The White God of Death Simon Haye's blow to the Soviet army in the Winter War was not just the number of hundreds of Soviet soldiers killed on paper, but also planted a seed of fear in the hearts of the Soviet army, and at the same time inspired
It strengthened the determination and confidence of the entire Finnish nation to unite to resist the invaders.
Simon Heyer was the god of death in the eyes of the Soviet army, but in the hearts of the Finnish people he was a well-deserved national hero.
After he sniped more than 200 enemy soldiers, he received an honorary rifle as a reward from his superiors. However, he still fought with the old rifle he was familiar with. This was the M/28-30 that accompanied him throughout his combat career.
The rifle has become his inseparable partner and lover.
This situation lasted until March 6, 1940. At this time, Simon Haye had achieved a record of killing 542 Soviet soldiers with rifles and nearly 200 people with assault rifles in less than 100 days.
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But on the same day, Haye was hit in the left lower jaw by a Soviet DAM bullet in close combat. Almost half of his face was blown away, and his brain was injured by shrapnel. He was seriously injured and fell into a coma. He was almost buried as a corpse. Fortunately,
His comrades were ordered by their superiors to look for him and rescue him from the pile of corpses. When he woke up, the war was over.
He subsequently underwent 26 surgeries, and it took him 14 months to miraculously recover from the trauma. He was promoted from corporal to second lieutenant, despite exceptions. Although he once again requested to return to the army, he was ultimately rejected due to his injuries and disability.
Simon Haye spent the rest of his life peacefully and died in 2002 at the age of 96.
The biggest regret for him is probably that the M/28-30 rifle with gun number 60794 was lost on the battlefield and has never been found. However, his "honorary rifle" has been kept in the Honor Room of the Finnish Army.
, currently collected by the Finnish Military Museum.
Simon Haye's sniper kill record has been maintained for nearly a hundred years without anyone breaking it. With the changes in war patterns in later generations, it may be an unprecedented record.
And now, in the Yanshan Mountains where the Great Wall of China is located, on the same icy and snowy battlefield in northern China, a young boy from a later generation who has traveled through time and knows Simon Haye very well and has incomparable admiration is going to compete with this man in the world's sniper history.
The great gods show off their arms and decide who is better.
This person is naturally Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen had this idea for more than a day or two. Of course he knew that during the fourteen-year-long Patriotic War, as long as there were no accidents, it would not be difficult for him to snipe and kill more than 500 Japanese troops. Moreover,
On the Songhu battlefield, he killed at least 100 Japanese soldiers, including a Japanese major general.
However, it is difficult to achieve this goal in just 100 days.
First of all, it is sniping, not just killing, which means that enemies killed with submachine guns and other firearms do not count, they must be rifles and sniper guns.
Secondly, they have to fight for about 100 days continuously, which is somewhat inconsistent with the current tactical thinking of mercenary groups. Even in the future all-out war of resistance, operations that last for several months are not in line with the characteristics of special operations.
Generally speaking, Zhou Wen will not participate in large-scale battles. Even if he does, it will only be good steel used on the blade, giving full play to the characteristics of special operations to strike a key blow. It is impossible to stay on the front line endlessly against the Japanese army.
Fight consumption.
Moreover, Zhou Wen is the team commander, and in most cases is responsible for the command and battlefield decisions of the entire mercenary group. How can he be able to roam around the battlefield by himself and snipe enemies freely for several hours?
Yue, this is unrealistic.
But this time the Great Wall War of Resistance can be said to be Zhou Wen's best opportunity to create history.
First of all, the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War lasted for three months, which meant that Zhou Wen's mercenary group had to fight with the Japanese for three months. From a time perspective, it met the conditions and occupied the right time.
Secondly, the front line of the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War was relatively long. They fought tens of thousands of Japanese troops in the mountains and ridges hundreds of kilometers wide. There were so many gaps in the battlefield that it might not be possible for large troops to move freely, but it was the easiest thing to do alone.
, you can fight or retreat, and you don’t have too many opportunities to snipe and kill the Japanese troops.
Moreover, Zhou Wen had scouted the terrain outside the customs in advance, and compared it with the captured Japanese maps. He was already completely familiar with the terrain in this area, which could be said to have an advantageous location.
The last one is of course Renhe, and Zhou Wen also has it.
In this Great Wall War of Resistance, Zhou Wenhe's ultimate goal of the Model Brigade was to firmly hold Lengkou Pass while killing a large number of Japanese troops, and prevent the Japanese army from breaking through Lengkou Pass, which would cause the entire Great Wall defense line to shake.
Historically, the 32nd Army guarding Lengkou was actually only one division, and it was a miscellaneous unit with only more than 5,000 people and uneven equipment.
But such a unit, faced with the bombardment of Japanese aircraft and artillery, and the attack of tens of thousands of troops, held on at Lengkou Pass for more than a month before being breached.
Now the troops coming to defend Lengkou Pass have been replaced by a model brigade with nearly 10,000 well-equipped and well-trained officers and soldiers. There is no reason why they cannot defend this dangerous pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Zhou Wen knew that the loss of Lengkou in history was actually related to the commander of the 32nd Army, General Shang Zheng, who did not want to fight the Japanese army to the death and intended to preserve his strength. Therefore, he placed his two divisions in Jianchang Camp and Qian'an County.
Only one division of troops was deployed on the front line of Lengkou. When Lengkou failed, he hurriedly brought a division to support, but it was too late.
And this time Zhou Wen had no intention of letting General Shang Zheng change his mind. For these warlord-like miscellaneous troops, it was impossible for them to ignore their wealth and lives and sell their iron to fight the Japanese army. It was impossible to send a division to fight the Japanese army in a bloody battle.
One month is already very rare.
Therefore, his original intention was that Lengkou Pass would be defended by Zhao Changshu's model brigade, while Baiyangyuguan, less than ten kilometers west of Lengkou Pass, would be defended by the 32nd Army. Historically, Baiyangyuguan, where only one regiment was stationed, was the first to be defended.
What the Japanese army has broken through is now garrisoned by six regiments of one division, and they can also receive support from the Model Brigade artillery at any time, so it is not difficult to hold on.
As long as the main force firmly holds the pass, the mercenary group will pull back the outer lines and continue to harass the Japanese army.
If you attack the pass, I'll poke you in the butt. If you turn around and hit me, I'll run away. If you have the ability, come and compete with my Tiger Mercenary Group on your field training skills. And the model brigade that holds the pass is not unable to hold on.
, as long as the current strength of the Japanese army weakens, I will rush down to the pass to play with you. If not, there will be an opportunity to attack from both sides.