Chapter 377: The Bridge

Since Hu Yunfeng ordered the team to be very careful when moving, and it was a mountain road, after walking for four hours for more than ten kilometers, the team finally arrived on a hill seven or eight hundred meters outside the town of Taogavpils. Under the guidance of Ax, Hu Yunfeng finally saw the railway bridge, one of the two bridges, through a telescope.

There were Soviet checkpoints at both ends of the railway bridge, and about a platoon of Soviet troops on one side. Hu Yunfeng immediately ordered Jeddah to send a message to Von Manstein to ask where the German "Brandenburg" had arrived? How far is it from the town of Taovpils?

Hu Yunfeng could help the German army seize the bridge, but he would never defend the bridge for the German army. The two bridges across the Daogava River in the town of Taogavpils are the necessary places to lead to Leningrad and are of great strategic significance. If the Soviet army bombed these two bridges, it would inevitably delay the German offensive. The Germans knew that the Soviets must also know that if the German armored troops launched an attack to seize the bridge before the arrival of the German army, the Soviets would definitely fight back desperately. If the bridge was guarded, it would inevitably be a fierce battle in positions.

Von Manstein's call was very fast, but unfortunately he didn't know where the Brandenburg company was now? He received the latest telegram from the Brandenburg company at noon, and at that time the Brandenburg company was more than 130 kilometers away from the town of Daugavpils. However, Von Manstein told Hu Yunfeng's 8th Armored Division's 10th Armored Regiment that the vanguard of Hu Yunfeng's 8th Armored Division had quickly advanced to the town of Daugavpils. If everything went well, you could arrive at the town of Daugavpils the day after tomorrow.

The German tank troops will arrive the day after tomorrow night, that is, they will launch a bridge grabbing operation tomorrow night and take it off. If the 10th Armored Regiment of the 8th German Armored Division goes well, they will have to guard until noon the day after tomorrow. With such a long time to guard the bridge, Hu Yunfeng will definitely not want to do it, especially for one morning. If the Soviet army sends planes to counterattack, the special forces will only be beaten.

Hu Yunfeng sent a telegram to Feng Manstein and told Feng Manstein that according to observations on the railway bridge, there would be no big problem in seizing the bridge. The problem was that after seizing the bridge, Von Manstein's troops could not arrive quickly. He had only more than 300 people. If the Soviet army used tanks and planes to support the seizing the bridge, his troops would not be able to defend.

Hu Yunfeng's meaning is very obvious, that is, he wants to give up the bridge grabbing. Feng Manstein is not very familiar with Hu Yunfeng, so he can only report the situation to Hitler, hoping that Hitler can convince Hu Yunfeng to launch the bridge grabbing operation and defend the bridge.

Hitler naturally knew the significance of these two bridges and immediately sent a report to Hu Yunfeng, hoping that Hu Yunfeng would launch a bridge capture operation for a common goal and ensure that as long as Hu Yunfeng seized the bridge, he would order Goren to send planes to patrol and protect the bridge continuously until Von Manstein's tank troops arrived.

After reading the telegram, Hu Yunfeng ignored it and ordered Jeddah to turn off the telegraph. In fact, Hu Yunfeng also understood that if the German army's attack on the Soviet Union was not smooth, it would have a direct impact on his capture of the Far East. Even if the German army was not smooth before attacking Moscow, his actions to seize the Far East must be abandoned. Without Germany's strong attack and relocation system on the Soviet Union, just by his army, his industrial capacity would definitely not be the opponent of the Soviet army. The Soviet army could swallow up the Soviet port's army with a pile of people.

Hu Yunfeng asked Ax to find a hidden place where no one could hide it, while he and Lin Xingguo, Gao Ning and Ax went to see the highway bridge.

The information on the highway bridge is similar to that of the railway bridge, and there are also Soviet troops waiting at each end. Hu Yunfeng observed it for more than an hour and returned to most of the city again.

Qi Yanming had already let the troops eat dry food and rest. Hu Yunfeng chose a place to lie down and chew dry food, looking at the sky and thinking. Qi Yanming lay beside him and asked, "Captain, when will we do it?"

Hu Yunfeng slowly swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "It's easy to seize the bridge, but how to defend the bridge. The Soviet army is okay without counterattacking, but if the Soviet army fights desperately, we can't defend the bridge. Unless we fight to the death, it's almost the same."

