The forests in Belarus are extremely dense, and it is impossible for the entire army to run all the way through the forests.
Yang Mingzhi was very concerned about the army's war horses. The last 20 horses were carrying heavy supplies. The soldiers responsible for taking care of these animals had been complaining worriedly: "The horses carry a lot of weight, and they need more food. Green grass can only be used as snacks.
They need a lot of food to fill their stomachs."
These tall horses carried ammunition boxes, some supplies seized from the Germans, and even a few packets of bullet casings. Many of the dozen or so children who followed the evacuation team were also riding horses.
Yang Tao is also a child, she is not yet eighteen years old. Yang Mingzhi thought for a while, and when the girl is tired from walking, she can just carry it for a while.
Long marches wear and tear a lot on the feet. Many soldiers have blisters on the soles of their feet, and some have leg pain. Even so, everyone continues to move forward.
"Husband, please put me down. I can still walk on my own."
"Really. Actually, it's not very tiring to carry you on my back."
"I'm still worried about you, husband." Yang Tao comforted her gently.
To be honest, Yang Mingzhi felt very comfortable in his heart at the moment. He felt so sorry for his wife. Being a lolicon requires a lot of effort, not to mention that this was the tragic World War II, and this girl was also a very important health worker in the team. In the end, she couldn't bear it anymore.
Being a native of Zumi, he still put the girl down. "Xiao Tao, you always call me husband, and I can't stand it. From now on, you can just call me by my name, or brother."
Yang Tao pursed her lips and called out "Brother" softly.
"Hey. Aren't you husband and wife? You call yourself brother and sister?" Yelentina smiled and walked past the two of them.
"I don't want you to worry about it!" Star Tao shyly shouted to the man. The small episode gave the marching team a little fun, and many people forced a smile. Their actual situation was very embarrassing.
In Yang Mingzhi's view, the size of Kuznetsov's army is similar to that of the "Red Front Army", but he certainly does not have the commanding talents of those people.
The current situation is somewhat similar to the Long March of the Chinese Red Army. During the Anti-Japanese War, Yang Tao listened to many things said by those old party members. What about crossing Chishui four times, forcibly crossing the Jinsha River, and the Eighteen Warriors of the Dadu River? Did the girl know this before? What was given to her at that time?
Her young mind was greatly shocked.
Finally, the supplies of a war horse were emptied, the troops replenished their ammunition, and the wooden box containing the bullets was immediately abandoned. Yang Tao sat on the horse, and Yang Mingzhi held the bridle with interest.
"Brother! Should we go to the swamp next?" the girl said in Northeastern dialect.
"Yes, it's like crossing the grass during the Long March."
When she heard that it was the Long March, the girl immediately became energetic. "We are still blocked by the German devils, with their pursuers behind us. We must pass through the grassland and then reach the safe zone? Is there enough food? Will we starve?
?Are we going to get stuck in the mud?"
Yang Mingzhi subconsciously pressed his ears. This girl is quite sharp-tongued.
"Xiao Tao, you said too much." Yang Mingzhi patted the grain bag on his shoulder, "It won't be a problem for us to have food for half a month. Besides, the swamp is very safe and is a Soviet-controlled area.
The living facilities should not have been damaged by the war, and we will have good food when we get there. And you can even take a hot bath."
Star Tao immediately laughed when he heard this.
"That's great. You and I haven't taken a bath since the war started. We really miss the life in the military camp."
Yang Mingzhi turned to look at her. They said that girls in this era are conservative. It's good for her. It doesn't matter if she gets married. There is also the tiger side of this northeastern woman. She is still a child. Think about what he has done to her.
Something happened, and a feeling of guilt arose spontaneously. "Xiao Tao, you'd better stop talking about this."
"Why. They can't understand Chinese anyway."
Yang Mingzhizhou frowned, "Even if your comrades don't understand, you shouldn't shout loudly."
Yang Tao looked around and saw many soldiers whispering to each other. She could understand what they were saying. They were probably talking about couples flirting or something.
It is also because of this that many soldiers began to miss their hometowns and relatives in their hometowns. Some of the soldiers here came from the original infantry regiment and had friendship with Yang Mingzhi. The characteristic anti-tank battalion, there are more than 40 soldiers who originally participated in the construction of RPG.
The friendship between these people is even deeper.
Many of their homes are in the Far East, and other soldiers come from all over the country, and there are more native Belarusians. When the army expanded its strength, a considerable number of soldiers were reservists from around Minsk.
The Republic of Belarus is being trampled under the iron heel of the Nazis. Countless ordinary people have been shot to death, their finances have been robbed, women have been humiliated, and children have been killed indiscriminately. To make matters worse, the campaign has completely failed, and the army that has been squandering and defending the country has almost been annihilated.
.
Many soldiers are grateful that they are still alive, but they cannot even imagine the safety of their hometown and relatives.
Suddenly, a soldier complained: "We are just running for our lives now. We might as well go out of the forest and fight the Germans. Even if we die, it will be worth it."
Yang Mingzhi heard this and walked up to the man: "Soldier, what did you just say? What's your name."
The soldier felt angry in his heart, even in front of his superior, he did not hide it. "I am Mikhail Folyad."
"Okay, Comrade Mikhail, if you have any complaints about the troops, you might as well speak up."
The soldiers stopped, and many people gathered around them wondering what was going on.
Soldier Foliadi shouted loudly: "I think we are completely escaping. Is this the behavior of the Red Army to run through the forest and escape blindly? I would rather die on the road to charge than wear myself out in this mountain."
legs."
Yang Mingzhi looked at this man. His shoes were indeed worn out. When he took off his shoes, the blisters on the soles of the man's feet were worn out and blood was oozing out. Yang Mingzhi was shocked. Many people complained after that.
