The telegram sent by Boboski was supported by Yang Mingzhi. To his surprise, the commander himself came quickly in a jeep early the next morning.
Since Yang Mingzhi has made a plan to go to Catfish Village to command the defense in person, he cannot go empty-handed. To defend Catfish Village well, a large number of qualified soldiers are needed. At present, in addition to transferring a small number of troops from the front,
Among the existing militia, priority is given to selecting all men who can fight. In this way, 2,400 people meet this condition. Among them are security police, armed mine supervisors, lumberjacks, potters, etc., except for arsenals.
, other factories and workshops completely stopped working, and all male workers joined the army to fight.
After this operation, Yang Mingzhi only organized 2,400 people, barely organizing five battalions. In addition, even middle-aged and elderly men could not be found.
"Why not, let's drag those Romanians to Catfish Village to fight against the Germans!" Yang Mingzhi had this idea, and he immediately started to implement it. The one hundred Romanian soldiers who had surrendered had just returned from the front line in their carriages. These people
There was nothing wrong with the transport rockets. After the rocket strikes were completed, they were ordered to return. After spending the night in transit, the transport team arrived at the Blacksmith Village safely on the evening of the 16th.
The Romanians thought they would load their horses with supplies and deliver them to the battlefield further north. Unexpectedly, they received an order from the Soviet commander. This order was of no small importance. They would be treated as regular infantry and participate in real battles with the Germans.
Guns in combat.
"I took away 2,400 middle-aged and elderly people, 150 children from the youth camp, my guard platoon, and 100 Romanians. I barely managed to make up 2,700 people.
"I hope they can all fight well." Yang Mingzhi was lying on the bed in the lounge of the headquarters, closing his eyes and counting the people he had mobilized. Two thousand seven hundred people can definitely be regarded as a full infantry regiment.
The combat effectiveness of this unit is still too weak.
But even so, it is better than the "People's Stormtroopers" that the Germans created in the future! Hitler hoped to use coercion to arm a group of fifty-year-old citizens with cheap and inferior weapons, and tried to use them to stop the Allied forces.
This kind of attack is impossible to promote a people's war, and will only force them to rebel against their relatives.
The Soviet army is different. At least this group of men have experienced the tragedy of their relatives being killed and their homes destroyed when they reached middle age. They chose to escape because they were too weak. Now, with weapons in their hands, this group of men will not hesitate.
Give up your life for revenge.
Thinking like this, Yang Mingzhi slowly closed his eyes...
On July 17, as the morning bugle was played, more than two thousand people quickly gathered in the empty field west of the village with their equipment. They were dressed in casual clothes, and the queue was quite neat. They were all older men, most of them
They all have their iconic beards, and to be honest, some of them look a bit like Karl Marx at first glance.
After Yang Mingzhi washed up, ate some potatoes, put on his full military uniform, and led his thirty-strong "guards" directly to the empty field to inspect this strange unit.
A young man with an oriental face, wearing high-top leather boots and holding his waist, wandered in front of the crowd.
Yang Mingzhi, or Belekov, is a man respected by these elders. Seeing him, his morale is high.
"Haha. Comrades, you all have big beards. This is a symbol of your age."
There was a burst of laughter in the team.
"Okay, please stay serious. Comrades, to be honest, you are all our uncles. However, the new enemy plans to attack us from the flanks at the moment when we are about to launch a full-scale attack to liberate Lechica. We cannot let the enemy fall into the trap.
We cannot withdraw our frontline troops because of the trap. We also cannot rely on too many women, so we need you. Now, please allow me to lead you to the direction of Catfish Village to stop the enemy! Ula!"
Yang Mingzhi didn't say any more. After a symbolic speech, a hurray aroused people's fighting spirit.
The troops are on their way!
These elderly people seem to be slovenly. Think back to the Borodino battlefield in 1812. The Russian army dispatched 7,000 militiamen to participate in the battle. Those so-called militiamen were a group of middle-aged men in their 40s and 50s with beards. Those militiamen
Almost completely killed in battle! It can be seen that hidden under the sloppy appearance is pure brutality and fearlessness. As long as this strength is used well, the Germans will inevitably suffer serious losses.
The five "elderly" infantry battalions formed four columns and began to advance along the dirt road leading to Catfish Village. Following behind were the one hundred and fifty children from the youth camp. After the youth camp, came the carriages
The Romanians will serve as logistics soldiers for the last time. After arriving at Catfish Village, the people from Brimayo will become Romanian Red Army soldiers.
Yang Mingzhi and everyone in the headquarters kept saluting the military salute and watching the team move westward.
Yevlov's military posture was very straight, but his eyes were trembling slightly. "Berekov, you still sent these children to the battlefield again. There are many girls among them. Let them go to the battlefield. The war is really cruel.
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"The enemy has inflicted cruelty on us, and we have no choice but to resort to this strategy in order to survive. Besides, I think that under the leadership of Kharkiv, the combat effectiveness of this group of children will be amazing."
"We'll see. I just hope they can make meritorious deeds and remain unscathed."
Unscathed? That is difficult to achieve. Looking at these children, Yang Mingzhi felt uncomfortable. That was fake.
He said no more. When the troops gradually disappeared from sight, it was time for Yang Mingzhi to leave.
He got on the jeep, turned sideways and said to Yevlov: "You stay here and don't worry about me. Please tell my wife for me not to worry about me, and to ensure her safety when she is serious about rescuing people."
Sleep.”
"I will, you don't have to worry. I also want to say, if you don't want Besica to be too busy, you should command it well so that the troops will suffer as few casualties as possible."
"Okay, I'll do it!"
It is entirely feasible for the troops to defeat or force the enemy to stop advancing eastward with very few casualties. To achieve this, the swamps must be made good use of.
Yang Mingzhi patted the driver on the shoulder: "Let's go and catch up with the team in front."
In this way, a jeep convoy began to march westward. It was a convoy of eight 82-barrel trucks and three half-track motorcycles. All the vehicles were captured. In addition to all members of Yang Mingzhi's security company, the convoy also brought four
Heavy weapons.
Four jeeps were modified by the arsenal. A metal bracket stood in the vehicle, on which a Deshka heavy machine gun could be mounted. The jeeps were transformed into highly mobile anti-aircraft vehicles. Of course, Yang Mingzhi felt that this kind of modified jeeps
We can already fight the "Pickup Truck War". After all, the Deshka heavy machine gun can be used until the 21st century, except that the vehicle has changed from an 82-barrel truck to a Toyota pickup truck.
A heavy machine gun originally used to hit aircraft, it is really terrifying to use it to shoot enemies. With its huge silhouette, powerful firepower, and fierce power, wouldn't it be beautiful if it was used to ambush the German army?