In the warm tent, Captain Korpi asked the old hunter Ino while his soldiers were looking for someone, "What else do you need?"
“Tent and adequate supplies”
Ino calculated, "If you want to snipe the opponent's division commander, the only way is to lurk for a long time, and we will probably only have one chance, so we can't go back to the camp to rest every day."
Captain Korpi nodded, "I will prepare sufficient supplies for you. Where are the weapons? What weapons do you need?"
"It would be best to have two submachine guns." The old hunter Ino changed his words before he finished speaking. "One, just one is enough, but it is best to give us more bullets."
"Two of them!"
Korpi was particularly generous, "We just ambushed a Soviet team not long ago and seized several submachine guns from them. You can go and see later. Just grab whatever weapons you need. As long as
If I can snipe and kill their division commander, I am still willing to invest in these costs. In addition, in addition to their division commander, I will also find a way to deal with the communication troops and patrol troops they sent out."
"No problem," the old hunter Ino said simply, "Then I'm welcome."
Korpi nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then pulled out the Ruger pistol in his belt and handed it to the old hunter Ino, "I'll lend it to you first. Remember to return it to me when you come back."
Ino took the pistol and looked at it, then put it on his belt, "Lend me your telescope, too."
"What else do you want?" Captain Korpi picked up the telescope on the table and handed it to the other party.
"The Soviets will send us the rest." Before Ino finished speaking, a young man's shouts came from outside the tent.
Ino drank all the coffee in his hand, "It seems that Mika has arrived."
"Come back alive," Captain Korpi said solemnly.
"I'll come back and give you your pistol and binoculars."
After the old hunter Ino said that, he opened the curtain and walked out first. Wei Ran, who was treated as a transparent person almost the whole time, stood up and followed the former out of the tent.
At this time, outside the tent, there was a sled parked large enough to seat three people. But the sled was not pulled by the sled dogs that Ino mentioned, but by two unusually strong reindeer with big tree branches on their heads.
Next to the two reindeer, there was a young man wearing a tank hat and goggles with a big smile on his face. Just looking at the thin fuzz around the other man's lips, you can tell that he is probably not even twenty years old.
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Is this person Mika Raikkonen?
Wei Ran would never forget his return mission. According to one of the requirements in the cowhide book, he had to assist Mika Raikonen of the Citizen Guard in sniping the commander of the 163rd Soviet Infantry Division. In other words, this man with a sunny smile
Young people are the final protagonists?
Just when he was stunned, the old hunter Ino also asked his own question, "Didn't I ask you to use a sled dog? Why did you bring the reindeer here?"
“Sled dogs eat meat”
While calling the two reindeer to turn around, Mika explained, "The reindeer only need to eat grass roots and bark. Not only can we carry more things, but they are also quieter than sled dogs and will not eat as much as they did last time."
The Soviets lured us here."
"I think you just can't bear to part with those sled dogs," Ino explained noncommittally, and asked Wei Ran to get on the sled, and continued to ask, "What did you bring?"
"Deer skin tent, wolf skin blanket, stove, kettle and venison." Mika replied while dragging the reindeer forward, "I even brought several animal traps."
"Have you brought the bear oil?" the old hunter Ino continued to ask.
"I brought a big bottle, it will definitely be enough for us."
"Uncle Inuo, what are you doing with bear oil?" Wei Ran, who was almost ignored, asked curiously.
Ino explained in an easy-going manner, "It is used as lubricating oil for our weapons. Ordinary gun oil will freeze at this temperature, but as long as you mix a little bear oil into it, you don't have to worry about being frozen. Except for the weapons
, we can also avoid freezing by applying some on our skis.”
"And it can be applied on the face and hands to prevent frostbite," Mika rushed to explain, "Are you not from here?"
"I am Victor, I came from Vipuri." Wei Ran borrowed the origin that Captain Korpi found for him without any psychological pressure.
"Sooner or later we will take back Vipuri from the Soviets!" Mika said confidently.
