Chapter 869: Winter War
1. Finland.
It's only in October, and there are already snowflakes flying overhead.
Most of Finland is at high latitudes, where summers are short and winters are long and cold.
Native Finns, who have long since adapted to the bitter cold, wear snow camouflage overalls with pullover hats on the outside, and M/39 winter wool hats and M/36 wool uniforms inside.
This woolen uniform is quite warm, and when you wear it, you don't feel the cold at all, although because of the emergency, this kind of work clothes are mostly hand-made from bed sheets.
At the same time, on their feet, they all wore tall Lappish boots, which were made of felt and leather, which were very practical and perfectly adapted to the harsh conditions of the Winter War.
They wore gloves and looked at the Soviet positions in the distance.
Next to them, there were a few German soldiers, at this time, the German soldiers were obviously not as hardy as them, the original military uniforms issued by the volunteers, could not stop the cold here, they also had the same clothes of the Finnish army on board, but they were still a little shivering.
"It's fucking cold!" Said a soldier of the Volunteer Army. The white breath on his beard had begun to freeze, making him look like Santa Claus.
"Exercise yourself, and when you move, you won't get cold." A Finnish soldier, skillfully handing him a bottle of wine.
In Norway, wine is also very restricted, and high-count wine is subject to a large tax, for example, in later generations, a liter of 40-degree wine will be taxed at the equivalent of 200 yuan! And that's just the tax.
Norwegian wine is almost expensive in Northern Europe, so they have also developed a route, Norwegians buy wine from Sweden, Swedes buy wine from Denmark, and Danes buy wine from Germany, even if it takes more than ten hours to drive!
When I arrived, I could only sigh that the wine here is so fucking cheap!
Now, it's almost the same route, but it's easier, and Germany has directly come to the aid of liquid bread like wine, which still has a strong taste of vodka.
An absolute number of heights, a wine that gives people a sense of pleasure.
That's right, these wines were exported from the Soviet Union to Germany. The trade between the two sides is very smooth, drinking Soviet vodka and fighting Soviet devils, this matter, I get drunk when I think about it.
Why did Germany help Finland? On the one hand, it was to use Finland to drag down the Soviets, so as to save the time when Germany was fighting on the Western Front, the Soviet Union came to make trouble, in fact, it was also the same, the cunning British had long thought of the Soviet Union!
It's a pity that the USSR was dragged down.
After several battles, the Soviets were defeated, and in the last two months, the Soviets suddenly stopped and did not continue any fighting.
This was a surprise, and at the same time, it also indicated that once the next battle began, the Soviet offensive would be even more fierce than before!
Clay took a sip and felt so spicy that his stomach felt like he was tumbling and his lungs began to cough, but after a few seconds, a hot sensation poured out of his stomach and poured all over his body, making it comfortable everywhere.
"It feels so much better." Clay said, he stepped from his back, put down the rifle he was carrying, and expertly pulled the bolt a few times, well, it seemed to be fine, no problem.
In addition to supporting Finland and holding back the Soviet Union, Germany sent volunteers, of course, for another purpose, that is, to adapt to the cold in advance, to adapt to the war in winter, and to prepare for the invasion of the Soviet Union in the future!
Historically, Germany fought all the way to Moscow, but it fell short because of the severe cold, although there were many bricks in later generations called beasts to analyze that it was not cold back then, and the bolt would not freeze or something like that.
However, no one will say the specific situation anymore, and all kinds of research are subjective assumptions, but now that Ciric has crossed here, he must strive to be more prepared.
All kinds of weapons and equipment, personnel, and running-in in cold weather, so that Germany can adapt to the operation in cold weather as soon as possible, this is a must!
For this reason, Germany even specially developed a gun oil, which was tested in the ice and snow of Finland, and as for the effect, even Finnish soldiers liked to use it.
They are here is an observation post position, because the Soviet troops on the opposite side have not moved for a long time, this side has lowered the alarm level, in peacetime, only the observation post is observing the opposite side, and when the opposite side begins to move, the troops on this side will come out of the barracks and enter the position to fight.
Like now.
They were watching each other, taking a few sips of wine at the same time to warm up their bodies.
Clay felt the first sip comfortable and couldn't help but take another sip, but when he finished drinking, he looked into the distance and there seemed to be puffs of black smoke coming out.
At the same time, the ground shook slightly.
"No, it's the Soviet troops, they're going to get ready to go out!" Clay shouted: "Quick, quickly notify the command, battle alert!" ”
What caused that large amount of black smoke? If the prediction is correct, it must be the opponent's tank that is activating!
In the last encounter, the Soviets paid a great price and finally occupied the defensive area of the Finnish line, while the Finnish army continued to confront the Soviets in the main defensive area.
It was freezing cold, the Soviets started their tanks, and puffs of black smoke were emitting, and when their tanks warmed up and were normal, the offensive was about to begin!
Get into position!
The sirens sounded on the positions on this side, and one by one, the soldiers, dressed in warm clothes, ran out of the barracks and ran to their positions.
"Quick, push our anti-tank guns up!" Pattifo, the squad leader of the artillery of the Volunteer Army, shouted loudly to his men.
In the past, their anti-tank guns had been proven to be ineffective in penetrating the heavy tanks of the Soviets, and the armor-piercing shells using tungsten alloy were too expensive, so they typed the report after the last battle.
As a result, they got this new batch of equipment.
Germany had promised the Soviets that there would be no new legal weapons flowing into Finland. And this batch of anti-tank guns is definitely not a legal weapon, but a British one.
The most effective 17-pounder anti-tank gun that the British urgently developed before the Great War!
After the occupation of Britain, under the call of Edward VIII and under the leadership of Hobert, a group of technicians from the Royal Ordnance Authority, who remained and continued their original work.
This batch of 17-pounder guns entered mass production, and the first ones were produced and supplied to Finland.
"Report, the tires are frozen!" A soldier shouted.