"Is the commander of the 163rd Infantry Division here?"
After Wei Ran saw the unusually familiar flag, he didn't rush to shoot. Instead, he pulled Mika and hid in the trench.
"What's wrong?" Mika, who was busy loading the ammunition, looked at Wei Ran strangely.
"Did you notice the flag behind the trench line on the opposite side?" Wei Ran handed over the telescope, "That seems to be the division flag of the 163rd Infantry Division."
After hearing this, Mika took the telescope, stood up quickly, took a look, and squatted down, "I saw it, but how did you know?"
"The prisoners told me," Wei Ran said casually, "Mika, don't just focus on ordinary Soviet Red Army soldiers. Let's look for anyone wearing an officer's uniform."
"no problem!"
Mika bent over and changed his position in the trench. While searching for the target, he said, "Victor, use the binoculars to help me find their division commander."
Can I be your observer?
Wei Ran immediately understood his job, held up his binoculars, and carefully observed the battlefield on the shore of the lake outside the forest along the shooting hole.
The Soviet Red Army on this battlefield is not far from Suaomusalmi, which is also besieged. However, Finland's heavy firepower that can support these two encirclements is only eight guns on the small highland behind them.
The caliber of the artillery is not that big.
But looking at the surrounded Soviet side, only the Soviet position that Wei Ran and Mika could see contained more than a dozen artillery pieces and almost as many tanks. As for the situation on the other side of the lake, I'm afraid the situation on the other side of the lake is even more severe than here.
To put it simply, although Finland occupies a geographical advantage, its firepower is not very strong. Although the Soviet Union has sufficient firepower, their combat morale has dropped after days of attrition wars and low temperatures that could freeze them.
Valley bottom.
In the stalemate between the two sides, time passed minute by minute. In the short daylight of less than five hours, Mika, with the help of Wei Ran, pulled the trigger again and again to kill enemies suspected of being the commander.
Finally, when the temperatureless sun was completely covered by the horizon, the two people who worked in vain reunited with the old hunter Ino who was waiting in the rear.
"Have you found the division commander?" Ino asked while shaking the reins after the two tired young men climbed onto the sled.
"No." Wei Ran, whose eyes were bloodshot, shook his head, "We only found the flag of the 163rd Division, but we didn't find their division commander at all, and we're not even sure if their division commander is here."
"But today we killed at least five Soviets who were holding pistols to direct the battle and a dozen Soviet artillerymen." Mika reported the results of the past few hours as if he was claiming credit.
The old hunter Ino comforted him while operating the sled to the rear, "Don't worry, I met Captain Korpi a few hours ago. He told me that the Soviets are basically surrounded now, so
As long as there is no problem with our encirclement, they will not be able to escape at all."
"Everyone is surrounded?" Mika asked in surprise.
Ino pointed to the artillery still firing on the high ground not far away and said, "The Soviets stationed around have been cut into six pieces. Today's focus is on the enemies here and Suao Musalmi. They are also
As long as the two groups with the strongest combat effectiveness are eliminated, the Soviets in the remaining four encirclement circles will soon be eliminated."
Wei Ran looked confused, "Are all the people from the 163rd Division here?"
The old hunter Ino shook his head, "In addition to the four small encirclements around, I heard that there is at least one regiment of Soviet infantry surrounded about five or six kilometers east of the lake. We can only solve the problem here.
Only on the battlefield can we go over to support them."
No wonder...
Wei Ran muttered to himself. He was almost certain that the regiment that was surrounded six kilometers away was the 662nd Regiment of the 163rd Division. And as expected, the commander of the 662th Regiment, Sharov, would probably soon desert because of his desire to do so.
Died by one's own gun.
But compared to these, where is the commander of the 163rd Division? He is still teasing Wei Ran and Mika, as well as the old hunter Ino who seems to be concentrating on driving.
Before Weiran could analyze a rough possibility, the sleigh circled the small high ground where the artillery was mounted, went deep into the dense forest far away from the battlefield, and finally stopped in a large camp.
Compared with the Soviet Red Army in the encirclement, who risked being killed by snipers even if they made a bonfire, the treatment on the Finns' side was much better.
Not only are there hot soups and meals, but the sauna tents here are larger and more numerous than those in the camp Weiran visited before.
Under the supervision of Wei Ran and Mika, the old hunter Ino, who had been running transportation all day, was sent to the medical tent to re-treat the wound on his leg. After that, the three of them each had a hearty meal and got into the hospital.
After entering a warm tent that made people sweat, they each found an empty bed and sat down, wolfing down their stomachs.
After eating and drinking, Wei Ran was pulled by Mika and lined up to go to the sauna. And the old hunter Ino, who had to stay in the dormitory because of the wound on his leg, was not idle either, limping from there.
He took the tools from the sleigh and carefully maintained Wei Ran and Mika's weapons.
When Wei Ran and Mika, who were white and rosy after being steamed, came back, their sleds had been rubbed with bear grease by the old hunter Ino.
Lying on the bed covered with thick animal skins, Wei Ran, who had not slept a wink all day, fell asleep deeply without even listening to what Ino and Mika said.
The intermittent roaring did not wake him up. But even so, he had no chance to sleep until dawn, so he was woken up by the old hunter Ino.
Subconsciously grabbing the submachine gun that had been placed beside the bed before going to bed, Wei Ran turned over and sat up and looked around, then asked sleepily, "Is it time?"
"There's something wrong with the encirclement," Father Ino said hurriedly, "You two, get your things quickly, maybe the division commander will run away!"
Hearing this, Wei Ran and Mika immediately regained consciousness, grabbed their weapons and equipment and skis as quickly as possible under the flashlight light, helped Father Ino rush out of the tent, and sat down with several unknown Finnish soldiers.
Got on the sleigh.
Behind the sleigh, there were more than a dozen Finnish soldiers on skis. They grabbed the ropes tied to the sled and pulled themselves towards the precarious battlefield.
It wasn't until the latter shouted at the reindeer to run that Wei Ran asked, "Dad Ino, what's going on?"
"Half an hour ago, several groups of Soviets ran out during the counterattack." The person who answered Wei Ran was not Ino's father, but a middle-aged soldier sitting next to him, but his familiar voice immediately sounded
Wei Ran and Mika recognized that this man was none other than Captain Korpi, who had originally assigned them the sniper mission.
