Due to the defeat in the war, the Southwest Front Army Command was forced to continue to retreat eastward. ?? {
However, Gomel's underground municipal committee received information directly from the 284th Division, and underground organizations in various occupied cities immediately passed the information eastward, and finally a document was placed on Timoshenko's desk.
"Even if there is a cold wave, they are still surviving intact. It is far from enough for me to give them assistance once. I didn't expect that they can survive on their own." Timoshenko is very interested in those officers.
Yevlov and Berekov, soldiers were promoted very quickly during the war. As long as they survived long enough and made military exploits, their military rank and power would be promoted very quickly.
As soon as Timoshenko received the information, he called the chief of staff to his office.
"The 284th Guards Division, this unit is intact. I can't believe it. They claim to have harvested enough potatoes to last until spring! There is no shortage of weapons and ammunition!" He handed the document to Chief of Staff Tupikov.
As a senior staff officer, he had more contact with that unit.
He carefully looked at the contents of the document, which was a summary of the army's situation in the past month. Tupikov's eyes lit up, and he saw a lot of words about obtaining food. In addition to digging for previously sown potatoes, even
Fishing sports are also carried out. "Soldiers can only fight with a full stomach. In extremely cold weather, surviving is a great victory."
Tupikov sat face to face in front of Timoshenko and said slowly: "In my opinion, the German army's attempt to attack Moscow will soon be defeated!"
"Oh? What do you think of this?"
Tupikov smiled and pointed to some words in the document. "You see, they claim that cotton clothes and food are the key to a successful winter. This is thanks to a wise staff officer of the 284th Guards Division, the deputy division commander.
Lekov. They had prepared for a rainy day and had thought of the cold winter a few months ago, so compared to the German army and other guerrilla units, this huge force and the large number of refugees attached to them had no pressure to survive at all."
This is simply saying that the guerrillas in the swamp area have no worries about food and clothing, but the corresponding German troops are under great logistical pressure. Tupikov said meaningfully: "Our winter is very cold, and the weather station updates every day
Temperature information, the night temperature in the Smolensk area has been hovering around minus 15 degrees in the past few days. Most of the Germans still wear thin clothes. They are robbing our villages, but how many cold-proof clothes can satisfy hundreds of people?
Wan’s army needs?”
During these days, Timoshenko has been worried about defense. The troops are fully resisting the continued advance of the German army. From a strategic point of view, they are marching from Ukraine all the way to the Caucasus. Once the Baku oil fields are occupied, this will have a great impact on the Soviet economy.
Catastrophic blow.
Suddenly, Timoshenko once again thought about the war energy of the 284th Division. He slowly raised his head and asked: "It was you who took the lead in assisting them last time. Can we try again this time and provide them with air supplies?"
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Tupikov immediately denied his question. "Now our chances are very slim. First, not to mention the number of our transport aircraft, our transport capacity is worrying. Second, you also know the German offensive against us. Their fighter jets have passed
Two thousand aircraft, although it is impossible for all of these aircraft to be used in front-line combat. But if we form a transport group and go deep into the occupied area, it will be too easy to encounter siege."
"But we can't do nothing. At least I have to draft a letter of commendation to encourage them."
Seeing that Timoshenko looked a little strange, Tupikov gritted his teeth and said slowly: "Actually, it is also possible to have another tactical adventure."
"Tactical adventure?"
Timoshenko learned that the so-called tactical adventure was nothing more than forced transportation by transport planes. Since they were not short of food, they must still be short of weapons and ammunition. Their combat strength was at least 5,000 people. It was difficult to cope with the consumption of the war just by relying on seizures.
.Besides, they are located in enemy-occupied areas. If the enemy carries out an encirclement and suppression, at least the ammunition consumption will be astronomical.
"We have promised to continue to provide them with air supplies. I think we cannot give up our assistance to them just because of the danger on the road."
Tupikov planned to operate at night, and the TB3 bombers loaded a large amount of fuel to fly long distances. However, due to the short legs of the fighter jets, the escort had to stop before reaching the sky above Chernihiv.
"Okay, you go and do this! My chief of staff, I hope we can still succeed in this operation!"
Tupikov had a lot to deal with, and reinforcing the 284th Division was just one of a large number of military plans. He appointed a staff officer to be fully responsible for everything. Based on the successful experience of the last airdrop, the selected crew members remained unchanged.
Pilot Ivanov, he led his men in a forced airdrop last time, and there were even tanks in the cargo.
He received a new order and couldn't help but worry about his future. "Today's fighter pilots will die in two weeks of air combat. Only a few people become aces!" He has lived for a very long time, but this time he ventured into the world again.
In the enemy-occupied area, it seems that this is a once-in-a-lifetime departure with no return, destined to fail in the sky.
But orders are orders, and the planned flight mission is in the early morning of November 9th.
On the other hand, Timoshenko personally wrote the letter, and the content was transmitted to the underground organizations in Bryansk through Morse code. The underground parties in various cities were like inns. The letter was passed on to the Gomel Underground City Committee.
inside.
The mayor of Gomel, Nikita Ivanovich Lyudbalyov, went to work underground and suddenly disappeared when the German army occupied the city. Some people said that the mayor had been killed by the invaders. In fact,
, the mayor and the resistance group hid in the basement of a barn in the suburbs. The communication wires were embedded in a long wooden pole as a disguise, as if it was just an ordinary clothes drying rack.
"Now we have received two pieces of intelligence. One is a letter from the commander of the Southwest Front to the 284th Division. Their latest supply plan is about to start again. The second point is that we have received communication intelligence from a rebel army. They are about to start again.
