Salinchkin also brought a chair and sat in front of Yang Mingzhi.
He continued to ask: "How is the situation over there at the salt mine? Oh, let me guess, since you have returned in a hurry, the situation there should be very good."
Yang Mingzhi raised his chest confidently: "Yes, we encountered some troubles when we were digging. Now we are using heavy machinery and the digging speed has accelerated. We learned that the ore layer is twenty-six meters underground, and a vertical mine is being Dig quickly. Well, according to my estimate, we will be able to dig out the ore in another 48 hours."
"What a good news. I am here now just hoping to get such news. Thank you very much. And for the special shovel you invented."
"No!" Yang Mingzhi shook his head, "That was a tool invented by a group of tomb robbers in distant China. I just used it for land exploration."
"So what, I like the shovel very much. I even wrote a report for it. You Chinese people always love to be modest. You have made great contributions to this matter. You must not be modest anymore."
The small Luoyang shovel had a great impact on Salinchkin. As long as the shovel handle was continuously lengthened, it could keep digging into the ground. In the future, when the Soviet Union carried out field exploration, the expedition team members only needed to use some physical strength to drill in some very unusual places. Rough place exploration.
The development prospects of the Luoyang shovel are very huge, and it will not be put into large-scale use until the end of the war.
Salinchin came to Yang Mingzhi for multiple purposes.
He sat upright and began to explain the results of his work over the past two days.
"Dear comrade, regarding the establishment of a salt refinery, I have selected the workers, and at the same time, the location of the refinery has also been determined."
"Refinery? Where do you want to be?"
"It is close to our road and is an alternative site for building a fertilizer plant. We will build a refinery here and will relocate some refugees here. I am very honored to tell you that after screening the refugees, among them There are workers at the state-owned chemical plant in Bobruisk. These workers produce sulfuric acid. Some of them were assigned to the arsenal to process sulfur ore, and some were detained by me. The refinery was soon established, and they should use their talents to produce for us. Sodium, potassium, um, a few other things.”
"There are also gypsum and alum. These things cannot be eaten, but they can make some foods look magical." Yang Mingzhi said with a smile, and at the same time, a wonderful picture appeared in his mind.
A large amount of soybeans dropped by the air will cause flatulence when eaten as a staple food. A large amount of gypsum can be separated from the salt ore, so tofu can be produced. Potatoes, which are a staple food, can be made efficiently by separating potato starch and then mixing it with alum. Potato fans.
What he said made Salinchkin very embarrassed.
"You... you Chinese people attach so much importance to eating that you can even turn inedible plaster into food additives?!"
"It's not just that! You may not believe it, but gypsum ground into powder is also a medicinal material. It can treat diarrhea. You know, the swamp where we are hiding is by no means a good place, especially for the people who have fled, and there are many people. I think drinking raw water is natural. People's intestines will be invaded by bacteria and cause diarrhea. Bessika told me that there are always many diarrhea patients lying in the hospital. Severe diarrhea will make people zombie. A lot of salt and water will cause people to become zombies. A painful death!”
"Alas!" Salinchkin directly put his old face close to him, his forehead shining brightly under the kerosene lamp, "I'm so excited! Comrade General! I never thought that we could get more than just salt from the salt mine!
"
"Yes, most of the materials that make up the ore can be used by us."
"I understand, the salt refinery must be built quickly. Now please listen to me. Yesterday Comrade Lyudbalev and I discussed and decided that the collective farm No. 6 South to be built, which is located next to the refinery, will be renamed
For the Salt Farm Village (солеварникий).”
The so-called salt field village, the Russian name here is the combination of "salt processing plant", plus the common small place name suffix in Belarus, pronounced "Solivanich".
Originally, there was a fruitless discussion at the previous temporary meeting regarding the obvious issue of new settlements.
Yang Mingzhi ordered that place names should be adapted to local conditions for the sake of management, and revolutionary terms that can be seen everywhere should not be used. Salinchkin agreed with his decision, and there are currently two place names set.
Now that Solivanich (salt farm village) has been decided, the next step is to identify the place where the ore was dug out as the "salt village". The settlements there have begun to be built. Since most of the residents are Ukrainians, according to Ukrainian small
The place name suffix, Yancun is pronounced "Solnovo".
"Solivanich" and "Solnovo", the core word in the two place names is salt. One village is responsible for digging salt crystal ore, and the other village is responsible for finishing. The names of the villages have obvious differences in pronunciation. Yang Mingzhi
I think this is the optimal solution to the geographical name.
Yang Mingzhi nodded in approval: "Just use this name, but naming the administrative area is not a big deal, the production of salt is the last word."
Salinchkin said with a smile: "Of course, we have other tasks now. According to the plan, we will hold a meeting tomorrow. Like the last meeting, I have sent orders to each farm and all settlements will send representatives.
