Even at night, the excavation and clean-up of the ruined mines continued, and the protagonists of the evening work were changed to the second regiment and the independent regiment that arrived later.

The second regiment is Yang Mingzhi's descendant, so it is reassuring that the most troublesome work is entrusted to them. They carried a lot of baggage, and built large and small field hoods before the sun set.

As for the independent regiment, they will do it for the time being.

Lavrenti and Evgeny, who were more than happy to carry out the orders of the commander, regarded the operation as a real military operation. In the same way, a sense of mission as saviors drives them to work hard.

Yang Mingzhi gave them a special task: "After you have finished your meal, you go into the mine with torches and look for corpses, even if they are parts. If you find that there are survivors, whoever brings them will be rewarded! ”

Yang Mingzhi also estimated that Salinchin and the others would arrive the next day, but he never thought that their people would arrive in the evening. Not only did he come, but there were also journalists at the mouth of the propaganda.

After all, the mine is a remote place, and there are wild boars in the nearby forests, and no one wants to come here! It was also the first time that Salinchkin had been here, and it was actually the first time he had personally stood on the battlefield after being looted by the war.

Under the sunset, the mine shows an indescribable sadness!

A large field tent has been erected and will be the mine headquarters for some time to come (the original building has been blown up). Yang Mingzhi simply spread a long blanket here, planning to sleep here tonight, since Salinchin and the others suddenly came, they had to go out to greet them.

In the face of a bad scene, no one is good-looking.

Salinchkin's face was extremely ugly, and after seeing Yang Mingzhi, he complained sadly: "This place is like a crater, after being bombed by the enemy, what will happen to our ore?!" I've read the stats you sent me, too! It was shocking, a total of 900 people died! ”

"Yes! Very bad! But the excavation of ore cannot be stopped! Let's go into the big tent and speak. ”

The situation is urgent, and no one is polite anymore. Yang Mingzhi directly stated: "This kind of air raid is just the beginning, in the previous two days the enemy was scouting, and they locked the mine!" In the future, there will be air raids here! ”

"It's obvious! Now I just want to know what you can do! The guerrilla republics have known about the bombing by enemy planes, a large number of wounded have been brought back, and the entire hospital has been plunged into unprecedented busyness! I wanted to control public opinion, but the wounded said everything!

Today, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the entire blacksmith village, and even in other settlements, are worried, because they do not know when the enemy's next air raid will come, and where will the target of the attack be?

My dear comrade! We are in a very dangerous situation! ”

Salinchin was very excited, and he simply stood up and stood straight in front of Yang Mingzhi. In this way, the sweat on his face was undoubtedly expressed, Yang Mingzhi was quite surprised, isn't this old guy known for being old and spicy? He was so nervous and anxious, he was just frightened by this meeting.

The situation he told was really bad, "Public opinion is very nervous right now! The vast number of soldiers and civilians are watching us, hoping that we can take some appropriate actions to reassure everyone. ”

"Isn't this nonsense?!" Salinchkin shook his head, "All I can think of is to show the enemy's evil bombardment through propaganda!" I think that showing the cruelty of the enemy is a good morale boost! However, this is also a double-edged sword, and too cruel sights will also make the people afraid! It was believed that our army could defeat all the attacking enemies, and the victory that had just ended had inspired the people, but this air raid made people wonder that the army was not capable of defending against air threats! ”

Yang Mingzhi listened to it very unpleasantly, and he hurriedly said: "We still have a way!" Enemy aircraft will no longer be rampant! ”

"Oh? Is it the anti-aircraft battalion you just created? Maybe we should have formed such a force a long time ago, and we should have deployed it in the mines! You are an excellent military commander, I have to say, you did not do well on the issue of air defense! You should have thought that the mine is very important to us! Speaking of this, the emotional Salinchin also suddenly noticed that the general of the eastern face was a little displeased. He immediately changed his words: "However, it's too late to say anything!" We don't have air supremacy, and unless we can have a large number of friendly fighters in the battle, this sky will be easily occupied by the enemy! ”

