The total strength of the armed personnel controlled by the 284th Division, plus the lightly wounded and militiamen who were left to recover, was close to 2,000.
Everyone got a weapon, but not many bullets were allocated to each person. Ordinary infantry can only get a base amount of ammunition for standing use. The amount of ammunition carried will only increase when everyone goes into battle.
For the militiamen, it is not enough to give them ammunition too early. This group of new guys still needs a lot of training, and the training of young soldiers is the most troublesome.
The most troublesome job was taken over by Yang Mingzhi, seventy soldiers, all of whom were still childish. He knew very well the thoughts of adolescent children, who longed to grow up, but could not get rid of their dependence on adults. They were rebellious and passionate, and war
It has already begun, and many people are eager to fight. Some are for revenge, and some even just feel like they can be heroes for once.
But the war will not give them a gold medal to avoid death just because they are children. The next round of battle is likely to be just around the corner. Yang Mingzhi knows better than anyone else that the Soviet army in the entire Ukraine will eventually be defeated, and the swamp areas are not ruled out by the German army.
If there is a possibility of attack, all those who can fight must fight.
In early August, there was a heavy rain in the swamp, making everything muddy. The Pripet River surged, and the ponds around Catfish Village were connected one after another. The place almost became a marsh.
Everyone had to hide in the wooden house and wait for the heavy rain to pass. It rained and the temperature dropped quickly. Fortunately, the soldiers had enough clothes to keep out the cold.
The most worrying thing is the grain, which is piled in the village barn. It can stay dry even in the rainy season. Yang Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, but he also suddenly thought that potatoes would sprout quickly in a humid environment.
After the potatoes turn green, the solanine content increases sharply. If you eat them again, you will get food poisoning!
This is the life of guerrilla warfare. Fortunately, we still rely on villages. It would be terrible if we really lived in the forest.
Although the rain has passed and the sky has cleared, the land is still muddy, but the training of new recruits cannot be delayed for a moment.
He noticed the children, many of whom were even barefoot, walking in the mud one by one. The armed boys and girls wore all kinds of clothes, and each of them was carrying a gun.
"Everyone is here! Assemble!"
Yang Mingzhi gave the order, and all the children stood in line, including Yang Tao.
As for them not wearing shoes, it is likely to hurt their feet. When asked by the chief, a child explained the reason: "I am a local child in Catfish Village, and it is our attention to let everyone go barefoot. The land here is muddy and soft, so wearing
If the shoes are dirty, they will easily get stuck in the mud. Besides, if the shoes are soiled, they will have to be cleaned with great effort."
So that’s it, look at Carambola again, this kid is still wearing little leather boots.
These boys and girls all wear trousers, with the trouser legs reaching to the knees. The summer uniforms of Soviet female soldiers do not have trousers. Only during winter battles, they will put on men's cotton trousers. This can be regarded as an old tradition from the Tsarist Russia era.
But these child soldiers in the swamp, these girls are all required to put on pants and even learn to put on leggings.
"Children, the weather will clear after the rain means that we still have to train, even if there is mud everywhere now. The time given to you is not much, I must teach you how to fight in the limited time."
The children listened carefully, and they were very obedient to this oriental-faced commander.
"This morning, we will continue the marching practice, and in the afternoon we will have target practice." After that, Yang Mingzhi paused and looked at the calves of the children: "From now on, you must wear shoes even if it is muddy.
I don’t want your feet to be worn out and become infected and inflamed by the sludge. You must know that we don’t have many medicines. If you get injured and get septicemia, it depends on your fate.”
The rules of military training are still the same. The first company commander Lav Lianji is in charge of the boys, and the second company commander Yevgeny is in charge of the girls. Why is there no third company commander? Because the third company is the mainstay of the troops directly under Yang Mingzhi, and the third company is his
Guard company, in other words he is the company commander.
Yang Mingzhi watched with satisfaction. The Russians had very good discipline. He knew that after these teenagers were trained, they could be directly added to the general army. Because girls are very special, they should not rush to the forefront of the battle.
Therefore, Yang Mingzhi pays more attention to girls than to boys. His wife is in this team. She is walking with everyone with a steel gun on her back, and the whole team is marching in an orderly manner.
Here, she should be able to make friends with people of the same age. She is a seventeen-year-old girl, but her figure is more slender or even short.
While thinking about it, political commissar Fuming walked over with his hands behind his back.
"Is this how you train your children? They just line up like this, which seems a little different from what you always wanted."
Yang Mingzhi turned around and said helplessly: "This is not a contradiction. These children are not ready for the battlefield yet. Only passion will make these adolescent children reckless. I can only strengthen their discipline. Only
Discipline is the key to victory."
"That's right, discipline. It is the strictness of discipline that leads to the existence of political commissars like us." Fuming smiled after saying that, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to Yang Mingzhi. "Here, smoke one.
It feels so good."