Meeting. The construction of the six new collective farms and grassroots Soviet organizations has been completed. The first secretaries of these new farms will participate in the meeting. At the same time, this meeting will also include our friendly forces, commanders of three large guerrilla forces.
Participate. Compared with the last meeting, there will be many more participants this time.”
"Ah! So, tomorrow we will hold a unity meeting, a victory meeting, um, and a meeting to look forward to the future."
"Haha, your adjectives are really wonderful." Salinchkin was full of energy: "Obviously you are looking forward to this meeting!"
"Of course! Since you are here, I have an obligation to reveal my heart to you. Some people say that I am a prophet, but that is not the case. I am just making a reasonable analysis based on the existing information. I dare to say that in the next year,
To be precise, in the next twelve months, the war will definitely change dramatically. We have already suffered too much and made too many sacrifices!
Just like an arrow leaving the string, the German army is such an arrow. A year later, the German army should be at the end of its crossbow! We must make strategic preparations for the future now. When the main force counterattacks on a large scale, those of us fighting behind enemy lines will
The guerrillas must give full play to their subjective initiative. It is no longer appropriate to just bomb the railway and engage in ambush warfare. These ideas of mine cannot be explained clearly in a few words. I will explain it clearly at the meeting."
"This..." Salinchkin was speechless for a moment. He hesitated for nearly half a minute before slowly asking, "From the lines of your words, I feel that you mean, twelve months later, our army will
Will the main force launch a strategic counterattack?"
"Don't we have a strategic counterattack now?" Yang Mingzhi's smile was intriguing, and Salinchkin understood a little what he meant.
Salinchkin can feel that General Belekov is full of hope for the future of the Soviet Union. The current situation is not too bad for the Soviet Union. Salinchkin understands that the overall national strength of the Soviet Union is now being challenged, and domestic supplies are beginning to
Scarcity occurred, but fortunately the Americans knew the truth of the situation. A large amount of grain, canned meat, and a large amount of clothes, ordnance, and mechanical equipment were unloaded in the Persian Gulf via ships, and then passed through the anti-Japanese allies in Persia.
Road and rail, directly shipped to Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Soviet Union.
The fierce battle around southern Russia, especially the area near Stalingrad, is intensifying. However, the Soviet army has a strong reserve force, and the assistance from its allies has finally begun to manifest itself in combat effectiveness. The new reinforcements are not weak, because they are generally equipped with
New equipment, neatly organized. They are a large number of Cossacks and Mongolians from Central Asia. They have strong fighting power since ancient times, and it is perfect for them to join a battle of iron and fire.
"Comrade General, after my analysis, we have severely damaged the German 100th Army, especially the Gomel area, which has objectively reduced the pressure on the front line. Our army has successfully liberated Rzhev and Vyazhi
Ma, we are very close to Smolensk. When we liberate Smolensk, the next step is to liberate Belarus. If the war situation develops like this, it will make sense for us to be bordering the main force in twelve months."
Indeed, originally the Soviet Union should not have eliminated Rzhev and Vyazma at this point in time, but this is the fact. Zhukov and Konev strategically beat Model hard. Yang Mingzhi also had to be optimistic. Now
The situation is very good for the Northern Front.
Seeing Yang Mingzhi's happy face, Salinchkin continued: "I very much hope that the war can win early. It seems that our Red Army has finally begun to take the initiative in the war! Regarding tomorrow's meeting, you must explain your opinions clearly.
, we already have 80,000 people here, most of them have just escaped death, please give them hope."
"I will!" Yang Mingzhi said and gave a military salute.
"Okay! Before you explain your point of view, the first part of the meeting should be a summary of the battle. I have also written a speech for you. Although you have already prepared it, I hope you can take a look."
"This is possible."
A document was held in Yang Mingzhi's hand. This was the material that Salinchkin had prepared for himself. He scanned it and saw that the document was written in Russian. It was written very clearly. At first glance, it looked like what a professional scribe would call it.
Yang Mingzhi really felt that the content in it was familiar to him. There were a lot of slogans, and many places used official language. Do the working people listen to this kind of rhetoric? Yang Mingzhi really felt that this article was a bit ungrounded, that is, the name Salinchkin
People can write it!
Just follow the command and read it...
It was already late at night. Yang Mingzhi took the document given by Salinchkin and carefully examined it to the point of familiarity. This document has a great advantage. It can be used to open the meeting and can smoothly connect to his own views.
on, saving a lot of embarrassment.
Yang Mingzhi was looking forward to the meeting very much. After all, he had been busy all day long, whether it was the mine or the meeting, which was very tiring for a seven-foot man.
Now, only a warm and comfortable bed can soothe a tired body.
Yang Mingzhi returned to his dormitory. He originally wanted to fall asleep, but he never thought that his wife was already waiting in the dormitory.
The oil lamp was bright, and a girl with a bulging belly was sitting cross-legged on the bed, reading a book in the dim light.
"Xiao Tao, I'm back."
"Well, I'll just wait for you..."
