When Godfather's aid arrived on the battlefield, Pilsudski's request, the two divisions of Rodvik and Salvok each attacked north with two regiments. The 110th Regiment attacked the Nadarzyska block, the 111th Regiment attacked the Rumuska block, the 121st Regiment attacked the R?czajska block, and the 122nd Regiment attacked the Norweska block.

Although the main attack force had four regiments and hundreds of light and heavy artillery. But Rodwick and Salvok remained skeptical about their ability to storm the city. That is, Pilsudski's strong demands and strict orders made them unable to resist, and they could only carry out the orders without a little discount.

In the face of the frenzied attack of the Poles, the GRU and its fraternal units, which were entrenched in Vovomin, showed amazing courage and combat effectiveness in addition to being well-armed. The 1st Battalion defended the Rumuska and Nadarzyska neighborhoods in the north, while the 2nd Battalion and the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army defended the R?czajska and Norweska neighborhoods.

From the map, this area of urban and rural areas is not conducive to fighting resistance warfare, the terrain is open, and there is no danger to defend except for a few villages and small hills. As a result, the blocking force decided to concentrate its forces to defend several important strongholds, increase the depth of the blocking positions, and adopt the tactics of resisting and attacking continuously, dragging the two divisions of Rodvik and Salvok to the death.

The commander of the 2nd Battalion, Yurevich, was under great pressure, because in the blocking area of the 2nd Battalion, most of it was plain and open land, with only a few small dirt buns. Difficult to defend. But it is conducive to the enemy's attack.

In particular, the depth of the blocking position was less than two kilometers. There is little room for maneuver. After careful observation, Yurevich decided to highlight the key points, built a support point in the shape of a "pin", organized a powerful second echelon and a counter-shock group, and prepared to inflict a lot of attrition on the enemy here.

The attack of Rodvik's 121st Regiment was fierce, and after a day of fighting, the first line blocking force of the 2nd Battalion moved to the second line position. After nightfall, local civilians recalled: "The Jews spent the whole night building fortifications on the rubble-strewn ruins. ”

It's dawn. The 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion, relying on the fortifications reinforced at night, repelled three successive enemy charges at the front of the position, and the 7th squad soldier Hleb stubbornly blocked a junction with machine guns, and more than thirty Poles fell under his guns alone.

However, due to the coordinated attack of the 121st Regiment and the 111th Regiment at the same time, the fierce fighting lasted until dusk, and the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion again withdrew from the second-line position into the city.

In front of the third company of the second battalion was the Polish 122 regiment. The 122nd Regiment concentrated 18 mountain artillery and field artillery and began to continuously storm the positions of the three companies. For a time, flames rose from the blocking position of the three companies. Then the enemy swarmed forward with the support of armored vehicles, and the officers and men of the three companies stubbornly resisted the position for a whole day, and at dusk the infantry of the two armies met at the front of the position, and the position changed hands back and forth in hand-to-hand combat. A trench at the front was lost when it was dark.

For the next two days, the officers and men of the 3rd Company of the 2nd Battalion continued to stubbornly hold their positions. When the enemy's shells came, the officers and men hid in the ruins. When the infantry rushed, they shouted and rushed to the front line for fierce fighting.

In the vicinity of the police station, the most important support point in Norweska, the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of East Prussia was attacked by the enemy from three directions, and the battle lasted from morning to dusk, and only one company of officers and men remained in one battalion, but the position was still in hand.

Karachev's 1st Battalion was held on the line of Rumuska and Nadarzyska blocks, which were the main areas of attack for the 110th Regiment of Salvok and the 121st Regiment of Rodvik. The second company of the battalion resisted the attack of the whole battalion and the whole regiment, and after repeated battles between the two armies, there were serious casualties. For example, the Shtov Hero Squad, a heroic fighting group, despite casualties and ammunition, still stubbornly resisted the enemy who surrounded them on the left and right.

When the bullets ran out, the squad leader Shtov said: "Even if you fight with a bayonet, hit with your fists, bite with your teeth, you must also fight the enemy back!" Then he led his warriors to wield shovels and pickaxes to push the enemy back on both sides.

