Chapter 1626

"Don't you understand, comrade Colonel?" I put down my telescope and said to Galitsky with a blank face: "the people on the other side who have just contacted you are not the comrades of the ryudov army at all, but the Germans."

"But how can the Germans know our contact code?" Asked Galitsky, puzzled.

"Isn't that easy?" I felt that these crooked nuts really had a few strings in my mind. I could not understand such a simple question, so I explained to him, "maybe not long ago, the comrades of the ryudov army who are going to meet you are indeed in the wazinki palace. But unfortunately, their whereabouts were discovered by the Germans, and then the Germans mobilized their forces to destroy the rebels who came to meet you. And through one or two of them who are greedy for life and afraid of death, they understand your contact code and deliberately set traps to lead you to the bait. "

"What shall we do?" Looking at the shelled River and the forest spewing death flames, Galitsky said with a sad face, "can we let our troops be destroyed by the Germans in the visva river like this?"

"Where is the artillery battalion that I assigned to you during your battle?" Seeing Galitsky's absence of control, though I was full of fire, I said to him patiently: "immediately transfer them to the river, use artillery fire to suppress the enemy hiding in the woods of vazinki palace, and cover the landing of the river crossing troops. If I hesitated again, they would all be destroyed by the enemy in the visva river."

Galitsky turned and rushed to the phone. He grabbed the phone and called, "I'm Colonel Galitsky. Connect me to the barracks immediately!" Hello, artillery battalion? I order you to fire immediately at the location of the vazinki palace What, who am I This is colonel Galitsky. I order you to fire immediately in the direction of wazinki palace Don't hesitate any more. Fire immediately. If you move more slowly, my men will be killed in the river by German machine guns. "

Galitsky came back to me, gave me a wry smile and said, "I deployed the artillery battalion by the river just in case. I didn't expect that it was really used."

"Well done," I said approvingly of Col. galicky's proactive arrangement, "the artillery battalion is deployed by the river, ready to fire to suppress the German troops on the other side, so as to ensure that the Polish commanders and fighters can land smoothly."

A shell hit in the past, the German ambush in the wajinji palace riverside fire point on the whole. The trees by the river burned in the gunfire, making the water near as bright as day. As soon as the gunfire stopped, several small boats approached the shore. The soldiers on the boat plopped into the water and waded on to the shore.

Galitsky was relieved to see that the boats crossing the river passed through the German artillery area and came up to the Bank of wazinki palace one after another, and the soldiers on board also got off and landed. He grabbed the receiver and asked, "Hey, major hubar, which battalion landed first at wazinki palace?"

Because I was so close this time, I could clearly hear the reply of hubar: "the second battalion, it's captain Osborne's second battalion."

"Can I get in touch?" "I want to know something about the other side," Galitsky asked anxiously

"I'm sorry, comrade colonel." "Although my signalmen kept calling them, they couldn't get in touch with him," he said apologetically

"Why is this happening?" Asked Galitsky angrily.

"It's not clear at the moment," he said aloud. "I don't know whether the communication equipment was damaged when crossing the river, or whether captain aus was killed. In a word, we have no idea what's going on on on the other side."

"Major," said Galitsky, as he heard this, "go to the other side at once and find out what's going on. Report to me in an hour. "

"Wait a minute, Colonel Galitsky." I heard Galitsky's order to major hubar in anger and stopped him immediately: "let major hubar wait. Don't you see that the German army is still bombarding the visva river? The ships on the other side can't return at all. You can't let the major swim through, can you

On hearing this, Col. Galitsky gave a wry smile, then said to the microphone, "OK, major hubar, keep in touch with Captain Aus, and report to me as soon as you have any news!"

I waited for Galitsky to finish the call, then quickly walked up to the signalman and told him, "get in touch with general askarepov immediately, I want to talk to him immediately."

As soon as I got through the phone, I couldn't wait to ask, "Comrade teacher, what's the situation there?"

"Report, comrade deputy commander," askarepov said in a loud voice at the other end of the phone: "due to the lack of crossing equipment and the presence of remnant Germans in the zoo, which affected the regrouping of troops, our crossing operation has not been smooth. So far, only one company's troops have crossed the visva river, And on the other side of the river occupy two buildings, as our landing site

"Comrade division commander, leave a battalion of troops and continue to deal with the Germans in the zoo." I saw that the landing site chosen by the Polish army had been discovered by the German army. If all the troops were put into this direction, it would certainly cause huge casualties. Therefore, I pinned my hope for the success of crossing the river on the askarepov troops: "the rest of the troops must cross the river as quickly as possible before the Germans on the other side find you. Do you understand? "

After a long silence, askarepov replied loudly, "I understand!"

After returning the microphone to the signalman, I came back to Galitsky and said to him, "Colonel, there is already a company on general askarepov's side that has successfully crossed the visva River and occupied two riverside buildings on the other side as their landing sites. You should also set up a landing site at wajinji palace as soon as possible, so that we can have more troops and successfully land on the West Bank. "

Galitsky raised his telescope and looked in the direction of wazinki palace. Then he turned to me and said, "Comrade deputy commander, according to my observation, the situation seems to be a little bad. Not only is there a fierce exchange of fire by the river, but even farther away, there is a faint muzzle fire, which proves that the fighting is still fierce."

Just then, a soldier with a submachine gun walked in from the outside and reported to Galitsky, "Comrade division commander, we have caught a suspect. He said that he is swimming from the other side. He has something important to report to the top commander here."

