Before the fog dissipated, everyone divided into groups and found positions near the German artillery positions according to the previous plan.
After covering his cloak, Wei Ran raised his telescope and looked around at the surrounding situation.
At this time, artillery observer Andre and postman Revry were hiding in a pile of leaves under a certain pine tree only a hundred meters away from him. It was the position closest to the edge of the forest and with the best view. As long as they waited until the darkness
The fog completely dissipated, and from there you could easily see the entire German artillery position outside the forest.
Further on the other side of the fire, sniper Danila and Nurse Lano were hiding on a small high ground protruding from the edge of the forest, silently digging a bunker that could accommodate them with a sapper shovel.
From this position, one can not only see part of the German positions, but also the area around Andre.
But because they were too far forward, the two of them were most easily exposed. This fact, whether they themselves or others, were well aware but unable to do anything about it.
The position of Weiran's ambush between the two groups of them can only be said to be neither good nor bad. It does not have as good a perspective as Andre and the others, and it is relatively safer than Daniela and the others, but more importantly,
The muzzle of the gun in his hand was pointed mainly from the direction they came from.
As everyone waited patiently, the fog inside and outside the forest gradually dissipated, and Wei Ran, who had been digging trenches to pass the time, finally saw the German artillery positions outside the forest.
However, although the position that was zoomed in by the telescope has now dug a lot of gun positions, there are even some trucks parked sporadically around it, and there are some things covered by camouflage nets piled on the ground, but they want to find
There are not many artillery at all. What can be seen so far are only some small-caliber rapid-fire anti-aircraft guns.
Where did the artillery go?
This is a question that pops up in everyone's mind at the same time, and this question is bound to not have an answer in a short time. But on the other hand, last night they clearly watched the cannons dragged by the locomotive drive past their eyes to the vicinity.
of.
Could it be that the artillery hasn't arrived yet? Wei Ran muttered to himself, and continued to hold up his binoculars patiently, waiting for a turn of events outside the forest.
At the same time, artillery observer Andre had already begun calculations and prepared the angle and density of artillery strikes. For him, although there were not many artillery pieces in this position at the moment, since they were so fully prepared, the artillery appeared.
It's just a matter of sooner or later.
As for nurses Danila and Llano, they were even less anxious. They wished that the Germans outside the forest would move slower so that they could be more prepared and at the same time be able to get along longer.
Since the opponent's position was not set up yet, Wei Ran simply picked up the engineering shovel again and continued digging his own bunker to pass the time.
Thanks to the humid climate in the forest and the current season, it is not difficult to dig out the soil mixed with a lot of humus. The only thing is that the dug out soil needs to be well disguised and waste some time.
Although it was a bit troublesome, at about four o'clock in the afternoon, he still dug himself a foxhole that was at chest level and could barely bend his knees to sit down.
Even the excavated soil was not wasted. He piled it around and compacted the cloak covering the foxhole. Finally, he crawled deep into the forest and collected enough fallen leaves to carefully cover the excavated soil.
Stacked parapets and a cloak as a "roof".
It wasn't until the outline of the one-man bunker was completely blurred that he got in, raised the telescope again, and while chewing the dried meat that Joya gave them, he observed the artillery emplacement outside the forest.
Unfortunately, there are still only a few anti-aircraft guns in this position at this time, and even only one of the trucks is left.
Not far to the right of the artillery position, there are some sidecar motorcycles and half-track motorcycles carrying bundles of telephone wires around the wooden houses. And the latest antennas on the tops of these wooden houses also indicate that this may happen at any time.
All may be enabled.
In an almost torturous wait, time passed by, and after the setting sun was once again completely blocked by the canopy of trees, the fog gradually spread, but the artillery position outside the forest remained unchanged from beginning to end, and even the
There was no German search party in the direction they came from.
Although this situation was a bit unexpected, it was undoubtedly good news for them. However, compared to the calmness on their side, Company Commander Valentin in the Soviet position a few kilometers away became increasingly uneasy.
In just two or three days, the Germans more than 200 meters away seemed to have given up the idea of starting a war. They used the radio to invite them to sing every now and then throughout the day. Even last night, several people
A bold German soldier secretly threw two harmonicas and a pack of canned meat outside their trench, and then blatantly informed them by radio that they were gifts for the singer.
Such an abnormal behavior not only made him and political commissar Sergei more vigilant, but there was no clue at all. Since Wei Ran and others left, artillery observer Andrei had not sent any news by radio.
At this time, they had no idea whether the other side had found the German artillery positions, or even whether they were still alive.
The turning point for all this occurred in the second half of the night.
