An hour after the signing of the Surrender Agreement, an infantry division of the 12th Infantry Corps of the 13th Infantry Army, which belonged to Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev, moved into Lviv and took over the positions inside and outside the city from the troops of Surrender. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At 5 p.m., Tyulenev also deliberately made a simple entry into the city, and when the orderly infantry entered the city, they were greeted by the Ukrainian citizens, and the streets became a sea of flowers. After a few days of carrying a heart finally relaxed, the citizens already knew that they were now citizens of the Soviets again, and that the Germans in the west could not dare to fight the Soviets under any circumstances.

The soldiers sang Ukrainian folk songs in Ukrainian, the same songs were heard among the citizens of Lviv on both sides of the street, and the troops entering the city were all ethnic Ukrainians - several of which had been organized in each army group at the beginning of the year in order to increase national affinity. In contrast to the Ukrainians, there are the bitter Polish citizens, many of whom prefer to stay at home rather than on the streets, for whom they are already dead.

The former Polish garrison, which had heroically defended Lviv for several days, withdrew from its positions as soon as the Red Army moved in, and like the last Roman legions, they withdrew from Lviv with the same pace for the last time, and went to a makeshift camp 10 kilometers to the east for reorganization.

When they appeared, the citizens of the Polish ethnic group, who had deliberately hid, appeared in the streets, seeing them off with cries and tears. It happened that the two troops met in the streets.

The commander of the colonel of the Red Army who led the team into the city signaled his troops to stand in place: "Listen to my order, and the queue will lean to the left and right." ”

With a brush, the Red Army queue entering the city was divided on both sides, making way for the defenders of Lviv.

"Salute all!"

There were few Polish troops along the way that made the officers and soldiers of the 12th Army admire, but the unit in front of them still made them feel a trace of admiration, and it was still admirable as a soldier to be able to hold out for two days without taking a step back under the superior strength of the German army. Although in the end they surrendered, now they were also units of the Red Army, and they were entitled to accept this military salute, not to mention that the colonel knew that the "coincidental encounter" was completely arranged by the superiors.

Tyulenev did not overly embarrass the surrendered troops, allowing them to evacuate the city with their small arms, and the wounded will continue to be treated in hospitals in Lviv until they return from their wounds.

Ethnic Ukrainian officers and soldiers in the Lviv garrison will quickly adjust to their new identity, while others will need a long time to adjust. According to the negotiation agreement and Lin Jun's instructions, this force will belong to the 12th Army, and Tyulenev will not break up its formation, but will send a large number of political workers according to the instructions from above, and Lin Jun also promised him to send a group of Communists of ethnic Ukrainians to join this force as soon as possible.

"In less than half a year, this unit will become a real Red Army." Lin Jun, who was hundreds of kilometers away, was also discussing this issue.

"Those middle and high-ranking officers can be elevated, and if they can't do it, they will retire and go to the city to take up positions in government auxiliary departments."

Lin Jun agreed with Zhukov's suggestion, and it is estimated that those in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will do the same, but for the future mission of that force, Lin Jun is not limited to the issue of stabilizing Western Ukraine and Western Belarus.

"Poland no longer exists, and the fleeing Polish government is expected to eventually go into exile in the UK, and they will not stop there, and may become a tool for Britain and France and other countries to oppose us. In the future we will continue to the east, but that area is not suitable for our land, all of them are ethnic Poles, but they can support a communist nation and a state. ”

"The rebirth of a country cannot be done without an army, and it will be unstable if it is supported by us alone, and the troops in Lviv are the seed for the future to reorganize the democratic government of Poland. For a while he will be in the Red Army, and when the time is right, I would like to change the name of the unit to the Polish one, and of course his banner will be red, and it will be supplemented by Polish fighters who believe in communism, and let the comrades of the Polish Communist Party lead this unit together. ”

Zhukov had this doctrine in his mind when Lin Jun said that he wanted to incorporate the Lviv garrison, but he didn't bring it up, sometimes it's not a good thing to talk too much, what if Lin Jun didn't think of it?! Now it seems that this commander-in-chief is still looking far ahead, as far as the redistribution of forces in Europe. The German army that attacked Poland in the future, with such an army carrying the banner of liberating Poland, is bound to get twice the result with half the effort!

Politically, look farther and make more preparations, in exchange for a great reduction in casualties and the greatest political benefits! -- Zhukov felt that this idea was somewhat peculiar, and the commander-in-chief became more and more like a national commander-in-chief.

"All for everyone to be able to live the life I dreamed of." Zhukov thought of what Lin Jun said.

