On the way to retreat, there were many people, and the victorious troops led by Kuznetsov gained more than the troops that arrived first.

The Romanian captives, stripped of their uniforms, were at least very clean and tidy. The scruffy Soviet soldiers, who had been marching in the forest for several weeks, decisively put on these clothes. There were also quite a few people who found the right fit in the wardrobes of the residents, so they were dressed in a variety of ways, and they didn't even look like a regular formation of troops, but more like partisan partners like Pobosky.

Bullets are consumed a lot on the battlefield, and many soldiers also throw away Soviet-style weapons to save the enemy during special periods.

It was such troops that once again achieved a major victory, and now the retreat continued, and Kuznetsov ordered two regiments to the rear. They are considered an elite unit, armed with the last of their heavy weapons, such as heavy machine guns and mortars, in case the enemy pursues them.

There were also companies of scouts, who worked as sentry to monitor the road into the swamp and keep a close eye on the enemy.

Yang Mingzhi and the troops he sat in, the 284th Guards Division could no longer have large-scale losses. Kuznetsov ordered: "Berekov, Yevlov, your troops are Guards, and you must remain viable. As long as the last 1,000 of you remain, the heroic unit of the 284th Guards Division will soon be rebuilt. ”

Hearing this, Yevlov immediately received the order to lead the troops to retreat, led by the militia to the village of Catfish.

Yang Mingzhi shrugged, Kuznetsov's original intention was to hope that this army would return to the rear, and the result would inevitably be to reorganize and enter the war. This was not what he hoped for, and Yang Mingzhi knew that future wars would only become more sinister.

The winter of 1941 was by far the coldest on record in Russia, with temperatures of -25 degrees Celsius for several days at the height of the Battle of Moscow. Moreover, the handful of troops led by Kuznetsov who were the last to break through would be returned to the battlefield in a few months, and the commander himself would be involved in the Battle of Moscow.

Weigh it, that is not what Yang Mingzhi wants, especially when he sees his lovely wife and his comrades-in-arms who follow him to the soup. Participation in the Battle of Moscow? That's almost death! Either died in honorable battles or froze to death in the cold.

Now the retreat of the 284th Division has begun. The partisan Nineley led his detachment in the front, and the whole force marched forward in two columns.

Yang Mingzhi ordered the star fruit to get off the carriage. The girl shook the dust off her body and laughed at the strands of hair.

"You've done everything I told you to do, haven't you?"

"Yes. I've changed my socks, and that, you asked me to change them, and I've changed them. ”

She was obviously a little shy when she said it, and Yang Mingzhi nodded. Women are not men after all, and there are some chances of being forced to walk through the mud when walking in the swamp, and there is a chance of falling into the mud. So once the unclean mud enters it, the bacteria invade, and it is really a big trouble for such a child, so since ancient times, there is no big pool in the women's bathhouse.

Yang Mingzhi was still not at ease, so he simply found hemp rope to wrap around her.

"Husband, what are you doing here?" Star fruit was a little puzzled.

"I'm afraid you'll fall into the mud. It's good that you think of the Red Army crossing the meadow, and if you get trapped, I can pull you up. ”

These statements have been said by the comrades of the Anti-Japanese Federation before, and there are indeed Red Army soldiers who have been swallowed up in the mud, and her husband's worries are very correct. He really cares about me! The girl's heart is happy, and it is right to marry him.

By the time the couple tied ropes to each other, the troops had already been drawn. Unable to understand why the leader of the group was so inked, Ninelli quickly broke away from the leader of the group and found the ******** on one side of the group.

"Hey! What are you doing? ”

"My wife is tied to me, of course." Yang Mingzhi said happily, in fact, his behavior clearly explained his purpose. Ninelli hurriedly waved his hand, the so-called swamp was not so dangerous.

"We, like the rest of the troops, were moving along the dirt road between the ponds, which was very detouring but absolutely not dangerous." With his own personality guarantee, Ninelli will lead everyone to Catfish Village.

Yang Mingzhi decided to believe that this person might become a guerrilla war in the future, and this person could also become a comrade-in-arms.

Ninelly, whose surname in turn is Lenin, is a very fashionable surname. This person is an indigenous resident of Catfish Village, this is the first time he has seen Chinese, and he is naturally very curious about these two foreigners.

Can a foreigner become a Soviet soldier, or even an officer? Ninelli knew that his inquiry was presumptuous, but Yang Mingzhi still generously took out his military ID. The same is true of star fruit, she is just a hygienist in the army.

Yang Mingzhi looked at the surprised comrade kindly. "Well, now you believe it, right?"

"Believed, believed. It turns out that you are from the Far East, and the Soviet Union is really big. ”

In this way, the star fruit took her husband's arm, and the couple walked with the team, piggybacking on it and chatting with the curious Ninelli.

