Yang Mingzhi still remembers that the people who retreated in advance during the operation first arrived at Heitu Village. Yesterday www.biquge.info, he also found some traces, but only a few days have passed, and they all seem to have left.

In the hospital of Heitu Village, there are still many wounded, most of them are seriously injured, presumably because they are worried that their injuries will worsen due to the fatigue of the journey.

There are already enough doctors and nurses here (with average technical level) that there is no need for star fruit to go into battle in person.

The garrison of Heitu Village is all militia, and many of them are from this village. The inhabitants of this collective farm were the smallest, but the livestock were kept in large numbers. They had stockpiled a large amount of fodder before the winter, and now the village had 1,500 sheep, 800 cattle, and more than 800 horses.

Yang Mingzhi came to the office of the collective farm committee, which is the village committee as defined by the Chinese. In the conference room, the head of the village Vomansky, as well as the head of the militia, were here.

The conference room was still the same, with a large table and a few chairs, and it was the same as yesterday. The floor was clean, and the walls were covered with portraits of Man-en-Les and a few red slogans in Russian.

Yang Mingzhi said straight to the point: "I remember that a few days ago, some troops had already arrived here, and it seemed that they did not stay here, and all left? ”

"Yes, they didn't just come, but in four batches." The village chief said.

"Oh? Four batches, tell me which three batches they are? ”

"The first group, that is, the wounded soldiers who were the first to be torn off after the attack on Homnitch, and some of the citizens who were rescued. The second group, which was too numerous, was the Red Army soldiers you rescued, as well as some German prisoners. The third group is a group of German doctors and nurses that you have captured. The fourth group, which they have just left before you, is none other than Roshakov's troops, who withdrew from Homnich. ”

Womanski enumerated it and couldn't help but sigh, "There are too many people passing through my village these days!" The first group was more than 200 people, the second group was nearly 3,500 people, the third group was 100 people, and the fourth group was 1,500 people. Of course, this is a rough estimate, because time is tight, and most people just rest for the night and go their separate ways. ”

"So, not counting us, your village has passed by more than 5,000 people?"

Womansky looked embarrassed and said, "Exactly, plus you are more than 6,000 people." Although it is not respectful to say this, so many people and so many appetites pass by, and the warehouses in my village are almost empty. Therefore, the division must give us supplements, otherwise you will carry out a large-scale operation, and if you pass through my village, we will not even have the salt and bread to welcome our friends. ”

Yang Mingzhi patted his head: "Oh, I didn't think about this thing enough." Heitu Village is the closest to the front line, and the troops must pass through here first when they retreat! So, where did they go? ”

"All captured German prisoners of war were escorted to the large barracks in Catfish Village, and the more than 2,000 rescued Red Army soldiers were all asked to go to the blacksmith village, where there were enough newly built barracks to use, and the rest of the soldiers went back to their homes."

"Very well, you are doing a very good job, and I know everything about what you are going through. Now let's start making a new plan. ”

Going to Homnich to demolish the house, this action became necessary.

When the three of them discussed, they thought about it for a while. Because it was a Soviet city, it was very small, but the buildings were not low. Most of the buildings in the city were three-storey, and in reality most of them were destroyed by the war. Houses collapsed, and a large amount of steel bars were abruptly exposed, and outside the city, it was a frozen battlefield.

"Speaking of which, I went to find weapons made of metal, so Roshakov, who had just returned from the division, told me some information, maybe Comrade Deputy Division Commander was interested." Womanski said intriguingly.

"Oh? What's going on? ”

"It was the enemy's artillery, but it was destroyed by our soldiers. Roshakov said that during the sneak attack at night, the barrels of the enemy's artillery were blown up by our troops, as a result of which the enemy opened fire and heavy artillery occurred, and the entire artillery position was finished. They abandoned all the heavy artillery. In addition, the enemy's field artillery was too close to the front line and was covered by the fire of our army's large-caliber mortars, and it was also completely destroyed. Not to mention the dozens of half-tracked armored vehicles destroyed by our troops, I saw some scrap copper and rotten iron pulled on their sleighs, which Roshakov told me were parts removed from enemy vehicles that could be smelted back into a large number of grenade shells.

So, in fact, that battlefield is not only a lot of scrap metal, but also the enemy's scattered ammunition. ”

Yang Mingzhi stood up all of a sudden, talking to himself excitedly. "That Yevlov, now he's finally getting smarter. We have to get this pile of back! ”

Because, Yang Mingzhi simply changed his mind. When it comes to fighting, I'm literally playing a game of Fallout, and when I'm not fighting, I'm picking up the rags and turning them into something useful.

