Chapter 192

A Polish soldier flurried open the door of an office. As the commander of the Pomeranian legion, general portnowski is now in a room that has been occupied, directing his hundreds of thousands of troops to retreat. The German pursued him closely and made his army retreat every day with heavy losses. However, he knew that he could not stop to fight back. In that case, his army would be divided, surrounded and annihilated one by one.

The German air force used a new weapon napalm on the permanent fortification in northern Poland, conquering the difficult Polish defense line at one stroke. 110000 German defense forces crossed the Polish defense line and went south. The modlin army was completely defeated, and 230000 Polish defenders became prisoners of Germany.

Further north, Poland's narev army was driven all the way to the east of Warsaw by the German team, farther and farther away from its capital. Moreover, because of the attack of the Soviet army, half of the narev army has been deployed to support the southeast border, so it has no combat capability.

In addition, the Pomeranian army, which was originally deployed in the Danzig corridor, namely the army under the command of general portnowski himself, retreated all the way to the side rear of the Poznan army. He had hoped to stabilize his defense line with the help of the Poznan army, but now this idea has failed.

Just one day ago, the German troops formed a pincer attack in the middle, encircling the Polish troops on the north central border. The Poznan legion, the main Polish force in the north of the central line of defense, was completely destroyed and 500000 people were captured.

In this way, in the northern part of Poland, there is no field force that can stop the advance of the German team. Therefore, as the front-line commander appointed by the Polish government, portnowski put forward his vital plan to save Poland.

Not all the resistance was ineffective. The poles still stubbornly resisted the German attack in various areas. In the northernmost part of Gdynia, the Danzig corridor, the Polish Army stubbornly held its position. They used the old coastal artillery to beat back the German naval fleet and sank a German destroyer.

On September 22, a Polish sniper who was learning and selling now achieved Poland's first important victory since the war in the northern region: he shot and killed a German official he saw 200 meters away. The officers he killed also became the highest German officers killed since the beginning of the war.

Walter von Fletcher was a senior army officer of Juncker aristocracy. He had been promoted to major general. Because he was very dissatisfied with akkado for the cleaning of Juncker aristocracy, he was demoted again and again by the military headquarters, and was sent to the front-line Artillery Force as commander.

The hapless major general Fletcher refused to hide while inspecting the front line because he was afraid of the dust on his expensive custom-made military dress. As a result, he died of the bullet of a Polish sniper. When his adjutant and several soldiers dragged Fletcher back to the trench, he had already died of excessive blood loss.

These achievements encouraged the Polish resisters. Even if they suffered heavy casualties, they were still fighting to stop the German team from moving forward. Although the results were very small, they did persist with their tenacious will and looked forward to the attack on Germany promised by their allies France and Britain in the middle of despair.

The French did attack the German border on September 21, 1937. They sent seven divisions and fired more than 50 large caliber shells on the edge of the ziegfried line, but they were later driven back to the border by the German team. There was no mobilization for such an attack on Germany's western front, let alone the return of troops from Poland.

The British disappointed the poles even more. They sent out RAF bombers, distributed leaflets along the German border near Belgium, dropped about 20 tons of air bombs and destroyed a farmhouse. Later, driven by the German air force fw-190d fighters, the planes fled in all directions. In order to speed up their escape, they dropped the bombs in Belgium.

"Sir! Your plan has been agreed by Warsaw! " The soldier handed the message to general portnowski, then turned and walked out of the office. In the office, there are air force liaison officers and several army commanders, apparently holding a small meeting.

"Our main force must continue to go south." Portnowski introduced his detailed plan: "this will be able to join the forces of the Roz legion, this temporary legion, will go south and cut off the supply line of the southern German army."

He pointed to the map and said to his generals, "in this way, together with the Qianshan army which is still holding fast, we can deal heavy damage to the troops deployed in the south of Germany."

