Burning Moscow

"Comrade Colonel, don't you understand until now?" I put down my binoculars and said to the dazed Galicki: "The person who just contacted you on the other side is not a comrade of the Lyudov Army, but a German. people."

"But how can the Germans know our contact code?" Galicki asked puzzledly.

"Isn't it easy?" I felt that these crooked nuts have really little roots in their minds, and I didn't even understand such a simple question, so I explained to him: "Maybe not long ago, I am going to meet your willow. The comrades of the Dorf Army are indeed in the Lazienki Palace. But unfortunately, their whereabouts were discovered by the Germans, and then the Germans mobilized their troops and eliminated them to take up your rebels. They were greedy and fearful through one or two of them. People of the dead, understand your contact signal, and deliberately set a trap to get you to the bait."

"Then what should we do?" Galicki looked at the river that was being shelled and the woods spewing death flames, and said with a weeping face: "Should we let our troops be wiped out by the Germans in the Vistula River like this? ?"

"When you are fighting in the street, where is the artillery battalion I assigned to you?" Seeing the appearance of the six gods of Galitsky, although I was holding my stomach, I still patiently said to him: "Immediately adjust them. Go to the river and use artillery to suppress the enemies hiding in the woods of the Lazienki Palace and cover the landing of the crossing troops. If you hesitate any more, they will all be wiped out by the enemy in the Vistula River."

Galicki turned around and rushed to the phone, grabbed the microphone and shouted: "I am Colonel Galicki, I will pick up the artillery battalion immediately!...Hello, artillery battalion? I order you to tell Lazienki Palace immediately. Fire at the position!...what, who am I?...I’m Colonel Galicki, and I order you to fire in the direction of Lazienki Palace immediately!...Don’t hesitate, fire at the gun, if you move more slowly, my subordinates They would be killed in the river by the German machine gun."

Galicki returned to me, smiled bitterly at me and said: "I deployed the artillery battalion by the river just in case, but I didn't expect it to be really useful."

"Good job," I said approvingly about Colonel Galicki's precautionary arrangement: "The artillery battalion is deployed by the river and can fire at any time to suppress the German troops on the opposite bank, so as to ensure that the Polish commanders can board smoothly. shore."

When the shells smashed past, the German army was completely reimbursed for the firepower ambushing by the river in the Lazienki Palace. The trees along the river burned in the artillery fire, illuminating the nearby water like daylight. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, several small boats approached the shore, and the soldiers on board jumped into the water, wading into the water, and washed up on the shore.

Seeing that the boats crossing the river passed through the German shelling area and approached the shore of the Lazienki Palace one after another, and the soldiers on board also disembarked and landed, Galicki was finally relieved. He grabbed the microphone and asked, "Hey, Major Hubal, which battalion was the first to land at Lazienki Palace?"

Because I was so close this time, I could clearly hear Hubbar’s answer: "The second battalion is the second battalion of Captain Oss."

"Can you get in touch?" Galicki asked anxiously, "I want to know about the situation on the other side."

"I'm sorry, Comrade Colonel." Hubbar said in an apologetic tone: "Although my correspondent kept calling them, he was still unable to contact him."

"Why does this happen?" Galicki asked angrily.

"It's not clear yet," Hubbar said loudly, "I don't know if the communication equipment was damaged while crossing the river, or if Captain Oss was killed. In short, we can't understand the situation on the other side at all."

"Major," Galicki was anxious when he heard this. "Go to the other side immediately and find out what happened. Report to me in an hour."

"Wait a minute, Colonel Galicki." When I heard Galicki's angry order to Major Hubbard, I hurriedly stopped him: "Let Major Hubbar wait. You didn't see the Germans returning. Are you constantly bombarding the Vistula? The ships arriving on the opposite bank can't return at all. You can't let the major swim over, right?"

Hearing what I said, Colonel Galicki smiled bitterly, and then said into the microphone: "Alright, Major Hubbar, continue to contact Captain Oss, and report to me as soon as there is news!"

After Galicki finished the call, I walked quickly to the correspondent and told him: "Get in touch with General Askarepov immediately. I want to talk to him immediately."

As soon as the phone was connected, I couldn't wait to ask: "Comrade Commander, what's the situation with you?"

"Report to Comrade Deputy Commander," Askarepov reported loudly on the other end of the phone: "Because of the lack of equipment for crossing the river and the remaining Germans in the zoo, the regrouping of the troops was affected, so Our crossing of the river did not go smoothly. So far, only one company's troops have crossed the Vistula River and occupied two river-side buildings on the opposite bank as our landing grounds."

"Comrade commander, leave a battalion of troops and continue to deal with the Germans in the zoo." I saw that the landing site chosen by the Polish army had been discovered by the Germans. If all the troops were put in this direction, it would definitely cause Huge casualties, so I put my hopes of success in crossing the river on the Askarepov troops: "The rest of the troops must cross the river as quickly as possible before the Germans on the other side find you. Go. Understand?"

After being silent for a long time, Askarepov replied loudly, "Understood!"

After returning the microphone to the communicator, I came to Galicki again and said to him: "Colonel, there is already a company on the side of General Askarepov, who has successfully crossed the Vistula. River, and occupied two riverside buildings on the opposite bank as their landing sites. You must also establish a landing site in Lazienki Palace as soon as possible, so that we can have more troops and successfully land on the West Bank."

Galicki raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of Lazienki Palace. Then he turned his head and said to me: "Comrade Deputy Commander, according to my observations, the situation seems a bit bad. Not only is there a fierce firefight by the river, but Even farther away, you can see the faint muzzle flame, which proves that the fight is still very intense."

