In the icy and snowy Sakhalin Island, the temperature this season is already 20 to 30 degrees below zero. Although it is a boring legend that peeing outside will freeze your words into icicles and leave your body if you are not careful, it is undeniable.
Fighting in such an environment really requires a test of one's will.
On December 15th, a heavy snowstorm hit Eastern Siberia and the Far East. The heavy snow did not stop until three days later. During this period, Anjia officers and soldiers braved the wind and snow to successively capture Alexanderrovsk in the middle of Sakhalin Island.
Douai, Ust-Agnievo, Palevo and other towns successfully advanced the front line to near the 50° north latitude line.
Thirty-nine years ago, according to the Treaty of Portsmouth after the Russo-Japanese War, Tsarist Russia ceded the area south of 50° north latitude of Sakhalin Island to Japan, and Japan established the Huatai Civil Affairs Office in the ceded area.
In the following years, the Japanese army began to build a fortress defense system south of the 50° north latitude line to resist the threat from Tsarist Russia.
Although Tsarist Russia was replaced by Soviet Russia after the October Revolution, the construction progress of the Japanese Army did not slow down for a moment, and finally completed the long fortress defense zone in the mid-1930s. Unfortunately, not long after it was completed, the Japanese Army attacked the Far East and Eastern Siberia
, take in the entire territory of Sakhalin Island
After being captured, this border fortification area was abandoned, but it has finally come into use today. After receiving the unfavorable news about the war on the northern front, the Japanese Army Headquarters took the initiative to shrink its troops and prepared to use this huge effort to build.
line of defense to block the Anjiajun's offensive.
At noon on the 19th, as the weather cleared and the sun shone brightly on the earth, the temperature on Sakhalin quickly rose to minus 19 degrees.
In the forest south of 50° north latitude, there is a small mesa where tree branches are intertwined with white snow. It is less than ten kilometers away from the Japanese army’s fortress defense zone in the north. A forest path trampled by loggers runs through the north and south.
There was silence all around.
The continuous heavy snowfall since the beginning of winter has caused the thick layer of needle-shaped fallen leaves on the ground to be covered with 50 to 60 centimeters of snow. Old trees broken by the wind and snow stand across the snow.
, everything seemed so peaceful.
However, calmness is only a superficial phenomenon. Three kilometers away to the east of this forest, the Japanese army is transporting troops and ammunition to the northern fortress defense area through the railway and highway connecting the north and south. Even in the woods, there is a strong murderous intention.
, for example, somewhere on the side of the small platform where the terrain is slightly concave, a dark muzzle sticks out diagonally from a place that is invisible from the outside!
Major Zhou Zhencheng of the 31st Army Special Forces Battalion was lurking motionless in a temporary bunker under a large cedar tree. His head was covered with a thin roof made of cedar branches and snow. There were only two branches in front of him.
There are hidden observation holes and shooting holes, and the exit of the bunker is located three meters behind. You need to walk backwards to get out, and there is terrain cover leading to the preset backup position.
Zhou Zhencheng was born in Yangu, Gurin Province. With the evacuation of the Northern Military Region in 1937, his family moved to Mongolia. At the beginning of 1938, Zhou Zhencheng, who had just turned 16, joined the army in Kulun. He later participated in the battles to liberate Central Asia and Siberia and rose from the rank of private soldier.
Gong was promoted to second lieutenant. In the autumn of 1940, Zhou
Due to his meritorious service, Zhen Cheng was recommended to enter the Culun Military Academy for further study in special majors. After graduating from Xia Yao in 1942, he was assigned to the 31st Group Army Special Forces Group. He was promoted to lieutenant and participated in the campaign to regain the Northeast and Far East. In early 2003, he was promoted to captain.
I was promoted again this September.
Zhou Zhencheng is very satisfied with the bunker he chose to build. Although this is not the best sniper point to block the path, as an excellent special operations veteran, he will not choose the small platform twenty meters away on the right, or the
It's the big dead tree across the road.
Although those two places have a wide field of view and good concealment conditions, if it were me, I would definitely pay special attention to these two places when I first arrived. The best ambush positions described in these textbooks are definitely not the best places for an outstanding special operations veteran.
