Episode 21 Darkness is a friend of the brave
The Wolves deliberately climbed a little higher up the hill on the east bank, trying to avoid the lakeshore and the closer they got to the lakeshore, the more likely they were to encounter Soviet patrols, and the commandos expected that Soviet patrols were unlikely to climb the steep hillside to patrol
Sure enough, the 34 members of the Wolves quietly bypassed the two villas in a row, sneaking around the villa area for a kilometer, and did not collide with the Soviet patrols
The next third villa is where the fourteen grids are held
The leader of the wolf team, that is, the platoon leader, holding on to the pine tree, stood on the steep slope, panting, looking at the villa by the lake below, he took a telescope and took a closer look, and found that in addition to a 37mm anti-aircraft gun erected on the roof, there were at least three machine guns around the villa, one of each corner could see three corners at this angle, and the fourth corner was on the back, and it was not estimated that there was another one on that corner
The three machine guns I saw, two of them were facing the mountain, the third was facing the lake, and the fourth was also facing the lake, and on the periphery of the protective circle composed of machine guns, more than 20 Soviet soldiers were found one after another, either bright or dark, appearing and disappearing, some standing on fixed posts, some standing on mobile posts, in short, this villa was firmly surrounded from all sides, making it completely impossible to approach secretly
Suddenly, a wild dog barked from below, and the platoon commander quickly moved the telescope, and searched carefully in the direction where the dog barked Soon, a Soviet soldier led the dog from the other side of the villa, and the wolf dog was obviously very impatient, struggling with the dog chain, and dragged the Soviet soldier towards the direction of the hillside
The platoon commander frowned, many members of the team also saw the wolf dog under the mountain, and even if the other team members couldn't see it, they all heard the dog barking - obviously, the Soviet army had military dogs patrolling, and now they have been spotted, the Soviet soldier who led the dog was obviously vigilant, and while pulling the dog, he took the rifle off his shoulder, and turned back to call the others
Without further ado, the platoon commander turned his head and beckoned, and a member of the team behind him took out a bottle from his bag and handed it to him, the platoon commander took the bottle, unscrewed the cap, and suddenly a strong smell came out, he took the bottle, sprinkled it on the ground and trees around it, and then whispered an order to the whole team to retreat to the mountain
Soon, this piece of woods with a radius of dozens of meters wafted away this strong smell, fishy and shameful, pungent and abnormal, at the same time, a few team members climbed higher on the hillside and hid into the deeper dense forest
A moment later, more barking came from below, getting closer and closer, at least several, and seemed excited, accompanied by a long series of footsteps, and a brief command in Russian to see the troops, and at least a squad of patrols leading the dogs up
Suddenly, the barking of several dogs ceased, and then one of the dogs let out a low whine, which then turned into a high-pitched, thin whining, revealing fear
Within a few seconds, several dogs fell into fear, and they all whined, some of them had the courage to roar a few times, but others were simply screaming, and the scolding of the Soviet soldiers was endless, obviously they were very dissatisfied with the dogs' performance, and they were also very strange, why the dogs who were still bravely moving forward just now were huddled together to sift the chaff
But at this time, a breeze blew in the valley, and the Soviet soldiers immediately understood what was going on, although their noses were not as sensitive as those of military dogs, but at this time they all smelled a pungent smell - it was the smell of urine of some kind of animal, and the dogs were scared like this, probably some kind of large beast...... It's either a bear or a leopard
The smell of urine was so strong, maybe the animal was still nearby, and it didn't go far...... Thinking about it this way, more than a dozen Soviet soldiers are also a little hairy, all holding guns, staring at the woods around the black hole There are a few soldiers who are Central Asians, also from the mountains, since I was a child, I heard the old people in the village say that in the winter night, the money leopard on the mountain likes to touch into the village to catch livestock to eat, and the favorite food is that dogs are more difficult to catch than cattle and sheep, but the money leopard just likes to eat dogs, and dogs are also most afraid of the money leopard leading the dog into the mountains to hunt, even if they meet a black bear, three or five dogs dare to come forward to go around, but when they smell the smell of the money leopard, A whole group of dogs could shiver in fright, screaming and shrinking back......
These Soviet soldiers began to whisper to the people next to them, maybe there was a leopard nearby, staring at our dog, and the Soviet troops in a squad were frightened
"Leopards are nothing to be afraid ......of," the Soviet squad leader tried his best not to tremble, and whispered, "But since it's just a leopard, comrades, let's go back and ......"
The soldiers below were eager to hurry down the mountain, and they all led their dogs and went down cautiously
In the woods dozens of meters above, the commandos of the wolf team were scattered, each armed with weapons, and even the machine guns were set up, just waiting for the Soviet patrol to force over, they could only start fighting
Knowing that the voice of the Soviet patrol had completely disappeared, it took another ten minutes before the platoon commander whispered an order to the whole platoon to cancel the combat state and rest in place
A small bottle of concentrated and refined "dog repellent" has been spilled out, and it seems that the effect is very good, this is the newly developed "secret weapon" of the East Factory, imitating the smell of urine in the territory of the leopard logo, which is extremely volatile, and is specially used to scare patrol dogs by agents who infiltrate behind enemy lines
The leader of the Wolves team looked at the luminous watch, it was now half past three, and in half an hour, it was the agreed attack time, at that time, the east and west banks were about to start at the same time, now, the goal of the Wolves was under their noses, just two or three hundred meters below, the anti-aircraft guns on the roof were glowing with metallic cold light in the moonlight, I don't know where the Bears are now, whether there is a "delay", the slope on the west bank is much steeper, their progress may be slower, but in any case, they must end the battle before dawn, or they can only hide in the mountains for another day
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At the same time, the 72 commandos of the Bear Team are trudging through the mountain road under their feet - to be exact, there is only a mountain, there is no road - it is much steeper, they must always overcome the danger of landslides, and at the same time maintain the speed of travel, even worse, they are not like the wolves on the east bank, the east bank is a villa area, there are a total of five villas in front and behind, and when they encounter the first one, they know how far away they are from the target, and there is only one building on the west bank, and the bear team has no idea how far away they are from the target now, and can only be in the endless darknessand trudged forward
Suddenly, a deep Russian voice came from a straight, hard, commanding tone
The commando who was walking in the front immediately stopped, the cat leaned down, grabbed the automatic rifle, slowly took it off his shoulder, and held it in his hand At this time, dozens of people behind him also heard the Russian voice, and they all stopped
Among the members of the team who walked in the front, one of them knew Russian, and he knew that he was asking for a "password", but how could the Ming commandos know the password of the Soviet sentry
The situation that the commandos had been trying to avoid most often was an encounter with a Soviet sentry
The Russian on the other side asked again, this time in a much more alert tone, accompanied by the sound of a bolt
The leader of the Bears slowly leaned in, held his breath, pulled out a flashlight in one hand, and a pistol with a silencer from his waist with the other
He leaned into the translator's ear and whispered:
"Say you're from the NKVD and ask him what his name is"
The interpreter nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, took a breath and said in Russian solemnly:
"I'm from the Commission, what's your name?"
At the same time, the team leader turned on the flashlight, and a pillar of light shone directly
In the pillar of light, a Soviet soldier was nervously clutching his rifle, he couldn't open his eyes when he was stabbed, his left hand was raised to block his eyes, and he slowly retreated Obviously, he was very vigilant, but he didn't dare to shoot at this time
The leader raised the silent pistol, and there were two muffled "dong dong" sounds, and the Soviet soldiers in the pillar of light did not say a word and fell to the ground