At the same time, on the positions of the 2nd battalion, two regiments of the enemy had already rushed up, and all the wounded officers and men of the 3rd and 4th companies joined the battle. Kanilonka, the deputy squad leader of the seventh squad, was shot in three places in the right leg, one foot was blown up, and he was still throwing a grenade; Hygienist Stashevich grabbed a machine gun and jumped out of the trench, then fired heavily to suppress the enemy; In the end, the battalion chief of staff, Rachonov, handed over the only few rounds of ammunition to the deputy platoon commander Filippenko and the last grenade to the fighter Bliga, and then led them to launch a final counterattack against the enemy. Faced with a black-pressed enemy, Rachonov, Filippenko, and Briga fearlessly met it, and this was the tenth counter-charge launched by the 2nd Battalion in one day.

In the direction of the Rumuska block, the 111 regiment of Salvok "easily" occupied the entire block with heavy artillery fire. This "ease" made the commander of the 111th regiment, Carcani, a little incredible, after all, the "Jews" had repeatedly fought with him for this block, and the corpses of both sides were all over the field, how could they give it up lightly?

He later recalled: "When I went up, I realized that it had been razed to the ground by heavy shelling by the two armies, the stones had been blown to powder, and there was no longer any point of support, and the Jews had withdrawn to avoid unnecessary casualties."

Karkani was not mistaken, the GRU did retreat on their own initiative, and they did not abandon this position. That night the positions in the Rumuska neighborhood were fiercely counterattacked, and the Poles, who were completely unprepared, were quickly driven away.

At this point, Pilsudski was already dumbfounded. Previously, he believed that with the help of aircraft, artillery, and armored vehicles, the two divisions "would definitely be able to occupy the southern city of Vovomin", but, in the Rumuska neighborhood, a captured Jewish warrior told him: "Don't want me to betray my brother, I won't tell you anything!" All of us have put life and death on the line, and you don't want to move forward! ”

The battle was so hot that Rodwick himself had to come to the Rumuska neighborhood to supervise the battle. He ordered Karkarni to occupy the Rumuska neighborhood by that night. on this. Kalkani reluctantly ordered his subordinates: "The division commander himself will come to supervise the battle." Fight hard and play beautifully! ”

But this battle was not pretty. Rodvik witnessed the battle of the officers and men of the 111th Regiment attacking the Rumuska neighborhood, and he was surprised by the huge casualties. So much so that he said to Kalkarni: "Although the attacking force has completed its mission today, the casualties are too great, and it is better to try to reduce the casualties in the future." ”

Also on this day, Rodvik also witnessed the battle of the 110th Regiment attacking the Nadarzyska neighborhood. Thinking that there would be at most a company of the enemy in this area, Rodwick ordered the artillery to bombard fiercely, preparing to finish the enemy in one go. But. As soon as the divisional artillery opened fire, it was immediately suppressed by heavy artillery fire, and not only the artillery commander was wounded, but even the division headquarters was also shelled, and the deputy division commander Putilo was wounded. After throwing in reserves and reinforcing a company of armored vehicles, the 110th Regiment finally entered Nadarzyska at dusk, only to find that the "Jews" were nowhere to be found.

"On this day's attack, except for the occupation of Nadarzyska by the 110th regiment, there was not much progress on the whole front." Rodwick reported to Pilsudski.

The next day, the positions of the 1st Battalion were fiercely attacked by the 121st Regiment. After the bombing of aircraft and artillery shelling. Dozens of armored vehicles came mixed with infantry onslaught, and the first battalion suffered heavy casualties among officers and soldiers. had to be transferred to second-line positions.

In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the commander of the 1st battalion, Karachev, arrived and came down from the trenches, he received a call from Triandafilov, who demanded that as long as they had one man and one breath, they could not lose their positions.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the Poles again rushed to the positions of the first battalion and three companies under the cover of armored vehicles, and by noon there were only seven men left in the first platoon and eight men in the second platoon, but the third company still stubbornly held its position.

