Chapter 450: Battle of Warsaw I

The railway station is the transportation artery of a city, and it connects the bridges with other regions. And in Lviv, the transport hub of Eastern Galicia, the railway station is even more so.

Today the railway station is heavily guarded, and a large number of soldiers protect the railway station. All the passengers were not allowed to go, which made many people secretly discuss whether there was any big move by the army.

They guessed correctly, the newly formed Polish Army Group was boarding here and heading for Poland. Admiral Fereitt, as commander, was watching the soldiers board the train from inside the station.

Looking at the soldiers who were constantly boarding the car, Admiral Fereit opened his mouth and asked an officer in a Polish military uniform beside him: "Colonel Dorekavs, our army is heading for Poland, can you guarantee that the road to Lublin is smooth?" ”

Lublin is located southeast of Warsaw, and the distance from here to Warsaw is 80 km, and the distance from Brest is 70 km. Whether it is the reinforcement of Warsaw or the attack on Brest to threaten the rear of Soviet Russia, it is an excellent place to start. So Admiral Fereit chose this place as a staging point for the Romanian army. And this has already been reported to the Polish side, and they also agreed with the choice of Admiral Fereitt.

Colonel Dorekafus, who was questioned, was sent by Poland's newly formed National Defense Committee to serve as a liaison officer with Admiral Fereitt. The National Defense Council was also the temporary replacement of the Congress, which was difficult to reach a consensus after the Russian attack on Poland, and the leader of this National Defense Committee was Pilsudski.

"Rest assured, Your Excellency, I sent a telegram to the country last night that all trains from Lviv to Lublin will be suspended in order to ensure the passage of your army. By the way, don't you really need our country to send trains to help transport them? ”

After glancing at Colonel Dorekafus, Admiral Fereit replied: "No, at present there are enough trains in our country to transport them. You must ensure that the city is in your hands until our troops arrive in Lublin. ”

Hearing Admiral Fereitt's words, Colonel Dorekafus said with a serious face: "Please rest assured that the defenders of Lublin will not fall into the hands of the Soviet Russian army even if they fight to the last man. ”

"It's for the best."

As the Romanian army was preparing to march towards Lublin, the atmosphere of the civil war in the National Defense Council in Warsaw was also getting heavier, and Pilsudski, as its leader, was not having a good time.

Militarily, the 4th and 15th armies of the Soviet and Russian armies had already attacked the Narev River, and the Polish Fifth Army was defeated all the way. The Masovian area north of Warsaw was no longer armed to defend against these Soviet Russian troops, and the only thing they could rely on was to retreat to the front line of the Vilasva River for defense. However, in this case, Warsaw's back will be exposed in front of the Soviet Russian troops.

On the frontal frontal battlefield, Lazimin, located fifteen kilometers from Warsaw, was under the onslaught of Soviet Russian troops, and the defenders asked Pilsudski for help. However, now the Polish army has too few troops to use, and it is a drop in the bucket to send them, so he ordered the defenders to defend to the death. This order of his made the morale of the Polish army much lower.

However, Pilsudski also had his own difficulties, and the appearance of the 3rd, 12th, and 16th Soviet armies near Warsaw, made Pilsudski completely afraid to throw his few reserves into the battlefield. Moreover, some political leaders are fleeing the capital, and the morale of the Polish army is in danger of crumbling.

Now he was counting on the arrival of 210,000 Romanian reinforcements under the command of Admiral Fereitt to alleviate the absolute disadvantage of his forces. This is why he will guarantee at all costs that the road from Lviv to Lublin is open. To this end, he also sent the Third Army Corps, which had returned from Kiev, to Lublin to strengthen the local defenses, since the 1st Cavalry Army, commanded by General Budyonny, had already appeared nearby.

And politically, Pilsudski was just as bad. Other Polish parties in the country accused Pilsudski of giving up a large amount of the country, which was an act of treason. At one point, he was forced to say that if Warsaw fell, he would rush to the enemy together with his horse "Chestnut".

Abroad, in France and England, he was promoted as the culprit who brought Poland to its demise. In Soviet Russia he was considered a hypocritical servant of the coalition to eliminate imperialism. From Lenin to Lloyd George, from Pravda to the Morning Star, he was considered a military and political loser.

Unlike Pilsudski, who was overwhelmed, Tukhachevsky, who had set up his headquarters in Minsk, was quite satisfied with the situation on the battlefield. At present, more than 400,000 Soviet and Russian troops have attacked the vicinity of Warsaw, and now the Polish army in Warsaw is facing two threats from the Soviet and Russian armies. And as far as he knew, Warsaw currently had less than 100,000 defenders, and it seemed that it would not be a problem to take Warsaw.

The only thing to worry about at the moment is that the army is advancing too fast, so that the supplies are somewhat unable to keep up. But it doesn't matter, the current transport team of 80,000 people is running day and night on the transport line to deliver supplies to the fighters on the front line.

At the moment, it seems that there is nothing to be overlooked, and the next step is to consider the German problem. The mentor once said that Germany is the crossroads of Europe, and its large working class will help liberate the world, and I need to find more information about Germany next.

Just as the young Tukhachevsky was looking out the window and imagining the future, a report interrupted him.

Looking at the staff officer who came in, Tukhachevsky asked. "What's the matter?"

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

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

Tukhachevsky took the telegram and opened it to see that it was information that the Romanian army in Lviv had moved unexpectedly. It said that yesterday the Romanian army blocked the railway station and saw a large number of trains moving non-stop towards Polish territory. Because the Romanian army was well patrolled, intelligence officers could not observe too closely. So I don't know anything about the situation inside the train.

This information made Tukhachevsky ponder what exactly Romania was loading in the train. Whether it's the army or the armament, that's very important to him.

"Let the intelligence officers in Lviv continue to probe. In addition, let the 11th and 14th armies go to the ...... immediately"

Tukhachevsky said he was stuck here because he didn't know whether Romania was transporting troops or weapons. If it was weapons, then these two armies should be reinforced by the Soviet Russian army on the front line in Warsaw. And if it is an army, then it is necessary to strengthen the line of the First Cavalry Army to prevent it from being flanked by the enemy.

From here it can be seen that Tukhachevsky set up the command in the rear hundreds of kilometers, and he did not have enough control over the situation at the front.

In the end, Tukhachevsky planned for the worst possible and ordered the two armies to immediately reinforce the First Cavalry Army. At the same time, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he also ordered the Soviet Russian troops on the front line of Warsaw to attack Warsaw immediately.

And so the vigorous Battle of Warsaw began.