Crimea Peninsula

In September, it has been more than a month since the war in Western Ukraine ended. The sunny Yalta is beautiful, like a paradise in oil paintings.

Early morning

In a house facing the sea

Major Yu Hongyun yawned and pushed open the door. He walked out in a loose and comfortable light-colored Tang suit gown, walked to the chair under the corridor, breathing the fresh sea breeze, looked at the blue sea in front of him through the small yard with blooming flowers, and sighed with satisfaction.

Then take out a pack of cigarettes from your pocket, take out one and enjoy it happily.

He was the commander of the tank battalion of the 4th Division of Kalimantan, a subsidiary of the 2nd Army. In the short-term battle of Western Ukraine, Major Yu Hongyun led his tank battalion as the vanguard of the entire division, and made many achievements in the battle. He boldly showed his face.

The division awarded him the first-class merit. If the above-mentioned appraisal, he would definitely be a baron nobleman for life, and his identity was to jump over the dragon gate and be promoted to the ranks of military nobles.

This kind of lifelong aristocrat is not hereditary, has no fiefs and fiefs, but has a record of aristocratic archives in the aristocratic heraldry house. It has no material benefits and is purely honorable.

Now it is no longer much more difficult than the group of heroes in the early days of the founding of the country. It is not much more than hereditary titles. There are no more than three of the 4th Division of Kalimantan, and they are all barons.

Now that the war on the Eastern Front has stopped, the Second Army has retired a large number of officers and soldiers who were injured in the war, basically in the beautiful Crimea, and has initiated a reward procedure for rewarding merits and rewarding fields for meritorious officers and soldiers in the battle.

It is said that the battle on the Eastern Front cannot be fought.

By the end of this year

The 2nd Army must retire at least one-third of the officers and soldiers. The Belarusian vassal army implements settlement based on the regiment battalion, and reduces the number by half. Farming, raising sheep, raising cattle, establishing agricultural grain and oil processing plants to reduce the pressure on transporting materials in the rear.

This method is called military camp.

After so many years of cruel war, peace has finally arrived. This policy has been unanimously supported by all officers and soldiers, and there is a joyous atmosphere from top to bottom.

Follow the personal wishes of officers and soldiers;

Those who are willing to stay in Europe and want to return to the temporary army who are in Australia and wait for the war to end, and the army will arrange their return uniformly.

Major Yu Hongyun didn't want to leave anymore. The house he lived in is the residence of Tatar nobles. The stone bungalow was quite solid and covers an area of ​​more than one acre.

The house faces the sea and is located on a beautifully landscaped hillside. It has 6 bedrooms, a fireplace and a study. There are servant rooms on both sides, and a stable and a weed shed in the backyard.

As part of the military merit reward, the house was rewarded to him. Although the deed document has not been obtained, it did not affect his move in and enjoy life.

Crimea Island was originally the old nest of more than 170,000 Tatars. The Tatars belonged to a branch of the Turks. During the prosperous period of the Ottoman Empire, these Tatars from the grasslands were extremely vicious and famous for plundering people.

Adhering to the nature of plundering grassland nations, they sold them to white slaves across Europe and Asia, with a number of more than one million.

After the imperial army arrived, they expelled all the Tatars and placed them in the Eastern Ukraine area, leaving behind a complete Crimean Peninsula.

The Eastern Front War caused too many civilian populations to die and a large number of villages were deserted. These Tatars, who were forced to move to the Eastern Ukraine area, quickly adapted to local rural life.

They didn't know that the suffering life of the Tatars had just begun.

In history

The Ukrainian region, Russia and Poland were ravaged by Tatar cavalry. The Tatar cavalry once followed the Grand Duke of Lithuania to Moscow, burned, killed and looted along the way, and more than 150,000 Russian prisoners were captured, forming a deep feud.

Now, the Tatars in Crimea have been expelled to Eastern Ukraine. They are helpless and live in the hatred eyes of the surroundings. Everyone wants to sweat for them.

