The 284th Guards Division now has more than 5,000 troops, and together with the vast number of civilians, the total population under its control is as high as 13,000 people. It's a huge appetite, and most people just depend on potatoes for their survival.

However, potatoes as a food must be stored in a relatively dry place, especially when it does not come into contact with soil. Because the potato is the root of the plant, once it continues to develop and turns green, it cannot be eaten, because the solanine produced can even kill people.

So how to store these foods has become a top priority.

There were a few heavy rains in September, and the rain came and went quickly. As we enter October, people start to worry that the rainy season is really coming.

Fomin knows the customs of Ukraine very well, and the Pripet swamp is located in the border region of Ukraine, and the climate here is also very Ukrainian. He is more anxious than Yang Mingzhi, and once the rainy season comes, it is often rainy for several days.

He felt that it was very correct to move the base camp, and the blacksmith village was on higher ground, unlike Catfish Village. The move had to be done slowly, and the eventual relocation of the division headquarters could be slower, as the barracks had to be built in advance.

After heavy rains, the marshland is muddy, the small pond becomes a large pond, the river is swollen, and catfish are churning around. It's already October, and most of the fish such as catfish are dormant in winter, and people still rely on potatoes.

The climate has cooled, autumn has fallen on the earth, the bushes have begun to wither, and most of the trees have begun to lose their leaves.

In the past few days, Yang Mingzhi has handed over all the work of making artillery to Rigushkov, and he has been at leisure. As a leader, he knows he doesn't have to be hands-on in everything. The fighters and the militia did their part, the Soviets on the collective farms had long been restored, and the peasants had daily tasks and did not have leisure.

Now some fighters are digging up the earth breaker and building multiple warehouses on the dirt slope, which should be a big project.

Yang Mingzhi decided to visit it for himself, and only then did he learn that the dirt slope was three kilometers away from the village. Before that, he had to negotiate various matters with his colleagues, and the meeting began.

"That place is far from the village, alas! We should build warehouses there, or simply build new settlements there. "In a very simple meeting, Yang Mingzhi put forward his opinion.

"If that's what you mean, you don't have to." Yevlov said casually. According to him and Fuming, the immediate priority is to set up warehouses to store large quantities of potatoes.

Digging a cave on a dirt slope is like digging a bomb shelter or a mine. The temperature and humidity in the cave are constant, and as long as it rains heavily outside, there will be no big problem as long as the waterproofing work is done inside.

Yang Mingzhi needed the specific geographical information of the soil slope, and Fuming took out a map as if by magic. "This is a map drawn by the former village chief Rygushkov, and contour lines were drawn at the request of the army." Fuming spread the map on the conference table and pointed to the place where the circles were drawn. "This triangular area is the dirt slope, or hill. The geographical conditions in this area are also relatively superior, unlike Catfish Village, where there are many mud ponds, which are all forest plains. ”

"Oh?! It's all plains! Yang Mingzhi was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Isn't this God bless us?" The terrain is high and plain, and there is a lot of forest vegetation. This was the best choice, and we moved our future base camp here. ”

"Are you serious?" Seeing this person's decisive attitude, Yevlov couldn't help but sweat, "Wait for Yerentina to come back, and we'll listen to her opinion." ”

"I don't think so. Kavisky! ”

"Yes!" The new village chief raised his hand, and he had been listening during the meeting, and now he had received new orders.

"You must build a large number of houses, I have decided to put them there in the future. You're going to have to build a lot of barracks, we're going to have enough troops to garrison, and we're going to have to build the facilities. We have built a warehouse area around that hillock, and we must leave heavy troops to defend it. “

When Yang Mingzhi said this, Yevlov suddenly felt very reasonable. As a division commander, he was promoted in the line of fire, and the reason why he held this position was largely due to the need for the top brass of the army to ensure that the legitimate Soviet soldiers were the supreme commander of this unit in legal terms. Berekov has long been investigated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a Chinese from across the Amur River, who is his own comrade in faith.

Yevlov knew his own pounds, and today Berekov made such a decision, and he fully agreed. Since the chief and deputy division commanders all mean this, Fuming agreed.

"Okay, the leadership of our troops is a four-man regiment." Yang Mingzhi mentioned the new vocabulary. He and Yevlov, as well as Fomin and Yelentina, four people were the top leaders of the entire group, forming the "Group of Four". "Three of the four of us have already agreed with my decision, Yerentina represents the CPSU, and she should also be very supportive. We'll start doing it right away. ”

Soon after Yang Mingzhi and others went to inspect the construction of the warehouse, a large number of villagers were mobilized to build, especially a large number of women, the men mainly went as soldiers, and the women became construction workers.

The three-kilometer journey is not far, and Yang Mingzhi and others walked there.

The construction there has just begun, and it will be interesting to see what will be done. So Yang Mingzhi was very happy, and forgot for a while that he was still injured. Cultivation to the present injury can not organize his fiery heart, this time with his wife, a little nurse to accompany him, there is no need to worry about his health.

"When the artillery production is completed, I will test the gun, and after that, my injuries are almost no longer a problem. You don't have to take care of me all the time, as a sniper, you have to put in the training. Otherwise you will be far behind Natasha. Halfway through, Yang Mingzhi planned the future for his wife.

