After the phone call was connected, Sokov reported his thoughts to Rokossovsky and asked for his opinion: "Comrade Marshal, I wonder if we can get the troops of the 65th and 70th Group Armies to cooperate with our actions and put the
The Guards Cavalry was rescued?"
After listening to Sokov's request, Rokossovsky stared at the map in front of him and fell into deep thought. Sokov heard that Rokossovsky suddenly stopped talking, but the call had not been hung up yet, so he guessed that the other party
Maybe he was thinking about the problem, so he didn't disturb him, but quietly waited for the other party's reply.
A few minutes later, Rokossovsky's voice came from the receiver again: "Misha, are you still there?"
"Yes, Comrade Marshal, I'm still here."
"Misha, I just thought about it carefully." Rokossovsky said: "Now the 65th Army has just come out of the forest. It will take a certain amount of time to complete the assembly of troops. And the 70th Army needs
After the 65th Group Army stabilizes its front, they can continue to advance westward.
In other words, I can order them to also participate in the rescue of the Guards Cavalry, but in the early stages of the rescue operation, I am afraid that you will have to fight alone. I hope you can be mentally prepared."
Sokov had long been mentally prepared for the situation Rokossovsky was talking about, so he said readily: "I understand, Comrade Marshal, even if only my troops participate in the rescue operation, I will do everything possible to
There is a way to free the cavalry army."
"Misha, I just had a conversation with Marshal Zhukov, and he gave me a suggestion." Rokossovsky continued before hanging up the phone: "He thinks that you should attack Praga and Shadel.
It is obviously inappropriate to capture the German troops in the middle."
"Ah, inappropriate?!" Sokov couldn't help but be stunned when he heard what Rokossovsky said, and then asked: "Why? Why did Marshal Zhukov say that?"
"Misha, please don't misunderstand." Rokossovsky heard from Sokov's tone that the other party might have misunderstood, and quickly explained to him: "Marshal Zhukov suggested that Lieutenant General Korpakchi's
The 69th Group Army is here to take over your existing defense area. Instead, move your entire army group north, form a joint force with the 65th and 70th Group Armies, and quickly move forward to the Narew River."
"Why?" Sokov asked puzzledly: "Why do you want to go out to the Narew River?"
"We can feel from the characteristics of the enemy's actions that the enemy has realized that it has lost the battle in the Bug River area and in the direction of Warsaw, and is trying to withdraw as many of its troops as possible to the Narew River area.
The intelligence obtained by our reconnaissance and the prisoners' confessions also illustrate this point. The enemy is stepping up the construction of fortifications in the Narew River area.
In order to defeat the enemy's command plan, we are considering moving the troops of the 48th, 65th and 70th Group Armies forward to the Narew River. The best way is for you to establish a rapid detachment composed of various arms and bypass them.
The enemy's defensive support point, penetrate into the enemy's rear, cut off the enemy's retreat road, seize the landing site on the west bank of the Narew River, and hold on until the arrival of the main force."
While Rokossovsky was describing the next battle plan, Sokov stared at the map in front of him and analyzed the pros and cons of the opponent's approach.
After ending the call, Sokov called Ponedelin and Sidorin over and repeated to them what Rokossovsky had said on the phone.
After listening to Sokov's story, Ponedelin nodded and said: "Marshal Zhukov has thought very carefully. If we do not allow our army to move north, but let the 69th Group Army pass through our defense area and join forces with the 65th and 65th Army.
If the 70th Army forms an assault group, it will definitely cause chaos. So the best way is for us to move north and the 69th Army to take over our defense."
"You are right, Comrade Deputy Commander." Sokov nodded and said, "I think so too. Moreover, the three armies form a new assault group and go forward to the Narew River, which can contain part of the German army.
The strength of their troops allowed them to shift the focus of defense from Warsaw and the south of Warsaw."
"That's right." Sidorin also pointed to the map and said: "Judging from the intelligence we have obtained so far, the 8th Guards Army at the Magnushev Landing Field spends most of its time resisting the Germans' crazy attacks.
There is no ability to expand the landing site, let alone advance towards Warsaw and cooperate with the 2nd Tank Army and the 1st Polish Army to capture the city."
