, so that there would inevitably be a delay of time from the head of the line to the end of the line for a simple order. In such a situation, if the non-commissioned officers in the team can make correct judgments in time, it is very helpful for night operations.

When squatting alone, it is difficult for an adult's body to be completely hidden in a ditch half a meter deep. Taking advantage of the gap between the soldiers in front of him and himself because of the "delayed reaction", Lynn did not hesitate to lie forward and fall into the canal, ignoring the cold flowing water splashing all over his face, and softly beckoned to the soldiers around him: "Get down!" ”

With a platoon-sized infantry combat team that would not be able to succeed in a field encounter against enemy tanks and armored vehicles, and the canal was the only place nearby where they could hide, Sergeant Eric, who was at the front of the team, quickly made the decision to hide in place. Suddenly, Lynn looked up, and there was no head or body in front of or behind him that was above the canal.

The roar of heavy engines is getting closer, but there is not a single light on the road.

Could it be that the Soviets secretly sent troops to prepare for a night counterattack?

When passing by his forward positions earlier, Lynn saw that the defensive line temporarily built by the German officers and soldiers was still very rudimentary, and it seemed that they had not had time to lay anti-tank mines, and it was those tanks, assault guns, destroyers and infantry anti-tank guns that could effectively resist the counterattack of the Soviet armored forces, but the number of these equipment seemed to be very limited, especially the lack of tiger kings and tiger hunters. Therefore, listening to the roar on the road, he couldn't help but worry that the friendly troops would be caught off guard and suffer a big loss.

Time passed slowly in an increasingly tense and oppressive atmosphere, and the screeching grinding sound of the metal tracks grinding against the hard surface under the traction of the inducing wheels sounded close at hand. Lynn cautiously poked his head out of the canal, and by the moonlight overhead, he saw a visible procession on the road more than twenty meters away in the direction of the German lines, and could roughly distinguish the outlines of tanks and self-propelled guns.

You can use the sound of guns to warn friendly forces, but it may lead to annihilation. From the commander's point of view, it is not difficult for Lynn to make a choice, and Eric in front of him obviously has the same idea.

After soaking in the icy water for twenty minutes before the Soviet troops marching along the road faded away, Lynn breathed a sigh of relief. When the sound of Suo Suo came from the front, he climbed up with his hands on his body, and suddenly felt a little numb in his chest and abdomen, along with both legs.

Seeing that the team began to move along the canal again, Lynn had a different idea in his mind, he climbed out of the canal, bowed his head and bowed his waist, like a black wild cat running fast in the moonlight, and soon came to the side of Sergeant Eric, who was at the head of the group, and asked, "Sir, shall we continue to walk forward like this?" ”

Fearing that Lynn would expose his target by doing so, Eric hurriedly gave up his position and let him return to the canal, and did not stop the team, but said as he walked, "What do you think?" ”

Lynn hurriedly explained in as brief language as possible: "The enemy forces that have just passed are not small, with tanks, self-propelled guns, and a large number of infantry, but there are few individual howitzers. According to past experience, the Soviet army always likes to use artillery for fire suppression when attacking! ”

"What does that mean?" Eric was a little unimpressed, "In order to achieve the sudden name of the counterattack, the enemy will probably not have time to mobilize artillery, but will go into battle alone with such a force with sufficient firepower." At this time, we will attack their rear targets, which will not only be easy to succeed, but also be able to contain their frontal offensive! ”

"That's right, sir! But the enemy will always consider the possibility of a frustration in the first attack, and even if they take the position, they will need artillery support to defend on the spot or advance in depth! Lynn still insisted on her understanding.

After thinking about it, Eric said: "You mean, we should stay here and ambush the Soviet artillery units?" ”

At this point, Lynn is not ambiguous: "Instead of spending time behind enemy lines searching for and attacking Soviet headquarters and supply points that may change positions due to deployment adjustments, it is better to wait for an opportunity here." Even if the artillery does not come, there should be a follow-up batch of combat troops, because they are in a hurry to rush to the battlefield, and their vigilance along the way will be relatively low! ”

There are also some things that Lynn did not say explicitly -- the Luftwaffe, which had been greatly weakened, was no longer able to provide timely and effective aerial reconnaissance, and after a whole day of fighting, the deployment of the Soviet troops was probably very different from the previous days!

Weighing the pros and cons, Eric finally raised his right hand and motioned for the team to stop.