Chapter 457： Fall of Sederce

While the Romanian army was still fighting on the front line of Demblin-Palchev, Piłsudski also commanded the Polish army to cross the Vistula and attack Sedelce.

On August 16th, the agreed day to launch a counterattack, a large number of Polish soldiers appeared on the Vistula River in the early hours of the morning. They carried their boats and quickly put them on the river bank, sat on them, and quietly rowed towards the opposite bank. Mosquitoes bite badly on summer nights, and these soldiers were not focused on it at all, but stared at the opposite side of the river bank.

In this cross-river attack, we must first ensure the secrecy, but fortunately, there were no Soviet soldiers showing up until they were on the opposite bank.

And General Podolvsky, who was responsible for organizing the crossing, finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. This was a third of a success. Then another group of soldiers appeared by the river carrying a group of small boats, and many of these soldiers were also mixed with people carrying wooden ropes.

But this time crossing the river was a lot more cumbersome. They first took the rope by the boat to the opposite bank. Then quickly tie the boats in a row with ropes, and then fix both ends of the ropes on the banks of the river. Then they quickly laid wooden boards, and a simple pontoon bridge was built. The other Polish soldiers immediately boarded the pontoon and crossed the Vistula River.

By the time of the early morning, dozens of pontoon bridges had been built on this section of the river, four of which were large pontoon bridges capable of passing heavy weapons such as artillery.

Overnight, more than 40,000 Polish troops crossed the Vistula River. At this time, the Soviet Union still didn't know anything about it.

Of course, Piłsudski, who had such a god-given opportunity, would not sit idly by. After the attacking corps crossed the river, he immediately took the most elite troops in Poland and rushed to the small town of Galvolin, 12 kilometers away. He had already discovered that there was an army of a Soviet Russian division in this small town, and he planned to immediately pounce on the enemy and give his opponent a surprise blow before the enemy did not respond.

As his first target, the Soviet Russian 26th Division was still in the process of waking up slowly, and the Polish army, which they had no idea about, was almost under their noses.

So when Piłsudski's attacking regiment descended like heavenly soldiers around nine o'clock, the entire army was in chaos. They never dreamed that the Polish army, who was beaten in Warsaw, could not raise their heads, and could actually fight back here.

With mental arithmetic and unintentional, coupled with the superiority of troops, the outcome is doomed. The 26th Soviet Russian Division stationed in Galvolin collapsed, and they even abandoned some of their equipment there. After defeating Soviet Russia's troops in Galvolin, Piłsudski's next goal was Sedelce.

But this goal is different from Galvolin. Sedelce, which is located on the main traffic route between Warsaw and Minsk, is a material transfer base for Warsaw troops. Therefore, the Russian army has always been guarded closely and there is no possibility of sneak attacks. Moreover, after the defeat of Galvolin, the Russian army in Sedelce will inevitably receive news, which makes it more difficult to capture.

However, Piłsudski would not give up because of difficulty, because Sedelce is a material transfer base, so he needs to seize this important city to paralyze the enemy's 3rd, 12th, and 16th army groups outside Warsaw.

When Piłsudski seized Galvolin, this showed the disadvantages of Tukhachevski’s setting up the headquarters in Minsk. The news that the Polish army had captured Galvorin and sent to Sederce, Tukhachevsky did not receive until the early morning of the 18th. At this time, Piłsudski and arrived outside the city of Sederce, while Tukhachevski was still using outdated information at this time.

The shortcomings of the headquarters being set up too far and unable to control the frontline battle situation at any time made the Soviet army's response to the counterattack of the Rho-Polish Allied forces quite slow.

But Tukhachevsky is indeed a genius general. He took the intelligence two days ago and immediately discovered the threats facing the Soviet Russian army. But at this time his response changed from one extreme to the other, and he immediately ordered the five armies on the east bank of the Warsaw and Vivas River to retreat to the Bug River. Tukhachevsky’s order was too late at this time, because Sedelce was facing the siege of the Polish army, and the defending Soviet army was suffering.

"attack."

After the artillery fire swept over the enemy's position, the Polish officer who led the team immediately waved his soldiers and rushed towards the fortifications that had been devastated by the bombing.

"Quickly, repel them."

And the Soviet army, who had just endured the baptism of artillery, came out of their hiding place amidst the shouts of the commander, relying on the terrain to fire at the enemy.

And between the two, there are already many soldiers who died on both sides. It can be seen that the two have been fighting for a long time in this position.

But this time, the Polish army's offensive was different from before. Instead of using natural bunkers to shoot at the Soviet Russian army, they endured casualties and rushed directly towards them.

