It was already mid-August, and the training of young soldiers had begun to bear fruit. Now Yang Mingzhi is very satisfied, this group of children strengthen their nutrition on weekdays, and at the same time, the amount of training is gradually increasing. After two weeks of intensive training, they have grown a lot of muscles, and their basic skills in shooting have also improved a lot.

Many Soviet conscripts were like this, and they were immediately put into the battlefield after intensive training. The results were also remarkable, and in later large-scale battles, learning from war also led to extremely large casualties.

Therefore, Yang Mingzhi didn't dare to let this group of dolls follow him to charge on the front line and die in vain, if they really carried out military operations, they were the most suitable as auxiliaries.

On August 8, Soviet units in the Baltic Sea found a suitable airfield. Bombers took off from the airfield on Azeli Island in Tallinn Bay and successfully bombed Berlin in revenge for the German bombing of Moscow.

The bombing campaign was a great success, and news quickly spread to the Soviet units fighting on the front line.

"This is a slap in the face to the German attack on Moscow, the whole world knows that our air force is still there, and it can fly directly to the enemy's rear." Stalin broadcast to all Soviet soldiers.

In the swamp, the leader's speech was heard, and the warriors were greatly encouraged. But optimism only boosted morale, and the Soviets inevitably faced more violent retaliation from the Germans.

Here in the swamps, in addition to the large-scale training of the militia and ordinary soldiers to maintain their combat effectiveness, the blacksmith village is stepping up the production of weapons, and the black soil village is producing food in large quantities. There are many cattle raised in Heitu Village, so they bring a lot of fresh milk every day. The nutritional products are given to the wounded soldiers and the children are given priority, so in just two weeks, Yang Mingzhi really felt that his wife was a little plump.

If you are strong, you will be able to fight better, and your physical strength will keep up, and you will not feel tired when you walk in the forest.

Blacksmith Village produces wooden-handled grenades, which are not difficult to make and can be powerful. As for the raw material for making weapons, it is naturally steel, so is there any stock in the blacksmith village? The answer lies on the outskirts of the swamp, where the vehicles used to escape were violently dismantled by the soldiers, and large and small pieces of steel were brought back to the furnace for casting.

In this way, the blacksmith village exerts its subjective initiative, and people invest in large-scale production, so that more than 100 grenades can be made every day (as long as the materials are enough), and the success rate of explosion is more than 90%.

Just the explosion was not enough, and Yang Mingzhi strongly demanded that some material be added to these explosives. "If we make a little container out of iron sheets and fill it with gasoline, then the grenade can also turn into a good incendiary bomb." Yang Mingzhi's suggestion was adopted, so that the grenade hit the German armored car, if not blown up, it could be like a ******. In this way, the people in the car will definitely not want to be roasted alive, and they will be forced to jump out of the car and flee for their lives, and the armored vehicle will be useless.

The 284th Guards Division, dormant in the swamps, was not idle, and the scouts on the periphery kept communicating. Their task is not only to ensure the security of the swamp area, but also to be responsible for the Kiev side.

For several days, the dirt road leading to the marshland was completely devoid of German troops, but the Germans were in Mozili in the distance, and it was very certain that in order to find out the situation, the scouts moved towards Mozili.

They found that the bombed bridge was still the same, but the Germans had built pontoon bridges, and a large number of trucks were moving on the pontoons, as well as a large number of infantry units on the move, and a large number of horse-drawn wagons loaded with a large number of wooden boxes.

This is clearly sending supplies to the front line! With no camera, the scout had to stare at a distance, then make a rough sketch and record the enemy's armament. The scouts then quickly retreated, reporting to the division headquarters in the swamp.

Yang Mingzhi and Yevlov were at the division headquarters, and the investigators handed over the information they had gathered.

"A large number of German baggage troops are moving eastward! They must have been delivering strategic supplies to Mogilev or Gomel. Yang Mingzhi was surprised and felt that the German army's approach was very reasonable.

He hurried over to the map hanging on the wall and pointed to the coordinates of the various cities. "Come here, Yevlov."

Yevlov stared at the map with him, and Yang Mingzhi at the moment looked like a military strategist.

"Here, Gomel, if the enemy gathers here, they bypass the swampy areas and go directly to left-bank Ukraine, into the Donbass region, so that the units of our army in the Ukrainian regions will be stabbed in the back."

