Just outside the forest, Kuznetsov's large forces were still fighting and retreating, and they had already set the direction of their retreat to the southwest. Only the last 16 tanks left for the force were available, and most of the trucks were either blown up or ran out of fuel. The army abandoned a large number of heavy weapons, lost these, and the speed of the army's retreat increased.

Many soldiers were captured, and only 100,000 troops remained at Kuznetsov's disposal. He is a man who fights to the death and will not be a traitor to the Motherland, like Vlasov.

On the other hand, after the remnants of the 284th Guards Division entered the forest, they moved forward in the forest for a while.

Temperate forests do not have much thicket, so the soldiers did not encounter much resistance when they walked through the forest.

Yevlov gave the order to all soldiers to reduce their food intake in order to conserve food.

Yang Mingzhi followed his wife's advice, and he called on the soldiers to dig up everything they could eat in the forest, such as bracken and certain wild vegetables, even mushrooms, and even some soldiers chose to catch fish in the stream. But even then, if the troops had been set to move, the food would have run out within a month.

Yang Mingzhi and Yevlov exchanged views, and the troops should continue to advance deep into the dense forest, and then find a way to contact the villages in the forest, and even find them directly. Using the village as a base and watching the development of the war situation in obscurity is also a seemingly feasible decision.

The medical kit carried by the star fruit was rapidly depleting the medicines it was carrying, while the condition of some of the wounded soldiers was beginning to deteriorate. She knew that many people developed inflammation because of wound infection, and if they were not properly treated, they would develop septicaemia.

Quite a few soldiers did not yet have a fever or were in good spirits, but those wounds had begun to suppurate. As a last resort, star fruit had to resort to the local methods summed up in the civil war.

Yang Mingzhi decided to take a look at his wife's condition and the condition of the wounded soldiers in the resting place.

Suddenly, I saw that my wife was actually roasting a dagger over a bonfire.

"What are you going to do now?"

Star fruit didn't notice her husband's appearance, even if her husband asked, she still concentrated on her work, knowing that Yang Mingzhi questioned loudly.

"Of course, it's a cure. Lilia, you help hold Mikhail down. ”

Lilia also traveled to Eastern Europe with the infantry regiment, and she also experienced a series of wars. It's interesting to say, originally star fruit was taken care of by her, and now this former "patient" has also become a doctor, maybe a "Mongolian doctor", one word is ruthless.

Yang Mingzhi looked at the soldiers who were about to receive treatment, and he seemed very scared. "Soldier, what's your name?"

"Mikhail Kanachkin. Sir, do I have to be treated like this? ”

"Quiet." Star fruit told him to shut up, "I'm going to hang up the rotten meat for you, and then burn the wound." ”

Yang Mingzhi nodded, "If you don't want the wound to continue to develop and cause a violent fever to die, then you should follow Besika's therapy." ”

The wounded soldier was appointed, and he had a wooden stick wrapped in cloth in his mouth. The star fruit remained calm, and after the dagger hung up the rotten meat, it was attached to another dagger that was burned. It looked like some kind of torture, and the soldier was convulsing in pain. The wound was quickly scalded, and such a method of fighting poison with poison was a helpless move at this moment of lack of medical treatment.

Yang Mingzhi looked at his wife's silhouette, she was so calm and composed. The long hair was tied into a twisted braid and hung down at the back of the head, and a few green strands hung down on the forehead.

This girl seems to be weak, but she actually has a very strong mental quality. She is also very good at survival and knows how to cling to the strong. Maybe it's also her helplessness, she has been alone after all her family members died, and now as a wife, as a soldier of the Soviet Red Army, it is also a good home.

The troops continued to advance slowly, the soldiers carrying heavy food bags on their backs, as well as their personal blankets and weapons. Therefore, everyone's equipment is very heavy, that is, because this group is old hairy, with rough skin and thick flesh, and high physical fitness.

Yang Mingzhi naturally wouldn't be stupid to carry these on his back, his loyal soldiers were very willing to do the work for the commander. Of course, in exchange, he has the responsibility to lead the troops to safety.

In the new resting ground, Yang Mingzhi had already determined that the Germans would not easily enter the forest, and their mechanized troops could not be deployed here.

A new meeting was held, and all the surviving junior officers were brought together to discuss future plans.

