Chapter 1625

"No, not at all!" Without hesitation, I denied their opinions and said to myself, "if we do not seize these two stations, we will not be able to transport the urgently needed river crossing equipment and the weapons and ammunition consumed in the battle in time; Second, the enemy can use the two railway stations as support points to launch unexpected attacks on us at any time. Based on these two factors, we have to win the station at all costs. "

"Well, comrade deputy commander." After listening to what I said, Gusev nodded and said rather helplessly, "since that's the case, let's continue to organize troops to attack the station."

Just as the chief of staff was about to give an order, I stopped him. In their puzzled eyes, I went on to say, "in order not to affect the crossing battle, let general askarepov stop attacking the station and leave it to other troops."

"Chief of staff, near the station, which of our troops are there?" When Gusev heard my idea, he immediately brightened his eyes and asked the chief of staff, "let them take over the attack of division commander askarepov on the station."

The chief of staff said with some embarrassment: "the 397th infantry division is attacking Warsaw east station. There are no our troops near the vilansk station attacked by general askarepov, so they can't withdraw from the station for the time being."

After waiting for the chief of staff to finish thinking for a moment, I picked up the phone on the table, dialed the headquarters of the front army, found malining and asked, "chief of staff, I want to ask, which army of our army is near the vilansk station?"

After a moment's silence, marinin replied, "at present, the 106th infantry division of the 70th group army has arrived in the northeast of vilansk railway station and is engaged in a fierce battle with the German forces who are stuck there. Rita, why do you ask this? "

"Well, comrade chief of staff." I hastily explained to malining, "the troops under the command of general askarepov are attacking the vilansk station, and our attack is in a stalemate due to the tenacious defense of the enemy in the station. I'm going to find a team to replace them so that they can concentrate on the Polish Army's crossing the river. "

"I'll take care of this," malining said after hearing it. "You'd better concentrate all your energy on crossing the river."

After I put down the phone, I immediately told the chief of staff of the group army: "chief of staff, give an order to general askarepov to suspend his attack on the station. As soon as the friendly troops who are coming to take over the attack arrive, they will immediately go to the visva River and make all preparations for crossing the river."

After that, I turned to Gusev and said, "general Gusev, I'm going to take a radio station to Warsaw city. If there is anything, please remember to contact me in time."

"Comrade deputy commander," Gusev said nervously, his face changed. "Although our troops have entered Warsaw, the city is too dangerous. You'd better stay here to command."

"General Gusev, you don't have to persuade me." I waved to Gusev and said firmly, "it's because the situation in Warsaw is so chaotic that I have to go to the city myself so that I can grasp what's going on in the battlefield at the first time."

Seeing that I had made up my mind, Gusev didn't persuade me any more. He immediately arranged for people to prepare for my trip. He also asked: "do you need to bring those recruits with you?"

The recruits mentioned by Gusev are not the new soldiers just recruited, but the prisoners of war rescued from the concentration camp. Gushev said that these people were too weak to take part in combat in the short term, so he incorporated them into the guard regiment directly under the group army.

Considering that these soldiers and the Germans have a deep hatred, if you take them with you, maybe they can be used at the critical moment, so I replied without thinking: "take them all with you!"

A few hours later, I came to a tall building next to Union Square that didn't completely collapse. Here, I see Galitsky again. After shaking hands with him, I asked with concern, "Comrade Colonel, are the soldiers ready to cross the river?"

"We may have to wait a little longer," Galitsky said awkwardly. "At present, there are too few river crossing equipment, so we can't carry out organized river crossing operations for the time being."

Standing in the window without window frame, I raised my telescope and looked into the distance. The first thing I saw was the dark visva river. There were several buildings scattered on the other side of the river, but I couldn't see any lights.

I put down my telescope, turned around and asked Galitsky, "Comrade Colonel, have you chosen where to cross the river?"

