When the 11th and 12th Divisions and the 202nd Mixed Brigade of the Polish Wehrmacht stormed Vovomin and destroyed the city. To the north, Polsky, who was trapped in Upper Maukinia, was not having a good time, his First Army was already surrounded by regiments, and it would be difficult for him to escape the fate of being surrounded and annihilated.

In fact, as mentioned earlier, Polsky's First Army could take the initiative to get rid of the fate of being encircled and annihilated. However, at that time, Pilsudski was too confident, and allowed this army to stay in Upper Maukinia to attract the main force of the Jewish army, and was ready to continue to play some anti-encirclement and middle flowering tactics.

At the time, Polsky was quite complaining about this, he didn't want to be trapped in Upper Mauquinha and passively wait for death, let alone become a bait for fishing. He even repeatedly petitioned Pilsudski to transfer his troops.

However, his request was flatly rejected by Pilsudski, and the commander was already an iron-hearted man, and he was determined to use his own descendants to fish. But the fish was caught, but it was a great white shark!

As early as the morning of June 18, Ubolevich, who had just arrived on the south bank of the Bug River, convened a military meeting in an open field by the river, and made it clear that "the 1st Army directly encircling Polsky, encircling it in the area of Verkhniy Maukinia, must not escape...... After the encirclement is completed, we will do our best to further divide and encircle, and strive to completely annihilate the army as soon as possible! ”

On the evening of 19 June, Ubolevich gave further instructions: "The 1st and 2nd Divisions will attack the enemy's outlying positions in Upper Maukinia, the 3rd and 4th Divisions will respond from the side, and the 1st Cavalry Division and two other separate brigades will sweep the area around Upper Maukiniya." The camera captures Ostruf, Kosuf and Chizhev Ossaka. Isolate the enemy once and for all!

In the early hours of June 20. The 1st and 2nd Divisions of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army launched a surprise attack and swept away the positions that Polsky had left outside the city, while the 1st Cavalry Division captured Ostruf, Kosuw and Ossaka Chizhev a little later. That is, from June 20 onwards, Polsky was left alone in the vast area north of the Bug River.

It seems that Ubolevich is progressing very smoothly, as if he is all coming to the ground. However, the actual situation is far from being as smooth as it appears on paper. During the two days from June 19 to June 20, Polsky had another chance to escape the siege.

Here's the situation. It is true that the main forces of Polsky's First Army are the first, second, and third divisions, but this does not mean that he only has the strength of these three divisions. In addition to the three main divisions, he had a half-crippled 14th division and a separate cavalry brigade native to Podlasie province.

Everyone should be familiar with the half-crippled 14th Division, the brigade behind the palace that was annihilated in Kenchen before belongs to this 14th Division, this division has a total of two brigades, and after one is killed, it is actually equivalent to a brigade.

And this half-crippled 14th Division and the Podlasie Cavalry Brigade had been at the rear of the large force before, and they were still responsible for the task of breaking the rear. While Polansky's main forces were defeated and besieged at Verkhniya Maukina, the 14th Division and the Podlasche Cavalry Brigade were still in Chizhev Ossaka.

After learning that the main force of the army was surrounded. O'Conovsky, the commander of the 14th Division, did not stand still, but quickly advanced in the direction of Upper Maūkinia with his only remaining 142nd Brigade and the separate cavalry brigade. According to O'Conovsky's idea, it was safer to join the main forces than to leave two of his brigades alone.

At this time, the 1st Cavalry Division, which was responsible for sweeping up Chizhev Ossaka, did not expect that there was an enemy division outside the encirclement, and according to the military deployment, the direction of the 1st Cavalry Division's focus was Ostruf, after all, it was a big city, and it was very close to Verkhniy Maukina, while Chizhev Ossaka was far away from Verkhniy Maukinia and was much less important.

So the 1st Cavalry Division sent only one regiment to Chizhev Ossaka, and this 3rd Cavalry Regiment ran into two brigades of the enemy at one head. After a short but fierce encounter, the 3rd Cavalry Regiment was forced to retreat.

For O'Conofsky, the battle, although small, was definitely a doping shot. Originally, after the Battle of Kenchen, his troops suffered heavy losses and were demoralized. In his own words, it was all about being a monk for a day and hitting the clock for a day.

The sudden victory was undoubtedly quite uplifting, so O'Koonovsky immediately reorganized his troops, accelerated the pace of his advance, and plunged headlong into the encircled Upper Maukinia!

And his uninvited arrival disrupted Ubolevich's rhythm very much, at that time the first to third divisions were attacking the city, and only the fourth division was responsible for the response, and the whole army was thinking about how to fight a tough battle, who thought that it would be attacked by the enemy instead, and the rhythm was immediately disrupted.

To say that O'Konofsky was also a talent, he stupidly rushed and struck, and without paying attention, he almost broke through the encirclement north of Ubolevich, when Polsky in the city and Okanovsky outside the city were able to exchange information and orders with guò messengers.

It stands to reason that if Polsky takes the initiative to break through at this time, he can completely go away. But this man did not dare to make such a decision, after all, Pilsudski's order was there, so on the one hand, he sent troops to strengthen the connection with O'Conovsky's troops, and on the other hand, he urgently asked Pilsudski, hoping that the president would agree to him to break out!

