Yang Mingzhi followed Yevlov back to the division headquarters, and he couldn't resist his curiosity, so he asked a lot on the way.

"The search for airdrops has to continue. We have found a lot of clothing and food, weapons and ammunition are mostly bullets, and more importantly, we have a lot of medicines. Yevlov said.

These things need to be talked about slowly, and Yang Mingzhi didn't ask any more questions until everyone arrived at the division office.

This was the first time that Yang Mingzhi attended the meeting in the name of an official deputy division commander, and there were only four people in attendance, and only Fuming was still wearing an old military uniform.

Yevlov was the first to say: "I think that now it has been assigned to the leadership of the South-Western Front, and Marshal Timoshenko is our superior. ”

Timoshenko is a man who is very good at leading troops to fight, and if he is the king of the storm, the Southwestern Front may be able to quickly recover its strength. Yang Mingzhi knew that the war situation continued to deteriorate, and the Pripet swamp had become a strategic island. Winter is approaching, and the number of people seeking refuge in the swamps is increasing, and the total number of residents and military personnel in the three large villages led by Catfish Village alone exceeds 13,000.

Yang Mingzhi listened to Yevlov's report on the current results. "I think the main concern is food and clothing. At present, the statistical result is that there are more than 4,000 sets of cotton clothes in winter, and there is a bundle for every ten sets when the goods are shipped, so it is very easy to count. The grain is mainly wheat flour, and each sack weighs 30 kilograms, and at present there are more than 800 sacks......"

"Eight hundred sacks are twenty-four tons of wheat flour, enough for us to eat for a long time. Flour has more than twice the energy density of potatoes and gives soldiers more strength. Yang Mingzhi said.

"Yes, wheat is very precious. So something happened. ”

"Oh? What's up? ”

Yevlov paused: "It's something bad. Some of the supplies they had airdropped drifted away to the blacksmith village. The local militia found these supplies, especially the flour among them. The village chief, Riguskov, ordered that they be distributed on the spot, and only then did they inform us that they had received supplies. I ordered them to look at it on the spot, and send someone to count it tomorrow, but I didn't expect them to divide the flour. ”

"Isn't this just killing people first and then reporting it!" There is no proper noun in Russian, and Yang Mingzhi took a look, "I don't think they should be so arbitrary." ”

"Yes." Yerentina said, "I'm angry, now we are implementing rationing, and there is military control here. Empty supplies first meet the needs of the army, and only then ordinary people. The act of the blacksmith village is a matter of taking the army's supplies without authorization, and this matter is very serious in nature. ”

When these words came out of the mouth of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the situation was terrible, and Yeretina was wearing a blue hat, which made the matter even more serious.

"I think you called me to a meeting to make this clear to me."

"That's right, you are also a high-ranking officer, and you are also a staff officer of the army, and your words should be wiser." Yerentina said.

This seems to be a kind of temptation, according to Yang Mingzhi's thoughts, that Rigushkov will take it, but his behavior is really wrong, if he is here and muddy, Yerentina will definitely be angry.

"So, Yerentina, there's something wrong with the blacksmith village, I mean everything is done according to the rules and regulations, what do you think should be done?"

"Oh? If, according to the rules and regulations, the village of blacksmiths belonged to the occupancy of military quarters, and it was the war years, according to the regulations, I should have characterized Rygushkov as a traitor to the great Motherland. You can guess the result. ”

"It's not going to work!" Yang Mingzhi was taken aback, and quickly stood up and was very emotional. "You're going to shoot that guy! No, no, no! How can we make a lot of weapons without this person's supervision! ”

"So you're interceding with him, huh?" Yerenkina said coldly, and the air was a little frozen.

Not to mention that the fighters of the Soviet army were afraid of the Cheka, and later they were even more afraid of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Some of the duties of this group were similar to those of the Nazi Gestapo and to the French Overseers. But the responsibility of this group of men to master the military flag, to lead the Red Army soldiers to charge, and to become combat members was more arduous than the duty of the commissar.

Now Yelenkina is the political commissar of the division, and she has to control the daily life of the troops, so she naturally attaches great importance to the issue of materials.

But that Rygushkov, how can he be sentenced to death! Excited, Yang Mingzhi said: "These are extraordinary times, and we must learn to be flexible. That Rygushkov was at fault, but he didn't encroach on the supplies for his own enjoyment, in essence he still thought about everyone. ”

"But something happened! What do you make other people think? Yerentina asked rhetorically, her emotions a little excited.

Yevlov hurriedly became a good old man and let the two emotional comrades-in-arms do a good job obediently.

He didn't want to make peace with the mud, but he still had to say: "It was wrong for Rigushkov not to listen to the command and privately divide the empty supplies." If we let him go, the blacksmith village will get too much material in the future, which will cause strong dissatisfaction in Black Earth Village and Catfish Village, and it will also make villagers like Xiaolin Village who have lost their village dissatisfied. ”

"What then? If we punish the blacksmith village, we won't be able to build munitions in the future! Yang Mingzhi asked.

Yerentina is not the kind of person who is dead-headed, she still remembers the order of her superiors to vigorously develop and unite all the rebels. "Anyway, Rigushkov is guilty, and as for the death penalty, I don't think it should be." She put her tone down, she didn't want to do anything at all.

After some discussion, they decided to go to the blacksmith village in person.

