While the Romanian army was still fighting on the Demblin-Palcev line, Piłsudski also led the Polish army to cross the Vistula River and attack Sedrce.
On August 16, the day agreed to launch a counterattack, a large number of Polish soldiers appeared on the Vistula River in the early morning. They quickly put the boats on the riverside, got on them, and quietly rowed towards the other bank. Summer night
The mosquito bites were severe, but these soldiers did not pay attention to it at all, but stared at the other side of the river bank.
This cross-river attack first needed to ensure stealth, but fortunately, no Soviet soldiers showed up until they landed on the other side.
General Podolsky, who was responsible for organizing the crossing of the river, finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was considered one-third of the success. Then another group of soldiers appeared on the riverside carrying a group of small boats, and among these soldiers were some
There were many people carrying wooden planks and ropes.
Crossing the river this time was much more complicated. They first brought one end of the rope from the boat to the other side. Then they quickly tied the boats in a row with ropes, and then fixed both ends of the ropes on both sides of the river. Then they quickly laid out wooden planks to create a simple
The pontoon bridge was built. Other Polish soldiers immediately boarded the pontoon bridge and crossed the Vistula River.
By early morning, dozens of pontoon bridges had been built on this section of the river, four of which were large pontoon bridges that could pass artillery and other heavy weapons.
Overnight, more than 40,000 Polish troops crossed the Vistula River. At this time, the Soviet Union knew nothing about it.
Piłsudski, who had such a God-given opportunity, certainly would not sit idly by. After the attacking corps crossed the river, he immediately led these Poland's most elite troops towards the small town of Garvorin, twelve kilometers away. He had already explored
Knowing that there was a division of Soviet troops in this small town, he planned to immediately pounce on the enemy before they could react and deliver a surprise blow to the opponent.
As for his first target, the Soviet 26th Division was still in the process of slowly waking up. The Polish army, which they had not expected at all, was already close to their eyes.
So when around nine o'clock, the attack corps commanded by Piłsudski descended like heavenly troops, the entire army fell into chaos. They never dreamed that the Polish army, which was beaten in Warsaw and could not hold up its head, could still survive.
Fight back here.
With calculated calculations and unintentional calculations, coupled with the superiority of troops, the outcome was already doomed. The 26th Soviet Division stationed in Galvolin collapsed, and they even abandoned some equipment there. The Soviet Union was defeated in Galvolin.
After the troops, Piłsudski's next target was Sedelce.
However, this target is different from Galvolin. Sidelce, located on the main transportation route from Warsaw to Minsk, is the material transfer base for the Warsaw troops, so the Russian army has always been tightly guarded, and there is no possibility of a sneak attack. Moreover, Galvolin was defeated
After Lin, the Russian army in Sedelce will inevitably get the news, which makes it even more difficult to capture.
However, Piłsudski would not give up just because it was difficult. Precisely because Sedelce was a material transfer base, he needed to seize this important city to paralyze the enemy's 3rd, 12th, and 16th armies outside Warsaw.
And when Piłsudski captured Galvorin, this can see the disadvantage of Tukhachevsky setting up his headquarters in Minsk. The news that the Polish army captured Galvorin and marched towards Sedelce,
Tukhachevsky did not receive it until the early morning of the 18th. At this time, Piłsudski had arrived outside Sedelce, and Tukhachevsky was still using expired information.
The shortcoming of the headquarters being set up too far away and being unable to control the frontline battle situation at any time made the Soviet army very slow to respond in the face of the Luobo coalition's counterattack.
However, Tukhachevsky is indeed a genius general. Taking the intelligence from two days ago, he immediately discovered the threat facing the Soviet army. But at this time, his response changed from one extreme to the other. He immediately ordered
Warsaw and the five armies on the east bank of the Vivas River retreated towards the Bug River. However, Tukhachevsky's order was already too late, because at this time Sedelce was facing the siege of the Polish army, and the defending Soviet army
It's unspeakably miserable.
"attack."
After the artillery fire passed through the enemy's position, the Polish officer leading the team immediately waved his hands and rushed towards the defense fortifications that had been riddled with holes.
"Quickly, repel them."
The Soviet troops, who had just endured the baptism of artillery, came out of their hiding places amidst the shouts of their commanders and opened fire on the enemy based on the terrain.
There were already many dead officers and soldiers from both sides lying between the two. It could be seen that the two had been fighting over this position for a long time.
This time, the Polish army's attack was different from before. They no longer used natural bunkers to shoot at the Soviet troops. Instead, they endured casualties and rushed directly towards them.
