Contrary to what the Germans thought, the Poles caused Stalin troubles one after another. First, the Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union asked the Soviet Union to declare to the outside world that Soviet-Polish relations must be based on the Treaty of Riga. This allowed the Soviet Union
The treaty that humiliated the country was signed when Stalin took full responsibility. One can imagine how furious Stalin was when he received Poland's request.
As early as 1924, when Stalin took charge of the Soviet Union, he "borrowed" all the materials on the Soviet-Polish War and never returned them. Stalin's purpose was not to let his stain expand.
As a result, Poland brought up old issues again, in an attempt to demonstrate its great power, and brought up the "Treaty of Riga" that Stalin tried so hard to erase.
Unexpectedly, instead of raising any objection, Stalin, the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, extended the Soviet-Polish Non-Aggression Pact with the Polish government until December 31, 1945.
At the same time, another neighbor of Poland, Germany, proposed to sign a 10-year "German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact" with Poland, but was directly rejected by the proud Polish government. In response, Poland's leader Joseph Bi
Head of State Suski actually commented in private that "Poland does not need to negotiate non-aggression with a weak country."
The Polish dictator who once defeated Tukhachevsky, the so-called "Red Napoleon" of Soviet Russia, and launched a military coup in Poland, would not have thought that his ridicule of Germany would become a popular phrase when Germany occupied Poland.
A joke that has been repeatedly promoted.
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Vick is a major battalion commander of the Polish Armored Forces, commanding a total of 25 Vickers 6-ton E-type tanks. This tank is a tank manufactured by the British Vickers-Armstrong Company, and Poland has imported a total of 50 tanks. Also
That is to say, half of them were integrated into Vick's 1st Armored Battalion.
"Brigadier, is our brigade really going to be disbanded?" Vic asked his brigade commander Filipowicz in confusion. Just the day before yesterday, Filipowicz received a notice stating that the newly formed Poland
The 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade will be dismantled and distributed to various cavalry units within a month.
The 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade was originally the only fully mechanized elite unit in the Polish army. The officers and soldiers wore German-style steel helmets from the First World War and black fur coats. They were nicknamed the "Black Brigade". And in order to
In a country like Poland that advocates cavalry, an armored force was established. Brigadier Filipowicz even gave this motorized force a name with "cavalry".
However, the only fully mechanized "cavalry brigade" was ordered to be dismantled by Marshal Piłsudski, the wise Polish military expert who commanded the "Military Miracle on the Vistula".
Looking at Vic with expectant eyes, Filipowicz, the brigade commander, said with a helpless smile: "It's going to be disbanded... In the eyes of the marshal, only the real cavalry is the most valuable.
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"Just because our cavalry performed well in the war with the Soviet Union, we have completely neglected the development of armored forces?" As the commander of the armored forces, Vic argued with some dissatisfaction: "Your Majesty the Marshal has not even seen our brigade once.
They gave up on us during the exercise."
Filipowicz forcefully patted Vic on the shoulder, and Filipowicz, who had long been pessimistic, comforted: "Perhaps this is also due to domestic financial factors. It is not entirely because of Marshal Piłsudski that we disbanded our brigade. You know, we have
The cost is much higher than that of cavalry. As far as I know, the country has used the funds originally used to develop and improve new tanks to form a new cavalry division."
After a few seconds, Filipovitz seemed to be persuading Vic, but also seemed to be persuading himself: "The results of the Ruhr invasion commanded by the French a few years ago are still vivid in my mind. Facts have proved that the armored forces did not
Not as invincible as imagined... Don't worry, although our brigade will be disbanded, you will all be assigned to the glorious cavalry unit."
A week later, Poland's most modern 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade was disbanded. A total of 50 Vickers 6-ton E tanks were dismantled and distributed to various infantry regiments as support weapons according to the recommendations of French consultants.
As the commander of the armored battalion, Vick, together with all the officers and soldiers of the battalion, was incorporated into the Polish 2nd Cavalry Brigade, which has a fine tradition. The commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade graduated from the Warsaw Cavalry Academy with the second best score in the school.
Suwalki, so the 2nd Cavalry Brigade proudly calls itself the Suwalki Cavalry Brigade.
Vic, who had just joined the Suwalki Cavalry Brigade, had no respect for the brigade commander who graduated from the military academy with honors. In Vic's view, there was no one in Poland who was better than the 10th Motorized Cavalry.
Brigadier Filipovitz was a better brigade commander.
Vic's admiration for Filipowicz is justified. This brigade commander who usually doesn't like to talk can actually be called the best tank expert in commanding armored forces in Poland.
Filipowicz has conducted countless deductions on the use of armored forces and has a profound and unique understanding. In the entire Poland, only Filipowicz realized that France's defeat in the Ruhr was not due to the incompetence of the armored forces, but because of the incompetence of the armored forces.
This was a mistake caused by the French commander's dispersed use of small groups and the failure to concentrate the firepower advantage of the armored forces.
It is a pity that this Polish armor master could have been the only Polish armor master to command the Polish troops and severely damage the German armored forces. However, because of his reticence, he was not taken seriously by Polish Marshal Piłsudski and was transferred to the reserve service.
Vic, who was replaced by an excellent superior, was naturally dissatisfied. This negative sentiment even spread to the newly formed 1st Cavalry Battalion under Vic.
However, within a few days, this negative emotion completely dissipated. What changed the mood of Vic and others was just a personal training session by Suwalki, commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade.
When a model cavalry battalion brought by Suwalki performed a tactical charge demonstration in a tight and neat formation, all the officers and soldiers of the new 1st Cavalry Battalion were fascinated by the appearance of the model unit trained by Suwalki.
Stop. The repeated turns and clutch changes showed the impact of the cavalry to the extreme.
Vick and other officers and soldiers who were originally transferred from the cavalry unit to the armored battalion quickly accepted the basic formation and tactical discipline training arranged by Suwalki. During the entire training process, Suwalki paid attention to details and discovered problems.
And processing, and even the rhythm and relaxation of training are all properly controlled.
It only took one day for the newly formed 1st Cavalry Battalion to completely regain the feeling of training in the cavalry unit. And judging from the segmented indicators of training subjects, this battalion has completed the basic indicators of the transformed cavalry battalion. As a cavalry battalion,
A cavalry unit, the remaining mission of the newly formed 1st Battalion seems to be just to spend more time strengthening today's training.
After the first day of training, all officers and soldiers in the battalion, including Vic, believed without a doubt that this future cavalry unit would be invincible.