After the battle of Kuta, the young Kharkov experienced the most tragic battle he had ever known. Unfazed, this guy learned about war in the middle of the war, and quickly summed up his lessons to educate his men, the young soldiers.

Natasha became a hero in the hearts of children because of her meritorious service. She is not arrogant or impatient, she knows that she should still make great achievements, and she has been practicing her military skills hard these days.

In contrast, star fruit is much more rusty, military skills have stagnated, medical skills have learned a lot of new knowledge, and even some new Latin words for the names of medicines.

Carambola nodded frequently after listening to her husband's words, she never wanted to be a vassal of a man. As the daughter of a hunter, she knows the meaning of hard work, not to mention that her man just likes to study hard.

Everyone walked through the forest path, and arrived at the dirt slope after dozens of minutes, and saw the construction site.

I saw that there were about 200 people here, and everyone had tools in their hands.

"So many shovels, so many pickaxes, all of them are the latest in the blacksmith village!" Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but ask, village chief Kavitzky.

"Yes, in addition to making munitions, we also have to make agricultural tools. These shovels are very simple to manufacture, and sheet metal stamping is done in a single pass. Kavitzki described to Yang Mingzhi vividly that the two of them had a common language about the processing of these tools.

More than two hundred workers were involved in the excavation of caves and the construction of warehouses, mainly militiamen, with a small number of active soldiers.

Lao Maozi is often a construction talent, and this is mainly the environment in which they live. People living in the countryside had to build their own houses, and they built traditional wooden cortes - wooden buildings that were very cold-proof.

I saw a lot of people digging on the hillside, the soil was put into baskets and transported to the wagon, and all the earth and stone were gathered in one place.

Yang Mingzhi took a few steps forward with interest, apparently these laborers did not realize that a big official had arrived. He saw that some people were also cutting wood, and houses were being built not far from the dirt slope, which, according to Kavitsky, were warehouses built on the ground.

"After all, digging a cave is not the only one, but it is the easiest way to build a warehouse on the ground. In order to prevent moisture and water, we adopted a new model, setting up wooden stakes on the ground and nailing wooden floors, so that the granary is free from flooding. ”

Isn't what Kavitzky is talking about as a fence building? Yang Mingzhi smiled and said nothing, thinking that he didn't need to show off the traditional houses in some parts of China with this person. He is an old man who also came up with this kind of building for the first time, which is commendable. "Well done comrade, there is likely to be continuous rain in the future, and we will renovate the granary on a large scale, and I don't want our flour and potatoes to rot."

"That's that, that's. Commander and deputy division commander, wait a moment, I'll go and call the person in charge. You can ask for the specific construction here. With that, he quickly ran away.

After walking some way, Yang Mingzhi was a little tired, and immediately found a tree trunk that had been cut down and sat down. His wife's small body leaned on her, and she carried a small medical kit in case of an emergency.

"Berekov, what do you think?" Yevlov, who sat down, suddenly asked.

"Great, you see our people, every one of them is conscientious. This embodies the spirit of the USSR, and the Germans simply cannot defeat us. ”

Yevlov smiled, and there was a hint of confusion in his eyes.

"Actually, I'm worried, I believe that what you said is true, we will definitely win, and the red flag will be planted in Berlin. But now, we lost in Belarus, and we lost in Ukraine. The enemy is storming Bryansk, storming Smolensk, storming Odessa, they are going to storm Moscow. We were lucky to survive, but unfortunately we were on an isolated island, full of Germans on all sides. ”

"So what? The swamp is a moat, and besides, you and I are not cowards. As you can see in today's battles, the soldiers of our army are very good soldiers, and under the leadership of excellent commanders, they will inevitably achieve victory. ”

"Take you, for example." Yevlov laughed.

Suddenly, Yang Mingzhi felt like he was being slapped again, and Yang Mingzhi sounded very good, so he became conceited. "That's right, just like me. There is also the sacrificed Kirponos, who commanded a large corps to drag the German attacking troops hard, if it were not for the enemy cutting off his rear route, a steady stream of reinforcements would definitely be able to carry out a strategic counterattack in Ukraine. ”

"But it's too late to say anything." Yevlov shook his head.

"It is not too late, I can assert that the Soviet Union will not fall, they will suffer defeat in the city of Moscow, like Napoleon's. As for the reasons for the defeat, this is a matter of military level, I will not say much. ”

"Okay, whatever you want." Yevlov happily took out his cigarette case and handed one over, "Let's smoke one." ”

"No need, my wife is here, she said she coughs when she smells smoke."

When the star fruit heard it, she took advantage of the situation and made a smile, but suddenly, everyone heard a miserable scream.

"What's going on!" Yang Mingzhi immediately stood up.

Yevlov's eyes were sharp, and he saw a man holding his hand, screaming in pain. There were already a few people surrounding them, and there was a man with a wooden hammer on one side who was stunned. "I think one of the hapless guys got hit with a hammer."

"yes, dear, I'm glad you have a medical kit with you. Follow me, let's go and support our people. (To be continued.) )