When it came to Warsaw, Ponejelin couldn't help but ask a question that he had been thinking about for a long time: "Comrade Commander, I would like to ask, why is the Krajow Army unwilling to cooperate with us to jointly liberate Warsaw? You know
, at the beginning of this year, they had released a signal of cooperation, how come only half a year later, their attitude suddenly made a 180-degree turn?"
Hearing Ponejelin ask about this matter, Sokov felt that there was nothing to do at this time anyway, so he just chatted and began to tell the history he knew: "After Poland was fully occupied by Germany in 1939, it completely fell into black
Under terror, the Germans knew that Poland was a country that was difficult to control, so they were determined to destroy the Poles' determination to resist. To this end, the Gestapo made careful arrangements. Their goal was to destroy the Polish elite and eliminate their resistance.
Will. A special special operations team was set up with the task of arresting and executing those who had feelings of resistance and resistance to Germany.
After Hans Frank became the German Governor-General in Poland, he placed the military police and police forces in Poland under his command, and threw a large number of former Polish government officials into prison to strengthen his rule. Then he began to wreak havoc
He confiscated Poland's official assets, took control of treasury and banks, and announced the implementation of a supply system. Polish residents were required to deposit all their money in banks. Through this move, he controlled the flow of funds in Poland and achieved abnormal prosperity in Poland. Through this, he
This move strengthened Germany's control over Poland.
The Jewish ghetto in Poland was also Hans Frank's idea. He established the first Warsaw Jewish ghetto. According to his plan, the Jews must first be gathered, distinguished, classified and screened, and the right ones selected.
** Useful people are eliminated, and the rest are eliminated. When those valuable people are drained of their value, they are eliminated. This is what he calls a perfect and scientific solution.
In response to his ruling policy, Poland was full of resistance. The Polish government in exile took the opportunity to establish a huge resistance organization, which relied on the pre-war Polish domestic military system and intelligence network. The resistance organization not only had guerrilla
They even had government agencies and the Legislative Assembly, thus creating a strange situation where 'the daytime belongs to the Nazis and the night belongs to Poland'."
Sokov's narration made Ponedelin and Sidorin listen with gusto. Sidorin even stood up, poured a cup of hot tea, and placed it in front of Sokov, asking him to moisten his throat before continuing.
Sokov nodded to Sidorin, pretending to be grateful, and continued: "In 1942, according to the order of the Polish government in exile, the integrated forces from all over Poland were integrated into the internal army, which was what we only know.
The Krajow Army. As an armed force behind enemy lines, the Krajow Army is very powerful. It not only possesses light weapons, but also some heavy weapons. In addition to digging for weapons and equipment buried before the war, the weapons can also be obtained from the black market.
There are many ways to buy, make your own, and receive airdrop supplies from the Allies.
In 1944, the Polish Krajow Army already had a strength of more than 400,000 people. Due to the repeated defeats of the German army at this time, more troops were deployed to fight on the Eastern Front, so the control over Poland declined. In this context
Next, Poland began their own restoration movement, and this plan itself contained great political significance.
At the beginning of this year, Poland carried out "Operation Storm", whose purpose was to regain Poland from the Germans. Their plan was to first launch a large-scale uprising in the direction of our army, and then launch a large-scale uprising in the old Soviet-Polish
Attack the German army from the national border to the Vistula River, and finally launch an uprising across Poland to drive away the German army.
Strictly speaking, this plan is very clever, but when it was implemented, there was a problem that troubled the Polish government in exile, and that was whether our country would support them. After all, the hatred between our two countries is very deep, and it can be said that there is a gnashing of teeth.
In addition, there is a Polish 1st Army in the structure of our 1st Belarusian Front, which has to make the Polish government in exile become cautious."
Hearing this, Ponjelin suddenly realized: "Oh, so that's it. No wonder their attitudes at the beginning of the year and now are completely different."
"Corresponding to the Polish government in exile in London is the Polish National Liberation Committee, which was established with the help of our country. This committee was established by Boleslaw Beirut, one of the founders of the Polish Workers' Party. Since Poland
Anti-Soviet sentiment is very high, especially among the Polish government-in-exile, distrust and hostility towards our country are very high. It can be said that in the eyes of the Polish government-in-exile, our country and the Polish National Liberation Committee are far more important than the Germans.
