In the warm tent, Captain Korpi asked the old hunter Ino while his soldiers were looking for someone, "What else do you need?"

“Tent and adequate supplies”

Ino calculated, "If you want to snipe the opponent's division commander, the only way is to lurk for a long time, and we will probably only have one chance, so we can't go back to the camp to rest every day."

Captain Korpi nodded, "I will prepare sufficient supplies for you. Where are the weapons? What weapons do you need?"

"It would be best to have two submachine guns." The old hunter Ino changed his words before he finished speaking. "One, just one is enough, but it is best to give us more bullets."

"Two of them!"

Korpi was particularly generous, "We just ambushed a Soviet team not long ago and seized several submachine guns from them. You can go and see later. Just grab whatever weapons you need. As long as

If I can snipe and kill their division commander, I am still willing to invest in these costs. In addition, in addition to their division commander, I will also find a way to deal with the communication troops and patrol troops they sent out."

"No problem," the old hunter Ino said simply, "Then I'm welcome."

Korpi nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then pulled out the Ruger pistol in his belt and handed it to the old hunter Ino, "I'll lend it to you first. Remember to return it to me when you come back."

Ino took the pistol and looked at it, then put it on his belt, "Lend me your telescope, too."

"What else do you want?" Captain Korpi picked up the telescope on the table and handed it to the other party.

"The Soviets will send us the rest." Before Ino finished speaking, a young man's shouts came from outside the tent.

Ino drank all the coffee in his hand, "It seems that Mika has arrived."

"Come back alive," Captain Korpi said solemnly.

"I'll come back and give you your pistol and binoculars."

After the old hunter Ino said that, he opened the curtain and walked out first. Wei Ran, who was treated as a transparent person almost the whole time, stood up and followed the former out of the tent.

At this time, outside the tent, there was a sled parked large enough to seat three people. But the sled was not pulled by the sled dogs that Ino mentioned, but by two unusually strong reindeer with big tree branches on their heads.

Next to the two reindeer, there was a young man wearing a tank hat and goggles with a big smile on his face. Just looking at the thin fuzz around the other man's lips, you can tell that he is probably not even twenty years old.

.

Is this person Mika Raikkonen?

Wei Ran would never forget his return mission. According to one of the requirements in the cowhide book, he had to assist Mika Raikonen of the Citizen Guard in sniping the commander of the 163rd Soviet Infantry Division. In other words, this man with a sunny smile

Young people are the final protagonists?

Just when he was stunned, the old hunter Ino also asked his own question, "Didn't I ask you to use a sled dog? Why did you bring the reindeer here?"

“Sled dogs eat meat”

While calling the two reindeer to turn around, Mika explained, "The reindeer only need to eat grass roots and bark. Not only can we carry more things, but they are also quieter than sled dogs and will not eat as much as they did last time."

The Soviets lured us here."

"I think you just can't bear to part with those sled dogs," Ino explained noncommittally, and asked Wei Ran to get on the sled, and continued to ask, "What did you bring?"

"Deer skin tent, wolf skin blanket, stove, kettle and venison." Mika replied while dragging the reindeer forward, "I even brought several animal traps."

"Have you brought the bear oil?" the old hunter Ino continued to ask.

"I brought a big bottle, it will definitely be enough for us."

"Uncle Inuo, what are you doing with bear oil?" Wei Ran, who was almost ignored, asked curiously.

Ino explained in an easy-going manner, "It is used as lubricating oil for our weapons. Ordinary gun oil will freeze at this temperature, but as long as you mix a little bear oil into it, you don't have to worry about being frozen. Except for the weapons

, we can also avoid freezing by applying some on our skis.”

"And it can be applied on the face and hands to prevent frostbite," Mika rushed to explain, "Are you not from here?"

"I am Victor, I came from Vipuri." Wei Ran borrowed the origin that Captain Korpi found for him without any psychological pressure.

"Sooner or later we will take back Vipuri from the Soviets!" Mika said confidently.

"It's difficult..."

Weiran secretly muttered, before long, Finland will sign an agreement with the Soviet Union, and the city called Vipuri will be renamed Viborg, and even if the Soviet Union disintegrates decades later, it will not return.

into the hands of the Finns.

The three of them chatted for a while before the sleigh parked next to the tent with two openings where Wei Ran had turned in his loot when he first arrived at the camp.

At this time, there were several long boxes neatly stacked around the tent, and various captured weapons were neatly placed in categories. Several young girls were talking and laughing while using white animal skins to stick them on the tent.

The butt of the gun was camouflaged. This reminded Wei Ran of the similar camouflage method he had learned on the train to Inta with Jima.

"Girls, I came to pick some weapons. This is the order of Captain Korpi." The old hunter Ino got off the sleigh and took out a glass bottle only the size of a toothpick jar from his arms and handed it to one of the girls.

"This condensed milk is a gift to you."

