Probably because of the deterrent shelling of the Polish army, the cities on the other side had all been turned out and shrouded in darkness, and no one wanted their houses to be targeted by artillery. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Sir, how long are we going to fight this battle?" Mayevsky asked curiously.

"Then guess what!" Koval said with a smile.

"Our tens of thousands of troops are here, and with the high morale of sweeping through Lithuania, we should be able to take Daugavpils in half a month." Majewski looked at Koval and said, "Well, a month at most." ”

"Is that what everybody thinks?" Koval asked calmly.

"yes, the soldiers think we're going to take the city soon." Majewski replied.

"It's a good thing to have faith, but you can't be too hot." Koval looked at the surging river and said slowly: "Prepare for the worst in the war, this battle may last for three months and half a year. ”

"Half a year, then we can't go home for Christmas." Majewski said with some surprise.

"Fighting slowly has the advantage of fighting slowly, and the faster you fight, the greater the casualties of the troops." Koval lamented: "I would have liked this fight to be slower. ”

"Why?" Majewski said.

"Let's talk about it later! Let's move on! Koval picked up his pace and walked forward.

"If you don't say it, you won't say it." Majevsky muttered and followed.

There is a bridge connecting the two banks on the Gava River, and the other end of the bridge happens to be Daugavpils.

The artillery of the Polish army fired several rounds every ten minutes, and the enemy troops on the opposite side did not react, neither counterattacking with artillery, nor taking the initiative to harass.

As the night wore on, the artillery stopped firing, presumably for fear of disturbing the rest of their troops.

It was too dark, and even Koval's eagle eye could hardly see the deployment on the other side through the river, so he had to go home.

Back at the camp of the Independence Regiment, Koval opened the tent, took off his clothes, lay down on the bed, and reached out to the side as usual, but it was empty.

"She's not here anymore." Koval muttered to himself in frustration.

Koval felt a fire burning in his heart, and he couldn't sleep, so he stroked it casually, and he didn't feel it at all.

Koval had to climb out of bed, a man excited about the Sun Earth.

"One, two, three・・・・・・ two thousand." Koval counted himself as he did push-ups.

After two thousand were done, Koval finally felt a little vented the anger in his body, and lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Koval set out with General Himigvi to inspect the river.

For safety, everyone wore ordinary Polish military uniforms, but at the back of the team was a cavalry force of several hundred men, hidden behind and ready to rescue.

General Shimigvi set out with a dozen staff officers from the headquarters and Kovar, while the leaders of the other divisions did not come.

The group went out and walked seven or eight kilometers to the east, and they came to the opposite bank of Daugavpils.

Everyone squatted in the grass to observe and record the situation on the other side.

Taking advantage of the city's proximity to the Gava River, the Soviet army used civil engineering to close the streets leading to the river, connecting the houses facing the river to form a complete defensive line, leaving only three exits.

"If we can raid the bridgehead, the crossing of the river will be simple." A staff officer looked at the bridge across the Gava River and said with emotion.

"The Soviets have focused on defending the bridge, building a strong fortress at the head of the bridge on the opposite side, and blocking the passage at the head of the bridge with sandbags, and the possibility of taking it by surprise is too small. And with only such a breakthrough, it would be very easy for the Soviet army to mobilize its troops and trap us at the bridgehead. Koval said as he looked carefully at the other end of the bridge.

"Is there really no chance at all?" General Himigvi came over and asked, "Kovar, I heard that when you captured Vilnius, you used the strategy of night raids, and you took the whole of Vilnius in two days. If we can take the bridgehead this time, we will be able to destroy the enemy forces quickly. ”

"General, even if I can take the bridgehead by surprise, the bridgehead is too close to the stronghold of the Soviet army, and they can reinforce it in ten minutes or even a few minutes, and during this period of time, we can only have three or four hundred people cross the river at most, and we will not be able to resist the counterattack of the swarming Soviet troops." Koval thought for a moment and said.

"Didn't you mention tanks the last time we met? This time I brought a tank unit over, a total of thirty tanks, do you think you are sure? General Shimigwe said.

"Thirty tanks?" Koval pondered: if it were thirty tanks, it would be enough to withstand the attack of thousands of infantry.

No, Koval suddenly realized that this was not a World War II tank, but a World War I tank, with slow speed, fragile armor, and a failure rate that made them a weapon that could not be used to advance or retreat.

"Tanks are not afraid of bullets, but they can be blown up with artillery or cluster grenades or even Molotov cocktails. Once caught in a street battle at the bridgehead, the tank is very easy to be blown up by infantry at close range. Koval said firmly: "The movement of tank operations is too large, and the enemy will definitely deploy against it." Even if our troops stand at the bridgehead, the tank units will definitely suffer heavy losses. The most important thing is that if the Soviet troops see that the situation is critical, they will desperately blow up the bridge, and we still do not know whether the opposite side has already planted explosives under the bridge. ”

"After blowing up the bridge, our troops and tanks crossing the river will be surrounded on all sides, and all of them will fall into the hands of the Soviet troops." General Himigvi continued, patting Koval on the shoulder and saying, "It's me who is in a hurry. Our tank forces are much more important than this bridge, so let's think of something else. ”

"The general's idea is good, if our main forces attack the enemy from the north or east of Daugavpils, seize part of the city, and send tank units over the bridge, there is no need to worry about being isolated." Koval said earnestly.

"Hey, I'm afraid the Soviet army won't let us cross the river easily, and crossing the river is also a hard battle!" General Himigvi sighed: "If the time drags on for too long, I am afraid that the situation at home and abroad will change, and I will never find such a good opportunity again!" If the Red Russian army came to the rescue, it would not have been so easy for us. (To be continued.) )