During training, Yang Tao was meticulous, but he would also glance at a group of husbands who were paying attention to everyone. He saw that guy smoking with his political commissar comrades and talking and laughing. "Oh, their men always have some bad habits. I can't stand men.
Smoking." Star Tao complained.
"Don't worry, it's okay for a man to have some minor problems."
This girl is Natasha. Yang Tao knows that her husband intends to accompany her again, so based on the relationship of comrades, he has a very good relationship with her.
The two girls were whispering to each other and was overheard by Yevgeny, who was leading the team. "The team must keep quiet and don't talk casually." In this way, the two girls also shut up.
After lunch, Yang Mingzhi deliberately asked Fuming to stay and watch the children's shooting training.
The shooting training of soldiers is very important. However, until the war has started, the Soviet troops on the front line have suffered very heavy casualties, and what is worse is that a large number of people have been captured. The authorities had to recruit soldiers on a large scale, and many people were sent to the army without any shooting training at all.
On the battlefield, it is easy to be glorious.
"Everyone shoots five bullets, all of which are new bullets. Everyone kneels down and shoots. After firing all five bullets, they must hit the target once." Yang Mingzhi introduced to Fuming.
"What if they miss?"
"Then I have to add food. Good shooters are fed by bullets. I will order the unlucky ones to lie down in the mud and continue to order them to shoot."
Next to the training ground, someone was watching these children.
Fuming shrugged and looked at Yang Mingzhi with a worried look: "Berekov, your wife is also in the team, I hope she can perform well. Otherwise, what is waiting for her will not be lying on the ground, but on the bed
, receive personal education from the superior."
Yang Mingzhi smiled evilly. This guy's words were also a little naughty. "You just have to wait and see, Bessika was trained by me personally, and there is another shooter Natasha. This child has the potential to be a sniper."
The two grown men were talking and laughing. They moved a bench to watch the training. The seventy children were divided into men and women. There were still ten wooden targets, fifty meters apart. The target was made of three wooden boards. It was very simple to make, but
As a new recruit, it really takes long-term practice to shoot from a kneeling position without missing the target.
Yang Mingzhi raised the binoculars and looked at his wife. She could hold the four-kilogram Mosin Nagant stably. This was also because she had done more daily training. "I have always been very cruel to her. Sometimes I still train her at night."
Let her hold the gun, with a stone hanging under the muzzle, just to exercise the stability of her arm."
"So she is obviously very thin, and now she is stable?" Fuming has always been worried about girls. In his opinion, these girls are the best choice to become nurses and doctors. But these children want to be heroines.
, and what’s even worse is meeting a commander who is eager to fight and is good at fighting.
The children in the first row were ready, and Yang Tao was here. Following the order, ten people opened fire one after another. These boys and girls had quickly adapted to the sound of gunfire, and the embarrassing situation after Yang Mingzhi's sudden shooting never happened again.
People will become numb after long-term firing, or being exposed to the sound of gunfire and explosions. Soldiers need some mechanical training. A good soldier is more like a robot. Everyone must obey orders and prohibitions, and everyone must be fearless.
.
But they are girls after all. After pulling the bolt five times and shooting five times, many of them can't stand it. The recoil of the Mosin Nagant after firing is smaller than that of the K98. Even so, it is still too exciting for girls.
Star Fruit's performance was very good, with a total of two shots hitting the target. This was still shooting from a kneeling position, and the shaking of the muzzle and the soreness of the arms directly affected the effect.
Therefore, half of the people were all mopped. The boys were physically stronger than the girls, and the performance of the boys was equally bad.
Yang Mingzhi and Fu Ming were watching not far away. They saw many children who had shot all the bullets, standing up with difficulty, rubbing their shoulders, and some shaking their arms.
The two of them easily observed the child of Yang Guo through the telescope, and saw her talking and laughing with a blond girl.
"Who is the girl talking to your wife?" Fumin asked.
"It's Natasha, the sniper I mentioned."
The shooting results came out quickly. Among the seventy people, Natasha ranked first as expected. All five bullets hit the target, and the trajectory was quite concentrated. "Sometimes, a good shooter,
It is even more important for talent to be trained hard. Natasha is born with farsightedness, and she was exposed to Mosin-Nagant earlier. She is a genius who studies hard and practices hard. I will have to train her into a good sniper in the future."
Fuming was convinced: "Berekov, there is only one genius among your child soldiers. What about the unlucky children who missed the target?"
"What else can we do?" Yang Mingzhi shrugged: "The children who hit the target will all go to rest, and those who missed the target will continue to practice. This will be the way it will be done in the future."
Yang Mingzhi ordered the children who missed the target to lie down on the mud and wash their clothes if they were dirty. "I hope they won't scold me behind my back. I am doing it for their own good. War does not matter whether it is clean or dirty. As long as it can save lives and attack,
No matter how hard it is for your enemy, you must learn to endure it."