Yevlov nodded yes: "You say this very reasonably, we are soldiers, and it is the duty of soldiers to obey orders, even if we transform rural women into soldiers, they must demand themselves as Red Army soldiers, otherwise they will be sorry for this new uniform." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"So are you really really training your troops exactly according to the Infantry Drill Code?" This was obviously a harsh rebuke, and for a moment Yevlov was not sure how to answer.

He must have seen something, Yang Mingzhi had to admit that the Soviet Army's "Infantry Drill Code" was still in the 1940 version, and some of the content couldn't keep up with the times at all! The infantry of the Soviet army relied on this training, it was not omnipotent, and it turned out that if it was trained exactly according to this, the troops would really be strong? It's not that the Germans have been swept away.

In fact, in his opinion, all kinds of fighters of the Soviet and German armies are simply backward, after all, this is World War II! This war has given birth to a lot of excellent strategies and tactics, and this bit of foresight can only be used, as if he is a tactician.

Salinchkin continued: "I was rescued from the tree by fighters. When I saw these soldiers who had saved me, I was startled for a moment, as if I had been captured by the Germans until they said welcome in Russian! ”

Apparently this incident stimulated him a lot, and Salinchkin continued in an aggravated tone: "I saw those soldiers, they were wearing German clothes, even if they took off the eagle badge and the collar epaulette, it was still German clothes. It's incredible, our soldiers are wearing German clothes. I was greeted by a junior officer, who was actually wearing a German fur coat. This is a completely wrong act, you tell me, how could the Red Army soldiers go to wear the enemy's clothes!? Even if you do a makeup scout, you can't wear their clothes all the time. ”

"So, comrade, you are very angry about this?" Yang Mingzhi asked tentatively.

"Yes! This is a big mistake! Such an act insulted the identity of the Red Army soldiers! ”

"But we don't wear German clothes, what do we wear?!" Yang Mingzhi's eyes were full of helplessness, he couldn't help sighing, and pointed out the reason: "We are really difficult. Last year, the commander-in-chief of the South-Western Front, Comrade Kirponos, was not yet dead, and the number of warm cotton clothes he ordered to be airdropped to us was not enough. We have people fleeing here every day, and as a responsible army, we cannot watch civilians freeze to death in the winter, and a large part of these people can also be trained as militias. At that time, the airdropped cotton clothes were only enough to equip a regiment, and we had to find a way to get the rest of the clothes.

Moreover, we broke through all the way from the outskirts of Minsk to here, and it was impossible not to wear the summer military uniform on our bodies. We need clothes, in addition to requisitioning the clothes of the villagers, we can only kill the Germans and strip their clothes and shoes for our own use, otherwise in the past winter, at one point it was more than ten degrees below zero, without which we would all die! ”

This is a reason, and when Salinchkin heard such an explanation, he had to admit how reasonable it was for the soldiers to wear German clothes, after all, the climate was not warm until now!

Yelentina interjected: "Comrade Salinchkin, I know that the Red Army soldiers went to wear the enemy's clothes, and I think it was a mistake. But this is our means of survival under special circumstances, and I hope you can understand. We knew that this was not a long-term solution at all, so our tailor workshop has been transforming these captured garments and even weaving new ones ourselves. Now that the higher authorities have airdropped new military uniforms, it would be nice for the soldiers to change them immediately. ”

Salinchkin nodded, he still had a tense face: "Very good, it is best for you to have this kind of awareness." But one more thing, just yesterday, I saw your staff handing out some paper tickets to the villagers who helped carry the goods. I asked the militia fighters who escorted me back, and they actually said it was a currency! Now, please explain to me, what exactly are those tickets? ”

When he said this, Yang Mingzhi was also quite surprised. The issuance of vouchers is indeed in the planning, is it being implemented now? Yerenkina has always been in charge of this matter, and this time she has spent all her thoughts on the war and the arsenal, is it that at the moment when she has no time to pay attention, she has already ordered someone to print a batch?

At this point, it had to be explained by Yerenkina herself.

This woman in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not afraid of Salinchkin, who also belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is not black and white as to whether this is currency or not.

"It's a voucher, and one unit of voucher is equivalent to five hundred grams of potatoes." Yerentina explained, "Novgomel has grown from almost a wasteland with just over 1,000 villagers living in relative dispersion to more than 30,000 people today, all thanks to the joint efforts of the military and civilians. At present, we are under military control, and the villagers must also carry out daily productive labor. But instead of requiring them to work voluntarily, we have established the principle of labor in exchange for payment. Originally, the villagers were engaged in labor production, but it turned out that this model required our clerks to record every day was extremely cumbersome, and it was better to use a kind of voucher to exchange for daily food. ”

This explanation is refreshing to Salinchkin, and it is simply unheard of! "You are so bold, if it were to exchange food, I would not believe that there was no fiat currency among the villagers, and they did not have a single kopeck in their hands? Why is it too private to issue valuable tickets? ”

"Because we must take into account that Novgomel's fragility is the economy, after all, in the war years, only food keeps people alive!" Yang Mingzhi interjected in a louder voice: "This ticket is what I proposed, saying that these tickets are currency, and they have no benefit because they are not legal." But it can be exchanged for food from the army, so to speak, these coupons are guaranteed by the credibility of the army, and the dispatch of all the necessities of life is firmly controlled by the army, and many food supplies can be exchanged through the vouchers, and the different numbers printed on the coupons have different purchasing power. In this sense, these tickets are indeed fulfilling the role of currency. ”

Salinchin couldn't help but help his little eyes, this Chinese in front of him, what is his origin. You must know that what he said is indeed designed economics, and some of the vocabulary is even quite professional! This man is indeed a learned fellow.

Yang Mingzhi went on to explain that in special years, these tickets replaced the labor division system of the collective farm. The villagers were trying to produce all kinds of military supplies, all of which were under the control of the army, and the villagers were given tickets as compensation. Yang Mingzhi admitted: "I must thank these simple people, most of the value and surplus value they create are used by the military. The people's consciousness was very high, and they knew that if the army was weakened, these more than 30,000 people would be slaughtered by the enemy sooner or later. And the duty of the army is to defend this land and protect all the people.

We are now able to guarantee that no one will starve to death, and even if tickets are handed out, there is a limit to how much each person can redeem, and any extra tickets can be exchanged for other supplies.

Therefore, we are implementing the grain standard, and one ticket is exchanged for 500 grams of potatoes. Rather than call it money, it should be called food stamps. ”

Salinchkin's face, which had been tense for a long time, finally relaxed, and he applauded very abruptly: "You said at the beginning that this is a food stamp, and it will be good soon. However, the purchasing power of the food stamps you issue is quite strong! ”

In the twenties, the Soviet Union had been using food stamps, cloth stamps, etc., because of the lack of materials, and until the thirties when the economy was booming, these stamps were also suspended. By the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, most of the supplies were used for military supplies, and even though the agricultural tax was greatly increased to the point that only the rations of the collective farm workers were retained, the citizens of the cities who ate the rations began to use food stamps again. Grain, cloth, these can no longer be bought in rubles, only tickets can be exchanged.

Salinchkin knows that this policy has just begun, and in Novgomel, who is in the isolated island of war, they have actually begun to find their own food stamps, and now this is completely their spontaneous behavior, or this Chinese Berekov's decision!