"It's difficult..."
Weiran secretly muttered, before long, Finland will sign an agreement with the Soviet Union, and the city called Vipuri will be renamed Viborg, and even if the Soviet Union disintegrates decades later, it will not return.
into the hands of the Finns.
The three of them chatted for a while before the sleigh parked next to the tent with two openings where Wei Ran had turned in his loot when he first arrived at the camp.
At this time, there were several long boxes neatly stacked around the tent, and various captured weapons were neatly placed in categories. Several young girls were talking and laughing while using white animal skins to stick them on the tent.
The butt of the gun was camouflaged. This reminded Wei Ran of the similar camouflage method he had learned on the train to Inta with Jima.
"Girls, I came to pick some weapons. This is the order of Captain Korpi." The old hunter Ino got off the sleigh and took out a glass bottle only the size of a toothpick jar from his arms and handed it to one of the girls.
"This condensed milk is a gift to you."
"Thank you Uncle Ino"
The leading girl took the glass bottle and looked at it, then put it into her apron pocket. When she saw the sergeant who was following their sleigh nodded, she asked, "What weapons do you need?"
"Two submachine guns, give us as many drums and bullets as possible." Ino paused, "It may take a long time for us to come back."
The girl's expression changed, and she quickly took out the condensed milk she had just put into her pocket and gave it back to Ino, "Come back alive, and I will get you weapons right now."
Several young girls who were busy immediately opened the boxes around them. There were not many submachine guns in them. In addition to two PPD submachine guns produced in the Soviet Union, there was also a Somi 31, even in the corner.
, and a German MP28 submachine gun with a cracked butt.
"What kind of gun is this?" While Ino was choosing a submachine gun, Mika bent down and took out two rifles from another long wooden box without a lid and asked.
"It was seized this afternoon. This is the first time we have met." One of the girls in charge of applying gun oil replied.
Wei Ran, who originally focused all his attention on the two German MP28 submachine guns, looked back, and then a surprised expression appeared on his face. The two guns Mika held were exactly the AVS36 equipped by the Soviet Union during World War II.
And the svt38 semi-automatic rifle. If the time is pushed back a few months, these Finns may be able to capture the improved version of the svt38, the svt40, during the continuation of the war.
"Dad Ino, can I get one?" Mika turned around and asked, "This kind of rifle I haven't seen before might be very useful."
"Anyway, your sleigh is big enough." As the old hunter spoke, he had already moved two Soviet PPD submachine guns, along with several matching drums and ammunition, onto the sled.
After hearing this, Mika happily carried the svt38 with the straight strip fixed on one side on his shoulder, and then handed the Finnish Mosin Nagant placed on the sleigh to the girl.
This was a rare opportunity. Wei Ran pointed to the damaged MP28 submachine gun in the box and asked, "Are there any 9mm bullets for this gun? Can you give me some?"
"Let me look for it, there seems to be some more." The girl who was nearest turned around and walked into the tent next to her. Soon after, she came over with a small box of bullets and handed it to Wei Ran, "That's all. We use this kind of bullets."
Not much."
"That's enough," Wei Ran said happily as he took the bullet. There were 30 rounds in this box, which was enough for him.
After getting enough weapons, Mika led the reindeer, and under the leadership of the sergeant, he also received enough food for them to eat for a week and two small barrels of coal for heating. By the way, Weiyan also found an excuse to beg for a full supply of coal.
After filling a kettle with kerosene, we left the camp in the dense forest in the long night.
In the fast-moving sleigh, Wei Ran's whole body was wrapped tightly in a wolfskin blanket, with only the muzzle of the submachine gun exposed. And in the warm wolfskin blanket, Wei Ran's hands were moving towards the only weapon that could
The magazine of the sidearm I brought over was filled with bullets one by one.
