This group of anti-tank men fell under the enemy's guns, but the anti-tank men, who were attacking from other points, managed to blow up a Tiger tank in the middle. The black smoke from the black smoke from the tanks wrapped in flames blocked the sight of the German tankmen behind them, so that they could not eliminate the Soviet anti-tank fighters who attacked one after another in time.

Polish fighters who went forward one after another blew up German tanks one by one. Of the five Tiger tanks dispatched, except for one wounded one who escaped by chance, the rest were blown up in the streets by the fighters.

Although the German offensive was repelled by a combined force of the Polish army and the insurgent army, the commander of the Polish battalion in charge of the command was not happy at all. In the battle that just ended, he blew up four German tanks and killed and wounded more than 30 German soldiers, but his soldiers suffered nearly 200 casualties.

Vargin learned that the Polish army had temporarily blocked the German attack, but had paid a lot of casualties himself, and he couldn't help but have a headache. He hurriedly sent a telegram to Chuikov and Rokossovsky at the same time, giving a detailed report to them on the situation in the city.

After reading the telegram sent by Vakin, Chuikov replied very simply: "I order you to resolutely hold your position at all costs, and not to retreat a single step." ”

For this kind of panacea-like reply, Wajin couldn't help but smile bitterly after reading it. He said to Galitsky: "Comrade Colonel, you see this telegram. Everyone knows that in the face of the German attack, we can't retreat a single step, but we must also be able to hold off the enemy. You must know that the technical and tactical level of the Germans is higher than that of our fighters, but there are also heavy weapons. In my opinion, if there were no reinforcements arriving, even if our two divisions were exhausted, it would be impossible to block the enemy's attack. ”

"Comrade General, what you said is very reasonable." Galitsky agreed: "We paid more than 1,500 people to defend the Lazienki bridge, not counting the rebels and armed citizens who came to support us. If you add up this figure, the number of casualties is at least more than three thousand. ”

Faced with such a difficult situation, Vargin said to Galitsky in a heavy tone: "Comrade Colonel, let's wait for the telegram from the army command and listen to what Marshal Rokossovsky has to say. If he still does the same as Comrade Commander and orders us to hold off the enemy at all costs, we must be ready to exhaust our troops. ”

After saying that, he pulled out the pistol from the holster, checked the magazine, put the gun on the table, and said to Galitsky: "Comrade Colonel, I will keep the last bullet for myself." ”

Seeing that Vargin was ready to die, Galitsky realized the seriousness of the problem. After a moment of silence, he spoke: "Don't worry, Comrade General, I will never let the Germans capture them alive." ”

Just as the two began to explain what was going on with each other, the communications staff officer came over, handed a telegram to Vajin, and said: "Comrade division commander, this is a telegram just sent by the headquarters of the front army. ”

Vargin looked at the telegram in the staff officer's hand, it was actually three pages long, and it was obvious that the reply he gave himself would not be as brief as Chuikov's reply. He hurriedly took the telegram from the staff officer's hand, took it to his eyes and quickly scanned it.

After reading the above content, an expression of joy suddenly appeared on his face, and he said to Galitsky: "Comrade Colonel, look at this telegram, it is very good, it is very good. If we do this, we will be sure to defeat the Germans, no matter how many of them there are. ”

Galitsky took the telegram and looked at it, then handed it back to Varkin, and said apologetically: "I can't understand many words on it, so you can briefly introduce them to me." ”

"That's right, Comrade Colonel." Vargin picked up the telegram and explained to Galitsky: "Marshal Rokossovsky criticized us in the telegram, saying that we should not engage in any positional warfare in the city of Warsaw, but should engage in street warfare suited to the characteristics of Warsaw. ”

"Street fighting?" When Galitsky heard this, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Then how are we going to start street fighting?" ”

"Marshal Rokossovsky meant that we should use street fighting to hold back the enemy, so that they have superior forces and weapons and equipment, but they will not be able to use them." Varking continued: "...... In the narrow streets, the German armored forces could not be deployed at all, and the long armored columns, as soon as the first tank was destroyed by us, their armored columns would be completely surrounded by us and plunged into bitter battles. Their original follow-up troops became relief troops, and they engaged in melee battles with our troops in the city. ”

"In street fighting, we have to send more combat groups to engage in street fighting with the enemy in various places." Varkin, who knew the telegram by heart, said confidently: "Each combat group consisted of one sniper with one machine gunner, two submachine gunners and one anti-tank man. This combination of firepower with strong lethality, fast movement, and long, medium, and close range is simply the best combination of urban street warfare. ”

After Vargin finished reading Rokossovsky's telegram, Galitsky also regained his confidence. He said excitedly: "Great, Comrade General, this is really good. If we engage in street battles with the enemy in accordance with the method instructed by Comrade Marshal, then our chances of victory will be greatly enhanced. ”

"That's right, that's right." Vargin continued: "We will find more comrades from the rebel army to act as guides for our combat group, so that they can flexibly fight in any part of the city. The Germans, on the other hand, would find themselves in a difficult situation because of their lack of understanding of the terrain, and they would have to pay several lives for every meter they advanced. ”

Galitsky raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said to Vagin: "Comrade General, without further ado, let's immediately proceed with the creation of such a combat group." If it's too late, I'm afraid that the troops who are blocking the streets will not be able to hold up. ”

Galitsky's guess was correct, and while the two of them were waiting for the telegram, the enemy launched a new attack from the Warsaw West Railway Station into the area where the museum was located. Although the Germans only had one tank left, due to the very good coordination of the infantry and tanks this time, the Polish anti-tank men had no chance to blow up the enemy tank, but suffered heavy casualties under the submachine gun fire of the German infantry following the tank.

