Chapter 50: The Tactics of Guerrilla Warfare
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When Soviet Russia was first founded, the guerrillas played a key role in the war between the Red Army and the White Army, and in the subsequent wars in which the armed forces of many countries intervened in the nascent Red regime, the Red Army guerrillas were extremely active.
However, during the period of the rebellion, many talented partisan leaders who were very talented in the civil war were purged, so that at the beginning of the war, the Soviet military was not interested in guerrilla warfare until the rout was widely produced.
Yang Mingzhi has a foresight that Belarus and Ukraine will be the main battlefields behind enemy lines in the next two years or so, and guerrilla warfare will have a certain impact on the entire war.
Now in the village of Catfish, this group of soldiers did not know how to conduct guerrilla warfare.
Yang Mingzhi pointed out: "Our tactics of ambushing the FΓΌhrer's regiment are very similar to guerrilla warfare. In the forests of Belarus, we have an advantage over the Germans. β
Many people remember that war vividly, the Germans fought fiercely in the forest, and they suffered huge losses. Perhaps it was because those guys were die-hard SS soldiers that the Wehrmacht would not be so desperate to brave machine gun fire.
Yang Mingzhi simply pointed out the 16-character mantra, he asked people to bring pen and paper, and on the white paper he wrote in Chinese characters: "The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase."
It's Chinese characters, and they don't understand it.
Yang Mingzhi said in a vague way: "This is the guerrilla warfare method summed up by us Chinese, and at present, on the other side of the earth, my compatriots are fighting bloody battles with the Japanese. The Chinese were very poorly armed and equipped, and we could not defeat the Japanese on a frontal battlefield, so we had to carry out extensive guerrilla warfare. β
Yevlov nodded, and he pointed to the runes on the paper. "Chinese characters, I don't understand. Please explain this in Russian. β
Yang Mingzhi smiled, and immediately changed to a Russian word, and now Yevlov understood it, and he also felt exquisite.
"When the Germans came we retreated, we attacked when they were stationed, we attacked when they were tired, and we pursued when they retreated." Yevlov said to himself, "The Germans are in the light, and the partisans can be in the dark." They sleep at night, and we attack them by night. We can send snipers to hunt in the forest, and the prey is the invader. β
This guy comprehended very quickly, and Yang Mingzhi not only clapped his hands. "Comrade division commander, guerrilla warfare is like that. But with this mode of war, we may have to live a very hard life, and we may lack adequate supplies. Moreover, the enemy may resort to extreme retaliation, they will massacre peaceful residents. β
"Nope! The massacre has begun. "Pobosky stood up, as the head of Catfish Village, he knew a lot of tragic things from the voices of those refugees after the war began." Comrade Berekov, we are not afraid of death, one fighter fell, and many more took up arms. If we were afraid of death, we would have left the village long ago. β
Belarusians are warm, they have a lot of endurance, and they are unusually strong in forbearance.
A quarter of the people in Belarus will die directly at the hands of the invaders in this war, but the bloody reign of terror of the Nazis backfired, and they pushed more people to the side of the partisans.
This group of old Maozi made it clear that if they gave in to the invaders, they would be cowards, and they would be sorry for the compatriots who died.
Yang Mingzhi was very pleased, and since there was no one here who knew more about guerrilla warfare than him, Yang Mingzhi was promoted to the post of general staff officer.
This meeting will necessitate the reorganization of the troops, and this Yevlov has already written a document. The people sitting there circulated it, and when they arrived at Yang Mingzhi, they saw Yevlov dividing the troops into parts.
Special anti-tank battalion. This is the most elite unit in the ranks, and the number has been reduced to only three hundred, which will be replenished later.
Minsk militia battalion. These were militia units that were incorporated when the large forces retreated, as well as wartime mobilizers in the initial positions, many of whom had experienced the war and sacrificed a lot. These guys can fight, but their technical and tactical level is quite bad.
Catfish Village Barracks. This is the armed force of Catfish Village, and there are a hundred troops, including some young women. They had little military training, were improvised villagers, and had a lot of blood, but could easily die in the first battle.
A regiment of infantry. In addition to the anti-tank battalion, the remaining officers and men of the 284th Division formed a team, and its combat effectiveness was the second in the unit. Among them, mortars are also in this ranks.
Junior Camp. This is a force of all the underage children who will be contained, who are already able to afford weapons, and almost all of whom have a blood feud with the invaders.
Yang Mingzhi has no big objections to this establishment. The focus is on the last unit, the Cadet Battalion. He looked at Yevlov and couldn't help asking: "I said that we should all be soldiers, and I am still a little worried that you really organized these children to be front-line troops."
"There's nothing wrong with that, that's what you wanted, and the kids themselves were very satisfied. Besides, your wife, Besica, she's only seventeen years old. Even though the war forced children to become young soldiers, we had no choice but to do so at this critical time. β
Yang Mingzhi still remembers a few children, the Natasha who was pulled out of the cellar, she must join the army, her younger brother is still very young, he should not be a soldier.
