At eleven o'clock in the evening, a refugee team operating overnight encountered Soviet sentries on the northern outskirts of the city.
The sentry was surprised that the refugees were still marching hard at this time. Now that the people have arrived, they are greeted by a large amount of food and clean cold water.
There were a thousand new arrivals, and their arrival greatly surprised Lavrenti, who was just about to rest.
"It's so late and they are still moving. If there are still people coming the night after, I don't want to sleep well. What the heck, if I am mentally depressed, how can I command the troops."
Despite some complaints, Lavrenty still had to go and see the newly arrived refugees in person. He was busy until the people supervising Miroshniko settled the refugees, and worked until one o'clock in the morning, then he dragged his tired body to sleep.
The only thing that could make Lavrenti feel at ease was the telegram sent by the commander. Lavrenti had his own superficial idea about the transfer of refugees, which was to wait until dawn and distribute some food to all the refugees, no matter how many there were in the city.
They continued to walk south. It was really a simple and rude way to let the defenders of Lechicha get rid of their huge ambition of refugees.
However, the commander's plan was more thorough, and many details in it made Lavrenti feel ashamed.
In short, he took it for granted and did not expect that the refugees were not soldiers after all, let alone soldiers of the guerrilla republic who had undergone special physical training. After commanding and fighting here for a long time, Lavrenti simply had a high opinion of all Soviet troops.
After the refugees had enough to eat and drink, they gathered together in their original villages.
Belarus is also a sparsely populated country with very cold winters. There are also many gray wolves, brown bears and wild boars. It is incredible for a single family to live alone. People have liked to live together since ancient times, even if they are different families, they have gathered together to form a natural village.
It seems to be a whole.
There are close interpersonal relationships among the refugees, which is crucial for the next more than 100 kilometers of migration!
It was also this unique cultural custom that Lenin believed was easier to realize the collective farming of rural areas. The natural settlements in the past also entered the Soviet era and immediately changed into farms one by one.
The German army invaded and the original farm system was destroyed. Instead, the German army selected villages and controlled them through agents or a small garrison.
The traitors were executed, the German troops stationed in the villages were eliminated, and the people elected their new village chiefs and farm Soviet representatives. Although they were moving, the framework of their farms was basically restored.
Lavrenti's position made him only focus on the military, but seeing that the refugees already had such a social structure, he estimated that when the refugees returned to the swamp, their lives would quickly get back on track. Then, he must urge
These people act.
While the refugees were resting, thousands of soldiers were taking turns on duty. They suddenly became chefs, kneading balls with captured flour and spreading them on the metal plates that had been roasting.
And the metal plates were unloaded from the armored truck, and they turned into kitchen utensils.
Throughout the second half of the night, no new groups of refugees arrived.
The night gradually ends and the sun rises as usual.
At five o'clock in the morning, the whole world was shrouded in a thin layer of fog, and in the swamp there was a very thick fog.
In the morning fog, a large group of refugees ended their sleep and began to march hard again. Most of the refugees had no food rations. The guerrillas leading the group told everyone: "People, you are about to
Arrive at Lechica! The last three kilometers are waiting for you, speed up! There is endless bread there!”
In fact, the most taboo thing for this kind of hungry refugee group is to be incited. Hunger will cause fear. If a large number of people are afraid at the same time, it will cause panic. The promise of the guerrillas not only attracts the greedy people, but also inspires them.
Refugees' desire for survival.
As a result, the number of this group suddenly reached 8,000, which is what the leader of the guerrilla team yesterday called the largest refugee group. They already knew the correct direction, and the people at the head of the team suddenly began to speed up. Their actions immediately caused the restlessness of the follow-up personnel.
He immediately started running wildly.
The guerrillas escorting them were unexpected. The orderly team suddenly fell into chaos. The team rushed towards Lechica without prioritization, as if they were not going to eat in Lechica, but were charging to attack the city.
Soldiers, this momentum makes the guerrillas hurry up. They are not hungry people at all.
A sudden vibration came from the northwest direction of the city, and soon a roar was heard again.
The garrison in the city who was very sensitive to the battle was taken aback, and Lavrenti was also awakened by the guards.
"Sir...sir...there is a situation in the northwest, maybe..."
"Ah? Are the fascists calling?"
"We don't know, but there must be a large group of people running towards us."
Lavrenti, who was originally in a daze, suddenly woke up. He set up his headquarters in the city, which meant that if the German army suddenly appeared, his position would be the first to be affected.
"Fight! Inform the brothers to prepare for battle! No matter who they are, if they are Germans, I will fight them back hard."
