The Black Bear partisan brigade, captain Ivan Nikolayevich Medvedev, a native of Pinsk, is in his forties.

In the civil war twenty years ago, he became a soldier of the Red Army, and after the victory of the war, he became a pot burner in the people's bathhouse, married a daughter-in-law, gave birth to children, and lived a fairly stable life. When the war broke out, Pinsk quickly fell, and he and his family quickly went underground to resist the Germans.

In the process, his children died of illness in the guerrilla war, and his wife hanged herself one night because she could not bear the huge blow.

Medmedev did not collapse, he knew that his happy life was destroyed by the enemy! The death of his family made him an unusually firm and worry-free warrior.

Medvedev's personal experience is similar to that of thousands of guerrilla fighters. The rebel groups in Pinsk were once led by the Soviet authorities, but in the face of the enemy's strong manhunting forces, all the rebels fled the city and searched the forests for all the fleeing people, especially the Jews.

Gradually, Medvedev searched for more and more refugees, and they lived in temporary safety under the cover of the forest.

The refugees were reluctantly armed in this situation, trapping knives in wooden sticks as short spears and carrying axes around their waists, reminiscent of Rurik warriors from more than a thousand years ago.

The villages in the forest were also frequented by the Germans, and in the early days of the war, whenever there was an act of resistance, the end of such a village was the slaughter of the village. As a result, many of the villagers who had not yet been attacked fled into the forest. They defend themselves with old-fashioned flintlock pistols and double-barreled shotguns.

Refugees are growing with a big appetite, and the reality is forcing people to get food. As long as they came into contact with the inhabitants of the German-controlled villages, fighting was inevitable.

After several successful ambushes, they were able to get food and limited weapons and ammunition.

However, this provision will not work.

After all, Medvedev was a soldier, and before he became a soldier, he was a peasant. At that time, he was in the forests of Belarus, fighting against the White Army and foreign intervention forces, and he had a lot of experience in how to survive in such an environment.

The people were organized, trees were cut down to build settlements, land under the forest was widely cultivated to grow potatoes, and people were sent to search the forest for mushrooms and wild vegetables. With these measures, the people will not starve to death, but they will not be much stronger.

These are the past of the Black Bear Guerrilla Brigade, which Medvedev explained without concealment after coming into contact with Yang Mingzhi.

In particular, he said, "You are from the swamp. I heard that in the swamps there was a unit that frightened the Germans, and their combat effectiveness was so strong that it was not at all comparable to that of the average partisans. Could it be that they are talking about you?! ”

Yang Mingzhi nodded proudly: "That's right, it's us." We had several names, the Germans had given us the Marsh Guerrilla Brigade, and our original name was the 284th Guards Infantry Division. ”

"What? Are you a division? Medvedev's mouth opened in surprise.

"That's right! At the moment, the strength is the size of a division, but we have the latest number. To tell you the truth, you are the 63rd Army, and I am the commander of the Army, Pyotr Ivanovich Berekov. ”

Yang Mingzhi had a serious face and spoke very formally.

This sudden scene, how Medvedev instantly believed. He smiled, "It's true?" I know that the strength of the group army should be 50,000, if not 50,000, can be as much as 100,000. If you have 100,000 people, do you have the courage to fight Kyiv? ”

Why is this so familiar, Yang Mingzhi suddenly remembered that he had said something similar to Yevlov.

He also smiled: "That's the case, maybe you've been in the forest for a long time, and you know almost nothing about the battle situation outside!" I will tell you now that we are going to attack the enemy's prisoner of war camp because of the small number of troops, we have already liberated 2,500 people, and if we had not met you, we would have attacked the next one today.

We are lucky to have met you after all, and according to the order given to us by our superiors, your Black Bear Guerrilla Brigade will be absorbed by us from now on. You and your fighters are part of the 63rd Army. The refugees you protected are now all classified as citizens of Novgomel and are organized by the city council. ”

Yang Mingzhi was no joke at all, his Mongolian-like appearance was not a coincidence, and now it was even more disgusting to Medvedev, even if he brought a lot of food as a gift.

The scene was cold for more than ten seconds, and Medvedev said slowly: "What if, I don't want to? ”

"Nope! You don't have the power of veto, your people must join us. ”

Medvedev's head furrowed, his hands behind his back made a few gestures, and in an instant, dozens of armed militiamen surrounded him with their various weapons. And Yang Mingzhi's guards also quickly unloaded their weapons.

One side was full of submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles. On one side were shotguns, flintlock pistols and captured Mauser rifles. In this meeting, there is a great possibility of a big fight.

This sudden situation Yang Mingzhi did not expect. Is he afraid? I'm really a little scared, if any guy slips his hand and pulls the trigger, the loss will be big.

Yang Mingzhi pretended to laugh arrogantly: "Do you dare to disobey the leader's orders?" As I said earlier, we are the 284 Guards Infantry Division, we are the Guards troops, and we are directly responsible to the leader. Who do you think you're aiming your gun at? A great Hero of the Soviet Union. The Germans spend a lot of money to buy my head, you can shoot it, take my head and get the reward, and be a traitor to the great Motherland! In this way, the Germans may be able to bypass your life! ”

This taunt and warning caused the crowd to buzz. Yang Mingzhi also noticed that the middle-aged Medvedev had a strong appeal in this partisan group.

It's a pity that he is not a strongman after all, and ordered: "Everyone, lay down your arms!" We can't be disrespectful to our allies! ”

People took a few steps back with their guns down. This is not only because Yang Mingzhi's words touched people's hearts, but also because the paratroopers who were secretly observing received the information, and they quickly rushed over in full armor, and the huge force instantly controlled the whole field.

In this meeting, the smart man just put down his weapon, and Medvedev ordered his people to retreat, and he, throwing down the pistol, reluctantly agreed to Yang Mingzhi's order.

Medvedev regretfully explained: "I don't want to be an enemy of my compatriots, let alone a traitor." You can call me a coward, but look at my people! There are only more than 300 people who can really fight, and the remaining 800 people are old, weak, sick and disabled! If we join you, we must fight the Germans! In this way, many people will still die! We didn't want to die, that's why we fled into the forest. Unless life cannot go on, we will come into contact with the outside world and attack the enemy to steal the necessities of life. ”

In all fairness, there really is nothing wrong with this man's words. The vast forests of Belarus, even in the forties of the twentieth century, are still inaccessible in many places, and there are even more bears than people in some areas, which is not black humor. In fact, they only had to endure in the forest for another two or three years, and the Soviets would fight back, and the suffering would end.

However, everyone evaded like them, and the Soviet Union could still win this war?

Yang Mingzhi preached: "This war is a war of the whole world, this is a world war!" At least on this battlefield, everyone is affected. I must now tell you the order of the leaders that all Soviet citizens, men, women and children, are obliged to attack the enemy by all means. If there is an act of cowardice, an act of helping the aggressor, the Soviet Red Army has the right to shoot without interrogation! So, Medvedev, put away your seemingly plausible theories, put your people in order, take all the finesse with you, and follow us!

After our troops knocked out the village of Bainiu and liberated the prisoners of war there, we all went to Novgomel! ”