The meeting was attended by all officers and commissars of the army, battalion commanders and above, in addition to the representatives of the collective farm Soviets, the administrative corps of the city of Novgomel. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Mingzhi sat in the venue, thinking about how he would give a speech when Salinchkin announced his "major appointment", because the original draft and plan could not keep up with the change in the situation.

However, there was not much time for him to think, and the attendees had already arrived.

The battalion commanders of the militia battalions: Ninelly, Vasilyev and Tchaikov came in company. Behind him are the very familiar Joshua and Sashanova.

Let's talk about this Qiao Shuya, she never expected that the deputy division commander would come here one step earlier. She can't forget that moment in the hot spring in her life, and when she looked at Yang Mingzhi, her eyes immediately glanced to the side shyly, and even sat away from him with her colleague Sasanov.

"I really don't understand this woman." Yang Mingzhi turned his head, and his thoughts came to an abrupt halt as the delegation of officers of the 233rd Brigade entered the door en masse. This is the most complete unit under the command of the 284th Division at present, they are full of strength and combat effectiveness, and the most important thing is that this is the most regular Soviet army unit at present.

In the future battle and development, the status of this paratrooper brigade is very important, Yang Mingzhi immediately stood up to greet him, and by the way, he had a few words before the meeting.

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At half past eight o'clock in the morning, all the people who should have come were there, and the whole venue was bustling. Compared with previous meetings, this was the largest gathering of people, and some people even joked that if a German bomber suddenly flew at this moment, an aerial bomb would destroy the brains of the entire Soviet army in the south of White Russia.

Of course, it was just a joke, and everyone laughed at it.

Compared with others, Yang Mingzhi was more calm.

Yevlov sat in the first row with him, and when he saw what he was thinking, he joked: "This time the commissioner will announce something important, and I and you may have to change positions!" ”

Yang Mingzhi shook his head and said meaningfully: "The situation is not what you think at all, but it may be that you will no longer hold the position of division commander." ”

"What?" Yevlov was taken aback, "Did you get any news in advance?!" With that, he couldn't help but glance at Salinchkin, who was sitting at the very back of the first row.

Yang Mingzhi did not answer, but saw that the host of the meeting had already stepped onto the podium and announced the official start of the meeting.

There was no passing scene, no complicated etiquette, and the host was a civilian member of the municipal party committee, and after he finished his brief explanation, he went to the point.

"Next, I would like to invite the secretary of the Novgomel Municipal Party Committee to announce the important approval from Moscow!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of applause from the audience. But Yang Mingzhi just clapped his hands lightly and said to Yevlov beside him: "It's the highlight from the beginning, he will announce the transfer order of you and me when he comes to power, and you and I will be promoted." ”

At this moment, Yevlov was completely confused, he watched Salinchkin come to the stage, expecting what big thing this guy would say?!

I saw this short, slightly chubby Mediterranean Salinchkin, who was standing on the podium with only a shriveled document bag.

He skillfully untied the string of the document bag and took out the yellowish paper inside. Yang Mingzhi, who was sitting in the first row, clearly saw the vermilion mud with multiple seals on it, as well as the Peugeot on the desk of the document - this is an official order, and even its number!

The applause came to an abrupt end, and the whole venue fell silent.

Salinchkin blew on the small microphone to make sure that there was nothing wrong with the sound equipment, then showed the document to everyone, and said: "Comrades! Please note that this is this year's Order No. 150 document, which was personally instructed by the leader! I will now read out its contents. ”

However, anyone with a keen eye who sat in the first row noticed that the document clearly contained two familiar names.

He hadn't read it out yet, Yang Mingzhi had already seen the appointment given to him, and so did Yevlov.

The two of them were immediately shocked and listened to Salinchkin's reading.

"......, the 284th Guards Infantry Division has won a number of major victories in southern Belarus, and fighting only in the name of an infantry division is no longer satisfied with its glorious achievements. The 284th Guards Division is hereby incorporated into the newly formed 63rd Army, which currently has the 284th Guards Division and the 233rd Airborne Brigade. The new 63rd Army has the right to direct all guerrilla units in southern Belarus in combat, as well as to reorganize new subordinate units......"

Salinchkin's reading was only average, and the audience had already exploded.

Now no one remembers that he is reading out the leader's special approval document, but it is only a moment when the 284th Guards Division was upgraded to a group army, and the participants, especially the soldiers, were collectively boiling! The sound of Ulla resounded throughout the venue, and even drew applause from the guards in charge of martial law outside the venue.

After all, the current 284th Division is different from the average infantry division, not only because she received the title of Guards, but also because she can be said to be a unit composed of a group of "rabble". At present, all the honors were won through the bloody battles of the vast number of soldiers, and now an even greater honor lies ahead -- the 284th Guards Division has received a new name -- and has been upgraded to a group army.

Salinchkin held the microphone and transmitted the order outdoors through a small speaker, which was also learned by many onlookers.

Unbeknownst to the people in the room, the news of the escalation of the troops quickly began to spread among the military and civilians, spreading all of Novgomel in a matter of hours.

Salinchkin stretched out his hands and called for a vigorous swing, finally suppressing the excitement of the crowd. He was also beaming, and shouted into the microphone with the greatest bluntness: "Comrades! At the end of this meeting, our number was changed to the 63rd Army! As always, we are still very special, and the leaders and military councils have given us new names, but no new units have been integrated into the army group. We now have only the 284th Guards Division and the 233rd Brigade under our command. But the higher authorities allowed us to recruit ourselves in the occupied zone, and I am emphasizing that the higher authorities allowed us to freely recruit troops in the city of Novgomel and incorporate them into the 63rd Army!

Once we've reorganized our team, we can apply to our superiors to get a number to give to the new team! We were authorized to expand our forces as much as possible in the occupied areas, to reorganize all anti-Nazi forces in the name of the army group, and to actively attack the Nazis. At a critical moment, follow the orders of the front army and carry out large-scale military operations! ”

Salinchkin expressed the order in its entirety, signed by the highest echelons of the Soviet army.

Yang Mingzhi, like many people, was holding back the excitement in his heart, so all the expressions were complicated, hot-headed, and the two huge eyes on his trembling head were full of bloodshots, as if the pressure bottle had reached the critical value of explosion.

Yang Mingzhi was excited, thinking about it from another angle, the appointment of high-level officials is unprecedented, and the local government can actually build troops and buy horses on its own. In peacetime, such a mandate would have meant cultivating feudal towns, but in this existential war for the Soviet Union, it was reasonable. Just imagine, if a large guerrilla zone in the occupied area suddenly emerges with a powerful and tactically advanced army group, it is so close to Kiev that as long as it touches Kiev's line of communication, the German army will definitely encircle and suppress this strange army group. In some respects, Yang Mingzhi could also think that giving the 284th Division a higher level of establishment was giving this chess piece greater value.

At the moment when Salinchin took a breather, Yang Mingzhi quickly and dialectically recognized the pros and cons of upgrading to a group army.

He waited silently, pausing for a few minutes, and Salinchkin finally spoke again.

"That's it! Comrades are quiet! Next, Comrade Berekov and Comrade Yevlov are invited to stand up! ”