"We are destined to lack food in the forest, and at the same time lack ammunition and medicine," Yevlov said. So we still have to break through after all. “

He said something very realistic, now the team is three thousand people, and there are more than twenty war horses acting as "porters" carrying ammunition.

The officers exchanged heads and looked at Yang Mingzhi one after another.

"Berekov, did you still decide to stay in the forest and fight the Germans in guerrilla?" Yevlov asked.

"Yes, that's what I've thought since our campaign was doomed. Because this is probably the most reasonable plan we can choose at the moment. ”

"No, I'm against it." One officer accused, "We are field troops, not cowards in the forest." If you want me to say, let's go ahead and break through the gaps in the forest. “

"Come on! Guderian's large army is advancing towards Ukraine just outside the forest, and our three thousand men face his hundreds of thousands? Unless we wait to come to Kuznetsov. And even if you stay in the forest and fight guerrillas, this is not cowardly behavior. ”

Yang Mingzhi faced everyone, "In the war of 1812, Russian partisans carried out a deadly attack on the logistics of the French army. We can certainly follow suit. As for your doubts about guerrilla warfare, there is also a desperate desire to break through.

I tell you, this is cowardice without attacking, and this is desperateism. Many of our officers came from the Far East, and you don't understand why you have fought with the Japanese. Are we going to be as stupid as the Japanese, with flesh and blood against the elite armored forces of the Germans? Wake up! Our strength is too weak now. ”

Yang Mingzhi's words woke up the dreamer, and Yevlov waved his hand: "Maybe we still have to believe Berekov in this matter, after all, he is Chinese and has a lot of experience in guerrilla warfare." ”

Yang Mingzhi scratched his head, when it came to guerrilla warfare, he was not an old fritter like star fruit. All he knows is Tai Grandpa's guerrilla warfare "Sixteen-Character Proverbs", but he, like most Chinese in later generations, has watched a lot of war teaching films such as "Tunnel Warfare" and "Mine Warfare".

Not to mention how to command guerrilla warfare, anyway, I know a lot more than this group of comrades-in-arms who can only fight positional warfare.

Therefore, everyone basically agreed that before Kuznetsov's troops entered the forest, they first conducted guerrilla warfare, found villages to buy food, and even borrowed the houses of residents.

Everyone went back to their units, and only one woman remained. She is Yerentina, and as a member of the Cheka, she has long since lost contact with the Order.

She had heard the word "Khitan" many times at the meeting just now, and this was what referred to Berekov.

As soon as Yang Mingzhi wanted to go back, he was stopped by this girl. "Berekov, are you Chinese?"

"Of course, I thought that the comrades of the NKVD would have known about it a long time ago."

"Phew! It was also my negligence that I didn't expect that there were foreigners in the team. Previously I was just suspicious, I heard you and that woman talking in a special language. I was suspicious then, and now you admit it. “

"Yes, I admit it. But so what? Do you have any doubts about me? ”

Yerentina didn't want to say it directly, she didn't accept in her heart that the troops were led by foreigners. Yang Mingzhi saw her hesitation and immediately pointed out: "My wife and I are indeed Chinese, and we are Chinese anti-Japanese troops who retreated into the Soviet Union. But we lost touch with the organization and joined the current army, so I'm even older than many of the soldiers in the infantry division. ”

Yang Mingzhi tried to dispel this woman's concerns, the so-called military status is a legitimate Soviet Red Army soldier. As for whether the nationality is Soviet or not, we will talk about it later. The war was at a critical juncture, and all the forces that could be armed against the Germans should be united, and Yerentina knew this very well.

Yang Mingzhi returned to his unit and ordered his subordinates to check their armaments. The special anti-tank battalion has nearly four hundred people left, five DP machine guns, more than fifty anti-tank guns, more than a hundred semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns also account for a large proportion, and finally the last twenty RPG warheads and five sets of launchers.

Such equipment was already very luxurious, and the density of fire of this battalion significantly exceeded that of the corresponding German infantry battalion.

In the evening, the reconnaissance company that had sent out reconnaissance returned, and the company commander excitedly reported that the village had been found about five kilometers ahead.

Yevlov was overjoyed and urgently ordered his troops to rest well at night and march to the target early the next morning.