On July 7, the Eye of Odin reported to Lin Youde that the Russian army intended to retreat from Warsaw frontally, and at the same time, the Luftwaffe also reported to Lin Youde that it found that the movement of the Russian railway station was very strange, and the number of wagons at the station before nightfall did not match the number after nightfall for two consecutive days, and it was speculated that a large number of trains were sent out at night. At the same time, the Air Force also reported that some of the heavy artillery positions that had been repaired by the Russian army only months ago looked something wrong, and that there were noticeable signs of reduced movement of personnel on the ground - but the gun emplacements on these positions were camouflaged, making it difficult to see the condition on the gun emplacements.

It looks like the Russians are really planning to run away from Warsaw.

Lin Youde was a little surprised, he felt that the Russians would not give up the land they had sacrificed so much to occupy, so he didn't think about the Russians retreating at all.

I didn't expect that now the Russians are really going to smear oil on the soles of their feet.

Lin Youde sighed for a while, how the fighting nation didn't look like a fighting nation, and then picked up the phone.

"Take over the Command. I'm Lin Youde, you have a plan to launch an offensive against the Russian army in front of Warsaw, right? Very well, now make a diversionary plan on the basis of this plan, the goal is to make it impossible for the Russian army to retreat from us face-to-face. That's right, they're going to run. ”

After Lin Youde hung up the phone of the high command, he immediately called the air force command: "From today, the intensive bombing of railway junctions along the line from Poland to Minsk will be carried out, and all the bomber units of the Air Force that do not need to participate in the offensive against Donetsk will be dispatched. Furlough? All recalled, the goal is to destroy the transfer facilities, locomotives and train supply facilities of the railway hub, right. ”

After putting down the phone for the second time, Lin Youde looked up at the ceiling, touched his chin and thought for a while, and then picked up the phone for the third time: "Let Scholes come to my office." ”

Soon, a man with a fierce scar appeared in front of Lin Youde: "Your Excellency, you can tell me anything." ”

"Do you want to personally lead combat operations again?"

"Of course!" Scholes was overjoyed, Lin Youde had always forbidden him to participate in military operations in person before, and now he was suddenly banned, how could he not be happy!

"I want you to blow up a railway bridge over the Neman, which is in the city of Grodno, so you may have to blow it up in front of a large number of Russians. Of course you can move at night. I don't care about the details of the operation, you are solely responsible. I will ask the Air Force to provide you with aerial reconnaissance, and whatever means of delivery you want, I will satisfy you as soon as possible. My request was that the bridge must be broken for me within a week, and it could not be repaired. ”

"Leave it to me, Your Excellency. I'm good at blowing bridges. Scholes said confidently.

"Okay, you can start planning right away, you don't need my approval for the plan, go ahead."

After Scholes left, Ysera let out a sigh of relief, "I can't stand his fierce face. ”

"Really?" Lin Youde looked at his daughter with a smile, "But he is very popular with the ladies at the ball, and everyone thinks he is very manly." ”

"Maybe it's because I'm not old enough to go to prom." Ysera shrugged, "I'm still a little girl." ”

Lin Youde laughed.

**

Soon the Germans were in action, and the Luftwaffe flew more than 2,000 bombers in one day, dropping a large number of high-explosive bombs and napalm near the railway station in Bialystok, half of the city was set on fire, and the black columns formed by the smoke rose to a height of thousands of meters, which could be seen from a long distance.

At the same time, the artillery fire of the German front-line artillery also began to attack and bombard the roads, and the roads in Poland were already in a much worse condition than in Germany, and the huge craters caused by the artillery could more effectively prevent these roads from playing their due role.

At the same time as the Germans were moving, the Russian army was also constantly moving.

On July 10, the Russian army set fire to the city of Warsaw, apparently intending to allow the fire to cut off the connection between their positions and the German forces in order to cover their own evacuation from the city.

On July 11, the Germans launched a river crossing operation on the Vistula River north of Warsaw, and captured a large landing site, and then the Russian army immediately invested a group of troops to counterattack the landing field, but because the heavy artillery had been disassembled and evacuated, the Russian army, which lacked heavy firepower, failed to recapture the landing field, but let the German troops expand to both sides of the landing field, occupying about 15 kilometers of the riverbank, and the German combat sappers began to erect pontoon bridges.

On 13 July, the only mobile force at the disposal of Army Group A's command, the "White Scar" Panzer Division, crossed the Vistula River from a pontoon bridge and began to flank Warsaw.

On the same day, the assault group, which had been deployed around Lublin to take on the task of diversion, began to operate, and after two days of fierce fighting, this assault group, with only a small number of fully mechanized troops, finally broke through the multi-layered defense line of the Russian army.

