As the commander of the Polish Second Army had anticipated, after several days of careful preparation, it was determined that the main Polish army had been dragged on the Western Front, and the German First Army immediately launched a blitzkrieg plan against Poland.

To accomplish this blitzkrieg mission, the Germans committed all their armored and motorized forces.

These include 3 tank divisions, 3 motorized divisions, 5 lightly armored divisions and 2 cavalry divisions. As a supplement and assistance to the firepower, the East Prussian region, where the First Army was located, also had more than 1,200 aircraft and 2,400 artillery pieces.

As a counterpart, the Polish 2nd Army had 4 infantry divisions, 4 cavalry divisions, 1 tank division and 3 artillery divisions.

The difference can be seen in the establishment of the armies of the two sides, and the main strength of the German First Army was all motorized troops, and most of them were tank and armored divisions.

The main establishment of the Polish Second Army was infantry divisions and cavalry divisions, which were relatively common troop establishments in World War I.

There is a huge difference in this, that is, in a head-to-head battle, whether it is infantry or cavalry, the threat to armored forces is not high, or even better than nothing.

What is really capable of posing a threat to the armored forces is, in fact, artillery divisions and aircraft. But with Germany in full control of airspace, the uncertainty of how much of a threat Polish artillery could pose to German tanks has become.

On the afternoon of October 19, 1935, Germany's blitzkrieg against Warsaw, Poland, from the area of East Prussia officially began.

The first was the massive number of aircraft sorties, which were used to destroy the main Polish airfields and communications-transport hubs.

The Germans no longer pretended, and they used all means to destroy all important Polish facilities and make the communication environment of the Polish government and the front-line army extremely poor.

As long as the front and rear were lost, Poland would inevitably fall into chaos, and this was the best time for Germany to blitz Poland.

The German First Army, commanded by General von Pock, gathered Germany's most elite motorized forces, naturally with the aim of quickly crushing Poland.

From the very beginning of the blitzkrieg plan for Poland, the Polish Second Army quickly went into a rout.

It was not that the Polish Second Army was too weak, but that the German army, which had gathered a large number of armored troops and aircraft, was too strong.

Under the bombing raid of a large number of aircraft, the Polish army could not organize a good counterattack at all, and was defeated by the German tank forces.

In just 24 hours, the defense line in northern Poland collapsed instantly, and the German tank forces directly tore through the defense line of the Polish Second Army and drove towards Warsaw, which was 100 kilometers away.

This is also the most dangerous point in Poland at the moment, that is, Warsaw is too close to the German East Prussian region.

In particular, after the cession of the Polish Corridor, German control over East Prussia was once again strengthened.

Any army deployed in East Prussia would be able to pose a great threat to Poland in the south.

Warsaw, as the most important city in Poland, once Warsaw faces a crisis, the blow to the confidence of the whole of Poland is absolutely unparalleled.

Having routed the Second Army in northern Poland, a large number of German motorized troops moved south along the road, aiming as far as Warsaw.

Because of the speed of movement of the motorized troops, in just 48 hours, the army advanced the front more than 50 kilometers, and Warsaw was already close at hand.

Standing in front of Warsaw was the military town of Ponsk, north of Warsaw.

The Polish Second Army has gathered its remnants, and the Polish government is also urgently transporting troops from the Eastern Front to the Northern Front.

This blitzkrieg caught the Polish army off guard, and it also made the British and French, who were paying attention to the war, a little shocked.

Poland, which could still fight back and forth with the German army on the Western Front, was in a state of almost complete collapse on the Northern Front.

The Polish cavalry had nothing to do against the German tanks, and even if they organized many heroic and fearless assaults, at most they only left some deep or shallow scratches on the tanks.

The armor of these tanks was thick enough to withstand even heavy machine gun fire, let alone the thin attacks of these cavalry.

It was precisely the two collisions of cavalry and tanks on the Western Front and the Eastern Front that made Poland and other countries understand that the role of cavalry on the battlefield has been greatly weakened.

In the face of armored troops, the advantage of cavalry mobility is gone. Judging by the combat effectiveness of armored troops and cavalry units alone, cavalry also has no advantages at all.

Aside from being able to gallop over special terrain such as mountains and hills, cavalry no longer has any advantages. This can be compensated for by a large number of air forces, which also means that in this German-Polish war, the cavalry that the Poles are proud of, actually had no effect in the slightest.

It was only then that the Poles felt a real panic.

The northern front has collapsed, and it no longer matters whether the western front can be held or not. Once Warsaw was in crisis, the Polish government had only two options, either to retreat or to surrender.

The Polish government, sensing the serious crisis, immediately contacted Britain and France, who were watching, and demanded that the French fulfill their promise to join or intervene in the war.

The Germans also understood that a quick victory was necessary, otherwise the war would likely turn into a Europe-wide war if Britain and France joined.

On October 21, 1935, the German government used its air force to send a large number of surrender letters to Warsaw, demanding that the Polish people give up resistance and that the German army would never kill prisoners.

At the same time, the German army was less than 30 kilometers away from Warsaw, which was already in danger.