"Yes, comrade deputy commander." Galitsky squatted down, lit up the map on the ground with a flashlight, and introduced to me: "I plan to cross the river from the southwest of alliance square. On the other side of the river is wazinki palace. The river is full of woods and grasslands. After crossing the river, our troops can use it to regroup."

When I heard this, I couldn't help asking curiously, "is vazinki palace the palace of the king of Poland?"

Galitsky replied positively, "yes, it was originally the villa of the last Polish king, s.o.bonyatovsky, and it was a palace of Baroque architecture."

"Since it's a palace," I waited for him to finish, and then asked, "will the Germans build a defense?"

In response to my concerns, Galitsky replied solemnly: "according to the information we have, the Germans looted the palace not long ago and robbed the paintings, works of art, clocks and statues stored here. After the looting, they set fire to many buildings, so they won't stay here at all. "

"Where will the rebels in the city contact you?"

"Here it is," Galitsky said to me, pointing to the vazinki Palace on the map. "Because the enemy abandoned the vazinki palace, the comrades of the ryudov army chose this as the contact point."

"Then how to connect?" I continued.

"According to the prior agreement, before we cross the river, we should send a signal to the other side with a flashlight, three long and one short." Galitsky explained to me: "if everything goes well, the other party will use three short and two long; If there is an enemy situation, use one long and one short. "

"Well, very thoughtful." When I saw Galitsky, they were ready for everything, but the east wind was in short supply. When the river crossing equipment arrived, they could start to cross the river on a large scale, so I felt much more secure in my heart. I turned and asked the signalman in the corner, "have you got in touch with general askarepov?"

"Not yet, comrade deputy commander." The messenger, who was holding the telephone, stopped to report to me: "but I've been trying to establish contact with them."

I nodded and told Galitsky, "Comrade Colonel, are the river crossing units ready for communication?"

"Yes, comrade deputy commander," Galitsky replied, nodding his head, "the communication equipment of the river crossing force is at the battalion level, so even if we stay here, we can keep abreast of what is happening on the other side."

As the river crossing equipment has not yet arrived, I have time to continue to learn about the situation of the division from Galitsky: "how many people are left in the division after the daytime fighting?"

"There are more than 4500 people left in the division." Galitsky replied: "because there are still enough Guard troops left in Hedong, there are only more than 3000 troops involved in crossing the river."

"What about weapons and equipment?"

"The division was equipped with submachine guns, rifles and machine guns. Each company has two machine guns and the same number of antitank rifles

"Are there any guns?"

"Only five mortars. Without guns of other calibres, even if there are, the boats we use to cross the river will not be able to transport these guns to the other bank. "

I waited for him to finish, pondered for a moment, then said: "Comrade Colonel, your weapons are not good. Since it's just a fight with the Germans in the building, it doesn't matter. If you meet the enemy's tanks, you will be helpless. "

"The river crossing troops have anti tank rifles..."

I did not wait for Galitsky to finish, then I interrupted him: "Comrade Colonel, you may not know that your anti tank rifles can only deal with the old German tanks No. 3 or No. 4. If you meet tiger or leopard tanks, these anti tank guns will not be of any use at all. "

When I said this, the expression on Galitsky's face became serious: "Comrade deputy commander, what should we do? You know, because the enemy blew up all the bridges on the visva River, we couldn't get the tanks and artillery there

"In the past two years, our troops have been equipped with 40 rocket launchers. The anti tank effect of this new weapon is no worse than that of anti tank guns." Because I am not sure whether there are such weapons in the 47th army, I can only say vaguely, "I will ask the superior to equip you with such weapons as soon as possible."

We were talking when the telephone rang. Galitsky quickly reached for the phone and said in a loud voice, "I'm Colonel Galitsky!" what? All the river crossing equipment are here That's great, major hubar. That's great

He covered the microphone, looked at me and said, "Comrade deputy commander, major hubar, my eighth commander, has reported to me that all the river crossing equipment has arrived at the river and can carry out the river crossing operation at any time."

