Moder learned that the situation in Warsaw was critical, but because his forces were pinned down by the Soviet army, the number of troops he could draw was extremely limited, and he could not help but hesitate.

His chief of staff, Krebus, said: "Your Excellency, although we cannot send troops to reinforce Warsaw. But once the Russians occupy Warsaw, our forces on the east bank of the Vistula are in danger of being completely cut off, and I think it is better to report this to the high command at once. ”

After a short period of thought, Moder decisively agreed to Krebs's proposal. He immediately instructed Krebs: "Chief of Staff, give me access to Berlin at once, and I will personally address the Führer." ”

After the phone was connected, Hitler heard that it was Modell's voice and couldn't help frowning: "Model, did the Russians break through your line and rush to the west bank of the Vistula?" ”

"My Führer." Hearing Hitler's anger, Moder hurriedly explained: "Our defense line is still impregnable, and the Russian offensive from the east and north of Warsaw has been crushed by us. The landing ground they had set up across the Vistula south of Warsaw was also being attacked by us. ”

Hearing that it was not the line of defense that had been breached, Hitler felt a little reassured: "Since your line of defense is safe and sound, what are you calling for?" ”

"Your Excellency, I regret to tell you." "Three Russian divisions and one Polish division have entered the city of Warsaw on the west bank of the Vistula, and have now occupied most of the Mokotuw and Ohorta districts. ”

"Hell, how did the Russians get into Warsaw?" It was the first time that Hitler heard the news that the Soviet troops had entered Warsaw, and he could not help but be furious: "From which defense zone in the direction of the Vistula River they rushed through, and immediately shot the commander of which defense area on the spot......

Not to mention that Moder did not know how the Soviet troops entered Warsaw, and even Stägel, who was in the city of Warsaw, did not know either. When Moder waited for Hitler's roar to be over, he said with trepidation: "My Führer, I estimate that the Russians have broken up into pieces, adopted the method of small forces, avoided the lines of our army, and crossed the Vistula River into Warsaw in batches. The city of Warsaw is now very empty, and if we don't send reinforcements as soon as possible, I'm afraid the whole city will fall into the hands of the Russians. ”

"I see." Hitler did not give Moder any reply, but after a brief remark, he ended the call with Moder and ordered the German commander in Warsaw, Erich von Bach, to be called. After hearing the other party's voice, he didn't even have a basic opening statement, so he asked bluntly: "Von Bach, how long will the farce in Warsaw last?" ”

Hitler's brainless question confused von Bach's question. He held the microphone and hesitated for a long time before cautiously asking: "My Führer, I don't understand what you are talking about?" ”

"Moder just called me." Hitler said angrily: "Saying that there was an insurrection in Warsaw, and at the same time three Russian divisions and one Polish division entered the city, the garrison commander Stagel is almost unable to support it!" ”

Hitler's words startled von Bach, and he hurriedly replied in a panic: "My Führer, I... I don't... I don't know what's going on in the city, you know, I'm not in Warsaw at all......"

"Alright, von Bach." When Hitler heard this, he impatiently interrupted the other party's words and said: "I order you to immediately mobilize troops to reinforce Warsaw, and you must drive the Russians out of the city as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, yes, my Führer." In the face of the enraged Hitler, von Bach dared to say anything, and replied repeatedly: "I will return to Warsaw as soon as possible and command the troops to destroy the Russians in the city of Warsaw." ”

Immediately after making the decision to return to Warsaw as soon as possible, von Bach telephoned the commander of the city of Warsaw on the east bank of the Vistula River, Hans Röhr. On the phone, he ordered in a stern tone: "General Rohr, according to the information we have, the Russians have occupied the Mokotuv and Ohota districts in Warsaw on the west bank, and are infiltrating other areas. If you don't want our troops on the east bank to be cut off by the Russians, immediately organize your troops to carry out a counter-assault. ”