So did Pilsudski agree? Agreed, Pilsudski also found out about the situation on the battlefield, especially the Jews were much more determined and fighting than he thought, and it seemed that it was riskier to act according to the original plan, so he agreed to Polsky's request to break out.

It stands to reason that this should be a good thing, and if it is not good to say that it can turn the tide of the battle all at once, then why didn't Polsky carry out the order to break through? Here's the funny thing, Pilsudski did agree, but it was too late, and by the time he gave Polsky the order, the encirclement had been resealed, and even O'Conofsky, who had been very brave, was killed like chopping melons and vegetables.

It came to pass that it was early in the wee hours of the morning when Polski sent that telegram requesting instructions, and by this time the great Polish leader, His Excellency President Pilsudski, had already taken sleeping pills and slept. Because this Supreme has been very angry recently, and his temper is really bad. So no one dared to wake up this president. All the way up to four hours. It was only after this Supreme woke up that he learned the news!

And the four-hour delay was quite fatal, Polsky was in a hurry, he wanted to go but did not dare to go, he could only get as close to O'Conovsky as possible, and then wait stupidly.

Of course, it wasn't just Pilsudski and Polsky who made mistakes in those four hours, but O'Koonofsky, who was so heroic and almost changed the course of the war, was also making mistakes. After a series of victories. O'Conofsky was a little carried away by the victory, and he began to feel that the Jews were nothing more than that, and that they were no match for him at all.

So after breaking the encirclement, Okovsky did not actively expand the results of the battle, did not further expand the breach, but sent a battalion to be on guard, and the rest of the troops began to camp and sleep.

At that time, his deputy division commander reminded him that it was not okay to sleep like this, and that the troops should remain vigilant, even if they could not continue to fight and expand the breakthrough. It is also necessary to rush to repair positions to guard against the counterattack of the Jews.

But O'Conofsky did not heed any of this advice. Regardless of the constant flares and torches rising around him (which is a sign that the troops are in action). He just told the deputy division commander: "The encirclement has been broken through by us, and besides, there is the main force of the army behind us, so what else is there to worry about?" Man, stay calm! ”

While O'Konovsky was sleeping with his troops, at the same time, Ubolevich was actively adjusting his deployment, preparing to eat O'Konovsky's uninvited "guest" first.

According to the results of the reconnaissance, Ubolevich found that O'Konovsky's 141st Brigade and the separate cavalry brigade that was operating with him were weakly defended, and that the two brigades were also scattered in two places, O'Kanovsky's 141st Brigade was closer to the encirclement, and the separate cavalry brigade was about a kilometer around the perimeter.

So Ubolevich categorically ordered the 4th Division and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment to immediately launch an operation to divide and surround O'Konovsky's troops!

As soon as the order was given, the 4th Division went into action, and the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Division plunged like a sharp knife into the open space between the enemy's 141st Brigade and the 1st Polsky Army. However, the operation was not all smooth sailing, and soon after the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment began to break through, they found that the way forward was blocked by an artificial canal about ten meters wide.

Time was pressing, and the third battalion did not have time to detect the depth of the water, so it directly erected a pontoon bridge by a company of three platoons and one squad. Because there was no preparation, the first class could only use two temporary ladders and some wooden planks to build the bridge. At that time, the squad leader Pavnov took the lead in stepping into the neck-deep river, and other soldiers carried ladders and planks with manpower in two rows, ensuring the smooth passage of the whole battalion. After the war, all the members of the 1st class were awarded the Collective Service Medal for their decisive actions.

Having crossed this ditch, the 3rd Battalion cut off the link between the 141st Brigade and the 1st Army in one fell swoop. At this time, O'Conovsky was still asleep, and when he was woken up by the chief of staff, the first thing he said was: "Don't make a fuss, stay calm!" ”

O'Koonofsky could keep his composure, but Polsky couldn't, and although he was still waiting for Pilsudski's order, the escape route was cut off, and it was useless to wait for the order. So he immediately ordered his troops to counterattack, preparing to reopen contact with the 141st Brigade.

Interestingly, the 1st Army, like the 3rd Battalion, was blocked by the damned canal, but the Poles were apparently much calmer than the 3rd Battalion, and they stopped and began to measure the depth, completely oblivious to the fact that the enemy on the other side of the canal was hurrying to repair their positions.

Ten minutes later, the measurements came out, and the Poles looked at the number and came to a conclusion: "The canal is too deep to build a bridge with the existing equipment!" Please support the Military Engineer Corps! ”

If you can't build a bridge, you can't get through guò, and by the time Polsky sent the sappers over, the daylilies were cold!

Of course, what is more interesting is not the different ways in which the two armies faced difficulties, but the most interesting thing is that after the battle, after re-measurement, it was found that the canal was not really deep, and the Poles and Jews had chosen the deepest position to cross the river, and if they had changed places, they could have crossed it with their trouser legs rolled up!

Anyway, after Polsky, who was captured after the war, heard the news, he was so angry that he had a heart attack and died.