The first person to notice the anomaly was Reveli, who was on duty at night. He was the first to notice a large number of car lights appearing in the German artillery position outside the forest.
Although it was impossible to see what the other party was doing because of the fog, the people he woke up one after another knew that the artillery they were waiting for was probably in place!
"Would you like to touch it and take a look?" Postman Revry was the first to ask.
"No, or it's not useful at all."
Andre was the first to refuse, "Even if they set up an artillery position today, they will at least wait until the fog clears before they start firing. The distance between our position and theirs is only two hundred meters.
They will not fire blindly in this visibility, which will only lose the surprise value of this artillery position."
"Andre, when do you think they will open fire?" Daniela asked in a low voice.
"Tomorrow morning," Andre guessed categorically, "tomorrow morning when the fog starts to disperse."
"Then we will continue to wait," Daniela made a decisive decision.
"Everyone should be more vigilant tonight. They might enter the forest to expand their patrol range." Andre continued after hesitating for a moment, "Revry, take me to the forest now and find a slightly higher position. I want to
First, use the radio to notify Company Commander Comrade Valentin to get them ready, and also ask the first aid station in the forest to move quickly."
"Come with me, I know a good place." Revry stood up as he spoke.
"Do you want us to follow?" Wei Ran asked.
"No, we'll be back soon." Andre picked up the submachine gun placed at his feet and tightened the radio on his shoulder. "Don't worry! There won't be any danger."
Watching Revry and Andre leave on a horse-drawn sledge, Weiran looked at each other, Daniella and Nurse Lano, and each silently returned to their bunker to wait patiently, while also secretly
, using binoculars to vigilantly observe the artillery positions shrouded in fog outside the forest.
After more than an hour, Andre and Revry returned one after another and hid themselves in the pile of leaves again.
That night, for the five of them, all that was left was boring waiting, but it was not easy for the others.
After receiving Andre's radio message, Captain Valentin and others who stood firm at the position immediately moved the first aid station nearly two kilometers deep into the birch forest overnight. At the same time, they also conducted another raid on the air defense bunkers on the battlefield.
Reinforcement, and even at Dr. Pasha's insistence, an additional most secluded anti-aircraft bunker was allocated to him, two other doctors and several nurses who had recently been recruited.
Similarly, the lame Gioia also relied on the sledge pulled by the pregnant donkey and the two tattered clothes tied to the tail of the sledge to lead the pursuers behind him to run farther and farther. As for the two girls who were entrusted to him to take care of,
They have also been arranged in a more secluded shack deep in the forest, each holding a weapon that they can barely use, waiting anxiously for Gioia to return, or for Revli and others to return for a reunion.
At 6:30 in the morning, the sun's rays gradually emerged from the horizon, and the vehicle lights of the German artillery positions outside the forest finally went out one after another. At the same time, in the gradually dissipating fog, some vague figures of German artillery and the outlines of artillery appeared.
"Finally the wait..."
Wei Ran muttered to himself, turned to look in the direction behind him, and when he saw no pursuers appeared, he immediately took out the anti-tank gun from the metal book.
Ever since he got this big guy, he hasn't been put to any serious use. No matter what, he has to get a shot this time to enjoy it!
Gently, he replaced the magazine filled with high-explosive bombs and the matching muzzle brake. Wei Ran aimed the circular anti-aircraft sight in the optical sight at the chimneys with smoke coming out of them at the edge of the position.
wooden houses, and after slowly moving around, he finally settled on the glass window of one of the wooden houses facing his direction.
Gently twisting the auxiliary hoe under the butt of the gun to lock the shooting angle, Wei Ran slowly shook the bolt release ratchet, and with a crisp click, pushed a thick bullet into the chamber.
As everyone waited patiently, as the fog became thinner and thinner, they finally saw clearly the 150mm-caliber SFH18 howitzers on the position outside the forest!
Once these terrifying big guys open fire, not to mention that the bunker at Company Commander Valentin's position may not be able to withstand it at all. I am afraid that all the Soviet positions within a radius of 10 kilometers will suffer!
Artillery observer Andrei was obviously aware of this. At this time, he no longer cared whether the several German radio detection vehicles circling at the edge of the forest would notice them. He decisively turned on the radio and started calling the Soviet artillery.
While everyone was waiting anxiously, the German radio detection vehicles were the first to notice something was wrong, but before they could determine the source of the signal, Andre had already turned off the radio.
Seeing that there were already patrols leading wolf dogs or driving half-track motorcycles from the camp near the position to the surrounding forest, everyone's hearts were lifted.
