At this moment, a black article suddenly appeared in Yang Mingzhi's mind.
Soviet soldiers whose military discipline was once in disarray were asked by citizens in Berlin: "Aren't you highly qualified Red Army soldiers? Why are you robbing?"
The soldier replied: "I know the people you are talking about. They either starved to death in your German prisoner-of-war camps or died in Stalingrad."
Indeed, mobilizing women as soldiers, mobilizing prisoners, and even shooting murderers awaiting execution to force them to serve their crimes was unimaginable in the peaceful times of the Soviet Union. Even if the Soviet Union had always pursued a compulsory military system and dared to recruit female soldiers,
It is never a limited option. Even if they are drafted, they are widely placed as clerks in the army and nurses in hospitals.
Before the war broke out, or even before the emergency military expansion, the 1.5 million Soviet troops had the best overall quality, especially the 200,000 internal guard troops among them.
Even in March and April, when there was an emergency expansion of the army, the Soviet army's strength reached 5 million. Most of the new recruits were reservists, and their overall quality was very good.
There was a series of disastrous defeats in the early days of the war. Half of the five million front-line troops were killed or captured. One year after the outbreak of the war, only a few of the five million troops on the eve of the war continued to fight as the Soviet Red Army.
It's rare.
Yang Mingzhi knew very well a statistic about this world war in that dimension. According to official statistics from the Soviet Union, only % of the recruits recruited throughout 194 survived to Victory Day. The tragic war forced peace-loving people to become
Fighting madmen, who lost their minds in the war. A large group of prisoners, those with bad conduct, people who should have been eliminated directly, but they put on military uniforms just because they were men of the right age.
This group of people also paid a huge price in casualties, but with guns in their hands, they would turn into robbing bandits in the captured areas, or do worse things, which would naturally lead to military disasters.
The Soviet army's control of the army not only required the painstaking teachings of grassroots political commissars, but also punished criminal soldiers on the spot when necessary. This behavior, which was originally inconsistent with regulations, became a last resort.
Yevlov and many officers sitting in the audience generally believed that the unqualified recruits should be eliminated first, and no matter how difficult it was, a bottom line for recruitment should be established.
But Yang Mingzhi thought further.
Salinchkin's attitude was to recruit everyone who could hold a gun to fight, whether they were women, children, or criminals.
Yang Mingzhi firmly denied: "No, we should have a bottom line. Women who cry when gunshots are fired must leave the army, and those criminal criminals must not be incorporated into the army. I know that many places have begun to arm criminals in prisons
Yes, this is the Sword of Damocles. When these criminals attack their enemies, they will also hurt innocent people."
"No!" Salinchkin said categorically, "We will ensure military discipline, and our grassroots political commissars will definitely prevent soldiers from misbehaving."
"Yes! But let me tell you, I have read the action report of the Kovpak Corps and the report of the reconnaissance battalion. Some guerrillas actually peed on the corpses of the enemy after the battle. They also took all the prisoners of war.
All were executed without trial. Who stopped these ugly acts? Is it allowed in the infantry drill? Of course not. But their commander just indulged it."
Yang Mingzhi was also in high spirits. After he finished speaking, he suddenly became frightened. His rebuttal to Salinchkin ended up hurting Kovpak's feelings.
Salinchkin was unaware of this situation. He was only studying the report on the Battle of Gomel. As for the report on the Battle of Kovpak, he had not yet reviewed it.
"What? You mean, they..." Suddenly, Salinchkin thought that Kovpack himself was sitting here. Why not let him stand up and explain in person?
"Comrade Kovpak, please tell me these things and whether they are true."
In this regard, any denial or sophistry is a kind of shirking of responsibility.
Kovpak stood up with a stern face, admitted all this, and began to criticize himself.
"It's true that I don't run the army strictly! Most of my soldiers have a deep hatred for the enemy. I subjectively believe that by allowing soldiers to vent their hatred, we can ensure combat effectiveness and maintain organization in difficult conditions. This is my responsibility
My fault is that because of my indulgence, the discipline of the army began to get worse and worse."
"This kind of person is a black sheep!" Salinchkin said categorically, "This kind of person should be tried by a military court. Peeing on the enemy's dead body, how serious their revenge is, has confused their minds. They have done this.
The people who caused the incident, are they back?"
"This..." Although Kovpak admitted that he was lax in running the army, seeing the anger of the Stalin commissioner, he was afraid that he would hand over the people and end up being shot. He knew that with this group of people standing up,
With blue hats, they will definitely do it.
He deliberately said: "When I saw them doing these scandalous things, I rushed to stop them. Then when I attacked the town of Turov, I incorporated them into the first offensive force. The first offensive force suffered heavy casualties, and these criminals also
Died in battle."
