As the Germans continued to approach Warsaw, the number of active forces of the Polish Independence Army led by Vasilevski had increased to more than 4,000 men. Although the Soviet army had more than 400,000 strong troops, and more artillery, tanks and aircraft to fight together, the Polish Independence Army still persisted in a stubborn struggle against the Soviet army in a difficult environment.

The Polish Independence Army was divided into two "divisions" inside and outside the city, under the command of Commander Vasilevski in the city. In normal times, they are no different from ordinary people, working during the day and going out at night. They took advantage of the favorable terrain, streets, and even the rooftops of residential buildings to attack the Soviet troops, which made the Soviet troops defenseless and gave Tukhachevsky and others a headache.

Because it was impossible to determine who the real Polish Independence Army was, the Soviet army's efforts to persuade the surrender were like shouting from the air, and it was ineffective. In desperation, Tukhachevsky simply ordered a frenzied shelling of the places where the Independence Army might be hiding, or a complete burning with flamethrowers.

On 24 April, because Vasilewski did not want to harm the ordinary population because of the actions of the Independence Army, the Independence Army in the old town of Warsaw was forced to concentrate and withdraw from the area, and the fledgling resistance came to an abrupt end.

Due to the good weather, the German army may launch another large-scale offensive, Dardinov did not follow the commander-in-chief and others to visit Sergei in the Tevuschi field hospital, but stayed at the headquarters to perform combat duty, on the other hand, commanded the Soviet troops in the city to carry out a large-scale sweep and round-up of the 2nd Division of the Polish Independence Army in the city.

As soon as the Independence Army left the Old Town, the Soviet Army immediately divided into two routes, carried out a large-scale search and arrest of the Old Town, killed all the wounded and sick of the Independence Army, and drove nearly 10,000 civilians who might have anything to do with the Independence Army to a concentration camp in the western suburbs. The other was to block the retreating Independence Army.

At the same time, the Soviets concentrated all their forces in the city and surrounded all the streets where the Independence Army had quietly retreated. At noon that day, in the central city of Warsaw, the Independence Army under the command of Vasilevsky was forced into a head-on clash with the Soviet troops.

A contest of disparity in power has begun in the city.

After repelling the attacks of the Soviet army many times, because the disparity between the forces of the two sides was too great, the independent army gradually fell into weakness and fell into passivity.

At this time, unless the German offensive in the direction of the Vistula played a role, it was impossible for the Soviets to divide their forces from Warsaw.

On the afternoon of April 24, the German 11th Army, which had stretched its supply line to the limit, in order to prepare for the breakthrough of the 2nd Division of the Warsaw Independence Army in the city, General Wilhelm Loeb, in the case of insufficient preparation, hastily ordered all troops to launch a fierce attack on the Soviet positions on the east bank of the Vistula River from the front, but the siege of the city still could not be broken.

Vasilevsky's 1st Koshityusk Division of the Polish Independence Army attempted to fight a bloody way for the Vasilevsky Independence Army's division in the city, desperately rushed to kill, and even broke through to the west bank of the Vistula River, but the reserves mobilized by the Soviet army in the city also rushed to participate in the battle at this time, and in the end, the lone 1st Koshityusk Division failed to hold the bridgehead on the west bank, and the last hope of the withdrawal of the division of the independent army in the city was all dashed.

At this time, although German planes braved the dense anti-aircraft fire of the Soviet army to drop food and guns on the Independence Army, due to the rapid reduction of the Soviet encirclement and the fact that the Independence Army had lost the will to fight, as a result, all the supplies fell into the hands of the enemy.

Vasilevsky commanded the Independence Army to fight and harass the Vistula, ready to make a last-ditch effort to break out, but the Soviets were too strong in comparison.

On the evening of 24 April, the Soviets began their offensive on the last small block held by the Independence Army. At this time, in the face of irretrievable defeat, the "Independence Army Command" thought twice and decided to leave the seeds of this part of the battle and surrender to the Soviet army.

At this time, Tukhachevsky, Nikonovich, Ivanov and others were visiting Sergei, the deputy commander of the cavalry battalion, who was seriously wounded, at the Tevushichi Field Hospital.

The Soviets and the Independence Army decided to negotiate on the spot. First, the Soviets stressed that the Polish Independence Army must lay down all arms, while the Independence Army demanded that all captured personnel must obtain prisoner of war status. Eventually, both parties agreed to the conditions proposed by each other.

At 20 o'clock in the evening of April 24, the commander-in-chief of the Independence Army, Vasilevsky, led his subordinates to surrender to Tukhachevsky, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet army in Warsaw.

Hoffman was shocked by the failure of the 2nd Division to rescue the Polish Independence Army, but he also knew that the 11th Group had done its best. However, in a fit of rage, Hoffmann decisively gave the order to continue the all-out assault on Warsaw.

In the early morning of April 25, the Germans threw three armies on the outskirts of Warsaw, totaling more than 400,000 people, ready for a thorough contest with the Soviet army. The outlying positions of the Soviet troops in Warsaw, which had been calm for only one day and one night, were again drowned in the heavy German artillery fire.

The Soviets stuck to the slippery tunnels and could not return fire, so they had to hook their waists and stick to the ridge as much as possible to avoid the cleaning of the artillery fire. Commander Kudryash crawled around in the long tunnel, reminding the soldiers not to leave the tunnel and not to stand upright at will. However, this unwinnable war has caused the soldiers to complain, and some people have deserted in the line of fire.

"Come back! Bastard! It's dangerous! Get down! Kudryash roared.

