This is the end of this victorious meeting, the meeting of unity, the meeting of determining the strategy for the next step.

As the chief person in charge of the military department, Yang Mingzhi only needs to train the army well and set the operational plan.

However, he was concerned about the people's livelihood, and even believed that the 56,000 people from top to bottom of the so-called guerrilla republic would either serve as soldiers to fight wars or as military logistics. The potato digging operation that started immediately was also the most important logistical operation.

Most Belarusians live in harsh natural conditions given by nature, and it is difficult to grow except potatoes, kohlrabi and carrots. What do you eat without potatoes? Even in peacetime, large quantities of potatoes were grown on the land reclaimed by the collective farms.

Wheat, rye and sugar beet are grown on a large scale in the vast plains of Ukraine, and potatoes are still grown in Belarus, where the plains are sparse and the forests are unusually dense.

Yang Mingzhi knows very well how the villages will treat the potatoes in stock when the time enters February. The sprouted ones were cut into pieces and thrown into the field. A large number of small ones are buried in the soil, and then poured some water to wait for them to grow slowly.

It was one of the first experimental plots planted in the canteen, proving that these cold-resistant varieties cultivated by Belarusians are tenaciously rooted in the cold February soil. They are huge, and tomorrow's digging is sure to be a good harvest.

Yang Mingzhi is very sure of this, and there is a reason for this, and that is the report of Police Chief Kabisky. His men captured a group of thieves digging up the fields, some of whom were captured by the field protection teams of the collective farms.

The thieves have seized the stolen goods, and the "stolen goods" seized from them, that is, potato roots, are already very gratifying.

When there were more and more incidents of illegal digging of potatoes, production group meetings were held in each village, and after a period of strict action to protect the farmland, there were many fewer illegal digging incidents. A military operation followed.

Yang Mingzhi is sure that the weather in these ten days is quite good, and then a short thunderstorm and strong wind can be described as the icing on the cake for the growth of potatoes, and the potato expansion rate is even more violent!

Thinking of tomorrow, Yang Mingzhi's heart is difficult to calm down. In the command headquarters, his mind is undoubtedly expressed.

"Yevlov, I think tomorrow we will also pick up shovels and dig in the fields! Wouldn't it be nice for us to dig up the potatoes ourselves and let Fuming publicize them? ”

At this moment, Yevlov was still holding a pen and writing documents, he was writing in a diary. As the deputy commander of the group army, the biggest task is to deal with the daily trivial affairs of the army, and what happened in the army on May 8 was sent by the subordinates through a brief report sheet, and he wrote a brief diary at the end. This is his personal behavior, and Yang Mingzhi also supported it after knowing it.

Yevlov put down his pen and muttered, "You don't have to earn this honor!" You are the commander of the army group, or take care of the affairs of the army! Look at me, now I am reading the briefings sent by the regiment commanders and battalion commanders, and I know the movements of the army very well! That's what we, the senior officers, should do. ”

Yang Mingzhi was dumbfounded for a while, he squinted his eyes and looked at Yevlov who was lying on the desk, this guy seemed to be more reliable.

"Hey, hey! I know the situation in the army very well, everything is under control! Besides, with you and Fuming here, do I still need to worry about the daily life and training of the army? I am a lieutenant general, and the lieutenant general manages the junior officers, and the junior officers are only responsible for the soldiers. ”

Yevlov glanced at him and teased: "So what? You're itching your hands now, and you're planning to manage the farmers? Going to make a cameo appearance as a farmer? ”

"Of course! Otherwise, I won't have anything to do tomorrow! Yang Mingzhi held his head with both hands, and what he said was indeed the truth.

The rocket artillery test on May 10 was scheduled because Rigushkiv had to go to the sea. Other orders put forward at the meeting began to be implemented by the people below after the meeting was dismissed. That Rigushkov was a busy man at the moment, overseeing the production of new rocket launchers on the one hand, and the construction of railways on the other.

"If there were no obstacles to the production of rocket artillery, the workers' representatives would not have come to invite me, so I would have spent the whole day at leisure! Instead of that, I should become a farmer and do my best for agricultural production. And, it's really worth promoting! ”

Yevlov nodded deeply: "Since that's the case, you can go!" I can't, I'm used to being in command! ”

……

Yang Mingzhi estimated that as long as the troops continue to make meritorious contributions, part of the credit will be given to him, the deputy commander of the major general. This person may seem mediocre, but his luck is excellent. After the victory of the war, he will inevitably continue to be promoted, and it no longer means much whether he is mediocre or not. It's just that at that time, he still had feelings for Yerenkina, which is another matter.

Lying alone in this patchwork bed, the home is empty as if he is alone. Late at night, a gust of cold wind came in through the crack in the door, and in a trance, the loneliness eroded Yang Mingzhi's whole body.

"Alas! Peach, are you okay at Catfish Village Hospital? There are too many patients, don't get tired. ”

With a sigh, Yang Mingzhi closed his eyes.

Just before resting, the commander, as commander, gave orders to his guards: "Sharpen the blades of your sapper shovels, cut some branches, and replace the short handles with long ones." Tomorrow I will be ordered to dig potatoes. ”

This kind of unscrupulous behavior made Abram and his men very unhappy, and the so-called tough guys who had killed countless people in the war actually went to work as farmers after returning to the barracks. This disparity in status displeased him, but no one showed it in front of his superiors.

As a result, the guards used the matter as a new talking point after the fact.

It was said that the commander wanted to show his talents in any way. Some people say that the commander's plan to dig potatoes reflects his lofty ideological consciousness. It was also claimed that his involvement in tomorrow's harvest operations was not in keeping with his distinguished status as a general.

The guards had different opinions, and most of their words were praises for the commander, and when it came to their own affairs, they were very unpleasantly forced to accept that they were also going to make a cameo appearance as a peasant.

Yang Mingzhi's decision went in vain, for no other reason, there was Yelenkina's eyeliner among the guards. These "little Chekas" who were urgently cultivated were ambushed by Yang Mingzhi's side at a very early stage, and he knew it very well.

Usually, the Chinese are restrained, but in Russia, this humble spirit does not eat this trip. For a long time, Yang Mingzhi has calculated that this group of people likes heroes the most, not to mention that in this war environment, they also need a hero, a hero who is very close to the people.

It doesn't matter about those "little Chekas", Yang Mingzhi boasts that he is playing a trick, as long as he digs up some potatoes, propaganda will follow.

In the partisan republics, many people knew very little about themselves, and they knew that the military chief here was Berekov, a Chinese who had become a Soviet citizen. Such a figure is somewhat distant from the lives of ordinary people, and when it is learned through the regularly updated newspaper columns that Berekov was personally involved in the potato harvest, coupled with reports of the meeting that this person proposed to increase the ration of food, this image of the people quickly fermented among the population.

The cult of personality is bad, but how can you refuse the pleasure of being the object of worship?

Yang Mingzhi has taken the extremely high position of commander of the lieutenant general group army, and the existence of the "monitors" around him has not changed, but these people no longer report to Yelenkina, and they will inform Salinchin of the situation.

Therefore, the news of Yang Mingzhi's temporary decision to personally participate in the excavation was soon known to Salinchkin, who had already begun to perform the duties of the first secretary of the guerrilla republic.

What to do?

He called the secretary of the Komsomol branch and the "newspaper editor" who suddenly changed the name to the Novgomel Times, called his office and gave instructions......