The battle continues. In the battle of encircling and annihilating the 10th and 12th divisions of the Polish Wehrmacht, although the 7th and 8th divisions of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army, which had just been formed, had many recruits and although their weapons and equipment were not complete, the officers and men of these two divisions made up for the shortcomings in experience and weapons with their tenacious will to fight, and a large number of combat heroes emerged!

In the early hours of July 1, cold rain fell. The 2nd Battalion of the 82nd Regiment of the 8th Division, approaching the position, collided head-on with a mobile detachment of the Polish defenders in the rain and fog. After the tragic hand-to-hand fighting, the second battalion suffered heavy casualties, but the officers and men did not hesitate, and then rushed forward, directly rushing to the enemy's position, this group of enemies used a wall to build a strong offensive, heavy machine gun fire was extremely fierce, so that the second battalion could not raise its head at all.

At that time, the platoon commander Barda led the second squad to approach the enemy along a ditch, and the fighters around him kept people falling, and finally only Barda rushed to the wall alone, he plugged the explosive bag through the shooting hole of the defenders, but was quickly pushed out by the defenders, Barda did not hesitate to stuff the explosive bag again, and blocked the shooting hole with his chest regardless of it!

With a violent explosion, a gap was blown in the wall, and the officers and men of the 5th Company swarmed in tears shouting slogans of revenge for Badar, and in one fell swoop leveled the enemy.

Bundayan, the demoman of the 3rd Company of the 80th Regiment, blew up several enemy fortifications in succession, and then fiercely fired at the counter-charging enemy with a machine gun.

The commander of the second platoon of the 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 81st Regiment, Zifu, led the assault group to be the first to rush into the breakthrough and engaged in a fierce battle with the defenders only one wall away, and the grenades of the defenders inside the wall were thrown intensively. The assault group was soon left with Ziv and two fighters.

The three of them took advantage of the ruins to make a detour forward. Finally, they rushed all the way to the core position of the enemy's 10th Division. Ziv fired heavily at the windows of the 10th Division, and then shouted: "You are surrounded! ”

Frightened, Sesnau Skiston panicked and fled south surrounded by more than 300 officers and soldiers. On the way, a bullet pierced his chest, killing the formidable Master.

At the same time, Arendris was also beaten and fled in panic. A squad leader of the 8th Division named Strull led a combat group to catch up with a big fat man with glasses.

After a flurry of fire, Strull shouted, "You're surrounded." Shoot or kill, stand up and follow me! ”

But the fat man got up and ran, and Straul shouted again: "If you run again, I'll shoot!" ”

As soon as he heard this, the fat man fell to the ground again and shouted, "Don't fight!" Don't hit! ”

Escorting the fat man was a great trouble for Strul, for the dead fat man was as timid as a mouse, and when he heard the slightest movement, he lay on the ground and refused to get up. After being escorted to the regimental headquarters, Deputy Regiment Commander Cohen asked, "Name, rank, position?" ”

The dead fat man, who was as timid as a mouse, trembled for a long time before he held back a sentence: "I surrender, I confess!" I am Belikov, deputy commander of the 12th Division......"

The deputy division commander is this virtue. It is conceivable how much combat effectiveness this division can have, in fact, this poor fat man was abandoned by Arendris because he was too fat and too slow. At this time, the master was also in a frightened and bad mood. In the previous run. Unfortunately, he was injured in the butt by a shell, and a piece of hot shrapnel was inserted into his chrysanthemum, and it hurt so much that he couldn't sit or stand.

At this moment, most of his positions were occupied by the 8th Division of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army in front of him. By the morning of July 1, the villages defended by the 341st Regiment had broken through, all the regimental commanders and below were captured, and only more than 40 officers and men were able to escape. At noon, the 340 regiment abandoned its positions and ran to the division headquarters for refuge. After the 340th Regiment retreated, the 342nd Regiment withdrew from its position without asking for instructions because its flanks were exposed.

