The train station is the transportation artery of a city, a bridge connecting other areas. And in Lviv, a transportation hub city in Eastern Galicia, the train station is even more so.
The train station was heavily guarded today, and a large number of soldiers protected the train station. No passengers were allowed to pass, which caused many people to secretly discuss whether the army had done something big.
Their guess was correct. The newly formed Polish Army was boarding the train here and heading towards Poland. As the commander, General Freit was watching the soldiers board the train at the station.
Looking at the soldiers boarding the car, General Freit asked an officer wearing a Polish military uniform beside him: "Colonel Dolekafus, our army is marching to Poland, can you guarantee that we will reach Lublin?"
Are the roads clear?"
Lublin is located southeast of Warsaw. The distance from here to Warsaw is 80 kilometers and from Brest to 70 kilometers. Whether it is to reinforce Warsaw or to attack Brest to threaten the Soviet Union's back road, it is an excellent starting point.
.So General Freit chose this place as the gathering point for the Romanian army. This has been reported to Poland, and they also agreed with General Freit's choice.
The Colonel Dolekafus who was being questioned was sent by Poland's newly established National Defense Council to serve as a liaison officer to General Freiyter. The National Defense Council was also the one who temporarily replaced the Congress that was unable to reach consensus after the Soviet Union attacked Poland.
The leader of this National Defense Committee was Piłsudski.
"Please rest assured, General, I have sent a telegram to the country last night. All trains from Lviv to Lublin will be suspended, just to ensure the passage of your country's troops. By the way, you really don't need it.
Will our country send trains to help with transportation?”
After taking a look at Colonel Dolekafus, General Freit replied: "No need, our country's trains are enough for transportation at present. You must ensure that this city is still in your hands before our army arrives in Lublin
.”
After hearing what General Freit said, Colonel Dolekafus said with a serious face: "Don't worry about this. Even if the defenders of Lublin fight to the last man, they will not let this city fall to the Soviet army."
In hand."
"So much the better."
As the Romanian army prepared to march toward Lublin, the atmosphere of war within the Defense Council in Warsaw became increasingly intense. At this time, Piłsudski, as its leader, was not having an easy time.
Militarily, the 4th and 15th armies of the Soviet Army have already crossed the Narew River, and the Polish Fifth Army has retreated all the way. There is no armed force capable of resisting these Soviet armies in the Mazovia area north of Warsaw, and the only thing they can rely on is
Retreat to the front line of the Verasvla River to defend. However, in this case, Warsaw's back will be exposed to the Soviet Russian army.
On the frontal battlefield, Razimin, located fifteen kilometers away from Warsaw, was being fiercely attacked by the Soviet Russian army. The defenders asked Piłsudski for help. However, the Polish army now has no usable troops and sending too few troops is of little use. Therefore,
He ordered the defenders to hold on. His order lowered the morale of the Polish army a lot.
However, Piłsudski also has his own difficulties. Currently, troops with the 3rd, 12th, and 16th Soviet army group numbers have appeared near Warsaw, which makes Piłsudski completely afraid to invest his few reserves.
The battlefield. Moreover, some political figures are fleeing the capital, and the morale of the Polish army is in danger of collapse.
Now he is counting on the arrival of the 210,000 Romanian reinforcements commanded by General Freit to alleviate the absolute disadvantage of his troops. This is why he wants to ensure that the road from Lviv to Lublin is smooth at all costs. For this reason
He also sent the Third Army, which had retreated from Kiev, to Lublin to strengthen local defenses, because the Soviet First Cavalry Army, commanded by General Budyonny, had appeared nearby.
Politically, Piłsudski also had a hard time. Other Polish political parties in the country accused Piłsudski of giving up a large amount of territory, which was an act of betrayal. At one point, he was forced to say that if Warsaw fell, he would fight with his beloved horse "
Chestnut" rush towards the enemy together.
Abroad, in France and the United Kingdom, he was publicized as the culprit who brought Poland to ruin. In Soviet Russia, he was considered a hypocritical servant of the alliance to eliminate imperialism. From Lenin to Lloyd George, from "Pravda" to
The Morning Star newspaper considered him a military and political failure.
Unlike Piłsudski who was in dire straits, Tukhachevski, who set up his headquarters in Minsk, was very satisfied with the situation on the battlefield. At present, more than 400,000 Soviet Russian troops have attacked near Warsaw, and now the Polish army in Warsaw has
Facing two threats from the Soviet and Russian troops. And as far as he knew, Warsaw currently has less than 100,000 defenders. It seems that taking Warsaw is no longer a problem.
The only thing we need to worry about now is that the army is advancing too fast and the supplies can't keep up. But it doesn't matter. Currently, a transportation team composed of 80,000 people is running on the transportation line day and night to deliver supplies to the soldiers on the front line.
At present, it seems that nothing has been ignored. Next, we need to consider the issue of Germany. The instructor once said that Germany is the crossroads of Europe, and its large working class will become the driving force for liberating the world. Next, I need to find more
Check out some information about Germany.
Just as the young Tukhachevsky was looking out the window and thinking about the future, a report interrupted him.
Looking at the staff officer coming in, Tukhachevsky asked, "What's the matter?"
"This is a message from our intelligence agents lurking in Lviv."
After the staff officer finished speaking, he handed him a telegram.
Tukhachevsky took the telegram and opened it to read it. This was information about the Romanian army in Lviv. It said that yesterday the Romanian army blocked the railway station and saw a large number of trains heading towards Poland.
The train drove away. Because the Romanian army patrolled closely, the intelligence personnel could not observe too closely. Therefore, they had no idea about the situation inside the train.
This information made Tukhachevsky think deeply about what Romania packed in the train. Is it troops or weapons and equipment? This was very important to him.
"Let the intelligence personnel in Lviv continue to investigate. In addition, let the 11th and 14th Group Armies go immediately..."
Tukhachevsky said that he was stuck here because he did not know whether Romania was transporting troops or weapons. If it was weapons, then these two armies should be strengthened by the Soviet army on the front line in Warsaw. And if it was troops, then
It is necessary to strengthen the front line of the First Cavalry Army to prevent it from being flanked by the enemy.
From here we can see the disadvantage of Tukhachevsky setting up his command headquarters hundreds of kilometers behind because he did not have enough grasp of the situation on the front line.
In the end, Tukhachevsky planned for the worst outcome and ordered the two armies to immediately reinforce the First Cavalry Army. At the same time, in order to avoid a long night and a nightmare, he also ordered the Soviet troops on the front line of Warsaw to immediately attack Warsaw.
