Collective farms are a unique rural model of the Soviet Union. Since you arrive in the Soviet Union, you must live according to the Soviet way of life.
After the political commissar regained control of the army's life, the entire Catfish Village also lived under military control, and all residents were required to contribute to the army. Of course, the limited private property of the villagers must also be fully protected, and public property was kept by the army.
Regarding future production and life, the army must establish a new order to adapt to this war.
Yang Mingzhi did not propose any too advanced production methods such as household joint production contracting. He listened and everyone discussed how to grow food.
Fomin is an outsider and it is inconvenient for him to make irresponsible remarks to his friends in Belarus.
In fact, everyone's opinions are very unified. We will continue to follow the policies set by Stalin, and the production of the collective farms will continue as usual, but now we will add a military settlement.
"Before winter comes, we still have enough time to reclaim some land. Although the quality of the land is not very good, it can still grow potatoes. Every soldier does his best to cut down trees to reclaim the land, and each company must have a reclamation quota.
." Yang Mingzhi suggested.
"Is this feasible? Many of our soldiers don't know how to farm. It's okay to let them plow the land." Yevlov was not optimistic about his soldiers.
"How will we know if we don't give it a try? We can't rely entirely on supplies from friendly forces and have enough food and clothing by ourselves. We have been reclaiming land a few days ago, and this time we have to mobilize everyone."
"What about the airport? People have reclaimed farmland to grow potatoes. What about the airport?"
Yang Mingzhi patted his forehead. Since entering the swamp, the army has been carrying out a lot of civil construction in order to build the base area faster. Human resources are too precious, and there is indeed not enough manpower now. Yang Mingzhi said helplessly: "Let's reclaim as much land as possible.
A variety of land will make things easier for us when we get here."
Catfish Village continues to be busy, and more people enter the woods to cut down tall fir trees. The large amount of wood is an excellent building material, and many wooden buildings are rising in the woods. Several large canteens that Yang Mingzhi is looking forward to have also been built.
This way, everyone doesn’t have to stay outdoors when it comes to eating.
It hasn't rained since entering the swamp. The soldiers don't like rain at all, especially before their dormitories are built. The next rain may come soon. Yang Mingzhi knows that this year's autumn rain will be particularly abundant, and the swamp
The situation may be worse here, and measures must be taken to prevent flooding. Therefore, most of the soldiers' dormitories are built in the woods at a higher altitude. Many soldiers have cultivated a small piece of land around the dormitories, which is used to plant some radishes and the like.
of vegetables.
The time has entered August. The commander of the Southwest Front, Kirponos, commanded well in the battle on the right bank of Ukraine. The German army suffered heavy losses in the frontal attack on Kiev. Kiev also got a little breathing space. Now they
It has more time to strengthen the defense, including sending more reserve troops to the south, where the German offensive is rampant after all.
What was the outcome of the battle in Ukraine? Yang Mingzhi did not dare to say that this was still a disastrous defeat for the Soviet army. He could not bear the responsibility of disturbing the morale of the military.
Cheka girl Yelentina pays great attention to the morale of the army. She is a strong woman when she is working. Only at night does she show a hint of femininity and speak softer.
In the evening, Yang Mingzhi wiped his weapon. It was a submachine gun. A good gun needs maintenance. Now the gun has enough oil.
Not far away, a transport plane was parked because the airport had been repaired.
Through the unremitting efforts of the soldiers, many of them were reinforcing and lengthening the runway even in the early morning. It was through such overtime work that the important airport could be built.
An airport has appeared in the swamp that can take off and land two or three transport planes. This strategic significance has become quite important.
"If we establish an observation post in the swamp, if the German army attacks from that direction, we will be able to get an early warning as soon as possible." The staff suggested to Kilponos.
As the commander, he made a prompt decision, "I will do as you say. Continue to send supplies over there, and send some political commissars to ensure the combat effectiveness of the swamp defenders. We will even give them some heavy weapons."
A task force of twenty people boarded the plane and flew to the swamp along with a lot of supplies.
These people arrived at Catfish Village successfully, and the meeting had just ended. Yang Mingzhi peeled a piece of white radish by himself and sat on the wooden pier in front of the wooden house.
The girl Yang Tao was washing clothes. Her iron basin also came with the movement of military planes, and they even sent some soap.
"Xiao Tao, you don't have to work too hard, be careful not to tire yourself out." Yang Mingzhi said with concern.
"I'm not tired! I should wash my husband's clothes."
Yang Mingzhi shrugged. Such a virtuous wife is rare. Her task of sorting bullet casings has ended, so the female soldiers have to start training again.
During this period, Chenobi's delivery team arrived at the outskirts of the swamp, and the villagers of Catfish Village used small boats to transport the supplies they delivered little by little. Since there was no bridge, the land transportation team had a headache, so they had to unload the supplies into the river.
Even if the task is completed.
