The collective farm was a peculiar Soviet model of the countryside, and since it was in the USSR, it was necessary to live according to the Soviet way of life.

After the political commissar returned to control the life of the troops, the entire catfish village also lived according to military control, and all the residents had to contribute to the army. Of course, the limited private property of the villagers should also be fully protected, and the public property should be kept by the military.

With regard to the future of production and life, the troops must establish a new set of order to adapt to this war.

Yang Mingzhi did not propose any overly advanced production methods such as household production contracting, he listened and discussed how to grow grain.

Fomin is an outsider, and it is not convenient to make irresponsible remarks about these friends in Belarus.

In fact, everyone's opinion is also very unanimous. Continuing the policy set by Stalin, the production of collective farms continued as before, and now a military cantonment was added.

"We still have plenty of time to clear some land before winter comes. Although the quality of the land is not good, it can still grow potatoes. Every soldier did everything in his power to cut down trees to clear the land, and every company had to have a reclamation target. Yang Mingzhi suggested.

"Is that possible? Many of our fighters don't know how to farm. It's okay for them to loosen the ground. "Yevlov was not optimistic about his fighters.

"How do you know if you don't try it, we can't rely on all the supplies of friendly forces and do it ourselves. A few days ago, we were already cultivating the land, and this time we are going to mobilize all of them. ”

"What about the airport? People have cleared their fields to grow potatoes, what about the airport? ”

Yang Mingzhi patted his head, since entering the swamp, the army has been carrying out a large amount of civil construction, in order to build the base area more quickly. Human resources are too valuable, and there is really not enough of them right now. Yang Mingzhi said helplessly: "Try to reclaim as much as possible, a variety of land, so that we will be better off in the future." ”

Catfish Village continues to be busy, more people go into the woods to cut down tall cedar trees, a lot of wood is an excellent building material, and many wooden buildings are rising in the woods. Yang Mingzhi is looking forward to the construction of a number of large canteens, so that everyone does not have to stay outdoors for the problem of eating.

It hadn't rained yet since entering the swamp, and the warriors didn't like it at all, especially before their quarters were built. The next rain may be coming soon, and Yang Mingzhi knows that this autumn will be particularly abundant, and the situation may be even worse here in the swamps, so flood prevention measures must be taken. Therefore, most of the soldiers' dormitories are built in the woods at higher altitudes, and many fighters have cultivated a small piece of land around the dormitory, which is used to grow some vegetables such as turnips.

The time has entered August, the commander of the South-Western Front, Kirponos, who commanded well in the battles for right-bank Ukraine, and the Germans suffered heavy losses in the frontal assault on Kiev. The Kyiv side also had a little respite, as they had more time to strengthen their defenses, including sending more reserves to the south, where the German offensive was rampant.

What is the result of the battle in Ukraine, Yang Mingzhi does not dare to say that this time it is still a fiasco for the Soviet army, and he can not afford to bear the responsibility of disturbing the morale of the army.

The Cheka girl Yerentina is very attentive to the morale of the army, she is a strong woman when she works, and only at night will she show a touch of femininity and speak softly.

In the evening, Yang Mingzhi wiped his weapon. Bobosha submachine gun, a good gun needs maintenance, and now the gun oil is relatively sufficient.

Not far away, a transport plane was parked, because the airport had been repaired.

Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the soldiers, many people were even reinforcing and lengthening the runway in the early hours of the morning, and it was this kind of overtime work that allowed the important airport to be built.

The emergence of an airfield in the swamp with the ability to take off and land two or three transport planes has become strategically important.

"If we set up an observation post in the swamps, we will be able to get an early warning if the Germans attack from that direction." The staff officer suggested to Kirponos.

As the commander, he immediately decided, "Just do what you say." Supplies continued to be sent over there, and some more political commissars were sent to ensure the combat effectiveness of the swamp defenders. We're even going to give them some heavy weapons. ”

A task force of twenty men boarded the plane, and they flew towards the swamp with a lot of supplies.

These people arrived in Catfish Village without any problems, and the meeting had just ended. Yang Mingzhi peeled a piece of white radish and sat on the wooden pier in front of the wooden house.

The girl was scrubbing her clothes, her iron basin was also coming with the movement of the military plane, and they even sent some soap.

"Little Peach, you don't have to work too hard, beware of being tired." Yang Mingzhi said with concern.

"Not tired! Wash your husband's clothes, as it should. ”

Yang Mingzhi shrugged, such a virtuous wife is hard to find. Her task of sorting shells is over, and the female soldiers are about to start training again.

During this time, the delivery team of Chenobi arrived at the outskirts of the swamp, and the villagers of Catfish Village used small boats to carry away the supplies they had delivered. Due to the lack of bridges, the land transport team had a great headache and had to unload the supplies to the river to complete the task.