While everyone was waiting patiently, within less than five minutes, the rumble of artillery shells and rockets tearing through the air began to appear in the sky. Then, Katyusha rockets were fired one after another, each one indistinguishable in size.
caliber artillery shells hit a location less than 500 meters away from the German artillery position.
Andre hammered the soil in front of him hard, gritted his teeth and turned on the radio again to guide the artillery in the Soviet position to correct the shooting angle.
At the same time, the artillerymen at the German position truly realized that this position had been discovered, and immediately put the artillery that had just been deployed overnight into the gun mount, preparing to be towed away as quickly as possible by a truck parked not far away.
However, the time required for artillery to move positions is directly proportional to the caliber of the artillery. The weight of a single gun mount of these 150 mm caliber big guys may be able to catch up with the weight of a complete set of some small-caliber artillery, and in a few days
The speed at which the Soviet artillerymen, who had been waiting for Andrei to return his observation results, corrected their shooting at Zhu Yuan, undoubtedly far exceeded the speed at which local artillery could be moved.
Soon, the second wave of artillery shells passed through the positions of both sides and hit the open space between the German artillery positions and the forest where Wei Ran and others were hiding. At the same time, it also included nearly a quarter of the artillery positions.
Although the result of this shelling was not great, it happened to help them deal with the patrol soldiers who were getting closer and closer. At the same time, Wei Ran also used the cover of the explosion to target the target that had been selected long ago, and continuously fired
The trigger of the anti-tank gun was moved!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After two consecutive high-explosive bombs with a caliber of 20 mm flew a full distance of seven to eight hundred meters, they accurately hit the side about one and a half meters square.
On the glass window, this accuracy is already very high for these ammunition produced during World War II, but how much damage the brothers can cause in that wooden house with an antenna above their heads in a short period of time is probably only
Only the people in that wooden house knew.
Shortly after Wei Ran, who was satisfied with his addiction, put away his anti-tank gun, the third wave of artillery fire called by Andre finally hit the right position accurately.
Although the distance from the German artillery position was more than one kilometer, the sound of those artillery shells carrying huge energy and dense Katyusha rockets exploding, as well as the circles of shock waves caused by the shells they exploded, were visible to the naked eye.
, still gave Wei Ran and others hiding at the edge of the forest the illusion that their hearts would be torn apart at any time!
Compared with their illusion, the small wooden house that had been hit by two 20mm high-explosive bombs not long ago, as well as the several wooden houses abandoned by forestry workers around it, had experienced the third round of justice from heaven.
It was torn into pieces.
Now in the field of view of the telescope in Wei Ran's hand, those wooden houses and even the wooden boards that served as their foundations have been blown away to unknown places.
"Caliber is justice..."
Wei Ran muttered something to himself, moved the telescope to look in Andre's direction, and then discovered that the other party was still holding a radio and talking something.
Soon, the fourth round of artillery strikes arrived as scheduled. The location of this strike seemed to be farther away, and because of the terrain and the obstruction of the pine trees directly in front, the Weifang could not be seen at all, but the explosion that occurred after this artillery strike
, but it was even more terrifying than before, so much so that he even had the illusion of an earthquake!
Wei Ran glanced at the smoke rising into the sky in fear. When Wei Ran looked at Andre again, he found that he had already stood up and left the hiding spot, and Revry was facing him at this time.
It's waving.
Jumping out of the bunker quickly, Wei Ran grabbed the camouflage cloak and draped it over his shoulders before running in the direction of the draft horse tied deep in the forest.
Danila and Nurse Llano were also not slow. They completed the artillery guidance task so easily, and there were no pursuers to surround them. This was incredible good news for them. At least, this was also
It means that they are likely to survive, or they may live longer.
After a group of five people met up with the frightened draft horse, Revry easily calmed the draft horse with a handful of corn kernels mixed with salt, and then called on everyone to get on the sledge and run deep into the forest.
It wasn't until they could no longer see the boundary between the forest and the open space behind them that Revery sighed happily, "I didn't expect that we could complete the mission alive."
"Yeah, it's good to be alive." Nurse Lano put aside the sniper rifle in her hand, took off the vodka bottle from her waist and took a sip. After passing it to Daniela, she leaned into her arms.
.
"Andre, where was the last artillery call you called?" Wei Ran asked curiously.
"Ammunition dump site"
Andre happily took the water bottle handed by Daniela and took a sip of vodka, "There is an extra circle of dirt there than when we first saw the artillery position. I guess they must have piled ammunition there.
, so I called for another round of artillery fire coverage on the pretext that there was no hit, but I didn’t expect that my bet turned out to be right.”
Having said this, Andre raised the kettle again and took a big sip of vodka, then handed it to Revry who was driving the car.
