Yang Mingzhi climbed up the escalator first and leaned half of his body to take a few glances into the cabin.
"So this is what the inside of an airplane looks like. Why does it feel a bit like a bus?!" What Yang Mingzhi saw were rows of soft seats, but the number of chairs was not bad. After all, the transport aircraft is really good for the market outlook.
A small plane that does not buckle.
It is an American aircraft imitated by the Soviet Union. Its performance is outstanding and it is a commonly used aircraft in Soviet civil aviation today. When the war broke out, the Soviet civil aviation system suspended its functions. As it is an aircraft, it has the potential to be transformed into a war machine. All aircraft used in civil aviation,
It can either serve as an armed transport aircraft or be converted into a bomber. This change does not require many man-hours. In the context of the large-scale losses of Soviet aircraft in the early days of the war, the transformation of civil aviation was a last resort.
The cabin was full of familiar faces, and Yang Mingzhi especially noticed Natasha and her brother Kostya, who were sitting in a good seat.
Look at how excited the two of them are. Today is definitely the first time in their lives to fly.
For Yang Mingzhi, the experience of riding the Boeing 747 in that dimension was quite rich. Going back several decades, it was his first time to fly the ancient Boeing 747 today.
He patted his wife and Liu Hongxiu on the shoulders, and told the two excited girls: "Get on the plane quickly! Don't be impressed by its greatness and magic. It's windy and cold outside, and catching a cold will be bad."
"Yes!" Liu Hongxiu nodded deeply, then she supported the stunned Yang Tao and tried to climb up the escalator.
Halfway through boarding the plane, Yang Tao suddenly turned around: "Brother, when are you coming up?"
"My dear, you board the plane first and find me a good seat. I want to chat with other comrades for a while!"
"All right!"
When the two girls entered the cabin, they saw everyone they knew. Everyone was talking and laughing, and I don't know what they were talking about. Maybe they were commenting on this huge flying machine.
Star Tao, she came into contact with the plane up close and she was completely shocked.
She greedily touched the sponge cushion of the seat, and the soft feeling was intoxicating. She gently touched the walls and found that they were all made of metal, and only the portholes were made of transparent glass.
Through the porthole, she could see huge propellers attached to both sides of the wings. She understood that they were the source of power for flight. But think about it, two propellers can pull a huge aircraft into flight. How spectacular it is!
She was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, and all she saw were novel things.
When she and Liu Hongxiu sat down hand in hand, their eyes were suddenly covered by a pair of hands.
"Guess who I am?"
"It's you! Natasha!"
Yang Tao blurted out without thinking, and quickly put down his hands.
Natasha and Kostya were sitting in the back seat. Natasha deliberately lowered her voice for this prank, but her calloused hands irritated Yang Tao's eyes. Whose hands these were, Yang Tao instantly understood.
Youdao is a play between three women, even if they are still in the state of girls.
Children are always chattering when they gather together. Both Yang Tao and Natasha couldn't hide their excitement about getting on the plane, but Liu Hongxiu looked strange.
There is no other reason. Liu Hongxiu entered the Soviet Union by plane many years ago, and she had a valuable flight experience.
Liu Hongxiu was also surprised when she flew for the first time, and she will never do it again. Through the exaggerated expressions of her two sisters, she not only understood that her sisters had never flown before, but they also knew nothing about the risks of flying.
"Ahem, as someone who has been there, two sisters, I need to explain my flying experience to you."
"Experience, do you have experience?" Yang Tao asked curiously.
"Of course, I flew from China to the Soviet Union. Seeing you so excited, I can't say anything. Dear sister, don't just be happy. You must know that our journey to Moscow is full of dangers.
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"Danger? What danger is that?"
"Maybe it's the enemy." Natasha suddenly calmed down, "We have to fly over the enemy-occupied area, and we will probably enter the enemy's air defense position, although..." Natasha's words stopped abruptly, and her expression gradually became serious.
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"What's going on?" Yang Tao asked.
Liu Hongxiu quickly said: "Well, we are in danger of being attacked. If we are exposed, the enemies on the ground will launch anti-aircraft fire."
"Shooting in the air?" I am not unfamiliar with this star fruit, especially the German air raid at the end of May. Our own anti-aircraft machine guns shot down several enemy planes, and the bombs dropped caused catastrophic casualties in the mining area.
But she also knew that those anti-aircraft machine guns had a range of two thousand meters. On the other hand, the transport plane she was riding on should fly higher.
