Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 357 Soviet-Finnish War (16)

How cold is it in Finland in winter?

Someone once interpreted Finland’s weather humorously like this:

15℃ - Spaniards wear coats and gloves, Finns sunbathe outdoors;

10°C - The French turn on the heating and the Finns plant flowers in the garden;

5℃ - Italians can't start their cars, Finns parade around in convertibles;

-5℃ - Californians are freezing, Finns are barbecuing outdoors;

-10℃ - British people turn on the heating, Finns start to wear long sleeves;

-50℃——Polar bears evacuate the Arctic, and the Finnish army postpones winter field survival training to wait for the real winter to arrive;

-183°C - Microorganisms in food die, Finns complain that the hands of old farmers are too cold;

-273°C - The atoms stop moving and the Finns finally say: "Oh my God, it's cold outside."

In a Soviet camp, soldiers huddled and shivered in temporarily dug trenches.

A private kept rubbing his hands and complained softly. "It's so damn cold here. If I had known I was coming to such a damn place, I wouldn't have been drafted into the army." He couldn't help but curse the officer in charge of the assignment for being an idiot.

The companion next to him was also shivering from the cold. "That's right, why do you want us southerners to come to the north to fight?" It would be fine if it were summer, but now it is winter, which is quite fatal.

Because he was afraid that the troops close to Finland had indescribable relations or culture with Finland, Stalin did not send troops from the Leningrad Military District, but troops mobilized from the southern Soviet Union to participate in the war.

Finland is located at a high latitude, with the northern part located within the Arctic Circle, so winters are extremely cold. The winter of 1939 was one of the three coldest winters in Finnish history. The daytime temperature has dropped to more than 20 degrees below zero. These soldiers from warmer areas such as southern Russia, Ukraine, and Central Asia simply cannot adapt to such cold snow battles. They are freezing to death!

"Hey, Bolshak, you guys go get some firewood!" At this time, a second lieutenant officer came over and shouted to the two of them. "There's not enough firewood!"

"Damn it, these bastards know how to order people, won't you go by yourself?!" Cursing under his breath, Bolshak stood up helplessly. "Let's go. It's better to walk around than to freeze here." Then he looked at the second lieutenant and asked. "Sir! Where should we get firewood?"

"Are you idiots?!" The second lieutenant pointed to a woods a few hundred meters away with a warm and angry look. "Did you see that place? Go..." Before he could finish his words, poof! With a soft sound, the ensign officer felt as if he had been hit by something, and his body staggered back a few steps. He looked down at his chest blankly, then raised his head and looked at the woods ahead, and slowly fell down.

"What's wrong with him?" The surrounding Soviet soldiers gathered around and saw the second lieutenant officer lying on the ground whose chest was stained red with blood. The old man's eyes were lifeless, and he had already run out of breath.

"This!" Was he shot? !

Before anyone had time to react, several snowdrifts 200 meters away from them suddenly moved. Several Finnish soldiers in snow suits jumped up, pointing their submachine guns at those who were surrounding them. The Soviet soldiers nearby poured bullets wildly, knocking them to the ground in an instant.

Most submachine guns during World War II had a practical range of 50-150 meters, but one submachine gun had an effective range of more than 200 meters, and was extremely accurate even at a range of 300 meters.

This submachine gun is the famous Finnish Somi M1931 submachine gun.

The word "Somi" evolved from the word "Finland" in Finnish. He dared to name the submachine gun he designed after his motherland, which shows that designer Larti is full of confidence in his design. In actual combat, the "Somi" submachine gun did live up to expectations. In the Soviet-Finnish War, the "Somi" submachine gun dealt a heavy blow to the Soviet army and even affected the development of Soviet submachine guns.

There is nothing special about the design of the Somi M1931 submachine gun. It adopts a conventional recoil operating system and a traditional submachine gun layout.

What's really impressive about it is its fine workmanship and incredible precision. The material selection of the Somi submachine gun is almost luxurious. The frame, bolt, and screw are all made of solid metal. They use Swedish high-quality chromium-nickel steel as the material, and the processing is also very fine. , and even reached the manufacturing process standards of sniper rifles.

Excellent workmanship and excellent materials make the Somi submachine gun extremely reliable under any conditions, but it also limits its production quantity. Only about 1,000 were equipped in the Soviet-Finnish War.

Therefore, in 1944, Finland copied the Soviet PPS submachine gun, changed the caliber to 9MM Parabellum pistol ammunition, and obtained an M44-style submachine gun that was lighter and much easier to produce with slightly lower accuracy. Gun, 10,000 were produced in 45 years alone.

The M44-type 9mm submachine gun has a simple structure, is easy to process, and is easy to mass produce. The gun adopts the working principle of free bolt action. It is open and ready to fire and can only fire continuously. The ammunition supply uses the 36-round magazine and 71-round drum magazine of the Finnish M1931 Somi submachine gun (the Gustav 36-round magazine was used in the mid-1950s).

The 50,000 submachine guns that Yannik supports Finland are this type of M44 9mm submachine guns.

However, due to the special characteristics of these German snipers, they are equipped with the best Somi submachine guns. Moreover, Model and the top brass of the Finnish Army did not restrict their performance and were almost outside the main force. They were divided into countless small teams and attacked these small Soviet targets everywhere.

The remaining Soviet soldiers were about to resist, but were hit by bullets flying from the other direction and fell to the ground. Soon, this small Soviet camp was slaughtered.

"What's going on? Why did you shoot in advance?!" This is a field kitchen. According to their previous observations, the supply convoy will not arrive for an hour. Why did it suddenly start shooting?

Among the few people who came from the woods, a young soldier scratched his head in embarrassment. "Sorry, that guy was pointing at us just now. I thought he was exposed, so I shot him."

"You idiot! Be careful next time!" After a few scoldings, the commander of the team took out a map. "The nearby Soviet troops will definitely come over. Hakkinen, let's take a detour to deal with the supply convoy." No matter how well-trained they are, they are in a foreign country and unfamiliar with the place. Fortunately, there are many experienced hunters in the Finnish army, and one or two Finns are arranged in each team to assist them in combat.

A group of ten people rowed the famous sleigh and left here. The Soviet soldiers who came after hearing the news saw a mess and a platoon of dead soldiers.

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