Zhang Heng and the masked sniper on the ground were very patient.

As far as hunters are concerned, the latter is undoubtedly better, Zhang Heng has read in later literature that many Finnish partisans in the Winter War were hunters, and they have been hunting in this forest since childhood, and their performance is still excellent when the target changes from beasts to Soviet soldiers.

Unfortunately, it wasn't a fair game.

When the crow in the darkness reappears, that's when it's all over.

Zhang Heng put his finger on the trigger and made the final preparations, but the next moment, the masked sniper suddenly made a roll without warning.

Zhang Heng was stunned, because he couldn't hear the sound, he thought for a moment that he had been discovered.

But then he saw bullets rain down on the snow.

The masked sniper reacted quickly, dodging the first round of attacks with a roll, and then immediately reversed the muzzle of the gun and pulled the trigger.

At this time, a shortcoming of the shadow state was exposed, because the sunlight was shining obliquely from one direction, causing Zhang Heng's shadow direction to be fixed, although he could observe the surrounding situation by imprinting himself on the tree, he could only see one side, even if he turned his body, he only saw the bark on the other side.

Therefore, now he can only roughly guess from the situation in front of him that it should be the exchange of fire just now that attracted the nearby Soviet soldiers, but he doesn't know how many people there are on the other side and how far away they are.

What's more, his shadow state is about to run out of time, leaving him with less than the last ten seconds.

Zhang Heng couldn't take care of killing the masked sniper for the time being, he had to make sure that he wouldn't be sandwiched by these two waves of people, so he decisively left the white birch, bypassed the masked sniper as quickly as possible, and stuck to another cedar tree behind the latter.

It's not that Zhang Heng doesn't want to run farther, he still has time left, but he knows very well in his heart that these two groups of people are fighting, if the Soviets win, he still has the possibility of running away, but if the masked sniper wins, then he has no chance to escape.

Rather than being shot like a prey, it was better to fight, so Zhang Heng picked a nearby place, less than a meter away from the masked sniper.

Being so close can offset the opponent's marksmanship advantage to the greatest extent, and even a novice like Zhang Heng who has just touched the gun has a high probability that he will not shoot miss.

Four seconds later, his body reappeared, but the battle on the other side had already entered the white-hot stage.

The clatter of bullets landed on the cedar tree behind him, and sawdust flew down, and the group was obviously much more ferocious than the previous reconnaissance team.

With the strength of a masked sniper, Zhang Heng believed that he would not leave the machine gunner alone, but now there are still machine guns shooting, which can only mean that someone will be on top of the Soviet soldier as soon as a machine gunner dies.

However, the masked sniper also found cover again at this time, and he only fired back once in a while, but he was able to kill an enemy every time he shot, and his marksmanship was incredible.

Zhang Heng tried his best to control his breathing, hiding behind the tree and staying motionless to avoid being discovered by the warring sides.

After another round of shooting, the firepower on the Soviet soldier's side finally weakened until it became more and more thin, but the masked sniper's firing rhythm was steady and terrifying, and it did not change from beginning to end, as if it were a killing machine without any emotion.

However, at one point, the delicate machine suddenly stuck.

Zhang Heng knew that the other party had no bullets, this guy had experienced two fierce battles in a short period of time, and it was likely that he had experienced other battles before coming, and there were not many supplies on his body, so he finally ran out of ammunition at this time.

This also made Zhang Heng's mood very complicated, of course he didn't want such a terrifying sniper to wander in the woods all day long, but in his original envision, there would be two outcomes in this battle, either the masked sniper was shot by those Soviet soldiers, he would run desperately and try his luck, or the masked sniper would kill those Soviet soldiers, and then he would suddenly rush out to kill the other party while he was unprepared.

Only he didn't consider the situation that the opponent's bullets ran out first, so those Soviet soldiers would definitely slowly approach this side, and the hiding place he chose was too close to the masked sniper, and it was good to say that both sides didn't care to pay attention to the surroundings during the battle, but when the battle was over, or the masked sniper was about to turn around and escape, he would be discovered.

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The Finnish partisan was now leaning his back against a rock, not knowing what he was thinking, he must have realized that he might not be spared today, and drew the small hunting knife at his waist to make a final effort.

Just then, a pebble rolled to his feet.

Then he saw a Soviet soldier suddenly appear behind the cedar tree not far from him, and he couldn't help but be stunned, obviously he didn't expect that the enemy had touched his back, and subconsciously wanted to pick up the rifle on the side.

However, the next moment, the other party made a silent gesture to him.

Just half a minute ago, Zhang Heng suddenly realized that this might also be an opportunity for him, after these four days of trying, he has understood that it is impossible to live alone in this forest, in the final analysis, he and those Soviets or Finns, in fact, there is no irreconcilable contradiction.

But whether it was the young Soviet machine gunner he met before, or the Finnish partisans in front of him now, these people usually wouldn't give him a chance to explain themselves to clarify their misunderstandings.

However, now that the guy on the other side has run out of bullets, Zhang Heng feels that he can take this opportunity to communicate.

He pointed to the red five stars on his cuffs, then to himself, and then waved his hand, indicating that he had nothing to do with the Soviets.

As a result, the masked sniper on the opposite side did not react at all.

Zhang Heng then took off his Soviet military uniform, revealing a black down jacket and jeans underneath, but the masked sniper's gaze finally fell on the revolver he had in his pocket.

Zhang Heng knew that there was not much time left for the two of them, he could already hear the footsteps of those Soviet soldiers, and there was obviously more than one person coming, and he couldn't deal with it, so he could only gamble.

Zhang Heng held the wood carving again to remain vigilant, and at the same time threw the revolver in his pocket to the masked sniper opposite, this time the latter finally reacted, quickly picked up the weapon, pointed it at someone, and finally removed the muzzle of the gun after a while.

Zhang Heng breathed a sigh of relief, so it seems that his actions just now are not useless, and then he took out his mobile phone, these days he is saving as much power as possible, except for turning it on when he wants to identify the direction, he is usually in a shutdown state, now set the alarm and throw the mobile phone.

Three seconds later, the bell rang in the snow, which immediately attracted the fire of the Soviet soldiers, and the masked sniper took the opportunity to poke out half of his head. Pull the trigger, and the first shot is empty.

Even if it is a risk, Zhang Heng will try to reduce the risk, considering the possibility that the other party will give him a shot first after getting the gun, he adjusted the position of the bullet in advance, and aimed one of the two bullet casings without a bullet at the chamber, so that in the event of the worst, he can use the last chance to turn into a shadow and escape.

The masked sniper was stunned, but quickly fired a second shot, this time directly into the eyebrow of his target.