"Where are we going now?" Revry also asked after taking a sip of vodka. "Find a place to hide first, or find a way to return to our position?"
Andre thought for a while and said, "Find a place to hide first. Maybe we will have a new mission soon."
"Then go to Joya's site to do some repairs," Revry suggested. "His other shack is not far from here. You can find it in an hour at most."
Seeing that no one had any objections, Revry returned the kettle to Llano, immediately shook the reins, and shouted at the draft horse to start running.
"This animal is really good," Nurse Lano said in admiration as she took the kettle and hung it again on her waist. "I was worried that it would be frightened or bark when the shell exploded."
Revry sighed and explained, "After the Germans occupied our village, Gioia deafened the ears of this horse and his other donkey, and even asked a veterinarian to perform a minor surgery on their throats.
It has become mute, and now it can no longer make any sound, but there is nothing we can do about it. If we didn't do this, Gioia would have been caught by the Germans."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Danila shook her head and sighed, "When a war breaks out, even the animals will suffer..."
Nurse Lano, who was leaning in the former's arms, murmured to herself, "Even people have to suffer, let alone animals..."
Andrei lay down on the sledge and closed his bloodshot eyes, "Yes, if Moscow is really occupied by the Germans, our situation will not be much better than this animal."
"I don't know when this war will end." Revry also muttered, and at the same time, he shook the reins much softer.
After riding the sledge and running around in the dense pine forest for more than an hour, Revry tightened the reins sharply and reminded in a low voice, "Something is not right! There is the sound of an engine!"
After hearing this, everyone immediately jumped off the sledge and hid behind a pine tree, observing the surrounding environment vigilantly. Refrie also skillfully calmed the draft horse and lay down on the ground again.
"Refrie, how far is it from Gioia's shack?" Danila asked in a low voice.
"It's very close," Revery said, pointing to the ridge of terrain not far away. "It's just over there."
Daniela looked at the direction pointed by the former, listened for a moment and then whispered, "The sound of the engine came from another direction. Refri, you go over first and see if there is anything abnormal in Gioia's shack.
Let’s block it here, if Joya is over there in the shack, take them and hide it first.”
"Be careful," Revery said as he stood up.
"Andre, you go too."
Daniela paused for a moment and then said with difficulty, "Revri, if necessary, protect Andre first. He is more important than everyone else!"
"I...I understand! I will protect him!" After Revery finished speaking, he immediately signaled Andre to get back on the sledge.
Artillery observer Andre looked at Daniella and Nurse Llano, then at the guard, gritted his teeth, jumped on the sledge, and let postman Revry pull the quiet draft horse away from the place.
"Don't shoot unless necessary"
Daniela gave a final reminder, and then took Lano to hide behind a fallen dead tree, raised the binoculars and looked in the direction of the engine.
At the same time, Wei Ran had already hid behind a pine tree with a diameter of more than one meter, and took out the SVT40 semi-automatic rifle with a scope from the metal book.
Less than ten minutes later, two half-track motorcycles appeared at the end of the three people's field of vision, and each of the two half-track motorcycles had a machine gun mounted on the engine radiator cover!
This was not over yet. Following them, more than a dozen German soldiers came out of the bushes with Mauser rifles or submachine guns. The first two of them were each holding an already
A wolfdog that starts growling or barking.
"Bang! Bang!"
Almost at the same time that Wei Ran was thinking about whether to fire, Danila and Nurse Lano had already pulled the trigger in no particular order!
After the gunfire sounded almost simultaneously, the drivers of the two half-track motorcycles tilted their heads, and a cloud of blood mist burst out from their faces!
The out-of-control half-track motorcycle continued to move forward driven by the engine, but Danila, who was using a semi-automatic rifle, had already pulled the trigger for the second time without any distinction between Weiran and Weiran!
After another gunshot sounded almost at the same time, the two machine gunners kneeling on the rear bucket of the half-track fell down one after another. And Llano's follow-up shot accurately killed one of them.
Their wolfdog!
It was from this shot that the rest of the German soldiers immediately began to fight back. Even the only wolfdog still alive was loosened from its leash and galloped in the direction of the three of them!
"boom!"
Danila took the risk and fired her third shot, hitting a wolfdog that was no less threatening than the Germans holding submachine guns. She immediately retreated behind the dead wood where she was hiding.
At this point, all the advantages of the three of them were exhausted. The dozen or so German soldiers suppressed them with fierce firepower from submachine guns until they could not even raise their heads, and at the same time, they were gradually closing the distance.
In this dense red pine forest, the effective field of view is no more than 100 meters, but once they get within 50 meters, the opponent can easily kill them by throwing a few grenades at random!