"The advantage is that once we achieve this goal, the southern German army will stop attacking, and the Roz and Qianshan legions will have the opportunity to withdraw to Warsaw and strive for favorable conditions for the continuation of the war." He concluded.

"There are only about 140 fighters that we can gather now. If all of them are involved in this battle, will they..." an air force asked himself. The combat effectiveness shown by the German air force in recent days is unheard of by the air force liaison officer. Even in some areas, the German Air Force has achieved a super high performance of 20-0.

"Even if these fighters fly back to Warsaw, they won't make much difference!" Portnosky shook his head and said, "it's better to concentrate and use it to ensure local air supremacy in the southern offensive area!"“ In terms of tanks and cars, we have deployed almost all the equipment we can hold. " Another major general said: "we have 79 tanks, including 110 tanks of the Rhodes Corps. The number of tanks that can join the battle immediately is about 189. That's the biggest force we've got together. "“ Try to round it up and send it to the commander of the Rhodes Corps. " Portnosky thought for a moment and said, "add 5000 cavalry, as many cars as possible. The German team is a mobile force composed of cars and tanks. If we can't move as fast as them, we can't defeat them. "“ However, even if our army cut off the supply of armored forces from the German army to the south, it will not be able to eat the surrounded German army. " An officer raised his doubts. Obviously, this is a fatal problem. The combat effectiveness of the 30000 German armored forces, that is, the first armored force under the command of goodrian, can not be underestimated. Poland really has no good way to eat this huge army“ At that time, we can only hope that the German reserve forces will not be able to rescue in time, and that our Qianshan army will attack the German army on the other side. " Portnosky put the hope of winning on the now self-conscious Qianshan army, as well as the mechanized main army that has not yet been set up. Even he did not believe that the Germans would be defeated so easily. In a real example of war in the northern region, after the retreating Polish army bombed a bridge in a hurry, it took only more than two hours for the engineering units of the German defense forces to build a floating bridge on the river to allow tanks to pass through. In the north, Rommel's troops taught the world a lesson in Blitzkrieg. The tank troops bypassed the fortress garrisoned by Polish soldiers and went on without fear; Then swarms of Stuka bombers appeared in the sky, screaming and diving down from high altitude to bombard the Polish defenders; The infantry that followed drove the poor defenders out of the ruins and wiped them out - the German army rarely even stopped except for running out of fuel. Portnowski knew that all his efforts were in vain in the face of such a well-trained and well-equipped army, but as a Polish soldier, when his motherland was invaded, he still had to stand up and make some trivial efforts to fight against the invaders. In fact, on the surface, portnowski's operational plan is feasible. When the northern battlefield is irretrievable, concentrating superior forces to fight in the southern battlefield can be regarded as a panacea for the revival of Poland's war situation. If successful, at least the Qianshan army can be drawn out to stabilize the northern region and keep Warsaw and other major northern cities. However, there is no perfect combat plan in the world. Obviously, there are various disadvantages in this plan. The two most important problems are the guard of Warsaw and the achievement of the southern campaign goal. Once Warsaw was conquered by the German army, the Polish army in the South would collapse; Or if the Polish army fighting in the South can't inflict heavy damage on the German army, the Polish campaign can be declared over ahead of time. So portnowski clearly knows that the final Southern showdown launched by this plan can be said to be a fatalistic war between Poland and Germany. The fate of the two countries depends on the outcome of this battle. After receiving the order, the Polish troops did not rest and collected some ammunition, they began to go south in batches, hoping to join the Roz army in central Poland, so the whole Pomeranian army became weaker. Of course, the legions of rodes also produced the essence they could bring out. There were about 110 French tf-17 tanks (most of which were made in Poland, and after being improved, the performance was slightly stronger than that of the original foreign models). And just as the Polish army was about to make a final stand, most of Poland's leaders were packing up and ready to flee to Britain. The nominal commander-in-chief of the Polish armed forces, Liz? Marshal smigley, without informing his government or his army, fled to Romania with money.