The village of Rosaskaya was still in ruins after the war.
The collective farms in the Soviet Union were mainly made of wooden buildings. After the enemy's mortar fire, most of the houses were burning, and the black smoke also announced the location of the battlefield.
Kuznetsov ordered the troops to take final rest. They had been wandering in the forest for some days, and many soldiers' feet were worn out. The army did not lack food and ammunition, but other necessary items were in short supply. Many soldiers
He even went barefoot and endured the pain while moving forward.
For this reason, many people simply tore the clothes of the Germans, looking for their cigarettes and even wine, and collected all available materials. So many enemy corpses were almost only left with their underpants.
Before continuing to retreat, Yang Mingzhi's troops had a new task - digging holes.
"It is best to bury the remains of all the fallen soldiers. Your 284th Division has made new sacrifices. Let us bury them together in one place according to your preference. This way, when the war is won, we can come to pay our respects." Yang Mingzhi
I think what the commander said is very correct.
He and Yevlov set up the cemetery in a potato field in the village. There were some growing fruits in the field, and they were first dug out as food reserves.
Then, together with many soldiers, he started digging with engineering shovels.
He took off only his shirt, and his body was already covered in mud.
"I am simply digging a grave for myself. I am really worried. My comrades have returned to Russian soil, and I don't know where I will die." First company commander Lavrenti said to himself sarcastically.
"Don't worry. Many of our troops will survive."
"Really?" Lavrenti plunged the shovel into the soil and sat on the edge of the field to rest. Looking at Berekov who was still digging hard, he couldn't help but think of a lot.
"Of course it's true." Yang Mingzhi stopped working and looked at him, "As long as the entire division obeys my command, we will fight in the forest and the Germans will not be able to do anything to us. After all, I am Chinese, and we are fighting in the civil war.
The main thing is to fight in the forest."
Lavrenti shrugged, took out a cigarette and threw one to the battalion commander. "I found it from the German's pocket. Have a smoke and have a rest. The Germans may have to wait a few days before coming in again. By then we will be early."
Just ran away. You don’t have to be so tired."
The two lit cigarettes for each other, sat cross-legged and blew smoke rings.
"Yevlov is very conflicted in his heart, I can see it. He wants to fight an upright war. As for me, I have great ideals. I'm afraid I will still be a small commander after breaking out.
Officer, and in the vast forests and swamps here in Minsk, the people we left behind can lead the team by themselves. So I hope you will stay, at least all of my battalion will stay." After that, Yang Mingzhi looked at Lav Company.
Ji. "Comrade, will you follow me or Yevlov?"
Lavrenti seemed helpless. "You are the battalion commander. Of course I obey your orders, and the troops also obey your orders. Besides, the victory we achieved was not under your command. Personally, I can fight with you."
Victory."
"Okay. Follow my command and win the battle." Yang Mingzhi stood up and stretched hard. He saw that the soldiers were still digging a big hole. Many people also carried the fallen soldiers over because the temperature was quite hot in summer.
, they must be laid to rest quickly.
Yang Tao was very worried about her husband, and she was also very busy herself.
The field hospital was filled with wailing. Many wounded soldiers had lost too much blood and had gone into shock. Many of them died. There were also some wounded soldiers, and their situation was also very bad. None of the people who had been hit by bullets in the torso were alive.
Most of them were hit on the limbs.
Star Tao and her old friend Lilia miraculously survived a series of battles safely.
Some other nurses suffered a lot after the shelling, and the number of remaining doctors and nurses was too small to take good care of all the wounded soldiers. Some citizens who were with the army were urgently called to help, and they could only help.
"Bring the sterilized knife."
"Bring the sterilized hemostatic forceps."
…
Star Tao has a small body like a young child. She is already one of the few excellent hygienists in the army. She understands the doctor's instructions and follows them calmly.
"Doctor, is this patient really okay?" the girl asked weakly.
"Maybe, at least the bullet needs to be taken out. What happens next depends on his ability. We only have the last few bottles of vodka left to use as disinfectant alcohol."
Yang Tao was used to seeing life and death, but seeing real flesh and blood displayed in front of her was thrilling. The smell of human blood was very strong, and she saw this wounded soldier being held down by several strong soldiers.
This man was shot in the left thigh. If the bullet were allowed to lodge in the muscle, bacterial infection and lead poisoning would soon kill him.
The soldier held the wooden stick in his mouth, and he was held down by the soldier as he struggled desperately. The doctor searched for the bullet in the wound, and blood spurted out.
"Besica? Are you scared?" Lilia asked suddenly.
"No...no, I just feel a little unbearable."
"Quiet!" The doctor emphasized discipline. "Lilia, bring the pliers over. I have found the location of the bullet."
The soldier has gone into shock in severe pain, which is a kind of self-protection of the human body.
Star Tao's nervousness was no less than that of the soldier. Her forehead was covered with sweat and her long braids were wet.
"Bessica, bring the plate."
"Oh, okay."
Carambola was holding the plate, and there was a click, and a bloody bullet was on it. The doctor also breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank God, this man's major blood vessels were not injured."
There were many such surgeries, including the removal of enemy shell fragments.