Not far to the south of us, we have no ability to settle them. The only way is to guide them into the swamps and be collected by the 284th Division."
What the mayor said to the leaders of the resistance organizations present, and the letter from the commander of the front army, can be relayed to the swamp in a code.
The second one is that a resistance force of thousands of people, carrying many women and children, is traveling through the forest. The weather is very cold, their food situation is also very bad, and the combatants are of all kinds, some even only have daggers.
as a weapon.
"The main components of this refugee-like armed group are Jews, who all fled from the south. They tried to go north first, then move east, and return to the control areas of their motherland. But their food was too scarce and they could not support it at all.
Their actions," said a rebel leader.
"So they came to us? It's so crazy! Where can we have so much food to give them. Now, the warehouses in the city have long been occupied by the German army, and the wheat flour and potatoes have been plundered, including a few of us sitting here.
The food is not guaranteed.”
Everyone's words were very reasonable. The mayor thought for a while and said, "Since I don't have food, I will guide them to the west. As long as they enter the swamp and join up with the 284th Division, won't their problems be solved?"
The difficult matter was solved in this way, and everyone agreed.
Therefore, the 284th Division received two pieces of news, one good and one troublesome.
Based on this situation, Yevlov urgently ordered the village chiefs of the three collective farms to gather urgently, including all battalion-level officers and political commissars. On November 5, everyone held a meeting in the Blacksmith Village.
At the meeting, Yevlov explained two new problems currently encountered by the troops.
"We have contacted the front army headquarters. The continued assistance plan promised by the chief of staff is still effective. A new round of airdrops will be carried out in the early morning of November 9th. We will see the sky open as soon as the sun rises.
Flowers.”
Everyone present at the meeting was overjoyed, because the last airdrop really solved the residents' urgent survival problems. Yevlov emphasized that the new airdrop will mainly be weapons and ammunition. This is also very important to the troops, after all, the reloaded bullets
Not as good as the original. The more ammunition you have, the better you can show off your muscles.
Another thing, Yevlov put on an embarrassed expression.
"This information came from the Gomel Underground Municipal Committee. Mayor Lyudbalyov begged us to take in the refugee group that has been moving in arms. They are mainly composed of Jews and have just escaped from the clutches of the German army. This group has more than a thousand people and weapons and equipment.
They are inferior and lack food. The Gomel Municipal Party Committee hopes that we will accept and reorganize them into a new fighting force." After reading the manuscript, Yevlov raised his head and looked at everyone. "Comrades, we will have another group of new troops."
The more soldiers the better, and Fomin, as a Jew, very much hoped that his people could enter the swamp.
"This is the situation now. Do you have any questions?" Yevlov asked.
"Yes!" Rosakov, the battalion commander of the first regiment, stood up and asked: "I think even if these people come, it will be difficult to form a fighting force. They are very tired, and they are Jews. These people can be businessmen, but
As a soldier, I want to..."
Fomin immediately coughed twice, and Rosakovsky immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing.
Yang Mingzhi immediately noticed the subtlety of the meeting place. Roshakov was originally from the Ukrainian army, and most of the others were from the Belarusian army. Fomin is a Jew and a Ukrainian. For historical reasons, the Ukrainian nation is relatively anti-Russian and anti-Semitic.
In the Soviet-Russian Civil War, they firmly stood in the camp of Denikin's White Army.
Now that the Soviet Union was established, these Ukrainian nationalists were dormant, and with the outbreak of World War II, these people came back again.
Even though Roshakov was an officer in the Soviet army, the environment he lived in led him to be very prejudiced against Jews. The original religious discrimination gradually evolved into inherent prejudice, which Fomin was all too familiar with.
Fomin knocked on the table and said: "Whether they are Jews or Gypsies, they are all our compatriots and citizens of the Soviet Union. They are fighting the enemy, and I must help them. If there is a problem because of ethnic issues,
Inherent prejudice, what about Belekov?" Fuming brought the topic to Yang Mingzhi, who had been silent for a long time. "This man is Chinese, what do you think of him? Is he a coward? Is he stupid? No! He is better than
Most of you are smart. If it weren't for him, most of them would have died long ago. If it weren't for him, the troops would have starved to death in this swamp."
Rosakov lowered his head at these words, because these were all facts. Without the shelter of the 284th Division, his defeated soldiers would have fled all the way and would have been wiped out by the German army.
Yang Mingzhi immediately stood up and bowed deeply to everyone out of modesty.
"What Comrade Fomin said just now is serious. I hope there will be no ethnic discrimination here. The current 284th Guards Division is made up of Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Jews, Tatars (Black Maozi) and people like me.
Chinese people have different ethnic groups, but we all stand under the same red flag and fight against the enemy. So we must accept that huge army! The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. I am afraid that we are currently the largest force behind enemy lines in Belarus.
As for the anti-German forces, we just lack soldiers. I don’t care what ethnic group they are, as long as they are brave and obey orders, they are good soldiers."
As soon as he said this, everyone present applauded. Everyone's attitude was completely unified, and even Roshakov stood up and apologized.
Russia is jokingly called a fighting nation, and the Jews are also a fighting nation. Because they were too bellicose, they were attacked militarily. The nation has been in ruins for three thousand years, and their blood is still in their bones. Yang Mingzhi does not think that this group of people will be anything but "just."
"Profiteers who know how to do business", their arrival can completely organize a Jewish camp, and if they take up arms for revenge, their fighting power will probably be stronger than weak.
The information has been sent out, and Yang Mingzhi and others are waiting quietly, waiting for the airdrop and the arrival of those people. (To be continued.) 8