"It seems that I have to arrange for the regular troops to hold on to the village of Black Soil for the time being, and the militia units to go to Homnich as sappers."

"That's good! I support! The militia captain stood up.

He claimed to be named Satoyama, and as the captain, he commanded a company. In fact, there should be more militia here, because of the needs of the war, many militiamen were pulled to Catfish Village for emergency training, in case the battle expanded, and were urgently transported to the battlefield.

"Very good, Comrade Satoyama, we will arrange everything in a moment, and you will quickly gather your men, prepare the necessary labor tools, and wait for our dispatch." Yang Mingzhi said.

In his opinion, this is a very formal task. The excited Satoyama immediately stood up and saluted. In this regard, Yang Mingzhi also stood up immediately, stretched out his right hand with a stiff face and returned the salute.

"Okay, okay, you're soldiers, and we're not having a military meeting." Womanski smiled, his beard shaking. He waved his hand and asked the two of them to sit down and continue talking.

"Therefore, Comrade Deputy Division Commander organized the troops to collect metal, presumably we will find a lot of usable things during the operation, and we may find some usable furniture, but we are still too short of all kinds of daily necessities here. So we had to dispatch a lot of horses and sleds to bring back the various loads. Now we have 820 horses here, most of which were also brought back by Comrade Roshakov, and as you know, the Germans relied heavily on horses for transporting heavy artillery and shells. Many of the horses they left behind were captured by our army, and we can still use them today. ”

Military horses are a windfall, and Yang Mingzhi has never imagined that he can get so many high-quality military horses. He couldn't help but think a lot: "I heard that Marshal Budyonny still stubbornly claimed that the sabers of our Soviet Red Army could cut off the heads of the Germans. What, even though times have changed, cavalry is still an elite force. ”

Volmansky shook his head: "Actually, I also worked as a cavalryman twenty years ago, wearing a pointed Budyonny hat with a big red star. It was still a civil war, and I was just an ordinary soldier. IMHO, the era of cavalry has really passed, unless the cavalry is replaced with steel plates, like tanks, so that they can not be easily killed. ”

Yang Mingzhi shook his finger. "Comrade, the cavalry at least has the ability to maneuver, and the horses have an unusually strong carrying capacity. For our 284th Division, mobility is very important. I thought it would be possible to form a small cavalry unit, and they would not be used to kill people with sabers and spears, but to fight as dismounted infantry, and to march on horseback. ”

It was a prospect that Womansky couldn't help but rub his beard. "Comrade Berekov, what you said is very constructive, maybe we can try. Don't look at old bones like me, I can still ride a horse! Now that you've approved it, I can work hard to train a cavalry unit and complete the maneuver surprise attack you mentioned. ”

"That's what you're tired of." Yang Mingzhi stood up again and saluted.

"Hahaha, the deputy division commander is heavy. Since that's the case......" Volmansky stood up, listened to his fat body and returned to the field, and returned the same military salute: "I used to be a soldier of the Red Army, and now it is still possible to train the cavalry troops." Now, does the deputy division commander have any other requirements? ”

"No more. In the afternoon, the messenger sent by Yevlov should have arrived. And after I read the letter, I have to re-plan my subordinates. After all, the situation has changed somewhat, and some of them have to become sappers and go to Homnich to clean up the battlefield again. ”

"Alright! Comrade Deputy Division Commander. This is your arrangement today, so we, as the friendship of the landlords, should also treat our heroic troops today, you and your soldiers. Today we slaughtered a dozen sheep and a cow, and every soldier was able to drink a bowl of beef and mutton soup. It's a treat for everyone. You, on the other hand, have a roasted whole lamb. ”

"Oh? Roasted whole lamb?! What a luxury. Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but sigh, but his heart was full of expectations.

"It's not extravagant. The sheep are just starting to roast, you just have to wait. You are the key to our victory, and you deserve to be rewarded! ”

It would be wrong to be so modest, Yang Mingzhi nodded: "Great." Since it is a reward, I have to call my two battalion commanders and my heroic reconnaissance company commander, and of course our military doctor and sniper Besika, who is also my wife, and our sniper hero Natasha, as well as your comrade village chief, and you, the militia captain Comrade Satoyama. I'm a person who likes to share with everyone, you get the idea? ”

"Yes, yes, if there are still those two girls, I should have some more hot cow and yogurt. That's it. Womanski said. (To be continued.) )