Rebase
12. April 1943
Soon went to a slogan, would rebase made it and it outputs the South. It was in fact. We packed our bags and verluden. The muddy ground and the tough General mud caused us all sorts of difficulties, to bring the measuring troop cars with the dahinter hanging devices on the fixed road. It was possible only by tempering of tractors. The first destination was Smolensk, where we stayed at the Narva barracks. The next day it went then at faster speed of the rain, until inevitably leading to Roslavl road to Sechtschinskaja. This is 40 km South Roslavl. In the first evening, we reached the place. These were large buildings and a large air base. We had to March to our new position still in deep darkness and because we had lost the orientation, We were often up to the hips in the snow or were in the midst of large puddles. Because the position was still occupied, We had to in the so-called. “Military care shanty” übernachten. Die Stellung wurde in den nächsten Tagen frei und wir konnten daran gehen, the position after our plane expand. It has made much pleasure in tough mud. This was still, that it most 1. April again snowed. Barracks were torn away and rebuilt elsewhere, new estates built etc.. This should be a rest for us and we should remain longer because. So after we had already the position, We wanted to have. I liked it anyway.