"Okay..." Upon hearing this, Salinchkin became less angry.
Although he and Commander Yang Mingzhi had a dispute, judging from the current situation, the Commander's concerns were indeed reasonable.
"It seems that it is very necessary for us to focus on strengthening the spiritual construction of soldiers and rectifying the morale. It is a helpless move to integrate erring soldiers into the assault force and make them meritorious service. Kovpak's troops persisted in fighting under extremely difficult conditions.
It is a fact that the quality of soldiers has declined. Through education, they can become high-quality soldiers. I think, not only the troops in Kovpak, but also the officers sitting here, there may also be some low-quality soldiers in your ranks. They are
Some scandalous things were done during the war, but you didn't report them."
As if to defend Kovpak, Salinchkin deliberately fired a map cannon. Yang Mingzhi thought about it again and found that most of the officers sitting in the audience were members of the 6th Army, that is, his own subordinates. In other words,
This old guy also criticized himself.
Yang Mingzhi was not angry. He asked himself, is his army really "not taking a single step from the common people"? The answer is no.
Standing on the stage, Yang Mingzhi raised his head and began to criticize himself.
"In terms of military discipline, our 6th Army also has some problems, and as the commander, I bear the responsibility.
Just in May, our army attacked the town of Slavtich on the left bank of the Dnieper River and successfully captured the town. While cleaning the battlefield, some soldiers violently assaulted the women they found and did that. This was really a scandal. In the end,
Oops, I was on the frontline commanding that attack. The scandal almost happened in front of me, and I felt like I couldn't stop it immediately.
Soldiers who committed crimes should be tried by a military court. It was an extraordinary period at that time, so I sentenced the criminal soldiers to death to deter all soldiers and not allow them to act recklessly."
"This matter? Is it a scandal in the history of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the Army Group? I know about it." Salinchkin responded.
Yang Mingzhi deliberately told this incident, firstly, to emphasize that he would never condone crimes committed by soldiers, and secondly, to express his concerns about the deterioration of military discipline. Thirdly, this case was also told to Kovpak.
During the Battle of the Raid, Kovpak and Balzen fought side by side. The people of the 6th Army were of good moral character, but there was a group of bad actors in the Corps? How is this possible?
This meeting is a meeting of unity and victory. All the troops participating in the battle have their own shortcomings. This meeting, which is known for its pragmatism, must face up to these problems, and no one should blame anyone.
Obviously, Kovpak listened. Yang Mingzhi noticed the middle-aged man with a goatee and his mood became more comfortable.
"I fully admit that I was not strict in running the army, so we stationed in the guerrilla republic and took advantage of the rare opportunity to rest and recuperate. It is very necessary for us to strengthen the spiritual construction of the army! I also believe that there are three reasons for this situation. One is that I recruited There are a large number of farmers with low quality. Of course, I am not discriminating against farmers. I just want to say that only by receiving formal school education can the quality of people improve. Unfortunately, many farmers have not yet received the opportunity to receive education, and the war broke out.
Second, because of the long war, soldiers are worried that they will die in every military operation. Their mentality is slowly getting worse. Seeing the sacrifices of their comrades, they also think that they will die too. They must die for themselves. Relatives, fallen comrades, and self-indulgence make it easy to abuse prisoners or worse.
Third, my army seriously lacks grassroots political commissars. It is difficult to do ideological work for every soldier by relying only on the work of a few people such as Rudnev.
I think these three problems can all be solved, and I think that as long as I can get a large number of dedicated grassroots political commissars, the overall quality of my soldiers will rise rapidly."
After all, Kovpak was once an official, and what he said played into Salinchkin's hands.
"What he said is very good! No matter what the reason for joining the army, as long as you do good ideological work, you should be able to become a good soldier." Salinchkin looked into Yang Mingzhi's eyes, "Kovpak has already said it I'm very happy about his point of view, because I think so too.
Now let's go back to the original question. Many officers are complaining that among the recruits they have been assigned, there are some who are determined not to be soldiers. We should provide ideological education to these people."
Yang Mingzhi suddenly felt that the atmosphere seemed to be unfavorable to him. Smart people should make some compromises at this time.
"Ideological education alone is not enough. Some people are not suitable to be soldiers. Especially some women. If...if ideological education is still not enough, then retire them. Such people can be assigned to do harder jobs. It is not a punishment, but to make full use of the strong productivity brought by his youth."
"This is a way. Comrade Commander, you have your reasons, and I have mine. What we insist on is correct. Obviously it is wrong for us to argue here."
"So what's your current attitude?" Yang Mingzhi asked quickly, imitating his words.
