Xu Rui's whim last night kept him up all night. He finally stayed up until three in the morning. It was almost six or seven in the morning in Baotou. Xu Rui immediately asked Digua to send a telegram to Baotou.
Before he could call back, a telegram from Yan'an arrived, reporting good news to him.
A few hours ago, Jiang Nan successfully gave birth to a baby girl. However, the telegram also said that Jiang Nan had to choose a caesarean section because it was difficult to give birth. Fortunately, everything went well and the mother and daughter were safe. After receiving the telegram, Xu Rui's heart was hanging.
Then he landed on the ground. It seemed that the cramping pain last night was probably due to Jiangnan's difficult labor.
Then the telegram from Baotou arrived, but nothing happened.
Xu Rui was completely relieved and began to enjoy the three-day holiday.
However, Xu Rui refused without hesitation Diana's invitation to go to Lake Lagado. Now he has really given up and doesn't want to provoke any woman except Jiangnan anymore. That's the same sentence.
, Xu Rui’s values are that you can enjoy the joy of love before getting married, but you must be loyal to your partner after getting married.
Di Gua and other Lang Ya were extremely excited. Except for a few team members such as Han Feng who had families, most of the other team members had found their own female partners. Without exception, they were all female soldiers from the Northwest Front Army Headquarters.
Officers, last night's celebration banquet provided them with an excellent opportunity, and the language barrier did not hinder their enthusiasm at all.
Early the next morning, most of the Langya team members took their female companions and disappeared to nowhere. Even Digua, who had always been inseparable from Xu Rui, ran away and followed Natalya to visit the place where the Russian Czar once lived.
I went to the Winter Palace. The Winter Palace is to Russia what the Purple Gold City is to China. Now that I have come to Leningrad, I have to visit it no matter what.
If nothing else happens, after three days of getting along with each other, with the abilities of the Langya team members, it is really possible to make rapid progress and win one mountain top after another. However, unfortunately, there is not much time left for the Langya team members, because
An unimaginably powerful opponent has returned to the Mannerheim Line.
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Viborg, headquarters of the Third Finnish Defense Force.
A stretched Mercedes-Benz sedan, escorted by two armored vehicles, drove slowly along the road.
Wherever the wheels ran over, two deep tire tracks were immediately left on the snow, creating a mess.
After a while, the convoy drove outside the gate of the headquarters. Before the car came to a complete stop, Silavos trotted up to the car, eagerly opened the rear door, then covered the upper edge of the door with his right hand, and then
Then he helped Mannerheim out of the back seat.
"Your Excellency, Marshal, I have let you down with your humble position."
Facing Mannerheim, Silavos was ashamed.
In the first stage of the Soviet-Finnish War, the Finnish Defense Forces, under the command of Marshal Mannerheim, defeated the powerful Soviet Red Army and created a brilliant record of annihilating more than 200,000 enemies. More than 200,000 enemies were almost
The total strength of the Finnish Defense Forces, that is to say, in less than a month, they annihilated the entire Finnish Defense Forces!
As Mannerheim's chief of staff, Silavos participated in the entire first phase of the war, and most of the time, Silavos was in command. Mannerheim only issued statements at a few critical moments.
It is for this reason that Silavos has a strong illusion: Even without Marshal Mannerheim, the Finnish Defense Forces can defeat the Soviet army, and Silavos can definitely afford it.
The heavy responsibility of the commander-in-chief of the Finnish army.
So when Mannerheim returned to Helsinki to recuperate due to physical reasons and was about to hand over the responsibility of frontline commander to Silavos, Silavos took over the responsibility without hesitation.
However, the final facts proved that Silavos was wrong.
Mannerheim is irreplaceable. At least, he, Silavos, cannot replace Mannerheim. Although Mannerheim was still there, he did not specifically interfere with the command, but only expressed his opinions at a few critical moments.
But precisely in terms of choices at critical moments, there is an insurmountable gap between Silavas and Mannerheim.
Therefore, Silavos is indeed a bit embarrassed to see Mannerheim, because Mannerheim trusts him so much and entrusts him with such an important burden. More importantly, what is left to him,
It was still an unprecedentedly good card, but in the end, he ended up playing like this. In just ten days, he lost the first line of defense.
But Mannerheim just patted Silavos gently on the shoulder and said, "It's not your fault."
The more Mannerheim refused to blame, the more guilty Silavos felt, saying: "Your Excellency, Marshal, I have decided to personally lead the Ninth Division to launch a counterattack, and restore the third line of defense no matter what."
