Chapter 63: The Mannerheim Line Welcomes You (5)
Zhang Heng had already prepared to enter Shadow State, but the fatal gunshot rang out again the next moment.
The Soviet soldier walking at the front threw his head back and collapsed without warning. After a pause of about a second, the companion behind him fell in the same manner, lying motionless on the ground.
The remaining five Soviet soldiers immediately dropped to the ground, raising their rifles in panic and firing wildly in return. The two men closing in on Zhang Heng also hurriedly turned around to support their comrades in danger. For a time, gunfire filled the woods.
Unfortunately, such feeble resistance could not stop death from arriving.
The sniper hidden in the darkness quietly changed position while the enemy was taking cover. Every one of the Soviet soldiers' bullets missed.
After three more men fell, the last two Soviet soldiers could no longer endure the immense psychological pressure. They threw down their weapons and, during the gap while the other side reloaded, turned and fled desperately into the forest.
The one who got the farthest ran more than a hundred and fifty meters, but unfortunately, that distance was not enough to save his life.
When the gunshot rang out, he too plunged headfirst into the snow, blood staining the back of his head red.
In less than four minutes, all eleven Soviet soldiers lay dead on this cold, unfamiliar land.
The sniper hidden in the dark had not wasted a single bullet.
Behind the fallen log, Zhang Heng dumped everything from his canvas backpack, picked up a branch from beside him, and tried to signal his surrender to the other side. However, the bag was shot the moment he raised it halfway.
—But that was enough to show the