On May 23, the guerrilla republic was completely and utterly mired in the joy of victory.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yang Mingzhi ordered the soldiers to pile all the steel helmets transported back together in the area he had demarcated, and really piled them into a pyramid.

In ancient times, the main purpose of the Jingguan was to pile up the enemy's heads into a mountain, and the main purpose was to show the great martial arts of one's own troops rather than humiliating the enemy.

Of course, Yang Mingzhi will not do these disgusting things, and the corpses of the enemy are buried, which is the obligation of the modern army to clean up the battlefield. However, the steel helmet tower caused a huge sensation, and the entire villagers of the blacksmith village wanted to see its magnificence, and vowed to see it for themselves to confirm the truth of the rumors of the destruction of 10,000 enemies.

These are all villagers' activities, and Yang Mingzhi, as a senior officer, still stays in his group army headquarters and works with a group of colleagues.

"This time, we had a great victory, the Romanians were defeated, the Exocet hit their target, and we caused a big mess in the city of Chernihiv that shook the foundations of German rule! It's all thanks to you. Yevlov was in a good mood, and it seemed that no one could defeat his 63rd Army.

Yang Mingzhi naturally accepted his kindness, and looked at a few old guys who fought with him, and he responded modestly: "The credit is not only mine!" I've only done a little bit of military planning, just a little contribution. ”

"You're still too modest! If I were in command, I don't think I would have been able to play like this. Those steel helmets are piled up, and that doesn't tell the story? ”

"Of course, our soldiers are brave and resolute, and I, the commander, can be considered wise. In fact, it was the arrogance and stupidity of the Romanians that gave us a chance to win. ”

This afternoon, Yang Mingzhi was happy to stay at the headquarters, and what was supposed to be a tea party drinking red wine and chatting turned out to be an out-and-out military meeting.

Yang Mingzhi really wouldn't get carried away by this little victory, even if tens of thousands of people greeted and chanted his name, it wouldn't work. He attributed part of the victory to the stupidity of the Romanians, and after a little analysis, his argument was accepted by all.

"The combat effectiveness of the Luo army is indeed terrible, this is mainly due to its inferior weapons and equipment, they are simply a World War I army! Their will to fight is also worthy of affirmation, and they first think of breaking through in desperate moments, and will surrender when they are cornered. As a result, the third regiment rushed too fiercely, completely not giving the Luo army a chance to live, they decided to fight to the death in order to survive. The 3rd Regiment suffered heavy losses as a result! ”

Yevlov nodded: "Berekov, you analyzed a lot. There were more than 1,000 female soldiers in the third regiment, all young girls, and hundreds of them died in this battle, which was the greatest sacrifice of our army in this battle. ”

Fuming took the opportunity to say: "Yes! We are all men, and we are the most tolerant of women suffering. However, they proved their bravery with their lives and proved that female soldiers have the will to fight as well as male soldiers. The third regiment did not have the experience of going into battle before this, which is equivalent to saying that they lacked a soul, and this time, they have a military soul! ”

"Your words are very imposing!" Yang Mingzhi approvingly, "I think so too." A good army must not be afraid of sacrifice and have the courage to fight with the enemy with bayonets. The girls did it, and as for whether the tactics at that time were appropriate, this needs to be carefully analyzed. In short, the 3rd Regiment suffered heavy casualties, and there was a defect of an integrated battalion! We still have a few women's battalions here that do not have the establishment of a regular army, so well, just add one battalion, and the strength of the third regiment will be restored. ”

"Just do as you say." Yevlov asked: "And what about the other troops?" All the units had some battle losses, and besides, the soldiers had been fighting at high intensity for a whole week, so I thought it was time to take a good rest. ”

"Of course! So it's up to us, the commanders, to discuss, and I personally think that at least give the fighters a chance to sleep for a whole day! ”

"Your commander, if you decide so, then execute it." Yevlov made a statement, and Fomin followed up with agreement.

In the entire 63rd Group Army, there are only three people with military power, and Yang Mingzhi is the highest person in charge. He couldn't be clearer about how much energy the front-line fighters had expended, and it seemed that these soldiers could fight for another month, their tense nerves needed to recuperate, otherwise there would be soldiers who were nervous!

