Chapter 371: Soviet-Finnish War (23)
Because of the interference of the small Finnish troops, the Soviet army continued to lose personnel, weapons, vehicles, and even hot food, which was important in the cold winter. It is conceivable how low the morale was.
The Finnish army's favorite targets were supply convoys and field kitchens. These were not only easy to eliminate, but also prevented a large number of Soviet soldiers from getting hot food, which greatly hit their morale. To what extent was their tactic successful? When the commander of the 44th Division of the Soviet Army was defeated and executed by Stalin, one of the charges was the loss of 55 field kitchens.
Although the Soviet army tried to send out patrols, it had no effect. Even these patrols were often ambushed by the Finnish army and disappeared without a trace. But they could not be left alone, otherwise they would become more arrogant, so the Soviet army had to continue to send patrols, which became a typical tactic of adding fuel to the fire, giving the other side heads for nothing.
On this day, another squad of Soviet soldiers was sent on a routine patrol. Although they were full of complaints, they did not dare to offend their superiors, especially the political commissar.
The group left the camp very reluctantly. Because they knew the danger of this trip, they walked very slowly and carefully, and would stop from time to time to vigilantly scan the surroundings, and only continue to move forward after confirming that there was no danger around.
"Stop." After walking for a long time, the Soviet squad leader made a stop gesture, and the other Soviet soldiers immediately stopped and knelt on one knee on the ground to be alert to the surrounding situation.
The squad leader first looked around vigilantly, and after confirming that there was no danger, he took out a small compass and a map from his arms and compared his position. "Keep moving forward."
The squad leader picked up his Mosin Ganna rifle and continued to move forward.
After walking forward for a while, suddenly there was a strange sound behind the team. Several people looked back and saw that Sergei, who was walking at the back, fell to the ground. "Sergei, are you okay?" Because they didn't hear the gunshot, they didn't enter the combat state, thinking that Sergei accidentally fell.
But after calling a few times, he didn't respond. The Soviet squad leader frowned slightly, put his finger on the trigger of the rifle, and motioned others to go and see.
The soldier closest to Sergei walked over and tried to help him up, but as soon as he took a step, he fell straight down with a plop, right next to Sergei.
"Enemy attack!" The squad leader yelled, and rolled and crawled to a big tree next to him and hid. Others also looked for cover to hide, but in the blink of an eye, two more soldiers fell down.
"The Finns did it? But why was there no gunshot?!" The squad leader held the rifle tightly in his hand, sweating nervously.
The reason why there was no gunshot was naturally the credit of the silencer.
In fact, the silencer is not a black technology. As early as 1908, American manufacturer and inventor Maxim (the son of Maxim, who invented the heavy machine gun) invented the world's first gun silencer.
Most gun silencers are similar to car silencers, that is, through one compartment after another, the gas flow rate is gradually slowed down, thereby reducing the muzzle sound of the gun. The silencer can reduce the original 160 decibel sound to a safe hearing range, but it cannot completely silence the sound. After the silencer is installed, the original characteristics of the gunshot will be eliminated, so if it is in a noisy environment or at a long distance, it is not easy to be noticed.
However, the silencer installed on the full-power 62x51 mm bullet firearm, and it is not the advanced silencer of later generations, the effect is not very good, and it can only be used with reduced charge bullets.
At this moment, the squad leader can't think so much now, and his mind is full of how to leave this ghost place.
"Squad leader, what should I do?!" The soldier closest to him asked in a trembling voice.
How do I know what to do? ! The squad leader even wanted to cry. "Let me think about it..." Before he finished speaking, he felt a chill in his neck and collapsed weakly.
Seeing that the squad leader was shot dead, the rest of the Soviet soldiers were completely panicked and ran back desperately. In fear, they even forgot the most basic tactical actions, and several people ran in a straight line.
At this time, two snow piles in the distance moved a few times. Two snipers in white cold-proof clothes stood up and squatted on the ground. They aimed their SVD sniper rifles at the fleeing Soviet soldiers. One of them did not have a scope on his gun.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Four dull gunshots, four Soviet soldiers fell one after another, leaving only the last one, but he was a little smart and kept running zigzag.
Simon's muzzle moved with the opponent's movement and gently pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The bullet was fired, but the Soviet soldier seemed to sense something and paused suddenly. The bullet flew past his body. Simon pulled the trigger again, but the bullet still did not hit the opponent.
Puff! Tias next to him couldn't help laughing and teasing. "What's the matter, Simon, is your hand frozen and can't be used?"
Tias Hetzenor, in the original time and space, was the number one in the German sniper kill record, with a record of 345 hunts. He is also an instructor at the Sniper Academy. This time he took the initiative to apply to come to Finland. However, rather than helping Finland fight the invaders, he just wanted to compete with Simon.
Simon rolled his eyes and made a gesture that he wanted you to come.
"Watch me." Tias raised his gun, aimed, took a deep breath, and pulled the trigger. The Soviet soldier who had already run away seemed to have run out of luck. The bullet shot into his back and pierced his left lung. The whole person fell to the ground in a mess, and his mouth was filled with blood and foam. He struggled in the snow for a long time, and finally got up and leaned against a pine tree, coughing heavily.
"Let's go." Seeing that the guy was dying, Tias had no intention of shooting again.
Simon silently removed the silencer on the muzzle, raised his gun and pulled the trigger at the Soviet soldier in the distance.
Bang! Accompanied by a deafening gunshot, a puff of blood mist burst out from the eyebrows of the Soviet soldier in the distance.
Simon raised the silencer in his hand. "It's broken."
The silencer is not without shortcomings. Due to the dynamic influence of the air when the bullet leaves the barrel, there will be a certain amount of deviation. Although this offset does not reduce the accuracy of the gun, it will cause all the bullet impact points that were originally in the center of the target to move a certain distance in a certain direction with the same dispersion. Such movement can be basically ignored in close-range shooting, but it makes a huge difference at long distances. In addition, with the current technology, it is impossible to produce a long-life silencer like the later generations. After firing about 100 rounds of bullets, these silencers will be almost scrapped.