According to the current model of Soviet agriculture, the collective farm worker could also run a small vegetable garden on his doorstep, or carry out a few other side jobs that were restricted, which was protected by law.

But the total number of the original inhabitants of the three collective farms is less than 1,000, and tens of thousands of people have fled here from other cities and villages, and they are complete proletarians, who are incapable of carrying out any side jobs after being incorporated into the collective farms.

Because, under the current military control, even the original farmers of the three villages had to stop their side business, all the grain was requisitioned, and ordinary people could not operate vegetable plots to grow potatoes. Their only side job is fishing, but the ponds in the area of control have been converted into fish ponds, and the only way to fish is to go to the banks of the big rivers.

Those who can rely on fishing to satisfy their hunger are basically some of the villagers in Catfish Village. Fortunately, the climate has entered a warm period, and mushrooms, a food that often emerges overnight, can slightly relieve people's hungry stomachs.

Yang Mingzhi boasted that he had won a little rights and interests for the broad masses of the people during the war years, and the overall rationing was greatly increased, and the results were sure to be good.

It's just that this policy is all based on a bumper potato harvest.

Salinchkin officially announced the decision of the Novgomel City Committee, and on May 9, after the morning horn sounded, the production teams of the collective farms immediately went to the demarcated fields and began digging.

With professional machinery, this excavation would be very rapid. At present, collective farms can only rely on manpower, and in order to dig up a huge amount of potatoes in the shortest possible time, they can only give full play to the subjective initiative of each village.

The matter about potatoes came to an end, and the venue entered a short break.

Yang Mingzhi knew that Salinchkin would prepare to report on the military arrangements in the future, and that the basic decision had already been made at the preliminary meeting, and basically after the break, he had to go to the podium to announce the document.

Taking advantage of the rest now, Yang Mingzhi hurriedly drank some water to moisten his throat.

For what happened just now, he also used the corner of his eyes to observe the words and expressions of the water, yes, many people are looking at themselves.

Fu Ming gently pounded him and sighed: "You, this time the ration limit has been raised to three kilograms, it seems that you have extremely high expectations for grain production!" Tomorrow we will start digging the ground, and I think we should also have a good discussion about whether we should increase the construction of granaries! ”

"Of course!" Yang Mingzhi hurriedly put down the kettle and responded seriously: "I believe that Lyudbalev is also thinking about this in his head, and there will definitely be a meeting about the granary in the future." ”

"Oh? So what do you recommend? ”

"My suggestion? Dig the cellar, of course! Now that we're already mass-producing cement and burnt bricks, it's a good idea to build some dry cellars and save these! Saying this, Yang Mingzhi's mind flashed, he simply turned around violently, and looked at Fuming with a blazing eye: "You really reminded me of this!" We are now mass-producing cement! This will allow us to build larger underground warehouses, which I think are more suitable for ammunition than grain! Although this is not very likely, we always have the possibility of being attacked by enemy bombers. Our air defense is very bad, the Germans can blow up the wooden houses on the ground, and we will lose a lot of money when they blow up the arsenal! I'll be sure to mention this in a moment! ”

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The break is 20 minutes, which is time for people to go to the bathroom, smoke, talk to each other, and sort out the copywriting with the clerk.

At this time, Salinchkin and Lyudbalev were talking outside the conference room for a while, and as for what they talked about, Yang Mingzhi had no intention of guessing, and his mind was all about increasing the number of troops.

According to the schedule of today's meeting, the last part is to announce the adjustment of the military establishment.

After a while, Salinchin came back, and he aimed at Yang Mingzhi with a casual look, revealing a lot of questions.

"Hey, hey! It seems that the two men have already negotiated, and there is no problem with increasing the ration. Yang Mingzhi's self-talk also reassured the two around him.

Yevlov chimed in: "You still have weight in your words, if it were me, I would not have proposed to increase the ration of the villagers." ”

Yang Mingzhi grinned and gave him a white look: "So you are a very good soldier!" ”

He didn't say any more, but sat upright, as if to greet something. Yevlov muttered in his stomach, what did he mean by this? Is it a compliment? As a soldier, of course, he must be a good soldier, but his attitude is obviously not all praise.

As Yang Mingzhi expected, when Salinchkin spoke again, he was asked to walk to the podium. Because this is a matter of military aspects, it is most meaningful to read it out by the commander of the army group himself.

Yang Mingzhi held the brown paper, on which was a string of words printed in lead type, the contents of which were all the contents of the previous meeting organized by the clerk.

After a slight glance, there was no problem with the document, and Yang Mingzhi let go of his voice and read it out loud.

"Now I announce that the 63rd Army has been fully organized into two new regiments! The former Locomotive Guerrilla Brigade was organized as the First Regiment of the Independent Regiment. The original Black Bear Guerrilla Brigade was organized as the Second Regiment of the Independent Regiment. The 5,000 men who were rescued in the battle that had just ended were each reorganized into six standard infantry battalions and incorporated into the above two regiments.

Comrade Peroniski, head of the 1st Regiment of the Independent Regiment, Comrade Medvedev, commander of the 2nd Regiment, stand up! ”

With a lot of applause and surprised expressions, the two stood up in high spirits. They saluted the people around them, and finally stood upright.

Yang Mingzhi continued to read: "The independent regiment is a new establishment of the 63rd Group Army, and the two regiments are directly under the command of the group army headquarters. Now, I announce the location of the two regiments! ”

Thinking of this, Yang Mingzhi was taken aback! He scanned the papers, but he didn't find it. Looking back at the earlier meeting, I didn't seem to have any opinion on the issue of the stationing of new troops. Apparently, Yevlov and Fomin, among others, have already made a decision.

Yang Mingzhi, who was holding the document, glanced at the two people in the audience slightly, and continued to read it out hard.

"The 1st Regiment of the Independent Regiment, the whole regiment is stationed in the new barracks on the right bank of the Pripet River, and is responsible for the construction of the local area, and carries out extensive military reclamation in accordance with the regulations.

The 2nd Regiment of the Independent Regiment, the whole regiment was stationed in the sulfur mining area, responsible for local construction, assisting in the care of prisoner of war camps, and carrying out extensive military reclamation in accordance with regulations.

Since the two regiments had just been established and the troops still needed to rest, after May 20, the two regiments rushed to the camp! ”

The two regiment commanders are no longer guerrilla leaders, and many people have died in the past year of fighting, and the reason for their struggle was originally simply to survive, but now they have a higher mission - to defend the guerrilla republic and the motherland.

The two of them did not cry with joy, they trembled and their expressions were excited, and they accepted this important appointment.

In Yang Mingzhi's heart, he was not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of these two independent regiments. The so-called fact that many people had been captured by the enemy was a concern for the political commissars of the past arrangement, and the elite troops despised their reluctance to surrender. Of these 5,000 people, the physical condition varied, and the 3,000 of them, who were of the highest quality, were organized into six battalions and handed over to Peroniski and Medvedev, and then some grassroots political commissars trained by Yerentina were transferred to strengthen their ideological study.

Perhaps, these two regiments will become armies that dare to fight, but it is impossible for their combat effectiveness to be raised to the level of paratrooper brigades.

Even if they were established, they were more of a strategic reserve, until these soldiers finally developed walking legs and strong endurance, as well as more reliable marksmanship, and they had the most basic "expeditionary combat" ability.

Of course, Yang Mingzhi estimated that according to his own training methods, such a unit is definitely elite in other Soviet troops......