Chapter 198: There is nothing to be done

"I found you, little mouse!" Captain Dufort quickly aimed his gun at the target and opened fire decisively. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

With a bang, the Soviet machine guns were blown into scrap metal.

The machine-gun guns on the sixteen tanks fired in unison, sweeping away all exposed Soviet fire.

The infantry, who followed behind the tank, also fired while advancing from the cover of the tank.

The Soviet army could not resist and could only retreat in defeat.

"Damn!" "Commander Cronin saw that his troops had touched the Polish forward position, but in the end they fell short.

"Retreat!" Cronin ordered.

"Chase!" Plutoka with his troops wanted to continue the pursuit.

Captain Dufour, however, stopped in front of the forward position with his tank.

"Lieutenant Colonel Prutoka, Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush ordered us to stop the offensive and hold the first line of defense." A staff officer came over and said.

Lieutenant Colonel Plutoka looked at the Soviet soldiers who were disappearing into the street and angrily accepted the order.

The 1st Tank Regiment was in the wheat fields behind the forward positions to press the Polish troops.

The soldiers of the first corps seized the time to use shovels to transform the positions abandoned by the Soviet troops.

"The 1st Tank Regiment is really powerful!" Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush said with great joy to see the change in the battle situation.

"I wonder if the Soviet troops on the opposite side will make any moves at night?" Koval reminded with a knock on the side.

"Yes, the Soviet army has suffered such a loss, and will definitely find a way to recapture its position at night." Lieutenant Colonel Tadeusz said: "Immediately put Lieutenant Colonel Brutoka to the attention of the enemy night attack. ”

Plutoka replaced the two battalions on the front with two intact battalions.

"There are tanks covering behind, and you are afraid of a night attack!" Lieutenant Colonel Plutoka said indifferently: "But the order must be obeyed, you go down and order them to strengthen the fortifications and beware of the enemy's night attack." ”

The order was conveyed one by one, and after a hard day, the Polish soldiers complained after receiving the order.

"The result of fighting is to do coolies." A Polish soldier said to his teammates as he sprang into the dirt in the trenches.

"You see the two battalions that retreated today, how badly they fought!" A comrade-in-arms said with a relative.

"How could this have happened if the tanks had been lined up earlier?" Two soldiers asked rhetorically.

"Hey! Speed up! Watch out for enemy night attacks! A Polish officer came over and urged.

Several Polish soldiers immediately stopped talking and crackled with their tools.

The officer continued to walk forward.

"Will the Soviet troops come and attack at night?" A soldier said curiously.

"The tanks are right behind us, and if they dare to come at night, let them return with a crushing defeat as during the day!" A Polish soldier said confidently.

A few soldiers whispered and knocked their tools loudly, but the trenches were not dug much.

A Polish soldier took a shovel and shoveled a small piece of dirt and slowly fell out of the trench, and said with a lot of experience: "I think that today's battle must have broken the courage of the Soviet army, how could they come and seek death!" I think this fortification is almost the same, didn't it defeat the Soviet army today? ”

"Hurry up, you kid! If we can't finish it, we will all be criticized! Another middle-aged soldier warned.

"Criticism is criticism! When you get to the battlefield, you are not afraid of death, but you are still afraid of him! The soldier said arrogantly: "Besides, I have never heard of digging trenches for war exploits, and when I kill a dozen Soviet soldiers tomorrow, I don't know who the commander is in the future?" ”

Another Polish soldier looked at it and said, "Okay, okay, let's not say a word." Everyone is tired for a day today, but there is still a little face for the chief. Come, let's put the dirt on both sides of the outside of the trench and pile it a little higher, so that the trench becomes a little deeper. ”

"Okay, it's better for you to do this!" Several soldiers said one after another.

In the evening, Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush and several regimental commanders were in a meeting to discuss the situation of the battle.

"Lieutenant Colonel Plutoka, report on the battle situation of your regiment!"

Lieutenant Colonel Plutoka stood up and said with some shame: "Today we encountered the enemy's tricks in the street battle, and the two battalions that went up suffered heavy casualties, with a total of more than 300 dead and more than 500 wounded. However, the enemy's casualties should also be close to a thousand. I didn't play well, and I hope the commander will give me a chance. ”

"It's the first time that our army has encountered a change in the enemy's defense of the city, and it's not bad to fight like this." Lieutenant Colonel Baginsky said from the side.

"Who are we?" Lieutenant Colonel Tadeusz stood up and said excitedly: "We are the 1st Infantry Division of the Polish Army!" The first main division! Actually fought with the Soviet rabble in the city and suffered one-to-one casualties? Are you also a rabble? ”

Koval and several other lieutenant colonels also stood up.

Lieutenant Colonel Plutoka's face flushed red.

"I think the main reason for this defeat is that we don't know the details of the enemy army and are a little negligent." Koval said calmly, "The most important thing now is to find a way to break through the enemy's defenses. ”

"Humph!" Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush lowered his voice and said, "What good way can you talk about it!" ”

"Hmph, what do you have to do!" Lieutenant Colonel Plutoka said with some unconvincing: "You sent me the tank, are so many people going to die in our regiment?" ”

Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush said: "The enemy has turned the whole city into a fortress, and we need to bring out the enemy troops on all sides. It's going to be a tough battle. I think we're cutting off supplies and ammunition from the city. ”

"We only have more than 30,000 people, and the enemy is about the same number as ours, how can we trap them?" Lieutenant Colonel Engel asked rhetorically: "If we fortify everywhere, our front will become as thin as paper, and the enemy will break through as soon as he rushes." ”

"We don't need to completely encircle the entire city, as long as we send a few small forces to attack their few roads to the rear!" Lieutenant Colonel Tadeusz said: "It is far easier to kill a Soviet soldier in the field than in the city. ”

"We're going to cut off the enemy's drinking water, but Daugavpils is right on the side of the Gava River, so we can't do anything. We are going to cut off the enemy's food, and the Soviet army's grain convoys have already collected this town, and I don't think they are short of food. Baginsky added: "And if you want to consume the enemy's supplies, this is not something that can be done in a day or two." We have to be prepared for a long time, maybe two months, maybe six months. ”

"Lieutenant Colonel Koval, you've attacked a big city like Vilnius, I don't know what your plan is?" Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush asked sincerely.