Thinking so, Yevlov ended up mentioning Natasha. "Do you know that cellar girl?"
"I know, I remember that she had taken up arms."
"I found out that the child has her own strengths, she has good eyesight, and yesterday's practice I found out that she has the qualifications to be a sniper," said Yevlov meaningfully. β
Sniper? Yang Mingzhi admired this class of troops very much, and silently shot cold guns for hundreds of meters. In this war, especially in the future Battle of Stalingrad, the snipers inflicted great casualties on the Germans, and the terror they created made it difficult for the Germans to move an inch.
"Now, do you make sense of my arrangement?" Yevlov looked at Yang Mingzhi.
"No, let's arrange it for the time being, other than that, I think we still have to talk about life."
In guerrilla warfare, first of all, the fighters have to live. Now that the matter of the formation of the army has been discussed, all that remains is how to survive in the forests and swamps.
How to survive in the forest was a huge test for Belarusian partisans, large and small, especially from the beginning of the war to the autumn of 1942, when many partisan detachments faced shortages of food and ammunition.
In order to survive, many partisans either went to the peasants to get food or attacked the Germans. Many of the partisans behaved like bandits, and if the local peasants did not provide food, they were considered "accomplices of the Nazis" and would not hesitate to shoot. For a time, this caused the population in the occupied areas to be helpless against the guerrillas and to fear the invaders. Many peasants died tragically.
So here in Catfish Village, as well as in the other villages on this swamp that choose to rebel, everyone must be self-reliant.
Yang Mingzhi didn't know how much food he had in reserve, maybe he could eat for two months or more. It's definitely not okay to sit back and eat empty, to rob the Germans? Nor should it be paid a priceless price.
Therefore, since Yang Mingzhi has been elected as a staff officer, his own words are also very weighty.
"We have to be able to feed ourselves. We do not see hope for assistance from the rear at the moment, and now we have to take matters into our own hands and stock up on enough food for the winter. Houses were also quickly erected, and it was going to be turned into a large village. β
This was echoed by the villagers, who resented the refugees who had come from afar. They ate some of the livestock, turned the fields almost upside down, and dug up the potatoes that were not yet ripe.
"We now have more than 20 sheep, 10 cows, and more than 50 chickens. That's all our livestock, as for food. Unless we replant potatoes now. β
"Then don't you hurry!" Yang Mingzhi said excitedly. He was indeed too excited to be the center of attention.
Yevlov shook his head regretfully: "I am a soldier, most of our soldiers have forgotten to farm, and we still have time?" β
"Before we can plant some potato roots, some cabbage and even carrots. Before the onset of winter, even if it is not fully ripe, we can still be satisfied. Poboski said.
"Yes, Comrade Yevlov, we must hurry. Perhaps the authorities will know in the future that there are guerrillas like us in the wetlands of the Pripet River, and when they will come to our aid, it is not something we can predict. The army has been redivided, and all that remains is for us to reclaim the land and cultivate it ourselves. β
The meeting was finally over, and the meeting lasted more than three hours. Star fruit had been waiting for her husband to return, and she saw that the soldiers were building houses for their officers.
Wooden carved flutes, traditional Russian houses, tree trunks are stacked layer by layer, and moss and soil are padded between the trunks. The benefit of this is that it is warm in the winter and very cool in the summer. In the future, this will be your home.
She is grateful to these soldiers, and the soldiers are also grateful to her for saving lives. The boiling water had cooled, so the "workers" had to be entertained first.
Yang Mingzhi said a lot at the meeting, and went back with a dry mouth. I saw that my wife had already sharpened a lot of kitchen utensils, and even had a rice shovel.
Carambola hurriedly handed over the kettle, watched her husband gurgling and drinking, and couldn't help asking, "Husband, what did you say in the meeting?" β
"The things of war, and the things of life." Yang Mingzhi burped angrily, and the boiling lake water still smelled a little mudy. "From now on, this will be our base area, Xiao Tao, and we will carry out guerrilla warfare here. You yourself are a Red Army soldier. β
"Well, I think our comrades-in-arms who died will be very pleased with the old squad leader. We both did the Soviet Red Army on the side of the Soviet Union, and if they were both alive, I would definitely show it off. β
Seventeen-year-old rainy season, a girl of this age seems to have a lot of sentimentality. Yang Mingzhi squatted down and stroked her back, but the girl simply threw herself into her arms and cried.
"Okay, don't cry. We'll definitely be able to go back to China. When the time comes, let's go back with a large army and cross the Heilongjiang River to drive away the devils. β
Carambola cried for a while, and Yang Mingzhi stood up and looked at her with slightly red eyes. "Since we're going back home. Xiao Tao, you also need to learn some real military knowledge, and you can't use Bobosha to shoot indiscriminately in the future. I think I need to train you seriously. β
"Me?" Star fruit doesn't quite understand what her husband is doing.
"Little Peach, the team has been reorganized. You are a hygienist or a non-combat formation, but you must train with your peers in the junior camp. This way, you can protect yourself in case of a crisis. β
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