Chapter 628 Finland

The world is colorful.

Just looking at the terrain, you can also sigh at the ingenious work of God's creation. The Middle East and North Africa are extremely hot all year round, while in Europe, the four seasons are very warm, and the Mediterranean climate nourishes Europeans. At the same time, in terms of industrial level, Europe is also the most developed.

And further north, the Soviet Union is in a severe cold.

At the same time, there are also countries that are colder than the Soviet Union, such as Finland.

Most of the country's land area is within the Arctic Circle. The winters are long and cold, and the summers are quite short. At the same time, the country also has a highly developed industrial base and is a permanent neutral country.

However, Finland only became independent in 1917, and in previous times it belonged to a dependent state of Russia.

Therefore, for the Soviets, Finland has always been a piece of meat in their eyes.

Moreover, Finland was too close to Leningrad, the main Soviet city, to be considered a significant threat to the Soviet's second-largest city.

Therefore, in the past few years, the Soviets have been trying to "communicate" with Finland, and put forward a request for ceding and adjusting part of Finland's territory.

The basic content of it is to ask Finland to move the border between Eve and Finland on the Karelian Isthmus to the north by 40 kilometers, to cede several islands in the Gulf of Finland and Finnish territory on the Rybach Peninsula to the Soviet Union; to cede the Hanko Peninsula to the Soviet Union; Lend to the Soviet Union for 30 years at a cost of 8 million Finnish marks per year.

In order to compensate for Finland's territorial losses, the Soviet Union offered to hand over to Finland twice the area northwest of Lake Onega that was ceded by Finland.

It seems to be an equal agreement, but, just look at the topographic map, you will know how "good" the Soviets are.

The topography of the Hanko Peninsula determines that it is a natural barrier to defend against the Soviet Union, but the Soviet Union asked to lease it to the Soviet Union! In this way, the Soviet army will drive straight in at any time and enter the hinterland of Finland.

After all, the friendly negotiation between the two sides has only started in recent years. In the past few years, the two sides were still in a state of hostility, and there were often some frictions and conflicts on the border. When Finland was just established, almost the White Army occupied the main body. , they were hostile to the Soviet Union and often crossed the line on their own initiative.

Therefore, in the face of these Soviet demands, Finland has been delaying.

Now, the war that broke out on the European continent has attracted the attention of people around the world, and no one noticed, just on the border of the inconspicuous Soviet Union and Finland, a major event suddenly appeared.

The Soviet-Finnish border, the territory of the Soviet Union, the village of Manila.

Because this village is close to the border, the villagers in the village moved away more than ten years ago. After all, the occasional crossing of the border by the Finnish army often brings them sad memories.

After the villagers moved away, the village became the station of the Soviet army, and a frontier infantry company lived here.

Now, in the rare short summer, even so, because the latitude is too high, the sun is always slanting on the ground.

The temperature is not very high. At this latitude, the highest temperature in history is no more than 18 degrees, which is just the standard for heating rooms in winter.

The Finns who live in this area all year round are not very afraid of the cold. Even in the snowy winter, the Finns can come out naked from the room at any time and open an ice hole for winter swimming. In summer, Even if the temperature outside is only 8 degrees, they like to eat ice cream shirtless.

But not the Soviets here.

The Soviets are resistant to freezing, it also depends on who they are compared with. Compared with Europeans, they are really resistant to freezing, but compared with Finns, they are far worse.

Moreover, the Soviet Union has a vast territory, and the Soviets in some parts of Central Asia are also afraid of the cold.

Border guard Victor, wearing a cotton uniform, carrying a rifle, hummed an unknown country tune, and walked outside.

In fact, the soldiers stationed at the border are quite boring. The surrounding area is desolate and there are no big cities. Even buying a bottle of vodka has to go to a town more than ten kilometers away.

Soldiers' usual entertainment activities, at most, are to go out, hunt game, and improve their lives.

Next to the village is the forest area. In the inaccessible places, nature has the advantage. Most of these tall pine trees cannot be hugged by two people.

Stepping on dead leaves under his feet, he made a creaking sound. His eyes were sharp, and he kept looking around, hoping to find some prey. A few days ago, he killed a wild boar and gave them several meals.

This time, it would be great if we could meet a wild boar again!

Victor looked nonchalant, but his ears were pricked up. In the forest, ears are often better than eyes.

Suddenly, his feet were tight, and suddenly, he secretly screamed bad!

A rope quickly restrained one of his legs, and then, the rope continued to shrink, only to hear a swishing sound, and his world turned upside down.

He has been hung upside down from a tree!

Damn, who designed this hunter trap?

Victor cursed inwardly, his body rippling with the rope, and at the same time, he tried hard to turn over, but it was impossible.

You can't cut the rope by yourself. Even if you cut it, when you fall, you will fall half dead.

So he reluctantly raised his gun and fired into the sky.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The Mosin Nagant rifle has five bullets, and he shot all five bullets in just a few seconds. I hope this sound can remind his companions, Come and save yourself.

At this time, his shouting is useless, the trees in the woods will block his shouting, and he can't hear it from a few dozen meters away.

Gunshots are different.

There was an echo of the gunshots in the woods, and the birds nearby were scattered in fright.

Next, just wait.

Manila Village.

"Squad leader, there are gunshots in the woods." A soldier hurriedly shouted to his squad leader Belenko.

In the border guards, the sound of gunfire is the signal, and it is said that they should go out and check immediately.

"Don't be afraid, that's our sharpshooter, Victor is going to hunt game for us, wait, it seems that Victor has another harvest today." Belenko said.

Hope it's a wild boar that can eat for days.

Now, the economic strength of the Soviets is still limited. Even for border guards like them, there is just enough brown bread to eat. After all, Ukraine is the granary of the Soviets, but meat, etc., is seriously insufficient.

Therefore, the troops went out to hunt and improve their food, which was already tacitly approved by the above.

Belenko didn't think much about it. He didn't know that his subordinates were hanging on a tree at this time, and the sound of gunshots was a distress signal.