Yang Mingzhi didn't have any more self-reported homes, he and star fruit had a very uniform caliber, they were both war refugees who fled into the Soviet Union, and they joined the Soviet Army by chance. As for the current situation, it is purely involved in a ruthless war, and it is a miracle that it has survived until now.

These words came to the heart of Niñali, a young militiaman who was only 25 years old. He thought that he would be a farmer for the rest of his life, or that he would have the opportunity to work as a working-class worker in the factories of Gomel.

"The war has begun, and some young people in our village have been conscripted, and I accidentally missed it. Now I know that many of those guys have probably died. So the enemy will inevitably invade us, they will give us weapons, and we will defend our village. ”

Ninelli told a lot about the events before the start of the war, there was conscription by the Soviet Union, and the local government urgently armed the villagers to form a militia unit.

Everyone was a peaceful citizen, and when the war began, the authorities ordered that no one should escape, and Stalin demanded that the inhabitants of the enemy-occupied areas take up arms and fight the Germans.

Yang Mingzhi is very pleased that in the anti-fascist war, the Soviet people and the Chinese people are carrying out an unyielding war of resistance.

It's just that for Belarusians, the price to pay for fighting the invaders will be unusually enormous.

Ninelli has some self-acquaintances, and Yang Mingzhi is not a very cold person. The two had a good conversation and soon became friends.

"I'm four years older than you, you can call me brother." Yang Mingzhi said.

Brother or something, Ninelli thinks this statement is too hypocritical. "We still call each other comrades. Now, Comrade Berekov, is your contingent going to the rear soon? ”

Yang Mingzhi nodded yes, "We have gone through a long and brutal battle to finally get to where we are today, just to go to the rear to recover our strength." Moreover, we should be the only unit in the entire encirclement of the Northwest Front that has successfully broken through in formation. In a political and military sense, Kuznetsov and his troops are of great importance. ”

Ninelli listened with some regret, "Well, I thought you would stay. Now that the aggressor is getting closer, we will soon have to come into contact with the enemy, and this will also become the front line. ”

Yang Mingzhi cleared his throat. "This is already the front line, Comrade Ninelly, and soon your rifle will also be useful."

In the matter of retreat, the guerrillas simply could not hold this force of tens of thousands of people. Nineli talked about the situation in the village of Catfish, many refugees passed through the swamps, they claimed that the Germans had slaughtered the villages, and then some collective farms in the swamps were put in order, most of them crossed the Dnieper by ferry, and many went down the river to Kiev.

Catfish Village is about to serve as the front line of war, and the enemy may be reluctant to advance due to the difficult terrain of the swamp. Ninelli patted his chest: "Even if you all leave, I have to stay." I am Belarusian, and I have to fight to the death for the sake of my compatriots. When you go to the rear, be sure to remember that in the swamps, the inhabitants do not give in. ”

Yang Mingzhi had deep respect for this militia fighter and immediately shook his hand. "Davarich, Kuznetsov's troops can be withdrawn, our 284th Guards Division has always intended to stay."

Ninelli was puzzled for a moment, until Yang Mingzhi made it clear that at least the last troops of the 284th Division would remain.

"I'm not like Kuznetsov, I don't think it's the right thing for us to break through. Most of our soldiers in this unit are Belarusians, and this unit has lost tens of thousands of soldiers, and we cannot easily leave Belarus for their sake. As Stalin demanded, it was better to stay and fight directly into the guerrillas. ”

These words made Ninelli pause. "Comrade Berekov, what you say is true?"

Yang Mingzhi nodded: "This was decided by me and the acting division commander Yevlov, and almost all of our soldiers support this decision, after all, there are also a lot of Belarusians among our soldiers." ”

Yang Mingzhi turned around and introduced his new friend. The special anti-tank battalion pushed and pulled some wagons, which were mixed with a variety of supplies, and the soldiers of the entire 284th Division carried a variety of finesse.

"Since there is going to be a guerrilla war, the living facilities must keep up. More than 1,000 of us will form a team with the militia of Catfish Village. As the acting deputy commander of the 284th Guards Division, I want you to assure you that one day, I will lead you to gradually build a large team. We will unite the collective farms of the whole swamps, we will unite the guerrillas of all sizes, and we will be able to form a large army and fight when we counterattack on all fronts. ”

Yang Mingzhi briefly introduced his military roadmap to Ninelli, basically drawing a big pie. But Ninelli's interpretation is very simple, at least a thousand people will join, and the villagers of Catfish Village will have more chances to survive.

"Okay, Comrade Berekov, we are friends with you now, and we will be partners in the future."

Yang Mingzhi was very satisfied, and immediately stood up and saluted, and Ninieli returned the salute unfamiliarly, and then hugged each other.