At 4:45 a.m. on August 1, 1939, the main guns of the battleship Schleswig-Holstein anchored at the Danzig pier began shelling Polish military targets on the Festertara Peninsula with a roar of death, and five minutes earlier, German bombers had repeated the scene they had staged in Guernica, Spain, in the Polish town of Wilen: the entire town was destroyed by 60 percent, and more than 1,200 people were killed by the bombing. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Luftwaffe targeted Polish troops, arsenals, airfields, railways, roads, and bridges. The Poles tasted the largest air strike in human history, with all important Polish cities and ports, including Warsaw, heavily bombed. One hour later, the German ground forces launched an attack on all fronts from the north, west and southwest. The close cooperation between the air and the ground allowed Poland and the whole world to experience the power of "blitzkrieg" for the first time.

The moment Stuka dropped the bomb, the greatest catastrophe in human history finally began! The eyes of the world are finally focused on Poland.

The Polish army did not foresee that it would face an air-ground attack of this magnitude, and the Polish air force was basically destroyed within 48 hours, countless heavy equipment of the army was destroyed, transportation hubs and command centers were destroyed, and the troops everywhere were thrown into chaos and fell into a situation of fighting on their own. Taking advantage of the situation, the Germans took advantage of the situation and quickly broke through the Polish lines from several major positions, led by armored and motorized units.

On the northern border of Poland, Guderian concentrated two armored divisions and two lightly armored divisions of Army Group "North" in which he was located, and went on a rampage and was unstoppable. Instead of directing his own armored group in the rear, he sat in an armored command vehicle and advanced with the vanguard, keeping in touch with his command organs and division commanders by radio, and on the day of the attack, he crushed the three infantry divisions of the "Vyshkuv" battle cluster in front of him.

Klug's 4th Army attacked from Pomerania to Haium, breaking through the Polish Army "Pomerania" in two days in the "Polish Corridor", and on 4 August the forward troops advanced to the vicinity of Vistula.

Von Küchler's 3rd Army attacked south from East Prussia, and on 7 August the main force reached the Narev River.

On the same day, Army Group "South" launched an all-out assault on Tarnow, Krakow, Peter Kufu, and Lodz, and the three Polish armies "Lodz," "Krakow," and "Carpathian" were no opponents at all, and were completely defeated within a week, and the "Prussian" Army Group went into battle before it could complete its assembly, and was completely annihilated by Army Group South. On 8 August, the advance units of Army Group "South" approached the outskirts of Warsaw.

Poland's only geographical advantage on the border was in the Eastern Carpathian region, from where the Germans would have to pay heavy losses to break through the Polish defenses, but the Polish defenders here were defeated faster and more completely than their compatriots on the plains - the 1st Mountain Division, the most elite of the German infantry, annihilated the two Polish infantry regiments defending the Durak Pass at an almost negligible cost (less than 100 casualties) on August 1, Occupy this important Polish mountain pass choke point with nearby Sanok. Immediately afterwards, the 2nd Mountain Division, together with the left flank, advanced rapidly northeast along the flat Vistula River valley through the Dulac Pass, aiming at Lviv, the capital of the Galician region and the second largest city in Poland.

At 10 a.m. on August 1, Hitler, dressed in an army-gray suit, appeared at the Kroll Opera House for an impromptu Reichstag session, the first time he had not worn a Nazi uniform in a Reichstag session.

Since the Reichstag was held on an impromptu basis, many parliamentarians who were not in Berlin could not attend at all, and if the normal procedure had been followed, Hitler would have faced a sparse crowd, but Hitler clearly had his own solution.

Many of the deputies who came to the meeting found themselves surrounded by fresh faces, some even young, and like them, "members of the Reichstag of the Third Reich": many SS members of Hitler and Goering's Guard changed into Nazi Party uniforms and temporarily filled their seats as parliamentarians, "approving" Hitler's decision to declare war on Poland.