However, the deserter did not stop, but braved the dense artillery fire while taking off his military uniform and continued to rush towards the front of the two armies. After one soldier fled, another soldier crawled out of the trench and ran in a zigzag pattern, dodging artillery fire and running towards the German position.

"Crazy, fucking crazy!" Kudryash drew his pistol and fired several shots at the deserter, but the range of the pistol was limited, and he could only stare dryly.

The two soldiers disappeared into the thick artillery fire, causing other Soviet troops to follow suit and crawl out of the trenches to flee for their lives. However, not everyone was lucky, and the German artillery fire was intense, and many soldiers were blown to pieces by shells as soon as they climbed out of the trenches.

Kudryash had no choice but to continue to do ideological work to the soldiers who were stuck in the trenches, calling on everyone to put the interests of the country first and not to be a bad seed.

"I swear in God's name that you are safe, and that the Germans will not want to pass through here as long as everyone works together. Commander-in-Chief Tukhachevsky has already dug a hole for the Germans, just waiting for them to jump in, they will disappear before our eyes, forever! Kudryash shouted over and over again.

"Are you a priest? Major. The soldier asked, confused.

"Oh yes, Sergeant. I used to be a priest, and it was God's will that I came here to fight, and the Germans couldn't do anything to us, so don't worry. ”

"If I die, will you pray for me? This is important, Major, I don't want to be a lonely ghost, because the undead need to rest in peace. "The soldiers were cowering in a heap, and the artillery fire had turned over the dirt on the position.

"You're not going to die, sergeant." Kudryash comforted him.

"My father fought in World War I and has not returned home......"

"Poor child. Still, I'm sure your father must have been a true warrior. When this war is over, I'll take you to the National Archives to look for the dead list, and I'll pray for him best. Kudryash said.

"Thank you, Major! I also have a younger sister who is not yet an adult, and I only hope that she will not be drafted into the army like me in the future, and my mother is blind in both eyes, and she must accompany her. As the soldier spoke, tears flowed from his eyes.

Major Kudryash crawled forward, gently wiping away the soldier's tears with his hands, and helping him to straighten his loose hair.

"Where's your military hat, sergeant. You need to have a military hat that looks spirited. ”

"Yes, Major. But it was swept away by the cannonballs, and I had to wait until the next time I was given a blanket to get a new hat. ”

Kudryash didn't say anything, he crawled over a corpse, then found a hat that was still in good condition among the large pile of corpses, and happily crawled back.

The sergeant looked at Kudryash with grateful, and gave way to a pit large enough to accommodate Kudryash's tall body, and gestured for Kudryash to hide in the pit while he moved to the other side and continued to cower.

This small gesture made Kudryash feel warm from the bottom of his heart, perhaps this soldier has never been so cared for, which is why he knows how to be so grateful.

Kudryash took his military cap and crawled towards the sergeant, climbing faster and faster.

German artillery fire poured out on the positions like madness, and it was tight for a while. The sergeant was calm and always greeted Kudryash with the most innocent smile.

Kudryash shook his military cap, and the sergeant smiled happily.

Suddenly, a shell exploded at the bottom of the pit, and Kudryash hurriedly told the sergeant to hide in the pit, but it was too late, the smoke cleared, the sergeant was gone, and only sporadic traces of blood and scraps of clothes were left on the ground.

Kudryash covered his face with his hands, still clutching the hat he had just picked up from the pile of dead......

When the cannonade finally stopped, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and some of them simply stood up boldly and stretched their arms and waists.

"Get down! The Germans are going on the offensive! It's dangerous! Kudryash shouted loudly, but no one listened to his words.

"You bastards! Get down! Kudryash rushed forward and pressed them into the pit one by one.

At this moment, a dense row of bullets grazed the air with a "chirp" scream, and several soldiers who were standing were instantly shot and fell.

"The Germans are coming soon, so don't panic, get your kerosene bottles and pine branches ready to ignite the fire, lie still and do what I command," Kudryash said, checking the soldiers' readiness.

"Very good, my warriors, stay on your stomach and wait for my orders, very good! The Germans are going to be out of luck...... "Kudryash kept stabilizing the morale of the army and making the soldiers forget about panic."

At this moment, the earth trembled, and then the German tanks rushed forward with thick black smoke, but, just in front of the Soviet position, they quickly plunged headlong into the ravine that the Soviet army had dug a long time ago, one after another, and the sound of steel colliding was extremely terrifying.

"Kerosene bombs!" Kudryash shouted, and was the first to throw kerosene bottles into the ravine.

The others threw all the kerosene bottles they had into the ravine where the tank had fallen.

"Ignition!" Kudryash gave a second command.

Suddenly, all the pine branches set on fire.

"Cast!" Kudryash gave the third directive.

In an instant, the pine branches lit by fire ran in an arc in the air towards the deep ravine of the German tank, and in an instant, the fire rose into the air, and the long ravine turned into a fire dragon.

"General Tukhachevsky's trick really works, brothers, check your weapons and prepare to follow me to fight the Germans!" Kudryash commanded loudly.

At this time, the German infantry was shocked to see that all the tanks rushing to the front were gone, and before they could come to their senses, the Soviet light and heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time, and the Germans fell one after another. The Germans in the rear hurriedly retreated, and for a time, there was a great chaos on the position, tanks collided with each other, and people trampled on each other......

Rommel, who was supervising the battle behind, suddenly understood what was going on and hurriedly ordered the attack to be stopped. However, the front army retreated, the rear army advanced sharply, and the German army was suddenly in confusion......

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