But this is not what Major Yu Hongyun should worry about. He has already sent a letter to allow his wives, concubines and children from Australia to come to Europe to reunite. In the future, the Yu family will be able to grow up in Crimea, so he will support him.

According to the military merit reward, Major Yu Hongyun could still get a 27-acre piece of land. He took out all his savings and bought some commercial fields. He could make up 40 acres of land, which was almost the size of a small farm.

"Dear, did you get up so early?"

Speaking

A beautiful Ukrainian girl with fair skin and beautiful appearance walked out yawning, pouted and walked to Yu Hongyun, and sat down with her snuggle.

As the sound rang out, a beautiful blonde girl with blue eyes walked out of the room, clinging to the other side well.

Yu Hongyun put one arm in his arms with satisfaction. No wonder he was so happy here. Most of the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Army, like him, have beautiful wives, concubines, and land stores in Crimea and around Odessa.

After the outbreak of the world war

Poland and Ukraine are the main battlefields of the Eastern Front. The war-torn Eastern Europe is suffering from the disaster, and industry and agriculture are deserted. Tens of millions of people are unable to eat, and countless people are starved to death.

Refugees are everywhere in cities and villages, and they don’t have any money at all. As long as there is a piece of bread, the older girl is willing to follow her.

After a few full meals, they were all very beautiful.

"It's so early, Brother Yu, I've been sitting on the porch and smoking a cigarette early this morning."

A tall man came over at the gate of the courtyard. Yu Hongyun smiled as soon as he saw that he was Major Zheng Xiaowu, the deputy battalion commander of the Third Battalion of the First Regiment, and a neighbor not far from the next door.

He patted his hand gently, and two Ukrainian girls stood up and left, busy boiling water and making tea, took out dried fruit candied fruits, and prepared to entertain guests.

"Xiao Wu, you're too early, are you going to enter the city?" Yu Hongyun stood up with a smile and walked a few steps towards him.

The high-end residential area they are located in is not far from Yalta city, just one or two kilometers away. More than 230 households live in, all of whom are intermediate officers below the deputy regiment. Depending on the rank and merits, the houses are large and small.

Zheng Xiaowu pushed open the gate, strode over, handed a newspaper in his hand and said, "You don't know yet, the Western Front War has begun."

Yu Hongyun was very surprised and quickly grabbed the newspaper and started reading it.

The time he lived a very comfortable life, and enjoyed life almost forgot that he was in a war-torn Europe, and the world war was not over.

After a moment

Yu Hongyun put down his hand and said with emotion, "Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk, it's such a big deal. More than 4 million troops launched a full-scale general attack. Thinking about the scale of this crowded crowds makes people feel irritated. Don't say, these Westerners are really cruel when fighting."

"No, the newspaper said that on the first day alone, it is expected that more than 120,000 people will be killed or killed in our enemy and us. It will be exhausted in three days on a scale like our group army. It is really a pity."

"Our expeditionary army is not good at this kind of battle that is hard to deal with."

"Brother Yu, I sent you a message early in the morning. You can't let me stand at the gate of the yard and talk to you, right?"

"Oh... look at me... come, sit inside." Major Yu Hongyun slapped his forehead with a chuckle, and hurriedly pulled the guest into the door of the room.

After both sides sat down, the Ukrainian girl served tea and dried fruits and pastries withdrew, the two of them smoked cigarettes and chatted while drinking.

The Western Front War was the focus of everyone's concern, and the officers of the 2nd Army were of course no exception.

If the war is unfavorable

The 2nd Army may be transferred to the Western Front battlefield for reinforcements. This is a major event that concerns everyone's vital interests. Who can ignore it?

Now on the Western Front battlefield, the first, third and fourth armies belonging to the Imperial Expeditionary Force are all second-line reserve corps, and the French and British are rushing to the first line.

