Chapter 277 Sneak Attack on Snow Night

The winter spanning 1939 and early 1940 was one of the three coldest winters since Finland had a climate record, with temperatures generally below minus 35 degrees Celsius. In such cold weather, even Finns who adapt to the climate must return to the camp to keep warm after going out to fight for a period of time.

The cold weather caused the Finnish reconnaissance platoon, Lieutenant Toriyanin, to take his soldiers to monitor and harass the Soviet 163rd Tank Brigade for three hours, and had to come back to keep the fire warm.

After Lieutenant Toriyanin came back to report to Hu Yunfeng about the situation of the Soviet 163 Tank Brigade, Hu Yunfeng decided to go for a sneak attack at around 5 a.m. The cold and lack of cold tents made the camps of the Soviet 163 Tank Brigade very densely arranged, but the 163 Tank Brigade was not like its vanguard who was annihilated by the Special Forces and the Finnish reconnaissance platoon. It could form a defense circle on the narrow forest trail.

The tanks of the 163 Tank Brigade are lined up in a long row on a narrow forest path. As long as the tanks or cars in front are destroyed, the vehicles behind are difficult to turn back. This will block the entire forest path, and the tanks of the 163 Tank Brigade cannot play a role in combat. The personnel of the 163 Tank Brigade are distributed in the woods on both sides of the forest path for heating and resting. It seems that there are many people, but according to the report of Second Lieutenant Toriyaning, the personnel of the 163 Tank Brigade were very tired, so Hu Yunfeng decided to attack.

Another reason that prompted Hu Yunfeng to make up his mind to attack was that Second Lieutenant Taolianing reported that they were not the only ones targeting the Soviet 163 Tank Brigade. He judged that at least five or six troops had cold gun attacks and harassed the 163 Tank Brigade from all directions.

At three o'clock in the morning, Hu Yunfeng woke everyone who was huddling around the fire for warmth and rest. He ordered Lieutenant Toriyanin: "Arrang your people to the tank as machine gunners, and monitor Soviet prisoners at the same time."

Second Lieutenant Taolianing nodded understandingly. Hu Yunfeng recruited the Soviet prisoners together and said, "I decided to sneak attack the main force of the 163rd Tank Brigade. This sneak attack is your opportunity to express your loyalty to me. I hope you don't let me down. If you perform well, each person will receive a 100 US dollar battle fee in addition to the fifty US dollar joining fee, and each person who died will receive a 500 US dollar pension."

Hu Yunfeng glanced at all the Soviet prisoners with expressionless expression, pointed to the frozen corpses on the ground and continued: "You will have income every time you fight in the future, instead of being forced to charge by officers with guns, and after death, they became a frozen corpse and gained nothing. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel. We understand what to do." Yukola, who was designated by Hu Yunfeng as the commander of the Soviet captive troops, replied.

Hu Yunfeng nodded and continued to stare at all the prisoners. Yukola turned to his prisoners and said, "Soldiers, Stalin forced us to come to this damn ghost place and fight this damn battle. Now is the time for us to fight for ourselves."

"Fight for yourself." The captives hesitated a little, but quickly shouted with guns.

"Give you ten minutes to leave your hometown address. If you die in battle and no one helps you bring the money to your family, I will hand over the money that belongs to you to your family. After writing it, I will hand it over to her." Hu Yunfeng pointed to Lin Xinxin and said.

The 250 prisoners left their address in the Soviet Union, and Hu Yunfeng immediately ordered: "Move the shells of the destroyed tanks to the five tanks and remove the machine guns on the tanks."

Hu Yunfeng saw that the Soviet prisoners were executing orders very quickly, and thought that these people would not rebel at the last minute, so he began to arrange a sneak attack plan.

After getting on the car, Hu Yunfeng understood why the Soviet Union suffered heavy losses in the Soviet-Finn War. For mechanized troops, encountering a ghostly weather like Finland is simply a nightmare. Just like now, Finnish reconnaissance platoons are sliding on sleds many times faster than tanks, and tanks are crawling in the snow, not much faster than people walking.

Five tanks and vehicles carried special forces and Soviet captive troops. It took two and a half hours to reach the rest area of ​​the Soviet 163rd Tank Brigade five kilometers away, which was one and a half hours slower than Hu Yunfeng's expected time. Fortunately, it was winter, and it was still dark at 5:40, and Hu Yunfeng could hear the sound of Finnish soldiers firing cold guns at the Soviet army in other directions.

According to Hu Yunfeng's prior deployment, the tanks that opened the road slowed down when they were more than 300 meters away from the camping site of the 163 Tank Brigade.

"Yukora." Hu Yunfeng stared at Yukola who was about to get off the car. Yukola nodded, and he understood what Hu Yunfeng meant.

Yukola got out of the car from the last one and patted the six bodies in front of them one by one, asking the Soviet captives to get out of the car. Hu Yunfeng's mission to Yukola was to lead the Soviet captives to follow behind the tanks and cars to protect the tanks and cars.

There were 163rd Brigade's guard troops on the forest trail. However, when the tanks and cars came over, they could not have a tank. And now they saw that they were Soviet tanks and soldiers, so they didn't care. They just came forward to inquire.