On 18 August, the two mountain divisions of Major General Dewig Kübler began to slowly withdraw westward, and the 12th Army gradually followed into the area where the Germans had withdrawn. The withdrawal of German troops coincided with the entry of a large number of political cadres into Western Belarus and Western Ukraine to take over the work of various levels of government. The Soviets did not lay off all the government functionaries of the Poles, and they were needed for the proper functioning of society, and if they did a good job, they would be able to retain their positions in the future.

The liberation of Lviv announced the liberation of all Western Belarus and Western Ukraine, and for a time all kinds of things came to the table, Lin Jun was in addition to the unified arrangement of the stationing and changing of guards of various troops, so he had to pay attention to local affairs and the hundreds of thousands of surrendered Polish soldiers and millions of refugees, the deployment of prisoner camps and refugee camps, the distribution of living materials, and the entire liberated area was full of trouble, and he was busy for a while.

All big problems need Lin Jun's decision, but fortunately, Moscow came to the rescue, and Alexander moved a small half of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a large number of people from other government departments to help Lin Jun.

"Comrade Stalin praised you for the incorporation of the Lviv garrison at the meeting, saying that you can see far in this move and play well!"

"There's no way to force it, otherwise you can really only let them lay down their weapons and make a full assault."

"Suddenly?"

"It's a shot. By the way, how to deal with the hundreds of thousands of surrendered Polish troops will be handed over to you, and the local affairs will also belong to you, I am not afraid of fighting, these tricks have made my head bigger. Lin Jun picked up a document: "Look at it, even the issue of food distribution in various refugee camps has to be decided by me, and none of the people in the group below dare to make a decision, and they don't have much experience." ”

"We have done a very good job militarily this time, but there are many other issues that need to be improved."

"There are a lot of issues that need to be summarized, and this can be said back to Moscow. Okay brother, this office is given to you for the time being, knowing that the hundreds of people you brought this time are shrunken Soviets, and there are a lot of capable people. ”

"You're going back to Moscow?"

"Early, I want to go to the newly liberated areas, first to Brest, the other day I said that I would award medals to the commanders of the troops who arrived first at the border. Besides, you also know the importance of Brest, which will be the most cutting-edge bridgehead in the future. Now the military operation can only be said to have completed the first part, and in the future we will not face the vulnerable Poles, but the elite German army, and I will not worry about not going to the west to inspect and guide. ”

Alexander did not oppose Lin Jun's decision, he was originally led by a group of people to solve the problem that Lin Jun, the military commander-in-chief, was difficult to solve, because the original temporary additional personnel for the westward expansion troops to deal with local affairs were insufficient, and the problem of those surrendered Polish troops and Polish refugees was thorny, and Stalin asked him, the NKVD, to suppress the battle to rest assured.

"Don't worry, go and inspect, here is Comrade Zhukov and me. According to the original plan, nothing can happen. ”

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Brest Fortress, an ancient fortress, a place that can make Lin Jun's blood boil. After more than 100 years of expansion and construction, Lin Jun was presented with a huge red fortification, which was composed of four independent islands separated by the Bug River and artificial canals, and the central castle was located in the center of the entire fortified area. The central fortress is bordered by the Terespil fortress to the southwest, the Volyn fortress to the south, and the Kobrin fortress to the north as a barrier. Each fortress is surrounded by rivers and is connected by bridges.

In his previous life, Lin Jun visited this place, and in order to be able to go to Brest, it cost Lin Jun's father a lot of money to apply for a visa for Belarus.

Today, Lin Jun came to this fortress as the master, and the first thing he did was to award the "temporary commander" who is now stationed in the fortress Oleg Alexandrovich Losik with the Order of the Red Banner.

Losik straightened his waist to accept the award, and when Lin Jun handed him the box containing the badge, he was stopped just as he wanted to salute Lin Jun.

"Don't be busy saluting, there's another one."

Losik didn't understand, a few days ago he was still worried about whether he would be severely punished for his reckless actions, but he didn't expect the news from Kiev that he was going to be awarded the "Red Banner" medal, which made him ecstatic, and he didn't expect that it was the commander-in-chief Comrade Andrei who awarded himself the medal.

"Another one?" I don't dare to ask.

"Because you commanded the troops to be the first to reach the border and liberate Brest, you were awarded the Order of the Red Banner. In recognition of your indomitable, resourceful and courageous actions in commanding troops during the liberation march, the Soviets awarded you the medal "Bravery". Lin Jun said and handed the second box to Tie Locke.

"Alright, Comrade Losik, it's time to show me around the fortress."

Gusev told Losik in private: "Do you know why you were awarded the Medal for Bravery? Because you made the Germans' most elite armored 19th Army suffer a dumb loss. (To be continued.) )