After the war started, apart from the war, it was all about marching, and even the destination was constantly wavering.
Suddenly someone asked Yang Mingzhi again: "Deputy Commander, are we sure we want to cross the swamp? Why are we going there? I heard that you are going to lead us all in guerrilla warfare."
Yang Mingzhi did not refute, he hesitated for a while and nodded.
Yevlov, who came from behind, saw a lot of people gathered here and immediately thought something had happened. He hurried over and found out that there was a disagreement between the soldiers and the commander about the route map.
These people were not Yang Mingzhi's direct subordinates. Most of them were Belarusians, and it was difficult for them to accept the decision to flee here. Yevlov tried his best to persuade everyone to keep their grievances in their hearts for the time being. When the team rested, he hurried to
Arrive at the Army Headquarters.
Here, Yevlov and Yang Mingzhi also wanted to hear the next move of the army, but the same issue broke out in the military headquarters.
The crowd was divided into three groups. One group thought that they would retreat from the plains, walk out of the forest and defeat a German army with a strong force, and go south into Ukraine to fight with the large Soviet troops still fighting the Germans, thus continuing to join the battle.
The second group still feels that organizing guerrilla warfare is most in line with the current situation of the army.
As for the third faction, it is of course supported by Kuznetsov, which is to continue walking through the forest, break out of the swamps and advance towards the inland areas.
A fierce quarrel broke out among the three parties, which was also due to the mixed situation in the army. The defeated troops of each army gathered together. Kuznetsov was only the commander of one part of the Soviet army. He had been able to lead such a force very hard up to now.
"Quiet, comrades!" Kuznetsov almost pulled out his pistol and fired a warning shot into the sky. "Comrades! As for you saying that our retreat is an escape, this is wrong. Some people say that we should break out from the plains, which is also true.
That’s wrong. We should still..."
"Objection! We, the 32nd Army, object. We fight positional warfare, and we are Belarusians! You and your people should retreat on your own. We would rather walk out of the forest and fight than run away in the mud of the swamp."
The 32nd Army also suffered heavy losses. There were only a few people left in the military headquarters and more than 5,000 soldiers under their command. It was considered a very important force in this joint force. Now they expressed doubts about Kuznetsov, which directly triggered
The Soviet army questioned the entire retreat.
"You must know that there are still troops entering the forest one after another. There may be tens of thousands of troops behind us who are breaking out. They may form small teams or break out at the battalion level."
The words of the 32nd Army attracted the attention of the guerrilla war faction, and Yang Mingzhi himself also belonged to this group. These people did not support the 32nd Army's intention to go out of the forest to fight the Germans. Yang Mingzhi immediately said: "As far as I know, our 284th Division has just encountered
The Führer Regiment of the German Imperial Division and the enemy's most elite SS troops are outside the forest. I think they have increased their troops at this moment. Going out to fight the Germans now is like hitting a stone with an egg."
"Bah, what does a Tatar know? The great Red Army soldiers are afraid of the Germans."
Yang Mingzhi was used to ridicule. These old men regarded themselves as the Great Soviet Union, and many of them were discriminatory towards foreigners. Yang Mingzhi's subordinates did not have this mentality. Their commander's performance in the war had conquered the hearts of the soldiers.
.So Yang Mingzhi didn't bother to argue with this man, and left the talk to Yevlov.
Just in front of Kuznetsov, the troops began to line up. A force of nearly ten thousand people chose to rush out of the forest and go directly south, trying to break out and enter Ukraine to meet with the main force.
However, this is simply a military adventure. It is all based on defeating the German troops waiting in the south of the forest. It is not easy to defeat them with mere light infantry.
Kuznetsov really didn't want to say anything more to these people because he was temporarily unable to contact friendly forces and even the battery was about to run out.
"You are desperate! Are you going to die?" Kuznetsov's strong rhetorical question was meaningless.
"No, sir. Compared with your escapeism, it is better for us Belarusians to die on our own soil."
In this way, Kuznetsov did not say much. That night, the entire army was enveloped in a huge atmosphere of hostility, and a large number of Belarusian soldiers followed the main combat faction. The same was true for the 284th Division. The serious division commander had already died in the battle, yeah
Flov was really unable to control the troops. He could only allow the soldiers to leave. In the end, the remaining people were really pitiful. The number of people in the 284th Division who were willing to continue to advance was only a little over a thousand.
Yevlov stomped his feet angrily, and Yang Mingzhi patted his shoulder and comforted him helplessly. "Comrade, everyone has their own ambitions, let them go. Of course they are going to die, but it is not bad to let them die at the feet of their hometown.
The destination.”
The two grown men are close friends, and their friendship has become even deeper after experiencing the brutal war. Yevlov asked rhetorically: "Should we really use the swamps as our base and use the forests of Belarus to conduct guerrilla warfare?"
"Yes. This is the most ideal, otherwise we are likely to die in the battle behind. You Soviets are willing to die, and I am a foreigner. I cherish my life and my wife's life, as well as the remaining soldiers of our 284th Division.
I don’t know what kind of wars there will be in the future, but if I serve as a commander, I will definitely do a good job in guerrilla warfare.” Then Yang Mingzhi sighed meaningfully: “I’m afraid, soon Comrade Supreme Leader
He will deliver a speech to the whole country, encouraging us broken troops deep behind enemy lines to organize guerrilla warfare, and the war will become a full-scale war. Our place will always be the front line."
Yevlov nodded: "I hope so. We are marching very far every day now, and in at most a day and a half we will arrive at the next city, and after that we will reach the swamp."