At that time, O'Koonofsky found himself cut off from the main forces of the army. Still maintained a considerable "calmness". He did not launch a counterattack. Nor did he choose to break out with the Podlasie Cavalry Brigade, but stupidly stayed where he was until he was destroyed.

So why did he make such a brain-dead choice? The reason is also very simple, Polsky sent a telegram to him, telling him "Your department should hold its ground, and I will reopen the contact immediately!" ”

O'Conovsky probably thought that Polsky had already sent someone to get in touch, so he just had to obey the order. He remained calm and ordered his soldiers to be prepared to hold on.

And at the same time. The Podlasie Cavalry Brigade to the north of the 141st Brigade was a little impatient, and the brigade commander Falsky was not very combative, so to speak, he was pulled hard by O'Koonovsky and rushed into the encirclement. When he found that he had been cut off from the main force of the army, he could not calm down at all, and he judged: "The Jews are preparing to annihilate my troops, and if they continue to stay where they are, I am afraid that there is only a dead end!" ”

Falsky immediately left Polsky's orders behind him and immediately began to break through with his own cavalry brigade!

However, it was not so much a breakthrough as a self-defeat, and the Podrasie Cavalry Brigade, which was originally a ragtag army, made a mess in the night at the slightest contact with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, at this critical moment. Falisky was really able to get out of the way - hehe, get out and get out. He, the brigade commander, only brought two personal entourage, abandoned the large army and escaped from the encirclement disguised as civilians.

As for O'Conovsky, this one is not as cowardly as Falsky, objectively speaking, in addition to being a little brainless, he is still quite brave in battle, when his troops are surrounded, he does not choose to escape, but chooses to resist to the end.

The 141st Brigade fought for a whole day and a night, and fought fiercely until midnight the next day, more than 4,000 troops of the 141st Brigade were annihilated, O'Konovsky was killed in battle, and a large number of officers and soldiers were either killed or captured.

The destruction of the 141st Brigade and the Podlasie Cavalry Brigade meant that Polsky could no longer break through, and it also meant that there was no one north of the Bug River to disturb Ubolevich, and he could concentrate on dealing with Polsky.

After dawn the next day, accompanied by the sharp whistling of rocket artillery, the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army penetrated through the city of Maulkinia from the west and south directions respectively. The 2nd Division of the Polish Wehrmacht defending the west of the city and the 1st Division defending the south of the city were almost defenseless, and at 10:30 a.m., the attacking troops completed the division and encirclement of the enemy.

At Verkhniya Grandimaniari, Polsky's three infantry divisions were divided into three parts, the worst of which was the 1st Division south of the city, which was almost torn to shreds by Ubolevich's heavy blows.

At this time, the 101st Regiment to which the division belonged had been completely wiped out, and one and a half remaining battalions of the 102nd Regiment were blocked in a narrow area with a radius of less than 200 meters.

However, for the 1st Division of the Polish Wehrmacht, the worst thing was not that it was divided and surrounded, nor that it suffered heavy losses, but that it lacked logistical supplies. The East Prussian People's Liberation Army's offensive was as precise as a scalpel, separating them from the division's logistics department, and the division lost all ammunition, food, and medicine, making it almost impossible to continue fighting.

"We have to break through!" The commander of the division, Pranic, spoke.

However, his mention was not responded to by the officers, who had already seen the powerful offensive of the Jews, and the Jews had a great advantage in terms of strength and combat effectiveness, and with their current crippled and lame state, there was no way to break through.

Many officers of the division believe that breaking through the encirclement is equivalent to sending them to death, and we can't hold on to the defense by occupying favorable terrain, so isn't rushing out to break through the encirclement to deliver food? And they also want to know, where can they break through?

"Of course, it's to move closer to the third division, to the military headquarters!" Planich explained, as a matter of course, "We can only survive if we join forces with the military headquarters, only by uniting with the 3rd Division!" ”

It should be said that Pranic's opinion is correct, but correct opinion does not mean that it can be implemented. What Pranic could have thought of, it was impossible for Ubolevich not to think of it, he could not have allowed the boiled duck to fly away, in order to prevent Pranic's troops from moving closer to Polsky and preventing the enemy from regrouping the hedgehogs, the troops that carried out the task of division were not ordinarily powerful.

Stuck between Pranic and Polsky was the 1st Infantry Division of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army, which had more than 16,000 troops, with two main regiments firmly locking up the remnants of Pranic, while the other regiment acting as a reserve was ready to go into battle at any time.

Therefore, it was impossible for Pranic to break through the siege, as his officers had predicted, his 103rd Regiment had just broken out of its position when it was killed and wounded by concentrated fire, and in less than half an hour, the 103rd Regiment had been defeated by an infantry battalion, and the remaining troops had to flee back to the starting point.

"Ask the commander for help, we can't break through the enemy's defense line with our strength alone, we must attack from both ends and let the enemy suffer from the enemy!"

If it doesn't work, Pranic has another plan, but this plan is not more reliable than the previous one, because he thinks about the situation on the battlefield too simply, and Polsky is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect himself, where can he send someone to save him...... (To be continued......)

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