Chapter 900 German Mountain Division

In fact, the war with the Soviet Union has already begun.

The battlefield is in Finland.

Underfoot is almost half a meter of snow, and overhead are tall trees that cover the sky. Here, it is the mountains of Finland.

There are not many people, a team of dozens of people. They put on the uniform of the Finnish army and took off their edelweiss, anchor and propeller. However, the kind of light in their eyes, All represent that they are the most elite troops.

They belonged to the German Third Mountain Division, which originally belonged to Austrian troops.

Austria is mountainous. After Germany liberated Austria, the Austrian army with special mountain troops was also incorporated into the Wehrmacht.

In this way, the German troops first formed the 1st to 3rd Mountain Divisions, which were later expanded to ten divisions at most during the war.

Compared with other troops, the German Mountain Division is known for its bravery and tenacity, and the brutality of combat. The most direct political situation, the soldiers of the German Mountain Division in World War II were rarely captured by the Allies. They were all killed in battle, and their will to fight was no worse than the SS.

Meanwhile, at the end of the war, this mountain unit was the last of the German Army to lay down its arms.

For example, in the port town of Narvik in Norway, the German Mountain Division fought an unusually brutal battle with the Allies. More than 6,000 makeshift mountain divisions stubbornly resisted the attack of 20,000 Allied troops for 6 weeks.

The troops at that time were the Third Mountain Division.

At this time, walking in the snow were soldiers of the 139th Mountain Infantry Regiment of the Third Mountain Division. They came here naturally to participate in the next battle.

After the Soviets broke through the Finnish line of defense, they began to attack Finland in depth. There were mountains and woods everywhere. Now, there are still snowflakes in the sky.

The biggest difference between the mountain division and the ordinary infantry division is that the load is heavy, the roads in the mountains are difficult, and in many cases even rock climbing is required. Therefore, the equipment of the mountain division must be light.

For example, now, their main equipment is the latest MP40 submachine gun.

This submachine gun, of course, is not a submachine gun with a 9mm pistol bullet in history, but the latest assault rifle improved from MP38, just to confuse others and still become a submachine gun.

A large number of stamping parts are used to make this submachine gun easier to mass-produce. At the same time, special cold-resistant gun oil is used. Their arrival this time also has the mission of testing the performance of their weapons. In the severe cold, how much is this gun? High reliability?

In addition to Yishui's MP40, they also carried a 75mm recoilless gun, which is simply a cannon for individual soldiers. It is the favorite of mountain troops. It is easy to carry by one person, and it is powerful.

"Chirp, chirp." Suddenly, there was a bird call in front.

The squad leader, Royce, immediately raised his arms, the white cloak raised with his arms, he pouted, and made the same bird call to the opposite side, three long and three short.

They didn't see clearly, just in front of them, in the snowdrifts more than ten meters away, two Finns appeared. They only carried ordinary rifles in their hands, but on their backs, they also carried a Soviet Mi 1931 submachine guns, large capacity drums, they are in pretty good shape.

"Hey, my friends, you're finally here." One of the Finns, who speaks German, although not very fluent, can still communicate: "We've been here for two days. My name is Aalto."

"I'm very happy to meet you." Royce said, "The snow here makes it difficult for us to walk. On the way here, two people got frostbite."

Aalto looked at these German mountain divisions and couldn't help shaking his head: "Your equipment is not good. In the snow, sleds are the best equipment. You must learn to sled."

In German mountain divisions, skiing is not a necessary training subject, so most of Royce's men can't ski.

"Let's chop branches first, make a few sled boards, and we can ski, and we can join us in tonight's operation," Aalto said. "They have tanks, they can't move anymore, we need to destroy them."

Here, it is near the Ratai Highway.

After the Finnish line was overrun by the Soviets, it seemed that the Soviets would be able to rush to the Finnish capital, but the Soviets later discovered that they were too optimistic.

Winter in Finland has arrived!

Most of the Soviet troops were Cossacks and Kalmyks from the Kuban steppe. They were extremely unfamiliar with the snow-capped Finland, and even called it the "white desert" with fear.

The Soviets wanted to replicate the German blitzkrieg tactics, but the Finnish terrain made the advance of Soviet armored forces rather slow.

The Soviet troops could only advance along the road and could not take care of the flanks, leaving a large number of fighter planes for the Finnish army.

The Finnish army not only blocked, but also deliberately cleared the fields along the way, so that the Soviet army could not find a stronghold where they could rest on the spot, and could not choose a circuitous road from the road, so they could only bite the bullet and go forward.

Now, a month has passed since the Soviet Union broke the defense line. The forward of the Soviet army, General Cuikov's 9th Army, is still blocked in the wasteland only 25 miles from the Soviet border. Every step they advance is very difficult.

They don't know that the bad situation will continue, and it will be worse, because the Finns are secretly reinforced!

"Okay, we can't wait." Royce said, "Five of my subordinates can ski, then we will set off tonight!"

Before joining the army, Aalto had always been a hunter in the mountains and forests. Here, he felt like a duck to water.

It's just that they didn't have heavy weapons in their hands to destroy the Soviet tanks. Now, when German reinforcements arrive, they can finally let go of their hands and feet!

Night fell soon, and a small group of several people left the camp. They stepped on sleds under their feet, passing by like a gust of wind, and their cloaks fluttered behind them.

Three kilometers away is the Ratai Highway.

"If it wasn't for the fact that we forgot to release the water, our tanks would have been fine." A tank operator said shiveringly. He didn't dare to approach the tank at all. If he accidentally came into contact with the steel on the tank, he would be killed instantly. Freeze it up, tear it off hard, and the skin is gone.

They gathered together and lit a bonfire in an attempt to ward off the cold.

Little did they know, the danger was slowly approaching.