Qi Yanming said: "What should we do?"

Hu Yunfeng sighed and said, "If we do not defend the bridge, it will delay the German attack on the Soviet Union and will have a great impact on our capture of the Far East. What do you think we should do?"

Qi Yanming thought for a while and said, "Since it will affect our plan to seize the Far East, then take it. You have taken us for several years. If the plan to seize the Far East is affected, it would be too unpaid."

Hu Yunfeng nodded slightly and looked at the moon in the sky and said, "Preventing the bridge will inevitably cause serious losses to our personnel. These personnel are the elite of the Soviet port army. It is a pity to lose in position wars."

"Captain, since we are elite, why don't we play the elite? Elites must fight raids, special operations, and positional warfare. Don't you often say that the troops are fighting, not trained? We brought the troops to the Soviet Union this time to let the troops accumulate combat experience. If we have the experience of fighting hard positions, I think the "Snow Leopard" team can face any difficulties in the future."

"Do you want to fight?" Hu Yunfeng asked with his head turned around.

Qi Yanming nodded and said, "Well, we are all here, it's a pity not to fight. Now we have all fought raids before, and we have rarely fought positions, especially hard positions. Apart from the time we saved the Soviet pilot."

Hu Yunfeng looked at Qi Yanming with interest and said, "Do you want to accumulate experience with your own people's lives?"

Qi Yanming shook his head and said, "It is not about accumulating experience with our own lives. Wars always kill people, and we cannot rely on special operations to seize the Far East. We must experience various forms of combat to accumulate experience. We may have sacrificed our lives, but what we leave behind is the experience of saving lives."

Hu Yunfeng nodded undeniably and agreed, and he smiled and said, "It's very good, there's progress."

Qi Yanming naturally understood what Hu Yunfeng meant to say that he was progressing, and he also laughed back: "Captain, I am still not used to killing unarmed women and children. But I understand you, in the battlefield, there are enemies except for comrades, no matter whether the enemy is a man or a woman, or an old or a young person."

"Yes, maybe you will sympathize with the unarmed women and children, but as long as you take it lightly, they will probably pick up the gun and kill you from behind at any time." Hu Yunfeng saw Qi Yanming's disregard for his disregard, and continued: "If one day you are killed by women and children, it will be too late for you to understand me."

Qi Yanming thought about it, and Hu Yunfeng said again: "Okay, since we will carry out a tough battle at the position sooner or later, then we will do the Germans a favor and carry out the bridge capture operation tomorrow night."

"Jeddah." After saying to Qi Yanming, Hu Yunfeng called Jeddah to his side and ordered: "Send a message to Hitler, we will act tomorrow night, tell him that I hope to see German fighter jets patrol over us as soon as possible. At the same time, tell him to order Von Manstein's tank troops to move forward quickly, and the "Brandenburg" company will contact us."

Hitler was cursing Hu Yunfeng for not closing the telegram and cutting off contact with him. Seeing Hu Yunfeng agreeing to seize the bridge, Hitler gave orders to Goring and Von Manstein with satisfaction. At the same time, Hitler returned the promise to Hu Yunfeng that if Hu Yunfeng and his special forces seized the two bridges and successfully defended them, Hitler would personally award medals to every member of the "Snow Leopard" special forces.

Von Manstein was also happy to receive the telegram from Hitler. He immediately sent a message to Hu Yunfeng to express his gratitude and promised to order the tank troops to accelerate their advance immediately.

Since he was preparing for a fierce battle, and it was a positional battle. Hu Yunfeng ordered Lin Xingguo and Zhou Weitao and his vanguards immediately went to the railway bridge and highway bridge for reconnaissance.

Hu Yunfeng and his large troops stayed in the hidden place found in Ax, so that everyone could keep their spirits and prepare for the next fierce battle. Until five o'clock the next afternoon, Lin Xingguo and Zhou Weitao suddenly reported at the same time that the Soviet army's bridge guards had increased to about one company, and engineers were also sent to prepare to bomb the bridge. Hu Yunfeng immediately ordered Qi Yanming to take 150 people and a "Storm" 107 rocket launcher to the highway bridge, and he led another group of people to the railway bridge.