A good choice. Now this bunker is not in a conspicuous location and is not bad. Everything looks ordinary and blends in perfectly with the surrounding environment. Even the best sniper looking over from the opposite direction will not pay special attention to this place because it is too
Too ordinary.
Thirty-five meters away from the right rear of this bunker is a machine gun bunker equipped with two general-purpose machine guns, which can provide sufficient fire support.
As an experienced special operations veteran, Zhou Zhencheng has been assigned to serve as a lecturer in the military skills training class run by the Group Army Political Department in the past six months. He is responsible for the sniper course together with 17 other outstanding special operations team members. He only teaches through words and deeds.
He has trained as many as 126 disciples, and these disciples are now lurking in this dense forest with him.
Major Zhou Zhencheng's assistant, Staff Sergeant Lin Huiguo, who is also his apprentice, is using a high-power telescope equipped with a light shield to carefully observe the situation in the woods.
On Lin Huiguo's left hand side is a Type II automatic rifle tied with thatch, and on his right hand side is a 12.7 mm caliber sniper rifle. At the same time, there is a thin rope pressed under him, which is a carefully arranged one by the two men.
The other end of the trap rope is connected to a trap in the platform on the right. As soon as the rope is pulled, a head with half a fur hat will pop out, tempting the enemy to make a mistake.
"Chirp-"
The cheerful cries of birds that came out to look for food in the noon sun came from the dense forest. Zhou Zhencheng felt relieved. He knew that the Japanese army had not realized that there was a crisis in the rear and had not sent out reconnaissance troops to search, so he slowly stepped back.
Adjust it by more than ten centimeters to make your posture more comfortable.
Due to the protection of the bunker, anyone outside would not be able to notice him if he moved slightly or talked quietly. Otherwise, Zhou Zhencheng would remain motionless until dark four hours later before moving again.
Zhou Zhencheng did not touch his cleverly disguised sniper rifle, but turned his head and whispered to Lin Huiguo: "It's your first time on such a mission. How do you feel?"
"It's similar to hunting in the tribe before joining the army. Sometimes we would squat for several days to hunt a bear!" Lin Huiguo is only 17 years old this year. He is originally from Aldan, whose original name is Buchba, in Beitang Province. He grew up living outside the country.
Orunchun, who grew up in the ice fields of Xing'an Mountains and Aldan Plateau.
According to Nanhua's ethnic policy, Buchba, who joined the army in Zhenguan City, the capital of Beitang Province, in early 1943, took the initiative to apply to change his ethnic group after receiving cultural and ideological and political education from the army, and took a favorite Chinese name. Trained by Lin Huiguo
He worked hard and performed well in military skills and political and ideological education. It only took one year to go from private to corporal. After being selected at the grassroots level and participating in the military skills training class run by the political department of the group army, he was successfully promoted to the rank of sergeant.
Among the students currently taught by Zhou Zhencheng, Lin Huiguo's marksmanship is not the best, but as a child who grew up in the forests of the Xing'an Mountains and Aldan Plateau, which are cold all year round, he has extraordinary skills.
Keen observation, from the same
He learned all the skills of living in the forest from his father. He was a good hand at setting traps and tracking in the forest. Sometimes Zhou Zhencheng even felt that Lin Huiguo was better than him in some aspects and was serving as an assistant.
Best to be selected.
In addition, Lin Huiguo is not only an excellent sniper, but also has excellent shooting skills with his Type II automatic rifle. Within a distance of 400 meters, even fast-moving hounds cannot escape his short shots.
This will give the reconnaissance team enough fire cover to retreat.
"As an excellent special forces soldier, you have to get used to enduring loneliness!"
After Zhou Zhencheng finished speaking, he nodded in approval. At this moment, he suddenly felt itchy in his vest. He felt it carefully and found out that it was the heat inside his body and sweat beads were drilling out of his body along his pores. He listened carefully to the birds outside the bunker.
Singing cheerfully, he took off the leather hat on his head with confidence, and even put the cloak behind him. Then he moved the anti-cháo pad under him and lay on his side.