The reason for the Polish army to use this desperate strategy is very simple. They are running out of time. Because General Zheligowski reported that the Soviet and Polish troops near Warsaw have stopped attacking and they are preparing to retreat. While the Polish defense
Warsaw's army had suffered too many casualties and was no longer able to hold off the opponent. Therefore, Piłsudski was short of time and could only adopt this quick-effective but high-casualty strategy.
The Polish army's desperate fighting style really paid off. The Polish army, suffering huge casualties, rushed to the position and entangled with the Soviet soldiers, and a tragic hand-to-hand battle broke out.
Observed from above the battlefield, it can be seen that even if the Polish army rushes into the position despite casualties, its strength is several times that of the defenders. Therefore, the result is very obvious. If the Soviet army does not have reinforcements, they will undoubtedly lose. However, in the Polish army
With several times the advantage, the Soviet Russian defenders could not mobilize reinforcements, so the final result was that the Soviet Russian defenders were defeated.
The Polish army did not care about rest at all. After leaving some troops to defend, they rushed to the next location. They had limited time and had to seize Sedelce as soon as possible to prevent the Soviet Russian army near Warsaw from escaping. And this was just Poland.
The army was in a corner of Sedrce. In other areas, the Polish army and the Soviet army, which defended everywhere desperately, were miserable, and many positions were captured in this way.
In the headquarters, the city defense commander Sergejerf was overwhelmed by the Polish army's offensive.
"Report, Beers Street has been captured by the enemy, and the defending soldiers of the ninth battalion have retreated to the adjacent Wedel Street."
"Let the defeated troops retreat to Larmore Bridge for temporary repairs. In addition, the Sixth Battalion of Larmore Bridge will be sent reinforcements to reinforce Vedder Street and Doles Street. This will become the next focus of the enemy's attack."
While listening to the report of the staff, Sergef issued the order. Now that all the troops in his hand have been dispatched, he can only use the defeated soldiers to supplement the strength of each defensive position. Of course, he also knows that the defeated soldiers need a certain amount of troops.
It takes time to recover, so you can only draw some infantry from positions that have not yet been attacked to supplement other areas.
But he didn't know how long such a battle could last. Because of the pressure inside the soldiers, he didn't know when he might be unable to withstand the outbreak. However, the strict order from Minsk was to hold on and not retreat, so he could only defend until the last moment.
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But whatever he was afraid of came, and when he was worried about defense, a staff officer hurried in.
"Report, Dalle Street is lost."
After hearing the news, Sergelf's face suddenly turned pale. He immediately grabbed the staff officer and shouted: "Didn't I send two battalions to sell this location? How could it be lost so quickly?"
The location of Dalle Street is too important. It is the key point connecting the east and west parts of Sedelce. As long as the enemy captures this place, they can cut Sedelce into two non-connected parts.
This is also the topography that allows Sedelce to form this strange urban distribution. In the east of the city there is a tributary of the Bug River, the Wigof River, and in the west of the city there are continuous hilly terrain, making this the longest and narrowest area in Sedelce.
Topography. Dalle Street is the main road of this narrow area, so if it is lost here, it can easily be cut off on both sides.
"We are now ordering to mobilize two companies from Ralph's troops, two companies from the Bilt area, and the security company from the headquarters, so that they and the two retreating battalions must retake Dalle Street.
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Following Sergeyev's order, nearly a regiment of Soviet troops gathered. On Dalle Street, a regiment of Polish troops was already defending here. Because of this critical point, a fight broke out between the two sides.
"Rush over and take back our position."
There was no artillery support at all, and the Soviet soldiers, led by their commanders, rushed towards the position.
But what they didn't know was that the defense here was the attack corps commanded by Piłsudski. These troops, composed of the most elite Polish soldiers, did not wait for the enemy to attack and counterattack, but rushed directly towards the attacking Soviet army.
.Facing the unreasonable fighting style of this Polish army, the Soviet army suffered a bitter blow.
The Polish army had the confidence to dare to do this. The Polish soldiers in the first company all used MP18 submachine guns. This short-term weapon, which was born recently, beat the leading Soviet troops to flee, and then a close-range fight broke out.
On such a battlefield, the MP18 was simply invincible. The continuous output made the Soviet soldiers completely invincible and retreated in defeat. The Polish army was not polite and took the opportunity to drive the Soviet army deeper. So with the help of the defeated soldiers
Next, many battlefields were captured by the Polish army without any effort.
The Sedelce garrison was on the verge of collapse. Of course Piłsudski would not miss this opportunity and immediately threw all his troops into the battlefield. In the end, the Soviet army was defeated and retreated from Sedelce.
Now that both the Polish and Polish armies have achieved their first-stage goals, they will continue to expand their results and strive to keep more Soviet troops in Poland.
