463 Before the decisive battle (I)
From the beginning of the implementation of the new battlefield discipline, the situation on the Polish battlefield has improved in a straight line, and the East Prussian People's Liberation Army, which does not need to be constrained, can do what it wants, and the whole army will suddenly feel comfortable.
However, the comfort of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army meant that the Poles were very uncomfortable, and they began to retreat in the face of a completely unreasonable and murderous opponent.
Pilsudski, who was in Warsaw, soon received the bad news that the troops who had gone out of the city to fight the war of annihilation were instead surrounded by Jews, and it was only a matter of time before they were annihilated. Now he has no more than two divisions on hand, and it is really impossible to defend a large city with a population of more than a million with this number of men and horses.
Where are my troops!
An enraged Pilsudski let out a roar, but the roar had no effect, and his descendants were still hovering around Bialystok, who had caused the Bebuza River valley north of Podlasie to be swamped, and the abundant rainfall in May and June had caused flooding here, and it had to be said that Pilsudski had found a fatal retreat route for his troops.
"Your Excellency, you must understand that the traffic in Podlasie Province is very congested, and your orders are so urgent, that the troops have done their best......"
Pilsudski did not want to listen to such nonsense at all, he only wanted troops, because if reinforcements did not come, Warsaw would be really dangerous. Yes, now Pilsudski was fully convinced that the Jews wanted to take Warsaw, and did not suspect at all that there was any deception. He just wanted his descendants to come back as soon as possible, and then fight a vigorous and heart-wrenching battle under the city of Warsaw.
Pilsudski also believed that with the millions of Poles in Warsaw as his backing, there was no reason why he could not win against the tiny Jews. If you can get a decisive victory. Annihilation of the living force of the Jews in one fell swoop. Then the shape of Eastern Europe will change. His dream of Greater Poland will also go down the blueprint.
"I don't listen to any excuses, sue them, my order does not allow to speak of conditions, three days! I only give them three days! In three days I will see the troops arrive in Warsaw! β
The unreasonable Pilsudski gave a death order, and at the same time, Mironov, who was responsible for blocking Pilsudski's descendants, had just taken office. I have to admit that this benevolent brother is still lucky (provided that he does not die himself), although there are many people in the Central Committee who want to kill him. However, with the support of a certain immortal, he gained the forgiveness of his mentor, and soon all kinds of stories about his "undercover" enemy camp were widely spread, and overnight he went from being a traitor to a lone hero who endured humiliation.
A considerable number of young girls and hero-worshipping boys wrote letters of admiration to the legendary lone hero, and there was even hints of Chiguoguo, anyway, it was a piece of cake for Mironov to cheat or come out.
However, Mironov was not happy about this, because he knew very well that he was not a hero, but a real traitor. Those enthusiastic letters of admiration made him feel ashamed. He felt that he was a despicable liar and that he did not deserve to be treated as a hero.
In this regard, the comfort given by a certain immortal seems to be understated: "Do you think you are not worthy? All right. Then work hard and strive to be worthy of the title of hero as soon as possible! β
Inspired by a certain immortal. Mironov quickly put the ranks in order, and the Separate Cavalry Brigade of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army under his command was going to maneuver quickly, bypassing Warsaw and going straight to Podlasie province!
Mironov's eyes were firmly fixed on a place name - Verkhniya Maukinia. This small and unassuming city is right halfway between Bialystok and Warsaw, with the Bug River running through it. If you take control of this city, it is equivalent to cutting off the communication line from Bialystok to Warsaw, and it can be said that this is the best place to stop it!
Mironov's eyes were fixed on Mauginia and he knew that if he wanted to complete the mission, he would have to take the city. However, it is not so simple to capture Upper Maukinia.
First of all, as mentioned earlier, Upper Maukinia is located right between Warsaw and Bialystok, this area is still under the control of the Poles for the time being, and as an important transportation hub, Upper Maukinia must be heavily garrisoned.
Therefore, if you want to capture Upper Maukinia, you must pay a certain price, and Mironov's forces at hand are limited, and if the capture of Upper Maukinia consumes too much, the subsequent blocking task will not be completed.
Secondly, because Upper Maukinia is still a certain distance from Warsaw, it is necessary to pass through a large area of hostile control in order to get there. Mironov did not think that the Poles would watch him run to Maukinia. The guerrilla warfare of the Polish militia had already caused a lot of trouble. And this time he has to fight alone from the main force, and I am afraid that it will be even more difficult when facing the vast sea of the enemy's people's war.
So, it was a good idea to capture Upper Maukinia, but how to achieve it was a big problem. Don't make too much movement, it's better to take the city bloodlessly, and move quickly, this is unlikely to be achieved no matter how you look at it!
