It is already mid-August, and the training for the young soldiers has begun to bear fruit. Now Yang Mingzhi is very satisfied. This group of children has strengthened their nutrition on weekdays, and at the same time, the amount of training has gradually increased. After two weeks of intensive training, they have grown up one by one. I have a lot of muscles, and my basic shooting skills have also improved a lot.
Many Soviet conscripts were like this. They trained intensively and immediately went to the battlefield. The results were also very significant. In subsequent large-scale battles, learning from war also resulted in extremely large casualties.
Therefore, Yang Mingzhi did not dare to let these children follow him and die in vain on the front line. If a military operation was really carried out, they would be most suitable as auxiliary soldiers.
On August 8, the Soviet troops in the Baltic Sea found a suitable airport. The bombers took off from the Ezeli Island Airport in the Tallinn Bay and successfully bombed Berlin. This was revenge for the German bombing of Moscow.
The bombing operation was a great success, and the news quickly spread throughout the Soviet troops fighting on the front lines.
"This is a slap in the face for the German attack on Moscow. The whole world knows that our air force still exists and can fly directly to the enemy's rear." Stalin broadcast to all Soviet soldiers.
In the swamp, the soldiers heard the leader's speech, and the soldiers were deeply encouraged. However, the optimism only improved morale, and the Soviet army would inevitably face more violent revenge from the Germans.
In the swamp, in addition to the large-scale training of militiamen and ordinary soldiers to maintain combat effectiveness, the blacksmith village is stepping up the production of weapons, and the black soil village is producing a large amount of food. The black soil village raises many cows, so they deliver a large amount of fresh milk and nutritional supplements every day. The children who were given to wounded soldiers were given priority to eat. Therefore, in just two weeks, Yang Mingzhi really felt that his wife had become plumper.
When your body is strong, you can fight better, and your physical strength can keep up, so you won't feel tired walking in the forest.
The blacksmith village produces wooden handle grenades. The craftsmanship of making this kind of hand grenade is not difficult and the power is acceptable. As for the raw material for making weapons, of course it is steel, so does the blacksmith village have it in stock? The answer lies outside the swamp. Those vehicles used to escape. All were violently dismantled by the soldiers, and the large and small steel fragments were transported back and recast.
In this way, the blacksmith village exerts its subjective initiative and people invest in large-scale production. In this way, more than a hundred grenades can be produced every day (as long as the materials are enough), and the success rate of the explosion is more than 90%.
Explosions alone were not enough, so Yang Mingzhi strongly requested that some ingredients be added to these explosives. "If we use iron sheets to make a container and fill it with gasoline, the grenade can also become a good incendiary bomb." Yang Mingzhi's suggestion was accepted. Adopted, if the grenade hits the German armored vehicle, even if it cannot blow up, it will still be like a bomb. The people in the vehicle will definitely not want to be roasted alive and be forced to jump out of the vehicle to escape, and the armored vehicle will be lost. A place of use.
The 284th Guards Division dormant in the swamp has never been idle, and the scouts on the periphery have been maintaining communication. Their task is not only to ensure the security of the swamp area, but also to be responsible for Kiev.
For several days, the dirt road leading to the swamp has been completely clear of German troops, but the German army is in Mozyr in the distance. This is a very certain thing. In order to find out the situation, the scouts moved towards Mozyr.
They found that the bombed bridge was still the same, but the Germans had built a pontoon bridge. A large number of trucks were moving on the pontoon bridge. At the same time, a large number of infantry troops were marching, as well as a large number of carriages carrying a large number of wooden boxes.
This was clearly transporting supplies to the front line! Since there were no cameras, the scouts had no choice but to stare from a distance, make rough sketches, and record the enemy's armed status. Then the scouts quickly retreated and reported the situation to the division headquarters in the swamp.
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Yang Mingzhi and Yevlov were at the division headquarters, and the investigators handed over the collected intelligence.
"A large number of German baggage troops are moving eastward! They must be transporting strategic materials to Mogilev or Gomel." Yang Mingzhi was surprised and felt that the German army's approach was very reasonable.
He quickly walked to the map hanging on the wall and pointed at the coordinates of various cities. "Yevlov, come here quickly."
Yevlov followed him and stared at the map. At this moment, Yang Mingzhi looked like a military strategist.
