The armed men under the control of the 284th Division, plus the lightly wounded who remained to recover, as well as the militia, made the total strength close to 2,000 men.

Everyone got the weapons, but everyone didn't get much ammunition. Ordinary infantry can only get one base amount of ammunition as a standing reserve, and the amount of ammunition carried will only increase when all of them are engaged in battle.

For the militia, it is not possible to distribute ammunition to them too early, and this group of new guys still needs a lot of training, among which the training of young soldiers is the most troublesome.

The most troublesome work was taken over by Yang Mingzhi, seventy small soldiers, all of whom were childish. He is very aware of the thoughts of adolescent children, and they all want to grow up, but they can't get rid of their dependence on adults. They are rebellious and passionate, the war has begun, and many people are eager to fight. Some are for revenge, and some even just think they can be heroes once.

But the war will not give them a gold medal for avoiding death because they are children, the next round of battle is likely to be at hand, Yang Mingzhi knows better than anyone that the Soviet army in the whole of Ukraine will eventually be defeated, and the swamp area does not rule out the possibility of being attacked by the German army, and everyone who can fight will have to fight.

At the beginning of August, there was a torrential rain under the swamp, and everything was muddy. The water of the Pripet River has skyrocketed, and the ponds around the catfish village have been connected, and the place has almost become a Zeguo.

Everyone had to hide in the hut and wait for the heavy rain to pass. It rained, and the temperature dropped quickly, but fortunately the soldiers had enough clothing to keep out the cold.

The most worrying thing is the grain, which is stacked in the village barn. Yang Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief that it could stay dry even during the rainy season, but it also occurred to him that potatoes would sprout quickly in a wet environment. After the potatoes turn green, the solanine content increases dramatically, and if you eat it again, you will get food poisoning!

This is the life of guerrilla warfare, but fortunately it still depends on the village, and if it really lives in the forest, it is terrible.

After the rain, the land was still muddy, but the training of the recruits could not be delayed for a moment.

He noticed that the children, many of them even walking barefoot in the muddy fields. Armed teenagers and girls, their clothes varied, each carrying a gun.

"All of them! Gather! ”

Yang Mingzhi gave an order, and these children stood in line one after another, including star fruit.

They don't wear shoes, it's likely to hurt their feet. In the face of the chief's inquiry, a child explained the origin: "I am a local child of Catfish Village, and it is also our attention to let everyone go barefoot." The soil here is muddy and soft, and it is easy to get stuck in the mud when you wear shoes. Besides, if the shoes are dirty, they have to be cleaned diligently. ”

So that's the case, look at the star fruit, this child is still wearing little leather boots.

The boys and girls were wearing trousers, the legs of which reached the knees. Soviet female soldiers wore no pants in their summer uniforms, and only in winter did they change into men's cotton pants during battles. This is also an old tradition that originated in the days of Tsarist Russia, but these child soldiers in the swamps. The girls were all required to wear pants and even learn to wear leggings.

"Kids, the rain and the sunny weather means we still have to train, even though it's mud everywhere. There is not much time given to you, and I have to teach you how to fight in the limited time I have. ”

The children listened attentively, and they were very obedient to the commander of the Oriental face. "This morning, we continued the practice of marching, and in the afternoon we carried out target training." After that, Yang Mingzhi paused and looked at the children's calves: "In the future, even if it is muddy, you must wear shoes." I don't want your feet to be worn out and infected by the sludge and inflamed. You must know that we don't have many medicines, and it depends on your fate if you are injured or you get sepsis. ”

The rules of military training are still the same, the first company commander Rav Lianji is in charge of the teenagers, and the second company commander Yevgeny is in charge of the girls. Anyway, why don't you have a third company commander? Because the third company is the mainstay of Yang Mingzhi's direct troops, the third company is his guard company, in other words, he is the company commander.

Yang Mingzhi watched with satisfaction from the side, the discipline of the Russians is very good. He knew that these teenagers could be directly added to the general army after training. Because the girls are very special, they still don't rush to the front line of the battle.

Therefore, compared with teenagers, Yang Mingzhi pays more attention to young girls. The wife was in this procession, she carried a steel gun on her back and walked with everyone, and the whole team marched quite neatly.

Here, she should be able to make friends of the same age. She is a seventeen-year-old girl, but her body is even more slender and even low.

Just as he was thinking about it, Political Commissar Fuming walked over with his hands behind his back.

"That's how you train your kids? They're just walking in line like this, and it seems to be a little different from what you've been hoping for. ”

Yang Mingzhi turned his head and said helplessly: "This is not a contradiction. These children are not ready for battle, and only a single passion will only make these adolescent children reckless, and I can only strengthen their discipline. Only discipline is the key to a great victory. ”

"That's right, discipline. It is precisely the strictness of discipline that has led to the existence of our political commissars. Fuming smiled, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and handed one to Yang Mingzhi. Come on, smoke a refresh. ”

The star fruit in training is meticulous, but it will also glance at a group of husbands who pay attention to everyone. I saw that guy was smoking with Comrade Political Commissar, and there were people talking and laughing. "Alas, they men always have some bad habits, and I can't stand men smoking the most." Star fruit complained.

