Batov followed the vanguard of the 65th Army from the east bank to the west bank via the palace bridge. As the troops continued to advance, he arrived at the headquarters in the palace with several staff officers. 、

When Glazunov saw Batov walk into his headquarters, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. After the two saluted each other, they came to a warm hug, and Batov said excitedly: "General Glazunov, you are good, and your 4th Guards Army is also good." Without your stubborn battles with the enemy in the city, I think we would have had to wait a long time to enter this historic city. ”

Hearing Batov's praise of himself, Glazunov modestly said: "Comrade General, you have won the award. I can't do it alone, and if it weren't for the bloody battles of the commanders and fighters, it would have been almost impossible to achieve such results. ”

After the two sat down, they began to negotiate the situation of the change of troops. Grazunov was the first to speak to Batov and advised: "Comrade General, if the units of the 65th Army are to take over the defense of the city, in order to avoid unnecessary confusion and give the Germans an opportunity, I propose that it should be divided into divisions. ”

"General Glazunov," Hearing Glazunov say this, Batov said reasonably, "tell me what you think." How are you going to partition it?"

"Comrade General, please look here." Glazunov put a map of the city of Warsaw in front of Batov and said to him: "I suggest that the troops of the 65th Army first take over the defense of the north of the city, then the west and southwest, and finally after all our troops have withdrawn from Warsaw, you will take over the defense of the south of the city." ”

In response to Glazunov's proposal, Batov thought carefully for a while, then nodded in agreement. However, before officially carrying out the task of changing guards, for the sake of safety, he still said to Glazunov: "General Glazunov, our plan for changing guards should be immediately reported to the superiors, and after obtaining the approval of Comrade Marshal, it will be formally implemented." ”

"I have no opinion." When Glazunov heard what Batov said, he did not object, so he readily agreed. He called the communications staff officer and instructed the other side: "Immediately send our plan for changing guards to the front army headquarters in the form of telegrams." ”

A quarter of an hour later, Malinin received a telegram from inside the city of Warsaw. He put the telegram in front of Rokossovsky and asked respectfully: "Comrade Marshal, this is the plan proposed by General Glazunov to change the guard, do you see if there is anything wrong?" ”

Rokossovsky picked up the telegram and, after a quick glance at its contents, said to Malinin: "After the Germans were driven out of the city of Warsaw, most of the forces had retreated to the fortress of Modlin in the valley of the two rivers. The 65th Army took over the defense north of Warsaw as quickly as possible, and could create a well-developed defensive system in that direction against a possible German counter-assault from the direction of Modrin. ……”

After patiently listening to Rokossovsky's words, Malinin nodded and said: "Comrade Marshal, you have thought it through, then I will immediately call back to General Batov and General Glazunov and convey your intention to them." ”

When Glazunov received the call back, he saw that the command of the Front Army had agreed with his proposal, and he suddenly felt much more at ease. Then he said to Batov: "General Batov, your troops are still taking over the defense of our army from the north, west, and south in a counterclockwise direction. ”

"General Glazunov, I would like to ask a question." After listening to Glazunov's arrangement, Batov asked: "Where do you plan to retreat the troops withdrawn from the north?" ”

"Come and see," said Glazunov, gesturing with his hand on the map, "to the north is General Glebov's 27th Guards Division, which, after completing the change of defense, will move to the west to temporarily strengthen the western defense of our army." When your troops arrive, they and a division stationed in the west, and a part of the 88th Guards Division, move to the southwest......"

Hearing this arrangement of Glazunov, Batov nodded with a smile and said with satisfaction: "General Glazunov, you are very thoughtful. The troops that had been replaced also withdrew from the city in a counterclockwise manner, so as to avoid the situation of the withdrawn troops and the troops transferred up from rushing to the city to rush the road. Yes, yes, you're really thoughtful. ”

Glazunov grinned, and then instructed the chief of staff of the army: "Immediately contact General Glebov and let them do the work of handing over the defense." At the same time, map their retreat routes, and send communications troops to his division headquarters. ”

"Understood, Comrade Commander." The chief of staff of the army hurriedly replied: "I will arrange for people to carry out this matter." ”

While the chief of staff of the army went to assign the task, Batov asked Glazunov curiously: "General Glazunov, which direction do you think the Germans will choose to attack if they want to attack?" North, West or Southwest? ”

Grazunov frowned and thought for a while, and replied: "Although there is the fortress of Modlin to the north of the city of Warsaw, the dozens of kilometers of road from there are full of swamps and forests, which are not conducive to the deployment of mechanized troops, so it is unlikely that they will attack from the north.

In the west and southwest directions, several regiments of the German army were originally gathered. Although they also launched an estimated attack in the early stage, due to the stubborn defense of our army and the limited strength of their troops, they did not attack again after several failed attacks. ”

Batov heard Glazunov's voice-over and hurriedly asked: "General Glazunov, do you think that the enemy will place the direction of the attack to the west or southwest of the city of Warsaw?" ”

"That's right, Comrade General." Glazunov agreed with this speculation of Batov: "The reason why I suggested that the troops should change their defenses in a counterclockwise direction was because I was afraid that the enemy would launch a surprise attack on us in these two directions. ”

Batov heard Glazunov's voice-over and hurriedly asked: "General Glazunov, do you think that the enemy will place the direction of the attack to the west or southwest of the city of Warsaw?" ”

"That's right, Comrade General." Glazunov agreed with this speculation of Batov: "The reason why I suggested that the troops should change their defenses in a counterclockwise direction was because I was afraid that the enemy would launch a surprise attack on us in these two directions. ”

Batov stared in those two directions for a while, then nodded in agreement with Glazunov's analysis: "That's right, Comrade General, you are quite right. ”