The old hunter Ino next to him was also busy loading bullets into the drum of my submachine gun. The three of them could have two submachine guns, which was considered a very high configuration. After all, the entire company had about a hundred people, a total of
It is only equipped with less than ten submachine guns. This is because some PPD submachine guns were seized from the Soviet Red Army not long ago, and the only heavy firepower of the entire company is only the Maxim captured a few hours ago.
Water-cooled machine gun.
Under Ino's guidance from time to time, the sleigh drove in circles for nearly an hour before stopping on a small highland on the edge of the forest. Outside the forest, on a frozen lake 100 meters wide,
On the other side, there is another forest.
"The prisoner was captured near here."
Ino lay on the thick snow, holding up a telescope to observe the situation outside the forest and whispered, "He came out of the forest on the opposite side. Maybe the division commander and their headquarters were hiding there.
In the forest.”
"Shall we go there?" Wei Ran asked, lying next to Ino.
"Don't worry, let's wait here to see if they will continue to send out communications troops before making a decision." Ino whispered, "Young man, be patient, we still have a lot of time."
"What day is today?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice. He had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but he had never found the right opportunity.
"Mika, what's the date today?" Ino asked the question to the young man lying on the other side of him.
"On the 25th," Mika replied without hesitation, "That's right, I just went to Sally's house yesterday to give her a birthday gift."
"When are you planning to get married?" Ino took the wolfskin blanket from Mika and spread it under her body, then lay down again and started chatting.
"Just wait until the war is over"
Mika's young face was full of happiness, "We will get married when we defeat the Soviets. We have already planned to go to Oulu for our honeymoon and experience life in a big city."
"Since you have already planned to go to a big city, why not go to Helsinki?" Ino asked with a smile, "I heard it is much more beautiful than Oulu."
"We don't have that much money." Mika shook his head in distress, "I'm also planning to buy a radio for Sally, but I can't spend the money on useless things."
“It’s great to be young”
The old hunter Ino sighed, put down the telescope and said, "When you get married, I will give you a radio. Okay, Mika, take Victor to set up the tent. I'm afraid we will have to
It takes a long time to find an opportunity here.”
"follow me"
Mika waved to Wei Ran and led him into the forest for more than two hundred meters until he found a large enough pine tree. Then he handed him the shovel in his hand and said, "dig the snow around this pine tree."
One dig.”
"How big should you dig?" Wei Ran took the shovel and looked at the pine tree, which was dozens of meters high. Thanks to the shelter of the canopy, there was already a fairly small snow nest under the pine tree.
"A radius of one meter and a depth of one meter are enough. Remember not to knock the trunk of the tree to shake the snow off it." Mika said as he walked out of the excavation range with his feet, even drawing the exit in detail.
Then he walked towards the sleigh in the distance and steered the reindeer into the depths of the forest.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When Wei Gas finished the excavation work panting, Mika also rushed back. In such a short time, the sleigh was already full
I bought fresh pine branches and a few small pine trees that were as thick as an arm, two meters long and cut straight.
After checking Wei Ran's work results, Mika asked the former to spread the pine needles he brought back at the bottom of the snow pit, and then placed the pine sticks evenly on the central trunk and fixed them with deerskin ropes.
good.
"Help me wrap the deerskin around it," Mika said, motioning to Wei Ran to take a corner, and the two of them worked together to wrap a large roll of spliced hairy deerskin around the wooden frame that had just been set up.
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This is not over yet. After tying the rope, Mika, with the help of Wei Ran, put a thin layer of white camouflage cloth around the outermost part, and finally carefully returned the snow that Wei Ran had just dug out.
Covered the corners of the tent.
Just when Wei Ran thought the construction work was over, Mika signaled him to stay away, and he got into the tent and hit the tree trunk hard. For a while, a large amount of snow fell from the tree trunk.
down, evenly falling on the tent, forming the most perfect camouflage.
Carrying a small stove that was not too big and getting into the tent, Mika had already spread three wolfskin blankets on the soft and thick pine needles, and even hung a clean kerosene lamp on the tree trunk.
