On July 15, when Oktyablisky's car drove out of the small town of Vovomin, the cemetery on the side of the road finally fell silent, and no one was there for reactionary religious funerals. Pen Fun Cabinet www.biquge.info because the Provisional Government of the Polish People's Republic, which had just been established in Lublin, explicitly forbade such acts.

Moreover, the "reactionary indicators" in the small town of Vovomin have also been adjusted, and a major arrest was carried out last night. A couple of Catholic priests who don't know whether they are alive or dead (don't know why there is no retreat?) All got what they deserved.

In fact, even if there had been no arrest last night, there would have been no rallying of reactionaries in the places where Oktyablisky was passing today. Because the vicinity of the cemetery had become the garrison of the Red Army, a tank corps that had just arrived from the west bank of the Bug River was encamped there.

The unit, numbered the 7th Tank Army, arrived only last night, and its commander was named Pavel. Alexievich. Rotmistrov, newly promoted Major General of the Armored Tank Corps. At the beginning of the world revolution, this army was part of the Reserve Front, deployed near Smolensk, and was ordered to be deployed only on July 10.

And the reason why the 3rd Army, to which Oktyablisky belonged, stayed in Vovomin for several days and did not launch an attack on Legionovo was to wait for the arrival of this tank army.

Because this tank corps was the first of the 38 tank corps and mechanized corps of the Soviet Red Army to be reequipped with T-34/57 tanks! The 8th Tank Brigade of the Tank Corps received a total of 55 brand-new T-34/57 tanks by July 10!

And the 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 10th Tank Army also received 16 ZIS-2 57mm anti-tank guns. With these 55 T-34/57 and 16 ZIS-2 anti-tank guns, the 3rd Army's offensive on Legianovo was very promising and could be successful.

"Ilya," Gulov, the political commissar of the 3rd Army who was riding in a gas car with Oktyabrisky, withdrew his gaze from the bodies of a row of T-34/57 tanks covered with camouflage nets on the side of the road, and then said to Oktyabrisky with a smile, "Although the 7th Tank Army and the 8th Tank Brigade are both glorious and powerful units, they have no experience in fighting with the Nazi army after all, which is why Comrade Ponomarenko, the military commissar of the Front, nominated you to be the political commissar of the 7th Tank Army." ”

The Hero of the Soviet Union, Oktyabrysky, really went to the official position, and the post of director of the political department of the army group had not yet been hot, so he was transferred to serve as the political commissar of the 7th tank army. Although it was a flat transfer, the political commissar of the army was the number one, and above the director of the political department of the group army, there were deputy political commissars and political commissars.

In addition, the 7th Tank Army is a unit ready to attack the main attack. This time, as long as he can successfully capture Legionovo, as the political chief of the army, the credit will naturally be great, and it is not impossible to be promoted to the rank of division-level political commissar.

But what Oketyabliski cares about is not how much he can be, but how much he can contribute to the world revolution. As a political cadre who joined the Red Army only after the victory of the Soviet revolution, he was extremely hopeful that he would be able to realize his ideals in life in the struggle against the imperialist enemy.

Moreover, he, like the millions of Bolshevik Party members of this era, really believed that GCISM was achievable!

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"Ulla! Ulla! Ulla! ”

Yakov, who had become a member of the glorious Soviet Bolshevik Party. Fedotovich. At this time, Pavlov and several of his comrades-in-arms planted a red flag tied to a water pipe on the roof of a four-story building on the banks of the Vistula River, guarding a railway bridge!

The building, which originally belonged to the Polish State Railways (called the Polish State Railways Building), was built very sturdily and was bombarded twice by a B-4 howitzer at close range without completely collapsing, but only a small part of it.

The 205th Division of the Red Army, which had just returned to the battlefield after resting, launched seven rounds of infantry attacks, and after paying the price of more than 1,500 casualties, finally drove out the German troops (about a battalion) who were holding on to the building. Pavlov's commando team, on the other hand, made a feat in the seventh round of the assault, climbing all the way to the fourth floor of the building along the ruins of the B-4 bombardment, and then eliminated a dozen or so murderous Nazi soldiers guarding there with grenades and bayonets. Planted the red flag on the roof platform!

The commander of the Central Route Cluster of the Western Front, Chuikov, witnessed the scene of the red flag being planted on the roof of the building, he nodded with satisfaction, and then said to the commander of the 4th Army, Major General Ruoludev (the original commander of the 205th Division), next to him: "The 205th Division is really a heroic unit!" The soldiers of the 205th Division opened the way for the Red Army to the heart of white Poland with their blood and lives in the Warsaw Forest, and now it is the soldiers of the 205th Division who have planted the red flag on the highest point on the east bank of the Vistula.

