There are a lot of collective farms in the forests around Minsk, which are relatively poor compared to plain villages.

The forest is infested with small beasts, and the villagers mainly farm and occasionally hunt. As for the wild animals, the army didn't find anything large enough to feed them, and perhaps the wild deer and the like had already been scared away.

The scouts reported a village about five kilometres ahead of the camp, and after a night's rest, the whole army headed there.

The soldiers were filled with joy and entered the forest for several days in a state of march and rest, and when they entered the village, they could rest well.

"When you get to the village, you can eat some meat, and it should be no problem to buy a few chickens and ducks."

"Come on, we have 3,000 people, how many poultry can we raise in one village? At that time, you will not be able to buy that little allowance in your pocket. ”

The soldiers exchanged heads and ears to each other, and Yang Mingzhi heard the above conversation. Speaking of the fact that I didn't eat much every day since the start of the war, there wasn't much canned meat, and I ate too many carbohydrates every day.

He also wanted to eat meat, and now there were some war horses in the team, which could satisfy his hunger when necessary. Of course, it is better for these horses to continue to carry ammunition when necessary.

The troops were kept as neat as possible, and at the head of the ranks were the most elite special anti-tank battalions. Yang Mingzhi was both the deputy division commander and the battalion commander, and he had a heavy burden on his shoulders, so he had to first approach the village for a period of reconnaissance and be the first to enter.

After all, this is a war zone, and there is a possibility that the enemy will blend into the forest in search of traces of Soviet troops. The scouts did spot the village yesterday, but didn't choose to enter. As soon as they saw the houses in the village, they hurried back to report the news, so in fact there was no reconnaissance around the village.

Yang Mingzhi was already a kilometer away from the army, and they used radio to keep in touch with each other.

"The first company commander, you are in charge of the left wing, the second company commander, you are in charge of the right wing. I'm still in charge of the core part as always. ”

Yang Mingzhi follows the traditional inverted triangle formation, and the number of people in the first and second companies is slightly inferior to the third company in the core part, but their firepower is stronger.

The battalion was very well equipped before the start of the war, and in addition to the secret weapon RPG bazooka, many soldiers were either armed with SVT semi-automatic rifles, or sniper Mosin Nagant, and also had a large amount of PPSH38 equipment.

The superiors took great care of this unit from the Far East, so it was originally a small number of semi-automatic rifles, but Yang Mingzhi was equipped with a lot.

He ordered the two companies of the forward: "You outflank this village from both flanks, and we must be fully prepared with or without the enemy." Wait until we have surrounded the three corners of the village and listen to my commands. ”

Two companies ran forward, with soldiers carrying DP light machine guns, and immediately set up machine gun positions as soon as they entered the outskirts of the village.

In this era, there was no particularly defensible radio walkie-talkie, and the most primitive way for the two armies to communicate with each other was to blow a trumpet or use a flag. Therefore, Yang Mingzhi chose the latter, and the striker waved a small yellow flag after entering the position.

After Yang Mingzhi entered the position, he scanned it with a telescope, and the first and second companies had arrived smoothly. He looked at his watch, and it was half past nine in the morning.

At this time, the star fruit crawled over, and she carried a bobosha in addition to a medical bag.

"It's really hard for you to march so hard." Yang Mingzhi turned his head to look at his wife, this girl was sweating all over her forehead, and she was still looking at herself and grinning.

"It's fine, I'll get used to it if it's the jungle. After all, I am the daughter of the Orion family. ”

Yang Mingzhi smiled awkwardly, she said it very clearly when chatting before. The girl produced by Baishan and Heishui must not be a small jasper, and besides, this girl can still follow the Anti-Japanese Federation to fight guerrilla for a year. Of course, now that he is a Soviet army, he is still fighting guerrilla warfare.

Yang Mingzhi continued to stare at the telescope and scan the village, but it was strange that there seemed to be no one here.

"Strange, did the villagers evacuate after the war?"

But the sniper came running and he pointed out that the village was weird. "I think maybe the Germans have entered the village. I saw the corpses, and the cows that were already dead. ”

Yang Mingzhi was shocked. Dead person? Dead cows? He stared at the sniper wary, "Are you sure? ”

"I'm sure." With that, the sniper removed his high-powered binoculars. "That's it, there's a dead cow next to the fence."

Yang Mingzhi observed carefully, it was indeed as he said, and he thought it was a stone when he noticed that thing just now. Careful screening of what is indeed a dead cow is very abnormal. If you look closely, next to the woodcarved flute next to it, it is clearly the corpse of a person, or more like the corpse of a child.

"Damn! There are Germans! Order all troops to be loaded and maintain first-class combat readiness. Send me a telegram to report the enemy situation here in the large army. ”

The advance of the large forces was relatively slow, and after receiving such a report from the front, Yevlov ordered the troops to immediately start their tactics. The old, weak, sick and disabled are placed at the core of the team, and the strongest combat effectiveness of the troops is staring at all directions.

Yang Mingzhi continued to observe, and so far only the body was found.

Carambola asked, "Husband, let's do it now." Actually, I think that the enemy has already left, and they may have slaughtered the whole village. ”

"Well, maybe so, but don't take it lightly."