At this moment, there are already more than 4,000 refugees living in the city, as well as some cattle and sheep. The newly awakened refugees were surprised by the fact that everyone could get a lot of food after dawn. They woke up excitedly, only to see the vast number of Soviet soldiers hugging them.
With guns drawn, they swarmed toward the northwest corner of the city.
For a time, the city fell into chaos. A large number of refugees were still worried about food. It was as if the German army was coming. They succumbed to their instincts and began to move south.
After hearing the urgent report from the messenger, Lavrenti was really shocked: "What? The refugees are leaving the city? My food hasn't been distributed yet. They want to go south without taking food? They have to starve to death! Signal soldiers! Give it to the troops in the south.
Send a telegram to prevent refugees from running around. Notify the second regiment to leave the forest immediately, move to the south of the city urgently, and use bayonets to force the refugees to stop fleeing."
No matter whether the German army is coming or not, if the Soviet army falls into chaos first, the German army will be victorious. A riot among the refugees is really what Lavrenty least wants to see. This is what he fears most. He really wishes there would be such a situation.
Some way to move all the refugees to the swamp behind in one second.
Two independent regiments, with a strength of 3,000 men, moved very quickly. Most of their troops moved to the northwest of the city, and their guns were aimed at the outside world.
The soldiers didn't know who was coming. They all heard the shouts getting closer and closer, and the soldiers felt more and more strange.
The Germans didn't shout when they charged. Could it be friendly forces? More than one soldier was cursing the mist for its inappropriateness.
However, when the soldiers in the front row saw the figure clearly in the mist, they determined that the person coming was not an enemy.
"Calm down, they are not enemies!" a platoon leader shouted loudly, but the incident did not happen.
The refugees, overwhelmed by hunger, collided directly with a large number of soldiers armed with guns.
Among the supplies previously dropped by air, there was a small batch of Soviet summer military uniforms, numbering just over a thousand sets. Most of these clothes were distributed to soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the 17th Guerrilla Brigade who had made military exploits in neutral countries, and were considered a special reward.
When the refugees saw the people in front of them, all of whom were wearing the standard uniforms of the Red Army, they were shocked and calmed down one by one.
The main body of the defenders moved to the northwest of the city. They had a large number of troops and immediately controlled the restless 8,000 refugees, and the situation was completely stabilized.
Lavrenti has completed negotiations with the guerrillas escorting the refugees, which is the so-called handover. Three guerrilla teams have arrived in Lechica. After completing the escort mission, they will replenish some food and ammunition and return to the north to continue fighting.
For them, Lavrenti also gave them considerable preferential treatment. Since the guerrillas were very short of machine guns, Lavrenti directly approved 30 captured machine guns, and each machine gun was accompanied by ten boxes of original machine gun ammunition wrapped in oil paper.
The guerrillas were extremely grateful for this, and after a victory hug, Lavrenti's thoughts completely returned to the refugees.
He knew that 8,000 people had arrived in the morning, and thousands more would arrive within a few hours. In any case, 20,000 people would pass through Lechica today!
Lavrenti led his guards on a road filled with refugees. On both sides of the four-kilometer long road, there were people sitting down and resting everywhere. Most of them were holding "pot helmets" and chewing heavily, and some were
Drinking noodles and porridge. Several captured large pots were set up on both sides of the road. The officers and soldiers of the 17th Guerrilla Brigade turned into cooks. They poured the flour into the pot, then put in some salted fish that had been pickled for several months, and cut it into pieces.
Potatoes cut into pieces, or even a small amount of canned sauerkraut, are a pot of salty porridge.
The first group of refugees to arrive, together with those who arrived after dark, formed a group of up to 4,000 people, and began to move southward at eight o'clock in the morning.
The refugees drove their own carriages, and their belongings were not confiscated by the Soviet army in Lechica. Instead, some flour and fresh potatoes were piled on the carriages. Since the refugees had been organized into groups, the Soviet army also
There is no need to send many people to escort.
However, just as they started to set off, as many as 4,000 armed civilians who rushed to Lechica and provided supplies finally arrived at Lechica after traveling for more than 100 kilometers.
The two teams happened to meet in the middle. The queue of refugees formed a long queue of five kilometers, and the queue of armed civilians was also very long. If there was a bird's-eye view from an airplane at this moment, the pilot would definitely be able to see an abnormality above the ground.
Busy traffic lines.
The two teams had their own tasks. They passed by each other, exchanged pleasantries, and then each focused on their own tasks.
