Hearing that it was a soldier of the Polish 3rd Division on the opposite side, the guard immediately stumbled over, grabbed the soldier's arm, and said excitedly: "God forbid, I have finally found you." ”

A Soviet lieutenant walked up to him and said to him: "I am the Soviet captain Dunaev, which part are you?" ”

The guard, who understood Russian, quickly straightened up and replied: "Report to Comrade Captain, I am the guard of Lyudov Guards Major Hubar, and my name is Chemash." ”

Dunaev noticed blood oozing from the bandage on Chemash's arm, and hurriedly ordered one of the fighters beside him: "Go and call the hygienist and bandage the wound of this Polish comrade." ”

The Polish guide who had just shouted to Chemash shook hands with Chemash and said with a smile: "My name is Marek, and I am a second lieutenant of the Polish 3rd Division, and I am also from Warsaw. I am now on the orders of my superiors and work as a guide for the Soviet Red Army. By the way, you're so embarrassed, what's going on in the city? ”

Chemash glanced at Dunaev, a hesitant expression on his face. Malek urged him: "It's all your own people, you don't have to scruple." What happened in the city, can you tell us about it? ”

Chemash snorted heavily, gritted his teeth, and said, "We received an order from the headquarters of the rebel army today, and all officers above the rank of lieutenant should go to the headquarters for a meeting. When we arrived at the headquarters, we saw that it was heavily guarded outside, and I thought it was to guard against the Germans. Not long after the commanders entered, there was a burst of gunfire from upstairs, and my first reaction was that something was wrong, so I followed the guards who were stopped outside the building, ready to rush into the building and rescue our commander. Most of the people were killed on the spot, but I was only slightly wounded at the back and escaped. ”

When Dunayev heard this, he asked in surprise: "What do you say, the people of the Krajov army actually shot at you?" What the hell is going on? ”

Chemash shook his head and said, "I don't know. I saw in the distance that the men had come out to refill their guns after they had finished their machine-gun fire. I reckon that all the guards who stayed outside the building, except for me, died at the gunpoint of the Krajov army. ”

After listening to Chemash's words, Dunayev realized the seriousness of the problem. However, for the sake of safety, after pondering for a while, he asked Chemash: "Comrade Chemash, since you have escaped, why don't you go back to the army to find someone and rescue your commander?" ”

"The first thing I did after I escaped was to go back to the camp to bring in the rescuers." "But when I got back to the camp, I found that there was no one. Later, I asked a passer-by, and I learned that the unit had been transferred. ”

"Transferred, where did you go?" Surprised, Dunayev asked: "What is going on with your commander going to a meeting and the troops being transferred in other directions?" It's all confusing me. ”

A company commander who was listening cautiously said to Dunaev: "Comrade Captain, I think this may be a conspiracy of the Krajov army, who secretly killed us in order to prevent the comrades of the Lyudov army from joining us. I see such important information that it needs to be reported to the division headquarters immediately. ”

"Yes, Comrade Captain, you're right." Dunayev agreed with what the captain had said, and he immediately instructed the operator: "Immediately report the situation here to the division headquarters." ”

The information of the Dunayev battalion was reported to the headquarters of the Front Army layer by layer. When everyone saw the telegram, they all had confused expressions on their faces. Malinin said puzzledly: "Why did Komorovsky not attack the comrades of the Lyudov army at such a time, didn't he know that by doing so, he was helping the Germans in disguise?" ”

Rokossovsky knew that in real history, the leadership of the Krajov army had poisoned the Lyudov army in the rebel army during the uprising. However, he did not express his opinion in a hurry, but said to Malinin: "Send a telegram to Chuikov to find out whether the rebels in Warsaw are still fighting with the Germans." ”

"The battle between the rebels and the Germans continues." Malinin remembered that he had shown Rokossovsky information about this an hour earlier, and reminded him: "This is the information we got an hour ago. ”