Yang Mingzhi's brain was hot, and he slapped his thigh and said, "Then three days!" Just like the operation at the end of April, the battle ended with a three-day rest! ”

"Three good days!" Yevlov immediately supported: "They rested for three days, and after that they won such a victory!" In my opinion, in the future, whenever a unit participates in a long-term high-intensity battle, it will rest for three days after victory, and this must be a rule not to be made. Comrade Fuming, what do you think? ”

"Me? Both of you commanders are supportive, how can I not support it? Of course, I think Comrade Salinchikin's opinion is also very important, after all, he is a high-ranking official of the guerrilla republic, and perhaps he will object to the collective holiday of the most elite units of the whole army. After all, we are always surrounded and blockaded by the enemy! ”

"Come on!" Yevlov waved his hand: "Look at his performance in the morning, he is also as elated as an ordinary villager, what else will he question?" Here, our Berekov is the most convincing, he is still a lieutenant general. As soon as he spoke, Salinchkin had to listen. ”

Why does this sound a little sour? Yang Mingzhi hurriedly shouted: "This is not right, after all, he is a commissioner sent by the leader, and he is also a representative of the Supreme Soviet of the guerrilla republic, and he should be informed at this time." Of course, militarily I am responsible, and now I have decided that the 2nd Regiment, the 3rd Regiment, the divisional reconnaissance battalion, and the guerrilla brigade will all have a three-day holiday, and the holidays will begin to be counted today until 26 May, when military training will resume. ”

"This is the military order! It's time to notify the holiday troops immediately! Then Yevlov shouted "Herald."

The good news of the holiday immediately spread to the grassroots level of the troops with the rushing heralds, and at the command headquarters, the long talks of the command headquarters continued.

Can the soldiers take a holiday, and so can the commander? No!

Both Yevlov and Fomin now have a simple question – what to do next.

In fact, Yang Mingzhi already had a few ideas about what to do in the future, and his attitude quickly became serious, especially wanting to know the current situation.

He asked: "Have we received a telegram from the command of the Front these days?" I heard that the campaign to attack Kharkov has begun. ”

The parents nodded: "Yes, it started in the early morning of the 19th, and today is the fifth day." ”

"How's the battle!" Yang Mingzhi's eyes widened, and the speed of his attitude change was also startling.

Fomin did not lie, he returned truthfully: "As far as the reality of the telegrams received so far, the offensive of our Southwestern Front is beginning to be blocked, especially the city of Kharkov has not yet been taken. This time we had nearly a million troops, and the enemy did not continue to crumble as much as we had imagined. If we can't keep going, we'll have to defend on the spot. If we can finally take Kharkov, this battle can be considered a victory. ”

"Are all of this information reliable?" Yang Mingzhi asked.

"Absolutely reliable, after all, we are also part of the Southwestern Front, and the command of the Front has been sending us a full-day briefing on the battle situation for the past few days. Now the telegram received by our army is still sent at three o'clock in the morning, but now, twelve hours have passed since the telegram was received, and I really don't know what the situation at the front is! ”

"How? What else? Yang Mingzhi let out a long sigh.

His speculation about this battle, the Soviet army still ended in defeat. But no one will lick their face and say that the Soviet army was defeated before the start of the battle, this is propaganda defeatism! Everyone is full of confidence in this big battle, so Yang Mingzhi can't help but ask himself, after all, the Southwestern Front is also equipped with a lot of RPGs, and its source is the one he handed over to Kuznetsov last year! Even with such weapons, the Soviet army still did not take advantage of it?

Yang Mingzhi quickly saw the entire set of messages.

Since the telegram is a summary of May 22, it shows that the parity between the Soviet and German armies began on May 22. The Soviets were on the attacking side, they did not continue to expand the results of the battle, and did not achieve the goal of capturing Kharkov and annihilating the defenders of the eight local German divisions.

Besides, all this seems to be developing according to the process that history should have, and it seems that the macro process will not change qualitatively because of a new weapon.

The Soviet army is already at the end of its strength, and the Soviet army is about to lose again!

So far, Yang Mingzhi frowned, Fuming and Yevlov were still waiting for his high opinion, his expression was like this, which shows that things are by no means simple - the Soviet army is only afraid that it will be more than lucky!

Therefore, Fumin didn't say anything more, and deliberately opened the topic and said: "Berekov! The signal corps has also achieved great results in this operation! I have to tell you, Peria, who you installed in the Signal Corps of the Command! She's such a genius! ”

Yang Mingzhi really didn't want to say that the Soviet army was going to be defeated, so he took the opportunity to get off the donkey, and he also shouted: "Oh? Really? Where is Peria? I need to meet her! ”