Chapter 1067 The destination of prisoners of war and civilians
All the fighting in the city was over, and there were naturally a large number of dead bodies on the battlefield. The Soviet army liberated the city and shouldered the responsibility of cleaning up the battlefield.
The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion immediately dug some pits. They took away the enemy corpses they found, such as valuable shoes, and then threw them into the pits to bury them.
It was just the three criminal soldiers who were sentenced to death.
The three men were blindfolded with rags, and they stood in front of a broken wall. A firing squad composed of soldiers from the reconnaissance battalion, under the personal command of Balzen, carried out the execution.
There was no need for Yang Mingzhi to watch the execution. With his back turned, he only heard a burst of gunshots...
"I hope you all have a longer memory." He turned around and looked coldly at the onlookers, then left with his hands behind his back.
Balzen's mood was complicated. He shouted at the soldiers: "Comrades! These three scum are dead! Everyone must take this as a warning. If he commits another crime, I will kill him myself without the commander taking action!"
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Yang Mingzhi vaguely heard these words. This incident touched him greatly. The reconnaissance camp conducted two battles within a month. High-intensity battles and crazy long-distance attacks put everyone under great mental pressure. Under high pressure
, these soldiers can really do anything!
Fortunately, shooting three people should serve as a warning to others.
At this moment, the cleanup of the city is still going on. Soldiers from various armies are digging deep into the bricks and rubble, looking for the enemy's corpses and even body parts to bury them together. They are also looking for usable things, especially tableware and clothes.
In this kind of "rag picking" work, the parachute brigade gained the most. They were the first troops to invade the city, with more than 2,000 troops. After taking away the civilians and prisoners of war they found, they searched the buildings one by one.
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They found a large amount of clothes, but some houses were not seriously damaged by the rocket bombardment. The wardrobes inside were opened by soldiers, and a large number of relatively clean clothes were found. The strategic value of clothing is even equal to that of food! Chapter 1
A snow will fall in about four months, and the temperature will plummet below zero. There are more than 55,000 people in the Guerrilla Republic, and the clothing reserves are not sufficient! In order to avoid freezing to death, all clothes must be collected! Even from
On the enemy's dead body!
After all, Slavdzic is a small city. A large number of buildings collapsed during the war, and a large number of valuable clothes, food, and daily necessities were destroyed!
The Parachute Brigade and the Reconnaissance Battalion also didn't find much useful stuff. Compared to the soldiers of the Reconnaissance Battalion who stuffed useful items into their pockets, the Parachute Brigade was more generous.
Even when they found iron spoons, they turned them over! A large amount of materials were piled in an empty house, which was temporarily used as a warehouse.
It was past six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was setting, and the sunset was glowing in the west.
Taking advantage of the last two hours of light, the officers and soldiers also began to set up camp for tonight.
The ruins of the city became the camp of the paratrooper brigade and reconnaissance battalion, and the forest area on the northwest edge of the city became the camp of the second regiment of the 284th Division. There were no enemies around, and the soldiers lit bonfires in squad units. For a while,
The stars are dotted inside and outside the city!
From the encounter on the 17th to the siege on the 18th, the more than 5,000 soldiers were in a complete circle! Everyone was exhausted. Many soldiers ate their field rations and lay down wrapped in their arms to sleep soundly.
Yang Mingzhi didn't sleep well at night, and he is still struggling to maintain his energy.
High-intensity battles severely damage everyone's spirit. He really wanted to find a place to sleep soundly, but reality forced him to be energetic!
He returned to the headquarters in the city, and soon Balzen followed him.
Seeing that all the regimental and battalion commanders had arrived, Yang Mingzhi did not say any pleasantries.
Some "furniture" was added to the headquarters. Some broken tables were placed in the center of the room, with more than a dozen chairs standing next to them. Yang Mingzhi sat there, motioning for the officers to get ready, and directly announced: "Now!
Let’s hold a military meeting! Comrades, first tell us how many prisoners of war you have captured and how many civilians you have found!”
"Let me speak first!" Tepunov raised his hand.
"Okay! Say it!"
"Follow your orders! Comrade Commander! In this battle, we captured seventy-eight prisoners of war. After a brief interrogation, we found that they were all Ukrainians, not Germans! We also found ninety civilians, most of whom were women!"