"As long as Rigushkov admits his mistake, then simply punish him, if he refuses to admit his mistake, he has to be locked up for a period of time to see the after-effects." Yelenkina proposed this, and Yang Mingzhi felt that it was okay.

Although Yang Mingzhi was injured, he still planned to go to the blacksmith village. During these days, the soldiers simply built roads, cut down trees and cut them into trunks, chiseled into the earth to serve as stumps, and the dirt roads were rammed as much as possible. The road is simple to build, and although it is winding, it is also smooth and stable.

Yang Mingzhi and others sat on the carriage, accompanied by a company of soldiers, and this trip was to find trouble with Rygushkov.

During this period, as the head of the blacksmith village, Rygushkov had already come to his senses. "I have to give my villagers a good meal, and if the division is to blame, the responsibility is mine." If he is so bent on going his own way, others will be sloppy.

I didn't expect the division headquarters to blame it, and the next day, the division commander came over in person.

Rygushkov was already in the office of the collective farm, and he saw that the visitors were all dressed in new military uniforms, especially a woman in a blue hat. Suddenly, a look of fear appeared in their hearts, and their faces were not good, so it could be seen that they were in trouble.

He led a few people to the office, and in the style of Lao Maozi's straightforwardness, Yevlov immediately asked: "Why did you distribute the airdropped materials privately, do you know that these materials are for the army?" ”

Rygushkov nodded.

"Oh? So you know that you are knowingly committing a crime, right? Yelentina asked.

The woman had a blue hat, and Rigushkov knew that she belonged to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it was terrible to be questioned by the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"I ...... I know. But my villagers should have had a good meal, and I didn't think much of it at the time. I thought the airdrop had our share, but I didn't expect it to be for the army. ”

"Originally, these supplies were yours." Yang Mingzhi said, "Rygushkov, you have always supported the army and produced a large number of weapons and equipment troops. The anti-tank guns and ammunition produced became tank killers, and the rockets produced became very good infantry support weapons. Past battles have required weapons produced in your village.

I never thought that you would make this mistake again. Do you think that the role of your village's arsenal is particularly huge, so you deserve some privileges? “

Rygushkov was said not to speak for a long time. Yang Mingzhi said this not only to him, but also to Yelenkina. With the wisdom of the Chinese, Yang Mingzhi first praised the village chief who made a mistake, and then criticized it. You can see the merits he has made in the past, so there is a lot less dissatisfaction with making mistakes.

Yang Mingzhi continued: "Listen, Rygushkov, the nature of your actions is very serious, you have really illegally appropriated the army's military supplies, and objectively affected the troops. To put it mildly, you just took a few bags of flour to make a big lieba and ate it, and to put it mildly, you have usurped the military rations. According to the regulations of the army, if you do something wrong, you should be shot! ”

"So serious!" Rygushkov broke out in a cold sweat. "No, you can't kill me! I have made meritorious contributions to the Soviets, I have sweated for the Motherland. As you said just now, my village and I are very supportive of the army. ”

"So you think that if the materials are divided, the division headquarters also supports them?" Yang Mingzhi asked step by step.

"Nope! I definitely didn't mean that. I just feel that food is falling from the sky, and those of us who have eaten potatoes for many years can finally eat bread once, or in this war years, we really didn't hold on. ”

"So do you admit your mistake?" Yang Mingzhi continued to ask.

"I admit my mistake! I really didn't do it right. ”

"Just admit your mistake." Yerentina smiled.

At this moment, Gushkov also realized that the so-called wall was indeed a warning threat. In fact, as they say, if it had been twenty years ago, when the policy of wartime communism was in place, those who refused to give out surplus food would have been shot. The methods of the army were sometimes barbaric, and Rygushkov knew that he was useful, but they were still reluctant to follow the regulations.

But after all, he made a mistake, and the division still had to punish him.

"Now, Rygushkov, you don't have to do the post of village chief anymore. The collective farms re-voted to elect a new person to be the head of the village, and in order to avoid this in the future, we sent political commissars to the various collective farms. Your story reminds us that in the future, our 284th Division will have complete control over the villages. As for you, it's better to be honestly the head of an arsenal. As long as you conscientiously produce weapons and cultivate good weapons, your guilt will be written off. Yerentina said

Rygushkov nodded, "Everything was done according to the requirements of the troops and the comrades of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

This person has already admitted his mistake, and Yang Mingzhi and others have to continue to do things.

The villagers were gathered, and Yerentina and Yevlov gave impromptu speeches. No one was going to oppose the army, the village chief was dismissed, and the villagers handed over all the food and cotton clothes that had been allocated.

A company of soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition formed a circle, and the villagers put the supplies into the circle one after another, Yang Mingzhi believed very much, these people were very honest to take out the illegally distributed part.

The majesty was shown, followed by the tenderness. Yevlov assured everyone that even in the past, everyone had their share of supplies, and no one would go hungry and freeze.

On the same day, the blacksmith village held a vote, and they elected a man named Kavitsky as the head of the village, for no other reason: a former Red Army soldier and member of the CPSU. He was loyal to the Bolsheviks, who first gained the favor of Yerentina.

Yang Mingzhi was more concerned about the various arsenals in Ryguskov and the blacksmith village, and since he had come here, he should take a good look at it, and even implement a new construction plan. (To be continued.) )