However, genius military strategists can always find an unusual way, and Mironov found an unusual route. He did not choose the nearest and fastest route, and did not intend to take Legionovo and Vovomin to Obermaukinia. Instead, they went the other way, first north, along the road of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army south, past Staraya Govemin, then across the Ozitz River at MakΓΌv, then across the Narev River from Ruzhan, and then south to Ostruw and to Upper Maukinia.
Why did Mironov choose this route? The reason is very simple, first of all, both the old Govemin and Marcovna are under the control of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army, and many unnecessary battles can be avoided. As long as Lu Ran is captured, it can be said that the operation has been more than half successful. Then he could even ignore Ostruf and bypass the city and go straight to Maukinia.
Taking this route not only allows you to avoid battles, but more importantly, you can also achieve the suddenness of battles. With the main forces of the People's Liberation Army of East Prussia approaching Warsaw, the attention of the Poles, fearfully caught in Warsaw, would not have been expected. There will be another force attacking from another direction.
Mironov's battle plan was immediately approved by the "Big Three". and even to cover the operation of this outstanding cavalry general. The East Prussian People's Liberation Army also launched a massive feint that left the Poles with no time to focus on other directions.
Legionovo, the city can be said to be a satellite city and gateway to Warsaw. Taking this place means that the door to Warsaw is wide open. Originally, this important "bridgehead" was garrisoned by a large number of Polish troops.
However, in the previous preventious move, the Polish troops stationed here were almost completely annihilated, so even if Pilsudski wanted to defend this important gateway, he was not enough. In action. Pilsudski gave up the city, but he shouted loudly and gave the small city the title of Verdun of Poland.
But it was clear that Verdun in Poland was made of tofu dregs, and it took the Jews only one morning to take the city, and the only thing that troubled them was that the Poles set a fire before they fled, and it took a lot more time to clean up the mess than it did to fight!
What is even more nonsensical is that the perpetrator Pilsudski launched a brazen attack in the media: "Legionovo is a tragedy. Murderous Jews set fire to the city, inflicting heavy casualties on the Polish people...... Such an atrocity would have met with fierce resistance from all the Polish people. Here I also reiterate my appeal to all Poles to take up arms against the aggressor! β
Of course, the morale boost was only incidental to Pilsudski, whose real purpose was to ask his godfather for help, hoping that he would try to stop the Jews from advancing: "All peace-loving peoples will not tolerate such atrocities, and I strongly hope that the allies of the Entente will stand up for justice and not allow the Jews to continue to do whatever they want!" β
And what about the attitude of the Entente? Naturally, it was biased in favor of the Poles, and at the first moment they responded to Pilsudski's call and began to put pressure on the Jews:
"The atrocities of Legionovo must be stopped, and we will not tolerate crimes against humanity!"
In this regard, Li Xiaofeng only sneered and ridiculed: "Do you really pay attention to the crime that happened in Legionovo? I don't think so! If you really can't rub sand in your eyes, then you should accuse Pilsudski of the war crimes he committed at the first time, and you should make him pay! What, forgetting the lesson of Auschwitz again, ready to be slapped in the face again? β
In the face of the ridicule of a certain immortal, the Entente group lost its voice for a while, in fact, they knew very well who set the fire, but who set the fire did not matter to them at all, they had long been accustomed to controlling the right to speak, and they had long been accustomed to framing them. However, after being warned once by a certain immortal, they remembered that it seemed that someone had two brushes in this regard, and if that thing had any evidence that could not be questioned, it would be very difficult to end up when they shouted the most.
So after being ridiculed by a certain immortal, this gang of goods quickly shut up, and no longer dared to buckle their hats casually, of course, these goods would not stop there, but hypocritically said: "The tragedy of Legionovo fully illustrates a truth, that is, to continue this war, only ordinary civilians can be injured." Based on the humanitarian position, we propose that the two sides immediately cease fighting and resolve their differences through negotiations! β
To put it bluntly, this was still a delaying tactic, and the armistice would only benefit Pilsudski, who could calmly transfer Bialystok's troops back to defend Warsaw. But how could Li Xiaofeng be in such a bad way, he responded to the Entente group's request with a smile:
"We welcome the truce, and we welcome a solution to the humanitarian crisis! However, we believe that since the truce is based on a humanitarian standpoint, there must be one of the greatest prerequisites, that is, to first try those responsible for the humanitarian catastrophe, and to arrest and try those who burned, killed, and plundered in East Prussia, persecuted civilians in Auschwitz, and set fire to Legionovo. Only when they are judged and punished will humanitarianism be served! β
At the end, Li Xiaofeng also added: "It is precisely on the basis of the humanitarian stance that we believe and insist that we will never negotiate with those devils who create humanitarian disasters, and never give them a chance to escape punishment!" β
This trick is quite clever, Li Xiaofeng is using the other way to return the favor to the other, don't you big hooligans just keep your mouth shut and talk about humanitarianism and human rights? Then Lao Tzu will accompany you to talk about the so-called humanitarianism. The devil who creates a humanitarian catastrophe is not punished. You can't say anything, can you?