As early as the autumn of 1943, the war zone distributed winter special operations equipment to the special forces and divisions of the Andong Military Region. Zhou Zhencheng and Lin Huiguo's fur hats were made of expensive Ural sable fur on the inside and thick outer layer.
sheep
Lambskin, a complete set of special cold-proof jackets and boots are made of reindeer skin produced in the Siberian tundra. The outer layer of the boots is a pair of big feet, and the cold-proof socks are woven from wool, and the inner ones are wool socks, which are very warm.
After years of practice in the Central Asian Military Region and the Mongolian Military Region, the General Logistics Department has made full preparations for the severe cold in Northeast Asia. Only the equipment on the bodies of these special forces and the specially made Arctic high-calorie seal meat in their backpacks, even at night temperatures
If the temperature drops to minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius, it will not freeze to death for a while without lighting a fire.
The temperature outside the bunker is now minus 19 degrees, and the temperature inside the bunker is seven to eight degrees higher than outside. It's strange that the body doesn't sweat.
Zhou Zhencheng looked at Staff Sergeant Lin Huiguo who was concentrating on observing the surrounding environment. Through the dim light, he could clearly see that the young man was sweating on his forehead. It seemed that Lin Huiguo, who had been living in the ice and snow for many years, was still there.
I'm not used to wearing such thick clothes.
Major Zhou Zhencheng couldn't help but think of the mission of this trip. After the snowstorm stopped yesterday, the special forces squadron he was in was broken into pieces. The experienced veterans were selected from the military skills training class to form special operations squads.
Yu yesterday
At night, they crossed the Tatar Strait via armed helicopters and entered the southern part of Sakhalin Island. Six infantry regiments also crossed over at the same time. At this time, they were all hidden in the north of the 1,325-meter-high Vozflaseniya Mountain in the middle of the forest.
Below the foothills.
As the squadron leader, Zhou Zhencheng personally led a six-member squad to conduct vigilance to ensure the safety of the infantry camp five kilometers to the south. There were a total of ninety-eight special teams like him distributed around the camp, including two
Eleven were led by veteran members of his squadron. Such strict protection was enough to ensure that the Japanese army, which had no air superiority, would not be able to detect any abnormal situations in the forest.
After resting for about an hour with his eyes closed, Sergeant Lin Huiguo next to him gently kicked the teacher with his foot. Zhou Zhencheng opened his eyes and saw Lin Huiguo's gesture. His heart trembled, and all the nerves in his body immediately tightened.
Lin Huiguo made gestures one after another, indicating that six people were approaching from the eleven o'clock direction, about 400 meters away from the bunker.
Zhou Zhencheng moved his body and approached the firing hole. Through the sight, he was completely focused on the circle. He saw six Japanese soldiers wearing khaki military uniforms and white cloaks in the forest, coming from the east.
Skiing over, their speed was moderate, and their figures kept flashing among the trees.
"They are the Japanese scouts. It seems that the Japanese commander is also afraid of problems in this forest." Zhou Zhencheng's heart was pounding, but he did not feel how serious the problem was.
Shooting at this distance is as easy as shooting at a practice range for an old special forces soldier like Zhou Zhencheng. He glanced at the branches in the forest, and there was no sign of shaking, which proved that there was no wind disturbance.
, Zhou Zhencheng quickly aimed at the target and pulled the trigger. Blocked by the silencer and flame suppressor, the bullet made no sound after exiting the chamber. The guy at the front of the Japs' team fell silently, and soon there was a miserable howl.
This was not coming from the guy who was shot, because his neck had been beaten in two. As the head flew out, a burst of hot blood spurted out from the neck cavity, causing the five Japanese soldiers who were following behind to feel their whole body.
Sprinkled with blood and screaming in agony, the five Japanese soldiers lay down on all sides, relying on the trees in the forest as cover.
This is obviously the inexperience of the Japanese scouts in dealing with such emergencies. If they turn around and run, relying on the speed of skiing, if the opponent is not a special elite, they may be able to save one or two lives, but now they cannot
The same thing, their concealment has no effect on an experienced special forces soldier.
Just a second later, Zhou Zhencheng pointed his gun at the Japanese scout lying behind a fir tree. The Japanese soldier huddled behind the tree and mound, but at the critical moment, he obviously had no idea about the thickness of the big tree.