"Go ahead, comrade colonel." I was relieved to hear that the river crossing equipment was ready. Then I said, "let the soldiers of the Polish Army start crossing the river."

Galitsky released his hand covering the microphone: "Hey, major hubar, listen, contact the other side immediately. After receiving the response, ask the soldiers to put all the crossing equipment into the water. The lighter the movement, the better, so as not to disturb the German on the other side. When you get on the boat, you will try your best to row the boat to the other side as fast as you can. Do you understand? "

Galitsky and I stood at the window, raised our binoculars and looked in the direction of the wazinki palace. After waiting for a long time, we finally saw a long agreed contact signal in a dark forest.

Galitsky put down his telescope and said to me with a smile: "Comrade deputy commander, the comrades of the ryudov army are ready to take over. As long as our soldiers can cross the visva River in the shortest time, we can have a firm foothold on the West Bank of the river."

I just wanted to speak, but I heard the signalman calling me: "Comrade deputy commander, I have got in touch with general askarepov. He wants to speak to you." Although I always wanted to see the scene of a hundred boats crossing the river, I couldn't help but answer askarepov's phone. With a trace of regret, I put down my telescope, walked quickly to the signalman and took the microphone in his hand: "Hello, general askarepov? I'm o'shanina. What's the situation there? "“ Report, deputy commander, "askarepov replied in a hoarse voice," my troops have withdrawn from vilansk station and are advancing towards the zoo by the visva river. " Thinking that his attack on the railway station lasted for several hours, but there was no progress. Instead, there were many casualties, I couldn't help asking, "how about the casualties of the troops?"“ One battalion has dropped out of the fight, "askarepov replied awkwardly." the other battalion has more than a third of the casualties. " I know very well in my heart that quitting the battle means that the formation of this unit can be cancelled, which shows how cruel the battle for the railway station is. After a pause, I asked, "can you still cross the river as planned?"“ Yes, comrade deputy commander. " Askarepov listened to my question and immediately replied positively, "I still have four battalions in my hand. We can land from Madame Curie Museum and set up landing site there..." before he finished his words, I heard a strange sound in the sky. Then my headquarters without a roof was illuminated. Hell, it's a flare. The crossing troops were found by the Germans. This is my first reaction after seeing the flare. After a few words with askarepov, I threw the microphone to the signalman. One of them rushed to the window and asked Galitsky anxiously, "Comrade Colonel, what's the matter? Has our river crossing unit been found by the German?"“ I think so, "Galitsky replied solemnly." if I'm not wrong, the Germans are going to bombard our river crossing troops. " As soon as his words were heard, the German artillery deployed in the city opened fire. The artillery landed in the middle of the river, triggering a black jet of water. Fortunately, none of the boats crossing the river were hit“ This is the test firing of the enemy artillery. " "Soon they will continue to bombard intensively," Galitsky said anxiously. "I hope our troops can rush to the other side as soon as possible." As soon as the flares in the air went out, more flares were raised, making the river in the crossing section as bright as day. After the enemy's test firing, more guns opened fire, and the rising water columns made the viswa River, which was originally smooth, boil like a pot. From time to time, in my telescope lens, I can see one or two boats smashed by the shells, and the soldiers on the boat were lifted into the air and smashed heavily into the river“ It's 200 meters away from the river bank, "said Galitsky nervously, holding a telescope." as long as our soldiers work harder, they can get out of the German artillery range and get on the other side of the river smoothly. " But unexpectedly, when more than a dozen boats rushed out of the German artillery area and gradually approached the Bank of the river, they were suddenly shot by machine guns from the woods. The long dark red fireworks of the machine gun, just like the whips, beat the boat hard, making the soldiers on the boat fall into the water one after another“ Hell, who can tell me what's going on? " When Galitsky saw this scene, he couldn't help looking silly. He yelled: "why did the rebels fire at our soldiers?"