And Rokossovsky, who was in Lublin, was also particularly unsteady after sending that telegram of guidance. He was worried that Vajin would not bother to adopt the tactics he had proposed, or that he would fight a positional battle with the Germans in Warsaw, and that it would only be a matter of time before the two divisions in the city were wiped out by the Germans.

Although the German offensive was repelled by a combined force of the Polish army and the insurgent army, the commander of the Polish battalion in charge of the command was not happy at all. In the battle that just ended, he blew up four German tanks and killed and wounded more than 30 German soldiers, but his soldiers suffered nearly 200 casualties.

Vargin learned that the Polish army had temporarily blocked the German attack, but had paid a lot of casualties himself, and he couldn't help but have a headache. He hurriedly sent a telegram to Chuikov and Rokossovsky at the same time, giving a detailed report to them on the situation in the city.

After reading the telegram sent by Vakin, Chuikov replied very simply: "I order you to resolutely hold your position at all costs, and not to retreat a single step." ”

For this kind of panacea-like reply, Wajin couldn't help but smile bitterly after reading it. He said to Galitsky: "Comrade Colonel, you see this telegram. Everyone knows that in the face of the German attack, we can't retreat a single step, but we must also be able to hold off the enemy. You must know that the technical and tactical level of the Germans is higher than that of our fighters, but there are also heavy weapons. In my opinion, if there were no reinforcements arriving, even if our two divisions were exhausted, it would be impossible to block the enemy's attack. ”

"Comrade General, what you said is very reasonable." Galitsky agreed: "We paid more than 1,500 people to defend the Lazienki bridge, not counting the rebels and armed citizens who came to support us. If you add up this figure, the number of casualties is at least more than three thousand. ”

Faced with such a difficult situation, Vargin said to Galitsky in a heavy tone: "Comrade Colonel, let's wait for the telegram from the army command and listen to what Marshal Rokossovsky has to say. If he still does the same as Comrade Commander and orders us to hold off the enemy at all costs, we must be ready to exhaust our troops. ”

After saying that, he pulled out the pistol from the holster, checked the magazine, put the gun on the table, and said to Galitsky: "Comrade Colonel, I will keep the last bullet for myself." ”

Seeing that Vargin was ready to die, Galitsky realized the seriousness of the problem. After a moment of silence, he spoke: "Don't worry, Comrade General, I will never let the Germans capture them alive." ”

Just as the two began to explain what was going on with each other, the communications staff officer came over, handed a telegram to Vajin, and said: "Comrade division commander, this is a telegram just sent by the headquarters of the front army. ”

Vargin looked at the telegram in the staff officer's hand, it was actually three pages long, and it was obvious that the reply he gave himself would not be as brief as Chuikov's reply. He hurriedly took the telegram from the staff officer's hand, took it to his eyes and quickly scanned it.

After reading the above content, an expression of joy suddenly appeared on his face, and he said to Galitsky: "Comrade Colonel, look at this telegram, it is very good, it is very good. If we do this, we will be sure to defeat the Germans, no matter how many of them there are. ”

Galitsky took the telegram and looked at it, then handed it back to Varkin, and said apologetically: "I can't understand many words on it, so you can briefly introduce them to me." ”

"That's right, Comrade Colonel." Vargin picked up the telegram and explained to Galitsky: "Marshal Rokossovsky criticized us in the telegram, saying that we should not engage in any positional warfare in the city of Warsaw, but should engage in street warfare suited to the characteristics of Warsaw. ”

"Street fighting?" When Galitsky heard this, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Then how are we going to start street fighting?" ”

"Marshal Rokossovsky meant that we should use street fighting to hold back the enemy, so that they have superior forces and weapons and equipment, but they will not be able to use them." Varking continued: "...... In the narrow streets, the German armored forces could not be deployed at all, and the long armored columns, as soon as the first tank was destroyed by us, their armored columns would be completely surrounded by us and plunged into bitter battles. Their original follow-up troops became relief troops, and they engaged in melee battles with our troops in the city. ”

"In street fighting, we have to send more combat groups to engage in street fighting with the enemy in various places." Varkin, who knew the telegram by heart, said confidently: "Each combat group consisted of one sniper with one machine gunner, two submachine gunners and one anti-tank man. This combination of firepower with strong lethality, fast movement, and long, medium, and close range is simply the best combination of urban street warfare. ”

After Vargin finished reading Rokossovsky's telegram, Galitsky also regained his confidence. He said excitedly: "Great, Comrade General, this is really good. If we engage in street battles with the enemy in accordance with the method instructed by Comrade Marshal, then our chances of victory will be greatly enhanced. ”

"That's right, that's right." Vargin continued: "We will find more comrades from the rebel army to act as guides for our combat group, so that they can flexibly fight in any part of the city. The Germans, on the other hand, would find themselves in a difficult situation because of their lack of understanding of the terrain, and they would have to pay several lives for every meter they advanced. ”

Galitsky raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said to Vagin: "Comrade General, without further ado, let's immediately proceed with the creation of such a combat group." If it's too late, I'm afraid that the troops who are blocking the streets will not be able to hold up. ”

Galitsky's guess was correct, and while the two of them were waiting for the telegram, the enemy launched a new attack from the Warsaw West Railway Station into the area where the museum was located. Although the Germans only had one tank left, due to the very good coordination of the infantry and tanks this time, the Polish anti-tank men had no chance to blow up the enemy tank, but suffered heavy casualties under the submachine gun fire of the German infantry following the tank.

And Rokossovsky, who was in Lublin, was also particularly unsteady after sending that telegram of guidance. He was worried that Vajin would not bother to adopt the tactics he had proposed, or that he would fight a positional battle with the Germans in Warsaw, and that it would only be a matter of time before the two divisions in the city were wiped out by the Germans.