Gao Ning quickly divided the sniper group into two groups, and he led one group to follow Hu Yunfeng and the other group to Qi Yanming. After everyone checked the weapons, ammunition and equipment, Hu Yunfeng ordered him and Qi Yanming to set off with his troops.

At half past five, Hu Yunfeng and his troops approached the small pile of land more than 200 meters above the northern end of the railway bridge and hid behind it. Soon after, Qi Yanming reported through a walkie-talkie that he had successfully received it within 300 meters of the highway bridge and had already taken place.

If it was night, Hu Yunfeng thought it would take only about ten minutes to solve the problem, but it was still bright and there was still more than 200 meters away. What annoyed him the most was that the Soviets had already been safe and were ready to install a fuse. If they wanted to prevent the bridge from being blown up, they could only launch an attack immediately.

"Gao Ning, order the snipers to prepare and kill the Soviet machine gunners and engineers when we launch an attack." Hu Yunfeng ordered.

"I understand." Gao Ning replied.

Hu Yunfeng looked at the time and decided to launch an attack in five minutes. He ordered Shang Guoxin, a walkie-talkie correspondent, and said: "Click on Deputy Captain Qi and tell him to launch an attack in five minutes."

Shang Guoxin replied lightly and immediately called Qi Yanming. Hu Yunfeng passed the order to everyone again, raising his hand to count the time. The special forces behind the slope had already formed a formation and waited for Hu Yunfeng to issue an order to attack at any time.

"Start." Hu Yunfeng had already issued an order when he saw it for five minutes.

The sniper team that first opened fire immediately killed the Soviet engineers and machine gunners at both ends of the guns who climbed near the bridge pier. At the same time, the mg42 machine gun of the fire cover team also spit out a tongue of flames and shot at the Soviet army on the north bank of the bridge.

Hu Yunfeng and other assault special forces members were divided into three assault groups, forming an offensive triangular formation to quickly assault towards the north end of the bridge.

This time, the Soviet army did not charge with a gun, but wanted to fight back based on the circular sandbag fortifications at the end of the bridge. Hu Yunfeng saw a team member next to him fall down, but at this time, Hu Yunfeng and everyone around him were not in a hurry to treat the injured team members. If the Soviet army at both ends of the bridge were not eliminated as soon as possible, not only would the bridge not be protected, but more people would be killed in battle.

Hu Yunfeng took the lead to the best motivation for all special forces members. The members of the special forces together with Hu Yunfeng stood in front of Hu Yunfeng without any discussion. They would rather be hit by the Soviet army's bullet than let their sons kiss Hu Yunfeng.

The Soviet army did not expect that a "German army" would appear at such a close distance from them. Moreover, these "German army" were wearing black masks, German helmets, and German uniforms, with only their mouths, noses and eyes exposed on their faces, which deeply shocked the Soviet army who had seen this outfit for the first time.

In front of special forces personnel, hesitation means death. But at this time, the Soviet army that reacted quickly also died quickly. Those Soviet army that reacted quickly were members of the sniper team to focus on taking care of the target. Who could fire the first shot, but never imagined the second bullet. Even the Soviet army at the south end of the railway bridge was the same.

The 81 gun in the hands of the special forces, such as the fully automatic gun with an effective range of more than 300 meters, played a huge role in the short-range raid. At this time, the special forces personnel were like a machine gun in each person, which was strafing and pointing to form a dense firepower network that did not give the Soviet army any reaction time at all.

The Soviet army at the two platoons on the north end of the bridge were instantly wiped out by the assault teams with accurate shooting skills and strong firepower. The mg42 firepower team, which served as firepower support, also quickly followed up. The Soviet army at the south end of the bridge had time to prepare, but they were mainly taken care of by the sniper team, and there were also many casualties. There were only a dozen people left in a platoon of more than 30 people.

Although there were only a dozen Soviet troops left at the southern end of the bridge, they were extremely tenacious. They had begun to fight back with machine guns to block the assault team from crossing the bridge. In helplessness, Hu Yunfeng had to order everyone to stop crossing the bridge.

The bridge is about 300 meters long, and the grenades cannot be dropped, and Hu Yunfeng is reluctant to use the "Storm" rocket launcher. The Soviet army has already hid in a circular position made of sandbags, and the sniper rifle cannot do anything about it.

