Chapter 450： Warsaw Battle

The railway station is a city's traffic artery, which connects bridges to other areas. This is especially true for the railway station in Lviv, a transportation hub city in Eastern Galicia.

Today the railway station is heavily guarded, and a large number of soldiers protect the railway station. All the passengers were not released, causing many people to discuss secretly whether it was a big move by the army.

They guessed right, the newly formed Polish Army is boarding here and heading towards Poland. As the commander, General Fereit was in the station watching the soldiers board the train.

Looking at the soldiers continuously boarding the vehicle, Admiral Feleit asked an officer next to him in a Polish uniform: "Colonel Dorekavus, our army is marching towards Poland. You can guarantee to Lublin. Is the road clear?"

Lublin is located to the southeast of Warsaw. The distance to Warsaw is 80 kilometers and the distance to Brest is 70 kilometers. Whether it is reinforcements to Warsaw or an offensive to Brest threatening the Soviet Union's back, it is an excellent starting point. So Admiral Fereit chose this place as a rallying point for the Romanian army. And this has also been reported to the Polish side, and they also agreed with the choice of Admiral Fereit.

Colonel Dorekavus, who was questioned, was sent by the newly established Polish National Defense Commission to serve as a liaison officer next to General Feleit. The National Defense Commission was also used to temporarily replace the Congress, which was difficult to reach a consensus after Soviet Russia attacked Poland. The leader of this National Defense Commission was Piłsudski.

"Please rest assured, Your Excellency, I have sent a telegram to the country last night. All trains from Lviv to Lublin will be suspended, just to ensure the passage of your country’s army. By the way, you really don’t need it. Does my country send trains to help transport?"

After taking a look at Colonel Dorekavus, Admiral Feleit replied: "No, the trains in our country are enough for transportation. You must ensure that the city is still in your hands before our army arrives in Lublin. ."

Hearing what Admiral Fereit said, Colonel Dorekafus said with a serious face: "Please rest assured that even if the defenders of Lublin fought to the last person, the city would not fall into the Soviet Russian army. In hand."

"So much the better."

When the Romanian army was preparing to march towards Lublin, the atmosphere of the war in the National Defense Council in Warsaw was getting heavier and heavier. At this time, Piłsudski, as its leader, had a difficult time.

Military, the 4th and 15th Army of the Soviet Russian Army had already attacked the Narew River, and the Polish Fifth Army retreated all the way. The Mazowiecki area to the north of Warsaw has no armed forces that can withstand these Soviet troops. The only thing they can rely on is to retreat to the front line of the Vilasva River for defense. But in this case, Warsaw's back will be exposed to the Soviet Russian army.

On the frontal battlefield, Razimin, located 15 kilometers from Warsaw, was being attacked by Soviet Russian troops, and the defenders asked Piłsudski for help. However, now that the Polish army has no available troops, it is a drop in the bucket to send it up, so he ordered the defenders to stand firm. This order made the morale of the Polish army much lower.

However, Piłsudski also has his own difficulties. At present, there are 3rd, 12th and 16th Soviet Army troops near Warsaw, which makes Piłsudski not dare to invest his few reserves. battlefield. Moreover, some politicians are fleeing the capital, and the morale of the Polish army is in danger of disintegrating.

Now he counts on the arrival of the 210,000 Romanian reinforcements commanded by General Fereit to alleviate the absolute disadvantage of his forces. This is why he has to ensure at all costs that the road from Lviv to Lublin is open. To this end, he also sent the Third Army retreat from Kiev to Lublin to strengthen the local defense, because the Soviet Union’s First Cavalry Army under the command of General Budjoni had appeared nearby.

In politics, Piłsudski was equally unhappy. Other political parties in Poland accused Piłsudski of giving up a large amount of land, which was a traitorous behavior. At one point he was forced to say that if Warsaw fell, he would rush towards the enemy with his love horse "Chestnut".

In France and the UK, he was promoted as the chief culprit in making Poland go to extinction. In the Soviet Union, he was considered a hypocritical servant in the alliance to eliminate imperialism. From Lenin to Lloyd George, from Pravda to Morning Star, he was considered a military and political loser.

Unlike Piłsudski, who was in a bad shape, Tukhachevski, who set up his headquarters in Minsk, was very satisfied with the battlefield situation. At present, more than 400,000 Soviet-Russian troops have attacked near Warsaw, and Polish troops in Warsaw are now facing both threats from Soviet-Russian troops. And as far as he knows, there are currently less than 100,000 defenders in Warsaw, and it seems that winning Warsaw is no longer a problem.

The only thing to worry about at the moment is that the army is advancing too fast, making supplies a little bit unable to keep up. But it doesn't matter. The current transportation team of 80,000 people is running around the transportation line day and night to deliver supplies to the soldiers on the frontline.

It seems that nothing has been overlooked, and the German problem needs to be considered next. The instructor once said that Germany is the crossroads of Europe, and its large number of working class will be the help to liberate the world. Next, I need to find more information about Germany.

When the young Tukhachevsky was looking out the window thinking about the future, a report interrupted him.

Looking at the incoming staff officer, Tukhachevsky asked. "What's the matter?"

"This is a message from our intelligence agents lurking in Lviv."

After the staff officer finished speaking, he handed him a telegram.

Tukhachevski took the telegram and opened it and looked at it. This is the intelligence that the Romanian army in Lviv was found to be abnormal. The above said that the Romanian army blocked the railway station yesterday, and also saw a large number of trains moving into Poland. Because the Romanian army patrols closely intelligence personnel cannot observe closely. Therefore, I have no idea about the situation in the train.

This information made Tukhachevsky ponder about what Romania installed in the train. Whether it is the army or weaponry is very important to him.

"Let the Lviv intelligence personnel continue to investigate. In addition, let the 11th and 14th armies go immediately..."

Tukhachevski said that he was stuck here because he didn't know whether Romania was transporting troops or weapons. If it is a weapon, then these two armies should be strengthened to the Soviet Russian army on the front line in Warsaw. If it is an army, it is necessary to strengthen the first cavalry army to prevent the enemy from being flanked by the enemy.

It can be seen from this that Tukhachevsky has the disadvantage of setting up the headquarters hundreds of kilometers behind, and he does not have enough knowledge of the frontline situation.

In the end, Tukhachevsky made a plan with the worst result and ordered the two armies to immediately reinforce the Cavalry First Army. At the same time, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he also ordered the Soviet Russian army on the front line of Warsaw to attack Warsaw immediately.

So the vigorous battle of Warsaw began like this.