"Coordinate, as you just said."
Therefore, the meeting finally decided on a set of plans for military construction.
1: The Group Army Political Department seizes the time to train a large number of grassroots political commissars and assign new political commissars to grassroots units as soon as possible.
2: After the meeting, the Political Department of the Group Army will organize personnel to go to each regiment-level unit, assemble the entire regiment of soldiers, and hold an ideological rectification meeting. Such mobilization meetings will be held in turn.
Three: For soldiers who are not well trained, ideological education is first provided, and those with a tough attitude are punished by being placed in solitary confinement. Those who are judged to be extremely uncooperative will be expelled from the army and assigned to mines, logging teams, etc. that require heavy physical labor.
department.
Four: Pursue the actions of soldiers who violated the "Infantry Drill Code" and the law during the just-concluded battles, and were tried by military courts. Whether they wrote self-reflections or were placed in solitary confinement, they were all convicted by military courts.
It is considered a top priority to launch a rectification conference on military ideology in each regiment!
Many guerrillas active behind enemy lines have to survive despite fighting against the Germans. Because they have been in a state of self-discipline for a long time, such troops gradually become like bandits. Only those large-scale guerrillas that can always maintain contact with the guerrilla movement headquarters have comprehensive
Quality is always guaranteed.
Regarding the deterioration of military discipline, the most typical example is the nationalist armed forces in Ukraine. Whether it is the Soviet army or the German army, as long as they are not their own people, they can be attacked. On that plane, Va, who led the troops to win the Battle of Kursk,
General Tutin was killed in a sneak attack by Ukrainian nationalist guerrillas. This group of armed men had completely turned into bandits. Even after the Soviet Union won World War II, these real bandits were still "fighting" in Ukraine, but the enemies they attacked became
the common people.
The suppression of bandits continued until Khrushchev's morale was completely over.
The meeting on the second day had fierce verbal exchanges, but it ended in a peaceful atmosphere.
The public meeting was temporarily over, and Yang Mingzhi and other senior military officers, including Salinchkin, had to hold a small meeting in the office of the group army headquarters.
Because the senior officers of each army were convened, the small meeting also became of great significance.
The building of military officers is of great significance, and they need further discussion. After all, everyone hopes that the army can regain its strength as soon as possible to cope with various emergencies.
Yang Mingzhi and Yevlov made concessions, and Salinchkin also made concessions.
That is, all the newly recruited and unqualified soldiers are organized into reserve militia units. When there is no war, this kind of militiamen do daily work, such as cultivating land and planting potatoes. When there is a war, they serve as the second unit.
echelon, or as an internal security force.
According to the national policy of the Guerrilla Republic set by Yang Mingzhi for the next year, its core is to send small troops to distant places to buy troops while defending the country.
When the anti-encirclement and suppression war breaks out, these second-line troops do not have to fight on the front line. They are responsible for maintaining internal order and assisting the work of the police department. Unless it is the most critical moment, these talents will go into the battlefield.
So in a sense, unqualified female soldiers will be transformed into female police officers.
Fatigue eroded Yang Mingzhi's body, the small meeting was over, and he was finally able to rest.
He left the command headquarters and returned to his dormitory. After wiping his face a few times, his majestic body lay on the large wooden bed. He used his arms as pillows to hold his wife's little head, listening to her gentle breathing,
The spirit is relaxed.
"elder brother..."
"Well, you say."
"I heard that you had a quarrel during the meeting. Is it okay?"
Yang Mingzhi was surprised: "Who told you this?"
"Who else has the hospital sent representatives to participate? May I know?"
"That's true. Alas, it was just a quarrel after all, and there was nothing to talk about. The matter was settled later. Salinchkin and I just had some differences in ideas."
Yang Tao hummed and put his face close to Yang Mingzhi's ear: "One more thing. Today I was invited to the Communist Youth League office. Virgin told me something. He said that we will leave this swamp and go to the rear.
.He said...well, he said that this matter is still confidential, and the secret was revealed to me just to make me mentally prepared. Brother..."
"Yes, we are indeed leaving, maybe by plane." Holding his wife's little hand and talking about this topic, Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but get excited, "My dear, this is inevitable. Originally, I planned to leave after the flight.
I will tell you about this after the meeting, now you already know."
"well..."
"What? You can't bear it?"
"One thing. I have been here for a long time. If I suddenly left my friends, I would be a little lonely. Dr. Raslyukin is here, as well as the head nurse Lilia who saved us, and Nata.
Sha. They probably won't leave. We are going to start a new life in a new place. The only good thing is that we don't have to worry about leaving this battlefield."
"Haha, you really think too much. Don't think too much for now, just sleep well..." (To be continued)