It was only seven o'clock in the hour, and the situation was urgent, and Yevlov personally rushed to the office of the city party committee and personally found Salinchkin and Lyudbalev, who were reviewing the documents.

His intrusion was a bit abrupt, and Salinchkin gave him a blank look with his small glasses.

"My comrade general! You shouldn't be so reckless. ”

"Yes! Comrade Secretary! But he's back! ”

"Him?"

"Yes! He! It's back! ”

Yevlov deliberately accentuated his tone, and Salinchkin understood perfectly. Their work was temporarily suspended, and an emergency meeting was held directly in the office.

Salinchkin was also very excited about horseback and cavalry, especially in this battle, when Volmansky sent more than 300 cavalry led by his young nephew to rescue the Jewish refugees with great success. He even wrote an article about this, and reported the good news as soon as possible.

On other matters, he was very worried, and he is now.

"Hmmm! Very good! Comrade Berekov once again proved him with his actions! In total, we saved eight thousand people, of which no less than five thousand could be quickly converted into the Red Army. As he spoke, Salinchkin glanced at Lyudbalev.

"Very well, although the five thousand men have been prisoners of war, as long as they rejoin the Red Army, we must act according to the orders of the leader, that is, they will not be held accountable for their previous mistakes."

"It's still a simple trial!" "Now, they will reach the ferry as soon as the sun sets tomorrow," said Salinchkin, "and we must act against those people!" If there is any act of harming our people after surrendering, such elements must be tried according to the law! ”

The two bureaucrats said a word, and Yevlov's excited face slowly calmed down, and he sat on the side and listened to the two old guys.

They seem to have settled the matter and finally moved on to the formal topic.

Salinchkin knocked Erlang on the leg and said: "Comrade Yevlov, they are about to arrive, and the city party committee means to immediately prepare enough food for 10,000 people. From now on, the canteen will have to work overtime to ensure that each non-combatant is given 400 grams of bread. Then some people were sent to set up a cauldron by the river, and we boiled a large number of newly caught catfish and boiled fish soup. You see, how about such a meal arrangement? ”

"No problem at all!"

"Alright, let's do it! After the bread is ready, you arrange for some soldiers to act as porters to carry the grain and cauldron across the pontoon. Remember, if the rescued prisoners of war want to become our fighting force, we must make them feel our sincerity at the first time, so that they will no longer fear persecution! ”

……

A contingent of eight thousand people, triumphantly along the route of the withdrawal of troops into the swamps a year earlier. After the meeting, Yevlov directly ordered the telegraph operator to contact the catfish village.

The headquarters of the German armament regiment Roshakov, which was stationed there, received an order that it was at the forefront, and this unit temporarily acted as porters!

For Roshakov and Kravsky, his regiment is really busy now.

These soldiers have always had a good diet, and because of the geographical advantages, they have a lot of fish in their food, and they eat a lot of fish oil, so they all have good strength. These soldiers naturally acted as good construction workers, and the railway from Catfish Village to Blacksmith Village was under construction, and they were in dire need of a large amount of wood, so they immediately turned into lumberjacks.

Fortunately, the triumphant troops are about to cross the border, and they are as high as 8,000 people for the first time, which has exceeded the existing number of residents in Catfish Village.

"I've already sent two battalions to build houses on the other side of the river, and now the commander has asked me to send my whole regiment out! The actions of the superiors are too big! Roshakov complained helplessly, what should be done has to be done! The logging work had to be left entirely to the head of Catfish Village, Pobosky, which would undoubtedly reduce the efficiency of road construction.

The time has quietly entered May, and Yang Mingzhi has been counting the time, and he estimates that the Southwestern Front and the Southern Front, after the counteroffensive two months ago in the salient formed in the east of the Donbas Basin, will finally continue to expand the results.

That is, a major counteroffensive in the Kharkov direction, which should have been launched in two weeks. Regardless of whether the battle is won or not, it is likely that the 63rd Army will also receive some combat orders.

In this way, it is necessary to be prepared for a larger-scale operation.

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Mingzhi guessed that Timoshenko would not order him to shoot at Kyiv. Even if there are all kinds of favors, there is nothing special about this unit of mine, just like the other six million front-line soldiers, they are all cannon fodder and consumables.

From Timoshenko's standpoint, if there is a surprise army that attacks Kyiv, it will undoubtedly bring major benefits to the Kharkov front. This kind of decision-making is very reasonable, since the 63 Group Army is very capable of fighting wars and has created several military miracles, it is not impossible to create another one. The bald commander must have thought so!

Yang Mingzhi Alexander, his rocket artillery can shoot a few rounds at the German army, as long as the troops are close to Kyiv to announce the existence of a threat, the German army will definitely move its forces north.

This would indeed reduce the pressure on the front, but in that case, it would undoubtedly be Novgomel who set himself on fire and sacrificed himself to illuminate Timoshenko. This fearlessness is very nice to hear, and that's about it.

Yang Mingzhi has no choice, any military order is handed down, he must carry it out, otherwise the post of commander of this group army will be directly removed, and the actions that should be taken are still indispensable.

On May 2nd, it was a cloudy day and the air was humid. Early in the morning, the troops packed their bags and started a new journey.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the sky began to rain, the rain was not heavy, but the dense light rain wet people's clothes in a short time.

"This is really Tai Chi! I don't even have an umbrella and raincoat, and you can't wait until the day after tomorrow to rain! "Look up at the sky and scold a couple of sentences, you still have to go.

The only thing that can be thankful is that the thick humus under the pine forest has a lot of friction, so you don't have to worry about the damn mud for the time being.

The sudden rain caused a lot of trouble for the returnees, and even more so for the Roshakov department, who was carrying supplies to build houses.

What else could he do? It's not hard to do it yet. The freshly baked and sliced black bread had to be placed in a wooden box, covered with a layer of cloth the previous year, and transported to the Hexi settlement under construction. Considering that this kind of weather can easily make people sick, the doctors of Catfish Village Hospital also divided their hands to cross the pontoon.

Compared to the German army, rain became the worst enemy, the march slowed down, and the people were miserable.

There is only one thing people can do - endure!

After noon, the rain suddenly became heavier, the dark clouds pressed very low, and a heavy rain began. The forest blocked some of the rain, and the people were still wet, and Yang Mingzhi knew that a large number of people would inevitably get sick during the trip.

Compared to others, he was most worried about the three girls. Natasha is in good health, star fruit is in good health, but she may be pregnant, and the most troublesome thing is Liu Hongxiu. This little Hunan girl, her body is the weakest.

Yang Mingzhi, like thousands of others, could only endure the heavy rain in silence, and everyone had nowhere to hide.

The regular army was easy to do, and among all the equipment was a large cloak, which was woven from canvas to make it waterproof.

The rest of the people were in terrible condition, and they had to endure the rain.

The three girls followed Yang Mingzhi closely, they gathered together and wore a cloak, their hair was wet, and their bodies were not uncomfortable.

The temperature plummeted due to the rain, and Yang Mingzhi was very worried.

"Little pepper, you hold on, wait until tomorrow, you and your two sisters can take a hot bath!"

The girl in torment burst into tears and smiled: "Uncle, I'm strong, you don't have to worry." ”

"Then keep going, I hope you don't catch a cold and fever......"