Chapter nine hundred and forty-eight reasons to escape
The Black Bear Guerrilla Brigade, captain Ivan Nikolayevich Medvedev, is from Pinsk and is in his forties.
During the civil war twenty years ago, he became a young Red Army soldier. After the victory of the war, he became a pot cook in the People's Bathhouse. He married a wife and had children, and his life was quite stable. When the war broke out, Pinsk fell quickly.
And he and his family quickly went underground to fight against Germany.
During this process, his child died of illness during the guerrilla war, and his wife hanged herself one night because she could not bear the huge blow.
Medmedev did not collapse. He knew that his happy life was destroyed by the enemy! The death of his family made him a warrior with an extremely firm stance and no worries.
Medvedev's personal experience is quite similar to that of thousands of guerrilla fighters. The resistance group in Pinsk was once led by the Soviet authorities. However, the enemy was powerful and faced with their hunting force, all the resistance groups fled the city.
, searching the forest for all fleeing people, especially Jews.
Gradually, Medvedev searched for more and more refugees, and they relied on the protection of the forest to live a temporarily safe life.
Under such circumstances, the refugees reluctantly armed themselves. They stuck knives on wooden sticks and used them as short spears. They wore axes on their waists, just like the Rurik warriors from more than a thousand years ago.
The villages in the forest were also patronized by the German army. In the early days of the war, if there was any resistance, the outcome of waiting for such a village would be the massacre of the village. Therefore, many villagers who had not yet been attacked by the village fled into the forest with their belongings. They carried old-fashioned flintlock rifles,
A double-barreled shotgun is used for self-defense.
The increasing number of refugees has created a huge appetite, and reality forces people to get food. As long as they come into contact with the residents of villages controlled by the German army, fighting is inevitable.
After several successful ambushes, they obtained food and limited weapons and ammunition.
However, this little provision is not enough.
After all, Medvedev served as a soldier and was a farmer before becoming a soldier. Back then, he fought with the White Army and foreign intervention forces in the forests of Belarus. He is very experienced in how to survive in such an environment.
The people were organized, cut down trees to build settlements, widely opened up land under the forest to plant potatoes, and sent people to search the forest for mushrooms and wild vegetables. With these measures, at least the people would not starve to death, but they would not be strong either.
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These are the past of the Black Bear Guerrilla Brigade. After Medvedev came into contact with Yang Mingzhi, he explained it without any hesitation.
He said in particular: "You are coming from the swamp. I heard that there is a force in the swamp that makes the German army fearful. Their fighting power is very powerful and cannot be compared with ordinary guerrillas. Could it be that they are saying,
That’s you?!”
Yang Mingzhi nodded proudly: "Yes, that's us. We have multiple names. The Germans once named us the Swamp Guerrilla Brigade, and our original designation was the 284th Guards Infantry Division."
"What? Are you a division?" Medvedev's mouth opened wide in shock.
"Yes! The current strength is the size of a division, but we have obtained the latest designation. To be honest, you are the 63rd Army, and I am the group commander, Peter Ivanovich Belekov."
Yang Mingzhi looked serious and spoke very formally.
How could Medvedev believe this sudden scene? He smiled and said: "Is this true? I know the strength that the army should have. Let's say at least 50,000, but it can be as much as 100,000. If you have 100,000, it's
I don’t have the guts to attack Kiev.”
Why did these words seem so familiar? Yang Mingzhi suddenly remembered that he had said similar words to Yevlov.
He also smiled: "That's the situation. Maybe you have been in the forest for a long time and know almost nothing about the external war situation! I will tell you clearly now that we attacked because of the small number of troops.
We have liberated 2,500 people from the enemy's prisoner-of-war camp. If we hadn't encountered you, we would have attacked the next one today.
We were lucky enough to meet you after all. According to the order given to us by our superiors, your Black Bear Guerrilla Brigade will be included in our collection from now on. You and your soldiers will be included in the 63rd Army. The refugees you protected will now all belong to the 63rd Army.
For the citizens of Novgomel, organized by the Municipal Party Committee.”
Yang Mingzhi was not joking at all. His Mongolian appearance was already unpleasant, and now it made Medvedev even more disgusted, even though he brought a large amount of food as a gift.
The scene went cold for more than ten seconds before Medvedev said slowly: "What if I don't want to?"
"No! You have no veto power, your people must join us."
Medvedev frowned and made several gestures with his hands behind his back. In an instant, dozens of armed militiamen surrounded them with various weapons. Yang Mingzhi's guards also quickly took off their weapons.
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One side is full of submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles. The other side is full of shotguns, flintlock rifles and captured Mauser rifles. This scene has the potential for a big fight.
This sudden situation was unexpected by Yang Mingzhi. Was he scared? He was really a little scared. If someone's hand slipped and pulled the trigger, the loss would be huge.
Yang Mingzhi pretended to be bold and laughed loudly: "Do you dare to disobey the leader's order? I just said that we are the 284th Infantry Division of the Guards. We are the Guards. We are directly responsible to the leader. Do you think you are
Who is the gun pointed at? A great Soviet hero. The Germans spent a lot of money to buy my head. You can shoot me, take my head to collect the reward, and become a traitor to the great motherland! In this way, the Germans
Maybe it can save your lives!"
This taunt and warning caused the crowd to buzz. Yang Mingzhi also noticed that the middle-aged Medvedev has a strong appeal in this guerrilla group.
Unfortunately, he was not a strongman after all, so he ordered: "Everyone, put down your weapons! We cannot be disrespectful to our friendly forces!"
People lowered their guns and took a few steps back. This was not only because Yang Mingzhi's words reached people's hearts, but also because the paratroopers who were observing secretly received the information. They quickly rushed over in full force, and the huge force instantly
Control the whole place.
In this scene, the smart man put down his weapons, and Medvedev ordered his men to retreat. But he dropped his pistol and reluctantly agreed to Yang Mingzhi's order.
Medvedev explained regretfully: "I don't want to be an enemy of my compatriots, let alone be a traitor. You can call me a coward, but please look at my people! There are only more than 300 people who can really fight.
The more than 800 people left are the old, weak, sick and disabled! If we join you, we must fight the Germans! In this way, many people will still die! We don’t want to die, so we escape into the forest. Unless life can no longer go on,
Only then will we contact the outside world and attack the enemy to seize daily necessities."
To be fair, what this man said is indeed correct. Belarus has a vast forest area. Even in the 1940s, many places are still inaccessible, and there are even more bears than people in some areas. This is not a black humor. In fact, they only need to endure it in the forest.
Within two or three years, the Soviet Union fought back, and the suffering ended.
However, with everyone escaping like they did, is it still possible for the Soviet Union to win this war?
Yang Mingzhi preached: "This war is a war for the whole world, this is a world war! At least on this battlefield, everyone is affected. I must tell you now the leader's order, that is, all Soviet citizens, regardless of men, women, old or young
, have the obligation to attack the enemy by various means. If there is any act of cowardice or helping the aggressor, the Soviet Red Army has the right to shoot him without trial! So, Medvedev, put away your seemingly reasonable theory and put your
Get ready, take all your belongings with you, and follow us!
After our army destroys the village of Bainiu and liberates the prisoners of war there, we will all move to Novgomel!"