Chapter 1623

When I returned to the headquarters of the front army, I found that the headquarters was a busy scene, with intelligence staff and communication staff shuttling back and forth in the room. And rokosovsky and malining also stood by the wall, pointing to the place hanging on it, seriously studying something.

I looked around and saw that all the people in the headquarters were busy. No one noticed me, so I walked quickly behind rokosovsky to hear what he was studying with malining.

He turned to me and asked, "Rita, have you talked with the comrades of the Polish army about the details of how to attack Warsaw?"

"Yes, comrade marshal." After giving him a positive answer, I immediately asked, "I want to ask, are there too few troops we use to attack Warsaw? You know, the German army has concentrated a powerful group composed of the skull division, the Viking division, the goring division, the 19th tank division and two infantry divisions in the Warsaw frontier. If we put in such a small number of troops, isn't it almost like death? "

"What you don't know, Rita, is that six battalions are the limit of mobility we can use." When rokosovsky saw my unhappy face, he explained to me, "in order to smash the German heavy army group near Warsaw, we launched a new offensive campaign today, putting in a part of the 70th group army and the 1st group army of Poland to attack the suburb of pragar east of Warsaw. At present, the battle is going on fiercely."

Looking up at the red and blue arrows on the map representing the enemy and us, I found that if our army did not launch an attack on the outskirts of pragar to contain and eliminate most of the enemy's forces, the attack launched by the third Polish division on Warsaw in a few days would be a suicide.

Seeing my hesitation, rokosovsky continued: "from a military point of view, when we smashed and captured pragar, it is the most appropriate time for Warsaw to hold an uprising. As long as the rebel forces attack from the inside of Warsaw to the East, occupy the bridge across the viswa River, and our front army forces attack to the west again, the two fists together, it is possible to liberate Warsaw and hold it

At this point, he couldn't help sighing: "but the news I learned from my Polish comrades and the large amount of materials I got from the headquarters of the front army show that the leaders of the uprising tried every means to prevent the uprising from establishing any contact with the Red Army. They are only loyal to the exiled government in London, and we, in their eyes, are the same aggressors as the German government. "

When I heard the word aggressor, I just snorted. Xin said that these people really don't know what to do. The Red Army officers and men have made great sacrifices just to save you from the brutal rule of the Germans. Who knows that you still don't appreciate it.

"In order to help the rebels in the city, we even sent out airplanes to provide air cover for their areas as requested, bombing and strafing the German forces in the city. The anti-aircraft artillery units of the front army were also gradually deployed near the city to protect the rebel army from the attack of the enemy's air force, while the ground artillery units used their firepower to suppress the enemy's artillery and mortars, so that they could not shoot at the rebel army. " Rokosovsky may have said a lot to me in order to let me know more about the actual situation near Warsaw, "in order to maintain communication and correct artillery fire, we also dropped officers into the city. As for the achievements of our air force and artillery, the comrades who broke through Warsaw and our garrison praised each other. They said that German planes did not even dare to fly over their garrison these two days. "

As for the Soviet Army Airdropping liaison officers to Warsaw City, many postings in later generations said that it was a false thing, but it was just the Soviet Union's behavior in response to the Allies' accusation that they had failed to save Warsaw Uprising forces. At this moment, listening to rokosovsky mention this matter, I quickly asked: "have they got in touch with the rebel army in the city?"

Rokosovsky nodded and said, "although some officers died in the parachute jump due to various accidents, many communication officers and artillery observers succeeded in finding the rebels who were still fighting in the city. However, the rebels belonging to the krayov army are very indifferent to them. Although we have contacted the top commander of the rebel army with the code, the other party has never contacted us. We can only understand what's going on in the city through the rebels who are lucky enough to break out of the city. "

"The conduct of the krayov army is really suspicious." Malining continued: "although they are fighting with the Germans, I think they are still fighting against the Soviet Union, against the Polish government established in Lublin and against the first Polish army. The main leaders of the rebel army have always been loyal to the government in exile in London and do not want to cooperate with us at all. "

The words of rokosovsky and malining suddenly made me feel that the battle I was commanding was a bit superfluous. Let the commanders and fighters pay a huge price to help a group of white eyed wolves who don't know how to be grateful, I can't bear it psychologically.

However, as soon as I put forward my own views, rokosovsky raised his hand to stop me: "whether the leader of the rebel army is a politician or not, we still want to liberate Warsaw. So you have to take the overall situation into consideration and find a way to gain a firm foothold in the west of Warsaw, so as to help our main force enter Warsaw city one after another. "

"Well, comrade marshal." Since rokosovsky has said this, it is useless for me to oppose it any more, so I can only nod my head and say, "I will try my best to fight this battle." Our conversation was soon interrupted by the war report from the staff. After reading one of the war reports, rokosovsky handed it to me: "this is a telegram from general belinger. He said that as soon as his troops got close to the suburb of Praga, they got the help of the local people. They not only brought water and food to the soldiers of the first Polish army, but also helped the health workers to carry down the wounded on the battlefield."“ Help to carry the wounded from the battlefield? " I heard from rokosovsky that it was very unexpected. After so many years of fighting, it seems that the local people have not spontaneously organized to help us carry the wounded on the battlefield. You know, it's a near death. Rokosovsky turned to look at marinin and said with relief, "Comrade chief of staff, it seems that the Polish people are very supportive of our army."“ Marshal, I don't know when our army will take Praga? " I can't wait to ask as soon as rokosovsky finished. Hearing my question, rokosovsky thought about it, and then said: "according to the plan, the battle to capture Praga will be completed on the 14th of this month. Once the enemy in Praga is cleared, the forces of the front army will be able to get as close to the visva River as possible, so that the pressure on you to enter Warsaw will be greatly reduced. "“ Marshal, "after reading all the war reports in his hand, malining raised his head and said to rokosovsky," at present, our army has successfully captured the first defensive position of the German army, and the fierce battle is unfolding in the depth of the enemy. In order to continue to expand the results, I suggest that general Gusev's 47th army be put into action this afternoon. "“ I agree. " Rokosovsky nodded his head and said, "if Gusev's troops can get a firm foothold in the suburbs of Warsaw, the next battle that Rita will command will be much easier." In the face of our fierce offensive, the German army in pragar began to retreat. However, unwilling to fail, the enemy concentrated its superior forces and launched an attack on the magnushev landing site guarded by the trokov forces, in an attempt to drive them to the visva river at one stroke. However, under the tenacious defense of the eighth group army of the guards and the Polish tank brigade, the three successive attacks launched by the German army were defeated without exception. They left more than 20 destroyed tanks and more than 500 bodies in front of our army at the landing site, and then retreated to Warsaw. Seeing that the direction of magnushev landing site has returned to calm, rokosovsky and malining are relieved, and then focus on the direction of Praga, because only to capture the outskirts of Warsaw is our final destination.