The most curious thing is the children in the refugee team. Children who are still old enough are recruited by the guerrillas without exception, including girls. The children they do not want are young children and infants. Young children
The children were all ordered to sit on the carriage, with curious eyes staring at the uncles and aunts carrying firearms who passed by them.
A very large proportion of the armed civilians transporting supplies to the north are women. Most of them already have children. Based on the instinct of maternal love, they naturally show affection for the children who have just escaped from the war. They just smile and look at them, making them angry.
Many children lowered their heads in shyness.
Warmth in the flames of war is so precious. Armed civilians have seen the city burning with smoke. This is the so-called Lechica. It is the first time for many people to come here. The city is already devastated, and the civilians are rushing to arrive in the city with a large amount of supplies.
, and surprisingly discovered that the streets and alleys of the city have really become huge refugee camps!
The refugee group that has just left will first target the Homnich Military Station. After all, they are ordinary people, and it is simply unrealistic to expect them to march fifty kilometers in one day. Therefore, according to the Soviet army's personnel transfer plan, the first batch of refugees will take two days
It was time to arrive at Homnage and they had to spend the night on the way.
Therefore, they set off on the morning of the 23rd, and arrived at Homnage as early as the afternoon or evening of the 24th. On the evening of the 23rd, they would spend the night at the edge of the forest north of Homnage, where
The ruins of Dubravica Village were also the ambush site of the cavalry battalion at the beginning of the month. Some supplies had been stored in the ruins of Dubravica Village. Kolkin, the general manager of the Homnich Military Station, was ordered to do so at the critical moment.
At this point, we are ready to welcome 20,000 people for a temporary rest, and the vicinity of the ruins of the village is the resting place that the refugees must pass through.
They have carried enough rations and arrived at the ruins of Dubravicea village. They will rest a little and get a small amount of supplies. When they arrive at Homnich, they can get more supplies.
There is a well-built road from Homnich to the blacksmith village of the Guerrilla Republic. Although there are some twists and turns, the carriage can travel quickly on this road. Once the refugees arrive at Homnich, their movements will become extremely fast. Even
Some refugees will first arrive at Black Earth Village in the southwest direction, and directly join Black Earth Farm and become village members. Some of them can directly take a small train and be transported to the core Blacksmith Village at high speed.
The Guerrilla Republic has deployed all its carriages to transport these refugees. Of course, the number of refugees is too large, and the two thousand children in the report will naturally be transported first. Next are the sick and wounded among the Soviet soldiers, and even the sick among the refugees.
No. Most refugees still rely on two legs to walk to safety.
Let's talk about the four thousand people transporting supplies. They are the so-called militia group. The leaders are Pavlov and Pavlova. Because the German sneak attack force was beaten to a full retreat in just one day, this group was originally a reserve force.
Four thousand people, because they were very energetic and had the desire to go to the battlefield to defend their country, were naturally sent to attack the north.
Their morale was quite high, and they transported a large amount of supplies. Perhaps it was their high morale that made them extremely efficient. The one hundred carriages they escorted arrived at Lechica with a large amount of supplies, but they saw refugees everywhere and the destruction of the city.
The walls were in ruins, and my mood dropped instantly.
When the supplies arrived in the city, they were naturally handled by Miroshniko and others.
The two regiment leaders immediately went to the Soviet command post in Lechica to report to the supreme commander.
"Haha, you guys came just in time! We need this food, a lot of potatoes will save many lives! Especially the carriage you brought, I like the carriage so much!" Lavrenti was a little controlled because of his excitement.
Can't control your emotions.
The female regiment leader Pavlova is a liberal person. She admires Joshua and Sakhanova. They are also women. They led their female compatriots to beat the German troops and they were really enviable heroines.
"Sir, we arrived here hoping to participate in the city's defense. We have already transported the supplies. Next, let's arrange a defense zone for us."
"Ah? No! No! I remember you should be Comrade Pavlova, you are responsible for the defense of Catfish Village. I did not receive the order to defend the city from your superiors, so..."
"But, I hope so much!"
"No! Your consciousness is very high, but an order is an order. I have received a dispatch order from my superiors for you."
Lavrenti received an order from Yang Mingzhi, that is, this transport team of armed civilians. They were not allowed to rest after arriving in Lechica. They left and used various methods to rescue and take away all the captured supplies. The carriages gave priority to children and injured people.
Transportation of patients.
Therefore, they unloaded the potatoes and a small amount of ammunition, and the empty carriage had to carry all the children, and the remaining carriages were loaded with captured and air-dropped supplies.
"Whether you agree with it in your heart or not, you must implement this order immediately. If you neglect it, you will be taken to a military court!"