In the afternoon, all the mortars and heavy machine guns of the 1st battalion ran out of ammunition, Karachev gritted his teeth and ordered them to continue to hold out, and the 2nd company launched a final counterattack on the enemy's flank, and all the officers and men of the company died heroically.

Throughout the day, the Poles, under the cover of aircraft, artillery, and armored vehicles, launched a full-front attack on the positions of the 1st Battalion in three directions, attempting to tear a gap in the front of the 1st Battalion's defense area. The battle continued into the early hours of the next day, although the Rodvik and Salvok divisions continued to make slow progress.

At this time, the offensive had been fought for three days, but the Poles had advanced less than a kilometer, and such a result not only made Pilsudski furious, but also stunned the military advisers sent by the Entente!

"Why did two divisions besiege a regiment and fight for three days but stand still?" Pilsudski viciously questioned Rodwick and Salvok.

It seems that His Excellency the President has become angry, and has the intention of taking Rodevik and Salvok under the knife. And what is the state of Rodwick and Salvok at this time?

Pilsudski's secretary recalled: "In the face of the President's stern questioning, Generals Rodwick and Salvok looked numb, their faces were pale, their eyes were sunken deeply, as if they had no soul, and they looked at the President indifferently...... It was a long time before General Rodwick replied: 'War is not a matter of paper, it is not a matter of drawing an arrow to reach the destination. Moreover, the enemy had built strong fortifications, had extremely sufficient supplies, and most importantly, the battle was very tenacious, and every street, every house, and not a single wall had to be fought repeatedly before it could be captured. ’”

Rodwick's implication has already been made clear, he is accusing Pilsudski of talking on paper, that is, whining. In the face of Rodvik, who had some broken jars and did not eat oil and salt, Pilsudski could not blindly use force, so he could only change his face, and hypocritically comforted and encouraged: "The survival of the country, in this war, our soldiers should be loyal to the country, and your troops should not hesitate to sacrifice to defeat the enemy in front of them in order to relieve the siege of Maukinia." ”

Pilsudski then ordered Rodwick and Salvok to capture the target within one day. At that time, Rodwick was in a state of upset, and he said indignantly to his chief of staff: "We are fighting desperately in front, one blood at a time, but we can't get a trace of compassion...... The president only knows how to hide in the headquarters and move his mouth, only knows how to reprimand and scold, or give death orders, which is really chilling! ”

While Li Xiaofeng and Trianda Filov were resolutely blocking Pilsudski in Vovomin. In Upper Maukinia. Ubolevich also knew that time was of the essence. The sooner Polsky's remnants are resolved, the more proactive they will be. Under his order, the attacking forces besieging the Polski Army Headquarters and the remnants of the 3rd and 2nd Divisions of the Polish Wehrmacht stacked their fists!

At the behest of Ubolevich, the attack on the remnants of the Polish 2nd Division was resolute and ferocious. At seventeen p.m., the general assault began with the heavy bombardment of six heavy howitzers. The combat sappers took the lead, and Stacevich's combat team blasted through the enemy barricades that stood in the way, and then they moved forward, destroying six enemy bunkers and barricades in front and behind. Until all sacrificed in a hidden bunker.

Witnessing the sacrifice of their comrades, Chernoy and Omeryanchuk, who were following Stacevic, immediately rushed forward, Omelyanchuk was shot and fell, and the wounded Chenoy stubbornly crawled to the bunker with the explosive bag, and finally died with the bunker.

Immediately afterwards, another combat engineer group, led by the leader Komarovsky, rushed along the bloody path of his comrades, desperately dragging Omeryanchuk's body back. In the end, Komarovsky and four fighters rushed to the enemy's fortress again with a bag of more than 50 pounds of explosives and blew it into the sky in one go.

As the assault forces swarmed in, the Polish defenders carried out a counter-charge under the cover of armored vehicles. The two sides engaged in a white-knuckle battle on the breach, when the second echelon reached the battlefield. The battle gradually turned into street fighting. For this reason, only six combat engineer commandos were left in charge of opening the attack channel.

For example, the aforementioned Komarovsky, in order to consolidate the breakthrough, he was wounded and still held on to the retreat with a machine gun, and when he died, he still maintained a posture of shooting at the enemy.