Hitler was warmly welcomed by the parliamentarians, and it was Goering who opened the meeting, and Hitler consistently delivered a passionate speech, angrily denouncing the despicable Polish attack on Germany, and loudly declaring that all this was now a struggle for the survival of the German people.

Not only parliamentarians but also diplomats from various countries were invited to attend the meeting: the faces of the British and French representatives became more and more ugly, and from time to time the Italian and Japanese ambassadors burst into warm applause from the side boxes.

The outcome was, of course, as expected, as all the parliamentarians rose from their seats to express their approval of the war, and the chairman of the conference, Goering, declared: "Unanimous approval!" ”

News of the conference's decision to go to war quickly spread throughout Berlin, and crowds began to appear on Unter den Linden, declaring to the Führer with their cheers: "The German people choose war." ”

On 3 August, the "appeasement" of Britain and France towards Germany finally came to fruition: Henderson and Collendre handed over the final diplomatic note to Ribbentrop: Britain and France declared war on Germany.

Hitler was furious at the Anglo-French decision, roaring in front of Ribbentrop, Hess, Goebbels, Himmler and others: "The Poles are a bunch of wretched, nothing-accomplished, braggart fellows!" The British know the law of the strong, and they are our teachers when dealing with the lower peoples! The Czechs and Poles, these scoundrels, are not at all any better than the Sultans and Indians! Recognize them as sovereign states?! It's unheard of! -- Just because this time it is Germany's interests that are at stake, not Britain's? The starting point of my whole British policy is the recognition of a fait accompli on both sides, and now they want to crucify me to the pillar of shame and despicable! ”

At night, Hitler left Berlin in his own special train, and he set up his headquarters on the German-Polish border near Pomerania, and the new Führer's base camp was his "Führer's special train", because he, like most of the generals, believed that the French offensive was expected to be launched in half a month at the latest, so that he could not only command the troops to fight at any time, but also quickly transfer the headquarters.

However, the development of the situation was much more than Hitler and politicians and military strategists all over the world expected: after breaking through the Polish defense line, the German army broke through the Polish defense line and advanced at a high speed of 50 to 60 kilometers a day into the heart of Poland. Although the Poles were stubbornly resisting, fighting horses and spears with tanks, rifles and artillery, they struggled desperately again and again, and resistance was in vain.

And in the west of Germany, Britain and France planted millions of troops on the Western Front, but they were always behind the fortifications, holding their troops still, declaring no war, except for a small-scale tentative attack, there was no war on the entire Western Front!

On 6 August, the Polish government hastily evacuated Warsaw and moved to Lublin. On 8 August, the German Panzer Division reached the outskirts of Warsaw.

The whole world is dropping glasses, except for Lin Jun and the people in the command, Lin Jun has already made everyone understand that once the German army attacks, it will be overwhelming in momentum and speed, and Poland's military strength is only enough for Hitler.

After the news of the declaration of war by Britain and France on Germany on August 3 spread around the world, the Kremlin sent a telegram to Lin Jun, and there was only one question mark in the message, and Lin Jun replied without thinking about it.

"Is it time?"

"No, wait."

The simple contact between Stalin and Lin Junjian could not be simpler, and only two symbols were used back and forth, and it is estimated that it will become an episode that is often mentioned in history, and now the German ambassador to the Soviet Union is looking for Molotov every day to urge the Soviet Union to march into the army, and Molotov is playing Tai Chi.

On the night of August 6, a telegram from the embassy in Warsaw was placed on Lin Jun's desk.

"Convene all the personnel of the command of the command of the Ukrainian Front, and in 20 minutes a meeting will be held in the conference room."

For the liberation of the march, the Kiev Military District and the Belarusian Military District formed the Ukrainian Front (with the 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th armies, the cavalry mechanized group and the 23rd separate infantry army). and the Belarusian Front (with the 5th, 6th, and 12th armies), each army group and cavalry mechanized group directly organized an aviation battle group, and the commander of the military district served as the commander of the front, and Lin Jun played the role of the base camp, which shows that Stalin attached great importance to Lin Jun on this issue.

