War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 102 The Last Shot (addition for mfive)

In the sleigh that was speeding on the ice, Wei Ran and Mika hid in warm wolf fur blankets, and each held up binoculars to observe the surrounding sleigh that met the target.

It was already daytime on December 12th, and the Battle of Suomusalmi was about to come to an end. The 28rd and 163th Soviet Infantry Divisions, which were in decline, had begun to show signs of defeat, and sporadic deserters made the battlefield even worse. There was constant gunfire all around.

But on the ice surface near the south bank of Lake Vuokki, which is six or seven kilometers away from the battlefield, it is extremely quiet. This is already the rear of the Finnish army. Not only are there very few patrols, but even the local civil guards are spontaneously going there. up the front line.

This undoubtedly made the work of the three of Wei Ran a lot easier in finding the sleigh, but it also made it easier for the Soviet Red Army who escaped in front to be exposed.

While the two sides were chasing after each other, snowflakes began to fall in the sky, and the distance between the two was getting closer.Finally, a faint red shadow appeared in Mika's telescope.

"In front! Just in front and a little to the left! I saw it!" Mika shouted excitedly.

Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately turned the binoculars and looked in the direction Mika was pointing at. In the vision blurred by falling snowflakes, a heavily overloaded sled was running hard in the center of the lake.But looking at the slower and slower speed, I knew that the reindeer might not last long.

"Let's go ahead and wait for them!"

After the old hunter Ino finished speaking, he shook the rein vigorously and threw it on the buttocks of the two reindeer, urging them to speed up.

The difference between two reindeer pulling three people and one reindeer pulling six people is clear to not only the reindeer pulling the sled, but even Wei Ran who is sitting on the sled.

Therefore, in less than half an hour, the sleigh cart the three of them were riding on kept parallel to the enemy one kilometer away on the left, and then it took less than 20 minutes to leave them far behind.

Parking the sleigh cart on the east side of a small island less than 30 meters wide in the middle of the lake, Wei Ran and Mika each ran to the highest point of the island with their weapons in hand, waiting patiently for the arrival of the enemy.

In less than 10 minutes, that particularly conspicuous red sleigh broke into the vision of Wei Ran and Mika's telescope.

"Hit the reindeer first"

Before Wei Ran, who was holding the binoculars, could finish speaking, Mi Ka, who was lying next to him, decisively pulled the trigger!At the same time, the old hunter Ino, who was hiding behind a rock on the edge of the island, also raised the SVT38 semi-automatic rifle that originally belonged to Mika and pulled the trigger repeatedly.

After the crisp gunshots, a cloud of blood burst out from the shoulder blades of the already exhausted reindeer, and then fell hard on the ice, and was hit by the sled car, spinning in circles all the way out The long distance, by the way, also threw the two unlucky guys out of the sleigh.

"Who is that division commander?" Mika asked while holding the reloaded sniper rifle.

Wei Ran frowned but didn't respond in a hurry. These people were all wearing ordinary people's clothes, and everyone had weapons on their bodies. It was impossible to tell who was who for a while!

"Hit the one that was thrown out first!" The old hunter Yinuo shouted and reminded, and while speaking, he pulled the trigger and hit a hapless ghost who was about to get up.

"Bang!" Mika followed closely, and accurately hit No. 2's thrown enemy.

But at the same time, there was a gunshot from the opposite side, and the old hunter Yinuo, who was unable to move, screamed and fell to the ground immediately.

"Father Yinuo!" Wei Ran hurriedly turned his head, and then saw the blood from the old hunter Yinuo's shoulder blade stained the white camouflage suit red.

"Leave me alone, kill them first!" Father Ino gasped and hid his whole body behind the stone.

"boom!"

Mika fired a bullet decisively, then got down on the ground, beckoned Wei Ran to follow him to leave the highest point of the island, and hid behind a rock on the edge.

"Not counting the owner of the sleigh, there should be two more alive." Mika said with a frown, "I'm worried that if I choose the wrong target, I will hit the driver."

"Fight the sniper on the opposite side first"

The old hunter Ino panted heavily, suppressing the pain and said, "He's hiding behind the carcass of the reindeer."

Mika gritted his teeth when he heard this, and re-loaded the bullet to get ready.

"3! 2! 1!" The old hunter Yinuo stretched out his arms before he could finish his sentence, and lifted the telescope over the hiding stone!
"boom!"

The sound of clear gunshots came from a distance, and the binoculars that Ino had just stretched out from the stone were immediately pierced, and the exploded lens created fine wounds on his face.

"boom!"

Mika pulled the trigger after him, and fired a bullet at the figure who hadn't had time to retract behind the reindeer carcass hundreds of meters away.

"It's hit! It seems to be hit!" Wei Ran just cheered, but there was another gunshot from the opposite side, and then a bullet flew past Mika's cheek, drawing a long wound on the old man!
"Are you okay?" Wei Ran hurriedly retracted and asked nervously.

Mika shook his head, tried to lick his cheek with his tongue, and then found that the tip of his tongue could protrude from the wound, and even a back molar had fallen out.

"I'm going to get the medical kit!"

Wei Ran blamed himself and said, if it wasn't for his own voice just now, Mika would not have been careless.But before he could stand up, he was grabbed by Mika.

"There's one more," Mika said vaguely, "We'll talk about it after we get rid of him!"

Wei Ran looked at the sleigh not far away, gritted his teeth and said, "Mika, I'll find a way to let the sled rush over to attract firepower, and you take care of the last one."

Mika, who was clutching his cheeks, shook his head frantically, tightly clutching Wei Ran's belt and not letting go.

"Even if your injury lasts a little longer, Father Ino won't last long." Wei Ran opened the opponent's fingers, "Don't worry, the risk is those two reindeer, and I won't follow."

Before Mika could say anything else, Wei Ran had already run to the other side of the island and sat in the driver's seat of the sleigh. Following these two people for the past few days, he knew how to drive even if he watched it. With a flick of the reins, the two strong reindeer started to run.

Wei Ran, who was lying on the sleigh, swiftly put the wolfskin blanket over his head, and savagely whipped the two reindeer's buttocks before they entered the enemy's sight.

Under the stimulation of the severe pain, the two big guys let out a scream, and ran away desperately.

Holding the reins to control the direction, Wei Ran, a novice on the road, made sure that the sleigh was pointing in the general direction, and immediately poured the remaining kerosene on the wolf fur blanket under his body and lit it.Then a lazy donkey rolled and fell off the sled.

The steaming flames burned more and more intensely with the acceleration of the sleigh, and at the same time, the thick smoke and flames also urged the two reindeer to rush towards the target that Wei Ran had chosen for them at a faster speed.

Amidst the crisp gunshots, a bullet with great power rubbed against Wei Ran's back and buttocks and crashed into the ice, revealing his own position at the same time.

Wei Ran, who has been rolling since he jumped off, didn't care about that, even though his butt hurt like being whipped, he didn't stop, he ran towards the island even rolling and crawling.

At the same time, Mika finally seized the opportunity, almost at the same time that his own sled car left the sight of the scope, he pointed at the target several hundred meters away and pulled the trigger decisively!
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