While the Romanian army was still fighting on the Demblin-Palchev line, Pilsudski also commanded the Polish army to cross the Vistula and advance towards the Sedelce attack.

On August 16, the appointed day to launch a counterattack, a large number of Polish soldiers appeared on the Vistula River in the early hours of the morning, and they quickly placed their boats on the river's edge, sat on them, and quietly rowed towards the opposite bank. The mosquitoes were biting at night in the summer, and the soldiers were not at all focused on it, but stared at the other side of the river.

The attack on the river crossing first needed to be secretive, but fortunately, no Russian soldiers appeared until they landed on the other side.

And General Podolvsky, who was in charge of organizing the crossing of the river, finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, which can be regarded as a third of the success. Immediately after that, another group of soldiers appeared by the river carrying a group of small boats, and among these soldiers were many people carrying plank ropes.

This time the crossing was much more cumbersome, and they first carried the rope from the boat to the opposite bank. Then quickly tie the boat in a row with ropes, and then fasten the ends of the ropes to both sides of the river. Then they quickly laid the planks and a simple pontoon bridge was built. And other Polish soldiers immediately boarded the pontoon bridge and crossed the Vistula.

By the early hours of the morning, dozens of pontoon bridges had been erected over this stretch of river, four of which were large pontoon bridges capable of carrying heavy weapons such as artillery.

Overnight, more than 40,000 Polish troops crossed the Vistula. And at this time, the Soviet Russian side did not know anything about this.

Pilsudski, who had such a heavenly opportunity, of course, would not sit idly by, and as soon as the attacking corps crossed the river, he pounced on the town of Garvorin, twelve kilometers away, with these most elite Polish troops. He had already found out that there was a division of Soviet Russian troops in this town, and he planned to pounce on the enemy and give him a surprise blow while the enemy had not yet reacted.

And the 26th Division of Soviet Russia, which was his first target, was still in the process of slowly waking up at this time, and the Polish army, which they did not expect at all, was almost under their noses.

So when the assault corps under the command of Pilsudski arrived like heavenly soldiers at about nine o'clock, the whole army was thrown into confusion. They never dreamed that the Polish army, which had been beaten in Warsaw and could not raise its head, would still be able to fight back here.

With mental calculation or unintentionality, coupled with the superiority of troops, the outcome is already doomed. The 26th Russian Division, stationed in Galvolin, collapsed, and even some of their equipment was abandoned there. After defeating the Russian forces in Galvolin, Pilsudski's next target was Shedelce.

But this goal is not the same as that of Galvorin. Shedelce, which is located on the main communication route from Warsaw to Minsk, is the material transfer base of the Warsaw troops, so the Russian defense has always been tightly guarded, and there is no possibility of a sneak attack. Moreover, after the defeat of Galvolin, the Russian army of Shedelce will inevitably get the news, which will make it even more difficult to capture.

However, Pilsudski would not give up because it was difficult, and because Shedelce was a material transfer base, he needed to capture this important city to paralyze the enemy's 3rd, 12th, and 16th armies outside Warsaw.

And when Pilsudski captured Galvolin, this shows the disadvantage of Tukhachevsky's establishment of the headquarters in Minsk. The news that the Polish army had seized Galvolin and was advancing on Shedelce was not received by Tukhachevsky until the early morning of the 18th. At this time, Pilsudski and arrived outside the city of Shedelce, and Tukhachevsky was still using outdated information.

The shortcomings of the headquarters being set up too far away to control the front-line battle situation at any time made the Soviet army quite slow to react in the face of the counterattack of the Luo Bo coalition forces.

However, Tukhachevsky is worthy of being a genius general, and with the intelligence of two days ago, he immediately discovered the threat facing the Soviet Russian army. Only then did his response shift from one extreme to the other, and he immediately ordered the five armies in Warsaw and on the east bank of the Vivas River to retreat to the Bug River. And Tukhachevsky's order was already too late at this time, because at this time Shedelce was facing a siege by Polish troops, and the defending Soviet troops were suffering.

"Attack."

As soon as the artillery fire swept over the enemy positions, the Polish officer leading the team immediately rushed with his soldiers with a wave of his hand towards the already bombed-out fortifications.

"Quick, repel them."

And the Soviet troops, who had just endured the baptism of artillery, came out of their hiding places one after another to the shouts of their commanders and opened fire on the enemy relying on the terrain.

In between, there were already many officers and soldiers killed on both sides, and it could be seen that the two had been fighting over this position for a long time.

