Chapter 207: The Problem of Collision Head-on

The high-speed assault of Lieutenant Oleg Alexandrovich Losik preempted the Germans to recapture Brest, while the Polish defenders cooperatively laid down their arms in the face of the aggressive, propaganda-oriented tank units. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Losick's advance of 350 kilometers in six days was the fastest advance of the Red Army, and the other units were basically a day's distance compared to it. Also because of the speed of the attack, it became an artillery battle across the river with the German division in Brest, and from the report, it was obvious that the "young tank armored marshal" beat the "scheming first-class general of the armored corps" to the point of confusion and disgrace!

A very important part of the situation report is the response after discovering the "misunderstanding", which is inevitable, but if it is not handled well, it will cause a chain reaction: it is you who shelled us before we fired back, it is a misunderstanding! Now we're cleaning up the battlefield, and I wish you all a nice time on the other side!

Losick's quick wit and the chic energy of "Lao Tzu has no time to pay attention to you" in dealing with the Germans are what Lin Jun admires the most, taking advantage of the other party and not having a place to appeal, he already has the so-called general demeanor when he is young, and he will be able to take on a big role if he is given the opportunity to temper and temper in the future.

Lin Jun will also be amused by his own thoughts: can he be the material for the big job? If it's not good material, people won't be able to become a marshal of tank armored forces in the future, but in history, this marshal basically thought about how to deal with the People's Liberation Army.

His own intervention changed history, although Lin Jun didn't know that Guderian was in the German army that was bombarded by the T34, but that tank unit was Guderian's armored 19th Army, it was not wrong, and all aspects were considered, only Guderian, a Scud, could run to the Bug River at this moment.

Lin Jun was of course happy to have a dumb loss with the Germans at the first meeting of the "hand-to-hand" with the Germans, but the problem was also obvious: the original history was that the two sides met in Brest, and Guderian's troops, who had already occupied the fortress, retreated from here according to the agreement, and the two sides also held a celebration here, and everyone was happy, and the two sides looked at each other across the river for more than a year. But now it seems that Brest will definitely be a problem point in the future, and it would be good if the armies on both sides did not shoot each other.

The Bug River is the boundary river previously agreed by the two sides, but because most of the Brest city and fortress are on the side of West Belarus, it chokes the railway and highway traffic from Belarus to Central and Eastern Europe and Western Europe, and is an important hub on the Eurasian land bridge, with a superior geographical location connecting the east and west and developed transportation facilities. From a strategic point of view, Guderian was bent on taking the Brest fortress first and then waiting for the Soviets to take it over, so as to ensure the security of the flanks and rear of the entire strategic operation (there was a Polish garrison across the river that could make trouble for himself at any time, which was no different from a thorn in the back). Historically, he has done the same.

But now a muddy artillery battle temporarily hindered the assault of Guderian's vanguard, and when the German tanks arrived at the west end of the stone bridge over the Bug River, two behemoth-like tanks rushed out of the gate of the ancient fortress, blocking the east end of the bridge tightly, the huge cannon port of the black hole was facing the west, and the Soviet flag raised over the fortress was also telling the Germans: this is already our territory!

The Germans, who originally wanted to spend the night in Brest City, could only drink the northwest wind in the field, and they had not been so angry for so many years, and Guderian even had the heart to blow up the fortress! But reason left him with only part of the alert force, and the main force continued to advance south towards Vvodava to make peace with Army Group "South" and encircle the Polish army west of the border line.

To make "Scud" Guderian late and suffer a dumb loss, and more importantly, the German commander could not understand the defense of the Brest Fortress in detail, compared to the German army's unhappy grudge, Lin Jun of course had to reward Losik rather than punish him.

"Anyway, it will not be a friendly neighbor in the future, the relationship will stiffen a little here, and besides, the inadvertent friction with the German army will be more tomorrow." Lin Jun told himself.

Separated by the Bug River, both sides will misunderstand and engage in artillery battles, and those border areas that are not blocked by obvious natural obstacles will inevitably recur with the high-speed advance of the armies of the two sides, and there will even be premeditated and planned clashes for their respective strategic goals.

Because of that extra part of the historical knowledge, Lin Jun knew that many of the farthest advance lines of the German army were far east of the border line, because the time of the Soviet army's dispatch in history was 10 days later than the German army's dispatch time, and some of the strongholds heavily guarded by the Polish army were strategically necessary for the German army to solve, otherwise it would be uncomfortable to have a thorn in the back.

