While the rebels were attacking the buildings held by the Germans, the vanguard of the 79th Guards Division was quietly advancing in the direction of the Vilanov Palace and Moreshin Park.

Due to the small number of German troops in the city, most of the forces were evenly distributed among important government agencies and military positions, while only one company of German troops defended the Villanov Palace and Moreshin Park in the south of the city.

As soon as the Soviet troops approached the Vilanov Palace, they were discovered by the Germans. The machine guns erected in the sandbag fortifications immediately opened fire on the Soviet troops, and the commanders and fighters who rushed to the front immediately fell a dozen.

"Lie down, lie down!" Captain Dunayev, who was rushing to the front with the leading company, hurriedly shouted at the commanders and fighters around him: "Hurry up and find concealment and return fire!" ”

Following the order of Captain Dunayev, in addition to the commanders and fighters who were lying on the spot and shooting, the heavy machine gunners immediately looked for a suitable position, set up the heavy machine guns, and returned fire at the enemy fire points in the distance.

A company of the German army was no more than 200 people, and it was also deployed in the Vilanov Palace and Moreshin Park, and the Germans who blocked the Soviet army had only two machine guns, which could not suppress the Soviet troops who were several times more numerous than them and had rich combat experience. In less than five minutes, two machine-gun fire points were destroyed by Soviet heavy machine guns or mortars, and the remaining German officers and soldiers retreated into the palace and continued to shoot from the windows of the palace, trying to stop the Soviet troops from storming the palace.

The German company commander saw that the Soviet army was outnumbered and had strong firepower, and he was worried that he would not be able to hold on, so he hurriedly dialed the phone of the garrison headquarters.

As soon as the phone was called, the company commander reported to Stager in a panic: "Your Excellency, commander, no, our company is being attacked by the Russians, ask for support, ask for support!" ”

"Calm down, please stay calm, Mr. Captain." When Stargar heard the company commander's report, he thought that the other party was too nervous, so he took the rebellious Warsaw soldiers and civilians for Soviet troops, and hurriedly said to him: "The Russians are still on the other side of the Vistula River, how can they appear in your defense zone, you must be mistaken." ”

"No, Your Excellency, Commander." Seeing that Stagger did not believe his words, the captain continued to explain to him: "Did you hear the gunfire outside? If it were the mob in Warsaw, how could they have such heavy firepower? ”

Stargar listened intently for a moment, and felt that the intensity of the gunfire coming from the earpiece was indeed not something that the rebels who were besieging the headquarters could have. Therefore, the expression on his face became solemn: "Mr. Captain, how many Russians have you found there?" ”

"A lot," the captain feared that Stager would not send reinforcements to himself, and hurriedly exaggerated the strength of the Soviet troops: "According to my observations, there is at least one regiment." They were regrouping outside the palace, apparently preparing for a final assault. Your Excellency, Commander, if you don't send reinforcements, I'm afraid this place will soon be lost. ”

Although Stargar knew that what the captain said was somewhat exaggerated, he knew in his heart that even if the Soviets did not have a regiment, at least one battalion still had troops, and they were also equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns, and if they did not send people to the Vilanov Palace to support them as soon as possible, there would be a danger of losing there.

He put down the phone and pressed a bell on the table. The door opened, and it was not his adjutant who came in, but a major staff officer. Stargar remembered that his adjutant had sent his recorded statement to the radio station, but had not yet returned. He looked at the major and asked, "Major, do we still have mobile troops?" ”

The major shook his head and replied, "No, Your Excellency Commander." All our troops were trapped by the Warsaw mob in important administrative institutions and military positions, and there was no mobile force at all. ”

"Hell, hell!" Hearing the major say this, Stager immediately muttered: "Are we just watching the Vilanov Palace being occupied by the Russians?" ”

Hearing Stagel's whispering to himself, the major hurriedly suggested to him: "Your Excellency, commander, in the city of Warsaw, on the east bank of the Vistula, there are units of the 9th Army, you can ask them for reinforcements and ask them to send troops to reinforce the defenders of the Vilanov Palace and Moreshin Park. ”

