From September 17, 1939, the Germans began preparations for the campaign against Warsaw, the capital of Poland, by issuing an ultimatum and then by establishing a solid encirclement and cutting off water, electricity, and food supplies in the city of Warsaw. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Subsequently, the Luftwaffe began to concentrate a large number of aircraft for indiscriminate bombing.

According to the original plan, Rundstedt was in charge of commanding the German Army Group South under the command of the Chief of Staff von Anderstedt. At the suggestion of Lieutenant General Manstein, it was decided to first use the Luftwaffe and a large number of artillery to carry out rotational attacks to destroy the main resistance forces in Warsaw, and to avoid street fighting between the two sides in the city of Warsaw as much as possible, thus causing unnecessary casualties to the German army.

Such a plan was originally not a problem, but due to the fact that from Rudolph? With Hess's direct intervention, everything became impossible!

The Luftwaffe had not yet withdrawn its forces, but Volcbier had made it clear that he could not give the German Army air support for too long, and that he would have to send half of his forces to the Franco-German border as soon as the Führer began to wield.

But in the same way, Army Group South, which was attacking Warsaw, was supported by more ground firepower, because the Supreme High Command had issued an order for Army Group North's 19th Panzer Army to move to the outskirts of Warsaw and participate in the operation against Warsaw.

On 25 September, all the forces that the Germans were to commit in the direction of Warsaw arrived and assembled.

On the same day, the Luftwaffe and German artillery began a 24-hour non-stop bombardment.

The duration of the bombing was three days and three nights!

Guderian, who had finally returned from the 3rd Panzer Division to the headquarters of the 19th Panzer Army after the start of the war, stood outside the tent and looked at the fire in the direction of Warsaw, which had already turned red into the night sky, and said nothing.

He is a general, he does not know what is really going on in the High Command, and he does not want to comment too much, but at this time it is definitely not the right decision to let his troops attack Warsaw, instead of clearing the main forces of the wandering Polish army that have not yet been eliminated!

But the military made it their duty to obey orders, and the order of the Supreme High Command had already been given, and Guderian had no choice.

"What do you think?"

Li Ling, who had been taken by Guderian since the destruction of tank No. 517, came out of the tent and handed Guderian a cup of coffee with two cups of coffee that he didn't know where to go.

"Lee, don't you think this order is a little strange?"

"What command do you mean?"

Li Ling tilted his head and glanced at Guderian, the military department would receive a large number of orders every day, many of which were insignificant, but some were also crucial, and the ghost knew what kind of order Guderian suddenly raised at this time.

"It's the order we received a few days ago to come here and attack Warsaw with Army Group South."

"Oh, this one, this one doesn't seem like much. Although in this way, we will not be able to do a better job of destroying the remnants of the main Polish army, but Warsaw also has a lot of Polish troops, almost that. The High Command definitely has its own approach. ”

On this issue, Li Ling didn't want to express too many opinions, so he chose a friendly attitude.

The war situation has long been clear, as long as there are no big mistakes, it is impossible for Poland to turn against the sky, so naturally I have nothing to say.

"No, I don't mean the question, but this order! Have you read the original order? ”

"Ah, I watched, what's wrong?"

I did read the original by myself, and after reading it, I was a little puzzled, because in this order, there were not only orders for the 19th Panzer Army, but also orders for other units of Army Group North, and on these orders, except for the 19th Panzer Army, which was explicitly asked to reinforce the direction of Warsaw, the others were all asked to stay put.

Li Ling didn't know about the follow-up orders for other troops, but since he was giving an order to the 19th Armored Army, why did he have to add the news of other troops on standby to this order?

This is Li Ling's puzzlement, but this is the first time he has seen the order conveyed by the Supreme Command to the military level, so whether it is in line with the norm or not, Li Ling does not know.

Could it be that Guderian had doubts in this regard?

"This order is very special, and I haven't figured out what the hell is going on."

"If there's anything you don't understand, maybe I can help."

"There are three doubts about this order, first, the order is from the Supreme Command, and this order is indeed an order from the Supreme Command, but there is no William? Keitel's signature! Second, this order was sent directly to the military headquarters by the Supreme High Command, and was not conveyed by the army group! Thirdly, since it was an order given directly to us, why did it have to say that other troops should be on standby! ”

Guderian had three questions in a row, which had not been there before, but when the 19th Panzer Army arrived on the outskirts of Warsaw, these questions became somewhat unusual!

First of all, when they arrived on the outskirts of Warsaw, the attack on Warsaw had not yet begun, and secondly, almost all the main forces of the entire Southern Army Group were concentrated here, and the air force was doing its best to support them, so it stands to reason that there was no need for the 19th Panzer Army to come here, but why did the Supreme Command order its own troops to come here for reinforcements?

When Li Ling heard Guderian's question, he himself realized that there were so many doubts in this order, and it seemed that during his time at the front, something major must have happened in the Supreme Command!

"Have you communicated with other people about these three issues? In particular, did you ask the headquarters of the army group or the Supreme Command? According to you, these questions should be big problems! ”

"Not yet, because it was an order directly issued by the high command bypassing Army Group, so I just reported my combat movements, and then the command asked me to accept the command of Army Group South, and I didn't ask much. As for the High Command, I really didn't think to ask. ”

"Then go and ask immediately, what are you waiting for? I said dear, don't you forget, there is no William alone? Keitel's signature is a big problem, why don't you ask about it? If some kind of spy or something gives an order privately within the headquarters, we will be miserable. ”

"No, it won't, if that's the case, he wouldn't be so normal when I look for Rundstedt. Forget it, let's not talk about it, I'll go and contact the Supreme Command now. ”

Watching Guderian leave in a hurry, Li Ling suddenly felt that the coffee cup in his hand was a little heavy.

This series of strange things, coupled with the limitations of the communication methods of the front-line combat troops, made it impossible for Li Ling to know what was going on in the Supreme Command.

This unusual order, when Guderian said this, Li Ling always felt as if someone was deliberately letting himself see it, hoping to attract his attention, perhaps, just to let himself appear in Berlin? But if he wanted to show himself up in Berlin, why didn't this mysterious man say it explicitly?

What really happened in Berlin during this time?

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