"Thank you Uncle Ino"

The leading girl took the glass bottle and looked at it, then put it into her apron pocket. When she saw the sergeant who was following their sleigh nodded, she asked, "What weapons do you need?"

"Two submachine guns, give us as many drums and bullets as possible." Ino paused, "It may take a long time for us to come back."

The girl's expression changed, and she quickly took out the condensed milk she had just put into her pocket and gave it back to Ino, "Come back alive, and I will get you weapons right now."

Several young girls who were busy immediately opened the boxes around them. There were not many submachine guns in them. In addition to two PPD submachine guns produced in the Soviet Union, there was also a Somi 31, even in the corner.

, and a German MP28 submachine gun with a cracked butt.

"What kind of gun is this?" While Ino was choosing a submachine gun, Mika bent down and took out two rifles from another long wooden box without a lid and asked.

"It was seized this afternoon. This is the first time we have met." One of the girls in charge of applying gun oil replied.

Wei Ran, who originally focused all his attention on the two German MP28 submachine guns, looked back, and then a surprised expression appeared on his face. The two guns Mika held were exactly the AVS36 equipped by the Soviet Union during World War II.

And the svt38 semi-automatic rifle. If the time is pushed back a few months, these Finns may be able to capture the improved version of the svt38, the svt40, during the continuation of the war.

"Dad Ino, can I get one?" Mika turned around and asked, "This kind of rifle I haven't seen before might be very useful."

"Anyway, your sleigh is big enough." As the old hunter spoke, he had already moved two Soviet PPD submachine guns, along with several matching drums and ammunition, onto the sled.

After hearing this, Mika happily carried the svt38 with the straight strip fixed on one side on his shoulder, and then handed the Finnish Mosin Nagant placed on the sleigh to the girl.

This was a rare opportunity. Wei Ran pointed to the damaged MP28 submachine gun in the box and asked, "Are there any 9mm bullets for this gun? Can you give me some?"

"Let me look for it, there seems to be some more." The girl who was nearest turned around and walked into the tent next to her. Soon after, she came over with a small box of bullets and handed it to Wei Ran, "That's all. We use this kind of bullets."

Not much."

"That's enough," Wei Ran said happily as he took the bullet. There were 30 rounds in this box, which was enough for him.

After getting enough weapons, Mika led the reindeer, and under the leadership of the sergeant, he also received enough food for them to eat for a week and two small barrels of coal for heating. By the way, Weiyan also found an excuse to beg for a full supply of coal.

After filling a kettle with kerosene, we left the camp in the dense forest in the long night.

In the fast-moving sleigh, Wei Ran's whole body was wrapped tightly in a wolfskin blanket, with only the muzzle of the submachine gun exposed. And in the warm wolfskin blanket, Wei Ran's hands were moving towards the only weapon that could

The magazine of the sidearm I brought over was filled with bullets one by one.

The old hunter Ino next to him was also busy loading bullets into the drum of my submachine gun. The three of them could have two submachine guns, which was considered a very high configuration. After all, the entire company had about a hundred people, a total of

It is only equipped with less than ten submachine guns. This is because some PPD submachine guns were seized from the Soviet Red Army not long ago, and the only heavy firepower of the entire company is only the Maxim captured a few hours ago.

Water-cooled machine gun.

Under Ino's guidance from time to time, the sleigh drove in circles for nearly an hour before stopping on a small highland on the edge of the forest. Outside the forest, on a frozen lake 100 meters wide,

On the other side, there is another forest.

"The prisoner was captured near here."

Ino lay on the thick snow, holding up a telescope to observe the situation outside the forest and whispered, "He came out of the forest on the opposite side. Maybe the division commander and their headquarters were hiding there.

In the forest.”

"Shall we go there?" Wei Ran asked, lying next to Ino.

"Don't worry, let's wait here to see if they will continue to send out communications troops before making a decision." Ino whispered, "Young man, be patient, we still have a lot of time."

"What day is today?" Wei Ran asked in a low voice. He had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but he had never found the right opportunity.

"Mika, what's the date today?" Ino asked the question to the young man lying on the other side of him.

"On the 25th," Mika replied without hesitation, "That's right, I just went to Sally's house yesterday to give her a birthday gift."

"When are you planning to get married?" Ino took the wolfskin blanket from Mika and spread it under her body, then lay down again and started chatting.

"Just wait until the war is over"

Mika's young face was full of happiness, "We will get married when we defeat the Soviets. We have already planned to go to Oulu for our honeymoon and experience life in a big city."

"Since you have already planned to go to a big city, why not go to Helsinki?" Ino asked with a smile, "I heard it is much more beautiful than Oulu."

"We don't have that much money." Mika shook his head in distress, "I'm also planning to buy a radio for Sally, but I can't spend the money on useless things."

“It’s great to be young”

The old hunter Ino sighed, put down the telescope and said, "When you get married, I will give you a radio. Okay, Mika, take Victor to set up the tent. I'm afraid we will have to

It takes a long time to find an opportunity here.”

"follow me"
To be continued...