And this time, the Polish army attacked differently than before, no longer using natural bunkers to shoot at the Soviet Russian army, but endured casualties and rushed directly towards them.

Let the Polish army use this deadly style of play, the simple reason is that they are running out of time. Because General Zheligovsky reported that the Soviet-Polish troops near Warsaw had stopped the offensive and they were preparing to retreat. And the Polish army defending Warsaw was unable to hold back the other side because of the heavy casualties. Therefore, Pilsudski now lacks time, so he can only use this style of play with quick results but heavy casualties.

And the Polish army's desperate style of fighting really worked. The Polish army, with huge casualties, rushed to the position, entangled with the Soviet and Russian soldiers, and a tragic white-knuckle battle broke out.

Looking from above the battlefield, you can see 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 Russian army does not have reinforcements, then they will definitely lose. However, in the case that the Polish army has a multi-fold advantage, where can the Soviet Russian defenders mobilize reinforcements, so the final result is that the Soviet Russian defenders are defeated.

And the Polish troops, completely ignoring rest, rushed to the next point, leaving part of the army to defend. They had limited time and had to capture Shedelce as soon as possible to prevent the escape of the Russian troops near Warsaw. And this is only a tip of the Polish army in Sedelce. In other areas, the Soviet troops, who were defending themselves in various places, suffered greatly, and many positions were thus captured.

And in the headquarters, the commander of the city defense, Segerv, was being overwhelmed by the offensive of the Polish army.

"It is reported that Beers Street has been seized by the enemy, and the soldiers of the Ninth Battalion on the defence have retreated to adjacent Viddle Street."

"Let the defeated troops retreat to the Ramour Bridge for temporary repairs. In addition, the 6th Battalion of the Ramour Bridge was sent to reinforce Wildel Street and Dorse Street, which would become the next focus of the enemy's attack. ”

While listening to the report of the staff officer, Shedelv gave the order. Now that all the troops at his disposal have been dispatched, he can only use the defeated soldiers to supplement the strength of 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 infantry from the positions that have not yet been attacked to replenish other areas.

But he didn't know how long such a battle would last. Because of the pressure in the soldier's heart, I don't know when I may not be able to withstand the outburst. However, the strict order from Minsk was not to retreat, so he could only defend until the last moment.

But whatever he was afraid of came, and while he was worried about the defense, a staff officer hurried in.

"Report, Dalle Street is lost."

Hearing this, Segerv's face turned pale, and 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 Därle Strasse is too important to be the main point connecting the eastern and western districts of Sedelce. As long as the enemy occupies this place, they will be able to cut Shchedelce into two disconnected parts.

It is also the topography that allows Sedelce to form this strange distribution of urban areas. To the east of the city there is a tributary of the Wigv River Bug River, while to the west of the city there is a series of hills, making it the narrowest terrain in the city. Dalle Strasse is the main thoroughfare in this long and narrow area, so if you lose it, you can easily cut the two sides.

"It is now ordered that two companies be drawn from Ralph's troops, two companies from the Bildt area, and two companies from the headquarters guards, so that they and the two battalions that have retreated must retake Dalle Street."

With the order of Sedev, almost a regiment of Soviet and Russian forces was assembled. And on Daller Street, there was already a regiment of Polish troops defending here. Because of this key point, a fight broke out between the two parties.

"Rush over and retake our positions."

There was no artillery support at all, and the Soviet soldiers, led by the commander, rushed to the position.

What they didn't know, though, was that it was Pilsudski's assault corps defending the area. 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 troops. In the face of this unreasonable fighting style of the Polish army, the Soviet army tasted the bitterness of the rift.

The Polish army dared to do this, and the Polish soldiers of the first company all used MP18 submachine guns. This kind of close-range mass killing weapon that was born soon ago beat the Soviet vanguard to the head, and then the close-range fighting broke out.

And on such a battlefield, MP18 is simply invincible, and the continuous output makes the Soviet soldiers completely invincible and retreat one after another. And the Polish army was not polite, taking the opportunity to drive the Soviet army to advance in depth. As a result, with the help of the defeated army, many battlefields were easily taken by the Polish army.

The Shedelce garrison was on the verge of collapse. And Pilsudski, of course, would not let go of this opportunity, and immediately threw all his troops into the battlefield, and in the end the Soviet troops were defeated and retreated to Shedelce.

Now that both armies have achieved their goals in the first phase, they will continue to expand their gains and strive to keep more Soviet troops in Poland.