They sent a lot of ammunition, most of which were bullets, and as for heavy weapons, there were ten mortars and two hundred shells. Yang Mingzhi has checked that these are small-caliber weapons, which are much worse than those captured by the Germans.

The good thing is that these small cannons are light enough and mobile and flexible for guerrilla warfare.

The breeze blew on the couple, with a slight chill. If it weren't for the war, he would be like a farmer at this moment, and the small figure of star fruit is a young peasant woman. She was ordered to give priority to female soldier training, so she didn't need to go to the field hospital to work for the time being, and naturally she wouldn't deal with blood.

"Well, I still have to do a good job!" Yang Mingzhi put down the radish, stood up and stretched. Shake off the dust on your body, put on your coat and go out. "Husband, where are you going?"

"I'm on a trip to the division. Xiao Tao, you can go to bed first after washing your clothes in a while, I still have some official business to do. ”

Yang Mingzhi waved goodbye to his wife, and along the way, he saw that quite a few soldiers were unwilling to go to bed early. Many people are busy all day, they don't shy away anything, they wipe their bodies in broad daylight when they throw their clothes, they also apply soap one by one, and many people even shave.

"Kyiv really sent something good, and almost my people turned into wild monkeys." Yang Mingzhi thought in his heart, that Kirponos was really thoughtful, and he sent a lot of daily necessities, which showed how much he attached importance to the handful of remnants on this side of the swamp.

In fact, he really should pay attention to this side, Yang Mingzhi knew that the troops had sent several small detachments to ambush on the periphery of the swamp. Because a large radio transmission station has been set up in the village, and the gasoline generators supply electricity to the single unit, the signal transmission road can be very high, so that the Kiev authorities can be clearly contacted.

Theoretically, the reconnaissance team on the outskirts of the swamp would detect the movements of the Germans, and they would immediately send a report to the catfish village, and in just a few minutes Kiev, two hundred kilometers away, would know about the enemy. This is much more efficient and labor-saving than passive defense.

This is the current role of Catfish Village, but Yang Mingzhi has been able to do so much with his own troops, and this time he went to the division headquarters to explain his thoughts.

At the division headquarters, the office of this collective farm, where Yerentina was at this time. She changed into the traditional costume of a Russian girl with great interest, and judged the sonorous and powerful self as if they were two.

The guards at the door were saluting Yang Mingzhi, and after he returned the salute, he slowly pushed open the door, and at this moment Yelenkina was discussing something with the village chief.

"Yevlov, it's so late, why are you here again?" Yelenkina raised her head, this magical Chinese he liked more and more, and this time he deliberately showed off. "Look, this is the village chief's wife's previous outfit, but I didn't expect me to wear it well."

Yang Mingzhi nodded, this girl is beautiful, ********, and wearing a dress is unthinkable. He waved his hand: "I just came here to just talk." As a combat unit, I think I am always doing construction, for fear that the soldiers will forget about the war. ”

"You'd better wait for Yevlov to come back. Really, you should have talked about these things in the afternoon. ”

Yang Mingzhi was a little regretful, and he found a seat for himself to sit down. Since Yerentina is here, it's really nothing to talk to her about.

"It's been over two weeks since we've been in the swamp, and it's like a typhoon shelter. I don't think the Germans will be bored enough to attack here, this is the best place to take refuge. We can take advantage of this special advantage, and we will attack the Germans from all sides, and that is what I am aiming for. It's just that now I feel really comfortable. ”

"What do you think?" Yelenkina looked at Yang Mingzhi, "Actually, it's good to be comfortable, you don't have to worry about it all day long." We're not actually comfortable right now, our mission has changed a bit, we're in the salient now, we're sentinels of friendly forces. ”

"I know that." Yang Mingzhi nodded and replied, "I actually hope to lead a force out of the swamp to attack the Germans." For example, let's train our recruits, I think those young soldiers really need to participate in the first war. ”

Yerenkina immediately became alert and hurriedly asked; "Are you serious? They were still children. “

"Yes. They are children and warriors, they have to participate in the first battle, and after the battle they are veterans. ”

Yerenkina shrugged, she had always felt that the real battle had to be fought by men. It's a very moment, and it's crazy to put women and children on the battlefield.

"Let's not think about getting out of the swamp and attacking for the time being. Because there is a new mission at the moment, our men have already contacted the two surrounding villages, and I think we must include them in the battle sequence of the 284th Division. Those militias are quite numerous, of varying quality, and we need to train them to be good soldiers. ”

This was discussed between Yerentina and the village chief, and in the afternoon everyone came to Kandashan with the group of comrades from Kiev. The point is that this is the time to arrive, for no other reason, and the liaison officer only came back in the evening.

"Or, Berekov, you can wait here. Yevlov and Fomin went to check the internal guards of the soldiers' quarters and returned in a moment. ”

"Okay, I'll wait."