"Silavos, don't worry." Mannerheim said gently. "It's frustrating to lose the first line of defense, but you should think about it the other way around. We still have at least two lines of defense, right?"
Silavos said: "Your Majesty Marshal, I couldn't maintain the good situation you left. I'm sorry."
"You don't have to say sorry." Mannerheim shook his head and said, "I just said, this is not your fault, it is our enemies that have become more powerful, so even if I am here, the result will probably be...
There won’t be any big changes.” He paused and then continued, “The most important thing now is to find out where the problem is.”
Silavos immediately said: "I have made a profound summary of the failures in the previous stage..."
However, before Silavos could finish speaking, Mannerheim interrupted him and said with a gentle smile: "Silavos, are you prepared to let me, an old man, stand at the command post for a long time?
At the door, will it withstand the merciless attack of the snowstorm?"
Only then did Silavos wake up from a dream, and quickly stepped out of the way. Mannerheim smiled gently, walked into the headquarters gate on crutches, and Simon Haye, who was following Mannerheim, finally
When he had the opportunity to step forward and salute Silavos, Silavos returned the military salute and punched Simon Haye in the chest.
"Simon, you are back." Silavos said, "You don't know that since you left, our ski team has been badly beaten by the Soviet team. But now that you are back, the next step is to
Teach those damn Slavs a lesson and tell them who is the real king of the snow!"
Simon Haye nodded heavily and said, "Don't worry, General, we will do it."
At that moment, Silavos and his party accompanied Mannerheim into the headquarters and came to the war room.
Silavos did not ramble on, and directly began to explain their post-war summary to Mannerheim in detail.
"Your Excellency, Marshal, the reason why the defensive operations at this stage suffered a major failure is absolutely inseparable from the sudden appearance of this extremely powerful ski team in the Soviet army's sequence. The skiing skills of this Soviet team
They are average, but their combat effectiveness is very strong. The multiple ski teams we sent are no match for them."
Simon Heyer asked: "Your Majesty General, what are the specific methods for the Soviet army's squad to be strong?"
"First of all, their marksmanship is extremely accurate, and the rifle they use is also a Mauser rifle with a scope." Silavos said, "Secondly, they are very good at concealing their presence. Unless they show up on their own initiative, our team will almost never find them.
If you don’t get enough of them, in the end they still have terrifying melee capabilities.”
Simon Haye's heart suddenly trembled when he heard this. It seemed that the enemy was much stronger than he thought. If he only had accurate marksmanship or was just good at concealing his presence, then he wouldn't be afraid. But if the opponent had both accurate marksmanship and good concealment,
And it also has powerful melee capabilities, which is tricky.
Such an opponent naturally reminded him of Colonel Konings, whom he had just come into contact with not long ago.
Colonel Konings from Germany is also such an opponent. He is so calm that he is almost cold, and his shooting skills are so accurate that it makes people despair. What is even more frightening is that he also has excellent camouflage and concealment skills, and he is also very powerful in close combat, in almost every aspect.
, Colonel Konings absolutely crushed them.
After a slight pause, Silavos added: "It was precisely because our ski team could not deal with the Soviet team that all our support bases were discovered, and they lit up smoke and guided the Soviet Air Force's bomber group to bomb them.
It was precisely because we lost our support base that our combat effectiveness dropped sharply."
Mannerheim just listened quietly and did not interrupt.
Silavos added: "After the support base was destroyed, the defense fortifications lost their ability to continue fighting. In addition, the Soviet team had figured out the distribution of our defense fortifications in advance and guided the Soviet army's attack.
Bombers and artillery groups carried out precise carpet bombing, and finally the tanks led the infantry to advance."
Mannerheim said: "This means that everything is because of that small Soviet army?"
"Yes." Silavos affirmed, "It's all because of that small Soviet army."
Mannerheim's eyes immediately fell on Simon Haye and said: "In that case, Simon, your team's task is very heavy, because no matter how hard we try, there is always a limit to what we can do.
And only if you defeat the Soviet squad, will it be possible to protect our support base, and then the entire Mannerheim Line of Defense. Otherwise, the second line of defense and even the entire Mannerheim Line of Defense will inevitably suffer the same fate.
The Mistakes of the First Line of Defense.”
Simon Heyer took a deep breath and said: "Marshal Your Excellency, we will definitely do our best."
"I'm afraid it's not enough to just try your best." Mannerheim shook his head and said, "But we must win!"
Simon Haye looked awe-inspiring when he heard this, and immediately stood upright and said resolutely: "Yes, we must win!"