What happened next made Arendris, who was suffering from injuries, even more annoyed: his adjutant told the motorists to get the cars ready, because the master was going to scold the commander of the 342nd Regiment who had retreated without permission. Due to the lack of gasoline, the car soldier was afraid that there would not be enough gas, so he did not start the car, and when Arendris got into the car, he could not catch fire.

At this time, the East Prussian People's Liberation Army launched an attack on the 340th Regiment, and the officers and men of the 340th Regiment, who were already in shock, saw that the division commander seemed to be about to "run away", and the people's hearts immediately dispersed. The officers and men of the 340th Regiment couldn't care about continuing to resist at all, and directly began to run away, as a result, the entire position of the guide zhì completely collapsed, and the Eighth Division, which was inserted by the situation, picked up a big bargain!

Poor Arendris managed to escape from the tiger's mouth by relying on Route 11, at that time, the chief of staff easily gathered some of the rout, but Arendris did not allow the soldiers of the 340th Regiment to approach his headquarters, the reason was naturally that he was frightened by this unreliable force.

As a result, the frightened officers and men of the 340th Regiment were sent to the foremost villages to build fortifications. Two battalions of the 342nd Regiment, an engineer battalion, an artillery battalion, and two companies of divisional units were organized together to defend the second line of defense.

Beginning on July 2, officers and men of the 8th Division of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army began to attack around the clock, just one kilometer from the Arendris Command. Arendris, on the other hand, continued to send small forces for short assaults, but still could not stop the rapid extension of the Eighth Division. In the end, the 340 regiment was cut off from transportation and telephones. Then, the position of the 342nd Regiment also began to be eaten little by little.

Arendris recalled: "The enemy forces were working with urgency during the day, employing infiltration tactics, attacking every day before dusk, charging and striking all night long, without stopping...... At that time, the short soldiers were in close contact, the sound of shouting and killing was endless, the position was reported lost, and bad news was frequent. On 2 and 3 July, the troops ran out of ammunition and food, and even though the mules and horses that were killed and wounded were cooked, there was little porridge and too many monks, and it was of no avail. ”

That night, while Arendris was having dinner, the deputy commander of the 342nd regiment, Vimos, reported to him on the phone: "The regimental commander (Shechtes) left his troops and ran away, and someone saw him going in the direction of the division headquarters, I have repelled the enemy, and I ask the division commander to order the regimental commander to come back quickly and calm the army." ”

Before he could finish speaking, Shechtes suddenly came. Arendris glared in anger. Drop your knife and fork. Pointing at Shechtes and yelling, "You dog! ”

Seeing that things are not good. Shehites, who was pushed by the chief of staff of the division, hurriedly ran away.

In this case, if you can hold your ground, it will be a miracle. Sure enough, during the night of the day, the positions of the 342nd Regiment were captured.

In desperation, Arendris could only order his chief of staff to organize the death squads to regain their positions, but several sorties by the death squads ended in failure, not only failure. The troops directly under the division also consumed the last of their strength.

Let's put it this way, Arendris's division headquarters was full of wounded soldiers - wounded everywhere, some in Baotou and some in their feet, or lying on their stomachs, some moaning, some swearing, bloodstained, pus-smoking, miserable, unbearable to see.

During the battle to attack the positions of the 342 regiment. The officers and men of the 8th Division of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army actually launched a charge with 5 tanks - the Entente had just come to the aid of Pilsudski, and the FT-17, which was originally intended for the Vovomin offensive, was intercepted by the 1st Cavalry Division halfway. I heard that the Eighth Division was working hard to fortify the fortifications. Immediate support was given to the brother troops.

Poor Poles did not know that their Excellency the President had become the captain of a transport brigade. Therefore, when they saw the tanks on the battlefield, it was easy to think that it was the help of the Allies, when a Polish company commander with his remnants of the army excitedly surrounded them, and the whole force was suddenly turned into honeycomb coal.

Seeing this, Alberman, the commander of the 80th Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 8th Division, disguised himself as a French officer and ordered the tanks to be driven directly to the forward positions of the enemy's 12th Division.