"I am the vanguard of the 3rd Battalion of the 47th Regiment. We were attacked by the Finns. The fuel and food they carried were burned by the Finns. The battalion commander asked us to come and get the fuel and food." Yukola took the lead.

The sergeant who came forward to ask had a tired face with sympathy, saying, "Damn Finns hate like bed bugs. We are lucky than you, but we just haven't had a rest all night."

The sergeant waved to the alert Soviet army and signaled that it was his own. Yukola led the Soviet captive troops to the camp of the 163rd Tank Brigade, and the tanks behind him also drove slowly.

The alert Soviet army did not notice that the five tanks were adjusting their turrets to aim at the fire not far away. The first four hidden special forces members in the tank's car had already loaded the "Iron Fist" rocket with rockets. The special forces members were holding the "military shovel" and were ready to cut the canvas on the car and pushed the rockets and machine guns out.

When the last car where Hu Yunfeng was located drove into the camping area of ​​the Soviet 163 Tank Brigade, Jibchuhe suddenly stretched out the mg34 machine gun from the car box and shot it at the Soviet police force.

The gunfire of the car where Hu Yunfeng was located was a signal of the beginning of the operation. The first tank immediately fired fire at the Soviet tanks parked on the forest trail. Immediately afterwards, the other four tanks also fired fire at the Soviet army's heating and resting fire that had been aimed at, and increased their horsepower and divided into two left and right routes, two vehicles each drove into the woods.

The special forces members on the car quickly cut the canvas and set up the machine guns removed from the destroyed tanks and the mg34 machine guns in their hands to strafuse the nearby Soviet troops. Yukora also led the Soviet captive troops into two teams to follow the tanks and cars, protecting the tanks and cars at any time.

The four tanks followed Hu Yunfeng's prior instructions and tried to move forward as close to the forest path, so that the special forces members could better use the "Iron Fist" to destroy the Soviet tanks.

"Drive forward." Seeing that Jibchuhe killed all the Soviet troops guarding behind him, Hu Yunfeng patted the front window and ordered the prisoners driving the car.

The car drove to the back of the first tank where the first tank was parked. Hu Yunfeng, Lin Xinxin, Jibchuhe quickly jumped out of the car with guns in his arms, and lowered his head to the Soviet tank parked on the trail.

This was arranged in advance by Hu Yunfeng. After launching a sneak attack to destroy the first tank parked on the road, he stayed in place to provide firepower support to other tanks and cars. He and Lin Xinxin, Jibchuhe went to seize the tanks behind and used the machine guns on the tanks to form a firepower net. The other four tanks and special forces were responsible for attacking the Soviet army and destroying the unsnatched tanks.

When Jibchu and the Soviet guards were eliminated, the Finnish reconnaissance platoon, who was hiding not far away, led his subordinates to come over, and saw that the four tanks and cars had formed a death firepower network, and ordered the second lieutenant Taolianing who was following him: "Snatch the tanks immediately."

Hu Yunfeng, Lin Xinxin, Jibchuhe took the lead in over the destroyed tank, drilled into the tank behind and started, signaling the tank that was parked at the fire support to follow him.

The personnel of the 163rd Tank Brigade of the Soviet Army did not expect the Finns to use this method to attack, and they did not even understand how their tanks fell into the hands of the Finns. When they were first attacked, most of them looked at the tanks and cars and fired at them. Seeing that their comrades were blown away by flesh and blood, they were swept to the ground in pieces by machine guns, no one thought they would fight back.

The personnel of the 163 Tank Brigade did suffer considerable losses, and many people were killed by shells in their sleep. However, there were many Soviet soldiers, and even half of them were lost, they were more than ten times more than the Finns who attacked the sneak attack. The Soviet officers responded and immediately organized people to activate the tank.

Hu Yunfeng explained in advance that the Soviet tanks must not be allowed to start tanks. If the Soviet tanks start tanks, Hu Yunfeng would have to wait for death. So he ordered four tanks and six cars to enter the woods and try to drive forward on the road to destroy Soviet tanks. However, in the snow, the tanks were already slow, and they were even slower after entering the woods. A firepower network composed of four tanks and six cars from the 163rd Tank Brigade could prevent the Soviet army from approaching the tanks, but could not prevent the Soviet army farther behind from starting tanks.

Second Lieutenant Taolianing also noticed a situation. If the Soviet army did not stop the Soviet army from launching the tank, the entire Soviet army captured troops and his reconnaissance platoon were wiped out. However, he did not want to see the death of the Chinese brothers here. Neither he nor his soldiers would drive tanks. After taking the tank, he could only use the machine guns on the tanks on the spot.

"Everyone obeyed my orders, skiing burned the tanks behind the Soviets." Second Lieutenant Toriyanin immediately ordered.

Second Lieutenant Toriyanin and his reconnaissance platoon were like a white whirlwind, sliding towards the tanks parked behind the forest path. Hu Yunfeng drove the tank and finally turned around and drove into the woods. He saw Second Lieutenant Toriyanin attacking Soviet tanks with a Finnish reconnaissance. He said to Lin Xinxin: "Come and drive, I fire my artillery to cover them."

Lin Xinxin, the Soviet army's tank, drove in the Soviet port, but was not very skilled. However, she did not say much and immediately exchanged positions with Hu Yunfeng.
Chapter completed!