In order to delay as much time as possible, the Polish government, on the one hand, urged Britain and France to make a decision quickly, and on the other hand, made the decision that was most likely to affect the situation in Poland since Poland regained its independence, that is, to move the capital.

Where exactly is the capital moved? Poland was a Central European country and no longer had any overseas territories other than the Kingdom of Lithuania, which was a vassal state.

Moreover, Poland is not a large area, and in the end, the Polish government chose to move the capital to Lublin, 160 kilometers southeast of Warsaw.

It is worth mentioning that Lublin is located only a few tens of kilometers from the border between Poland and Russia.

This also meant that for the current Polish government, they already regarded Germany as their greatest enemy, far more threatening than Russia.

The relocation of the capital of Poland did not go well.

Naturally, the Germans would not allow Poland to move its capital. At the same time that Poland quietly decided to move its capital, Germany sent a large number of planes to blow up all the roads from Warsaw to Lublin.

This brings us to the strategic depth of Poland once again. As a country with a small mainland area, German planes can easily fly all over Poland without worrying about the round-trip problem.

This also meant that the Luftwaffe could bomb and raid any point in Poland at will, and any road or important facility in Poland could face a German attack at any time.

After the road was blown up, Poland's plan to move the capital was indeed much slower.

At the very least, the Polish government's original plan to relocate the population was completely shattered.

Although there is only 160 kilometres between the two places, it is already difficult to relocate the government, let alone the large number of people in Warsaw, with the road destroyed.

In the end, the Polish government had no choice but to abandon the people, leading important government departments and staff, quietly taking a truck to Lublin.

As everyone knows, such a choice by the Polish government has directly shattered the confidence of the Polish people.

If nothing else, the government has already run away, so do you still want to ask the remaining defenders and people of Warsaw to resolutely resist?

Even if the Polish people have a passion for serving the country, when facing such a government that runs away alone, it is inevitable that their hearts will be half cold as if they have been poured cold water.

Two days later, the German First Army successfully encircled Warsaw.

In order to slow down the German advance, the Polish government left a full 180,000 troops in Warsaw for defense.

Although less than 80,000 of them are veterans, and the remaining 100,000 troops are recruits only in the last month, they are also a real 180,000 troops.

According to common sense, if the Polish army and civilians resolutely resisted, the 180,000 troops plus all the Warsawians could hold the German army for at least a week.

But the question is, the Polish army at this time has long lost confidence, can they still be expected to resist desperately and defend Poland to the death?

With the arrival of a large number of Luftwaffe and the throwing of a large number of letters of surrender, the fall of Warsaw has become inevitable.

On October 23, 1935, German troops officially began the siege of Warsaw.

On 25 October, three days after a large number of surrender letters had been thrown, the German army launched a general offensive.

On October 29, the commander of the Warsaw garrison, Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov, announced the surrender with more than 100,000 Warsaw defenders, and Warsaw officially fell.

At this time, it was only 11 days before the German First Army launched its offensive.

Even if you count the total time when the war broke out, only half a month has passed. The German army captured the Polish capital in only half a month, which Britain and France could not have imagined before the outbreak of the war.

Moreover, through this war, the German army has rapidly expanded to the millions. Poland, which also had a million-strong army, was no match for Germany, which also meant that the German army still had extremely high combat effectiveness, which was not good news for Britain and France.

It was also at this moment that Britain and France finally decided not to be a bystander, intending to join the war and help Poland stabilize the situation.

However, one thing happened that exceeded the expectations of Britain and France.

On November 1, 1935, when the Polish government arrived in Lublin and mobilized a large number of defenders from the Eastern Front to Lublin to set up a defensive line, the Russian army was completely dispatched.

More than 300,000 Russian troops marched to the front and quickly launched a large-scale attack on the Polish defenders without any preparation from the Polish army.

Sadly, not only were the Poles unprepared, but the Polish government even withdrew most of the defenders on the Eastern Front.

Originally, Poland had more than 400,000 defenders on the border with Russia, which was also the reason why Russia never took action.

However, because of the fall of Warsaw, the Polish government had to mobilize the defenders of the Eastern Front to defend Lublin, so that the Russians finally found an opportunity.

On the relocated eastern border, there are currently less than 200,000 Polish defenders. They were faced with more than 300,000 Russian troops.

To make matters worse, the Polish government transferred most of the artillery and heavy weapons of the defenders on the eastern border to Lublin and deployed them in the defensive positions of Lublin.

As a result, the only thing the eastern frontier could rely on in the face of an attack by the Russian army was rifles and a small number of machine guns.

And the Russian army is no longer as simple as it was in World War I.

After the reunification of the country, Russia's economy and industry experienced rapid growth.

Although Russia's economy is still bad, the famine that has plagued Russia for a long time has been completely resolved.

Needless to say, industry is of course. Thanks to the efforts of the Russian government, Russia has built a great power industry, and the military industry has also been greatly restored.

At present, Russia's weapons and equipment are almost all self-produced, and their weapons and equipment are undoubtedly ahead in the face of the Polish army, which lacks heavy weapons.

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