"Here, Gomel, if the enemy gathers here, they bypass the swamp area and directly enter the left bank of Ukraine and enter the Donbas region, then our troops in the Ukrainian region will be stabbed in the back."
"Indeed, perhaps the Southwest Front Army Headquarters has noticed the development of the war situation."
Yang Mingzhi frowned. "Guards! Invite political commissar Fu Ming quickly!"
Soon, Fomin, who was supervising the militia training, rushed over and learned the news about the German army transporting supplies. The Germans were transporting supplies to the east, not south from Mozyr. Obviously, the German troops on the eastern front needed supplies more.
"The Germans are attacking Bryansk. Maybe the Germans have consumed too much ammunition." Fomin guessed.
"Who knows? Maybe they are hoarding supplies and preparing to attack us from north to south. Therefore, we must inform the commander of the front army about this information."
Fomin understood that although he did not detect the offensive of the German frontline troops, he discovered a large number of enemy baggage troops. Kilponos must be informed of the situation, and it was up to him to decide what to do.
In this way, Kilponos got the news, and he said excitedly: "You have done a great job. We know almost nothing about the movements of the main German forces in Belarus. They really have no intention of attacking from the right bank of the Dnieper River. Since they have no intention of attacking either
If we go through the swamp, the left bank is the key to our army's embankment."
Yang Mingzhi was very pleased that Kilponos was a very good general. But he clearly remembered that the person commanding Ukraine should be Timoshenko, and Kilponos should not have been captured. Could it be that death is waiting for this man?
Or did he disappear in the end?
No, Yang Mingzhi felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. Although it was very rude, he still strongly requested to talk to this guy directly.
The small talk was completely meaningless. Yang Mingzhi advised Kilponos as the acting deputy division commander: "Since the main force of the German army is gathering in the direction of Bryansk, they will either capture Bryansk or go south to cut off your retreat.
.If the Germans’ goal is to swallow up millions of Soviet troops in Ukraine, then if Guderian, who is attacking on the front line of Smolensk, goes south, your retreat will be cut off!”
"Why? Why Guderian! Are you sure he will go south?! Isn't he storming Smolensk?"
Of course, Yang Mingzhi couldn't say that he had foresight, he could only analyze it for him like a consultant.
"Comrade Commander-in-Chief, you are obviously also concerned about the development of the entire war situation. I, a deputy division commander who was promoted from the front line, can see it, and you can definitely see it. Let me tell you simply, Guderian ran too far, and his
Logistics is about to collapse. Even if he invades Moscow, he will fail completely due to logistics collapse like Napoleon. So if you are Hitler, you will definitely not let Guderian die, so this German army has only one place to go.
That is to invade Ukraine! Destroy all the effective forces in Ukraine, and then we will talk about attacking Moscow."
Hearing this, Kirponos was silent for a while. In Kiev, at the headquarters of the Southwest Front, staff officers were running around, pushing chess pieces symbolizing the troops on the huge command table.
"Okay, I have heard all your suggestions!" He hung up the phone, wrinkled his forehead and looked solemn. He looked at the staff officers on the left and right. "Berekov of the 284th Guards Division, this person should be sent to my staff officer
department!"
"It's a pity that it's impossible." Tupikov, chief of staff of the Southwest Front, said regretfully.
At this moment, Kilponos was very pleased. Even after the great purge, there were still people of insight in the army. For example, he himself was originally just a regiment commander, but as a result, he became the commander of the front army with a successful career. Furthermore,
In the eyes of everyone, Kilponos was not a guy who would only be loyal to Stalin's orders. He would not fight for the sake of orders.
Now the German army is making slow progress on the frontal attack front, and the Soviet army seems to have taken advantage. However, Kilponos also knows very well that he has to defend the entire Ukraine. Although the army is huge, it is helplessly dispersed. In some areas, the German army has occupied
Advantage.
Kilponos stared at the huge battle map. On the table, squares representing German troops were advancing towards Kiev. The German air force was also bombing the city, and a large number of citizens formed militia units to defend the city to the death. Of course, a large number of
The ordinary people were moving to the rear. Most of them were old, weak, women and children, but the strong men stayed behind.
Weapons were distributed to all the makeshift militias, some of them bad old rifles, and the original version of the Mosin Nagant, which could only fire one bullet, was dug out.
This is Kirponos's effort to fight the invaders, and every Soviet citizen should contribute.