Danger.
What makes the Polish government-in-exile even more anxious is the large-scale counterattack that our country is carrying out. This cannot help but make the Polish government-in-exile very nervous. They believe that once our country enters Polish territory, they will completely lose control of the situation in Poland.
A pro-Soviet government will emerge. This is exactly what the Polish government-in-exile and even the top Allied forces do not want or want to see.
In view of this, Operation Storm has changed from the very beginning. From the information obtained, we can see that the top priority for the implementation of the plan should be to get in touch with our army and obtain our supplies.
Assistance, because it is impossible to drop too much supplies by airdrop. If Poland wants to engage in a frontal battle with the German army, it is necessary to obtain sufficient weapons and equipment.
At first, the Krajow Army did the same thing. But as the Polish National Liberation Committee established by the Polish Workers' Party and Boles Beirut signed an agreement with our country, using the Curzon Line in 1919 as the new national border between the two countries,
Establish the future eastern border between the two countries. At the same time, after our army enters the Polish border, the highest power in the warring areas will be held by our army, and the rights of the liberated areas will be handed over to the Polish National Liberation Committee. The committee will create a new Polish government and reorganize Poland's internal affairs.
military force.
This move undoubtedly greatly stimulated the Polish government-in-exile. They were worried that if the Krajow Army did nothing, the Poles would all fall to the side of the Soviet Union. They hoped to prevent our country from encroaching on Poland through their own actions.
When Hitler's assassination broke out, the Polish government in exile believed that the time had come and decided to launch the Warsaw Uprising. At this time, our army was already in Poland. According to their plan, before our Soviet army arrived, they concentrated their forces to capture Warsaw.
Several government buildings in Poland, at least before our army officially entered Warsaw, announced that the Polish government in exile had restored its administrative capabilities.
The preparation and launch of the entire uprising were carried out secretly without telling our army. The Krajov army was able to achieve certain results in the early stages of the uprising because they caught the Germans by surprise. But the troops who were accustomed to fighting guerrilla warfare,
It is extremely difficult to conduct a frontal offensive battle with the German army, especially without foreign aid, it is difficult to succeed."
"Then what do you think the final outcome of the Warsaw Uprising will be?" Ponejelin asked.
"Needless to say, it must have ended in failure." Sokov replied without hesitation.
As soon as he finished talking about Warsaw, Sidorin received a call from Ismailov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, my troops are ready to go and can go to the fortification area to carry out rescue at any time."
"Comrade Colonel," Sidorin was naturally very happy to learn that the 284th Infantry Division was ready to set off, but he still reminded the other party: "Since the German army can encircle the cavalry army in the fortification area, it means that they
Our strength is not weak, so you must not underestimate the enemy."
After hearing what Sidorin said, Ismailov realized that the other party might want to give some advice, and quickly asked tentatively: "Comrade Chief of Staff, do you have any instructions for us?"
"I have just said that the German army is very strong. With the strength of one of your divisions, it is difficult to complete the rescue operation." Sidorin said into the microphone: "So after you arrive at the attack position, do not launch an attack hastily.
Instead, we should wait for Colonel Liugekov's troops to arrive before taking offensive action together. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Comrade Chief of Staff." Ismailov said on the phone: "After we arrive at the designated position, we will not act rashly. We will wait until the friendly forces also arrive before launching a unified offensive against the enemy."
"Very good, very good." After saying "very good" twice, Sidorin continued: "I don't know how many days this rescue operation will last, so after the battle begins, you can't devote all your troops at once.
When fighting, you must leave a certain amount of reserve troops so that you can fight for a longer period of time."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, I would like to ask." Ismailov continued: "If our attack does not go smoothly, will the headquarters send us new reinforcements?"
Sidorin turned his head and glanced at Sokov, as if asking for his opinion. After hearing the conversation between Sidorin and Ismailov, Sokov nodded slowly, indicating that Sidorin could send the other
Let Ismailov know about the participation of the two armies in the war.
Sidorin, who understood deeply, said into the microphone: "Comrade Colonel, you are not fighting alone. In at most one day, the troops of the 65th and 70th Group Armies to the north of you will also join the battle one after another. By then you will have
Enough strength to defeat the German troops besieging the cavalry corps."
