People in trouble want hope. Now, Yang Mingzhi and all the more than 200 elites of the Guerrilla Republic present at the meeting have unveiled a wonderful blueprint.
Slogan-like propaganda about courage, tenacity and dedication can inspire the morale of the people, but it cannot touch the people's deep desire for the end of the war.
Yang Mingzhi outlined the future development timeline of the war. The war situation developed according to his description. In 1944, didn’t the Red Army liberate the entire territory of Belarus?!
Salinchkin deliberately made a loud noise twice, then stood up again and asked: "Can you tell whether it will be next autumn or winter? Although it is impossible to defeat the enemy in an instant, we can counterattack in just the past twelve months.
Liberating Kiev. I always feel it is still too far-fetched."
"But..." Yang Mingzhi frowned. He really wanted to express his position directly. He knew the development of history.
Throughout the world war, the ability of an excellent officer was destined to be limited. What determined the fate of the war was the strong public sentiment gathered by the small civilians of the warring countries, as well as the country's material assets.
The civilians of the fanatical war initiating country can support the continuation of the war crazily, but the material supply is gradually stretched. When the civilians' food rations are too small to satisfy their hunger, and the war continues, the most direct result may be famine.
Before the war, Germany's economic system was oriented towards the military industry, and its supporting steel production soared from 2 to 3 million tons after the end of World War I to more than 20 million tons! The reason is that Germany annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia, and
Comprehensive energy cooperation with Romania, for a time, steel production surpassed the Soviet Union and became the first in Europe!
Steel, in this era, is an important indicator of a country's war potential.
As the war continued, German steel production gradually declined. In addition, due to the huge fuel needs of the huge army, Romanian oil supply reached its production limit when the German army launched the "Blue Plan" to attack South Russia. The German army had to expand
The use of synthetic fuel also has to face problems such as engine damage caused by the use of this type of fuel in various war machines.
Yang Mingzhi didn't want to explain too much. He stretched out his head and said firmly: "I just know! History will definitely develop like this. You can call me a prophet."
"Okay! Comrade Prophet, your discussion just now makes me think that the conclusions you reached are all based on sand table deductions based on the war situation. It's just that the results are more optimistic than the group of people at the National Defense Committee in Moscow."
"Them?" Yang Mingzhi said with a wry smile: "We fought several defeats in the early days of the war, and the strategic counterattack in May this year failed again. It is understandable that senior personnel are not confident. But our army passed this month
The strategic counteroffensive liberated Rzhev and Vyazma. I believe that today's Red Army has learned war in the war. They have achieved a victory. We will continue to repeat the victory in a series of strategic decisive battles in the future.
Dialectically speaking, our enemy, the German army, has raised hounds with them, and they also have tired days. The German army is facing a three-front battle, but our allies have begun to continuously bring supplies. Our army's strength will only become stronger and stronger.
, the German army's combat power was gradually exhausted.
Victory is of course ours, and through several strategic decisive battles, victory will come early.
I think some people are worried that we will lose the large-scale battle. No! We will not lose the ongoing battle to defend Stalingrad. Even if we lose a million people, we will not lose."
"Yes, our people are not afraid of sacrifice, so our guerrilla republic should not be afraid of sacrifice either. So after next spring..."
Yang Mingzhi was shocked, there was something wrong with what he just said.
"No, we are not a regular army. We should not launch any more large-scale operations! Our primary purpose has changed. It is no longer to proactively carry out large-scale military operations to attack the enemy's effective forces, but to desperately rescue civilians in enemy-occupied areas.
As I just said, once our army succeeds in the counterattack in Smolensk, millions of German troops will withdraw into Belarus. They will further squeeze the civilians living a difficult life. We must rescue the civilians before the enemy kills people.
The Guerrilla Republic, in addition to being the food warehouse, the largest arsenal, the largest hospital, and the largest kindergarten for guerrillas everywhere, should also be the largest peaceful settlement.
I have made it very clear when we will launch a large-scale counterattack! When we can see the regular army on the other side of the river, that will be the day of our counterattack."
In the eyes of many veterans who knew Yang Mingzhi, their commander was very wise. The commander started from the grassroots level and understood the sufferings of soldiers best. His style of commanding operations was completely different from that of ordinary Soviet generals. He always emphasized mobility.
Known for its surprise.
Some veterans sitting at the venue, who were promoted to battalion or above officers due to their military exploits, are strong supporters of Yang Mingzhi.
Besides, Yang Mingzhi's discussion has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and it seems that as long as we stick to the blueprint he laid out, victory will surely come.
They really don't want to listen to the questions of Salinchkin and all the overly radical militants. They have just finished the battle and everyone has not yet recovered from the trauma of the war. Especially rational considerations, the battalion commanders have to
Faced with a very bad situation. Although there were no female soldiers among the new recruits added to them, they were indeed a group of middle-aged men in their fifties.