Suddenly, the sound of motors came from far and near, and five tanks drove straight to about 30 meters in front of our position, and a man with half of his body shouted in a French accent: "We are the tank unit of the World People's Volunteer Army, and we have been ordered to reinforce you, where is your division commander?" ”

At that time, all the Poles on the position stood up from the trenches to see, and Arendris also came out of the command post and walked to the bunker, and after a few glances, he waved excitedly and shouted: "I am the division commander Arendris......"

As soon as the words fell, the five tanks did not hesitate to fire five shots at Arendris, and the poor fellow saw Hades in a daze before he could understand the situation.

At this time, Pilsudski in Warsaw realized that the situation had completely exceeded his estimates, and if the reinforcements were delayed any longer, the 10th and 12th divisions would be annihilated. Even the remaining 30th, 34th and 11th divisions are probably in danger.

So on the night of July 3, Pilsudski issued a new battle plan to his troops: the 30th, 34th, and 11th Divisions continued to hold the enemy in front of them, and if possible, they must move closer to each other. The 27th Division, in conjunction with the 1st and 2nd Militia Divisions, broke away from the Vovomin battlefield and quickly moved northwest to relieve the 10th and 12th Divisions.

In order to make the 27th Division obediently obey the order, Pilsudski was a combination of grace and power, on the one hand to put pressure on Khachanov, and on the other hand, he also reminded him implicitly - as long as you obey the order, glory and wealth are great!

However, after receiving the order, Khachanov was in a dilemma. The wealth is hot, the Jews are menacing, and the 10th and 12th divisions are surrounded in a day or two, where is the determination so easy to shake?

Moreover, the troops assigned to him were also a bad card, the 27th Division had already consumed a lot of money after repeated battles, and urgently needed to rest and recuperate, at this time, they rushed forward against the enemy's front, and the officers and soldiers below were very strict about the enemy.

Let's talk about the 1st and 2nd divisions of the militia, these two divisions are simply shelf troops that were hastily put together before the campaign was launched. Each division has only about four battalions of combat troops, and more than half of the militia have no weapons, and the low combat effectiveness coupled with the lack of combat experience can be said that these two divisions are simply full, and as soon as the guns go off, they will scatter.

However, Pilsudski's order this time was under considerable pressure, and the Entente bloc had endorsed the goods, and they had to carry it out, and Khachanov thought for a long time, and could only sigh and then go on the road in a huff.

Before going on the road, he sighed sadly: "I'm afraid that this time I will go to the meat bun and beat the dog, and there will be no return!" ”

When Khachanov took his troops on the road, a coincidence suddenly happened, because at this time a unit of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army also collided with them head-on.

It was said earlier that for the East Prussian People's Liberation Army, the goal of this battle was not to annihilate one or two divisions of the Poles. Rather, it is necessary to completely package the living forces of Poland in one fell swoop. So after basically getting the 10th and 12th divisions done. The 10th Division of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army, which had been serving as a reserve, suddenly moved forward. The purpose was to cut off the enemy's 30th and 34th divisions from the enemy's contact with the enemy in the vicinity of Vovomin. The Polish army on the battlefield was completely cut in two, creating conditions for future division and encirclement.

At 3 a.m. on 4 July, in the darkness of the night, two opposing teams suddenly collided three kilometers southeast of Joseph U. The unprepared generals on both sides were taken aback: within five kilometers of the center of Joseph U, the troops of the two warring sides were already tangled together, and neither of them knew where they were coming from or how many troops they had.

Vidanov, commander of the 1st Militia Division, received reconnaissance reports that the numbers of five enemy battalions had appeared in front of him. One of the troops was only three miles from the division headquarters, and Claudio, the commander of the 10th Division of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army, was also surprised to find that a large force of the Polish army was only separated from his headquarters by a ditch.

Claudio did not hesitate and immediately launched his troops to carry out the attack. After some exchange of fire, the 1st Militia Division immediately retreated.

The sudden occurrence of the battle between Joseph and Ukraine made Pilsudski feel happy. If he hadn't intercepted the enemy, his troops would have been cut in two, and they would have to be slaughtered on a chopping block.