Once again, the Entente Group was speechless. For them, the so-called humanitarianism is nothing more than a faΓ§ade. It's just for use, and I don't intend to be responsible for it at all, let alone pursue any humanitarian responsibility. If you really want to investigate, Pilsudski and his henchmen are enough to die a hundred times, what a fart!
So they can only continue to talk to a certain immortal without pain, constantly changing tricks. In this regard, Li Xiaofeng also responds to changes with the same, isn't it just a waste of saliva? Who's afraid of whom?
But. Lip to mouth, what should be done is still done, and even overtime is done!
And just when the battle of mouths entered the climax, under the order of Li Xiaofeng, the troops "besieging" Warsaw launched the first attack, judging from later historical records, this was an extremely fierce artillery bombardment, the East Prussian People's Liberation Army poured tens of thousands of shells into Warsaw in one go, completely razing a block north of Warsaw to the ground!
O'Sullivan was a correspondent for The Times in Warsaw, when the Jewish soldiers came to the city. It became the focal point of all of Europe. As the best war correspondent of "Thames", O'Sullivan rushed to Warsaw as soon as possible. And witnessed this ferocious attack with his own eyes.
"The attack took place at eight o'clock in the evening, when all the Poles had returned to their dens to enjoy a little moment of warmth during the break in the war, when the devil's evil laughter tore through the night sky...... I was standing in front of the window and could see cannonballs dragging their long tails and falling like comets, and explosions came and went...... In a matter of minutes, the neighborhood was on fire, and every now and then you could see people covered in flames rushing out of their houses, rolling on the ground, watering or beating with the help of friends and family, and the flames were like maggots on tarsal bones, which could continue to burn even if they jumped into a pond...... To tell you the truth, I was terrified, I had never seen such a monstrous flame, and it was certain that the Jews must have used a new weapon that had never been seen before! β
O'Sullivan was wrong about this, the Jews used more than one new weapon, specifically three new weapons, the first is rocket artillery, pouring tens of thousands of shells in a short time, which is almost an impossible task for traditional artillery, but rocket artillery can; The second is napalm, most of the flames witnessed by O'Sullivan are the work of napalm; The third type is white phosphorus incendiary bombs.
The effect of these three new weapons was so good that it shocked the Poles, and according to O'Sullivan: "Almost overnight, the inhabitants of the north of Warsaw began a great exodus, and they feared that the flames of the devil would also fall on their heads......"
"This is a massacre of civilians!" The Poles once again erupted in an outcry, and Pilsudski even took the stage himself, declaring to O'Sullivan through gritted teeth: "He will protect his fellow citizens by one means and will punish the Jewish devils until they are all sent to hell!" β
Naturally, the Entente bloc immediately followed suit and began to strongly condemn the atrocities of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army, ordering them to immediately stop the massacre and return to the negotiating table. In response, Li Xiaofeng replied that he had destroyed a certain neighborhood north of Warsaw again the next night, and although the casualties were not particularly large, the symbolic meaning was very obvious. He was tantamount to explicitly telling the Entente bloc and the Poles - negotiations? Let's go to NM's eggs!
For a time, Warsaw became the focus of the whole world, whether it was the Entente or the Poles, or even those in neutral countries who watched the theater, they were staring at Warsaw, they were all waiting for the Jews to start a deadly attack on Warsaw!
But I'm afraid they will have to wait for a long time, because Li Xiaofeng never planned to take Warsaw, and he knew that it was impossible to take Warsaw, and these gimmicks he deliberately created were actually covering Mironov's operation, so how did Mironov go?
At the time of the first bombardment of Warsaw, Mironov commanded his cavalry brigade to rush forward, crossing the Ozitz River in the blink of an eye and advancing in the direction of Ruzhan. Of course, it was impossible for such a military operation to be completely secret, and the Poles were aware of his actions when he began to attack Ruzhan.
However, what is more interesting is that the Poles did not pay attention to this, first of all, they were all concerned about the tragedy in Warsaw, they were all mourning for the dead compatriots, and they did not care at all whether the inconspicuous small city of Luran had fallen.
What if Lu Ran fell for them? Lu Ran is not the gateway to Warsaw, if you lose it, you will lose it, anyway, you have lost too many small cities similar to Lu Ran before, and it doesn't matter if you lose one more Lu Ran.
However, the Poles did not expect that the fall of Ruzhan was only the beginning of a series of nightmares, and after pacifying Ruzhan, Mironov continued to move forward non-stop, in the direction of Verkhniy Maukinia.
At the same time, Pilsudski's lineage, which had been struggling in the mud for more than a week, finally reached Upper Maukinia, and the two armies arrived in this important city at about the same time, which seemed to indicate that a bitter and bloody battle was about to break out...... (To be continued......)
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