The Germans would rather occupy it themselves and then withdraw than leave behind hidden dangers, and besides, the equipment and supplies were what they wanted. But now the Red Army marched only seven days later than the German army, and on one side it was a strong attack, and on the other side it was a welcome and guide who had to be hit by shells, flowers and fruits, and the two sides would arrive at the border line in about the same time.

One side is waiting for the other side to raise the national flag from a distance, so of course it is difficult to clash, but now everyone will be a rapid head-on collision with the wheels of the tanks on both sides, and if you are not careful, you will fight.

"Hey, are you Poles or Soviet (German)?" It's too funny if everyone asks before every encounter, and it's going to be their own death, pineapple or grenade can be eaten, and the look is similar, but no one can be sure which one will fly over from the other side!

"Zhukov, how is the progress of the troops?"

"Commander-in-chief, except for the south, which will not be able to reach the border until the day after tomorrow at the latest due to road problems, all other troops will be able to reach their predetermined positions today and tomorrow."

Zhukov pointed out to Lin Jun on the map the location of the latest report of the vanguard assault detachments of various units, and the southern part was obviously a little farther away from the border, not because the 12th Army in charge of that area was not moving well, but because the road was a reason, and the southern part was relatively far from the line of march to the border.

"Immediately order the 12th Army to temporarily slow down the pace of the forward advance, and the left flank troops to quickly move into the southwestern areas of Stanislav and Kolomea, which have been liberated, according to the original plan, to cut off the retreat of the Polish army to Czechoslovakia, Romania and Hungary, and the rest of the army to delay the advance by one day."

Lin Jun said that he would not participate in the tactical problems of the campaign, but this order obviously seemed to be a tactical intervention that "exceeded his authority". But Zhukov didn't mean to be unhappy at all, he understood why Lin Jun gave this order.

"Zhukov, how much do you know about Lviv?"

"I went there a long time ago, and it's a nice industrial city."

"According to aviation reconnaissance, the German advance has reached the outskirts of Lviv. Heavily fortified Lviv would be a tough nut to crack for us and the Germans, and I don't think we could have liberated it peacefully if we had arrived before the Germans. Now that the Germans are ahead of us, let them go to the death first. It is also necessary to inform the 12th Army that it must be ready to fully press and liberate Lviv on the 16th. ”

Zhukov understood that this could be seen as a strategic issue from a political perspective, but if he waited for the Germans to occupy Lviv and then officially gave it to himself, it would be perfect from a tactical point of view, and he would be able to achieve his goal by being forced to fight to the death, but from a strategic point of view, he would lose completely miserably. Lin Jun wanted to press on it in one fell swoop when the German-Polish armies were exhausted, and rightfully became the liberator of Lviv.

Lin Jun wanted to take Lviv in one go, as long as his troops began to attack, the German army over there would naturally retreat, but the casualties were not easy to estimate, and he didn't expect the defenders of Lviv to surrender smoothly. But in strategic considerations, the results of the German handouts were not what they and the Soviets wanted.

For the current problem, different commanders will have different ways to solve it, and the way may be completely opposite, it all depends on everyone's different style, Lin Jun is looking for a middle point that is difficult to grasp. Everyone thinks differently, maybe someone in Moscow will very much agree with his decision, others will scold themselves for being a coward, and more likely, neither side will please either.

When tactics and strategy don't have the best of both worlds, it's like dancing on two eggs, and one is not going to break them all.

It was cool to take Lviv in one go, but the casualties caused by it could have been avoided, and none of the decision-makers could have been asked: "Why didn't you come to liberate us and wait for the invaders to occupy our city?!" You would have been by chance! Why?! ”

If Lin Jun is not here, let Zhukov decide alone that he may strictly order the troops to take Lviv in one go, that is his style, and the commander-in-chief will obviously think more.

There are many problems with the collision of two forces head-on, and more problems do not come from the military side, and the troops advancing in all directions have already encountered one major problem today - refugees.

The influx of a large number of Polish refugees into Western Belarus and Western Ukraine has not only caused trouble for the army's march, but also a series of problems brought by the refugees have now been placed in front of Lin Jun. A small number of refugees are Ukrainians and Belarusians, they are easy to solve, the Soviets have enough land and jobs to settle them, and a large part of those Poles will become citizens of the Soviets in the future. There are special personnel to deal with political issues, and they have been considered and arranged before the army, so Lin Jun should not worry about it.

What he needed to solve most now was how to temporarily settle the livelihood of those huge and unaccompanied refugees, whose food needs alone were astronomical every day, and which he had to solve as a commander-in-chief. If we do a good job, we will be able to provide the Soviets with a large number of new people, but if we do not do it well, it will cause turmoil and bury hidden dangers! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )