After the meeting was over and all the soldiers left, the village square returned to calm.
Jelentina's speech made clear her attitude to these people and gave everyone a reassurance. Next, Yang Mingzhi and her had to continue waiting. Balzen and his people were about to return with a full load of goods.
For Yang Mingzhi, Balzen's subordinate is really a capable general. In this operation, he claimed to have brought back a large amount of twisted steel bars, and lied about military information. There is no such word in this man's bullets. Those goods are real, of course
When these steels are shipped back, Liguschkov won't be able to rest for a moment!
So in order to welcome him, Yang Mingzhi first led Yang Tao to the cafeteria, and then told several chefs: "You guys, please pay attention. Today I will entertain a friend. Ordinary food must not be sincere enough, so how to make this lunch?
Just listen to Bessika's orders."
Star Tao was so flattered that she was pushed out by her husband and transformed into a cook. Can this be done well?
She turned her head nervously and asked her husband: "To reward Balzen, can I be the chef today?"
"That's right. The Soviets mainly eat bread and potatoes because of their national habits, so you can make a pot of noodles and that guy will also like it."
As soon as she heard the word noodles, Jelentina's eyes immediately straightened, and she immediately clapped her hands and said, "Besika! What your husband said makes perfect sense. Besides, today is the last day of 1941 in the Gregorian calendar. Make something delicious today."
Yes! I will accompany you at noon."
Yang Tao fully understood what she should do and agreed this time.
Then, Yang Mingzhi and Jelentina went straight to the village committee of Blacksmith Village and continued to discuss some matters with the village chief Kavitsky.
On the other hand, Balzen was ordered to return. They encountered no danger on the way back. The biggest trouble was that after the temperature during the day broke through zero, the ground began to thaw. It was quite difficult to move these sleds. Based on the current situation, he had to order his men to avoid them as much as possible.
Travel at high temperature.
It wasn't until this mighty team and their goods arrived at Black Earth Village that the situation changed.
What they brought back was mainly scrap metal, and surprisingly there were two heavy cannons, which were cannons abandoned by the German army.
When the first regiment led by Roshakov passed through the Black Earth Village, he briefly explained the encounter to the locals, including the fact that the troops suffered heavy losses due to German shelling.
The villagers of Black Earth Village immediately understood that these captured artillery pieces belonged to the Germans. Each of them killed many Soviet soldiers. Now that they were captured by the Soviet army, it seemed that they could retaliate in kind.
But Balzen immediately explained to the onlookers and militiamen: "These artillery pieces have been destroyed by our army. On the surface they are intact, but in fact the inside of the barrel is no longer functioning!"
In Black Earth Village, Balzen's people repaired for a day. The "demolition brigade" who retreated with them, these militiamen went back to their homes. Everyone was tired after several days of work, so they returned to their homes to have a good sleep first.
Warmansky, the head of the Black Earth Village, saw the goods that Balzen brought back. These heavy pieces of steel would soon become weapons in the hands of the soldiers. In this way, the militiamen he sent really made a great contribution.
In order to transport the goods as quickly as possible, Warmansky ordered Balzen's horses to be replaced immediately, and all the sleighs were turned into carriages. A large number of villagers, both men and women, were mobilized to lift the goods on the sleds to the carriages with their bare hands.
The power of the people is great. As long as the masses are mobilized, the originally laborious loading and unloading work is quickly completed. The whole process does not require Balzen and his exhausted soldiers to work. Everyone's task is to recharge their batteries, because
The escort work is not over yet.
In Black Earth Village, Balzen finally did not have to eat simple food in the ruins. Warmansky had two sheep slaughtered, and the soldiers drank delicious sheep soup. Of course, Maozi's method emphasized the meat and meat in the soup.
The richness of the vegetables, which was almost a hodgepodge of soup, pleased the soldiers and was a reward for their hard work over the past few days.
In addition, some people still stayed in Homnich. According to the plan, an observation post was built there to provide early warning when the German army attacked. The people there were still holding on hard, and Balzen had to say something to Womansky.
own opinions.
"There are still a lot of steel bars in that city, and we haven't fully inspected the wreckage of the German army. We haven't collected all the bodies of our fallen soldiers to build a unified cemetery, because I think our army has to go to Homnich again.
several times."
Womansky obeyed the command of the division in everything. According to Balzen, it is true that the army can continue to use Homnich. He said: "The deputy division commander is in Blacksmith Village. He is the chief of staff of our army. You
He is likely to adopt the suggestion. Once he adopts it, you tell him that my Black Earth Village and the villagers will completely obey the dispatch of the division."
"Okay, I will explain myself."
After the two resolved some details, the transport team was about to set off again. Early in the morning, the soldiers got up early. The time they were stationed in Black Earth Village was very short, but everyone ate well. They had a meal of mutton soup, and then
Everyone drank and ate a lot of milk and yogurt cubes. After repairing, most of the people were back to good condition. Although it was not bright yet, everyone was in high spirits.
Thirty carriages are heading towards the Blacksmith Village. Each carriage is pulling heavy steel bars. It is estimated that the load of each carriage is about one ton, so each carriage is pulled by four horses. For these large livestock
There is indeed no problem.
With four horsepower, there was no problem in pulling the heavy artillery, so Balzen directly ordered the soldiers to sit on top of the cargo. Unless the wheels of the carriage got stuck in the mud, the soldiers got off and rested the wooden sticks under the wheels. This thing is actually the same as
The tank's self-rescuing wooden stick is exactly the same idea. After all, nothing should happen to this ton-weight carriage.
Finally, after much anticipation, Balzen finally arrived! The guards on guard immediately conveyed the information to the village committee office, and preparations were immediately made to welcome him.
Therefore, those soldiers who were lectured by Jelentina just a few hours ago naturally all volunteered to become soldiers of the 284th Division. Their new job besides logging, carrying goods, was about to begin.
There was probably a battalion of soldiers organized, and Yang Mingzhi ordered one of the platoon commanders named Anatoli to serve as the temporary battalion commander. As everyone knows, this decision almost determined the formation of the battalion.
Coming down, Yang Mingzhi saw that there were almost 600 people in this group, so he directly appointed Anatoly as the temporary battalion commander. His first task was to be a porter.
This was an opportunity to show off. Anatole didn't dare to neglect it, and the others were also eager to show off.
Balzen arrived before noon, and the welcome ceremony was very simple. There were only a few people to welcome him, but there were a lot of villagers watching the excitement.
After seeing a large amount of metal steel bars, many people immediately ran to the arsenal happily, shouting that a large amount of metal had arrived. This made Liguschkov so happy that he couldn't help but said frankly: "They finally arrived at the right time.
Now that we’re here, the blast furnace doesn’t have to worry about not having enough material to reheat.”
Yang Mingzhi also lacked courtesy. He and Jelentina learned about Balzen's results and took him directly to the private room in the cafeteria. As for the goods, they were all handed over to the soldiers to carry, and then handed over to Liguschkov for handling.
Before that, everyone went to the cafeteria to eat and talk about the completion of the task after eating. Yang Mingzhi found this very enjoyable.
Lunch was a meal of noodles, which also went with traditional Russian delicacies. Balzen liked the Chinese catering created by Yang Mingzhi very much. He thought it was like drinking soup, so he got the noodles and vegetable soup in his stomach, and it was very delicious.
For lunch, Yang Mingzhi also invited Ligushikov and several cadres from the village committee. Yang Tao, the chef, cooked a large pot of noodles. As the "hero", she got a late lunch.
Sugary yogurt treat.
Balzen ate very comfortably and talked about his harvest. About thirty tons of scrap metal was staggering. Liguschkov was shocked: "A grenade requires about 500 grams of cast iron, and thirty tons is enough to make it."
60,000 pieces!”
"This is only part of it!" Balzen said what he had said before in Black Earth Village, that is, the work of breaking down walls and getting steel bars must continue.
Yang Mingzhi nodded and asked, "How much more scrap metal do you think you can collect?"
"There are about three hundred tons! I don't know the details. Homnage is a small city, but there is definitely a lot of steel. Moreover, the German army also abandoned a lot of equipment, such as the cannons they abandoned. I brought them back this time.
Two doors. These things can all be recycled."
Speaking of artillery, Yang Mingzhi knew that all the German artillery was damaged. How they used the waste depends on Liguschkov's ability.
Yang Mingzhi was very happy, "You came back on the last day of 1941 and brought so much raw materials, enough for our army to make rocket-propelled grenades again!"
Yang Mingzhi enjoyed this lunch very much. He drank some wine and started chatting, and even more praised his wisdom. Everyone also followed suit. In any case, the 284th Guards Division had mastered the design drawings of some advanced weapons, and
Have production capabilities.
At the end of the meal, everyone stood up, including Yang Guo, who also stood up and raised his glass.
"Cheers to 1942!" Yang Mingzhi took the lead in drinking the cup, and the dinner ended just like that.
After that, everyone got busy again, especially Liguschkov. After getting the metal, he and his people had to start a huge weapons manufacturing project.
As for Yang Mingzhi, since he set up the "Pripyazi Weapon Design Bureau" on his own initiative, he really has to get busy. Because his new subordinates must be trained by his expert to make them become real weapons.
Military designers, not a group of hot-blooded young people. (To be continued.) 8