Yevlov said: "You are very reasonable. We are soldiers, and it is the duty of soldiers to obey orders. Even if we transform rural women into soldiers, they must demand themselves as Red Army soldiers, otherwise they will be sorry.
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"So are you really training your troops in accordance with the "Infantry Drill Code"?" These words were obviously harsh, and for a while Yevlov was not sure how to answer.
He must have seen something. Yang Mingzhi had to admit that the Soviet Army's "Infantry Drill Code" was still the 1940 version, and some of the contents were simply not up to date! The Soviet infantry relied on this training, and it was not omnipotent.
Yes, facts have proven that if we train completely according to this, the troops will be really strong? Wouldn’t they be overwhelmed by the German army?
In fact, in his opinion, the Soviet and German soldiers were simply backward. After all, this was World War II! This war gave birth to many excellent strategies and tactics, and only his foresight could be used, making him seem like a
He looks like a tactician.
Salinchkin continued: "I was rescued from the tree by soldiers. When I saw these soldiers who rescued me, I was shocked for a moment, as if I was captured by the Germans, until they welcomed me in Russian!
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Obviously this incident greatly stimulated him. Salinchkin emphasized his tone and continued: "I saw those soldiers, they were wearing German army clothes. Even if they took off their eagles and collar badges and epaulettes, they were still German army clothes."
Clothes. It’s unbelievable that our soldiers are wearing German clothes. A junior officer who responded to me was actually wearing a German fur coat. This is completely wrong behavior. Tell me, how can a Red Army soldier wear the enemy’s clothes?
!? Even if they are conducting makeup reconnaissance, they can’t keep their clothes on all the time.”
"So, comrade, you are very angry about this?" Yang Mingzhi asked tentatively.
"Yes! This is a big mistake! This behavior insults the identity of a Red Army soldier!"
"But, if we don't wear German clothes, what should we wear?!" Yang Mingzhi's eyes were full of helplessness. He couldn't help but sigh and pointed out the reason: "We are in such difficulty. Last year, Southwest
Comrade Kilponos, the commander-in-chief of the front army, is not dead yet. The number of warm-weather cotton clothes he ordered to be airdropped to us is not enough. We have people fleeing here every day. As a responsible army, we cannot watch civilians freeze to death in winter.
What's more, most of these people can also be trained into militiamen. The cotton-padded clothes dropped by air at that time were only enough to equip one regiment, and we had to find ways to get the remaining clothes.
Furthermore, we broke through all the way from the outskirts of Minsk to this place, and the summer military uniforms we wore were impossible not to be damaged. We needed clothes. In addition to requisitioning the villagers' clothes, we could only kill the Germans and strip off their clothes and shoes to provide for ourselves.
Otherwise, in the winter that just passed, the temperature was more than ten degrees below zero, and we would all have died without these clothes!"
This is a reason. When Salinchkin heard this explanation, he had to admit how reasonable it was for the soldiers to wear German clothes. After all, the climate until now is not too warm!
Yelentina interjected: "Comrade Salinchkin, I know that it is wrong for Red Army soldiers to wear the enemy's clothes. But this is our means of survival under special circumstances. I hope you can understand. We know that this is not at all
It is a long-term solution, so our tailoring workshop has been transforming these captured clothes, and even weaving new ones ourselves. Now that the superiors have airdropped new military uniforms, the soldiers can change them immediately. "
Salinch had a golden head, but he still had a sullen face: "Very good, it's best if you have such a consciousness. But there is one more thing. Just yesterday, I saw your staff helping the villagers who were helping to carry the goods.
Distribute some paper coupons. I asked the militia soldiers who escorted me back, and they actually thought this was a kind of currency! Now please explain to me, what are those coupons?"
Yang Mingzhi was also quite surprised when he arrived. The issuance of exchange coupons was indeed in the plan. Could it be implemented now? Yelentina has always been responsible for this matter. She spent all her time on the war and the arsenal.
Didn't she already order someone to print a batch when she didn't have time to pay attention?
At this time, it was up to Yelentina herself to explain.
This woman, who is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs after all, is not afraid of Salinchkin, who also belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is not black and white as to whether this is currency.
"This is a kind of exchange coupon. One unit of exchange coupon is equivalent to 500 grams of potatoes." Yelentina explained, "Novgomel has developed from an almost wasteland with only more than a thousand villagers relatively scattered.
The current scale of more than 30,000 people relies entirely on the joint efforts of the military and civilians. We are currently under military control, and villagers must also engage in productive labor every day. But we are not asking them to work voluntarily, but have established a system of labor in exchange for remuneration.
Principle. When villagers carry out labor production, they originally record work points, but it turns out that this model requires our clerks to record every day, which is extremely cumbersome. Instead of doing this, it is better to use a kind of coupons, which can be exchanged for daily grain."
This explanation was refreshing to Salinchkin, it was simply unheard of! "You are so bold. If you exchange grain, I don't believe that legal tender is not circulating among the villagers. Don't they have a kopeck in their hands? Why is it so valuable to issue it privately?
ticket."
"Because we must consider that Novgomel's economy is fragile. After all, in the war years, only food can keep people alive!" Yang Mingzhi added in a louder voice: "This coupon is what I proposed. These coupons are currency. They
It is ineffective because it is illegal. But it can be exchanged for food from the army. Yes, these coupons are guaranteed by the credibility of the army. The dispatch of all daily necessities is firmly controlled by the army. Many food supplies can be exchanged through
When tickets are redeemed, different numbers printed on the tickets have different purchasing power. From this point of view, these tickets are indeed fulfilling the role of currency."
Salinchkin couldn't help but hold his eyes. Who is this Chinese in front of him? You must know that his words are indeed design economics, and some of his vocabulary are even quite professional! This man is indeed a knowledgeable guy.
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Yang Mingzhi continued to explain that in special times, these coupons replaced the work point system of the collective farms. The villagers were working hard to produce various military supplies. These products were all controlled by the army, and coupons were issued to the villagers as rewards. Yang Mingzhi admitted
: "I must thank these simple people. Most of the value and surplus value they create is used by the army. People's consciousness is very high. They know that if the army languishes, all these 30,000 people will be slaughtered by the enemy sooner or later.
The duty of the military is to defend this land and protect all people.
We can now ensure that no one will starve to death. Even if tickets are distributed, each person's redemption amount is limited, and the excess tickets can be exchanged for other supplies.
Therefore, what we implement is a grain standard, where one coupon is exchanged for 500 grams of potatoes. Rather than calling it currency, it is better to call it grain stamps."
Salinchkin's face, which had been tense for a long time, finally relaxed. He clapped his hands very abruptly: "You guys started with these food stamps and soon got better. But the purchasing power of the food stamps you issued is quite strong!"
In the 1920s, the Soviet Union had been using food stamps and stamps due to the shortage of materials. When the economy developed rapidly in the 1930s, these coupons were also suspended. When the Soviet-German War broke out, most of the materials were used
For military needs, even though agricultural taxes were greatly increased to the point where only the rations of collective farm members were retained, citizens in the cities who ate food supplies began to use food stamps. Food and cloth could no longer be bought with rubles, and only stamps could be redeemed.
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Salinchkin knew that this policy had just begun. Novgomel, which was on an isolated island of war, had actually begun to discover their own food stamps. Now this was completely their own initiative, or it was the Chinese.