Chapter 234: Anti-Encirclement (I)

Marshal Luo Ci arranged his troops in this way, the total strength of the whole Poland is more than 160 thousand, and the reserve is also more than 1 million, and Poland has 1 million troops deployed in the German-Soviet border area, and the rest of the troops are placed on the Polish-Soviet border, and now Poland is attacked by Germany from three directions, and more than 1 million Polish troops are glued to the German-Soviet border in a bloody battle, but Poland still has reserves, and some troops that are not deployed on the border, these troops can be mobilized. The Polish army that gave birth to the German-Soviet border had to be able to block or entangle all the attacking German troops for a week, and Marshal Rhodes could eat the German troops under the city of Warsaw.

Marshal Rotz's order to the troops where to stop the German attack was simple, "Hold your ground until you die." "Don't doubt the spirit of the Polish army sacrificing for the country, Poland has been divided several times in history, the whole famous family and people have been ravaged, the vast majority of Poles have a strong belief in the country, so Marshal Rotz's order will definitely be carried out, as for but not able to block the German attack is another matter, the important Polish army is ready to die for the country.

The forces used by Marshal Rotz for counter-encirclement were the elite Polish army groups, and each army group sent two or three fully equipped elite divisions to attack Germany in Warsaw in the north, west, and south, and at the same time in the "Vychków" campaign group (three infantry divisions), which was more than 100 kilometers east of Warsaw, and urgently sent one division of troops back to aid Warsaw, which was set off overnight.

Poland chose to march at night to avoid German bombardment, and if the Polish division could advance lightly and with smooth traffic, it was entirely possible to reach Warsaw at 10 o'clock in the morning, but Rotz did not take into account other factors in making the battle plan.

That was the traffic, and it had to be clear that the Polish division could reach Warsaw at dawn. Is the traffic really as smooth as Marshal Luo Ci thought? Only God knows. The scales of war could well have been reversed by a small oversight.

Both Germany and Poland arranged their own troop arrangements, and the Polish army set off overnight. The German 15th Mechanized Corps had been resting in the ring defense position for two days, and it was necessary to rest well so that the soldiers could have plenty of energy to fight.

The golden light shines through the gaps in the morning glow. Sprinkled on the grass that grows on the brown earth, the light that pierces the clouds is like a golden thread. Criss-cross, sewing light gray and blue-gray clouds into a beautiful pattern. However, the beauty of the sky does not stop the brutal battle that is about to take place on the ground.

The large-scale movement of the Polish troops aroused the alarm of Germany last night, so as soon as the day turned white, Germany sent its own reconnaissance planes to collect intelligence everywhere, and the spies hidden in Poland were also urgently mobilized. The German General Command quickly analyzed the general direction of action of the Polish army, but at this time the German Wehrmacht had already begun to attack and advance according to Keitel's orders, and it was impossible to make major adjustments, even if Germany wanted to adjust, it was impossible for the Wehrmacht to attack and advance more than 100 kilometers in a short time, logistics and fuel could definitely not keep up, and tanks that had lost fuel could only be used as pillboxes, and it was impossible for the rigorous Wehrmacht to take such a risk, that was not their combat style.

North and east of the Polish army. The anti-encirclement forces on the southern third route arrived on time to reach the first ten kilometers of the German ring defensive position, but a Polish division that had gone to reinforce Warsaw was in great trouble, because the citizens who had fled from Warsaw were flocking to the road. As soon as the reinforced division saw this situation on the road, it quickly ordered the soldiers to abandon the car and walk, this order was undoubtedly very correct, but the commander of the Polish division did not want to discard heavy weapons such as artillery, because the German tanks were powerful, and if the Polish army lost these heavy weapons of anti-tank guns, it would also be dead.

In this way, the Polish division in Warsaw was reinforced, and the road was abandoned. In the way of a horse-drawn horse, the march of suffering began. Poland is a plain, even if there are no roads. In most places, heavy weapons such as cannons can be passed, but in this way, the marching speed of the Polish division that reinforced Warsaw has completely slowed down, and it is a very fast speed to advance five kilometers per hour, you must know that this Polish division is more than 100 kilometers away from Warsaw, and even if they march for 12 hours in a row, they can only walk 60 kilometers, and it is impossible for them to enter the city of Warsaw before dawn.

In the morning, the German planes that reconnoitred in the air discovered this Polish division that intended to reinforce Warsaw, they had marched to a distance of 30 kilometers from Warsaw, and they had advanced 80 kilometers in one night, and they were still carrying many heavy weapons, but there were countless horses killed on their marching route, and the Polish army was never short of military horses, and the Polish army was able to march so fast, completely because of the lives of military horses, and of course their soldiers were also extremely tired.

In addition, the reconnaissance plane also found that the Polish Army Group Narel had also sent about three divisions to quickly reinforce Warsaw in a fan shape, and now there are still more than 100 kilometers away, and these Polish troops must march in broad daylight, and in the absence of air supremacy, can these three divisions participate in the siege of the 15th Mechanized Army? Apparently impossible.

The news that the Polish army was surrounded on several sides was soon sent to Reichenau's hands, and at this time there was only one person in the army command post, Rommel and Reimer had already gone to his 7th Light Armored Division, and General Reichenau asked the operational staff to quickly mark the position of the Polish army in several aspects on the map, and Reichenau's eyes saw that the Polish army was pressed up from its north, east, and south directions, and according to the information sent by the general headquarters, the Polish troops from these three directions were nearly 200,000 people. It seems that the Polish Marshal Rotz was determined to eat the German 7th Light Panzer Division. But it was divided into several waves, and now the Polish army that had reached its own perimeter had three divisions, and these three divisions could not pose much of a threat to the Fifteenth Mechanized Corps.

Admiral Reichenau looked at these Polish troops ten kilometers away from him, but he was not worried at all, but his eyes were firmly fixed on the Polish army division east of Warsaw, which is the most dangerous enemy of Germany at present, if this Polish regular division with heavy weapons is allowed to enter the city of Warsaw, and then with the help of various reinforced concrete buildings in the city, I don't know how many German soldiers will have to be sacrificed to annihilate them, and whether they can be annihilated or not depends on two words.

If Germany were stuck in the city of Warsaw, on the one hand, it did not capture Warsaw completely, and on the other hand, it would have to face the counter-encirclement of the Polish army of 200,000 troops, and once that situation occurred, it would be a catastrophe for the German 15th Mechanized Army. (To be continued) R580