In fact, the war with the Soviet Union has begun.

The battlefield is in Finland.

I was stepping on the snow that was almost half a meter deep under my feet, and overhead were tall trees covering the sky. This was a mountainous area in Finland.

A small team of dozens of people were wearing the uniforms of the Finnish army and took off their signs of the combination of edelixirs, anchors and propellers. However, the kind of light that shines in their eyes all meant that they were the most elite troops.

They belonged to the Third German Mountain Division, and originally belonged to the Austrian army.

Austria is mountainous. After Germany liberated Austria, the Austrian army with special mountain troops was also incorporated into the German Wehrmacht.

In this way, the German troops first formed the 1st to 3rd Mountain Divisions, and later expanded the strength of ten divisions at most during the war.

Compared with other troops, the German mountain division is famous for its bravery, tenacious fighting and brutal fighting. In the most direct political situation, few soldiers of the German mountain division troops in World War II were captured by the Allied forces. They were all killed in battle, and their fighting will was no different from the SS.

At the same time, at the end of the war, this mountain force was the last unit in the German army to lay down their weapons.

For example, in the Norwegian port town of Narvik, the German mountain division fought an extremely fierce battle with the Allied forces. More than 6,000 temporary patchwork of mountain divisions tenaciously resisted the attack of 20,000 Allied troops for 6 weeks.

The troops at that time were this Third Mountain Division.

At this time, the soldiers of the 139th Mountain Infantry Regiment of the Third Mountain Division were walking in the snow. They came here naturally to participate in the next battle.

After the Soviets broke through the Finnish defense line, they began to attack Finland in depth, with mountains and woods everywhere. Now, snowflakes are still floating in the sky, fluttering.

The biggest difference between a mountain division and an ordinary infantry division is that it is load-bearing, and it is difficult to walk on mountain roads, and often even needs to climb rocks. Therefore, the equipment of the mountain division must be lightweight.

For example, now, their main equipment is the latest mp40 submachine gun.

Of course, this kind of submachine gun is not the 9mm pistol-bullet submachine gun in history, but the latest assault rifle improved from MP38. It is just to confuse others and still becomes a submachine gun.

The large number of stamping components are used to make this submachine gun more easily produced in large quantities. At the same time, special cold-resistant gun oil is used. Their arrival this time also has the mission of testing the performance of their weapons. In the severe cold, how reliable is this gun?

In addition to Yishui's mp40, they also carried 75mm recoilless cannons, which are simply individual cannons. They are the favorites of mountain troops. They are easy to carry by one person, and at the same time they are powerful.

"Chir, chirp." Suddenly, a bird scream came from the front.

The squad leader Reus immediately raised his arms, and the white cloak raised with his arms. He then pouted and made the same bird cry to the opposite side, three long and three short.

It was not clear at all. Just in front of them, two Finns appeared in the snow pile more than ten meters away. They only had ordinary rifles on their hands, but on their backs, they were carrying a Sumi 1931 submachine gun with a large capacity drum. They were in very good condition.

"Hey, my friends, you're finally here." One of the Finns could speak German, and although they were not very fluent, they could communicate: "We're here, waiting for you for two days. My name is Alto."

"I'm very happy to see you," said Reus. "The snow here makes it difficult for us to walk. On the way we came, there were two people who were frostbite."

Aalto looked at these German mountain masters and couldn't help but shake his head: "Your equipment is not good. In the snow, sleds are the best equipment. You must learn to sled."

In German mountain teachers, skiing is not a necessary training subject, so most of Reus's men can't ski.

"We cut down the branches first, make a few sled boards, and those who can ski, can participate in our operation tonight." Alto said: "They have tanks and can no longer move. We need to destroy them."

This is near the Lathai Highway.

After the Finnish defense line was conquered by the Soviet Union, it seemed that the Soviets could rush to the Finnish capital, but the Soviets then found that they were too optimistic.

Winter in Finland has arrived!

Most of the Soviet troops were Cossacks and Kalmyks from the Cuban grasslands. They were extremely unfamiliar with the snow-capped Finland and even fearedly called the "white desert".

The Soviets wanted to replicate the German blitzkrieg tactics, but the Finnish terrain made the Soviet armored forces advance quite slowly.

Soviet troops could only advance along the highway and could not take care of both wings, which left a large number of fighter jets to the Finnish army.

The Finnish army not only blocked the attacks step by step, but also deliberately strengthened the walls and cleared the fields along the way, so that the Soviet army could not find a stronghold where they could rest on the spot, and could not choose a detour from the highway, so they could only bite the bullet and go forward to kill.

Now, it has been a month since the Soviet Union broke the defense line. The Soviet army's vanguard, General Cuikov's 9th Army, was still blocked in a wasteland only 25 miles from the Soviet border. It is very difficult for them to move forward every step.

They didn't know that the bad situation would continue, and it would be even worse, because the Finns secretly received reinforcements!

"Okay, we can't wait." Reus said: "My subordinates have five who can ski, so we'll set off tonight!"

Before joining the army, Alto was always a hunter in the mountains and forests. Here, he was like a fish in water.

However, they did not have heavy weapons in their hands and could not destroy the Soviet tanks. Now, when Germany's reinforcements arrived, they could finally let go of their hands and feet!

The night fell soon, and a small team of several people left the campsite. They were sledding on sleds, like a gust of wind, and their cloaks were floating behind them.

Three kilometers away is the Lathai Highway.

"If we hadn't forgotten to release water, our tank would have no problem." A tanker said tremblingly. He didn't dare to get close to the tank at all. If he accidentally contacted the steel on the tank, he would be frozen instantly and tear it off hard, and his skin would be gone.

They gathered together, lit the bonfire, trying to use the bonfire to resist the cold.
Chapter completed!