On this same day, the railway bridge in Grodno was blown up, and the city's arsenal was burned, and the whole city was in chaos, and no one knew how many German troops had come, and then the rumor that the German paratroopers had occupied Grodno began to spread at a frantic pace - although most of the Russian soldiers did not know what the paratroopers were.

**

"We were able to blow up most of the baggage and let the soldiers go home on foot." "Fortunately, most of the heavy artillery had already been brought back to Belarus before the Germans found out about our actions," Govorov told Iron and Steel that most of the heavy artillery had already been brought back to Belarus before the Germans found out about our actions. ”

"If you retreat on foot, won't the Germans catch up and slaughter you?" Iron Ji asked worriedly.

"According to the information I have, most of the mechanized units of the German army have been transferred to Army Group B, and the mechanized range of Army Group A in front of us is not very high, and some of the newly replenished divisions can only rely on mules and horses to transport baggage. If all the Germans' forces had been mechanized, we wouldn't have to think about retreating now, because Lin Youde would definitely have Army Group A launch a similar offensive in central Poland at the same time as attacking Ukraine. We've been cut into small pieces and completely disintegrated. ”

"Is Lin Youde's mechanized troops really so powerful?"

Everyone turned their heads to look at the person who suddenly spoke, it was Fedor, who had just been transferred from the Far East? Ivanovic? Tolbukhin.

Despite the sudden attention, the general's staff officer was not timid, but continued to ask, "Could we overestimate Lin Youde and his army?" ”

"Maybe it's an overestimate," Govorov said, "but the assault power of Lin's armored forces is definitely not to be underestimated." And now our main opponents in Warsaw are mostly traditional infantry, and although the enemy is stronger than us in light weapons and communications, and the soldiers are superior, we still have a way to deal with it. The enemy's armored corps, and the offensive launched by relying on them, which Lin Youde called a rolling offensive, were not something we could deal with.

"Our intelligence and command systems simply don't have time to respond, and many times we don't even know where the enemy is, where the enemy has been lost and where there is no enemy, and we are completely confused. That's the terrible thing about the Panzer Corps and the rolling offensive launched by relying on the Panzer Corps, Fedor? Ivanovich. ”

"Understood," Tolbukhin nodded, "that is, it's not that the enemy is too strong, it's that we're too far behind, right?" ”

"Yes, we are still commanding the army with the same command system and tactical thinking as we did last time, and the enemy has found a new method of warfare after the defeat of the last time. I think the victory in the last war has made us rest on our laurels. ”

Govorov's words made many frown, but there were also a few slightly younger generals who showed expressions of approval.

At this time, Iron Ji said: "I don't care about what you said, I only care about how many troops you can withdraw now, and I need these troops for a decisive battle in South Russia in the future." ”

"The retreat is already underway, my lord." "But it is obviously unrealistic to hope that all the troops will be withdrawn, the Germans are now attacking everywhere, the front-line troops are almost unable to get out, and a German pantry division has been inserted behind Warsaw, not far from Masovssheminsk, and from the current situation, we may have to abandon the two armies in Warsaw, and at the same time one army group deployed along the Vistula and embedded in the German positions must also be abandoned." ”

"Three hundred thousand people in three armies were thrown away by you at once, if it wasn't for Natalia who recommended you, I would have let you go to hell a long time ago." Iron Ji said through gritted teeth.

In fact, most of the people here know that Govorov fought well, and the situation on the front line in Warsaw improved a lot after he took office, and Govorov also successfully built a pontoon bridge in the upper reaches of the Vistula River with heavy artillery, as long as he was given a little more time, maybe the Russian army could really complete the encirclement of Warsaw.

Iron Ji probably knows this very well, so he didn't really do anything to Govorov, otherwise even if it was Natalia's recommendation, Iron Ji would probably not hesitate to clean it up.

"Anyway," Iron Ji sighed, "you can withdraw as many troops in Poland as you can, and the retreat continues to be your responsibility, Govorov." Let me see if you're really as capable as Natalia says. ”

After Govorov sat down, Iron Ji watched the generals and cut straight to the next topic: "I am very dissatisfied with the progress of the preparations for the defense in the Tsaritsyn direction, it seems that I have chosen the wrong person in charge, I decided to demote him to private and send him to the front to fight. Who wants to take over this unlucky bastard? ”

The generals looked at each other.

At this time, a major general with his hair parted and looking more like a school teacher stood up.

"I'm going to take it, I'm familiar with things like conscription and troop formation."

Iron Ji stared at this person for a long time, obviously forgetting who this thing was, but she finally nodded: "Well, that's good." ”

Alexander? Mihainovich? In this way, Vasilevsky came to the place of his destiny in another time and space.