Fortunately, Pilsudski and Khachanov also broke out in a cold sweat. They knew that the militia divisions were poor in combat and could not withstand the attacks of any of the Jewish troops. The only one that can be relied on is the 27th Division. So, Pilsudski personally ordered. Let Khachanov be sure to withstand the enemy's attack and rush the 29th Division to support.

Claudio, the commander of the 10th Division, was also a fierce general, and in the face of a large number of enemy sieges, he said contemptuously: "It's just a bunch of local chickens and dogs, this is really God wants Lao Tzu to eat meat!" ”

The 10th Division fought resolutely and decisively at Joseph and Ukraine, and fierce fighting broke out at the front of all units, with heavy casualties on both sides of the battle. Davidovich, the deputy commander of the 6th Company, who was later awarded the "Order of Heroes", was killed in this battle.

At that time, his unit was fiercely attacked by the enemy, the company commander was seriously wounded, and the three platoon commanders were also honored by two. In an extremely difficult situation, Davidovich led the few remaining fighters of the sixth company to rush forward. On the way to the impact, Davidovich was pierced through the chest by several bullets, and after being wounded and fell, he got back to his feet and stumbled towards the enemy group with a bunch of grenades......

Davidovich was fair-skinned, tall, handsome and handsome, and as a top student at Oxford University, he could have comfortably worked as a lawyer in England and could enjoy life leisurely. But for the sake of national independence, he resolutely gave up this qiē and threw his pen from Rong to the battlefield.

When Davidovich died, his shirt was soaked with blood, but his face was still so white. The comrades-in-arms found that the deputy company commander had a family photo in his right pocket and an unfinished letter in his left pocket.

The letter was addressed to his mother in London, in which he wrote: "Military life is difficult and dangerous compared to life in London, but I have never regretted it, mother...... I will never forget the pictures that were published in the newspapers, and I will never forget the humiliated compatriots...... The thought of the suffering of millions of my compatriots makes me restless...... Knowledge has changed my personal destiny, but it cannot change the destiny of other compatriots, and I can only be happy when they can live happily and happily as I do! And now, I'm getting closer and closer to that happiness......"

At that time, the only difference between Poles and Jews was here. While the Jewish officers were leading the charge with all their might, the Polish officers cowered and hid behind like old men.

In the battle of Joseph and Ukraine, the Poles also tried to take a stand, and Khachanov personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, and he ordered the organization of death squads by the following means: "Three levels in a row, a bounty of 10,000." "At first, it was required to sign up voluntarily, but only seven of the more than 8,000 people in the entire division signed up, so it was changed to a higher designation.

After a tossing and turning, more than 100 people were "beaten" by the death squad and jumped out of their positions tremblingly, and sneakily marched towards the position of the 10th Division like thieves.

Faced with this laughable situation, the only way for the Poles to turn to their godfather for help and ask their godfather's air force to help them fight. Soon a new round of fighting was launched, and the Allied air forces that took off from Warsaw threw all the planes they could fly into the battlefield, dropping more than 10 tons of bombs on a small battlefield in one go, turning the entire battlefield into a sea of fire.

"The Jewish bandits were either blown up or shocked to death," said Khachanov with great satisfaction, "and then they can be occupied with a search." ”

A veteran of the 10th Division also recalled: "The enemy's fire was quite fierce, all the communication equipment was destroyed, and the smell of gunpowder was pungent and pungent...... There were flames everywhere, houses were destroyed, walls collapsed, and the sky was torn apart...... The smoke was so thick that there were hardly any people on the other side. The wounded were wounded again, and the dead were again desecrated...... The corpses are all over the field, and they are terrible to see. ”

However, when the Poles approached the positions of the 10th Division, they were met with a fierce counterattack, and in an instant they were again repulsed. Faced with this qiē, Khachanov couldn't help but sigh: "They are human beings, either gods, or steel will melt, but why can they be so tenacious? (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to Comrade hzwangdd and Comrade Juventus!