Chapter 348(1/2)
Early the next morning, several Russian soldiers took written notices and slurry buckets and began to post notices on the streets of the small town of Warren.
In this era, in remote towns like Warren, most people are illiterate, and only a few people are literate.
Moreover, most of these minorities are Poles and Hebrews.
The reason is very simple, because these people are relatively wealthy.
However, the Russian soldiers were very considerate. After posting the notice, they stood by and helped explain it.
Russia lost a lot of manpower during the war, so it recruited many soldiers in Ukraine.
Especially in places originally occupied by the Hebrews, Ukrainian soldiers were recruited aggressively.
The reason is also very simple, these people have a deep hatred for the Hebrews.
Speaking Ukrainian is no obstacle to them at all.
"You all listen up, Volyn is now a territory of the Russian Empire. We will protect the Russians here, including Ukrainians.
Because you are all our Slavic brothers.
We are connected by blood, we believe in the same religion, and we all speak the same language.
Slavic brothers, this is your own land. No one can ride on your head except His Majesty the Great Tsar.
Now we open the right of revenge to all our Slavic brothers.
As long as people of other ethnic groups have committed crimes against you, you can get them back in your own way.
The magistrates appointed by His Majesty the Tsar will not punish you for your actions."
Russian soldiers say a lot, but if you use Ming Dynasty dialect, it would be much simpler. That is, revenge when there is a grudge, and revenge when there is a grudge.
When the old monkey saw the Russian soldier who had been chattering for a long time, he suddenly felt emotional.
It would be great if one day, everyone on this planet spoke Chinese. It would reduce a lot of troubles and effectively improve communication.
When I was studying in Moscow, I once heard the instructors say that Qin Shihuang's books were in the same line as the literary world, and what the commander wanted to do was to do the same big things as Qin Shihuang.
It wasn't very obvious at the time, but now that I think about it, I seem to understand something.
The old monkey raised his head and glanced at Ding San on the top of the tower. If anyone caused trouble at this time, he would be shot dead immediately.
The Russian soldiers talked about the guerrillas for a long time and walked around the town twice. Not even a shadow of the legendary guerrillas was seen.
Everyone, Ukrainians, Poles, Hebrews and long-haired Gypsies, all looked at these Russian soldiers with wide eyes.
No one spoke, no one moved, everyone just stared blankly.
There wasn't even a whisper.
This made Old Monkey deeply suspicious that these Russian soldiers were wrong.
I asked the teller again and again and found out that the Russian soldier was right, so I felt relieved.
It was still a tense day, and the old monkey took people to the town.
The Korean engineer battalion is still working hard to build forts.
It takes two days to build a camp that is enough for a regiment of thousands of people to rest. This is really a technical job.
Fortunately, building a prefab house is actually not difficult.
Just put all the parts of the prefabricated house together and tighten them with bolts. In order to resist the strong winds in Russia in winter, special tension ropes were pulled.
After the Mongolian regiment soldiers learned how to build prefabricated houses, the speed of building prefabricated houses suddenly increased.
One class can build two prefabricated houses that can accommodate ten people in one day.
By night, all the prefab houses were set up.
Not only are the barracks neatly built, but even toilets, health clinics, cooking classes, etc. are all set up.
The grapple machine dug a large pit along the camp, a trench three meters wide, completely enclosing the camp inside.
All the excavated soil was piled inside, forming a natural shelter.
Two engineering platoons, after fighting all night, finally succeeded in digging two wells.
This effectively ensures the safety of drinking water for the troops. These North Korean engineers still need to drill six more water wells to ensure the water supply of the entire regiment.
The fifteen-meter-high sentry towers at the four corners are the tallest buildings within a radius of ten kilometers.
Because it is surrounded by plains, the people on the sentry tower can clearly see everything nearby.
The communications squad is the busiest. They have to constantly set up telephone lines. The first places to connect to the telephone are the sentry towers and artillery positions.
The Mongolian regiment had a large establishment and completely abandoned the Ming army's three-by-three system.
The Mongolian regiment has three infantry battalions, which is considered a routine operation. But assigned to these three infantry battalions, there is also an artillery battalion and a tank battalion.