In order to confirm his suspicions, Rokossovsky instructed Malinin: "You let General Vajin in the city take a closer look at where the rebel army and the German army fought?" In particular, it is very important to find out whether this part of the troops fighting with the Germans belongs to the Krajov army or the Lyudov army, so that they can return as soon as possible. ”

More than an hour later, the command received a telegram from Vagin directly from the city of Warsaw. After reading what was on the telegram, Rokossovsky nodded and said thoughtfully: "I see, I understand." ”

Malinin took the telegram from Rokossovsky's hand and saw that it read: The rebel army, dominated by Lyudov's army, is launching an attack on the area where the German army is entrenched; The rebel army, dominated by Krajov's army, besieged the enemy's offensive but did not attack.

Seeing the contents of the telegram, Malinin did not understand for a while, and he asked puzzledly: "Comrade Marshal, I don't understand why the Krajov army stopped the offensive against the Germans. ”

"Isn't that incomprehensible, my Comrade Chief of Staff?" Rokossovsky sneered and said: "Komorovsky deceived all the commanders of the Lyudov Army into the command headquarters for massacres; At the same time, he gave an order to the troops of the Lyudov army to concentrate them and launch an attack on the areas where the German army was entrenched, and he wanted to use the hands of the Germans to destroy all these Lyudov troops friendly to our army. ”

"It's despicable." Terekin, who was originally confused, after listening to Rokossovsky's explanation, slammed his fist on the table, then stood up and said: "They are all Poles, not only do they not fight the Germans, but they actually collude with the Germans to deal with their own compatriots, which is simply inferior to beasts." ”

"I didn't expect Komorowski to do such a conscientious thing for the sake of the government-in-exile in London." After Rokossovsky said this, he said to Malinin: "Chief of Staff, send a telegram to General Vagin, ordering him to immediately send troops to launch an attack on the command of the rebel army and rescue the surviving commanders of the Lyudov army. ”

"Comrade Marshal," Terekin, hearing such an order from Rokossovsky, asked worriedly, "is it appropriate for us to attack the headquarters of the insurrectionary army?" ”

"Nothing out of place!" Rokossovsky said decisively: "If Komorowsky is allowed to destroy the Lyudov army, even if we liberate Warsaw, it will be the London government-in-exile that will be the first to enter the city of Warsaw." Chief of Staff, convey my orders immediately, and if anything goes wrong, I will take full responsibility. ”

When Malinin went to send a telegram, Terekin suggested to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Marshal, I think that before reporting to Moscow, let's talk to Marshal Zhukov about this matter!" Let him also know in his heart, if the Supreme Command asks, there is also someone to help us speak. ”

"Okay, Comrade Military Commissar, just do as you say." Rokossovsky nodded and said: "Let's talk to Marshal Zhukov first, report this matter to him first, and then report it to the Supreme High Command." ”

After Zhukov was soon debriefed, he could not believe his ears, so he was ready to ask Rokossovsky: "Comrade Rokossovsky, what you said, is it true?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Marshal." Rokossovsky said categorically: "According to the information we have, the Krajov army under the command of Komorovsky is doing the best thing in Warsaw, and is joining forces with the Germans to destroy the Lyudov army, which is friendly to our army. Therefore, I gave an order to General Vajin in Warsaw to immediately attack the headquarters of the rebel army, eliminate these traitors, and ensure the success of the uprising. ”

"Comrade Rokossovsky, you did the right thing." Zhukov agreed with the measures taken by Rokossovsky. "I will personally report this to Comrade Stalin, and you will not have to worry about the rest."

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After receiving Malinin's telegram from the city of Warsaw, after reading the contents, he said to the chief of staff of the division: "Chief of staff, immediately inform Captain Dunayev and order his battalion to immediately attack the headquarters of the rebel army and rescue all the commanders trapped inside. ”

Before communicating the task to the operator, the chief of staff asked: "What if we encounter resistance?" ”

"Does that need to be said?" With a solemn expression, Wajin said to the chief of staff of the division: "The order is clear, once you encounter resistance, you will be killed." The commanders of the Krajov Army, including Komorowsky, if they dared to shoot at our fighters, immediately brought them to justice on the spot. ”

Hearing what Vajin said so categorically, the chief of staff of the division hurriedly agreed and happily conveyed the order.

