Chapter 208: Poland Will Not Die (Middle Bottom)
Speaking of the order for the formation of the 4th SS Panzergrenadier Division, it was entirely Reinhardt's order to enlist 15,000 order policemen in advance to supplement a group of SS commanders after studying at military academies in order to alleviate Wehrmacht's concerns about the shortage of troops.
Its division commander was SS Lieutenant General Koland, who had just finished his studies at the Military Academy in Munich? Ishalel. Before that, Collander was just a police lieutenant general.
Just in time for the original elite SS Fourth Infantry Division to be split into three secretly newly built infantry divisions as skeletons, the number of the Fourth Division was handed over to the newly built police division
The division was basically formed at the end of August, and Reinhardt deliberately delayed the start of the Polish campaign in order to wait for the Soviets to attack Poland first. The 4th SS Panzergrenadier Division was lucky enough to take part in the all-out Polish campaign on September 15.
At the same time, most of the SS's elite troops were still wiping their guns or patrolling the Siegfried Line to the west, and they were also training all day.
Since more than ninety percent of the soldiers of the 4th SS Panzergrenadier Division were former order police, the overall quality and training level were different from those of the regular troops. In addition, the equipment of the division was mainly taken from captured weapons in Czechoslovakia, and its combat effectiveness was not favored.
Prior to this, the division had been kept as a reserve by Rundstead, and in the battle of the Buzula River, the only time Army Group South could send out reserves, it was also unnecessary, because of the stubborn fighting of the 30th Infantry Division.
The current 4th SS Division, because the equipment as a grenadier is basically not in place, is almost an infantry division, and the equipment is average. So most of the time they are embarrassed to call themselves grenadiers, preferring instead to call them police divisions.
The lack of vehicles does not mean that they cannot drive, and because most of the soldiers in the division are members of the police, nearly 90 percent of the soldiers in the division have driver's licenses, a trait that police officers have learned.
But now, taking into account the high morale of the division, its full strength, and the superior combat effectiveness of other SS units of the same type, Rundstedd decided to throw this reserve into the Battle of Warsaw as the spearhead of the offensive!
Considering that both the SS Weapons Experimental Regiment and the Police Division were subordinate to the SS, it would be better to work together together, so Rundstead arranged for the two armies in black uniforms to be reconciled.
With the help of these comrades in the police division with the Wolf Hook military insignia, the weapons experimental group quickly received various supplies such as black tea, coffee, cigarettes, candy, etc.
The members of the test group who traveled all the way quickly took advantage of the Qingyang brand cigarettes to refresh their spirits and swallow a few candies that can quickly replenish their energy to recover their strength.
The mechanics of the experimental regiment also took advantage of the gap to carry out the final pre-war inspection of the engine and transmission system.
"SS Special Weapons Experimental Regiment, ordered to go to Coland? Lieutenant General Ishalel reports! ”
They were all SS, and the Weapons Experimental Regiment, led by the leader Colonel Nax, skillfully raised their hands and saluted the two black-uniformed staff officers who came to greet them.
For several days, they were surrounded by Wehrmacht officers and soldiers. Every time they saluted the Wehrmacht officers and soldiers, and the other side replied with a salute, there was a strange sense of disobedience.
But now, everyone is a fellow SS officer, and the two staff officers who returned the salute also used the familiar hand-raising salute: "Everyone has worked hard, go to the rest area on the right and have a cup of coffee to refresh yourself." By the way, who's Colonel Nax here? ”
"I am!" Hearing the roll call, Nax turned to look at the staff officer who spoke: "Is there anything you want to explain?" ”
"Our division commander, Lieutenant General Koland, is attacking the Polish army for the first time, so I would like to talk to you about your views and combat experience of the Polish army. I heard that you just took part in the assault on the fortress of Modlin, and defeated the Poles entrenched there. This staff officer had already heard about the achievements of Nax and the others, and he couldn't hide the admiration in his heart when he spoke at this moment.
For the staff officer's admiration and Lieutenant General Coland's gaze, Nax was actually very embarrassed. At the beginning, their operations in the fortress of Modlin basically relied on the decisive advantage of technical equipment to crush the Polish army, and there were no tactics worth learning from.
The police division didn't have assault guns, so where did they learn Nax's tactics.
However, it was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, and Nax still went to the division headquarters of Colander with two staff officers, picking out some of his experiences.
At the division headquarters of the police division, Korland did not wait idlely, but had been discussing the battle situation with the three regiment commanders under his command.
Seeing Nax striding into the division headquarters with the two staff officers, Koland put down the telescopic pole in his hand this time and walked towards Nax from the wall where a map of Warsaw was hung: "Colonel! You've come just in time! We are working on how to attack the intricate barricades on the outskirts of downtown Warsaw. ”
Without half a word of nonsense, Kolander went straight to the point and put forward the current difficulties: "Although the four consecutive days of air raids have greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the Warsaw defenders, Commander Rundstead has also seized the gap just after the end of an air raid and commanded two divisions of the 10th Army to attack the city of Warsaw. ”
Nax listened to Koland's introduction to the Warsaw situation, and followed Koland to the edge of the huge Warsaw map he had just stood on.
When they saw the two of them walking to the map wall that had marked the inner defense area of the city by relying on the news transmitted by the reconnaissance plane, the staff officer who remained at the division headquarters stood up and gave a detailed explanation for Koland: "According to the information we have received, the Polish army has built about 25 main barricades in the city, in addition to many scattered soldier divisions and major buildings. These are the biggest problems we will face next. ”
The Polish army was still able to organize such a defensive line, thanks in large part to Felipowitz, who had led the army on the Eastern Front to repel the national Timoshenko and had now returned to Warsaw to take charge of the garrison.
This general, who became the commander of the city defense of Warsaw by mistake, can be said to be the only good general in Poland today.
In the original history, he once led the only armored brigade in Poland, and once became a thorn in the side of the German armored forces, repeatedly delaying the advance of the German army.
Now, although the Polish army has disbanded its armored brigade due to the influence of Reinhardt, a traverser, Felipowitz, a good general of the Polish armored forces, has also become a cavalry division commander.
However, he still deserves the title of "Poland's No. 1 General"!
During the operation on the Eastern Front, Timoshenko applied for air support several times in one day and organized more than 10 large and small multi-point charges, but he still did not break through the thin line of defense organized by Felipovitz.
After hastily throwing himself into the Western Front, although he was not ready, he was defeated by the tank wizard Wittmann of the 1st SS Panzer Division with two tanks and an elite cavalry battalion.
Subsequently, although Felippowitz's 13th Cavalry Division was pursued by the 1st SS Panzer Division, it managed to escape the pursuit and retreated all the way to Warsaw.
Back in Warsaw, Felippowitz gathered the remaining remnants of his headquarters into a missing cavalry battalion, which was kept in reserve.
At the same time, he quickly mobilized a large number of workers and militiamen who remained in Warsaw to take to the streets, build barricades, dig trenches, deliver ammunition, and soon set up temporary barricades and building fire points.
It can be said that this last Polish general who can fight independently supported the last resistance of the Polish army and postponed the date of Poland's demise!