To everyone's surprise, the menacing Soviet army was blocked by a group of Polish infantry using field fortifications to defend the day after entering Poland!

The Belarusian Front, a full 300,000 troops, was blocked opposite a bridge in Pochki and could not pass for a long time. The 200,000-strong Ukrainian Front was beaten by a Polish standing infantry division in Przemyśl.

Because most of the Soviet commanders lacked combat experience, and the actual commanders of many units were still lay political workers, the Soviet troops, who had no tactics to speak of, suffered heavy losses in the first stage of this large-scale actual battle. Tens of thousands of people were confirmed dead and more than 30,000 wounded in the first week.

Since then, the two fronts of the Soviet Union have suffered heavy losses in weapons and equipment, and their troop establishment has suffered heavy losses.

The Polish army, on the other hand, lost parts of the border strip. However, it easily contained the offensive momentum of the Soviet army and reasonably hindered the advance of the Soviet army at various key points. This is inextricably linked to the quality of Soviet officers.

Of course, on the other hand, the ample field artillery deployed on the Polish Eastern Front also played an important role in stabilizing the defensive line. This German replica of the French 77 mm caliber gun accounted for a large proportion of the Polish army, so a large number of them could be left on the eastern and western fronts of Poland.

A week after the outbreak of the Soviet-Polish War, the Soviet forces on the eastern front of Poland were unable to achieve their original strategic goals. And the air supremacy they seized at the beginning was gradually lost as the Polish Air Force arrived on the Western Front entered the battlefield. In response to this, Stalin, who was embarrassed and angry, ordered: attack, attack, attack at all costs, until all the defenses of the Polish army are broken!

Eager Timoshenko and Kovalev constantly put pressure on the troops, hoping to achieve results as soon as possible. Because even if it was a small achievement, they could take it to Stalin.

Unfortunately, it backfired, and before the Soviet army achieved results, the elite reinforcements mobilized by the Polish high command had arrived one after another. The early arrival of the four cavalry divisions gave great courage and morale to the Polish troops on the border. Several local counterattacks by the cavalry under the command of Major General Felipovitz of the Polish Army actually achieved quite good results.

It was not easy to wait until the Polish cavalry had accumulated enough losses and began to reduce the intensity of the attack. Timoshenko and Kovalev immediately planned a joint pincer offensive to open the situation in one fell swoop, rushing all the way to the Svikmibi line.

These two Soviet generals were quite brainy, and saw that the battle situation had the possibility of falling into trench warfare. And they also knew that the Soviet offensive plan was drawn up in a hurry and was insisted on by the great leader, Mr. Stalin. All preparations for the offensive began in earnest only after the secret Soviet-German talks, which took less than a month.

Despite the efficient railway network and excellent road system that the Germans helped to rebuild, the Soviets were still unable to prepare sufficient offensive materials in just one month.

Now the weapons and ammunition of the front-line troops can actually last for a week at most.

Even if the rear continues to replenish the front-line troops through the transportation network during this period, it is impossible for the current offensive to last more than two weeks. After all, the rate at which supplies are consumed in the offensive is also much faster than the rate at which they can be replenished.

Therefore, the Soviet army decided that it could not fight in such an unhurried manner! Even if you try your best and expend more ammunition to launch a full-scale attack on a larger scale, it is a hundred times stronger than just doing it.

As long as the area around Svikmibi is taken, the Soviets can temporarily switch to a defensive state and use this period to further replenish ammunition and other supplies. Then, a large amount of materials consumed to achieve this strategic goal can also be replenished.

If the set strategic objectives are not achieved, in the long run, the Soviet army may fall into a protracted trench war and pay a huge price for it; In the near future, the two commanders of the front will certainly not be able to escape the wrath of the Stalinist leader, and perhaps they will be sent to Siberia for reform in the future.

Time is running out! With every minute and second that passed, the advantage of the Soviets in a surprise attack disappeared. When the Polish High Command reacted and sent a steady stream of troops to the Eastern Front, it would be all over.

Not to mention that the Soviet Union's own strategic goals were difficult to achieve, it also fought trench warfare with the Polish army like a wedding dress for Germany, allowing the Germans to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. When the Polish army was weakened, the Germans came to a stormy wind sweeping leaves, and the fruits of victory were all cheaper to the Germans?!

"Report, General Timoshenko!"

"Report, General Kovalev!"

In the headquarters of the two of them, they received a report on the battle situation from the staff officers at the same time.

"According to the information from the reconnaissance plane, the Polish army has assembled a new reserve in the area of Svikmibi. Now they are marching towards the border, and their vanguard will be in the area of engagement within 24 hours. ”

The news of the staff officer broke the last trace of luck of the two generals. The Polish High Command, after all, still transferred the main corps to the Western Front. In this way, the poorly behaved Soviet army may soon be in big trouble! The troops expanded by others on the basis of a small standing army can be equal to the Soviet army, so this corps, which is obviously the main force reserved by the Polish high command, is not allowed to teach the Soviet army to behave.

"Send a telegram to General Timoshenko and ask him if he has any good countermeasures. We can still suppress this newly arrived Polish corps with numerical superiority, but if there are a few more Polish corps, it will be a big trouble! "In the command of the Belorussian Front, the anxious Kovalev could only consult with Timoshenko on a rope. After all, the other party is in a similar situation to himself, and the method he thought of must also apply to him.

In Kovalev's view, Timoshenko could be regarded as a military commander among the Soviet generals who was highly respected, had considerable qualifications, had rich command experience, and outstanding command ability. In this case, Timoshenko's advice was much more reliable than that of the political workers around him who knew nothing about military affairs.

"Ask me what I do?" Timoshenko, who was sitting at the headquarters of the Ukrainian Front, was sipping black tea to relieve his depression when he received a telegram from Kovalev. If he wasn't going to command the war, he would definitely choose a bottle of vodka to refresh himself at this moment.

Depressed listening to his political commissar read Kovalev's telegram for help, Timoshenko shook his head with a wry smile and said: "What can I do, originally I was not in favor of sending troops when the army was not ready. Now that they have all been fought, where is there a way out? I don't know what kind of medicine the Germans poured into the chairman, so that the chairman had to rush to ......."

Wait, Germans!

Yes, there is still a way to go. I heard that the Germans were also going to declare war on Poland, and the chairman hurriedly ordered the Soviet army to attack in order to attack Poland before the Germans. Now that the war has come to this point, why not .........