South of Smolensk, this was the headquarters of the 1st Army of the Polish Army. Their task was to storm Smolensk from this direction, to cooperate with the offensive of the German 3rd Army.

The commander of the army, Lieutenant General Saker, with a group of generals, watched the Polish attack not far from the city of Smolensk.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Da-da-da-da! ”

The constant sound of gunfire undoubtedly indicates that the battle is very fierce. However, Lieutenant General Thacker was not at all worried. After all, there is only so much Russian army in the city of Smolensk. Now that the Germans and their allies are attacking on all sides, they will inevitably be garrisoned. In this case, there are actually not many Russian troops they have to face.

Although, the combat effectiveness of the Polish Army was far from being comparable to that of the German army. But Lieutenant General Thacker believes that it is not a problem at all to deal with the Russian army in the city.

"How's the battle going in the city?" Lieutenant General Thacker asked.

"General, the troops we have invaded the city are engaged in a fierce battle with the Russian army. The resistance of the Russian army was very tenacious, and our casualties were very large. However, all ministries are still steadily advancing! An officer reported.

Lieutenant General Saker nodded: "Tell the generals on the front line that these Russians are just trapped beasts. As long as they wiped out the few remaining elites, the rest of the battle would be much simpler. ”

"Yes, General!"

"In addition, let the generals on the front line, at any cost, do not worry about casualties. All the troops that have suffered losses will be replenished first! This time, we have to perform well! Lieutenant General Thacker said.

The other Polish generals also nodded their heads again and again.

This battle was the first battle in which the Polish Army participated, and they naturally hoped to perform well. As one of Germany's many protectorates, the Kingdom of Poland was also feeling the pressure. If you can't do well in the war, you won't be able to compete with the other protectorates when the results are distributed in the future.

On the battlefield, the performance of the Polish army can only be regarded as mediocre. Although the German instructors had also trained how to fight street fights before, these Poles did not fully comprehend it. This made them suffer very heavy casualties in street fighting.

However, with the superiority of troops and firepower, they were still able to move forward steadily after paying a lot of price, compressing the living space of the Russian army and causing further casualties to the Russian army.

In the first round of the attack, the 1st Army of the Berlin Army committed a full five infantry divisions. The remaining five infantry divisions, ready to go. As soon as the losses of any unit on the front line are too great, they will send reinforcements. In addition, the Polish Army's 1st Mechanized Infantry Division could also be engaged in combat if necessary.

In the armies of many of the German protectorates, each army group did not have an armored division, but instead a mechanized infantry division. In addition, depending on the size of the mobilized forces, some armored units will be formed. For example, the Kingdom of Poland mobilized up to two million troops. Well, the Germans will help them build two armored divisions. And the mobilized troops of the Kingdom of Belarus were only 400,000 troops, so the Germans helped them build only one armored brigade. The rest of the countries are like this. With the help of Germany, armored divisions, armored brigades or armored regiments were formed, and so on.

On a street in the southern part of the city of Smolensk, hundreds of Russian soldiers are holding one end of the street. With barricades and two heavy machine guns, they firmly held back the attack of a battalion of troops of the Polish Army.

The streets are already full of corpses. Almost all of these corpses were left behind by officers and soldiers of the Polish Army. In previous battles, they had launched several attacks, but each time they were beaten back by Russian machine-gun fire, not only did they not achieve any results, but caused huge losses.

"Bastard! And what about our mortars? Fire at me and blow up all those Russians! The battalion commander of the Polish army major ordered viciously.

"Sir, we've tried a few times before. The Russian barricades, deployed in our firing corners, we carried out several rounds of shelling, but to no avail. A captain officer replied.

"Then think of something else! 1 Company, detouring from the left and outflanking the back of those Russians! ”

"Sir, on the other street, there is also a Russian garrison, and a company of the 3rd Battalion is attacking there. However, their attack was no less successful, and they were blocked by the Russians with considerable losses. ”

"Bastard! Is there no other way? "The battalion major was dissatisfied.

"Sir, can we request fire support from the rear? Let the rear cover this area with cannons. In this case, the Russians will definitely not be able to hold on! An officer suggested.

The battalion commander of the major thought about it, and there was indeed no other way, so he had to use the dead horse as a live horse doctor.

"Someone, send a telegram to the division headquarters, we need fire support!"

A few minutes later, a reply was received from the division headquarters telling them to withdraw from the block. Fifteen minutes later, the divisional artillery will deliver a covering fire strike on this block.

The Polish army then evacuated the street.

"Comrade company commander, those Poles have retreated!"

"Great, we repelled the attack of the Poles!"

"Hooray! We won! ”

The Russian divisions on the position cheered one after another.

However, then there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky, and the faces of many veterans suddenly changed. They could tell it was the sound of a shell cutting through the air at high speed.

"Quickly hide, the shelling of the Poles!"

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Shells rained down, and a continuous burst of explosions rang out. The positions of the Russian army were completely shrouded in smoke and fire.

After a few minutes, the position had become a mess. There are stumps and severed arms everywhere. The Russian officers and soldiers on the position were almost dead in the shelling.

The Polish soldiers then attacked, capturing the position without much effort.

Although, the Polish army, like the armies of other client states, was regarded by the Germans as cannon fodder that could be consumed at will during the war. However, for the Russian army, even these cannon fodder are difficult to gnaw off. Of course, they were able to occupy a certain advantage in the battle with the Polish army and inflict greater casualties on the Polish army. However, the Polish army has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, even if the losses are greater than those of the Russian army, in the end, the winner will inevitably be the Polish army.