"That's true, maybe the command of the Southwestern Front has sensed the development of the war situation."

Yang Mingzhi frowned. "Guards! Quickly invite the political commissar Fuming! ”

Soon, Fuming, who supervised the militia training, arrived quickly, and he learned the news of the German army's delivery of supplies. The Germans were sending supplies to the east, not south from Mozili, and it was clear that the German forces on the eastern front were in need of supplies.

"The Germans are attacking Bryansk, perhaps the Germans are consuming too much ammunition." Fuming guessed.

"Who knows? Perhaps they are stockpiling supplies and preparing to attack us from north to south. Therefore, we must inform the commander of the front army of this information. “

Fomin understood, although the offensive of the German front-line troops was not detected, but a large number of the enemy's baggage troops were found. The situation must be communicated to Kirponos, and it is up to him to decide what to do.

In this way, Kirponos got the news, and he said excitedly: "You have made a meritorious service, we know almost nothing about the movements of the main German army in Belarus. They really did not intend to attack from the right bank of the Dnieper, and since they did not intend to take the swamp either, the left bank was the key to the embankment of our troops. ”

Yang Mingzhi was very pleased, this Kirponos was a good general. But he clearly remembered that it should be Timoshenko who commanded Ukraine, and this Kirponos should not have been captured. Could it be that death awaits this man? Or did it end up missing?

No, Yang Mingzhi felt that he had a heavy responsibility. Although it was rude, he insisted on speaking directly to this guy.

There was no point in greeting or anything, and Yang Mingzhi, in his capacity as acting deputy division commander, admonished Kirponos: "Since the main force of the German army is gathering in the direction of Bryansk. Either they will capture Bryansk, or they will go south and cut off your back route. If the goal of the Germans was to swallow up a million Soviet troops in Ukraine, then as for Guderian, who was going to storm on the Smolensk front, to the south, your back road was cut off! ”

"Why? Why Guderian! Are you sure he's going south?! Isn't he storming Smolensk? ”

Of course, Yang Mingzhi can't say that he has foresight, but only analyzes him like a staff officer.

"Comrade Commander-in-Chief, you are obviously also concerned about the development of the entire war situation. If I can see it as a deputy division commander promoted in the line of fire, you will definitely be able to see it. I'll tell you simply, Guderian ran too far, and his logistics were about to collapse. Even if he stormed Moscow, he would have been a complete defeat, as Napoleon had done because of the collapse of logistics. So if you were Hitler, you categorically would not let Guderian go to his death, so this German unit had only one place to go, and that was to invade Ukraine! Destroy the living forces of all Ukraine, and then talk about attacking Moscow. ”

Hearing this, Kirponos was silent for a while. In Kiev, the command of the South-Western Front, staff officers ran around, they pushed the chess pieces symbolizing the troops at the huge command table.

"Okay, I've heard your advice!" He hung up the phone, his forehead furrowed and his expression solemn, he looked at the staff officers on the left and right. "Berekov of the 284th Guards Division, this person should be sent to my staff!"

"Unfortunately, it can't be." Tupikov, chief of staff of the Southwestern Front, said regretfully.

At this moment, Kilponos was very relieved that even after the Great Purge, there were still people of insight in the army. For example, he himself was originally just a regiment commander, but as a result, his official fortune was prosperous and he directly sat in the position of commander of the front army. Moreover, Kirponos was not seen as a man who would only be loyal to Stalin's orders, and he would not fight for orders.

Now the Germans are making slow progress on the frontal offensive front, and the Soviets seem to have taken advantage. However, Kirponos also knew very well that he had to defend the whole of Ukraine, and although the army was large but helplessly dispersed, the German army had an advantage in some areas.

Kirponos stared at the huge battle map, and on the table, the squares representing the German troops were pressing towards Kyiv. The German air force was also bombing the city, and a large number of citizens formed a militia unit to defend the city to the death. Of course, a large number of ordinary people were moving to the rear, and most of them were old and weak women and children, and the able-bodied men were left behind.

All the makeshift militia were distributed, some of them were still bad old rifles, and the original version of Mosin Nagant, which could only fire one round, was turned out.

This is the effort of Kirponos, to fight the aggressor, to which every citizen of the USSR should dedicate his strength.