PS: Sorry for the wrong chapter number in the previous chapter, it should be 418. But it's too cumbersome to change, and it doesn't have much impact on reading, so don't change it :)

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Olsztyn, Poland.

This small city on the banks of the Weina River in the Masurian Lake region of northern Poland is a famous tourist destination, with its forests, lakes and Gothic castles in a fairytale style.

In 1919, however, the city had no fairytale vibe, and the Jewish Liberation Army occupied the city in April, an important transportation hub in northern Poland. When Pilsudski declared that he would exterminate the pagan rebels and restore peace to northern Poland at any cost, Olsztyn became the focus of the battlefield.

For Pilsudski, only by capturing Olsztyn could he continue his advance to the north and "recapture" Königsberg in one fell swoop.

"The victory or defeat at the Battle of Olsztyn would decide the fate of Poland, and the capture of Olsztyn would open the gateway to Königsberg...... According to the information we have received, the main forces of the Jewish pagan rebels are gathered around Olsztyn, and as long as they are annihilated on the spot, the great Polish Commonwealth will not be a dream! ”

Pilsudski delivered an impassioned pre-war speech, trying to paint a beautiful picture and cheering up his cobbled army.

To tell the truth, the so-called Polish Wehrmacht he led was mainly composed of puppet armies established by the German puppet regime, and after Pilsudski declared an uprising and declared Polish independence, these puppet armies joined Pilsudski's ranks. They were armed with all German-style weapons and had undergone formal training from German instructors. Like a regular army.

Why are they just like a regular army? The reason is simple. The puppet regime established by the Germans naturally did not serve the independence and liberation of the Polish nation. This regular army is more like a Polish traitor. In terms of morale and the will to fight, it is quite unreliable.

Let's put it this way, this Polish Wehrmacht has no problem fighting with the wind, and it is very good at bullying the weak, but if you want them to gnaw hard bones and fight hard, it is really a little worse.

To put it bluntly, the main role of these former puppet armies is to wave the flag and shout to strengthen their momentum, and the strength that Pilsudski really relies on is still in World War I. He personally formed the Polish Corps, which participated in the battle against Tsarist Russia.

This Polish corps was brought out by him personally, and it had experienced the cruel test of World War I, and the most important thing was that this group of people hated Tsarist Russia and were determined to recover Poland, so they were quite strong in morale and will to fight. It can be said that the Polish Corps was the foundation of Pilsudski and the key to his later dominance of Polish politics and his dictatorship.

"Our goal is to annihilate Pilsudski's living forces, and in particular the Polish Corps, for which he is famous. Knocking out the Polish corps, Pilsudski is equivalent to breaking the backbone! He will never dare to provoke us again! ”

This was a pre-war speech delivered by Li Xiaofeng at the headquarters of the Jewish Liberation Army in Olsting, as the general adviser of the Jewish Liberation Army. Pavel was quite relieved to give him command of the army. In the old man's opinion, a certain immortal had done quite well in Finland before. For the Jewish Liberation Army, which lacked a large corps to fight, there was no possibility of defeat with such a general adviser in command.

But to tell the truth, Pavel thinks too highly of a certain immortal, and a certain immortal really doesn't have much military talent, so it's very suitable for him to help sort out the logistics and be a political commissar. But handing over the command of the troops to him, that is really a pearl of secret investment.

Fortunately, Li Xiaofeng also knew that he had a few pounds and taels, and whether the Jews could gain a firm foothold in Königsberg was related to his overall plan for the future, so he did not dare to be careless at all. After taking over the military command, the first thing he did was to appoint Ubolevich as chief of staff, and even brought in Trian Dafilov to help. With these two geniuses here, he can rest assured.

It should be said that both Ubolevich and Triandafinov were quite powerful, and after understanding the power of the Jewish Liberation Army, they developed a bold battle plan......

"Your Excellency, our striker has arrived in Olsztyn. A fire reconnaissance was carried out on your orders! ”

On the evening of 15 May, Pilsudski and his army of 100,000 men rushed out of Warsaw, headed north, rode all the way to the city of Olsztyn in only three days.

Pilsudski touched the beard on his lips and asked, "What happened?" ”

"According to the results of our reconnaissance, Olsztyn is entrenched in a large number of Jewish pagan rebels, and according to preliminary judgment, the number is no less than 30,000!"

Pilsudski touched his beard again, and he was not at all surprised by this result, according to the information reported by the Entente group, after the capture of Königsberg, the strength of the Jews increased dramatically, and the army quickly expanded to about 50,000. Then, after attacking in four places some time ago, after occupying East Prussia and Danzig, the strength increased again, and the total strength was about 60,000 to 70,000. As an important transport hub, it is quite normal for Olsztyn to have 30,000 rebels.

Pilsudski asked again: "Is there any news from Danzig and Königsberg?" ”

It must be said that although Pilsudski is sometimes carried away by ambition, his military literacy is still good, even if he does not look down on the Jews and thinks that these guys who have been lying on their stomachs for thousands of years are not a threat at all. But he did not take this lightly, and the pre-war preparations, especially the intelligence gathering work, were still quite steady.