"That's a good idea." As he spoke, Stagger picked up the phone on the table, dialed a number, and said to the operator: "Pick me up from the headquarters of the 9th Army and find Commander Foreman." ”

The phone was quickly connected, and a somewhat impatient voice came from inside: "I'm Foreman, where are you?" ”

"Hello, Your Excellency, Commander." Stager was very demanding, so he said sincerely: "I am Stägger, the commander of the Warsaw garrison. ”

"Hello, General Stagel." Foreman asked impatiently, "You call me, is there anything wrong?" Hurry up and say anything, the Russians are launching a fierce assault on our positions, and I still have to command the battle, and I don't have time to chat with you. ”

"General Foreman," Stragel asked rhetorically, "must you have heard the gunshots and explosions in Warsaw on the West Bank?" ”

"Yes, I heard that." Foreman exclaimed, "It can't be that the Jews are rioting again, right?" I remember last year we seemed to send all the Jews to concentration camps, where did they come from? ”

"Yes, General Forman, there is indeed a riot in Warsaw, but it is not the Jews, but the Warsaw soldiers and civilians led by the Krajov army, who are attacking the administrative institutions and military strongholds in the city."

"Hell, these damn Poles, they should all be wiped out." When Foreman heard of the uprising in Warsaw, he immediately said with some annoyance: "General Stargle, I suggest to you that every mob that is caught should be hanged on a telephone pole by the side of the road, so that it can have the effect of killing a hundred people." ”

"General Foreman, we're going to be more thorough." Stagger continued: "We would randomly select a street, block off the intersections on either side, and shoot all the adult men we caught on the street. Regrettably, even with such measures, we could not have prevented the Warsaw riots. ”

Foreman knew that Stargel would call him for the sake of small talk, and he didn't want to go around in circles anymore, so he asked bluntly: "General Startger, you called me, is there anything important?" ”

"That's right, General Foreman." Seeing that the other party had finally come to the point, Stagger promptly made his request: "We have found the main forces of the Russians near the Vilanov Palace and the Moreshin Park, and I ask you to send troops back from the other side to reinforce the defenders there, and the Russians must not be allowed to occupy there." Once they have a foothold, then the next battle will not be easy to fight. ”

"What, the Russians appeared near the Vilanov Palace and the Moreshin Park?" When Foreman heard the news, he was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Is this all true?" Hell, where did they come from? ”

"I don't know," said Stagger, to Forman's question, "I had just received a report from the company commander who was holding that area, and I learned that the Russians had appeared in Warsaw without a word." ”

"You see, are they in collusion with the Poles who are rioting in the city?" Foreman asked tentatively, "In that case, if we rush to send reinforcements, we may be ambushed on the road." ”

"I don't think it's likely." Stagle explained to Forman: "Although the riots in the city had been going on for several hours, the Poles were an unorganized rabble in terms of their fighting power. If they had colluded with the Russians, I guess they would have captured a lot of buildings long ago. ”

Stagel's words reassured Foreman that since there was no collusion between the Poles in Warsaw and the Russians in the south, it would not be difficult to defeat them individually. As soon as Foreman put down the phone, he ordered his chief of staff: "Immediately send five tanks and an infantry company to the opposite bank to reinforce the defenders of the Vilanov Palace and Moreshin Park, where the Russians were found." ”

Since Foreman spoke in an understated tone, the chief of staff did not take the Soviet troops that appeared in the south of the city seriously. He called one of the division commanders below and told him that he had spotted the Russians near the park of Moresin in the city, and asked him to immediately send five tanks and an infantry company to reinforce the defenders in that place.

Foreman's reinforcements had just departed, and Captain Dunaev had already stormed the palace of the Vilanov Palace with his men and engaged in a close combat with the remnants of the German army inside.