At this moment, a soldier with a submachine gun walked in from the outside and reported to Galicki: "Comrade Commander, we have caught a suspicious person. He said he was swimming from the other side. There is something important. The matter must be reported to the highest commander here."

"Just kidding, the river is seven or eight hundred meters wide. How could he easily swim over. Needless to say, it must be a spy of the Germans." Galicki said this, waving his hand casually at his subordinates and ordered Said: "Drag it out and shoot it."

"Wait a minute." Seeing the soldier turned to leave, I hurriedly stopped him, and said to Galicki sideways, "Comrade Colonel, please call someone in and ask to find out what's going on. talk later."

"Well, Comrade Deputy Commander, since you said that," Galicki hesitated for a while and ordered the soldiers: "Bring people in!"

After a while, the soldier walked in with a wet middle-aged man. Because the light in the room was too dim, he didn't see me on the side, only barely saw Galicki standing in front of the window. He walked quickly in front of Galicki, raised his hand in salute, and spoke in a language that I didn't understand.

When I heard Galicki talking to him in the same language, I realized that they both spoke Polish, so I didn’t interrupt, but quietly looked at the blue uniform he was wearing and the upper arm on his right arm. Set of red and white sleeves.

After listening to what the other party said, Galicki turned his head and said to me: "Comrade Deputy Commander, the situation has changed. The rebel forces originally deployed in the Lazienki Palace have all been withdrawn in the afternoon."

"What, the insurgents have withdrawn?" I heard that the insurgents in charge had already evacuated before the battle started. I was shocked and asked quickly: "Is this news reliable?"

Galicki did not answer me immediately, but said something more to the person who reported the letter. The man found me standing on the side and quickly said to me in bad Russian: "Comrade General, I am Second Lieutenant Petro of the Lyudov Army. I want to report an unfortunate news to you.

In the afternoon, the troops of the Krajov Army had followed the orders of Komorowski and Montel to withdraw from the coastal area to the city. Soon after they left, these positions were occupied by German fascist forces. When they retreated, they did not notify us of the Lyudov army, which resulted in us being attacked by the German army and suffered heavy losses. "

"Comrade Deputy Commander, I've figured it out." Galicki waited for Petro to finish, then interrupted and said: "The Germans wiped out the squadron of the Lyudov Army in Lazienki Palace preparing to take over, and then Pretending to be them, they sent us false signals in an attempt to wipe out our army from the Vistula River."

"Second Lieutenant Petro," I looked at the second lieutenant of the Lyudov Army who broke out, and asked curiously: "I want to ask, how did you escape?"

"When the Germans entered the Lazienki Palace in the disguise of the Krajov Army, I was fishing by the river." Lieutenant Petro looked at me and replied, "When I heard the screams coming, I saw the German soldiers. We were slaughtering our comrades in arms, so I dived and escaped. I went ashore far downstream and walked north along the river, hoping to meet the troops who attacked Warsaw. Unexpectedly, I really met my own The troops are all Poles."

I'm still skeptical of what he said. Even if the Germans made a sneak attack, but it was in broad daylight after all, how could it be possible to kill the detachment of the Lyudov Army stationed in the Lazienki Palace without firing a shot? Up? So I asked Galicki: "Comrade Colonel, when your troops reached the river, did you hear gunshots from the opposite bank?"

"No, Comrade Deputy Commander, I didn't hear the gunshots." Galicki shook his head and said, "Maybe the fighting in the city was too intense, or the river was too wide, so we didn't hear any gunshots at all. ."

From the conversation between me and Galicki, Petro heard my suspicion of him, and immediately raised his voice and said, "Comrade General, are you worried that I was sent by the German to deceive you?"

I turned my head to look at the second lieutenant who was a little out of control, and said to him tactfully: "Comrade Lieutenant, I am responsible for the safety of my subordinates, so some things must be understood clearly."

"I understand, Comrade General." Lieutenant Petro nodded vigorously, and said, "If I meet someone of unknown origin, I will also doubt everything he says. But I assure you that what I just said Everything is real."

"Comrade Lieutenant, you have worked hard." Galicki patted the other person on the shoulder and comforted him: "I think you must be tired and hungry now. Let's go down to rest and eat something." After that, he let him. The soldier standing nearby led Lieutenant Petro out.

As soon as the two of them left, I told the reporters: "Communications, issue to the front army headquarters: The troops that received us on the west bank of the Vistula have been wiped out by the Germans. The troops crossing the river are now fighting alone. Please indicate whether to continue the operation of crossing the river or to withdraw to the east bank!"

While the correspondent was sending the report, Galicki asked me quietly: "Comrade Deputy Commander, what kind of reply do you think Marshal Rokosovsky will give us?"

"Does this still need to be said?" I looked at him with a wry smile and said: "It must be an order to establish a landing field on the opposite bank at all costs so that more troops can wait for the West Bank."

My words made Galicki puzzled: "Since you know that Comrade Marshal will definitely let us continue crossing the river, why should you send him this telegram?"

I shrugged ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and replied: "It's very simple. I just want him to know that the insurgents on the other side of the river no longer exist. If we want to continue fighting on the west bank of the Vistula, everything We can only rely on ourselves."

After Rokosovsky received my telegram, he didn’t care about divulging the secrets and talked with me directly: "Lida, what happened? How do you know that the other side is responsible for receiving your troops? The Germans have been Wiped out?"

Hearing this question from him, I hurriedly blocked the German fire at the scheduled landing point of the crossing troops, and the news reported by Lieutenant Petro, and finally asked him tentatively: "Comrade Marshal, Does our plan for crossing the river continue?"

"Yes, the cross-river operation continues." Rokosovsky's reply was exactly the same as I guessed. He finally said: "If there is anything I need to help, just ask it." For mobile phone users, please visit. Reading, a better reading experience.

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