This time, the reason for such a rapid advance to Olsztyn was that he had obtained accurate information that the Jewish forces were very scattered, and apart from Olsztyn's defenders, the other main forces were scattered in Danzig and Königsberg. If he could swallow Olsztyn's Jewish army in one gulp, the battle would be easy to fight.

To put it bluntly, Pilsudski's plan was to sneak attack, use a "blitzkrieg" to destroy part of the enemy's main forces, and then break them individually.

"In the early hours of this morning, the offensive begins!"

Upon learning that Olsztyn had 30,000 Jewish troops, Pilsudski breathed a sigh of relief, as he had three times as many troops at his disposal. Eating these Jews is not a big deal. But he wanted more than just eating the enemy in front of him. He had to end the battle before enemy reinforcements from Königsberg and Danzig arrived. Otherwise, the campaign attempt will be frustrated. So immediately after conducting a preliminary reconnaissance, he went on the offensive.

At zero o'clock, three green flares rose into the sky. Pilsudski's offensive began, and the Polish infantry, under the cover of artillery fire, quickly advanced and broke through the first line of Jewish defense almost effortlessly.

This somewhat surprised Pilsudski, because the tone of the Jews was quite tough before, and they shouted: resolutely annihilate the invading enemy and swear to defend East Prussia to the death. Never take a step back, never lose an inch of land, or anything like that. Anyway, that means that it's better to be broken than broken.

At the time, Pilsudski did not care about these slogans, but he also thought that the Jews would resist stubbornly, at least with something bloody. But now that a tentative feint has torn through the defense, what kind of trouble is this?

That's right, a frontal assault on Olsztyn was a feint, and Pilsudski was ready to encircle the enemy firmly in the city and then swallow it whole. Behind the noisy frontal assault, his main Polish corps was interspersed from both flanks. Prepare to cut off Olsztyn's ties with Königsberg and Danzig in one fell swoop. At that time, the Jewish rebels in Olsztynn could not escape, and the reinforcements from Königsberg and Danzig could not be combined. The initiative on the battlefield will be firmly in his hands.

"Your Excellency, do you want to go on the offensive?"

Pilsudski was a little hesitant, not knowing which of the Jews was singing, and if the Wehrmacht were allowed to continue the onslaught, he would probably get into hard street fighting. It is not impossible that the Jew had the devil's idea of luring the enemy into the depths, that is, he intended to wear down his troops through bloody street fighting, and then wait for reinforcements to counterattack.

After thinking about it, Pilsudski decided to remain calm: "Let the Wehrmacht pause the offensive and wait for news from both flanks." ”

And what about the Polish corps interspersed with two wings? It should be said that it is not satisfactory. The environment around Olsztyn is densely forested and has many lakes, which is conducive to defense and not conducive to attack. The defenders could have used the favorable terrain to delay and pin down the attacking troops, and for a time the battle situation on both flanks was very tangled.

Yes, it's the tangled, not brutal or intense. The battle that took place on the edge of the lake and in the forest was unlike any previous battle of the Polish Corps, and they were overwhelmed by a completely different way of fighting.

Bang!

After a gunshot rang out, the man at the front of the line fell, and the comrades behind him fell to the ground one by one like frightened birds, trying to stare at the dark woods with wide eyes, and their ears were also nervously listening, as long as the wind and grass moved, they would shoot immediately.

But what awaited them was a dead silence, where they could not see anything, could not hear anything, as if there was nothing in front of them.

But each of them knew that there was definitely a group of bloody killers hidden in the dense forest in front of them, and in just ten minutes, they had already shot three comrades, and they were shot with a single shot.

Vasilevsky swallowed and spat, and cautiously poked half of his head out from behind the tree, as a platoon commander, he was quite helpless about the current situation. The enemy is in the dark, the sniper cannot be found, and no one dares to move on. But the military order is difficult to disobey, and if he does not continue to advance, it will not be a good thing that awaits him.

"Robert, you go and tell the company commander, we have met a sniper, three brothers have died, and reinforcements are urgently needed!"

When the herald brought Vasilevsky's request to the company commander Zenyshak, the company commander had a bitter smile on his face. It was not only Vasilevsky's platoon that was in trouble, but the other two platoons were not much better, and in this dense forest there were not only elusive snipers, but also a considerable number of traps carefully laid by the Jews, some of whom thought that they had been pierced with bamboo sticks, and some who had stepped directly on mines, and those who fell into the traps and had their throats cut for some reason abounded.

In just one hour, his company lost a dozen brothers, and they did not even touch the shadow of the enemy. Zenishak considered himself a veteran and felt that there was nothing on the battlefield that would surprise him. But this evening he realized that he did not know enough about war, the most complex sport in human history, or only a little about it. At least he didn't have anything he could do about the painful situation in front of him.

"Inform the battalion commander that we are in big trouble and need artillery support!"

The only thing Zenishak could think of right now was to be covered by artillery fire, and maybe the cannonballs would get the nasty people out of the forest. When they show their figure. It's easy to deal with.

Thundered...... Thundered......