"I'm kidding. The river is seven or eight hundred meters wide. How can he swim here easily. Needless to say, it must be German spies. " When Galitsky said this, he waved at the bottom of his department casually and ordered, "drag it out and shoot it."

"Wait a minute." Seeing that the soldier turned to leave, I stopped him and said to Galitsky, "Comrade Colonel, I'd better call someone in and find out what's going on."

"Well, comrade deputy commander, since you say so," Galitsky said to the soldiers after a moment's hesitation, "bring the men in!"

After a while, the soldier escorted a middle-aged man who was wet all over. Because the light in the room was too dim, he didn't see me on one side, only barely saw Galitsky standing in front of the window. He walked quickly up to Galitsky, raised his hand and said something in a language I didn't understand.

When I heard Galitsky talking to him in the same language, I realized that they were both speaking polish. Instead of interrupting, I quietly looked at his blue uniform and the red and white sleeves on his right arm.

After listening to the other side's story, Galitsky turned to me and said, "Comrade deputy commander, the situation has changed. The rebels originally deployed in the wazinki palace have all withdrawn in the afternoon."

"What, the rebels have withdrawn?" I heard that the rebel army in charge of the reception had all evacuated before the fighting started. I was immediately startled and asked, "is this news reliable?"

Instead of answering me immediately, Galitsky made a few more remarks to the messenger. The man then found me standing by and said to me in broken Russian, "Comrade General, I'm Lieutenant petro of the ryudov army. I'd like to tell you something unfortunate.

In the afternoon, the troops of the krayov army had withdrawn from the coastal area to the city, as ordered by komorovsky and Montel. Soon after they left, these positions were occupied by the German army. As they did not inform us of the liudorf army when they withdrew, we were attacked by the German army and suffered heavy losses. "

"Comrade deputy commander, we have made it clear." After petro finished speaking, Galitsky interrupted and said, "the Germans destroyed the small detachment of the liudorf army who was ready to meet us at the vazinki palace, and then pretended that they sent us a false signal in an attempt to destroy our army in the visva river."

"Lieutenant petro," I asked curiously, looking at the second lieutenant of the ryudorf army who broke through the siege, "I want to ask, how did you get out of danger?"

"I was fishing by the river when the Germans came into the wazinki palace dressed up as krayov soldiers." Lieutenant petro looked at me and said, "when I heard the scream and saw the German soldiers killing our comrades, I dived to escape. I went ashore a long way down the river and walked north along the river, hoping to meet the troops who attacked Warsaw. I didn't expect that I really met my own troops, which were all composed of poles. "

I'm still skeptical of his statement. Even if the German attacked secretly, it was in broad daylight after all. How could they kill the small unit of the ryudov army stationed in the wazinki palace without firing a single shot? So I asked Galitsky, "Comrade Colonel, when your troops arrived at the river, did they hear the gunfire on the other side?"

"No, comrade deputy commander, no gunshot was heard." Galitsky shook his head and said, "maybe the fighting in the city was too fierce, or the river was too wide, so we didn't hear any guns at all."

From my conversation with Galitsky, petro recognized my suspicion of him and immediately raised his voice and said, "Comrade General, are you worried that I was sent by the Germans to cheat you?"

I turned my head and looked at the second lieutenant who was a little out of control and said to him tactfully, "Comrade second lieutenant, I am responsible for the safety of my subordinates, so I have to understand some things clearly."

"I understand, Comrade General." Lieutenant petro nodded hard and said, "if I meet someone of unknown origin, I will doubt everything he says. But I assure you that everything I just said is true. "

"Comrade lieutenant, you have worked hard." Galitsky patted each other on the shoulder and comforted him, saying, "I think you must be tired and hungry now. You'd better go down to have a rest and eat first." With that, he asked the soldier standing beside him to take Lieutenant petro out. As soon as the two men left, I ordered the signalman: "signalman, send a message to the headquarters of the front army: the troops that met us on the West Bank of the visva River have been destroyed by the German army. At present, the troops crossing the river are fighting alone. Next, shall we continue to cross the river or withdraw to the east bank, please give us instructions! " While the messenger was sending the news, Galitsky asked me quietly, "Comrade deputy commander, what kind of reply do you think marshal rokosovsky will give us?"“ Is that true? " I looked at him with a wry smile and said, "we must be ordered to set up a landing site on the other side at all costs, so that more troops can wait on the West Bank." My words puzzled Galitsky: "since you know Comrade Marshal will let us continue to cross the river, why send him this telegram?" I shrugged my shoulders and replied, "it's very simple. I just want him to know that the rebel army that meets us on the other side no longer exists. If we want to continue fighting on the West Bank of the visva River, we have to rely on ourselves. " After receiving my telegram, rokosovsky didn't care to divulge the secret. He directly used wireless communication with me: "Rita, what's the matter? How do you know that the troops on the other side who are responsible for meeting you have been eliminated by the Germans?" Hearing his question, I quickly told him that the river crossing troops had been blocked by German fire at the scheduled landing point, as well as the news reported by Lieutenant petro. At last, I tentatively asked: "Comrade marshal, will our river crossing operation plan continue?"“ Yes, the crossing continues. " Rokosovsky's reply was exactly the same as what I had guessed. He finally said, "if there is anything I can do for you, please let me know."