They sent a lot of ammunition, mostly bullets. As for heavy weapons, there are ten mortars and 200 artillery shells. Yang Mingzhi checked and found that these are small-caliber weapons, which are more powerful than those captured by the Germans.
It's a big difference.
The advantage is that these small guns are light enough and maneuverable, which is very important for guerrilla warfare.
The breeze blew on the couple, with a slight chill. If it weren't for the war, I would be like a farmer at this moment, and the little figure of Yang Tao is a young peasant woman. She was ordered by herself to give priority to the training of female soldiers. For the time being,
There is no need to go to the field hospital to work, and naturally there will be no need to deal with blood.
"Oh, you still have to work hard!" Yang Mingzhi put down the carrot, stood up and stretched. He shook off the dust on his body, put on his coat and went out.
"Husband, where are you going?"
"I'm on my way to the division headquarters. Xiaotao, you can go to bed after washing your clothes later. I still have some official duties to do."
Yang Mingzhi waved goodbye to his wife. Along the way, he saw quite a few soldiers who were unwilling to go to bed early. Many of them had been busy for a day, and they didn't taboo anything. As soon as they threw away their clothes, they wiped their bodies in broad daylight and smeared them all.
Soap, many people are even shaving.
"Kiev really sent good things, and my people almost turned into wild monkeys." Yang Mingzhi thought to himself, that Kirponos was really thoughtful and sent a lot of daily necessities, which shows that he has a deep understanding of the swamp.
How much attention is paid to the small group of remnant soldiers here.
In fact, he should really pay attention to this. Yang Mingzhi knew that the army had sent several teams to ambush outside the swamp. Because a large radio transmission station had been set up in the village, and a gasoline generator supplied electricity to a single station and transmitted signals.
The highway can be very high so that it can clearly communicate with the authorities in Kiev.
Theoretically, if the reconnaissance team outside the swamp discovers the movements of the Germans, they will immediately send a report to Catfish Village. In just a few minutes, Kiev, 200 kilometers away, will know the enemy's situation. This is much more efficient and labor-saving than passive defense.
This is the current role of Catfish Village, but Yang Mingzhi has always believed that his own troops are capable of managing things like this. This time he went to the division headquarters to explain some of his ideas.
In the division headquarters, the office of the collective farm, Yelentina is here at this time. She put on the traditional Russian girl's clothes with great interest, and she was completely different from her sonorous and powerful self.
The guard at the door saluted Yang Mingzhi. He returned the salute and slowly opened the door. At this moment, Yelentina and the village chief were discussing something.
"Yevlov, it's so late, why are you here again?" Yelentina raised her head. She liked this magical Chinese more and more, so she deliberately showed off. "Look, this is a village.
I didn’t expect that the old lady’s old clothes would be very suitable for me.”
Yang Mingzhi nodded. This girl is pretty and sexy. She is wearing a dress that makes people imaginative. He waved his hand: "I came here just to talk. As a combat unit, I want to always be there.
When we do construction, we are afraid that the soldiers will forget about the war."
"You should wait until Yevlov comes back to talk about this. Really, you should talk about these things in the afternoon."
Yang Mingzhi felt a little regretful. He found a seat for himself and sat down. Since Yelenkina was here, there was nothing to say more to her.
"We have been in the swamp for more than two weeks. It is like a typhoon shelter. I guess the Germans will not be bored enough to attack here. This is the best refuge. We can just take advantage of this special advantage and attack the Germans from all sides.
, this was my purpose. But now I feel really too comfortable."
"Do you think so?" Yelenkina looked at Yang Mingzhi, "In fact, it's good to be comfortable. You don't have to worry about it all the time. We are actually not comfortable now. Our mission has changed a little. We are now at the protrusion. We
They are friendly sentries."
"I know this." Yang Mingzhi nodded and replied, "I actually hope to lead a troop out of the swamp to attack the Germans. For example, to train our new soldiers, I think it is really necessary for those young soldiers to participate in the first
A war."
Yelentina immediately became alert and asked quickly, "Are you serious? They are still children."
"Yes. They are children and warriors. They must participate in the first battle. After the battle, they become veterans."
Jelentina shrugged. She had always felt that the real battle had to be fought by men. Now, of course, it was an extraordinary time, but it was crazy to let women and children fight on the battlefield.
"Let's not think about walking out of the swamp and taking the initiative to attack for the time being. Because there are new tasks at the moment, our people have contacted the two surrounding villages, and I think we must include them in the battle order of the 284th Division. Those
There are many militiamen, but their quality varies greatly. We must train them into good soldiers."
This is what Yelentina and the village chief discussed. In the afternoon, everyone just chatted with the group of comrades from Kiev. The key thing is that they arrived at this time. For no other reason than that, the liaison officer only came back in the evening.
"How about, Berekov, you can wait here. Yevlov and Fomin went to check the security situation in the soldiers' dormitories and will be back in a while."