"Your Excellency, Commander." Waiting for von Bach to finish, Roll immediately reported to him: "The Russian forces had occupied the Lazienki Palace and the Ozienki Bridge a few days earlier, and there was even a Russian force that broke into the city of Warsaw from the southeast of the city and tried to join the forces holding the Ozienki Bridge." After fierce battles, they were successfully repulsed by our troops. ”

Von Bach then asked: "Do you know which of the Russian troops is holding on to the Lazienki bridge?" ”

"Your Excellency, the troops currently holding the Lazienki bridge are not Russians." "After we examined the corpses on the battlefield and interrogated the prisoners, we learned that it was the Polish 3rd Division," Rohr replied. This unit was formed a few months ago with the help of the Russians, did not participate in large-scale battles, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was average. ”

"What, the troops holding on to the Lazienki bridge are actually Poles?" Hearing this, von Bach asked in an unbelievable tone: "The Polish army is not at all the opponent of our German army, why have you not taken the bridge back after so long?" ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, my troops are attacking the Lazienki Bridge at any time, but because the Polish army fought very stubbornly, we recaptured the bridge several times, but under their counterattack, we lost the bridge. ”

"I will return to Warsaw on the 10th of this month," von Bach said slowly, "and when I enter Warsaw, I would like you to report to me that you have succeeded in recapturing the Lazienki Bridge." Otherwise, you will lose the rank on your epaulette. Do you understand, General Rohr? ”

"Understood, Your Excellency, Commander!" Rohr hastened to reply: "I will definitely organize forces to take back the Lazienki bridge." ”

Just as the Germans were preparing to launch another assault on the Lazienki Bridge, General Glebov's vanguard had successfully stormed the Okinche airport in Warsaw and engaged in a fierce battle with the defenders of the airport. Since it was only a civilian airport, there were not many defenses inside the airport, and after two hours of fighting, the Soviets occupied everything except the airport departure hall.

General Glebov called the commander of the main assault regiment and asked straight to the point: "Comrade Colonel, after such a long battle, the casualties of your regiment must be not small, right?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." Although the regiment commander knew that General Glebov did not have reserves in his hands, he still asked with luck: "Our regiment has suffered nearly half of the casualties, and I wonder if Comrade Division Commander can give us a little more reserves." ”

"I don't have any reserves in my hands." General Glebov said unequivocally: "The capture of the airfield can only be done by your own strength." If you think that your regiment can no longer continue to fight the lord, you can tell me, and I will immediately change to another regiment. ”

Hearing that General Glebov planned to use another regiment to take over his battle, the commander of the main attack regiment was not happy: "Comrade division commander, our regiment has been fighting the main attack since it entered the city of Warsaw, can you not withdraw us at such a time!" ”

Glebov smiled and asked rhetorically, "Then can you continue to attack?" ”

"Don't worry, Comrade Division." The regiment commander was worried that General Glebov would really have a whim and let other regiments take over the attack of his own regiment, so he specially explained: "At present, the enemy has retreated into the waiting hall, and I plan to organize another attack and take down the waiting hall." ”

"Which battalion are you going to send to attack?" Glebov asked.

The regiment commander thought for a moment and replied decisively: "I plan to let the third battalion be responsible for taking the airport waiting hall." ”

Glebov thought for a moment, and then asked: "Colonel, do you mean that the battalion, which is headed by Comrade Huaxia, went to seize the waiting hall?" ”

"That's right, it's them." The regiment commander couldn't help but smile when he heard that Glebov knew so well about the commander of the third battalion: "They are very good at fighting, and I am very relieved that they will attack the waiting hall." ”

Zhu Zhendong, commander of the third battalion of the regiment, came from northeast China, was a former anti-United Nations fighter and made many meritorious contributions during the defense of Moscow. If it weren't for the fact that he was constantly seriously wounded and hospitalized in several battles, with his combat exploits and command ability, he would definitely not still be a captain battalion commander.