Yang Mingzhi nodded and glanced at Balzen from the corner of his eye: "Very good, where are the others!"
"Report!" Balzen said bravely: "We did not capture prisoners of war, and we only found one civilian!"
"Oh? Did the reconnaissance camp really capture not a single prisoner of war?"
Yang Mingzhi's question was completely knowing. Balzen pursed his lips and affirmed again: "Yes! Indeed, we did not capture prisoners of war. According to your order, we did not take prisoners of war at all! Instead, we killed them immediately! As for the civilian, that is
That woman."
After he finished speaking, Yang Mingzhi looked left and right and said in summary: "In this battle, only the parachute brigade and the reconnaissance battalion were able to capture prisoners. The second regiment did not directly participate in the battle and could only participate in cleaning the battlefield.
Maybe our rocket launchers were too powerful and killed too many enemies and civilians! Or maybe our soldiers were venting their anger on these traitors and shot them directly if they refused to surrender. We still captured the prisoners and captured their
battalion commander!.
For these people, we define them as traitors. Before the operation, I had an order that we would not leave the traitors alive in this battle! Now we have captured a total of more than a hundred people. Let's brainstorm and discuss how we should treat these people.
people."
When it came to the execution of the traitor, the command post quickly became quiet. Balzen stared and looked left and right. His attitude was naturally to shoot him directly. Due to the scandal in the reconnaissance camp, it was not appropriate for him to say much today.
Fortunately, Lavrenti broke the embarrassment and said: "Commander! Since we all believe that these people are traitors, we will directly shoot them according to the country's punishment for traitors."
"Yes! Just shoot him!" Balzen decisively followed up to express his attitude, and then immediately shut up.
The battalion-level officers present, especially all the officers of the Second Regiment of the Guards Division, were initially unanimous in their attitude, and some even briefly drafted execution methods.
That is, ordering those traitors to take off their clothes and then machine-gun-cutting the grass...
"No! This is pure barbaric massacre! I have no objection to this," Tepunov rebuked loudly, and based on his principles he immediately rejected such cruel punishment.
"This is not a massacre! They are traitors, we are traitors!" Lavrenti corrected.
"No! This is indeed a massacre! Although they are traitors, they are also Soviet citizens! These traitors need to be successfully tried by legal means! If they are summarily shot by us soldiers, is this against principle?"
"Principles?" Lavrenti pursed his lips and shook his head. "There is no need to adhere to principles when dealing with these traitors. I think we should shoot them directly at dawn to save us from having to feed these bastards!"
"Then let them starve!" Yang Mingzhi finally made a decision: "I admire the determination of the comrades of the Paratrooper Brigade to adhere to principles. In this battle, the military discipline of the Paratrooper Brigade is also the best! You are worthy of being elites.
Troops. Regarding these traitors and those civilians. I know that many soldiers think that those civilians are actually traitors. Whether these people are traitors or not, they should be taken back for trial! I don’t want to kill anyone by mistake.
Our guerrilla republic also has courts, and comrades from the Ministry of Internal Affairs can act as judges. They convict these people, and we execute them by firing squad. This is in compliance with the law. Personally, I am more inclined to let these traitors serve as labor in the sulfur mines.
I will not tolerate those who seek to atone for their sins if they are ultimately sentenced to death.
Likewise, I will not tolerate crimes committed by our soldiers! Comrades, please note that we are soldiers of the Soviet Red Army and we must remember our glorious identity at all times! We must not engage in gangster behavior and must act in strict accordance with the regulations and disciplines!
Today, three soldiers who deliberately insulted and killed civilian women have been shot in compliance with battlefield discipline. What happened shows that there are still big problems with our military discipline! You are all officers, you must restrain your subordinates!
Now I have decided that after the sun rises tomorrow, those prisoners of war and civilians will be taken directly to Missi Ferry."
Tepunov breathed a long sigh of relief and continued to ask: "Commander! Should we also give these people some rations and transport them tomorrow? It's not okay for them to be hungry."
"They must be made hungry! Only when they are hungry will they not resist! That's right!" Yang Mingzhi knocked on the table, "Tepunov, where is that Moise now?"
"He was held in solitary confinement! Don't worry, we didn't abuse him."
"Very good, this person is still valuable. He will stay here tomorrow. That's the arrangement for the prisoners of war. Now let's discuss the information about the Romanians provided by Moise!"