Star Tao is indeed underage. Her physical strength is generally good, but her energy is being consumed rapidly. Her legs hurt when she stood up. She had been staring at the bloody and abnormal surgery, and suddenly she fainted.
"How are you?" Lilia held the girl in her arms, "My sister, don't scare me."
After being shaken for a few times, Carambola finally woke up, but her head was still a little dizzy.
"Lilia, this child has worked very hard. It may be that the weather is too hot and she has a heatstroke. You can let her take a rest and we will continue to work."
Yang Tao was helped to get some air in the open space. Yang Mingzhi recognized him at a glance when he looked around. He immediately smoked his cigarette, threw down the shovel and ran towards his wife.
Yang Tao's face looked a little haggard, but she still tried her best to smile.
"Soldier, what happened to Besica?"
"Report to the battalion commander, Bessika seems to have suffered from heat stroke."
Yang Mingzhi immediately wrinkled his forehead, took over the soldier's work, and picked up the girl.
At this moment, this girl was extremely happy. She had a headache, but she still managed to put her arms around her husband's neck. Many soldiers came over without knowing what was going on. They knew that this girl was the battalion commander's wife. Could she be?
What happened?
"Comrades, keep working. Bessica is just too tired from work."
Yang Mingzhi immediately sat down and took off his own water bottle to replenish water for his wife. When the nectar entered his mouth, Yang Tao subconsciously held the water bottle and drank fiercely without any care for anything else.
"You, you, you. The hail of bullets and bullets can't reach you, but you can tire yourself out like this."
The girl forced a smile, drank a lot of water, and ate something, then she took a nap under Yang Mingzhi's arrangement.
The soldiers continued to dig the cemetery, and more bodies of the fallen soldiers were brought in and stacked neatly next to the cemetery.
Yang Mingzhi looked at these soldiers. Many of them had followed him through life and death. There were also more than a dozen militiamen who had been drafted into the army. Their faces were gray and gray, and their ordinary shirts were all stained with blood.
For some reason, a strong sense of vicissitudes of life enveloped his heart. The command of the Western Front Army was in a mess. Many soldiers resisted desperately and were eventually divided, surrounded and annihilated. It was a fluke that the remnants of the army could reach this stage. These people should have successfully broken through.
As a result, hundreds of people were killed in one battle.
If there are many more battles like this, the army will run out of soldiers.
These patriots did fight to the end and died on the road to charge.
"All soldiers are present! Stand at attention!"
The soldiers didn't know what kind of madness the battalion commander had, but they saw him standing at attention and saluting, and everyone followed him.
The real funeral officially began after a while, and Yevlov led the entire division to attend. There were only more than 2,000 troops left in the entire army. The troops all stood at attention, and the temporary guard of honor fired a salute into the sky.
At this time, a German reconnaissance plane flew over Rosaskaya. The scouts immediately took aerial photos and recorded the discovery of the remaining large Soviet troops.
There was some commotion among the soldiers who had just stood at attention, and Yevlov shouted: "No chaos! That's a reconnaissance plane."
The funeral continued, and eventually the soldiers buried the pit and built a huge tomb.
As for the corpses of the Germans, there were no more acts of venting anger by the Soviet army. Most of the corpses were hastily buried in foxholes, and some were buried directly in the mountains.
It was already night when all this ended, and the troops had to rest for two days before retreating. Due to the appearance of a German reconnaissance plane, the situation became a little tricky. Kuznetsov completely rejected his men's request for another day's rest.
The so-called: "The Germans have detected our position. If we are passive and negligent, the German army will definitely continue to intercept us. We have no more chances. We will all set off at six o'clock tomorrow morning."
The 284th Division received the same order. After Yang Mingzhi and Yevlov returned to the camp, they immediately ordered the soldiers to clean up the house and check all the supplies to be brought.
"Are we leaving again?" Yang Tao asked her husband who was preparing his luggage.
"Yes. It's very unsafe here. We have to leave."
"Let's go? Where are we going?"
"Go to the swamp, and through there we will enter the area that the Germans have not yet invaded." Yang Mingzhi said, seeing that his wife was still a little indifferent, he immediately gave her a kiss on the forehead. "My dear, we are in a very difficult period now.
, just follow me."
"Well, I'll follow you."
Yang Mingzhi nodded, and asked his wife to get ready in the tent and take off her socks. The girl thought her husband wanted something else. He was a grown man who had experienced such an exciting thing, and he really should vent his anger. Her shirt was already on
She took it off and was about to take off her underwear too, waiting for her husband's caress.
"Hey, hey! I'm asking you to take off your socks, not your clothes. You keep wearing your shirt."
Yang Tao was puzzled. She saw her husband take out a pair of brand-new cloth socks from the small box where the treasured items were placed and put them on her son. These daily necessities were bought before the war. Yang Mingzhi adhered to the principle of being prepared. Now come
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"It's very important to keep your feet dry when you go through the swamps and during the rainy season. I don't want your little feet to get soaked and worn out. You have to change your socks all the time. Of course, I do the same."
Yang Tao burst into laughter. "You still care about me so much."
Nonsense, you saved my life and married me. We are relatives in this foreign country, I don’t care about you or who I care about. You should sleep well, we will start the long march starting tomorrow."
Star Tao lay down with a smile, her heart full of gratitude.