Chapter Seventy-Four: Welcome to the Mannerheim Line (16)
With the loss of more than 20 men and the death of the commander, the morale of the Soviet unit collapsed prematurely, some of them put down their weapons and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, while others turned around and tried to escape.
The guerrillas were left with only a few men to watch over those who had surrendered, while the rest dispersed and continued to chase and shoot the deserters through the woods.
Zhang Heng was not interested in this kind of thing, but he knew that the first battle belonged to his own name, and his attitude towards these Soviet soldiers would also determine the attitude of the guerrillas towards him, so Zhang Heng followed behind and released the cold gun together, mainly to help solve those enemies who were still resisting, and by the way, he also practiced his marksmanship in actual combat.
Half an hour later, the battle was completely over, except for the seven Soviet soldiers who fled into the mountains without a trace, the rest were either captured or killed, this Soviet army can be said to have been completely annihilated, and the price paid by the partisans was only two dead, one seriously wounded, and the remaining four lightly wounded.
Among the two people who died, in addition to the guy who hit the head during the first wave of raids, there was also an unlucky ghost who was killed by the deserters who were too careless during the pursuit, although the subsequent partisans arrived and beat the shooting Soviet soldiers into a sieve, but the dead companions could not be saved.
When the guns fell, Weller began to take people to inspect the battlefield and count the spoils of war, and several partisans excitedly rummaged through the corpses, obviously accustomed to all this, but the Soviet prisoners on the other side looked uneasy, not knowing what fate awaited them.
There is a clear agreement on the treatment of prisoners of war in the Geneva Convention, but unfortunately the Soviet Union did not join in World War II, in fact, even if it did, it would be useless, Zhang Heng never saw prisoners in the guerrilla camp.
Taking this prisoner of war as an example, there were nearly 40 prisoners, and it was necessary to escort them to at least four or five guerrillas, and to deal with the wounded among them, considering the possibility of running into other Soviet troops on the road and the possibility of the prisoners escaping and resisting, it was obviously not worth the loss.
In fact, there were already partisans who pulled the two wagons loaded with Maxim heavy machine guns.
Looking at the muzzle of the black hole, the Soviet soldiers squatting on the ground suddenly panicked, but their weapons had been taken away, and it was too late to resist now.
Zhang Heng didn't look any further, he didn't touch the guns scattered all over the place and the valuables such as the watches on the prisoners, he just silently stuffed the rifle bullets he picked up into his backpack, and then left with Simon.
The two men had barely walked before they heard the sound of machine-gun fire behind them, mixed with the screams of Soviet soldiers, but it didn't last long before the woods were quiet again.
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may be because of the foundation of the two battles that he encountered when he first met Simon before, Zhang Heng is not the first time to face this kind of bloody scene, his performance has exceeded many people's expectations, although the first battle is not amazing, but at least it did not hold back the guerrillas, he was very calm from beginning to end, and did not make any mistakes.
So after returning to the camp this time, the guerrillas who originally didn't like him very much changed their perception of him a lot, and no longer regarded him as air, everyone recalled their performance when they first went to the battlefield, and many people found that they seemed to be inferior to Zhang Heng, so in addition to Weller and his close friends, many guerrillas began to gradually accept this yellow-skinned comrade-in-arms.
The guerrillas annihilated an infantry battalion of the Soviet army, but only two of them were killed, and the seriously wounded were also saved by Maggie, and this operation can be called a complete victory, and at the same time the harvest is quite rich, capturing more than a dozen light machine guns, as well as two heavy machine guns, rifles and ammunition are countless, and it also solves Ojedo's troubles in the recent period.
Morale was running high in the camp right now, with Weller and a few other youngsters wrestling their wrists shirtless in the snow and ice, while the rest gathered around, drinking and applauding and placing bets.
Zhang Heng pushed open the firewood room where he lived and found that there was a freshly built wooden bed in it, and there were some daily necessities placed next to the bed.
"What, aren't you going to be together?" Maggie appeared at the door, like a ghost, leaning against the wooden door, lit a cigarette, she had just stitched up the wound of a wounded man, her cuffs were still stained with blood, and she nodded in the direction of the excited partisans who were playing outside.
"Nope." Zhang Heng politely refused.
"Do you think that their time is running out, and sooner or later they will die in the flames of war?"
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Zhang Heng didn't know how to answer, he had to be careful enough when talking to the female doctor, this woman's intuition was terrifying.
"What are you afraid of, isn't that what the whole of Europe thinks like now?" Maggie shook off the cigarette ash from her fingertips, "Please, as long as you are not a fool, you can see who will be the final winner in this war, but that is all later, since you are in it, the most important thing is to have fun in time." ”
Zhang Heng was noncommittal, perhaps because he was the only one who knew the outcome in advance, so it was difficult to feel much joy from this victory, in the end, he and these Finns had different goals, he cared about the victory or defeat of the war, and only thought about how to survive in this cruel environment.
"Always, Aki asked me to bring you a message, well done." Maggie pointed to the daily necessities at the head of the bed, "The guerrillas have always been good to their own people, since you have joined us, naturally we can't treat you too badly, I originally wanted you to live with other people, but I think you seem to prefer to be alone." ”
"It's good here, you don't have to change places."
It's not interesting to live with the guerrillas, everyone doesn't understand each other's languages, and they can't communicate, so it's better to stay and come cleaner, not to mention that Zhang Heng is also used to getting up early to practice guns and run, which will bring unnecessary trouble if it affects others.
Maggie nodded, said a few more words and slipped away.
Zhang Heng leaned his skis against the corner, opened his backpack, and poured out the bullets inside, this was his biggest gain in this battle, a total of 513 bullets, stuffed with two backpacks, enough for him to train for a while, after seeing Simon's miraculous over-the-horizon shooting, Zhang Heng also had a stronger desire to improve his shooting skills.
For a sniper, distance often means safety.