Why is Simon Haye called "the king of sniper"?

There is a joke about a Russian army preparing to attack Finland. Suddenly someone shouted from behind a hill: A Finn can beat ten Russians! The Russian officer was very angry when he heard this, so he sent 1 soldiers over the hill. After a brief exchange of fire, the voice said: A Finn can beat 1 Russians! So the Russian officer sent another 1 soldiers to turn over. After a brief exchange of fire, the voice said: A Finn can beat 1 Russians! The officer was furious and sent 1, men to turn it over, only to hear the explosion and the sound of machine guns resounding through the sky. After a few hours, the war gradually subsided, and a seriously injured Russian soldier struggled to climb back, dying and said, Sir, don't send another man over, it's a trap, there are two people on the other side ...

But a careful person said that if the two Finns in this joke have the fighting capacity of Simon Haye, the two Finns will.

Simon Haye (December 17th, 195-April 1st, 22)

Finnish, king of world sniper, longest-lived sniper, world record holder of individual sniper, most efficient sniper ...

Official sniper record: 55 people

Unofficial sniper record: 542 people, and M-

first, farmers or hunters? Growth of Simon Haye

Finland has a land area of about 34, square kilometers (slightly smaller than Yunnan), and one third of the country's land is in the Arctic Circle. More than 7% of the country's area is forests, with about 179, islands and 188, lakes, which is known as the "country of thousands of lakes". In 195, Simon Haye was born in Rautjarvi, a small town on the Finnish-Russian border. Since he was a child, he has been grazing and hunting in the forest, and he has developed a good marksmanship. In 1925, at the age of 2, Simon Haye joined the army, and after serving in the military for one year, he retired and went home to hunt and graze as a farmer.

It was not until the Sino-Finnish War broke out in 1939 that nearly one million Soviet troops were under siege, claiming to win Finland in three days. Under the unfavorable situation of strength contrast, the Finnish army took advantage of the favorable terrain of cold and swamp forest to launch counterattack, positional warfare and consumptive panic attack, and arranged the "motti tactics" in a targeted manner, that is, to carry out mobile operations with a small number of infantry troops, adopt ambush and surprise attack methods, split the enemy, cut off the enemy's communication links, and then concentrate on destroying the enemy's command center.

In this situation, Simon Haye, who wants to defend his country, once again puts on his military uniform and joins the Finnish army squad, and the Soviet nightmare will soon appear.

Second, "White Death": Simon Haye's record

As can be seen from the few photos of Simon Haye, he is not tall (1.6 meters), has a unique appearance, and his ears are valgus and a little pointed, so he is nicknamed "Elf" by netizens. In the forest, Simon Haye's "Elf Race Talent" was brought into full play.

Simon Haye, as a sniper, joined the ski unit of the Finnish Army. He was a professional hunter, and he was very familiar with the geographical environment of the mountain forest. He wore a white camouflage suit as white as snow, and rode a sled in the wilderness where roads were blocked by heavy snow.

and Simon Haye didn't use a professional sniper rifle, and he didn't even need a sight! Simon Haye thinks that the glass of the sight is easy to fog in cold weather, and the sight is easy to reflect and expose its position. He only needs to use the iron sight brought by Mosin Nagan.

Simon Haye's usual tactic is to hide in a snowdrift, pat the snow near the muzzle hard to reduce the disturbance caused by the snow after shooting, and often take a bite of snow in his mouth when lurking to prevent the exhaled hot air from exposing the target.

Under this tactic, from the winter of 1939 to the injury in 194, Simon Haye killed more than five people a day on average in 1 days. Because there was very little sunshine in Finland in winter, Simon Haye shot an enemy every hour on average when there was sunshine! Sniper efficiency is high, so far no one can compare.

although the Soviet army sent several anti-sniper teams to kill Simon Haye, who had begun to shake the Soviet army's morale, and used artillery cover and carpet bombing, Simon Haye was truly a man with "talent of elf race". Under the cover of the complex terrain of Finnish forests and lakes, he was unscathed until 194, when a Soviet Dummy bomb hit his head.

Third, it survived. After the national hero Simon Haye

was hit by a dum-dum bullet, Simon Haye, whose whole left cheek was shot off, miraculously survived. You should know that saving his teammate described Simon Haye as "half a head is gone!" The day he woke up also happened to be Armistice Day. After the war, Simon Haye set a record in Finnish military history and was directly promoted from first class to second lieutenant, which was regarded as a national hero by Finnish people.

Caption: Old Simon Haye

After the war, Simon Haye became a successful moose hunter. He once hunted with the Finnish President. In 22, Simon Haye died at the age of 96, making him the longest-lived sniper in the world.

Caption: Tomb of Simon Haye

Simon Haye achieved such an exaggerated record because he made full use of the weather (cold), geographical location (local combat) and people (proper tactics), while the Soviet army committed several taboos.

1. Poor tactics. The Soviet army, which had just undergone a major purge, took a large number of backbones as counter-revolutionary purges. At that time, the Soviet army lacked actual combat experience and effective command.

2. The equipment is out of date. In the ice and snow, the Soviet troops are all wearing brown coats and not equipped with white camouflage clothes, which makes the target obvious. The Soviet troops who walked in knee-deep snow without sledding couldn't catch up with the Finnish army's "Linhai Xueyuan Team" equipped with sledding and snowboarding anyway.

3. Heavy equipment cannot be deployed. The terrain of Finland's forests, mountains and lakes makes it impossible for heavy mechanized equipment such as Soviet tanks and artillery to be deployed, so infantry can only fight in the snow.

The past should not forget the future. War tests not only the national strength, but also the soldiers' fighting spirit and tactics. Only by learning from war and learning from history can an army grow rapidly. Thank you for reading!

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