Looking at her peaceful smile, this smile instantly soothed her mental fatigue. Yang Mingzhi glanced at the book in her hand again: "Dear, I see you are still fighting at night?"
"Night fight? What night fight?"
"Are you studying late at night? Great. I'm so sleepy. I'm sorry you can't read anymore."
After saying that, Yang Mingzhi took off his coat and climbed onto the mattress. It didn't matter what happened to his wife now. As soon as he touched the bed, he instantly fell asleep.
Yang Ming wanted to take a rest immediately to recharge for tomorrow's meeting, but Yang Tao would never allow it!
Even with her belly bulging out, a young girl acted coquettishly in front of her husband almost out of instinct. She turned sideways and even played with her husband's ears.
"Hey, don't make trouble, go to sleep. You've been busy all day, and you have to be on duty at the hospital tomorrow."
"Haha? Do you still dislike your wife? It's true. The hospital is not so busy now, that's why I came back. Be happy for you..."
Yang Tao has been holding back a lot of words, and the best person to talk to is her husband. No matter how tired he is now, she must tell him what is in her heart.
With no choice but to cooperate, Yang Mingzhi responded to her words with a yes and a yes.
Yang Mingzhi was thinking about the meeting when he was perfunctory. Thinking about the future that he did not want, if history did not make a big deviation, the Soviet army would be able to liberate Kiev in the autumn of 194!
Winter was difficult for both the Soviet Union and Germany. Winter was the armistice period in the traditional sense. Even during the Soviet winter offensive, the harsh weather was a major challenge to the Soviet army.
So after the weather gets warmer, in the spring of 1944, the Soviet army will launch an operation to liberate Ukraine. The victory will be followed by Operation Bagration.
It has to be said that the severe cold season in Eastern Europe objectively affected the course of the Soviet-German war, and was also one of the reasons why the Soviet army only captured Berlin in May 1945.
For the Guerrilla Republic, winter is still more than a month away, and the climate will change drastically and snow will soon fall.
Winter is by no means a good time for fighting, and even sneak attacks and harassment at the level of sparrow warfare are troublesome.
Yang Tao talked a lot about what was on his mind, about how there were too many wounded people and not enough nurses, about how some refugees drank dirty water and had vomiting and diarrhea in the hospital, and about how the seriously injured people suddenly fell seriously ill and died.
"Oh! Brother, are you listening?"
"I'm listening."
"Brother, you understand it! I know that we have to fight this battle, and more than 10,000 people must have died. This kind of battle really shouldn't happen again. I don't want people to die like this again. It's too tragic.
.I...I really hope the enemy surrenders quickly."
"Haha, I want to order them to surrender. They responded with bullets and we will fight to the end. To be honest, these German soldiers are the same as the little devils. Don't think that they will surrender voluntarily. They must be completely defeated."
"Well! So when do you think the little devil will surrender?"
"When?" Yang Mingzhi became interested, turning sideways and staring into his wife's eyes: "It's August 14th now, and in three full years. On August 15th three years later, the little Japanese will surrender.
At that time, the Soviet Union also achieved victory, and the peace-loving people of the world achieved final victory."
"Is this true? You...how are you so sure?"
"Me? How do I know? I just know. Anyway, we will definitely win. It will be either three years or four years, at most five years. We can afford the enemy but can't afford it. When the enemy becomes impoverished due to the war, we will win.
Already."
Yang Tao was full of curiosity. She always felt that her husband was still perfunctory. The war would have to continue for three more years? How cruel! But if the war ended in victory after three years, it would have won after all. There was even a little thought in Yang Tao's heart.
Glad.
She grabbed her husband's arm: "Brother, you are a hero. Maybe... maybe you have the ability to advance our victory?"
"It depends on Stalin's attitude!" Yang Mingzhi sighed deeply, and suddenly showed a helpless expression, "I am the big Buddha in the small temple, and there is no room for me here. The swamp is too barren, I really
It's hard to use my fists. But there are some signs that I will leave here. By then, I will also take you away. Listen, our children must be born in a safe rear area. I'm really sorry. I promised you that we won't give up for the time being.
children's……"
"Nothing, I am willing. As long as...as long as you are here, everything will be fine."
Like a kitten, nestling next to her husband, warming the heart of her only relative.
Yang Mingzhi happily stroked his wife's little head: "Yes, you are my only relative. But we still have many comrades. Salinchkin has already hinted to me that Stalin intends to invite me to the rear, such as Moscow.
. What awaits us must be a happy life, but I cannot abandon my comrades! I can leave, but my comrades must continue to fight! There will be a meeting tomorrow, and the meeting will last for many days. I think I, Zhuge Liang, have to stay with them.
Some clever tips.”
The girl giggled: "You, you are just Zhuge Liang."
"Stop flattering, you and I are both busy, get some rest! You are responsible for healing the injured soldiers, and I will use my sharp tongue tomorrow to make clear arrangements for the future." (To be continued)