The declaration of war by Britain and France did not have any impact on Romania. Before attacking Poland, the Romanian government had already made psychological preparations. The declaration of war by Britain and France, except for a few words among the people, did not cause too many waves at all.
When Britain and France declared war on Romania, Lieutenant General Hoffman, the commander of the Northern Front Army, had already arrived in Lublin. Romanian officers and soldiers were now everywhere in the city, and a large number of vehicles and tanks blocked the city.
Local residents only dared to hide in their houses and secretly observe these intruders.
Fortunately, these invaders did not do any harm to the city and even paid for their purchases.
And Hoffman was no stranger to this city. When he was assisting Poland in resisting the Soviet invasion, reinforcements from Romania passed through here to fight the Soviet army. Moreover, Lublin was still a logistics base for the Romanian army at that time, so he did not
Don’t go to Lublin to pick up supplies.
However, the changes between now and then were so great that he could hardly recognize them.
It's just that he is not in the mood to observe this newly captured city.
When he arrived at the headquarters set up in the city hall, the commander of the 3rd Armored Division, Major General Bordas, and his party were already waiting here.
"General, please come inside."
Facing his former subordinate who had made great contributions to the capture of Lublin, Hoffmann patted him on the shoulder to encourage him. "Thank you for your hard work, Bordas."
Facing Hoffman's encouragement, Major General Bordas rarely showed a shy expression. "This is all due to the general's good guidance."
Facing Bordas's words, Hoffman burst out laughing. "You are too humble. The credit this time belongs to you. If you hadn't defeated and surrounded the enemy's 3rd Cavalry Brigade, how could you have captured it so quickly?
Lublin.”
That's right, even he didn't expect that the 3rd Armored Division could capture Lublin so quickly. In fact, even Major General Bordas didn't think about this issue.
At that time, after the Polish 3rd Cavalry Brigade was annihilated, a piece of news was obtained while interrogating the prisoners. That is, after them, there was no organized army between them and Lublin, and there was only one regiment garrisoned in Lublin.
When the news was known to Major General Bordas, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. This was simply a credit given to him by God. Then he immediately gathered all the tanks and vehicles, and with a strengthened regiment, rushed to Lublin under the stars at night.
This force did not disappoint him and arrived in Lublin late that night.
The Polish army stationed in Lublin was not mentally prepared for Romania's sudden attack. Faced with the sudden attack by tanks and infantry of the 3rd Armored Division, it collapsed immediately. Therefore, Lublin, an important place connected to Poland, fell dramatically.
Romanian hands.
Among them, General Modoksky, as the Transkarpal Thousand Army Group, has the main responsibility. Because he deployed the main force near the border, resulting in too few troops in the rear. Coupled with the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, Yin
By accident, they were completely wiped out by the 3rd Armored Division, which resulted in the loss of even an organized unit from Lublin to Zamosc.
This is completely a great gift to the attacking Northern Front Army, but Hoffman will not award it with a medal.
After entering the headquarters converted from the city government, everyone's eyes lit up. The place was so magnificent that it was beyond imagination.
Major General Bordas said proudly, "Isn't it shocking? When I saw it before, I thought it was a palace, but after careful inspection, I realized it was the city government."
Facing Major General Bordas's words, Hoffman glanced at him and said, "It turns out this is really a palace, but it was just a summer palace in Russia. I only found out about it by asking the Poles at the time."
It's just that he didn't come here to talk about changing it into a scenic spot. He asked, "Is the conference room ready?"
"Already prepared."
"Take us there."
After arriving at the conference room, I saw the seats that had been prepared. They were not shabby at all, but very luxurious. With carved leather chairs and gilt tables, it felt like I was not attending a meeting, but preparing for a banquet.
Faced with this situation, Major General Bordas defended himself. "These are all left by the Poles, we are just recycling them."
Hoffman said nothing about this because he was in a hurry. "Okay, get ready for the meeting."
Following his words, all the officers sat down.
After the officer behind him hung up the map, Hoffman held up his baton and said, "Now let me talk about the next deployment."
Facing Hoffman's words, all the officers present cheered up. This was a time of assigning tasks, and they couldn't help but be distracted.
"Now our Northern Front Group Army has preliminarily completed the first phase of its combat mission. According to the original plan, we should help the Southern Front Group Army and encircle the Polish Transcarpal Army Group."
Everyone present knew what Hoffman said, because this was the original plan. However, since the Lieutenant General has now come up with it, it will inevitably be changed.
Sure enough, Hoffman continued. "But after discussing with General Ankodar, the commander of the Southern Front Army, I found that they don't need all our troops to help them. Only two to three divisions are enough, so I
It is planned to form a combat group with three units, the 3rd Armored Division, the 17th Division, and the 87th Motorized Division, to assist the Southern Front Army, led by Chief of Staff General Torres."
The division commanders whose names were called by Hoffman showed no expressions, because they knew that there would be more to come.
Sure enough, after talking about helping the Southern Front Army to encircle the enemy, Hoffman continued: "The remaining troops of ours will not be idle in the future. Because I found that the enemy's hinterland is very empty, so I can use our troops to continue the assault."
Hoffman paused for a moment when he said this, and found that everyone was paying attention to him.
"So, I decided to focus on the 1st and 4th Armored Divisions and the 65th and 71st Motorized Infantry Divisions to form a battle group. The goal is Warsaw."
When Hoffman's words fell, he immediately caused a commotion among the officers present. Who doesn't like seizing the enemy's capital? For this group of people who are eager for military success, it is simply an incomparable temptation.
And Hoffman's words made several other division commanders who were assigned to help the Southern Front Group Army look envious. They wished they could change their tasks, especially Major General Bordas. He tried to speak several times, but failed again.
I endured it.
He knows his own affairs. The 3rd Armored Division has already gained enough credit along the way. If he insists on being more aggressive, it will damage the relationship with other friendly forces. Moreover, he has damaged a lot of equipment in the past, although most of them can still be used.
He repaired it, but now he couldn't use it to fight. So he didn't speak in the end.
"Come out tomorrow morning and you will each check your equipment and prepare supplies."
Finally, Hoffman announced the departure time. It seemed that the plan was hasty, but to those present, they already had a thorough understanding of the enemy's true situation during the battle with the Polish army. The success rate of this plan reached about nine levels.
