The Germans bombed the prisoner-of-war camp, which was razed to the ground by the bomb's shock wave. Since the prisoners were all working in the mines, there were very few casualties in the camp.
The biggest casualties were these prisoners of war. Initially, only about 250 of them were counted as being able to move freely, and most of them were Romanians. After being bombarded indiscriminately, these people's spirits almost collapsed.
They were escorted by soldiers to a place for centralized custody.
There were actually some prisoners of war left in the mine. They could have escaped, either because they were unconscious or pretending to be dead. There were more than a hundred such people, and the soldiers who were searched were driven out one after another.
Now that Joshua is in charge, the situation has become slightly better than the initial despair.
The wounded were carried out one after another. Most of them were old men with beards, the so-called armed overseers. Their clothes were in a mess, they were all unconscious, and they had countless small wounds all over their bodies. The worst thing was the explosion.
After being injured by the shock, some people are still depressed. After a period of time, organ failure will kill them.
If the Germans send out more bombers in this bombing, all carrying 500KG bombs, no one will survive in the mine.
The vast number of female soldiers endured the urge to vomit, carried their own corpses, and placed them calmly in an empty field. More than fifty corpses were soon collected.
There were more than a hundred injured armed overseers, either dying or groaning. They were also lying in an empty field, waiting for treatment.
What happened next was no longer simply a matter of the army. Joshua endured his heart pounding and tried to contact his superiors.
The electromagnetic interference has ended and communications have returned to normal. Yang Mingzhi, who was waiting for news from the mine, finally received their signal.
Compared to Qiao Shuya who was eager to report, Yang Mingzhi wanted to know what the situation was like there.
After Qiao Shuya reported the current situation, the huge number of casualties really shocked Yang Mingzhi.
"Are you telling the truth? We lost so many people? Two-thirds of the armed overseers were lost, and your troops also suffered serious losses?"
"No! Our unit's casualties are not heavy and are within the tolerable range."
"What about the prisoners of war?"
"Those people..." Joshua suddenly became hesitant, "Many prisoners of war died, most of them! They are all dead!"
"Where are the prisoners of war?"
"This... they... we must save our own people first, so those prisoners of war..."
What came from the earphone was the woman's hesitation. Yang Mingzhi immediately understood something. He rebuked: "Do you think that if the prisoners of war are injured, they have lost their use value, so there is a reason not to rescue them?! No
Okay, you can help me save people! As long as they have a breath, rescue the people in the mine!"
In the guerrilla republic, the attitude of the vast majority of soldiers towards prisoners of war is to kill them quickly. The reason why they do not execute them is entirely because of military discipline. They use the death penalty to torture and kill prisoners of war. Anyone who does this will also be punished themselves.
Subject to severe sanctions, even shot for murder!
It's clear that torture is not enough, so why not take advantage of some opportunities to retaliate?
Just a dozen days ago, the entire female barracks was still full. After a big battle, the girls suffered heavy losses! Joshua deliberately pretended to be confused after the air raid, so-called priority in rescuing his own people, but he missed many injured prisoners of war.
She lost her life before the best time for rescue. It cannot be said that her measure was wrong. In this era, most people do not think it is inappropriate to retaliate against the invaders in this way.
Ordinary soldiers are usually short-sighted, because they are ordinary combat soldiers. As a general, Yang Mingzhi knew the value of these prisoners of war, especially the Romanians!
The entire group army headquarters took action, and Yang Mingzhi issued the rescue order with great righteousness.
More than 20 messengers were urgently summoned to the headquarters, and he issued orders loudly.
"Order! Notify all doctors and nurses at the Blacksmith Village Hospital to make emergency large-scale medical preparations. Order the hospital to dispatch a medical team of no less than twenty people to the mine urgently.
Order the second regiment of the 284th Division to immediately set off and march to the mine. Order the independent second regiment to immediately suspend rest and recuperation and move toward the mine quickly! Order all transport troops in Blacksmith Village to mobilize all mobilizable vehicles and assemble toward the mine. Order
Train, terminate all transportation tasks and drive to the fertilizer plant to be on standby!"
In Yang Mingzhi's view, the bombing of the mine was really a humanitarian disaster. A large number of medical personnel and troops were stationed there, and they had to act quickly!
After receiving the order, the soldiers rushed to various units to convey the order.
Yang Mingzhi also turned around, faced all the eager personnel in the headquarters, and announced: "This situation is too urgent, and I must visit the scene in person."
"What?! You're going to take action again, isn't that bad?!" Yevlov questioned worriedly.
"There is no time to waste any time! Deputy Commander, you should continue to sit at the headquarters. I personally must go to the mine! I must see the enemy's masterpiece in person! Because, I am still the chief of staff of the army!"
Yang Mingzhi's reasons are indeed very good. As a senior commander with excellent military literacy, he urgently needs to directly understand the combat effectiveness of the enemy's air force to provide reference for future air defense operations.
His trip was definitely not just to take a few followers and leave. There were a lot of people going to the mine this time! There were more than 2,000 people from the second regiment, another 2,000 from the independent regiment, ten trucks and three
Ten carriages and even small trains are currently filled with more than a hundred strong enough militiamen sent by the blacksmith village chief Kavitsky.
Yang Mingzhi drove his little Jeep and rushed directly to the already busy hospital. This was the largest hospital in the Guerrilla Republic, and its large wards had already begun to be cleared. All people with minor illnesses were asked to vacate their beds.
to prepare for the hundreds of casualties that are coming.
Dean Raslyutin also shouted loudly: "Everyone, cheer up, the time has come to show your medical skills. I want you to ignore the past grudges, whether they are Soviet citizens, Germans, or Romanians, after all, you will do your best to treat them."
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These words were clearly heard by Yang Mingzhi, and he secretly rejoiced. It seemed that the only Russians who could really ignore past grudges were these doctors!
Yang Mingzhi suddenly came to the hospital without warning. He came here just to find someone.
Nowadays, Carambola is still young and is already teaching five young girls how to prepare medicines. They and more than a dozen people waste no time preparing sulfonamide solution in the hospital’s pharmacy room, which is currently the most widely used anti-inflammatory and bactericidal medicine!
"Xiao Tao! Where are you! Come out! Come out!" Yang Mingzhi roared wildly in Chinese, which made a group of hurried nurses even more panicked and also attracted Raslyukin himself.
This almost bald man subconsciously stopped the commander from roaring.
Yang Mingzhi asked impatiently: "I asked you to prepare 20 doctors and nurses to go to the mine. Are you all ready?"
"This... is over. We are busy dispensing medicines. I think you should understand that there are so many injured people who need information as soon as possible. We..."
"It's because the potions are not well stocked! I understand! How long do you have until you can finish the job?!"
"Soon! Soon! I'll hurry up!" Raslyugin was about to leave, and Yang Mingzhi grabbed his arm.
"Hey! Go and find my wife. I'm going to the mine to inspect the mine right away. My wife wants to go with me."
Raslyutin refused in his heart. After all, Besica is already a very good surgeon. There are still too few excellent doctors who can perform surgeries. She is an indispensable person. However, since the commander has given the order, then
I just have to do it.
Star Tao didn't hear her husband's call for no other reason. The medicine room was noisy and chaotic. Until Raslyutin walked into the room in person and interrupted the girl's work. "Besika, the commander gave an order. You are here too."
On the list of people going to the mine, get out of here immediately, the commander is waiting for you in the big ward!"