As Balzen expected, the donkeys were used to load supplies. I saw that each donkey was carrying a unique saddle on its back, which was clearly for carrying goods. Look at the saddle construction, with a rocket launcher on one side and a leather bolt firmly attached, so the pressure on the soldier will be much easier!

Yang Mingzhi divided the fifty donkeys into four groups, with the reconnaissance battalion having the largest load, 20 for Balzen and 10 for each of the other three battalions.

Professional donkey diverters from Heitu Village were also assigned to the battalions, and they would also participate in the operation if necessary.

Today's lunch was very late, and the soldiers, with their bell-filled equipment, drove their donkeys to the central canteen in a huge procession.

In front of the gate of the largest cafeteria, there was an open space large enough to accommodate three thousand people. As happened in the munitions depot, the canteen also pushed out all the military rations.

The cans were piled up in small hills, and the burlap bags filled with biscuit powder were piled up like sandbags. The total amount of military rations this time is staggering, and there are 20 tons of various types of grain! There's one word to describe it all, and that's luxury.

Many of the biscuits had actually just been baked, and the cafeterias had finished their tasks by noon, so the smell was still in the air.

The soldiers were still in line, and they received heavy incense, pockets sewn from rags, canned food, and bread cubes.

Many people are full of curiosity about these pockets, when the paratrooper battalion that first received the military rations gathered under the big tree to rest, some people couldn't wait to open the pockets, and there were many heavy cloth bags in between, counting exactly ten!

Pulling open a cloth wrapped hemp rope, under the sun, the aroma of a pair of burnt yellow fragrant powder came to the face, and this fragrance hit people's hearts!

A soldier couldn't wait to grab a handful and stuff it into his mouth, and suddenly the sweetness filled his mouth, and the desire drove him to chew and swallow it frantically.

"It's incredible, what the hell is this? Is this so delicious? It feels like a cookie! ”

"That's right! Even better than cookies! Much sweeter than the Germans! ”

At first it was an attempt by several people, each standing up and shouting. As soon as the first ten and ten passed on to the hundreds, almost all the soldiers couldn't hold back their curiosity, tasting this strange military food, and the scene was restless for a while. The donkey barked and barked, filling the fire for the restlessness......

Yang Mingzhi, who had been monitoring the military ration distribution site, had to control the situation, not only this group of hungry guys would eat these in advance, but Salinchin and others were even more curious to visit here.

Yang Mingzhi immediately ordered Tapunov to enforce discipline, and the chaos came to an abrupt end.

Salinchkin knew that several canteens were working overtime to make biscuits, and after reading the recipe list, he could only be annoyed that this Berekov was a waste of food, but his heart was also full of curiosity. He tasted it at one of the soldiers, and the sweetness hit his skull, and the whole thing was shocked, and if it weren't for the strong willpower that pressed him, the desire to eat would have tended to him to grab another handful.

The distribution of food was temporarily stopped, and Yang Mingzhi held a bullhorn on a roll of paper to explain to all the officers and men.

"Comrades! This operation will last for a maximum of ten days, so I have prepared a very high-energy ration for everyone. In this battle, you don't have to worry about starvation at all, and I can even guarantee that after the battle, the food has not been eaten!

What you are holding in your hands now are biscuit crumbs, and I deliberately added butter and sugar to the recipe to make it sweeter and more fragrant, and also to better fill everyone's stomach.

Comrades! As you have noticed, the weight of weapons and ammunition carried was unusually large, as was the weight of food carried in this operation.

Because there is a possibility that our operation will turn into a vicious war, I will not allow my fighters to run out of ammunition and food when the crisis arises. What's more, this operation is going to attack the German prisoner of war camps!

Comrades, there are many more comrades who were captured by the Germans, and there may be hundreds of prisoner of war camps in Belarus. No matter how much we despise these surrenderers, according to the orders of the leader, it is our duty to save these people and co-opt them so that they can once again become Red Army soldiers fighting against Germany!