After the regiment commander put down the phone, he called Lao Zhu to the front and said to him: "Comrade Captain, I will hand over the task of attacking the waiting hall to your battalion. Difficult? ”

As soon as the regiment commander's voice fell, Lao Zhu replied loudly: "No, we promise to complete the task!" ”

When Lao Zhu returned to the battalion, he immediately gathered several of his company commanders, that is, the former comrades-in-arms of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and said to them: "Comrades, the regiment has just handed over the task of seizing the airport waiting hall to our battalion, and now I will begin to assign tasks. A company commander. ”

Hearing Lao Zhu call his name, Tang Sanshui, the commander of the first company, hurriedly agreed: "Here!" ”

Lao Zhu glanced up at him and gestured on the map with his hand: "The task of your company is to launch an attack from the front to attract the enemy's attention!" ”

"Understood!"

"Second Company Commander!"

"Here!" The second company commander, Chen Xiaopaw, stood up again.

"You lead the second company to detour back to the left flank of the waiting hall and attack from the side!"

Lao Zhu finally turned his attention to Xiao Tian, the commander of the third company: "The task of the third company is to concentrate all the light and heavy machine guns and suppress the German firepower points in the waiting hall. ”

After the deployment was completed, Lao Zhu waved at several of his old subordinates and ordered: "Let's all go back and prepare for battle." ”

Half an hour later, Lao Zhu's third battalion launched an attack on the waiting hall where the Germans were entrenched. The third company concentrated more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns to suppress the German fire points in the waiting hall, and the fighters of the covering company launched a charge.

While the airport waiting hall was in full swing, GleBov received a call from Zakharkin. The latter said excitedly on the phone: "General Glebov, I have good news for you, General Pankov's 88th Guards Division has also arrived near the airfield, and I have ordered them to turn in the direction of the airfield, and I hope you can cooperate with them and seize the entire airfield as soon as possible." ”

"Great, Comrade Deputy Commander, this is great." Although General Glebov's troops have been winning battles, the casualties are not small, and if it were not for the limited number of troops, he would never have sent only one battalion of troops to attack the waiting hall. At this moment, when I heard that reinforcements were coming, I was overjoyed and hurriedly said into the microphone: "As soon as the reinforcements arrive, Comrade Deputy Commander, I promise you that the battle will end before dawn." ”

By the time two battalions of the 88th Guards Division arrived at the airfield and joined up with the main assault regiment of the 27th Guards Division, the battle had moved from the outside of the waiting hall to the interior. In order to end the battle as soon as possible and prevent the enemy's escape, the commander of the main assault regiment decisively decided that except for one battalion that remained outside to destroy the fleeing enemy, the rest entered the hall to participate in the final battle.

When the fighting for Zakharkin and other airfields came to an end, a telegram was sent to Rokossovsky, reporting to him that the airfield had been largely taken, the runway was well preserved, and transport planes could be taken off and landed at any time.

After receiving this telegram, Rokossovsky said to Malinin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, it seems that the situation in the city of Warsaw is very favorable for our army. Now that General Zakharkin and his team have seized the Warsaw Okenche airport, we can land transport planes at this airport and deliver the ammunition and military supplies they need. You immediately call General Rudenko and order him to immediately arrange for the transport to carry supplies to the transport plane and prepare to fly directly to the Okanche airport after dawn. ”

As soon as the battle at the airfield was over, planes laden with ammunition and supplies took off from the field airfield outside Lublin and flew directly to the Okinche airfield, south of Warsaw. In order to avoid being intercepted by German anti-aircraft fire, the transport group first flew west, and after crossing the Vistula River, it turned around and flew north.

The Soviet troops in the city, after repeated battles, were particularly hungry for ammunition. Hearing about the take-off of a transport fleet transporting ammunition, Zakharkin could no longer sit still in the command. He put Vajin in charge of the overall situation for the time being, while he hurried to the Okanche airport with a dozen guards, waiting for the arrival of the transport planes.

Zakharkin was lucky, as his convoy had just entered the Okanche airport when the roar of aircraft engines could be heard in the sky to the south. Standing next to the car, he raised his binoculars and looked at dozens of black dots in the sky, and said to himself: "Thank God, our fleet of transport planes is finally here!" ”