The dull sound of cannon woke the sleeping forest. The frightened critters ran for their lives, but none of the enemies Zenyshak wanted appeared.

"Optimistically, maybe our artillery has wiped them out!" The battalion commander said in a joking tone.

But no one would believe that if the artillery could be lucky enough to kill the enemy with an untargeted random bombardment, then pie would fall from the sky. Anyway, for the Polish soldiers in the forest, the future was quite dangerous.

Vasilevsky and his men began to advance again, but they no longer dared to open the way with the same swagger as they had when they first entered the forest. Everyone wants to lie on the ground and crawl forward a little bit.

Ten minutes later, the tired and panting Polish soldiers were full of resentment. They don't know how long they have to climb, they don't know if there are enemies in front of them, they are like a group of blind people, and they can only pray that God will grant them good luck.

Bang!

Vasilewski only raised his head a little, but he was shot, and luckily, the bullet only hit his steel helmet and grazed his scalp.

The burning pain and the feeling of fluid running on the top of his head told Sù Vasilevsky that he was injured, and he resisted the urge to touch the wound. Lying on the ground stubbornly, for fear that the other party would continue to replenish the gun.

Of course. He also signaled to Robert beside him with his eyes, telling him to pay attention to the movement on the other side, and as long as he heard the sound of the other party being loaded, he immediately greeted him with a platoon gun.

One minute...... Two minutes...... Ten minutes passed......

However, the expected sound of the bolt being loaded never appeared, and in fact there was no sound at all. Vasilevsky admired the patience of the other party a little, the sniper who could resist the urge to load and carefully hide his tracks was the most difficult to deal with.

Of course, just because it's hard doesn't mean you can't deal with it. Vasilevsky felt that since it was impossible for the other party to continue to shoot and dare not move casually, it was completely possible to surround the brothers, and maybe they could catch one alive.

Hum......

The thought of being able to catch him alive made Vasilevsky feel a little happy, and he decided that after catching that damn sniper, he must be abused so much that he regrets living in this world!

Vasilewski's platoon cautiously dispersed and slowly pressed in the direction where the gunners were dodging, and Vasilewski finally cautiously raised his head, moved his somewhat stiff neck, and just as he was about to move forward with his hands and feet, there was another thud.

This time, there was no more steel helmet and no luck god to protect Vasilevsky, and he died with his neck crooked and his eyes widened. Before he died, the only thought in his mind was - how did that guy get loaded?

Poor Poles, they really should get to know their opponents well, the weapons in the hands of the most elite fighters of the Jewish Liberation Front were not Mosin Agan or Mauser 98, they used SKS45, and semi-automatic rifles naturally did not need to be bolted to load.

Vasilevski was dead, but it was a relief for him, at least he didn't have to complain about the terrible conditions in the forest, and he didn't have to worry about getting a cold shot in the head. For his men, the nightmare has just begun!

"Blocked wings?"

Pilsudski was quite upset when he received the news, the Polish legion was his descendant, and he had expected his descendant to shine in the battle to exterminate the Jews. This not only brought glory to his face, but also served as a deterrent to those political opponents in Poland who were about to move.

"Lots of enemies?" Pilsudski asked with a frown.

Judging from the course of the battle, the Jews in the city were vulnerable, while the Jews outside the city were quite difficult. Pilsudski assumed that the enemy's main forces were outside the city to stop his elite, and inside the city were just a few pawns.

However, his subordinates gave a completely surprising answer: "The absolute number of enemies is not large, but they are difficult to entangle...... Like seasoned hunters, they take advantage of the terrain to entangle us...... Our lad has never fought like this before, and it is very uncomfortable! ”

Pilsudski suddenly realized that it was not that there were many people, but that the complex terrain weakened the combat effectiveness of Lao Tzu's lineage. And this result also made him more satisfied, yes, you read that right, Pilsudski was indeed more satisfied!

Why?

The reason is simple: if the Jews outside the city were fighting with a strong will and fighting enthusiasm, Pilsudski was a little worried. An army that is not afraid of death is quite difficult and terrible, and if the Jews really let it out, then the battle that follows will probably not be easy to fight, and if it is not done well, it will turn into a fierce war.

Pilsudski did not like fierce battles and did not intend to pay too much for the Jews. If the Jews had really behaved so badly, he would have revised his battle plan and made adjustments.

And now, while the troops were in trouble on the battlefield, the main problem was the harsh terrain, not the fighting power or the will to fight of the Jews. For Pilsudski, the situation was not good, but it was not enough to overturn the entire plan. As long as you add a little strength and overcome the difficulties in front of you, the battle will become natural again.

He immediately gave an order: "Let the troops on both flanks speed up and intersperse, and be sure to arrive at the predetermined place within the predetermined time!" ”

After a moment's pause, after thinking about it, he gave another order: "Sue the siege troops, don't attack blindly!" Let them pause the offensive and consolidate their positions! ”

As soon as this order came out, the Polish Wehrmacht in charge of the siege was immediately unhappy, and it was clear that it could advance in great strides, so why did you Pilsudski order us to stay put? You're worried that we've taken too much credit and stole the limelight from your lineage! (To be continued......)