This is a high-end configuration!
It can be said that the Mongolian regiment is one of the few regiment-level units in the Ming army that can carry out combat missions alone.
If other regiments lack artillery support, they need to ask for artillery support from the superior division.
But the Mongolian regiment has three 120mm towed howitzer batteries. It also has a rare, double 25mm rapid-fire gun battery for air defense.
This is also rare among the Ming army!
The reason why the Jiujiu Division sent the Mongolian regiment to Warren was definitely not just because they were not pure Ming troops. There was also some sense of sharpening their swords in it!
From now on, the Mongolian regiment is a force that must be used on the edge of the sword. How can it be successful if it is not tempered properly?
Maybe some people have some misunderstandings. Aren't the troops used on the blade not the troops with sharp knives?
In fact, the Mongolian regiment was used on the tip of the sword entirely because casualties could not be recorded when using this unit.
To put it simply...they are cannon fodder.
Another day has passed, and we still eat noodles in the evening. However, there are many more prefabricated rooms. Everyone no longer has to squeeze together, and the room is much more spacious.
The squad and platoon leaders are instructing the soldiers to tidy up the house. The winter in Warren is very cold, and quilts are already needed during this month.
Many of the stoves in the prefabricated houses have not been set up yet, so everyone can only endure this for one night. The North Korean engineer battalion commander patted his chest and said that they would set up all the stoves tomorrow.
"You have been working all day today, will there be any movement tonight?" Batu has been working as a supervisor for a day, and now his back hurts from exhaustion.
On the other hand, Old Monkey and Ding San were still sipping the noodle soup after dinner.
The old monkey also lit up a cigarette and drank while smoking, looking quite leisurely.
"Probably not, they have been exploited by the Poles and Hebrews for almost twenty years. These Ukrainians are very numb!
Besides, those Poles and Hebrews should have guns. Although the Russians confiscated some guns, they may still have a lot of guns in their hands."
"The guerrillas will also have guns. They must be hiding among the Poles. We don't know, but the Ukrainians know it very well." Ding San, who had always been a man of few words, suddenly said.
"Yes, Ukraine is still waiting and watching. Those guerrillas are definitely spreading rumors that we won't be able to stay here for long. As long as we leave, this will still be their world.
Those Ukrainians are still waiting and watching, not daring to make a rash bet. After all, the bet is their lives."
"And the lives of their whole family!" Ding San took a sip of noodle soup and added leisurely.
The two brothers were talking to each other, as if they were talking in cross talk. If it weren't for the different accents, Batu would have misunderstood that it was said by the same person.
It seems that these two have reached the highest level of collusion.
"Then what should we do? We can't let our brothers rush up and search for guns from house to house." Batu was a little over the top.
There will probably be casualties if you do this, and you are not afraid of casualties, but it is always a bit useless to kill people like this.
"No, I just need to shoot the Ukrainians." The old monkey exhaled a puff of smoke and said happily.
"Send guns to the Ukrainians?" Batu's voice rose an octave higher.
If you want to control public security, you must lower the gun ownership rate among civilians. It’s too late to control guns, and they actually have to issue guns to Ukrainians.
This guy is out of his mind!
"That's right, it's about shooting the Ukrainians. Didn't I arrest a few gangsters that day? Tomorrow, I plan to arrest the boss of the gangsters as well.
Create a Slavic brotherhood, and then give these people guns and bullets. Encourage them to rob the Hebrews and Poles!
I discovered today that the people in the town who live in good houses and are well-dressed and clean are all Polish and Hebrews.
This shows that these people are wealthy people here.
The Hebrews are the richest, while the Poles belong to the middle class.
The Ukrainians we want to encourage are the poorest. Even the gangsters are extremely poor.
Looking at what they were wearing, they looked worse than beggars.
Since they were not living well, they must have envied the Hebrews who lived a prosperous life.
Now let them rob those Hebrews, haha! This is probably something they can dream about every day!"
The old monkey observed for a long time during the day and found that the richest people in the town were the Hebrews.
Most of these Hebrew houses are two-story or more than two-story.
And the windows of many houses are equipped with bright glass.
To be continued...