Chapter 769: Invitation to Join

"History has no ifs!" Yang Mingzhi sighed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In fact, at that time, these people did not know that outside the forest, the superior forces of the German army were already waiting for the rabbit, they only needed to set up machine gun and artillery positions. The Soviets broke through and fought the metal storm with their flesh and blood, and the result was, as Peronissky put it, a brutal massacre.

But the willingness of these 9,000 people to stay in Novgomel is the perfect choice? No! Dialectics told Yang Mingzhi that with 9,000 more mouths, a famine broke out in Novgomel before the first batch of potatoes was produced!

When the large army withdrew, it was natural to collect grain on a large scale in Catfish Village, leaving limited food. At that time, with the troops left behind, its total population was only two or three thousand, and the food could cope for a while!

Food determines an army's ability to continue fighting, and this has always been the case. Now Novgomel can be seen as a population of 40,000, this is a huge mouth! Food shortages persist before the potato harvest in May.

Joining in July last year, more than 10,000 people remained in the swamp, how should they deal with it? Moreover, with so many people, who is the real commander? At least not himself, how can he serve the public? At the beginning, there were only 1,000 people left in the 284th Division, and nearly half of them were still subordinates of their own special anti-tank battalion.

Yang Mingzhi secretly rejoiced that history had chosen him to become the de facto leader of the 284th Division, and a series of victories also showed Stalin that he was such an officer who was very good at fighting.

There is no more meaning in recalling the events of last year, and Yang Mingzhi said with relief: "Comrade Peroniski, we have come to the same end on different paths, and I think it is necessary for you to join us." ”

"Join you?" Peronsky hesitated, "You are the Guards, and we are just ordinary troops. Our number is the 173rd Infantry Division, how can I join your 284th Division? ”

Since the top command of this unit is here, Peroniski also told his original intention.

The so-called locomotive guerrilla brigade has a very different membership than it did at the beginning. Because of the sinister nature of the war, even if the railroad workers and policemen were armed, they were not soldiers after all, and many people died in the first few military operations. The combat effectiveness of this force was not increased until it was joined by regular army soldiers who had fled into the forest.

Among them, the largest number was the stragglers of the 32nd Group Army, and the 173rd Division had the largest number of officers and men.

Peroniski had his own dignity, and most of the soldiers of the 32nd Army were killed or captured, and only a few fled into the forest, or retreated early. The existence of the number of this force was a serious question, so Peroniski and his comrades believed that they were one of the very few units of the 32nd Army left in enemy-occupied territory.

Listening to this person's story, Yang Mingzhi also sighed. In the end, he was a soldier who had served as a soldier, the so-called iron-clad battalion soldiers, the 32nd Army, this unit may have been rebuilt in the rear, but it has lost the veterans in the army, and the new group army is completely different from the previous one - because it has no military soul.

And Peroniski and his guys are the only remaining fruits of this force! This is what they are glorified, fighting in the name of the 32nd Army, which is one of the reasons why they have survived until now.

Yang Mingzhi nodded: "I understand, everyone has a reason to fight, and you are also fighting for the revenge of your fallen comrades." ”

"No!" Peroniski interrupted: "It's not just for them, we also have those railway employees in our ranks, who are also fighting for their colleagues." At the end of the day, we're all about defending the Motherland. ”

"It's to defend the Slavic mother."

Yang Mingzhi's words were a bit of a joke, but they surprised Peroniski, and he quickly emphasized: "We are defending the motherland and the Soviets." ”

"Alas, now it's not just about defending the Soviets." Yevlov couldn't help but interject, "Our chief of staff is actually quite right, and the statement of defending the Slavic mother is indeed very appropriate. ”

Yang Mingzhi turned his head to look at this guy with a deep face, Yevlov was relatively silent most of the time, and it seemed that most of the hairy people were relatively silent. Today he can feel this way, and apparently most of the Soviets feel this way too.

The scene was a little awkward, two middle-aged Russians, looking up with a face full of stubble, deep eye sockets full of wrinkles, as if they were stuck in some melancholy thought.

"Alas! If it weren't for the ban on smoking in the hospital, in fact, a few of us could have one! Yang Mingzhi's words broke the loneliness, and also made Peroniski's spirits rise, he really wanted to swallow the clouds and spit out the fog for a while.

Cigarettes are something that everyone from officers to soldiers like. This old guy of the 32nd Army made no secret of his love for cigarettes.

Smoking is known to be harmful to health. But on the battlefield where life is threatened with death at any time, the chronic damage of nicotine is completely negligible. I can still smoke, which means that I am still alive; Smoking the tobacco of your hometown is like breathing the air of your hometown; A puff of smoke gets into the lungs, and the blood and death can be forgotten for a while.

Yang Mingzhi understood this too well, so he took out a box from his pocket, stuffed it into Peroniski's trembling hand, and instructed a few more words: "Comrade! Smoking is prohibited in the hospital, so if you're really bored, you can smoke a few outside. ”

"Yes, I know that. This is actually a German cigarette, and it seems that you are really having a good time. ”

Peroniski's excitement was written on his face, and the man did not hesitate to tell some of his past. The officers and men of the 284th Division at least did not pull out the enemy's underwear, but the other "ferocious" guerrillas dared to do anything in order to survive.

Although it was a particularly crazy thing, Peroniski claimed that he had eaten the corpses of his enemies because he was tortured by hunger.

This was a disgusting thing, the war had caused him to do too much blood, and everything was downplayed, even his own life.

The guerrillas in a desperate situation eat dead bodies, which abound throughout the ages, Yang Mingzhi was shocked and shocked, and it was nothing to think about it. I still plan to completely pull this guy and his troops into the system of the 284th Division and use them for my use.

Yang Mingzhi asked earnestly: "Comrade Peroniski, what do you mean is to return to the place where you fought after getting enough supplies?" ”

"Yes! We have information that there are guerrillas in the swamps who have always been very combative, and now that we have found you, and you are not pure guerrillas. I thank you for your treatment of us, but our battlefield is outside the swamps, and we must continue to harass the Germans, for reasons I have already described! ”

"It's the damn railroad, isn't it?"

"Yes, sir! We're going to do everything we can to sabotage the railway! Peroniski stretched out his arms and gestured, "We often see military trains passing by the damn railway, but our weapons are too rudimentary, bullet shooting is meaningless to the locomotive, if only you could help us!" ”

"For example? Enough explosives?! ”

Peroniski affirmed: "Yes, what we lack most is explosives. In the past, the only explosives we had left were to blow up the railroad tracks, and after two sabotage campaigns, there were no more explosives. But the enemy built the railroad quickly, and the damage caused only delayed the railway transportation for a few hours, and we did not make a profit. I think the only way to derail the train is to destroy it! ”

Yang Mingzhi nodded: "So you still need more explosives, I thought you needed more food and reliable clothes." ”

Peroniski said excitedly: "Food and clothing, if you are willing to support our comrades, of course we will accept it!" ”