This group of so-called new recruits, excluding some old soldiers who joined the Red Army to defeat Bai Gouzi when they were young (these people are very willing to be soldiers), are those old men with beards who specialize in cutting trees and farming. They have just escaped from danger and want to
It takes time to train them into qualified soldiers!
A 20-year-old young man who joins the army must undergo at least one month of training in the event of war. The Soviet Union is currently training conscripts in this quick way. Before the war, the training for new recruits lasted three to six months.
moon!
Just because the training time is short, the conscripts are passionate and brave in fighting. Their clumsy techniques and tactics make the casualties of the conscripts after each battle very terrifying.
They are twenty years old, the most courageous age, and if they are like this, then the fifty-year-old men who were forcibly recruited by the Guerrilla Republic, after only one month of training, they are still a mob.
Then someone raised his hand. Standing on the podium and looking over, he noticed that the person raising his hand was Voroshtin.
This Voroshitin was the first battalion commander to participate in the battle. He took over the responsibilities of Commander Klavsky, who had a severely sprained leg. He himself was the battalion commander of the 1st Regiment of the 84th Division, and he himself was also removed from a prisoner of war camp.
rescued.
After being instructed by Yang Mingzhi, he stood up and expressed his support for not conducting large-scale operations next spring. The reason for his support was none other than his strong suspicion of the new recruits who had just been recruited.
"They are very old, and their bones can withstand the recoil of firearms, as well as their thoughts and emotions! At least half of the older recruits in my battalion are resistant to combat. I asked several people, and they just wanted to
Survive, I fled to this swamp just to survive, I don’t want to be cannon fodder."
"Bah! They are Soviet citizens and they must fulfill their obligations!" This question is exactly what Salinchkin said, and his attitude is extremely determined. "If they are unwilling to serve as soldiers, they are traitors to the motherland! Comrade Voroshtin,
Tell me the names of these people and I will send them to the mines!"
"Oh, my dear Comrade Salinchkin, please calm down!" Yang Mingzhi said comfortingly.
"Okay, I apologize for my gaffe." Salinchkin didn't want to quarrel, he had to take care of many things.
After the war is won, I plan to develop in Belarus. So most of the people sitting in the audience will see the Victory Day safely. By then, Belarus will be in ruins, and they will be the first batch of people from all over the reborn Belarus.
leaders, it will be detrimental to our future to be at odds with them.
Sarinchkin explained in a soothing tone the attitude of himself and all the internal affairs staff, that is, there is no distinction between soldiers and civilians. Is there any way to strengthen the ideological awareness of the recruits? He said firmly: "I will continue to send troops to this matter."
People must carry out ideological education. Everyone, including all newly arrived refugees, must know that defending the guerrilla republic means defending themselves!"
He spoke impassionedly, but no one applauded. Everyone was frightened by his furious appearance just now, and because of his status as Stalin's commissioner, there were only a handful of people who dared to act careless in front of him. But Salinchkin simply didn't
He is not a vicious person, and Yang Mingzhi was also trepidatious at first when he met him. After being in contact with him for a long time, he already knew his character very well.
Yang Mingzhi took the lead in applauding to ease the embarrassment. Upon seeing this, others also applauded.
Then Yang Mingzhi knocked on the table: "Comrades, regarding the issue of military recruits, there are many issues in this regard. We have to discuss these matters, but they are not the content of our meeting today. Now please listen to my strategy for the development of the guerrilla republic.
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The fact that the military will no longer engage in campaign-level operations in the next twelve months certainly does not mean that it will do nothing.
Because it is necessary to carry out an astonishing amount of small-scale destruction, especially the "daily bombing" of railway lines, which requires an astonishing amount of explosives. Also because more and more Soviet citizens will take refuge in the swamps, and people's appetite will increase.
, human resources have also begun to increase. With the increase in manpower, farmland reclamation and infrastructure construction must also be accelerated.
Here, Yang Mingzhi proposed his own set of development strategies. This so-called strategy was very unique. He directly copied the strategic measures of ancient Zhu Yuanzhang: build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king.
Of course he wouldn't say these nine words bluntly in Chinese.
He claimed that his strategy originated from an ancient Chinese strategist, who used this strategy to defeat the Mongols.
For the Slavic nation, they were ruled by the Golden Horde for two hundred years. The Mongol invasion brought humiliation to the nation, but it also brought Eastern-style unification ideas. Looking at the destroyed Tsarist Russia, she is getting rid of the Golden Horde.
After the Khanate took control, it aimed to unify all Slavic peoples and establish an empire comparable to Rome. The symbol of restoring Rome was the "recovery" of Constantinople. In just over 200 years, the Russo-Turkish War was fought more than ten times.
, including the Southern Front of World War I.
Today's Nazi invasion is far more terrifying than the Mongol Empire. Yang Mingzhi's talk of "counterattacking the Mongol Empire" quickly aroused everyone's memories of the ancient times.