"Well, I don't think the enemy's anti-aircraft machine guns are a threat. Can't we just fly higher?"
"No!" Liu Hongxiu immediately denied, "The enemy has an anti-aircraft artillery, and we will always be within the enemy's fire range."
"That kind of 88mm artillery?!" Natasha suddenly remembered the past. That was when she had just been rescued by the commander, and then the retreating army fought a battle with the Romanians in Mozyri. Fortunately, the army at that time
The captured German 88mm anti-aircraft gun was used to defeat the Romanian tank charge with its flat fire.
You said something to me, and the two girls made random guesses that made Yang Tao's body covered with goosebumps: "Could it be that our trip to Moscow is full of dangers. It's really too bad! I... I'm scared."
"What are you afraid of? I think we can cross the battle line by flying at night, and there will be no problem."
Natasha's comfort made Carambola feel a little more at ease. She sat down, her heart still beating wildly.
Since her family was killed, Yang Tao suddenly seemed to be a different person. She had no scruples because she had nothing, but she had a brave attitude and made many military exploits.
But now, she can ignore her own comfort and must also think about the child in her belly. The human instinct called maternal love is constantly being strengthened in her little head. Even for the sake of her child, she must live and be better and harmonious.
My husband is alive and well.
When you arrive in Moscow, your family will definitely find a wonderful life! Sure! There will be beds full of springs, endless running water, and many wonderful things.
At this moment, the only person who could calm the frightened kitten was her husband, Yang Mingzhi, who was smoking his last cigarette with some old comrades by the escalator.
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Yang Mingzhi smoked one cigarette after another outdoors, and in a few dozen minutes he would fly away towards an unknown destiny.
He could predict that the Soviet army would win the Battle of Stalingrad and the battle roughly at Kursk. A year later, the Soviet army should also successfully counterattack to the Dnieper River. But at that time, could his bold words be realized?
, leading a front army to fight back to the swamp, he felt confused.
Because the guerrilla republics in history were nothing more than the product of the ultimate joint operation of several large guerrilla groups, the Pripet Swamp never formed the most powerful anti-German base with a large population.
There was no Yang Mingzhi in World War II in history, and the German 7th Armored Division did not suffer heavy losses outside Minsk. The German 707th Division, which killed good people and took credit for their merits, was annihilated in 1944.
But Yang Mingzhi believed that his rhetoric was not unworkable. Post-war historians had many comments on Stalin. Some said he was a tyrant and the new czar, some said he did many extreme things for the stability of the Soviet Union, etc.
Wait. A common message can be peeled off from the many comments - Stalin has always been very generous to his supporters.
In this case, it is very easy to handle, support him, flatter him, and get what you want.
While puffing away the smoke, Yang Mingzhi continued to talk to Evlov Sarinchkin and others, as well as the head of Homnich Kolkin who heard the news and sighed. By the way, he also listened to Gorizodubo's lecture to the pilots.
The child’s impassioned speech.
Smoking one cigarette after another, Yang Mingzhi was shocked to discover how he had such a strong addiction to cigarettes. Perhaps it was just to say goodbye to his close comrades, and the unspeakable anguish in his heart turned into the endless puff of smoke.
Suddenly, Gorizodubova stopped, Yang Mingzhi turned his face, threw away the half-smoked cigarette, and stepped on it again.
He looked at his watch and saw that it was already seven forty-five.
"Oops, it seems the time to say goodbye has finally arrived." After saying that, Yang Mingzhi opened his arms and walked towards Yevlov.
The two people who had gone through hundreds of battles and survived the disaster hugged each other tightly.
"Take care, my brother."
"Oh, Yevlov, I thought you were an iron man and never shed tears."
"Finally this moment has come, I...I can't control my emotions."
"Take care, brother, we are not saying goodbye forever, it's just a simple job transfer."
The word "job transfer" was used very well, and Yevlov was in a much better mood. After drinking too much wine, his mental state was a little bad, and his mood changes were also extreme. Yang Mingzhi still remembered the last time he saw this person
The old guy cried when Pugachev, the first commander of the 84th Division, died.
Yang Mingzhi smiled and hugged others, including Salinchkin.
Then, he stood on the escalator and waved to his comrades, and his whole image became majestic: "Comrades, there is no need to worry at all. I will come back with a front army by the end of next year! For sure!"
