Episode 20 Into the Enemy's Lair

According to the plan, the commandos were divided into "Bears" and "Wolves".

The Bears had two platoons of 72 men and rowed towards the west bank. The goal of this team is the castle of Guangwu. The Wolves consisted of a platoon, 36 men, and rowed to the east coast. The goal of this team is the villa of 14 grids. The two teams will be separated from now on, each team will have a radio, but the radio silence must be maintained. At the appointed time, the two radio stations can contact each other, confirm that the other party is in position, and then attack.

It's one o'clock in the evening, and it's four hours before dawn, so it's very tight. According to the plan, the glider was to land north-north of the central Kanas Lake. Normally, it should be 14 or 15 kilometers away from the southern villa area, and it is a mountain road and dense forest. At this distance, the assault team can trek in three hours and enter the offensive position.

However, the previous training was in Lake Tolba, and no one actually landed on Kanas Lake. Tonight's night is dark again, and the landing position is likely to deviate, either near or far. It's good to say if it's close, but if it's far away, then you won't be able to get in place before dawn. In that case, according to the plan, they would have to send a signal to the rear, then hide in the mountains and forests for a day, and attack again tomorrow night.

The two teams landed one after another, and the team members dragged the rubber raft ashore with all hands and feet, first moved the equipment down, then let off the gas, rolled up and hid in the woods. These rafts were abandoned and no longer used during the retreat. Next, both teams trudged up the steep hillside, as deep into the forest as possible, avoiding Soviet sentries who might patrol the shores of the lake. The slope of the west bank is relatively steep, reaching fifty or sixty degrees in some places, and it is difficult to walk, so you have to climb a section up the hill to walk a little better. The east bank has a slower slope, but it is also thirty or forty degrees.

However, these days, the commando team has specially trained for this kind of trek in the dense forest in the dark night and on a steep slope. The Ming Army's army aviation commandos were originally the best special forces, coupled with the targeted training these days, each carrying dozens of pounds of equipment, in this kind of dark and dense forest with a large slope, they still walked like flying. In the dark forest, only a series of "shivering" footsteps and a heavy breathing sound were heard. Other than that, there was the occasional owl or two, and the howl of a wolf drifting from afar.

The black bear and the gray wolf are both strong in the Altai Mountains in northern Xinjiang, and they are the top hunters here and the survival masters who are the most adapted to this environment. The two commandos named after these two animals are now really like bears and wolves, walking like fish in water in the dark jungle of the Altai Mountains, walking like flies, quickly approaching the "prey" that has long been locked.

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In this operation, the basic weapons are the same as the last "dress rehearsal operation", which is a Thomson submachine gun with an F-38 automatic rifle. The difference is that this time the squad is armed with two woodpecker machine guns, as well as "heavy weapons" - a 60-mm mortar. One Woodpecker machine gun for the Bears and one for the Wolves, and the mortars are equipped for the Bears. The total weight of this 60 mortar of the Ming army was only more than forty catties, and it was carried by two people when it was disassembled, and the other two carried the shells. This mortar was designed specifically against the anti-aircraft guns of the Soviet army. The plan was that after the bears occupied the castle, they would block the mountain road with machine guns to prevent the nearby Soviet troops from approaching reinforcements, and the mortar team would climb to the top of the castle and blow up the anti-aircraft guns erected along the lake shore within a radius of 2,000 meters, so as to clear the threat to the seaplanes that received them.

After all, the mountains on the east coast are easier to climb, and soon, the Wolves will overtake the Bears, leaving the Bears far behind. After trekking through the mountains and forests for more than two hours, suddenly, the leader of the wolves raised a hand. It's a signal to stop where you are. The more than 30 team members behind him quickly stopped one after another and stood quietly in place. The leader grabbed an automatic rifle, held on to a pine tree, leaned down the hillside, and watched carefully.

Just now, a little light suddenly flashed below, and then disappeared again. The light was slow, lasting for a second or two, like the light of a match, not like the instantaneous flash of a shot.

The team leader picked up the binoculars and looked in that direction, and sure enough, he made a discovery.

More than 200 meters away, at the foot of the hillside, on the edge of the lake, stood a big black building. The leader carefully discerned in the binoculars - it was a big house. A villa, to be exact. On top of the villa was a twin 37-mm anti-aircraft gun with the barrel held high and pointed at the night sky. Next to the anti-aircraft gun, there were two small red bright spots shaking. The bright spot was small, very small, much smaller than the fire just now, and it was impossible to see it if you didn't look closely.

It was supposed to be two Soviet soldiers, smoking there. The fire just now was a match to light a cigarette.

The team leader turned his head and whispered:

"The first villa was found 200 meters away, and it was passed down."

The team members behind him also whispered backwards:

"The first villa was found 200 meters away, and it was passed down."

And just like that, the news quickly reached the end of the team. Now the whole team knows. It's not just a sign of "a villa has been found". This means that they have now arrived at the villa area at the southern end of Kanas Lake, and may encounter Soviet patrols at any time, and the whole team must be vigilant, stay hidden, and be ready to fight at any time.

The team leader looked at the villa with a telescope for a while, and then took out a few photos of the villa area taken by the reconnaissance plane. One of them is a total aerial photo, and the rest are close-up photos of several villas. He waved, and one of the team members behind him took out a raincoat and covered him. The team leader was covered under a raincoat and used a small flashlight to take a few close-up photos of the villa to identify which villa it was.

Soon, he recognized it, drew a circle on the aerial map, and also determined his current position. What I encounter now is indeed the first villa on the east coast, and it is also the northernmost villa. What they are most afraid of is that because of the dense forest and the night, they will miss one or two villas. That would be tantamount to breaking into the Soviet patrol area without realizing it. Now it seems, everything is fine.

The villa complex at the southern end of Kanas Lake has a castle and five villas. The castle is on the west shore of the lake, and all five castles are on the east shore of the lake. Because the West Bank is able to bask in the morning sun, and in such deep valleys, sunlight – especially in the morning – is a luxury. Because after a night of low temperatures, the morning sun is the most comfortable. Since it is the most comfortable, it must only be left for the emperor to enjoy alone. On the east coast, there is no sunlight in the morning and morning, and only at noon and in the afternoon. But after a morning of irradiation, by noon the temperature of the valley has risen, so the afternoon sun is not so lovely, which is commonly known as "west sun". Of course, this alpine environment will not be very hot even if it is "western". But in this way, the villas of the five courtiers could only be built on the east bank.

The five villas are each a few hundred meters apart and are built on the edge of the lake. The one in the middle is fourteen squares, and it is also the target of the Wolves. That is, for Wolves to be in place, they need to go around two villas first. At present, these five villas have become strongholds of the Soviet army, and on the top of or next to each villa, an anti-aircraft gun is erected. Because everywhere else it was woods, and the anti-aircraft guns had no sight. Only a piece of the woods around the villa has been cut out, and the view to the air is good.

The leader of the Wolves gave the order to move forward in stealth. Thirty-four team members, weapons in hand, slowed down and silently walked around the hillside.