Near midnight, the 3rd and 4th Divisions, which were besieging the remnants of the enemy's 2nd Division, joined forces in victory. At this time, only the Supreme Commander Strakhanovich and more than 300 men of his headquarters were trapped in a church southwest of the city in the 2nd Division of the Polish Wehrmacht.

Ubolevich issued an ultimatum to Strakhanovich, ordering him to lay down his arms and surrender immediately. Strakhanovic, however, sternly refused, and the attack began again. The officers and soldiers rushed in the direction of the church in three armored vehicles of the captured enemy.

As a last resort, Strakhanovich could only lead the remnants to break through at the risk of death, at this moment the battle hero Koritko desperately led four soldiers to rush into the church, and seized the church door, a Polish army officer held a gun and tried to rush out, Koritko stepped forward and grabbed his gun, shouting: "Don't move!" I'll kill you if you move! ”

In the face of this reprimand, the defenders in the church then shouted: "No more fighting! Don't fight! We surrender our guns! ”

Strakhanovich was taken prisoner in despair, and none of his more than 9,000 men in a full infantry division ran away. The reason why this Strakhanovich should be mentioned is very simple.

Because this very literate master always writes and draws after fighting, in his diary, he records in detail the mental journey of these days:

June 20:

The enemy cavalry at the crossing was extremely difficult, and after several days of fierce fighting, the enemy was extremely tenacious, withstood the repeated onslaughts of our troops, and inflicted great casualties on our troops. Faced with this situation, I can't help but ask, are all the Jews so difficult to deal with?

If the Jews all show the fighting spirit of the cavalry, no, as long as they show half the fighting spirit, the next battle will probably be more auspicious for our army......

June 23:

The situation was becoming more and more urgent, and the enemy's main forces swooped down on the western, southern, and eastern fronts of Upper Maunkinia, and the railways around Ukinia were completely destroyed, and communications were intermittent. Due to the urgency of the fighting, a curfew was imposed throughout the city. In the afternoon, when I went through the streets, I could see that the people were nervous and in a hurry, and that Upper Maulkinia was like a dead city. At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, 35 kilometers outside the city, the 1st Division engaged the enemy in fire, and although the strength of both sides was small, the battle was fierce. At five o'clock, our unit also engaged in battle.

25 June:

The whole city was besieged, and the breakout plan was declared bankrupt with the siege and annihilation of the 14th Division...... The shelling did not stop from morning to night. It gave me the feeling that I was in the middle of a pot, and the only consolation I could have was that President Pilsudski's army was already halfway there, and if they arrived, they should be able to get us out of this damn place, right?

27 June:

Polsky told us to continue to persevere, but there was a lack of ammunition and food, and even drinking water, how could we persevere? Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back! I've had enough of the that reinforcements are already on their way, almost arriving!

Maybe Upper Maukinia is our grave?

The diary only records until June 28, the day when Ubolevich launched a general offensive and on which Strakhanovich was taken prisoner, and the last intermittent account of the diary is:

"In order to avoid worrying about my family, I will send a telegram, and I will be fine."

"At about two o'clock this morning, the enemy army swooped down on our position, and by this time, the south, south, and northwest had all fallen!"

The most surprising thing is that Strakhanovich, who was in a desperate situation, somehow thought of another person who was under siege more than 100 kilometers away: "This time the Jews are besieging our First Army with all their might, and according to Polsky, only a small army is left to block the President in Vovomin. Under the siege of seven divisions, I'm afraid their situation is not as good as mine, right? ”

Although Strakhanovic ended with a question mark at the end, it can be seen from his context that he feels that Li Xiaofeng's situation must be very bad, at least worse than him. However, Strakhanovic may not have imagined that although the situation of Li Xiaofeng and Triandafilov is not good, it is definitely not bad.

After repelling Pilsudski's new onslaught, most of the city of Vovomin was still under their control, and the troops were well supplied and the morale was quite high, and the soldiers were looking forward to continuing to give Pilsudski a little color on the battlefield! (To be continued......)

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