"Save your worries, it's okay for a man to have a little problem."

This girl is Natasha, and star fruit knows that her husband is interested in accompanying her again, so in the spirit of comradeship, she has a very good relationship with her.

The exchange of words between the two was heard by the leader of the group, Evgeny. "The team is quiet, and they are not allowed to talk freely." In this way, the two girls also shut up.

After lunch, Yang Mingzhi deliberately kept Fuming to watch the children's shooting training.

The shooting training of soldiers is very important, but the war has been fought so far, and the casualties of the Soviet troops on the front line are very heavy, and even worse, a large number of people have been captured. The authorities had to recruit soldiers on a large scale, and many people were sent to the battlefield without any shooting training, and then they were easily glorified.

"Five bullets for each person, all new bullets. Everyone shoots on their knees, and after all five bullets are fired, they must hit the target once. Yang Mingzhi introduced to Fuming.

"What if they miss?"

"Then I'll have to add food. Good shooters are fed with bullets, and I will order the unlucky ones to lie down in the mud and continue to order them to shoot. ”

Next to the training ground, there were people watching the children.

Fuming shrugged his shoulders and looked at Yang Mingzhi with a worried expression: "Berekov, your wife is also in the team, I hope she can also behave well." Otherwise, what awaits her is not lying on the ground, but on the bed, and receiving the personal education of the chief. ”

Yang Mingzhi smiled evilly, this guy also spoke a little meaty. "You see, Besika was trained by me, and there's another shooter, Natasha. This kid has the potential to be a sniper. ”

The two big men were talking and laughing, and they moved to the bench to watch the training. Seventy children were separated from each other, and the wooden targets were still ten, fifty meters apart. The target is made of three planks, and it's easy to make this, but as a recruit, shooting in a kneeling position without missing the target really takes a long time to practice.

Yang Mingzhi raised the binoculars and looked at his wife, who could hold the four-kilogram Mosin Nagant steadily. This is also the reason why there is more training on a daily basis, "I have always been more ruthless with her, and sometimes I still train her at night." Let her hold a gun, and a stone is hanging from the muzzle, just to exercise the stability of her arm. ”

"So she's obviously very thin, and now she's stable?" Fuming has always been uneasy about girls, and in his opinion, these girls are the best choice to become nurses and doctors. It's just that these children want to be heroines, and even worse, they meet commanders who are eager to fight and good at fighting.

The children in the first row were ready, and the star fruit was here, and with an order, ten people opened fire one after another. These boys and girls, they have quickly adapted to the sound of gunfire, and the embarrassment after Yang Mingzhi's sudden shooting has never appeared again.

Prolonged firing, or production in the sound of gunfire explosions, people will become numb. A soldier needs some mechanical training, and a good soldier is more like a robot, everyone is ready to do what they want to do, and everyone is fearless.

But they are girls after all, and after five consecutive shots with the bolt, many people can't stand it. The recoil of Mosin Nagant after firing is smaller than that of the K98, and even this is still too exciting for the girl.

The performance of star fruit was very good, with a total of two shots. This is still a kneeling shot, and the shaking of the muzzle and the soreness of the arm directly affect the effect.

Therefore, half of them are mops, and in terms of physical strength, teenagers are stronger than girls, and boys are just as bad.

Yang Mingzhi and Fuming watched not far away, and saw many children who had shot all the bullets, struggling to stand up and rub their shoulders, and some of them shook their arms.

Through the binoculars, the two easily observed the child of star fruit, only to see that she was talking and laughing at a blonde girl.

"Who is the girl talking to your wife?" Fuming asked.

"It's Natasha, the sniper I'm talking about."

The results of the shooting came out quickly, and out of all seventy people, Natasha was unsurprisingly in first place. All five bullets were on target, and the trajectory was also quite concentrated. "Sometimes, for a good shooter, it's more important that talent is worked on. Natasha was born farsighted, and she came into contact with Mosin Nagant earlier. This is a hard-working genius, and I will have to train her to be a good sniper in the future. ”

Fuming thought so: "Berekov, there is only one genius among your children's soldiers, what about those unlucky children who missed the target?" ”

"What else can I do?" Yang Mingzhi shrugged: "All the children on the target go to rest, and those who miss the target continue to practice." This will be the case for the rest of the year. ”

Yang Mingzhi ordered the off-target children to lie on the mud and wash their clothes when they were dirty. "I hope they don't scold me behind my back, and I'm doing it for their good. War is not clean or dirty, as long as you can save your life and fight the enemy, you have to learn to endure no matter how bitter it is. ”