Berlant, surrounded by several French magistrates, quickly walked into the conference room of the Polish High Command.
Just 10 minutes ago, news came from the eastern border of Poland that the Soviet army launched a full-scale attack on the Polish border. At least more than 300,000 people in the first echelon invaded Poland.
The Soviet government subsequently issued a statement stating:
“The Soviet government cannot ignore the oppression of Ukrainian and Belarusian people living on Polish territory, who are at the mercy of their fate and who are defenseless.
Therefore, under this situation, the Soviet government has ordered an attack to the Soviet Supreme Command. Now the Soviet army has crossed the border and has taken all measures to protect human life and property in western Ukraine and western Belarus.
At the same time, the Soviet Government recommends that all measures be taken to enable the Polish people to escape from the war that has unfortunately been imposed by their unwise leaders and to enable them to resume a peaceful life."
At the same moment, Molotov announced on the radio that all treaties between the Soviet Union and Poland were now no longer valid.
This news surprised all members, including the French army, and the generals of the Polish headquarters were even more furious. Isn't it Germany that has been so aggressive recently that it intends to send troops to Poland? Why?
The German army was still standing still, but the Soviet army took action first!
In fact, the Soviet army attacking eastern Poland had a total of 7 armies, divided into 2 front armies. One was the Red Army Belarusian Front led by Soviet General Mikhail Kovalev, and the other was led by Soviet General Semyon.
Timoshenko commanded the Ukrainian Front Army. Their purpose was to launch an assault on the Svikmibi front line and then go straight to Warsaw!
The French government has promised that if Germany goes to war with Poland, they will immediately launch an air strike against Germany, launch ground containment operations within a week, and be ready for a full-scale attack on Germany's western front within half a month of the war between Germany and Poland, and immediately invade Germany.
Germany itself came to the aid of Poland.
The British government has guaranteed that if Germany goes to war with Poland, their powerful Royal Air Force will immediately bomb Germany's Ruhr area, attack Germany's reserves on the western front, and contain Germany's air force.
However, it is the Soviet Union that is taking action now. What to do if this happens has never been discussed among the three countries.
The main Polish forces have been deployed to the Western Front, and the focus of early reinforcement is also the permanent fortification group on the Western Front. There are only 400,000 troops remaining on the Eastern Front, and more than half of them are militiamen newly incorporated into combat units.
The deployment plan of the Polish High Command was strongly opposed by Berlant from the beginning. He suggested more than once to shrink the Polish defense line on the western front to free up 300,000 main troops to defend the eastern front. Even if there were changes on the western front, these 300,000
People can also dispatch part of the rapid troops to support the new defense line in the west as appropriate.
However, Marshal Smigre rejected Berante's suggestion and insisted on holding on to every inch of land. As a result, the Polish army's forces on the western front were now scattered, while the eastern front was short of major generals.
Originally, everyone, including Berlant, was skeptical about whether the Soviet Union would send troops. After all, the Soviet army had just replaced a large number of officers in the army, and now many of the officers in the army were newcomers with no experience. Although the Soviet Union had
They have been keeping secrets, but marshals like Tukhachevsky have been executed. How can such a huge personnel change be airtight?
Unexpectedly, the Eastern Front, which was originally thought to be unlikely to break out into a war, suffered a sudden all-out attack by the Soviet army.
Such a military misstep is enough to be listed as a classic case!
Now, Marshal Smigre, as the supreme commander of Poland, is eagerly looking at the French Major General Berante, hoping to get the attitude of the French high command from him.
"Don't look at me, we are also surprised that something like this happened. There will be no reply from the country for a while." Berante poured cold water on Smigre when he opened his mouth.
Although Berante's tone was very light, these words were like a bolt from the blue to Smigre's ears. Without France's assistance, Poland would never have been able to survive the attack between the Soviet Union and Germany. What's more, Poland is now
The main force has been completely misplaced and is in a tense confrontation with the German troops who are standing still. However, the eastern front, which does not have any main force holding the formation, has already been attacked by the Soviet army.
Mount Tai collapsed before our eyes!
"The Polish army can no longer hesitate!" As the leader of the guiding officer group sent by France, Berlant's reaction was not unpleasant. He immediately made a judgment, stared into Smigre's eyes and said sternly: "Now we should first immediately
At least 400 fighter jets from the Western Front were dispatched to the Eastern Front to compete for air supremacy. Secondly, the Polish army must immediately mobilize more powerful cavalry units to rush to the Eastern Front to launch a counterattack. If they are lucky, they may have time to take the lead of the Soviet army.
The troops rush back to the border line. Even if we are unlucky, we can use the mobilized troops to stabilize the new defense line."
"There is no problem with this, as long as the French army can contain Germany from behind. We can deploy the 13th Cavalry Division deployed on the east side of East Prussia at any time. At the same time, remaining in the reserve force in Lodz, we can also mobilize all three
The cavalry division is being transferred." The person who spoke out was none other than the commander of the 13th Cavalry Division, Major General Filipowicz, who had argued with Berante before.
Berlant's impression of this close confidant of Smigre was not good. He immediately frowned and said: "What the Polish army has to count on now is not the French Army, but your own strength. Germany will naturally help you
Containment, but you have to rely on you to deal with the invading Soviet army. Only mobilizing 4 cavalry divisions is not enough!"
Although Berante was just a guide sent by France, he strode to the wall of the conference room without any humility, picked up the telescopic pole and pointed at the map and said: "According to the intelligence coming back from the east, Su
The main attack direction of the army is on the Svikmiby line, which is actually not unexpected. After all, this is the fastest way for them to attack Warsaw, and the Soviet army can avoid staying on the banks of the Brulin River with the Polish army by taking this route.
The battle between the two armies weakened the geographical advantage that the Polish army originally planned to use for defense along the river. I estimate that the Soviet troops starting from the two directions of Belarus and Ukraine will definitely conduct a centripetal assault along the Svikmibi line."
While Berante was analyzing, the Polish officers who were originally dissatisfied with his defiant attitude actually made a strong commotion. Some people were stunned, while others suddenly realized. At this moment, they looked at Berlant's eyes.
There is already some admiration in it.
Due to the urgency of the matter, the map on the wall has just been marked with the most basic information. The situation in many places has not yet been further confirmed.
Only 15 minutes have passed since Berlant received the news. In such a short period of time, he actually made a rough analysis of the Soviet offensive route and strategic goals, and put the results of this analysis
The reasons were clearly explained to everyone present.
This is the gap between French generals and Polish generals! I heard that Major General Berante was originally just a staff officer under the famous French general Pétain. Later, he participated in the French aid mission under the strong recommendation of Pétain.
Polish Army Corps.
If one of Petain's former staff officers was so terrifying, then what kind of terrifying existence must the German general who defeated Petain be in the Ruhr?! Smigre suddenly felt that the Polish high command had previously believed that he could compete with Petain.
The confidence of the German army to be equally divided may be nothing more than a joke!
"Today, the Biskol Battle Group, which was originally deployed as a reserve east of the Vistula River, is the only Polish regiment that can reach the eastern front in time, as long as they can reach the Svikmiby line before the Soviet army.
, then the Soviet army's strategic attempt will be defeated, and thus..." Berante's analysis continued, but the worried Smigre no longer wanted to listen...