The clenched fist was an oath. Salinchkin and Yevlov believed that the motherland's army would definitely reach the border and then advance towards Berlin. At that time, General Belekov would definitely have a chance to come back and take a look.
Is it possible to come back with a front army?
Salinchkin didn't pay attention to this. It was just what Belekov said deliberately to cheer up. He took off his military cap, smiled and waved his hat in greeting: "General, you can't let everyone down when the time comes. One year later
, I want to see the tank army on the left bank of the Dnieper River, we will build a pontoon bridge, and I want to see you personally standing on the tank, returning to the Guerrilla Republic."
"I will, please wait and see! Ula!"
With a final roar, Yang Mingzhi got into the brightly lit cabin. His heart was pounding, thinking back to a year ago, when a group of defeated soldiers stumbled into the swamp to escape the war. It was only because of the loss of friendly forces that the formation of the special counterattack was the only option.
The tank battalion organization still exists. A small battalion commander took real power, and then rose through the ranks, reaching the position of lieutenant general commander of the group army.
A few hours later, the general landed in Tula, and twenty hours later, he would be standing in front of Stalin!
Yang Mingzhi breathed a long sigh of relief, suppressed the restlessness in his heart, said hello to his comrades in the cabin, and then sat next to his wife.
"My dear, our life in the swamp has come to an end, and we will run towards a new life." Before Yang Mingzhi finished speaking, his wife hugged her like a big tree that could save lives in floods.
Live on Yang Mingzhi's left arm.
"Brother...I...I'm afraid."
"Are you afraid? What are you afraid of? I thought you would go crazy with excitement when you saw the plane."
"I'm just afraid! We have to fly over the battlefield. What if we are shot down by the enemy's anti-aircraft guns?"
"You..." Yang Mingzhi was speechless for a moment. He really didn't know how his wife in the cabin was stimulated by the perfect conversation and laughter. Looking around, Liu Hongxiu and Natasha were both here. Maybe they were a few girls.
Chirping, I ended up scaring myself.
Are you just afraid of anti-aircraft guns? Ask yourself, Yang Mingzhi also has this concern.
The airplane is the safest means of transportation, but once it crashes during flight, all passengers will undoubtedly die if it causes an accident. That was still in peacetime, and in today's war state, for the German army, any attempt to fly over its own air defense zone will
The enemy planes should be shot down cleanly, and they would not care whether the planes were transporting civilians.
It was also because of contempt for the Stalinist nation that the German Air Force frantically attacked Soviet refugee ships during the Sevastopol period, even causing the tragedy of thousands of people drowning. However, the German Army believed that this was a great achievement of the Air Force.
Yang Mingzhi stroked his wife's little head, which was the best way to calm her down.
"Don't worry, any enemy anti-aircraft weapons will be ineffective at night. Besides, the person flying the plane is the most powerful pilot in the Soviet Union. Do you still need to be afraid? After the plane takes off, you can continue to hold me and sleep peacefully.
When you wake up, we will land safely."
"Well, I listen to you."
Everyone is eager to make new achievements and contribute more to the country. The plane will fly towards the east. The east means the dawn, and there must be a great future there!
However, in the entire cabin, there was only one person with a sad face.
Hendrixen, the commander of the German 60th Division, still had his feet tied and a ball of linen in his mouth. It was the first time for Gorizodubova to use a military transport plane to transport prisoners of war.
Hendrickson whined, and two crew members sat beside him, watching over him until the plane landed in Tula.
The top brass of the Military Commission had already learned that the Guerrilla Republic had captured a senior prisoner of war. Due to the conditions, the prisoner could not be escorted to the rear. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Guerrilla Republic sent a telegram to their superiors before the plane departed, specifically explaining this.
As a result, Hendryson's whereabouts became clear. After the plane landed, the armed forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs directly arrested him.
Yang Mingzhi didn't want to have any more arguments with his defeated general, not to mention that guy was sitting at the end of the cabin, two rows of seats away from the others.
Yes, what does a die-hard German officer have to do with him? The guy refused to listen to the truth and vented his anger by beating his superiors, which was strictly prohibited. Hendryson was basically a hot potato in the Guerrilla Republic, so he was left to the internal affairs.
Ministry, those people have all kinds of means to force them to sincerely surrender.
Yang Mingzhi paid more attention to the turret on the top of the cabin. As Gorizodubova entered the cab, a crew member also stood on the wooden bench in the corridor of the cabin, operating the fierce double Deshka... (To be completed