The big tent was quiet for more than ten seconds, Yang Mingzhi breathed a long sigh of relief, and said slowly: "Comrade Salinchin, I think Comrade Qiao Shuya only reported to you the heavy casualties here, and other information...... Not reported! ”

"Yes!" Salinchkin shouldn't have a worried look: "Is there something else she has to report?" In fact, I am also a little relieved, these female soldiers have shown a very high ideological consciousness, if they did not launch the rescue in the first place, many wounded people would not have been able to come out of the mine at all! ”

"That's right! They are very heroic, they are heroes! During the enemy bombardment, they bravely fired at enemy planes. I, Comrade Salinchkin, I must tell you about the fact that the enemy's bombardment of our troops was not a one-sided beating! Our troops also shot down three enemy aircraft! ”

"What? Did they do it? Female soldiers shot down three enemy planes? ”

Yang Mingzhi shook his head: "It's not them!" It's our air defense battalion! The first anti-aircraft machine gun that I was responsible for leading the research and development has just arrived here, but I didn't expect it to make a great achievement! ”

"How can there be such a thing?" Hearing this, Salinchkin's gloomy face immediately showed joy.

Yang Mingzhi knew what he was happy about, and continued: "We are all very worried about the morale of the army and the people, although there is an idea to expose the enemy's crimes and make the army and the people hate the enemy, but everyone still likes heroes!" Only heroes can make soldiers and civilians feel safe! As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and the few surviving fighters with anti-aircraft machine guns, dressed in their blood-stained clothes, walked in from behind the scenes.

"Comrade Salinchikin, look, they are the heroes who shot down enemy planes! Originally, I was going to take credit for them, but since you are here in person, let them come to see you. Here, I recommend to you that the 1st anti-aircraft machine gun squad of the air defense battalion has eleven people, five of whom were killed in battle, and are now on the scene to keep them. They are all combat heroes and deserve the Order of the Red Banner! ”

The matter involving the medal is not a trivial matter, Salinchkin calmed down for more than ten seconds, and resolutely replied: "If it is really they who shot down three enemy planes, it is a matter of course to receive the medal!" I will send someone to investigate this matter. ”

"There is no need for complicated investigation in this matter, Comrade Qiao Shuya should have reported this matter to you. The place where the enemy plane is pursuing has been determined, and I have sent people to search for it, and soon, a large amount of physical evidence will be collected. ”

"That's good! That's it! Looks like our newspaper needs to change its content! We would like to focus on the deeds of these air defense heroes, as well as you, the commander of our army group! Your anti-aircraft machine gun paid the enemy in blood! ”

"That's exactly what I'm trying to emphasize!" Yang Mingzhi continued, "Since both the military and the people believe that their commander Berekov is invincible, I must continue to be this invincible god of war. In your propaganda, you can emphasize that most of the victims of this air raid were prisoners of war. Secondly, that is, to promote the heroes of air defense and our anti-aircraft machine guns. An anti-aircraft machine gun shot down three enemy aircraft, and in fact, three more are going off the production line today. In propaganda, you have to state the data that the arsenal will be in early June, with the production of twenty anti-aircraft machine guns, and the enemy's air strikes will be greatly curbed! ”

Salinchin came with a sad face, and after Yang Mingzhi's words, his attitude suddenly changed.

He finally looked at the stall laid in the corner of the big tent and couldn't help asking, "My dear comrade commander, it seems that you are going to stay here tonight?" ”

"Yes!"

"Are you going to spend the night here with a stall?"

Yang Mingzhi stiffened his mouth and nodded: "This is the edge of the mine!" More than 4,000 soldiers will be working all night, and I will do my best to stay here in case of any contingencies! ”

"You are a good officer with a great sense of responsibility! Now it's getting dark, and I have to hurry back, and I'm going to write an editorial overnight, and you're the main character! Comrade Berekov! Your wise performance will be posted all over the guerrilla republic tomorrow! ”