It was underestimated. In just a short moment, the Japanese soldier behind the tree fell to the ground after screaming. The Japanese soldier beside him was horrified to see a big hole in the chest of his familiar comrade, and his heart and lungs were mixed with blood and poured out.
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You must know that a 12.7 mm caliber sniper rifle, also known as an anti-materiel gun in later generations, can penetrate a fir tree with a diameter of only 30 centimeters and a thickness without any effort. The bullet that passes through the tree has no loss of power, and directly
He punched the unfortunate Japanese soldier through the chest.
"Baga is the sniper of the An family army!"
The faces of the remaining four Japanese soldiers changed drastically. This was obviously not a threat that ordinary soldiers could pose. There must be a sniper from the Anjia Army nearby, and they had no choice but to embolden themselves by scolding them.
But obviously, such venting was of no help to the Japanese. Just one second later, the third bullet fired by Zhou Zhencheng hit the target again. This Japanese scout was very unlucky. Zhou Zhencheng set his aim.
It was chosen on his unconsciously exposed leg, so that the shot Japanese was unable to get up and run, so he was close to death.
The birds had already flown away the moment the Japanese soldiers arrived. As a result, there was no sound in the forest except the miserable howls of the Japanese scouts. However, the calm only lasted for a moment. Zhou Zhencheng pulled the trigger for the fourth time and stretched out a
The Japanese soldier, who was checking his teammates with half his head, fell silently, his fearful eyes fixed on the last moment of his journey to life, and then his head exploded like a broken watermelon, blood mixed with brain matter flying out in all directions.
Another Japanese soldier tried to move from his hiding place to behind a rock. Zhou Zhencheng seized the fleeting opportunity and shot him in the back. The Japanese soldier's chest and abdomen were shot through, and he turned over before he died.
In the sideways turning abdominal cavity, intestines and intestines came out one after another. After a few pitiful screams, the whole body twitched and then became silent.
The only Japs in the group who had not been shot had a nervous breakdown. He suddenly stood up and ran towards the road like crazy, not even bothering to put on his fallen skis. Such a slow speed was obviously not enough to guarantee his escape.
After a second, the bullet fired by Zhou Zhencheng flew over a distance of 300 meters and accurately hit his back. As his spine fractured, the entire waist was broken into two pieces, which was extremely frightening.
From start to finish, the entire process takes less than eight seconds, which is amazingly efficient!
At this time, the surviving Japanese scout in the Six Entrance had realized that howling would reveal his position, so he closed his mouth in time, and silence returned to the forest. Zhou Zhencheng looked carefully and found nothing unusual. At this time, Lin
Hui Guo reminded in a low voice: "The Japanese is moving behind the rock on the right."
Zhou Zhencheng turned the muzzle of his gun and soon noticed an abnormality in the scope. An object in the snow was slowly crawling towards the rock where the fifth dead Japanese soldier was craving.
Without giving the Japanese any chance, the sniper rifle trembled slightly, the object vibrated violently, and then everything fell into silence again.
Withdraw the barrel from the firing hole, allowing the appearance of the bunker to perfectly blend into the surrounding environment. Zhou Zhencheng smiled at his apprentice: "Hui Guo, there is still some time before Yaohei, you should get some sleep first!"
Lin Huiguo had only heard that his teacher was very powerful before, but he had no intuitive impression of the powerful method. But now that he saw his teacher using seven shots to kill six enemies, he couldn't help but admire him. He knew that if it were him
, maybe we can keep the lives of these six people, but we definitely can’t do it as quickly and as perfectly as the teacher.
Lin Huiguo smiled gratefully at the teacher, moved the anti-cháo pad under him, leaned against the wall of the bunker on the other side, and quickly closed his eyes.
Zhou Zhencheng began to perform the vigilance mission, focusing all his attention on the wind blowing and the branches outside the bunker. Within a few minutes, he heard Lin Huiguo's slight snoring.
Zhou Zhencheng was very satisfied that his apprentice could fall asleep so quickly. According to the plan, after dark, they would leave the bunker, stand in front of the main force, go deep behind the Japanese defense line, and play a song of death in the night.