The battle at the end of March was the last battle that the youth battalion had experienced. In this battle, nearly half of the 100 people participating in the battalion were lost. The battalion was severely damaged. In the two months since then, there has been no more
Military action.
Yang Mingzhi also realized that it is best not to treat these teenagers as ordinary soldiers. Their battles are not heroic, but the price of bravery is a large number of unnecessary casualties. Soldiers in ordinary troops can usually treat their comrades calmly.
Sacrifice, the death of a group of gun-wielding young soldiers will undoubtedly have a negative impact on morale.
Therefore, in terms of army establishment, the youth camp should be used as the garrison force of the Blacksmith Village. Only some of the elites, such as some sharpshooters or older children, can be transferred to the regular army.
It stands to reason that Kharkiv is already over sixteen years old. Many Russians of this age already have thick beards and tall bodies, and at first glance they look like adults.
He did not leave the unit and has always complied with the responsibility assigned by the commander - to train the unit.
After more than a month of training, he believed that the troops were qualified to go to the battlefield again. However, his application was always rejected. Whether it was Yang Mingzhi or Yevlov, the youth camp was not in the order of battle of the front-line troops.
If these people want to fight, they can almost only do so under one circumstance, that is, the German army launches a full-scale third encirclement and suppression campaign!
The current strength of the youth battalion has completely returned to the state in March, because forty new recruits have been added - young soldiers from the 17th Guerrilla Brigade.
For the commander of this guerrilla brigade, Miroshniko, he counted all those under his control who could hold weapons as soldiers, including even teenagers of twelve or thirteen years old.
This can be said to be very young children. Their homes were burned by the German army, or their parents were killed. In fact, revenge is too far away for them. People must live first, and finding the guerrillas is undoubtedly a way to survive.
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Miroshniko could only arm boys, and he looked down upon girls.
After the guerrilla brigade suffered heavy losses, only one-third of the population reached the Guerrilla Republic. They began to reorganize as soon as they entered. After all, the general Yevlov who stayed here still exerted great efforts in the management of the army.
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The strength of the guerrilla brigade was reduced, and the entire brigade was compressed into two battalions. The elderly and children among them were completely eliminated from the battle sequence. However, these people, old and weak, all have combat experience. In certain crisis situations, they also have
The possibility of fighting again.
Therefore, some old people were invited to the arsenal to engage in simple tasks such as repairing weapons and making bullets. Some were also directly transferred to the mines and placed in the "mine garrison camp" composed almost entirely of old people.
Children in the guerrilla brigade who are too young are sent to schools for management, while older boys and girls are sent to youth camps to receive military training.
Forty-two more children were placed under the management of Kharkiv, and the burden on his shoulders became even heavier.
Kharkov wanted to train the old way. After a few days of training, he found that those boys from the guerrilla brigade were a group of people. For disobedient soldiers, usually just kick them a few times. Haha
Erkov's behavior almost turned into a gang fight among the troops. In the end, those who disobeyed discipline were imprisoned for a day.
It's not just the male soldiers who are in trouble, the new female soldiers are even worse.
The troops were running around the relatively flat dirt road in the forest. Most of them were running fairly neatly, except for a small group of female soldiers who looked like they were dragging their feet.
Natasha followed closely behind Kharkov. She really couldn't stand the way these girls were rearing their heads, so she simply gave an order: "Everyone! Stop moving forward."
The veterans of the youth camp were familiar with Natasha, but the new arrivals saw her for the first time. The front team had stopped, but the back team did not listen to the steps, especially the dozen girls at the end of the crane.
He bumped into the female soldier and veteran in front of him.
The team was a little confused. Kharkiv held his head and complained: "Natasha, your order was too sudden."
"Yes! It was very sudden!" Natasha pinched her waist, and her mood was not much better. "Kharkov, is this how you run the army? This army is loose and disorganized, and it has deteriorated compared to half a month ago.
It’s just too much.”
This was the person he liked, so Kharkiv naturally had no objection. He shook his head and sighed slightly: "You are right, the situation is actually worse than you think."
"I think so, especially the ten soldiers in the rear team." Natasha said, emphasizing more and more: "You guys, get out of the queue!"
In fact, the ten girls who stood up were about the same age as Natasha, and the temperament gap between them was really huge. If Natasha was courageous and heroic, these girls were at a loss and breathless.
Each of them was breathing heavily with their mouths open. With this look, Natasha was really not in a good mood.
She sternly scolded: "Look at you, the troops are not running in an orderly manner, and you have a huge responsibility. The whole team has only run for one kilometer, and you are out of breath. From now on, when you carry ten kilograms of equipment to participate in battles, you will only
I'm afraid that you will collapse on the ground from exhaustion just after leaving the military camp! You! You are! A bunch of rubbish!"
Whether they were newcomers or veterans of the youth camp, including Kharkov, everyone was shocked by Natasha's words.
"Oops, she has never said such outrageous things! What happened to her?!" Kharkov muttered, maybe she was too angry?
Natasha continued to insist: "Don't think that because you are a woman, you have power and a lax attitude! If you do this, who do you think you are?! Since you are soldiers, you have the responsibility to defend the country and the guerrilla republic, and also
You have the responsibility to protect the 60,000 people here. Will the enemy not shoot because of your cowardice? Bah! Don’t forget, you are women! If it falls into the hands of the enemy, the enemy will indeed throw the weapon aside, and then like
He will tear off your clothes like wild beasts and finally strangle you all to death..."
Kharkiv couldn't stand listening anymore and shouted: "That's enough! Comrade Spiroskina, stop talking!"
Natasha's face was gloomy, and she did not say any more, because these girls, who were about the same age as her, were already crying.
Their crying also directly hit Natasha's heart. Didn't she cry like this last night?! Suddenly, she realized that what she just said was too much.
Even if she apologized to Greta, it was not entirely her intention. The enemy is always the enemy, and the Germans should not be. There can be no good people. That woman must have deliberately approached Besica, even if she really became a Soviet citizen.
, all these are her means of saving life. Natasha believes that this is the truth, so why should she apologize for her behavior yesterday?
It was the commander's strong criticism that caused her to fall into a deep self-conflict.
The inspection documents were written overnight, and throughout the night, she actually did some self-examination. The commander said a lot, if you can't face your own identity, you can't be a real soldier. What is a real soldier? First of all, you must
Be able to abide by military discipline at all times! Sweat hard in daily training, be alert at all times in battle, and act in accordance with the regulations after victory. Especially, do not do the wrong thing of robbing families and homes with the attitude of a victor!
She thought that she had brought shame to the commander. How could she truly atone for her sin? She recalled the commander's order in the morning: "You must train the children in the youth camp to be sharpshooters."
Regardless of whether the commander was serious or not, she felt that she had to complete the task perfectly.
As a result, when she returned to the youth camp, she saw a lax team and a group of so-called female soldiers who looked exactly like ordinary girls. How could she be in a good mood?
Kharkiv doesn't understand this, and the soldiers in the youth camp don't understand it even more.
It was the first time for the veterans to see Natasha so angry, and it was also the first time to hear her say a lot of swear words. The recruits met their "tactical counselor" for the first time, and they did not expect that this beautiful woman had a arrogant attitude under her face.
, and also said a lot of vulgar words.
Some people will remain restrained, while others will step forward very boldly.
A young man broke away from the team and shouted disdainfully: "You are also a woman! Who do you think you are? Did the Germans tear your clothes off and kill you..."
Then, there was a burst of discordant ridicule from the team.
Upon hearing these words, Kharkiv realized that something was wrong. He rushed over and punched the boy hard.