Yang Mingzhi didn't talk nonsense with him, and continued to ask Anatoly: "Since there is no problem with the arrangement of the ropes, now let's talk about the raft!" We want twenty routes, at least forty large rafts! If you don't have enough preparation, our shipping volume will be greatly reduced! You must know that tonight, we must make sure to send 5,000 people to the other side! ”

"I know very well! Comrade Commander! It's really a lot of work! Fortunately, our cavalry comrades brought early and joined the raft making! Anatoly glanced at Little Volmansky and continued to smile and narrate: "We divided the people into small groups, and the rafts that we had made in a short time were placed directly on the riverbank, and some of them were already thrown into the river. There are fifty-two finished rafts, they are all very large, we have just done experiments, and its maximum load is close to thirty people! ”

"Thirty? If two rafts are connected in series, it is not a problem to sit 50 people at a time. Yang Mingzhi pinched his chin, "So, do you estimate how long it will take to transport the ferry?" ”

This Anatoly did not experiment, he could only speculate.

"Based on the experience of crossing the river just now, it took about 10 minutes to get to the opposite bank with the ropes. We were about to ferry, and not only was the route fixed, but we didn't just use wood pulp, but on the shore, there was also a group of soldiers pulling the leash. I think in five minutes the raft will be on the other side. ”

"Is this data reliable?" Yang Mingzhi asked excitedly.

"Not necessarily! If you don't mind, we can give it a try. ”

"Now?! There are no traces of German patrol ships in your report, but that doesn't mean they will appear! If we ...... now," Yang Mingzhi wanted to continue, but he pondered a little more and decisively agreed to Anatoly's request.

What he was most worried about was, of course, a large-scale ferry crossing the river on his side and a patrol boat suddenly killed. A dinghy is not a big threat, so I'm afraid the girls will report it to their superiors! At that time, who knows what measures the Germans will take, say, air strikes? They mounted the bomb Stuka and flew two or three hundred kilometers to attack, which is completely reasonable!

This worry is now slightly redundant. Not to mention whether the German patrol boats will appear or not, it is clear that there have always been rafts on the current river - the rafts described by Anatoly as laying cables!

Yang Mingzhi changed his mind temporarily.

It just so happened that the officers were all here, and he decisively ordered!

"According to the plan, I was going to start crossing the river at eight o'clock in the evening! It seems that the plan is going to be carried out in advance, and as Anatoly wants, we will now begin to cross the river experimentally! Balzen! Your reconnaissance battalion is the first to cross the river! Others, immediately inform their troops and prepare to cross the river! ”

"Yes! Comrade Commander! The crowd shouted in unison.

This operation was already very hasty, so that the soldiers came early, and a lot of heavy weapons, as well as the escort of the people, slowly transported to the ferry! Now it's good that the soldiers and their light equipment are going to cross the river ahead of schedule!

Yang Mingzhi knew that he was quite risky in doing so, the order from above was too harsh, and it was a dead order to take Slavdzich on May 19, and in this case, he could only take risks.

For him, commanding this military operation is of great risky significance, and for the vast number of officers and men, crossing the river itself is not also an adventure?

The fighters of the reconnaissance battalion, they are good anywhere, but there is a little, and the proportion of landlubbers is still not small. It is true that there are many ponds in Belarusian rivers, but not many people are really willing to swim in the water. For no other reason, the latitude of Belarus is too high, and the maximum temperature in summer can only exceed 30 degrees in the afternoon, and the current maximum temperature is only around 15 or 6 degrees.

This is true of many fighters, for the paratrooper battalion, they have no worries about the water of the river. The paratroopers are very good at water, and even if they fall into the water, they can quickly throw away their equipment and keep themselves afloat on the water, unless they fall into a mud pond swamp.

Anatoly immediately carried out the order, and his soldiers sent an urgent notice to the other side in the language of flags.

Although it was not known why the regiment commander suddenly ordered the ferry mission, the soldiers of a squad who had been staying in the village of Mixi immediately began to pull the rope, so that the nylon rope buried in the water surfaced, and finally, the relatively taut rope was firmly fixed to the trunk of the big tree.

Yang Mingzhi held a telescope to see this scene clearly, and he even noticed that on the ferry raft, there was a slender nylon rope, which extended to the opposite bank.

Just as he was fascinated by what he watched, Balzen also put the team in order.

At this moment, at the abandoned wharf on the right bank of the Missy Ferry, the entire reconnaissance battalion was standing upright, and the battalion commander Balzen came running in small steps.

"Report to Comrade Commander! The whole reconnaissance battalion is lined up, please instruct! ”

"Well done! Order the troops, take a break! ”

After all, this is a river crossing, crossing a large river more than two hundred meters wide! The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion are fighting for their own lives!

Yang Mingzhi stood in front of these fighters and emphasized briefly.

"Brothers of the reconnaissance battalion! This is your first organized crossing of the Dnieper, and this crossing is of great significance! I don't have any impassioned words, just a warning. You have to be careful, your equipment is heavy, and if your clothes get wet, they look like hundreds of kilograms of lead! Some of you may say that I'm very water-based! Of course, some of you are good swimmers and others are not!

I must stress that you must be careful, if you fall into the water, you will surely die! Unless such a person can hold their breath and stroll along the riverbed all the way to the other side of the river. ”

"Haha! This is what catfish do! One soldier let out a somewhat presumptuous roar, causing all the soldiers to laugh.

Yang Mingzhi was not angry, he roared along the way: "Yes! This is indeed what catfish do! You also know that there are some giant catfish in the waters of our generation, and we have killed a few of them with bombs! Catfish eat meat, you must not fall into the river, because not only suffocation, beware of falling prey to these big fish!

I don't want fishermen to pick up this big fish when they fry it again, cut open the belly of the fish, and see the remains of the unlucky bastard! ”

As soon as the words fell, the reconnaissance battalion burst into unbridled laughter.

Yang Mingzhi hooked his head slightly, thinking to himself, these soldiers are all old guys. They despise the enemy, they also despise death, these non-guys are not even afraid of death, what are they afraid of?

He raised his head again, put away his smile and continued to grimace, pointing his right arm to the east: "Okay! You men who are not afraid of death! Get started now! Fools who fall into the water, kill the catfish at the bottom of the river, pull the big fish to shore, and see if the brethren can eat the grilled fish tonight! ”

Those who laughed knew that this was a joke, and the commander was right to remind that everyone was currently equipped with twenty kilograms, and the equipment was also attached to the shoulders and waist with ropes. Even people who are good at water can't guarantee that they will be able to untie all the ropes and escape before suffocating after drowning.

The river crossing was three hours ahead of schedule, and with excitement, apprehension, infinite anticipation, and a strong desire to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, the fighters of the reconnaissance battalion began to form a group.

Except for those who did not participate in the operation for various reasons, the current strength of the battalion is 540 people, divided into 3 companies and 18 platoons.

The guinea pigs who made the experiment of crossing the river, a platoon of fighters stood up.

Look at this reconnaissance platoon, they are quite well-equipped. The operation, of course, was hasty, not in terms of conventional ordnance. Exocet rocket launchers are only being produced in ten rounds, and they have just arrived, while Catfish rocket launchers are produced much better.

To occupy Slavdish, the Catfish rocket artillery still had a surplus of firepower, so the entire reconnaissance battalion had only one rocket artillery squad arranged, and the ammunition equipped was only five rounds.

The reconnaissance battalion is heavily equipped with RPGs and recoilless guns, which serve as the fist weapons of the troops, huge stocks, and mature manufacturing, high production, which can be described as a guarantee of combat effectiveness.