It is said that it is to compete for the noble honor of being the first to invade Germany.

This is the name of Lao Shi. Major Yu Hongyun, who is a middle and low-level officer of the Expeditionary Force, does not catch a cold anyway.

Everyone knows that the Germans are not easy to fight, and the German Hindenburg defense line, which is heavily defended, is not so easy to break, which is a tragic war that requires human lives to pile up.

Although the plane bombed for a month and a half, and the cannons bombed day and night for seven days, the Germans in the 2nd Army fought each other until the opponent was extremely capable of responding to the enemy and would not always suffer any losses.

As a world-class industrial power, Germany's military-industrial capabilities are not a big deal. After realizing the huge threat in the air, the Germans have been working overtime to produce air defense weapons and improve air defense measures, achieving significant results.

For example;

Just adding an air defense camouflage network and adding false targets will reduce the effectiveness of air strikes exponentially.

If the bomber dives and strafuses bombs, it would blow the German trenches all over the field, and the corpses filled with pits and valleys would never be possible.

No matter what

The German army would leave enough air defense firepower to focus on low-altitude bombers, forcing them to drop bombs in medium and high altitudes and perform bombing tasks hastily completed the bombing mission.

In an era without precise sights, low-altitude precision bombing is not the same thing.

It can be said that more than 90% of the bombs were thrown out of the trenches, causing loneliness in vain, but in fact there was no damage at all.

"Xiao Wu, we all know that Germans are fighting ghosts. In addition, this time they are attacking Germany, and they know that they will definitely be killed when they are closed. This battle is not easy to fight!"

"I went to the division in the morning, and there was no news from it. But I met the lord and asked me to do whatever I should do, don't worry about it. If I really want to mobilize our 2nd Army, then this battle will be a mess."

"Hahaha... this makes sense. We have more than 900,000 troops on the Western Front, and the French and British also have more than 1.4 million reserve teams. It's not our turn. We should eat, drink, and just wait with a relaxation."

"Brother Yu, what you said makes sense, oh... By the way, have you heard that there was a famine in the East Ukraine, and many people fled to our side with their families."

"What's going on?"

"Hi, Brother Yu, you're really on vacation. You're deaf ears to the outside world!" Zheng Xiaowu was a lively and cheerful person. Seeing that Yu Hongyun didn't understand the situation, he immediately became excited. He picked up the teacup and took a leisurely sip, ate two more pieces of pastries, looking like I was not in a hurry.

It was not until he saw Yu Hongyun's reproaching look that he said with a "hehe" smile;

"Don't worry, Brother Yu, listen to me and say it slowly.

Everyone knows that the Ukrainian plain is a large granary. After our expeditionary force arrived here, we controlled the Western Ukrainian region centered on Kiev.

The weather has been good for more than a year, and the grain warehouse is full. The army not only does not need to transfer food from outside, but can also supply part of the Western Front, making life very comfortable.

The eastern Ukraine region under the control of the new Russian government is different. Since there are so many rebellions in the White Army across the country, the big cities controlled by the new government have no food and a large food gap, so a large amount of allocations are made from Ukraine.

I heard that after the grain harvest, even the farmers' food rations were collected.

Just September, a great famine broke out in the entire eastern Ukraine region. If you don’t escape, you will never be able to survive this winter!”

"So that's how it's so miserable!" Yu Hongyun sighed with a frown.

A small person like him can only help a few big girls at most. To be honest, it's a bit damn hard, so there's nothing else to do.

Before the war, Russia had a population of 160 million, with only more than 70 million belonging to the Russians. The other 90 million people were affiliated to the Tsarist Russian Empire, including Ukrainians, Tatars, Caucasus and Central Asian ethnic minorities.

In the fifth year of a cruel world war, the Russian military and civilians had suffered more than 15 million casualties. After the signing of the Brest Contract, the population of the divided European region was also more than 50 million.
To be continued...