Romanian Eagle

While the Romanian army was still fighting on the Demblin-Parchev line, Piłsudski also commanded the Polish army to cross the Vistula River and attack Sedlce.

On August 16, the agreed day to launch a counterattack, a large number of Polish soldiers appeared on the Vistula River in the early morning. They quickly put their boats on the riverside, sat on them, and rowed quietly towards the opposite bank. Mosquitoes are biting badly on summer nights, and these soldiers didn't pay attention to it at all, but stared at the opposite side of the river bank.

This river crossing attack first needed to ensure privacy, but it was fortunate that no Soviet soldiers appeared until they landed on the other side.

And General Podolsky, who was in charge of organizing the river crossing, finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was considered a third of success. Immediately afterwards, another group of soldiers appeared by the river with a group of boats, and among these soldiers were many people carrying wooden ropes.

This time, crossing the river was a lot more complicated. First, they took the rope from the boat to the other side. Then quickly tie the boat into a row with ropes, and then fasten the ropes to both sides of the river. Then they quickly laid out planks, and a simple pontoon bridge was built. The other Polish soldiers immediately boarded the pontoon and crossed the Vistula.

By the early hours of the morning, dozens of pontoon bridges had been built on this section of the river, four of which were large pontoon bridges that could pass heavy weapons such as artillery.

Overnight, more than 40,000 Polish troops crossed the Vistula River. At this time, the Soviet Union did not know anything 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 took the most elite troops in Poland and rushed towards the small town of Galvorin, twelve kilometers away. He had already found out that there was an army of a Soviet Russian division in this small town, and he planned to jump up to give the opponent a surprise blow before the enemy responded.

As his first target, the 26th Division of the Soviet Union was still in the process of waking up slowly, and the Polish army, which they had no idea about, was already under their noses.

So when Piłsudski's attacking corps arrived like a celestial force around nine o'clock, the entire force was thrown into chaos. They never dreamed that the Polish army, who was beaten in Warsaw and could not raise its head, would be able to fight back here.

With the intention to calculate without the intention, plus the military advantage, the outcome is already doomed. The 26th Division of the Soviet Union, stationed in Galvorin, collapsed, and they even abandoned some equipment there. After defeating the Russian troops in Galvorin, Piłsudski's next target was Sederce.

But this goal is different from Galvorin. Siedelce, located on the main road between Warsaw and Minsk, is the material transfer base of the Warsaw army, so the Russian army has been closely guarded.

There is no possibility of a sneak attack. Moreover, after the defeat of Galvorin, the Russian army of Schederce will inevitably get news, which makes it even more difficult to capture.

However, Piłsudski would not give up because of difficulties. It was precisely because Schederce was a material transfer base that he needed to capture this important city to paralyze the enemy's 3rd, 12th, and 16th armies outside Warsaw.

And when Piłsudski captured Galvorin, this shows the disadvantage of Tukhachevsky's headquarters in Minsk. The news that the Polish army had captured Garwolin and marched towards Schedelce was not received by Tukhachevsky until the early morning of the 18th. At this time, Piłsudski and arrived outside the city of Siedelce, and Tukhachevsky was still using outdated information at this time.

The shortcoming that the headquarters was set up too far and could not control the front-line battle situation at any time made the Soviet army very slow to respond in the face of the counterattack of the Robo coalition.

However, Tukhachevsky is worthy of being a genius general. He took the intelligence from two days ago and immediately discovered the threat facing the Soviet Russian army. It's just that his response turned from one extreme to the other at this time, and he immediately ordered the five armies in Warsaw and the east bank of the Vivas River to retreat to the Bug River. And Tukhachevsky's order was too late at this time, because at this time Seidlce was facing the siege of the Polish army, and the defending Soviet army was suffering.

"attack."

After the artillery fire swept over the enemy's position, the Polish officers who led the team immediately waved their hands with their soldiers and rushed towards the fortified fortifications that had been bombarded with holes.

"Quick, repel them."

The Soviet army, who had just endured the baptism of artillery, came out of their hiding places in the commander's cry, and fired on the enemy relying on the terrain.

Between the two lie many officers and soldiers who were killed in battle. It can be seen that the two have been fighting for a long time in this position.

This time, the Polish army's attack was different from the previous one. Instead of using natural bunkers to shoot against the Soviet and Russian troops, they endured casualties and rushed directly to them.

Let the Polish army use this deadly play for the simple reason that they are running out of time. As General Zeligovsky reported that the Soviet and Polish forces near Warsaw had stopped their offensive and were preparing to retreat. The Polish army defending Warsaw was unable to hold the opponent down because of the large casualties. Therefore, Piłsudski lacks time now, and can only use this quick-acting but high-casualty play first.