Although the brightness of this small lamp is not too high, it is enough to provide illumination, and because the layer of deerskin blocks it, there is no need to worry about the small amount of light being noticed by the outside world.
I lit the heating stove with the firewood I brought, and then placed a kettle filled with snow on top to slowly heat it up. Mika was already sitting on the wolfskin blanket aside, turning over and over to study the rifle he had just received.
"This gun holds so many bullets." Mika pulled the bolt again and again to eject all the bullets inside.
"The Soviet Union's new semi-automatic rifle," Wei Ran couldn't help but explain, "This gun fires much faster than the Mosin Nagant."
"Have you ever used it?" Mika handed the rifle directly to Wei Ran, "Teach me how to take it apart."
"I don't know that"
Wei Ran quickly waved his hand, he really didn't know, and the reason why he knew this gun was because he had read a lot of information before coming to Finland, thinking that he would not be able to use it if he encountered it. As for how to disassemble this gun,
He didn't understand it at all. After all, this gun was not like the Mosin Nagant, which had a huge stock. It was not easy for him to find one to practice with.
Mika didn't care when he heard this. After studying it under the weak light of the kerosene lamp, he actually dismantled the gun into parts.
After carefully wiping each part clean and applying lubricant mixed with bear oil, Mika put it back together, and then said proudly, "It's not much more complicated than Mosin Nagant, but it's
It’s definitely better than Mosin Nagant.”
"The Germans a few years later also thought so."
Wei Ran muttered to himself, and while he was warming himself by the fire, he watched Mika wrap the animal skin on the butt of the gun, while secretly recalling the historical process of this battle.
Today is the 25th, and if nothing else goes wrong, it must be the 25th of December. In other words, two days later it will be the day when Finland launches a general attack on the Soviet 163rd Infantry Division. This battle will last for two days, and finally end with 163rd Infantry Division.
The division's defeat ended the entire battle.
The historical records are correct, but how to help the young man sitting opposite to snipe the division commander, and where to get the camera to complete the shooting task, but Wei Ran has been troubled.
Thinking of this, Wei Ran asked proactively, "Mika, what did you do before?"
"Before? Before the war?"
Seeing Wei Ran nodding, Mika lowered his head again and answered while fiddling with the weapon in his hand, "I am a neighbor of Ino's father. Before the war, I was a local ranger. I usually give him a hand when he hunts."
He is a helper."
"Are you Suo Musalmi people?" Wei Ran asked tentatively.
"We live in Ahola further north. You must have never heard of this small place, but it is now occupied by the Soviets." Mika looked at the weapons wrapped in animal skins and asked Wei Ran,
"Are you from the city?"
"Why do you say that?" Wei Ran looked at Mika curiously.
Mika said proudly, "There is no country person who can't build this kind of hunting tent. Only you city people will ask me how big and deep I need to dig."
Wei Ran burst out laughing when he heard this. Just when he was about to say something, the old hunter Ino opened the thick deerskin curtain from the outside and said, "Come out and do me a favor. There is a small group of Soviets below."
Upon hearing this, the two quickly picked up their weapons, got out of the tent, tied up their skis, and followed Ino back to the observation point.
“12 in total”
Ino handed the binoculars to Mika and explained while he was observing, "They are probably the communication troops or patrols sent by the other party. Let's walk along the lake and find a quiet place to wait for them.
.”
Wei Ran raised the telescope handed over by Mika, and through the reflection of the snow, he could clearly see the Soviet Red Army soldiers who were clumsily advancing on skis.
It was these people who deserved their misfortune. According to the information he found, the 163rd Infantry Division was first established in Tula, and its base camp was in Novgorod, which was far away and much warmer than here. In other words, they simply
They cannot adapt to the low temperature and severe cold environment near the polar circle. Not to mention that most of them do not have enough warm clothing to withstand the severe cold.
Now, judging from the performance of the team in the telescope, it is indeed the case. If they want to find the 44th Division on skis with two legs, they may freeze to death on the way without even having to shoot.