The reason for allowing the Polish army to use this desperate style of play is simple, they are running out of time. As General Zhelgowski reported that the Supo army near Warsaw had stopped their offensive and they were preparing to retreat. The Polish army defending Warsaw has been unable to hold the opponent due to too many casualties. So Piłsudski lacks time now and can only adopt this quick-acting but high casualty style of play.

The Polish army's desperate style of play really worked. The Polish army, with huge casualties, rushed into the battlefield, entangled with Soviet Russian soldiers, and a brutal hand-to-hand battle broke out.

Observing from above the battlefield, it can be found that even if the Polish army rushes into the position with casualties, its strength is several times that of the defender. So the result is very obvious. If the Soviet Russian army does not have reinforcements, then they will undoubtedly lose. However, with the Polish army occupying several times the advantage, where can the Soviet Russian defenders be able to mobilize reinforcements, so the final result is that the Soviet Russian defenders retreat.

The Polish army completely ignored rest. After leaving part of the army to defend, they rushed to the next location. They have limited time and must capture Sederce as soon as possible to prevent the Soviet Russian army from escaping near Warsaw. And this is just one corner of the Polish army in Sedelce. In other regions, the Polish army was so desperate to defend the Soviet army everywhere, and many positions were captured in this way.

In the headquarters, the commander of the city defense Sederv is being overwhelmed by the offensive of the Polish army.

"Reported that Beales Street was seized by the enemy, and the defensive Nine Battalion soldiers have retreated to the adjacent Widel Street."

"Let the defeated troops retreat to Lamore Bridge for temporary repairs. In addition, the sixth battalion of Lamore Bridge will be sent to reinforce Widdell Street and Dolse Street. This will become the next focus of the enemy's offensive."

Sejgerf gave orders while listening to the report of the staff. Now all the troops in his hand have been sent out, and he can only use the defeated soldiers to supplement the strength of the defensive positions. Of course, he also knows that the defeated soldiers need a certain amount of time to recover, so he can only draw points from positions that have not yet been attacked. Infantry supplements other areas.

But how long this battle can last, he doesn't know. Because of the pressure in the soldiers' hearts, I don't know when they may not be able to withstand the outbreak. However, the strict order from Minsk is that he cannot retreat, so he can only defend to the last minute.

But whatever he was afraid of, when he was worried about defense, a staff officer rushed in.

"Report, Dalle Street fell."

After hearing the news, Segerf turned pale. He immediately grabbed the staff officer and shouted: "Didn't I send two battalions to sell this location? How come I fall so quickly."

The location of Dalle Street is too important. It is the main point connecting the eastern and western districts of Sederce. As long as the enemy takes over here, they can cut Scheiderze into two unconnected parts.

This is also the topography that makes Sedelce form such a strange urban distribution. In the east of the city, there is a tributary of the Wigf River and the Burg River, while in the west of the city there are rolling hills, making it the longest and narrowest terrain in Sederce. And Dalle Street is the main road in this narrow and long area, so if it is lost here, the two sides can be easily cut apart.

"Now it is ordered to transfer two companies in Ralph's army, two companies in the Bilt area, and also the guard company from the headquarters, so that they and the two battalions that have retreated must retake Dalle Avenue. "

Following Sejerv's order, the Soviet Russian forces of nearly one regiment gathered. On Dalle Street, there is already a regiment of Polish troops defending here. Because of this key point, the two sides immediately broke out in a fight.

"Rush over and regain our ground."

There was no artillery support at all. Under the leadership of the commander, the Soviet soldiers rushed to the position but what they didn't know was that the attacking corps of Commander Piłsudski was defending here. These troops, composed of the most elite Polish soldiers, did not wait for the enemy to attack at all to counterattack, but rushed directly towards the attacking Soviet army. Faced with the unreasonable play style of this Polish army, the Soviet army suffered a bitter rift.

The Polish army has the confidence to dare to do this. The first Polish soldiers in the first company all use MP18 submachine guns. This kind of short-range large-scale killer attacked the head of the Soviet army's vanguard, and then the close-range killing broke out.

In such a battlefield, MP18 is simply invincible, and the continuous output made the Soviet soldiers completely invincible, and they returned in defeat. The Polish army was not polite, and took the opportunity to drive the Soviet army forward. So with the help of the defeated soldiers, many battlefields were taken away by the Polish army effortlessly.

The Sedelce garrison was on the verge of collapse. Of course, Piłsudski would not let go of this opportunity and immediately put all his troops on the battlefield, and eventually the Soviets lost to Sedelce and retreated.

Now that the two armies have reached the goal of the first stage, they will continue to expand their results and strive to keep more Soviet troops in Poland.