Chapter 36 Left Front Guard

Following the arrogant "German Center", a company of pure infantry teams barely reached the town and continued to travel eastward along the river. Ten minutes later, they arrived at their new position. With the town of Holgen as the center and the German defense direction as the front, the position here is located on the left wing of the front line. Although it is far away from the bridge, Lynn noticed that the riverbed in front of him is not only wide, but the height difference between the bottom of the river and the river bank is also relatively small, which is more suitable for armored vehicles to wading through water than the section in the town. For this reason, the German officers and soldiers who arrived here in advance have already dug crisscrossed trenches on the north bank. The main body of these fortifications is about fifty meters away from the river bank, and it is just a support point with a two-story and a half-story villa facing north and south.

It can be seen that this villa full of rich European style originally had the scenery of Yiren. Ornamental shrubs and flowerbeds can be seen on the land surrounded by wooden fences. They are either covered with white snow or have been destroyed by the trenches and foxgloves of German soldiers. In the back garden of the villa, a large caliber anti-tank gun with a low profile and long gun barrel can be seen. It is laid in a pre-digged bunker, covered with light-colored camouflage nets, which can effectively control a large fan-shaped area. The open area across the river is fully visible, and it is not until four or five kilometers away that there are lush and snow-covered forests - that is, the large forest with pine and fir trees that Linen and his men blocked the Soviet armored forces in the afternoon.

Taking this team of troops mixed with the National Defense Forces and SS soldiers to the back of the villa, "Yanker" shouted a command to make everyone stand attentive, then walked to the front of the team, held their heads high, and gave a full speech for more than two minutes. Lynn had no idea what this guy was saying, but he had to keep a serious listening attitude like the soldiers around him. Perhaps because he was resistant, he played "double act" in his consciousness. When the other party said something, he followed up with a self-made funny saying in his heart, "The Russian Russians have nothing to fear, but the Russians have more breast hair than you, no, your breast hair is also very lush", and so on.

Because Lynn was in the middle of the team and deliberately maintained an indifferent expression, "Yankel" did not notice anything strange about him. At the last order, the soldiers divided into several groups based on their original affiliation and each looked for positions. During the whole process, "Yankel" basically just watched silently. Only when Lynn and his team chose a position behind the right side of the villa did he come forward to make adjustments - arrange the SS soldiers directly in front of the villa.

Although it was only less than two hundred meters away, in Linn's opinion, the danger in front of the villa increased greatly. Knowing that the other party was intentional, the SS soldiers, including the "butcher", muttered a few dissatisfaction at most, and no one protested to "Yanker". After jumping into the trenches, most of them put down their weapons and began to use the engineer shovels he carried with him to strengthen their location. When Linn was planning to do this, the "butcher" suddenly muttered to him, and finally turned around and pointed to the top of the villa.

Lynn pondered it out in confusion: Is this to let himself go to the top to snipe?

Regarding shooting technology, someone feels good about himself. It is just inferred according to common sense that the higher you climb on the battlefield, the faster you die, the more likely you are to get shrapnel and guns on the roof. However, there is no reason why the "butcher" will harm himself!

Unexpectedly, seeing that "Yankel" had already turned to the back of the villa with his hands behind his back, Lynn simply climbed out of the trench with a rifle. At this moment, the soldiers of different troops were all "building a big project", and no one cared about the movements of the SS infantry. Stepping on the stairs of the stone-paved house, Lynn walked to the front door of the villa. The original wooden door was gone. A team of National Defense Army soldiers built sandbags here, and long metal bullet links were hung on the machine guns set up here, while the soldiers were still busy carrying wooden tables and chairs to the door. However, to the extent these things can reinforce the defense, Lynn expressed his doubts.

Bypassing the main entrance and going upstairs from the stairs on the left, the second floor was also busy. The soldiers built shooting positions near the window and the balcony. I don’t know where they got the big sacks, and they actually used every available location, and put a machine gun, a rifle, and even a "doll" heavy anti-tank rocket launcher!

At first glance, there was no staircase leading to the top floor on the second floor. Lin Neng looked back and forth and finally found a rotating staircase behind a wooden door. The leather boots creaked and creaked on the wooden pedals, which suddenly brought Lin Neng back to his childhood memories. At that time, many buildings still used wooden staircases. Once they were a little older, the place where they often stepped on would be thin until a hole was created.

Fortunately, the wooden staircase is relatively sturdy, and it doesn't even feel trembling except for making a sound. Walking out of the small door opposite the end of the staircase, Lin En came to a small arc terrace, which was so small that it could not even place a pair of tea tables and chairs. The pointed roof of the main body of the villa is basically flat with the ground of the terrace. The roof is covered with striped and blocky reddish-brown tiles, which is not suitable for setting up battle positions at all. Only two soldiers were lying there and watching the other side of the river with telescopes. It is estimated that the battle will be withdrawn after the battle begins.

Lin En originally planned to return to his position, but the coughing sound from his head suddenly attracted his attention. He looked up and carefully. Although the terrace had no steps or stairs to continue up, he could climb up along the concave wall. He leaned his rifle against the door and climbed up two steps. As soon as his head was poked out of the roof, he looked at the close distance with a pair of blue eyes. Lin En was stunned at the time. He looked closely and saw that the roof above the stairs leading to the terrace was nearly two meters square, and a soldier covered with light gray camouflage cloth was lying here.

Is this person the legendary battlefield sniper?

Seeing the other party's rifle wrapped in gray cloth and the scope mounted on the rifle, Lynn immediately affirmed his judgment.

Lynn stared at the sniper, and the sniper also looked at Lynn. The two of them looked face to face, completely unaware of the other party's intentions. A few seconds later, Lynn returned from his distracted state, felt aroused in his heart, quickly quit his right hand and took out the pack of cigarettes exchanged for "Bobosha" from his pocket, and handed them to the other party with great difficulty, and said hello very simply: "Hi!"

Without military salutes and slogans, the other party simply responded: "Hey!"

For soldiers from any belligerent country, cigarettes are good things, and there is no reason for them to refuse. The sniper stretched out his left hand to catch the pack of cigarettes. He saw that it had not opened the pack yet, and was a little surprised, but soon freed up his right hand to tear a hole directly above the pack of cigarettes, shaking skillfully, shook a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and thanked him while returning the remaining cigarette to Lin Neng.

Thanks to "Daily German Session", Lin En understood the other party's words and said "You're welcome". Seeing that the other party had no intention of leaving, the sniper moved half a seat to the right. Lin En quickly put the cigarette in his pocket of his shirt, supported the edge of the roof and climbed up. As the saying goes, standing high and looking farther away, on this roof that is more than ten meters above the ground, you can see further ahead even when you lie down: the snow-covered woods have a spectacular natural beauty, which occupies most of the sight ahead,

The depression at the head may be the village where Linen and his friends fought before. The edge of the woods is two or three thousand meters away from the south bank of the river in front of them. The terrain is flat and clear. Linen feels that if he is the commander, he will definitely seize the terrain here to make trouble, lay mines, and dig anti-tank trenches so that the Soviet tanks and infantry who rushed out of the woods cannot move forward smoothly, and then his own artillery fire can be comfortable beating the other party. However, now it seems that the German commanders did nothing.

Turning his head to the right, not far from the town is the town "Horgen". From the side, most of its houses are built on the gentle slope on the north bank of the river. The wooden and stone-structured spire houses are compact and staggered together, allowing Lynn to see the traditional European style away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Although the land in a foreign land may not be suitable for him, the indigenous people here should live a harmonious and comfortable life.
Chapter completed!