Dunayev received an order from the division headquarters and said to Chemash: "Comrade Chemash, I have just received an order from my superiors to rush to the headquarters of the rebel army to rescue your trapped commanders. ”

"Great, that's great." With tears in his eyes, Chemash said, "My major is saved, saved. ”

Led by Chemash, Soviet units quietly reached a place just a street from the headquarters. The scattered pedestrians on the street, when they saw this sudden Soviet unit, were startled and took refuge in nearby buildings one after another, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to themselves.

Dunayev summoned his company commanders to discuss the battle plan. He first asked Chemash: "Comrade Chemash, can you tell us about the deployment of the defenders?" ”

Chemash nodded, and then began to explain the situation: "At the entrance to the building, there are two sandbag fortifications, each with a machine gun. Upstairs there are a dozen windows stacked with sandbags, behind which there are four machine guns and two dozen submachine gunners......"

After Chemash finished briefing him, Dunayev asked his company commanders: "How is it, comrades company commanders, what do you think, can you take it down?" ”

"Comrade battalion commander," said the commander of the third company with a smile, "the combat effectiveness of the Krajov army is far from that of the Germans. I suggested using a sniper to knock out the machine gunners in the two sandbag fortifications at the door, and suppressing the fire points upstairs with machine gun fire, and then the attack could be launched. ”

After Dunayev waited for the third company commander to finish speaking, he turned his head to look at the other two company commanders and asked, "What is your opinion?" ”

The two company commanders replied in unison: "We see the same thing as him." ”

"Very good," Seeing that everyone's opinions were unified, Dunaev nodded, and then began to give orders: "The first company will take the lead attack from the front, and the second company will return to the back of the headquarters, and don't let those who are in charge run away." As for the third company, as a battalion reserve, it will be put into battle again at the right time. ”

After a quarter of an hour, the battle for the assault on the headquarters of the rebel army began. The four snipers cleanly took out the machine gunners behind the sandbags at the gate, while a dozen light and heavy machine guns from the battalion machine gun platoon also fired heavily at the sandbag-facing windows upstairs. Taking advantage of the fact that the Krajov army had not yet recovered its senses, the Soviets launched an attack.

If it had been the Germans who were guarding the building, perhaps the attack of the Dunayev battalion would have been thwarted. But for the Klajov army, which had not fought any regular battles, the Soviet offensive could not resist at all. Only a few minutes into the battle, Soviet commanders and fighters rushed into the building one after another, and engaged in melee and hand-to-hand combat with the Krajov army in the building.

The Krajov army, which has little experience in street fighting and has poor combat effectiveness, is the opponent of the Soviet army that has experienced a hundred battles. In addition, Chemash and Marek are still shouting in Polish to lay down their arms and not to resist. Therefore, with the exception of a few die-hard loyalists, most of the soldiers of the Krajov army, laid down their arms and surrendered to the Soviet troops.

The battle lasted less than half an hour before it was over. The commanders of the Lyudov Army, who were imprisoned in the conference room, were rescued except for those killed by the Krajov Army.

The Krajov army, which has little experience in street fighting and has poor combat effectiveness, is the opponent of the Soviet army that has experienced a hundred battles. In addition, Chemash and Marek are still shouting in Polish to lay down their arms and not to resist. Therefore, with the exception of a few die-hard loyalists, most of the soldiers of the Krajov army, laid down their arms and surrendered to the Soviet troops.

The battle lasted less than half an hour before it was over. The commanders of the Lyudov Army, who were imprisoned in the conference room, were rescued except for those killed by the Krajov Army.