As soon as the battle in the palace was over, Captain Dunayev was about to order the troops to attack Moresin Park, when a sergeant ran up to him and reported: "Comrade battalion commander, we have spotted German tanks and are coming towards our side. ”

Hearing about the appearance of German tanks, Captain Dunayev could not help but be surprised, and he hurriedly asked: "How many tanks does the enemy have, and are there any infantry following?" ”

The sergeant nodded and replied, "There are five tanks, followed by infantry, probably a company or so." ”

"I see." When Dunaev heard this, he immediately ordered his commanders and fighters to place sandbags on the windows of the palace and prepare to resist the German attack here. Standing at the window himself, he said loudly to the fighters with anti-tank rifles: "The Germans have five tanks, all of them are under my orders, and they will grow as long as they get closer." ”

Not long after, the German tanks appeared in Dunaev's field of vision, and after carefully counting the number, he said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's five, and I'll let you not go back to one later." ”

The German tanks stopped at a distance of 500 meters and opened fire on the sandbag fortifications set up outside the palace, and after a few rounds of fire, destroyed the machine-gun positions that Captain Dunayev had placed outside. Seeing this, the anti-tank officer next to him anxiously asked him: "Comrade Captain, what shall we do, open fire?" ”

Captain Dunayev shook his head and said: "No, the enemy's tanks are too far apart. If fired from such a distance, there is a chance that the armor-piercing shells will not be able to penetrate the frontal armor of the enemy tank, and they will wait until they get close. ”

The German tanks waited for the infantry behind to come up, and then slowly drove forward. Captain Dunayev nervously stared at the enemy tank, silently calculating the distance in his mind and choosing a position where he could fire.

When the German tanks entered the palace, only two hundred meters away, Captain Dunaev waved his hand sharply and shouted at the same time: "Anti-tankers, shoot!" ”

As the order was given, more than a dozen anti-tank rifles were fired at the same time. The two German tanks on the opposite side immediately burst into flames and wrapped the tanks in their bodies. Due to the limited field of view of the tankmen, the other three tanks did not even notice that their companion's tank had been shot and burst into flames, and continued to move forward.

Hearing about the appearance of German tanks, Captain Dunayev could not help but be surprised, and he hurriedly asked: "How many tanks does the enemy have, and are there any infantry following?" ”

The sergeant nodded and replied, "There are five tanks, followed by infantry, probably a company or so." ”

"I see." When Dunaev heard this, he immediately ordered his commanders and fighters to place sandbags on the windows of the palace and prepare to resist the German attack here. Standing at the window himself, he said loudly to the fighters with anti-tank rifles: "The Germans have five tanks, all of them are under my orders, and they will grow as long as they get closer." ”

Not long after, the German tanks appeared in Dunaev's field of vision, and after carefully counting the number, he said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's five, and I'll let you not go back to one later." ”

The German tanks stopped at a distance of 500 meters and opened fire on the sandbag fortifications set up outside the palace, and after a few rounds of fire, destroyed the machine-gun positions that Captain Dunayev had placed outside. Seeing this, the anti-tank officer next to him anxiously asked him: "Comrade Captain, what shall we do, open fire?" ”

Captain Dunayev shook his head and said: "No, the enemy's tanks are too far apart. If fired from such a distance, there is a chance that the armor-piercing shells will not be able to penetrate the frontal armor of the enemy tank, and they will wait until they get close. ”

The German tanks waited for the infantry behind to come up, and then slowly drove forward. Captain Dunayev nervously stared at the enemy tank, silently calculating the distance in his mind and choosing a position where he could fire.

When the German tanks entered the palace, only two hundred meters away, Captain Dunaev waved his hand sharply and shouted at the same time: "Anti-tankers, shoot!" ”

As the order was given, more than a dozen anti-tank rifles were fired at the same time. The two German tanks on the opposite side immediately burst into flames and wrapped the tanks in their bodies. Due to the limited field of view of the tankmen, the other three tanks did not even notice that their companion's tank had been shot and burst into flames, and continued to move forward.