And the deadly play of the Polish army really paid off. The Polish army, which suffered huge casualties, rushed to the position and entangled with the Soviet Russian soldiers, and the tragic hand-to-hand battle broke out like this.

Observing from the top of the battlefield, it can be found that even if the Polish army rushed into the position with casualties, its strength was several times that of the defender. So the result is already very obvious. If the Soviet Russian army does not have reinforcements, they will undoubtedly lose. However, with the Polish army occupying several times the advantage, how could the Soviet Russian defenders mobilize reinforcements, so the final result was that the Soviet Russian defenders retreated.

The Polish army did not care about rest at all, and after leaving part of the army to defend it, rushed to the next location. They had limited time and had to capture Siedlce as soon as possible to prevent the Soviet troops near Warsaw from escaping. And this is just a corner of the Polish army in Siedelce. In other areas, the Polish army, which was desperately defending the Soviet army everywhere, was miserable, and many positions were captured in this way.

In the headquarters, the commander of the city defense, Sejerf, is being overwhelmed by the offensive of the Polish army.

"Report, Beales Street has been captured by the enemy, and the defending 9th Battalion soldiers have retreated to the adjacent Weddell Street."

"Let the retreating troops retreat to the Larmor Bridge for temporary repair. In addition, the Sixth Battalion of Larmor Bridge will be sent reinforcements to reinforce Weddell Street and Doles Street, which will become the next focus of the enemy's attack."

While listening to the report of the staff officer, Xie Jerf issued an order. Now that all the troops in his hand have been sent out, he can only use the defeated soldiers to supplement the troops in the defensive positions. Of course, he also knows that the defeated soldiers need a certain amount of time to recover, so he can only draw points from the positions that have not been attacked. Infantry supplements other areas.

But he didn't know how long such a fight would last. Because of the pressure in the soldiers' hearts, they may not be able to withstand the outbreak at any time. However, the strict order from Minsk was that he could not retreat, so he could only defend until the last moment.

But when he was worried about defense, a staff officer hurried in.

"Report, Darle Avenue has fallen."

Hearing this news, Xie Jerf's complexion turned pale, and he immediately grabbed the staff officer and shouted: "Didn't I send two battalions to sell this location, how could it fall so quickly."

The location of Dalle Street is too important, and it is the main point connecting the east and west of Siedlce. As long as the enemy occupies this place, they will be able to cut the Shader into two disconnected parts.

It's also the terrain that gives Schedlce this strange urban distribution. In the east of the city there is a tributary of the Wigve River Burg River, and in the west of the city there are continuous hills, making this the narrowest and narrowest terrain in the city of Seidlce. Dalle Avenue is the main road of this long and narrow area, so if it is lost here, it can easily be cut on both sides.

"It is now ordered that two companies will be transferred from Ralph's troops, two companies will be transferred from the Bilt area, and the guard company of the headquarters will also be transferred, so that they and the two battalions that have retreated must retake Dalle Street. "

Following Seidelv's order, nearly a regiment of Soviet Russian troops was assembled. And on Darle Street, there is already a regiment of Polish troops defending here. Because of this critical point, the two sides immediately broke out into a fight.

"Rush over and retake our position."

There was no artillery support at all, and the Soviet soldiers rushed to the position under the leadership of the commander.

But what they didn't know was that the attacking corps under the command of Piłsudski was defending here. These troops, composed of the most elite Polish soldiers, did not wait for the enemy to attack at all, but rushed directly to the attacking Soviet troops. In the face of the unreasonable play of the Polish army, the Soviet army suffered a bitter rift.

The Polish army has the confidence to dare to do this. The Polish soldiers in the first company all used MP18 submachine guns. This kind of close-range killing weapon, which was born not long ago, drove the leading Soviet troops into the air, and then the close-range killing broke out like this.

On such a battlefield, the MP18 is simply invincible. The continuous output made the Soviet soldiers completely invincible, and they were defeated and retreated. The Polish army was not polite, and took the opportunity to drive the Soviet army to advance in depth. So with the help of the defeated soldiers, many battlefields were taken away by the Polish army effortlessly.

The Sederce defenders were on the verge of collapse. Of course, Piłsudski would not miss this opportunity, and immediately put all the troops into the battlefield. In the end, the Soviet army lost and retreated to Seidelce.

Now that the two armies of Luo Bo have achieved the goal of the first stage, they will continue to expand the results and strive to keep more Soviet troops in Poland.