The strategy is changed into something they can understand:
First: The Guerrilla Republic actively established a core area defense system and established a large number of outposts on the periphery. Because this issue was a key topic at the temporary meeting, Yang Mingzhi deliberately explained it in detail when facing more people this time.
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Second: Large-scale land reclamation, large-scale construction of open-air granaries and cellars, and adequate food reserves.
Third: When your strength is not strong enough, you cannot stimulate the enemy prematurely to avoid being targeted by the enemy.
"Putting aside the situation after the spring of 1944, our current problem is to use every means to accumulate strength to ensure that no one freezes to death and no one goes hungry, and that we can survive the winter smoothly.
We will indeed set up many outposts on the border of the swamp, and these sentinels also have a mission, which is to penetrate further to find civilians and bring them back."
At this point in the explanation, Yang Mingzhi specifically met with the three guerrilla brigade captains: "Comrade Kovpak, Comrade Boumazhkov, and Comrade Kalmanov. When everything is stable, you will return to your guerrilla areas. You
If the sick and wounded cannot be treated on their own, we will find a way to transport them to us. We will also send civilians who are difficult to place, especially children, especially war orphans, even one-year-old orphans."
"We will!" Kovpak said, standing up, "But we..."
"Ah! I know you still have some requests for supplies, and we will try our best to support you!" Yang Mingzhi quickly interrupted Kofpak and also stopped the other two from asking questions.
What do they want to say? Or is their purpose in participating in this meeting just to get weapons and food? It's easy to say.
He knocked on the table again: "So, we will no longer rashly carry out campaign-level military operations, and the guerrilla republic will fully enter into large-scale construction.
Since we want to build, we must face many problems. I think everyone sitting here hopes to explain the problems they encounter and get appropriate solutions at the meeting tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
So please allow me to first put forward the issues that I think need to be solved urgently.
Well, the new recruits pointed out by Comrade Voroshtin just now are one of the problems. Including this, we are currently facing six major problems.
That is, settlement construction issues, military issues, road traffic issues, agricultural development issues, military weapons production issues, and industrial development issues.
The most critical of these are military issues and industrial development issues.
Our military strength suffered huge losses, but fortunately the enemy's losses were just as bad and we suffered no further losses.
There is a maxim in the far East, which is that in peacetime, we must consider how to deal with war (be prepared for danger in times of peace). Therefore, we must increase our military strength. I support Comrade Salinchkin on this issue, but Comrade Voroshtin, as a grassroots commander, his intelligence is also limited.
Very important."
Yang Mingzhi believed that this rhetoric appeased a group of people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and also appeased the majority of grassroots military officers.
Because of the quarrel, he felt that since the core strategy of the Guerrilla Republic for the next year or so has been decided, the matter should be discussed and resolved immediately. However, this matter is not a trivial matter and may only be discussed for a long time.
Forget it, if I hold the meeting until late at night, I probably won't collapse, and the others will probably be sleepy and fall asleep.
In meetings, especially such important large-scale meetings, everyone is highly nervous. The afternoon meeting has been going on for almost three hours, and Yang Mingzhi noticed that many people were already showing signs of fatigue.
Also, give priority to solving problems that are easier to solve.
Yang Mingzhi knocked on the table again and looked at Salinchkin in the audience: "Comrade, we will talk about the military construction tomorrow. This matter is not trivial. I noticed that many comrades have their own opinions on this matter, and even Our deputy commander, Comrade Yevlov, also has his own suggestions."
"Yes! I even wrote a report!" Yevlov said, raising his hand.
Looking at the two people singing and harmonizing, Salinchin instantly guessed what Yang Mingzhi meant.
"Haha, I understand. Yes, this matter is very important. Everyone involved in the discussion should calm down. Give everyone a chance to think about it at night, and we can get a satisfactory result tomorrow." But Salinqi When Jin spoke, his tone was still somewhat tough.
In desperation, Yang Mingzhi forced a smile: "It's still early, we can solve other problems. You...you don't have any objections, right?"
"I have no objections and am even emotionally stable!"
Yang Mingzhi still had a smile on his face, and the atmosphere in the entire meeting was really a bit subtle. "Bah, I see you are still very angry." After some slander, the topic immediately changed.
Originally, Salinchkin was the host of the meeting, but now Commander Yang Mingzhi is the protagonist.
The real strategist of the Guerrilla Republic was Yang Mingzhi. He also proposed the so-called controversial development strategy in the future, and he also proposed the current "seven major issues that need to be solved urgently."
Yang Mingzhi focused his discussion on the issue of road construction.
He knocked on the table again, both to silence the venue and to calm down his restless heart.
"Okay, let's study this problem, road construction. No matter what, we have to build some roads in the swamp that can carry twenty-ton tanks." (To be continued)