Lin Jun was the last to walk into the conference room, and saw that everyone was already seated, no nonsense, and cut straight to the point: "We have made all the preparations, and now the time has come." The Polish government fled Warsaw this afternoon, and in order to protect the lives and property of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus, I order! All the personnel stood up at the same time, and there was still a trace of excitement in everyone's serious expressions, "At 5 o'clock tomorrow, the Ukrainian and Belarusian fronts will march!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Commander! For the Soviets! ”

After Lin Jun finished speaking, he walked out of the headquarters, except for Gu Shev, who came with him, the others went to their posts. All the detailed plans have been simulated many times, and there is no need to repeat them more, and Lin Jun is going to call Comrade Stalin and inform him of the decision to march into the army, and the news of the liberation march will appear on the front page of Pravda at six o'clock tomorrow.

Pravda and the printing house will be sealed off today, and the comrades in Moscow, like those in command here, will have a sleepless night with the strictest discipline.

At 4:55 a.m., Lin Jun stood on the rostrum in the square outside the headquarters, a telephone connecting all the commanders at or above the division level in front of him was placed next to him, and in front of him were the fully armed infantry of the entire two regiments under the stage as a reserve and about to leave for the border.

"Comrades, do you remember the Battle of Warsaw? Remember the heroic martyrs who fell at the guns of the bourgeoisie and died under the city of Warsaw?! ”

A whole 6,000 people replied with an earth-shattering response: "We remember!" ”

"Eighteen years ago, the bourgeoisie took advantage of the fire and forced us to cede Western Ukraine and Western Belarus to bourgeois Poland, where our people have been enslaved by the bourgeoisie for 18 years! It's time for reckoning! Now Comrade Stalin and I order you to go and liberate the enslaved people there! Are you ready?! ”

"We're ready!"

"Let's go!"

The troops did not move, and the sound of "Ula" resounded in the sky one after another.

Lin Jun's hand pointed to the west, and the square immediately fell silent, and the troops began to move.

Lin Jun looked at the time and took the microphone handed over by Gusev, his words just now and the answers of the soldiers had been clearly transmitted to the front line through the microphone.

"I am Deputy People's Commissar of Defense Andrei Nikolayevich Plunyakov, and now I order, liberation marches!"

Less than a minute after Lin Jun gave the order, the Red Army, which marched more than 800 kilometers from Drissa in the north and Kamenets-Podolysk in the south, had already crossed the border imposed on the Soviets by the bourgeoisie 18 years earlier.

Some of the Red Army's T34 tanks had appeared in front of the Polish border guards a few days earlier, and in the past few days, the Polish army has been "informed" of the latest advance of the German army in Poland with hundreds of oversized loudspeakers, all in order to break the morale of the Polish army and minimize unnecessary losses.

And since the middle of the night last night, the loudspeakers have been propagating Soviet policy: the border is to protect the people of Western Belarus and Western Ukraine, not to harm the inhabitants of the region and the troops whose government has fled the capital.

Zhukov had no objection to Lin Jun's wanton psychological warfare before the attack, although he would risk that the Poles would not figure it out and give them time to organize resistance, but there would be more places where the problem should be resolved peacefully on the border, and in general, it would still be able to reduce losses, and besides, the personnel of the command did not take the Polish army into account, even if there was a military conflict, it could be easily resolved.

There was always a place to resist to the end, and the Polish troops stationed in a small fortress between Shepetovka and Rivne, Poland, did not choose to lay down their arms, and the moment the T34 rushed across the border, the commander ordered the anti-tank guns to open fire.

Five minutes later, the fortress hit at least 200 shells of more than 122 mm caliber and was completely leveled. At the edge of the ruins, a steady stream of Red Army units bypassed the ruins and set foot on the land of Western Ukraine. (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.) )