Chapter 105: The Capture of Warsaw (4)
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"My little turnip, you're a genius of war! How can you risk your life, don't you know that Germany needs you, I need you? You must be safe! ……”
Zhang Jun's SS army was deployed, but the desperate counterattack arranged by the Polish army was about to begin.
Marshal Roci of Poland mobilized a large number of troops for counter-encirclement, if Marshal Rotz's battle plan was successful, it is likely that the first armored corps of the SS will be completely annihilated under the city of Warsaw.
Marshal Rotz arranged his troops in this way, the total strength of the entire Poland was more than 1.6 million, and the reserve force was more than 1 million, and Poland used 1 million troops in the German-Soviet border area, and the rest of the troops were placed on the Polish-Soviet border, and now Poland was attacked by Germany from three directions, and Marshal Rotz planned to use his 700,000 troops to block the German attack.
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 transferred two or three fully equipped elite divisions to attack the German SS in Warsaw in the north, west, and south, and at the same time urgently sent one division of troops back to Warsaw in the "Vychków" campaign group (three infantry divisions), which was more than 100 kilometers east of Warsaw, and set off overnight. Zhang Jun's 1st SS Panzer Corps could not launch an attack overnight, all the soldiers still needed to rest after ten hours of attacking, Poland chose to march at night, it could also avoid German bombing, if this Polish division could advance lightly and the traffic was smooth, it was entirely possible to reach Warsaw at 10 o'clock at dawn, but Luo Ci, who made the battle plan, did not consider other factors.
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 the SS and Poland arranged their own troop arrangements, the Polish army set off overnight, and the 1st SS Panzer Corps set up a circular defensive position after running for ten hours, which was already very tired, and it can be said that in addition to the supplementary division sending a large number of sentinels, the other units of the 1st SS Panzer Corps completely entered a sweet dream, and they must rest well so that the soldiers can have plenty of energy to fight.
The golden light shines through the gaps in the morning glow and sprinkles on the grass growing in the brown earth, and the light that pierces the clouds is like golden threads, crisscrossing and sewing the 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 army 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, and 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 order, and it was impossible to make major adjustments, even if Germany wanted to adjust, it was impossible for the Wehrmacht to attack and advance 200 kilometers in a short time, Logistics and fuel could not keep up, and tanks that had lost fuel could only be used as pillboxes, and it was impossible for the strict Wehrmacht to take such a risk, that was not their combat style.
The Polish army's northern, eastern, and southern anti-encirclement forces were on time to reach the first ten kilometers of the SS ring defensive position, but a Polish division that went to reinforce Warsaw encountered great trouble, because the citizens fleeing from Warsaw flocked to the road, and all kinds of vehicles blocked the road, and the reinforced division saw that the road was in this situation, and quickly ordered the soldiers to abandon the car and walk, this order was undoubtedly very correct, but the Polish division commander did not want to discard heavy weapons such as artillery, because the German tanks were powerful, If the Polish army loses these heavy weapons such as anti-tank guns, it will also seek death.
In this way, the Polish army division that reinforced Warsaw gave up the road and began the painful march in the way of horse-drawn horses, Poland is a plain, even if there is no road, most places can pass through heavy weapons such as artillery, but in this way, the march speed of the Polish army division that reinforced Warsaw has completely slowed down, and it can advance five kilometers per hour even if it is a very fast speed, you must know that this Polish army division is more than 100 kilometers away from Warsaw, even if they march for 12 hours in a row, they can only walk 60 kilometers, It was impossible for them to enter the city of Warsaw before dawn.
The SS planes that were reconnoitring in the air in the morning discovered this Polish division intending 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 planes also discovered that the Nareel Army had sent about three divisions to reinforce Warsaw in a fan-shaped and rapid manner, and that it was still more than 200 kilometers away.
The news that the Polish army was surrounded from several sides was quickly sent to Zhang Jun's hands, at this time Zhang Jun was alone in the army command post, Rommel had already gone to his "Viking Division", Zhang Jun asked the combat staff officer to quickly mark the position of the Polish army in several aspects on the map, Zhang Jun's eyes saw that the Polish army pressed up from its north, east and south directions, according to the information sent by the general headquarters, the Polish army from these three directions was nearly 300,000 people, it seems that Poland's Marshal Roci was determined to eat the 1st SS Panzer Army.
Zhang Jun 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, this is the most dangerous enemy of the SS 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 SS soldiers will have to be sacrificed to annihilate them, whether they can be annihilated or not.
If the SS was stuck in 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 300,000-strong Polish army, once that situation occurred, it would be a catastrophe for the first SS armor, and Zhang Jun would certainly not let such a situation occur.
"Ordered all the planes of the 1st SS Panzer Army Aviation Division to take off in three batches, to bomb the direction of Vychkov with two batches of planes, and another batch of planes to bomb the direction of Narel, with an interval of 30 minutes between each batch, all carrying ground bombs, including the "Sixth Master" also carrying two ground bombs, to bomb the Polish infantry division east of Warsaw with the intention of reinforcing Warsaw, and told Hartmann that if a Polish reinforcement arrived in Warsaw, he would go to the military prison and stay. ”
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Zhang Jun is the second time to give such an order, because the current situation is indeed very dangerous in the eyes of everyone, even thousands of miles away in London, England, Montgomery and Churchill and France's Charles de Gaulle, in addition to the two American generals Eisenhower and MacArthur, they were sent by Roosevelt to Britain to conduct a strategic assessment of the European war, in fact, these two people were sent by Roosevelt to check the actual situation, and then the US president determined the national strategic plan according to the reports of the two of them. For example, the United States should stand on that side and gain the most, and when the United States will gain the most from entering the war.
The Yankees have a long-term strategic vision, otherwise a country that has only been established for such a short time may rise so magically, and the country that can rise must have the conditions and reasons for its rise, and the same is true for its defeat.
Several of the most famous figures in later generations began the battle flag deduction in the British Ministry of Defense, they have been deduced in the British Ministry of Defense for a day, the Polish army's troop layout is not a big problem, the regular arrangement, a few of them at the beginning of the war thought so, as a result, the progress of the war situation made these later famous generals stunned, all the German army used a new type of tactics "blitzkrieg" to easily break through the Polish army's defensive line, the most exaggerated is the German SS 1st Panzer Army, in ten hours, He actually broke through several lines of defense of the Polish army in a row, and then ran wildly for more than 300 kilometers.
Zhang Jun, the commander of the 1st Panzer Corps of the SS, these people are of course also familiar with them, and even specially studied the characteristics of Zhang Jun's use of troops on the Chinese battlefield, and they defined Zhang Jun as:
"Bold with troops, daring to take risks, fond of encircling the enemy with three-dimensional blitzkrieg of armored forces and air force, quick breakthrough and division, this person attaches great importance to coordinated operations between tanks, infantry, aircraft, artillery."
These famous generals of later generations couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw the German SS First Panzer Army advancing so lightly, and they all thought in their hearts, this Nazi SS is really arrogant, does he really think that one SS and one Panzer Army are invincible? What is the difference between attacking an army in front of a fortified city, surrounded by a heavily armed enemy, and isolated, and looking for death. ”
Therefore, several later famous generals in the British Ministry of Defense quickly came to a surprisingly unanimous conclusion that Zhang Jun, the head of the German Equipment Department and the commander of the First Panzer Army of the SS, was a war "idiot", purely risking the lives of soldiers to send them to death, such a general is not an "idiot" or anything, and there has never been a general who can be so arrogant, he is simply an out-and-out "idiot" and a "stupid pig" commander.