"Report to the brigade commander that an intelligence officer broke through the blockade of the Polish army upstream by boat and sent the news. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" the guard reported in a low voice.

"Bring him to me at once." The Soviet brigade commander had just fallen asleep on his desk for a while, and was immediately awakened, rubbed his eyes and said.

The informant was immediately brought in.

The Soviet brigade commander picked up a towel and wiped his face, and asked eagerly: "What's the news outside?" ”

"Report to the brigade commander that yesterday on the 19th, when we discovered that the enemy had suddenly laid siege to Vilnius, we immediately began to send people to investigate, and at the same time immediately ordered to gather troops scattered in various villages and towns. By the time I arrived this afternoon, we had gathered 900 men from a battalion sent out by our brigade, as well as 1,000 men from the newly formed militia units in the vicinity. The battalion commander ordered to prepare for an attack at seven o'clock tomorrow morning, while they were eating, hoping for approval and support from their superiors. ”

"Very good, it seems that he understands my plan to guard two places, to be horns of each other, to combine inside and outside, but now in such a short time, how can we tell him that we have received the news and agreed?" The Soviet brigade commander asked.

"Report to the brigade commander, as long as one cannon is fired every half a minute at twelve o'clock in the evening, and five cannons are fired in a row, it means that the plan is agreed and cooperated, and the battalion commander will receive the news."

"Okay, you go down and rest!" The Soviet brigade commander breathed a long sigh of relief. A man stands in front of the map, picks up an oil lamp, and looks at the map carefully.

・・・・・・

At this time, General Vilko had already received information from his subordinates: someone in a small boat rushed into the city of Vilnius from upstream.

Our plans have already begun, so I wonder if the commanders of Red Russia will get in? General Vilko thought worriedly. For the past two days, he has been pacifying his army in ambush in the woods, and with his prestige and the momentum of the army, he has suppressed these stragglers, but if it takes a few more days, I don't know if he will be able to shake them. If it is exposed, it may fall short.

Do you want to inform the Camp Commander Koval?

He had already made a great contribution by capturing the northern district of Vilnius on his own; Call him over again this time, and he may have to overshadow himself. But now I haven't officially entered the Polish army, and my subordinates are a group of stragglers, so it's useless to take too much credit, so it's better to do a favor and give it to Koval!

General Vilko thought for a while, called Joseph over, and said: "You immediately send the news to the battalion commander of Koval, and say that the messengers of the Soviet army outside have entered the city, and the plan has begun. ”

Joseph crossed the Vilnius River on horseback and delivered the news to Koval during the night.

When Koval received the news, he immediately instructed the officers around him: "Send more men, keep a careful eye on the movement in the south, and not let go of the slightest thing, and notify me immediately if there is any situation." ”

Although they knew that the enemy was connected, they did not know when the enemy would start attacking. It is conceivable that the enemy will do his best in this attack, and even though General Vilko has 3,500 men under his command, there is still a great deal of variability.

Koval stood high above the building, carefully observing the movement on the other side and listening to the various voices on the other side.

Until twelve o'clock in the evening, the silence of the night was broken by five successive cannon shots.

"What's crazy about the guy on the other side?" The surrounding officers complained one after another.

Five times, half a minute apart each time, Koval pondered in his mind: Why did he fire the cannon for no reason? Why? It's a code, and they must be delivering something.

What's the news? Koval looked at the map and pondered.

It should be to inform the friendly forces outside that they have received the message, but when is the time for them to attack?

After two days of fighting, Koval also experienced that the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army on the opposite side should not be underestimated, especially when attacking, it was very ferocious, and it was possible to suffer some losses against enemies stronger than him, but against enemies weaker than him, the ferocious tactics of waves and waves were very similar to the style of 200 Russian football hooligans chasing 1,000 English football hooligans in later generations.

Considering that General Vilko had improvised militia units under his command, Koval couldn't help but fear that they would be stunned by the Soviet army's three-plank axe.

In Koval's plan, after the main body of the Soviet army in the city left the city, there were two plans: when there were few troops left in the city, they would concentrate all their efforts on attacking the southern city, destroy the enemy's remaining troops, occupy Vilnius, and shake the fighting spirit of the enemy troops fighting outside the city. It's a bit like an ambush in Han Shin's last battle.

The second is that when there are more troops left in the city, a small part of the troops are left to guard the bridge, and the rest of the troops advance southeast along the river to support General Vilko, destroy the enemy's main force in one fell swoop in the field battle, and then take the power of victory, or attack the city, or force the Soviet army in the city.

Koval was torn over which option to take.

Koval looked at the map and thought, and finally unconsciously lay on the map and fell asleep, he has been busy with various plans and arrangements for the past two days, and he has to fight in person, and he is really tired enough.

At five o'clock in the morning, Koval woke up on time, he found himself lying on the desk and sleeping all night, he couldn't help but curse himself, quickly washed his face with cold water, and rushed out to observe the situation.

"Is there anything going on at night?" Koval asked, walking over to the observation port.

"Report to the sir, there are no special circumstances, and it is quiet on the other side of the river now."

Something suddenly touched in Koval's mind, and he raised his hand and waved it, "Quiet, quiet, yes! Silence is the biggest abnormality. ”

He stood at the observation port, picked up the binoculars, asked the people around him to be quiet, carefully watched and listened to the movement on the other side, and the other side turned out to be very quiet.

"No, there are thousands of troops on the opposite side, and even if they have to avoid our snipers, they can still occasionally see soldiers, but now there are only people near the outpost by the river, and there are hardly enemy troops to be seen elsewhere. They must have gone out of town! it, horses!" Koval suddenly came to his senses.

"So what do we do!" The officers around asked.

Koval was in his mind to choose one of the two, the capture of Vilnius was undoubtedly more credit, but if General Vilko's troops suffered heavy losses, even if they won, the Polish army would not be able to expand its occupied area, and it would discourage the morale and enthusiasm of these people under General Vilko, without the cooperation of these local snakes, Koval would not have tens of thousands of troops to maintain the occupation of the Lithuanian region.

"Immediately gather troops, Parker led three companies to defend the position, and the Mazur battalion transferred three hundred men to assist Parker in the defense. All the other troops immediately packed up their weapons, took two meals of dry rations, and quietly left the city from the north. Koval said resolutely: "Pull out our cannon too!" ”

"Yes, sir!" One by one, the officers received orders to immediately assemble their troops.