In this way, the two squads of spearheads bowed out of the ambush point, and they kept a high level of alert, and advanced eight hundred meters into the village.

Yang Mingzhi paid close attention until these people raised a small flag symbolizing safety, and then he ordered his troops to rush forward.

The team entered the village on alert, passing through potato fields and freshly harvested wheat fields, and finally arrived at the village.

Now it is a great shock to all the officers and men of the continuing special anti-tank battalion, there are indeed Germans here, because the villagers were slaughtered.

It was the scene of a massacre, and the dead were old people and children, men and women. They appear to have been forcibly gathered together and then killed in unison.

How is this scene so familiar? Yang Mingzhi felt that there were a lot of such scenes in the anti-Japanese movies of that plane, and now seeing this is obviously a true portrayal.

"These damned Germans! Where are they? I'm going to kill them all with my own hands. One soldier said resentfully.

The anger of the soldiers is spreading, and many people are clutching their guns tightly, but Yang Mingzhi, as a commander, must remain calm. Obviously, the German invaders are no different from the Soviets than the little devils are to the Chinese.

He crouched down to check and found that more than sixty villagers had been shot. Compared to the size of this village, I am afraid that this is the owner of the village. He noticed that there were several other children among the dead, who had also died from the shooting. There was confusion written on his immature face, and he was killed by the Germans at an innocent age.

He suddenly thought of something, and turned his head sharply to see the carambola's wooden face.

Yang Mingzhi stood up, walked to the side of the star fruit and shook her violently, before pulling the girl back to reality.

"Little Peach, you shouldn't be looking at this."

"Husband, I'm fine. I just remembered what I used to do. As she spoke, the girl's face was covered with tears.

She must have remembered the past, Yang Mingzhi sighed, if it wasn't for her parents who threw her into a dry well to escape, she would have turned into a pile of white bones. Wrong! She is a woman, and the German devil is just as much a beast as the Japanese devil!

"Soldiers! You urgently inspect all the villages to see if there are any other corpses, and to see if there are any survivors. ”

Yang Mingzhi ordered a search, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to collect the victims. There was already a group of soldiers digging pits with sapper shovels, and some borrowing shovels from villagers.

Information had been sent to the army on the radio that not only had the enemy been spotted here, but that the village had been massacred. Yevlov was shocked, apparently there was already a German presence in the forest, and he immediately ordered everyone to keep their eyes open.

Yang Mingzhi looked at the dead and shook his head helplessly, and then loaded his weapon. "Little Peach, you follow me. And Bobosha was loaded and followed me. ”

A farmhouse was hidden, and Yang Mingzhi remained vigilant and gently pushed open the door. The two soldiers rolled over and entered, their guns pointed in front of them. When they came back to their senses, they were immediately shocked that there was indeed someone here, and it was a woman, and that she had been killed.

Yang Mingzhi put away the gun and ordered the soldiers outside to keep an eye on Besika (star fruit) and not let her enter.

In the dim light, it could be seen that the deceased was a young woman. "It is clear that the Germans defiled her. The group of Germans also carved SS on her. The soldier said.

Seeing all this, Yang Mingzhi only felt that the three views had been refreshed, could it be that the moral army could still be so cruel? It must have been the SS who could have done this. He didn't know German, and the German word was certainly not a good word.

Yang Mingzhi ordered the soldiers to give dignity to the deceased and put clothes on the corpse.

The star fruit outside saw the soldier pulling a female corpse out, and she also understood why she didn't let herself in.

Cruel memories echo in the girl's mind, her parents are dead, she has gone through so many tragic things, and now she has to encounter something new.

Yang Mingzhi knew that his wife's mood must be terrible, but this was the war. The Germans treated the people of the conquered territories, especially the citizens of the Soviet Union, as if they were cattle or slaves.

The soldiers were still trying to find survivors until a soldier tapped the ground with the butt of his rifle and found the cellar.

A soldier staggered to Yang Mingzhi, saluted and said, "Battalion commander, we have found a place where we can hide people!" ”

"Good! I'll take a look ahead of you. ”

When he arrived, several soldiers had gathered. One soldier regretfully reported that the cellar was very strange, and there was clearly a large space underneath, but the planks could not be opened.

"Is it locked up?" Yang Mingzhi asked casually, and suddenly realized again. "There must be someone down here, all of you, we're going to smash the board."

A soldier held a farmer's forest axe and smashed it a dozen times, the plank was smashed and the lock was removed. The soldier shouted into the cellar, but there was no response.

"I guess people are frightened." Yang Mingzhi shrugged, there was no electric light in this dark cellar, and of course there could be no one. He decided to go down and see for himself, so he ordered a candle to be found, lit it, and went down the ladder to the cellar.

It was a slightly larger space, but there was still a little lack of oxygen, and he felt a little tightness in his chest. The air is a little dirty, and there is even some stench here.

It's the smell of feces and urine! Yang Mingzhi walked forward slowly, and finally discovered the existence of people, still two children. He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to come down, and finally two children, a man and a woman, were rescued from the cellar.