"'Iron Fist', 'Iron Fist'." Hu Yunfeng shouted while letting the machine gun suppress the Soviet army's firepower in the south of the bridge.

"Captain, here we come." The three groups of "Iron Fist" Rockets Jian team ran to the back of Hu Yunfeng.

"Damn it, I brought the fortifications opposite me." Hu Yunfeng ordered.

"Yes." "Iron Fist" Rocket Jane's launch team responded, and his deputy loaded the launcher with ammunition.

Hu Yunfeng shouted loudly to the machine gun and the sniper again: "Firepower suppression."

The "Iron Fist" Rocket Jane's range is only about 300 meters. If you want to destroy the Soviet army's fortifications, the Rocket Jane's launcher must also go to the bridge to launch.

Two "Iron Fist" rocket Jane firers carried the loaded rocket Jane, jumped out of the circular sandbag fortifications, crawled forward, and the other rocket Jane firer was responsible for the reserve personnel. Four members of the attack had been hit by Soviet bullets. Although Hu Yunfeng had no time to understand the life and death of the four members for the time being, he was very angry. His 88 sniper had been set up, and as long as the Soviet soldiers on the opposite side dared to emerge, he would have to kill the Soviet army.

"Captain, retreat quickly. There is a Soviet engineer hidden on the bridge pier that has already ignited the fuse of the ** bag." Gao Ning bowed and ran to Hu Yunfeng and said.

"Where?" Hu Yunfeng asked by throwing his gun down.

"I have shot dead, look at the five piers." Gao Ning pointed.

Damn, is it in vain? Hu Yunfeng thought to look over. Also, the fuse was relatively long, and Hu Yunfeng shouted: "Li Chenglin, Li Chenglin, you command the battle."

"I understand, captain." Li Chenglin replied, but saw Hu Yunfeng climbing towards the bridge pier of the railway bridge.

The Soviet army on the opposite side was suppressed and unable to expose their heads to shoot. They simply stretched out their guns from the sandbags of the ring fortifications, and did not aim at them, only shooting at the northern end of the railway bridge. This kind of shooting did not pose any threat to the well-trained special forces members. The two rocket Jane firers easily avoided the bullets fired. They walked forward for 100 meters, and when they were about 200 meters away from the two circular sandbags on the left and right sides of the Soviet army, they immediately stood up and knelt on one knee to fire the "Iron Fist" anti-tank rocket at the circular sandbags fortifications.

Two "boom, boom" explosions about a second apart declared that the two circular sandbags at the southern end of the railway bridge were destroyed. The Soviet army inside was blown to the point of broken limbs and flew into the air, but the two rocket Jane launchers did not retreat, and hung the "Iron Fist" rocket Jane behind, took off the 81 bar, and assaulted south along both sides of the bridge.

"The first group of assault teams follow." Li Chenglin was worried about Hu Yunfeng, but he couldn't help or look. He ordered the assault team. At the same time, he jumped out and rushed to the north with the first group of assault teams.

The two rocket Jane launchers first arrived at the north end of the bridge. They immediately drew out pistols to re-shot the Soviet soldiers who had not yet died. They were different from the special forces team members. The special forces team members followed Hu Yunfeng all the way to train and fight with Hu Yunfeng. The special forces team members had a deep understanding of Hu Yunfeng. However, the members of the special forces team had only heard of Hu Yunfeng's legendary experience, and the infiltration of the "Blood Guard Society" made them loyal to Hu Yunfeng. The members of the special forces team would not consider whether Hu Yunfeng's orders were right or wrong, but they had become real killing machines. Therefore, they would not hesitate to execute all the Soviet personnel issued by Hu Yunfeng.

With the uninterrupted pistol sounds of two rocket Jane launchers, the Soviet troops at the north end of the bridge were all cleared. This railway bridge in the town of Taogavpils across the Daogava River temporarily fell into the hands of the "Snow Leopard" special forces.

Li Chenglin rushed over with the first assault team. Li Chenglin immediately ordered the fortification to be reorganized immediately, and immediately ran to the edge of the bridge to watch Hu Yunfeng climb towards the fifth pier.
Chapter completed!