Therefore, everyone can only eat one packet of these extremely high-capacity foods a day. Canned food is also a day to hear! But I still advise everyone not to eat a lot when they are not particularly hungry, and save as much as you can......"

Yang Mingzhi's speech was of great significance, for no other reason, even if it was a paratrooper, they did not expect to eat any kind of food during the infiltration operation, and the bread cubes they carried were basically enough to cope with a day. For the soldiers of other troops, the logistics support this time can be described as unprecedented!

A good commander is not only kind to the soldiers, he also needs to understand the suffering of the soldiers.

In the eyes of grassroots soldiers, especially grassroots veterans, their group army commanders are soldiers from the most basic level, relying on one battle exploit after another, to climb to the high position of lieutenant general! It is precisely because he has been at the grassroots level for a long time that he knows the needs of soldiers well.

It can be said that the logistics of the Soviet army have always been very bad, and many times, when the fighting is prolonged, the quartermaster can only provide a few slightly moldy black bread cubes, and a large number of raw potatoes, and it is a pleasure to receive canned food! For example, this time, soldiers with a little common sense understand that eating one pound of biscuit powder a day can already meet the demand.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the already planned point of troops began.

The soldiers, who had already carried the strapped field blankets, now received ammunition and rations, and were basically fully equipped. Just put on a few more dispensable small items and personal belongings, and you're good to go.

The fighters were still lined up and assembled at the training ground. Now, every soldier carries a huge pressure on his shoulders, and even female soldiers have to carry more than 20 kilograms of total weight of equipment. The long-term physical training was a great success, and even the paratrooper fighters were able to cope with it. I'm afraid, only after a continuous march of twenty or thirty kilometers, the soldier will feel tired on his shoulders.

They stood on the training ground and attracted a large number of onlookers. The whole scene was as if this unit was about to go to the front!

The soldiers trusted their commander and were more than happy to see him personally lead the mission. Now, the army commander and other senior officers, and even a group of people from the city party committee, stand together to review the troops. Salinchkin, in particular, knew everything about it, and with an instinctive fear of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, all of them stood as straight and steady as steel bars inserted into the earth.

This scene could not but make Salinchkin sigh, this was the most well-equipped Soviet unit he had ever seen, and he ordered: "Bersky! This is a critical moment, please take a photo of the soldiers! ”

A photograph was successfully taken, and the spectacular military personnel have been well preserved, and the future destination of such photographs is naturally a museum.

Salinqijin fought in front of Yang Mingzhi, he waved his right hand, expressing his admiration without reservation.

"Berekov, this is probably the most well-equipped infantry unit I have ever seen! So I can be sure that if our superiors ordered us to attack the city, it would not be an impossible task anymore! ”

Yang Mingzhi only felt that there was a murderous intention here, so he hurriedly prevaricated: "Maybe!" It's just that at this stage I don't want such an order from my superiors. However, if our rocket artillery is really massive, it is not impossible to go outside Kyiv and aim a few shots in the direction of the city. ”

There can be no further delay, tomorrow morning, after the soldiers have eaten a hearty breakfast, it is time to leave! At that time, there will be no new teachings, and the whole army should rush to its destination in the shortest possible time.

But pre-action reprimands are indispensable, and this is more like a ritual, and if the officers no longer talk a lot of passionate words in front of all the soldiers, it is a great deficiency.

What to say to the soldiers, Yang Mingzhi already knew in his heart. Today, he once again made a cameo appearance as a political commissar, and his mouth was full of passionate slogans, and the emotions of the soldiers were aroused, and Salinchkin, Yerentina and Fumin, the three old political workers, were also burning with passion.

Yang Mingzhi gushed so much that the sun began to set, and the pre-war spiritual agitation was announced.

Night would come in two hours, and when the sun was alive again, the force should cross the Pripete River in the west with its back to the rising sun, toward the Moziri-Cherobie railway. [.]