Now half of the city of Warsaw has returned to the hands of the people! ”

Although Warsaw is divided into east and west by the Vistula River, it is not "divided" by the Vistula, with the main city to the west and a small part to the east. Moreover, there were still several important strongholds in the eastern city of Warsaw (east of the Vistula River) in the hands of the Germans, such as the "King Wilhelm Railway Station", "Warsaw Guards Barracks" and "Warsaw Infantry School", which were still held by more than 20,000 German troops.

However, the building that the 205th Division has just knocked down is still very valuable!

Because after the capture of this building, the railway traffic between Warsaw's western city and Legionovo was cut off. Moreover, the artillery observers of the Red Army could direct artillery fire to block all the bridges over the Vistula River in the city of Warsaw by setting up an observation post on the roof of this building.

After the blockade of these bridges, it became somewhat difficult for the Germans to counterattack the city east of the Vistula. The Red Army's central cluster was also able to deploy troops to cooperate with the northern cluster to launch a flanking attack on Legionovo.

"If Comrade Ludev, the railway company building is a key support point, and it must be defended." "The 4th Army must hold the banks of the Vistula River in the next 5-10 days, blocking the railway station, the Guards barracks and the infantry school, so as to cooperate with the main force of the center and the cluster of the north road to flank the attack on Legionovo." ”

Major General Ruludev did not dare to slack off, hurriedly gave a military salute, and replied: "Comrade commander, please rest assured, the 4th Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army will resolutely complete its task!" ”

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"Comrade Chuikov is really good! Now the tasks of the first phase of the Warsaw campaign can be considered a successful one. ”

Pavlov held the telegram of victory from Chuikov in one hand, touched his big bald head in the other, and showed a smug smile.

Now the Warsaw campaign cluster is progressing very well in the middle and south routes, the south route has already attacked the western part of Warsaw along the Vistula River, and the central route has captured most of the eastern part of Warsaw after nearly 20 days of fighting. Progress on the northern route seems to be slow, but that was actually done by Pavlov on purpose.

This is because the key point of the northern road, Legiono, is located at the confluence of three important rivers: the Nareve, the Vkla and the Vistula, and several railways and highways meet here. The geographical position was very important, as long as Legionover was in German hands, it would be difficult for the Soviets to form an encirclement behind the city of Warsaw from the north - not absolutely without a detour, but the detour troops themselves would always be under the threat of Legionover.

So Pavlov's plan was to take Legianovo first, and then push west along the north bank of the Vistula River (east bank), find a suitable place to cross the river, and insert it behind the city of Warsaw.

"Comrade commander, now it will be up to us to see if the plan to lure the enemy on the north road will be successful." Ponomarenko, the military commissar of the Western Front, was standing in front of the military map with his arms crossed, as if he could really read it. Hearing Pavlov's relaxed tone, he also interjected as if it were a situation.

"It will be successful, and the German commander-in-chief will certainly be encouraged by the victory in the battle of Legionovo-Vovomin, believing that their armored forces are far superior to ours."

Pavlov said with a smile: "They would not have expected our reaction to be so fast, and in just over twenty days after the battle of Legiono-Vovomin, many T-34 tanks armed with 57mm guns have already been produced." ”

The T-34/57 is actually not a new tank, it was already designed in 1941 and passed the tests. It was only because the tank gun, which was converted from the ZIS-2 anti-tank gun, was too short-lived and did not mass-produce the T-34/57.

"Yes, the Germans must not have thought of the strength and wisdom of our Soviet working class." Ponomarenko said, "They will definitely be deceived." ”

Pavlov was also confident in this, "Then we will be able to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation on the north bank of the Renaf River, at least inflicting heavy damage on the German armored cluster in Warsaw...... Those damn tanks are taking a lot of toll on us. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly turned his head to look at the corner of the one-man war room, and carefully looked at the battle report, the representative of the Supreme Command, Vasilevsky, who had always been suspicious of Pavlov's plan.

Pavlov smiled and said: "Even if our tank 7th army and mechanized 11th army can't defeat the armored forces of the Germans, it doesn't matter, because the middle and northern road clusters will launch a flanking attack at the same time, and they can still take Legionovo." As long as Legianovo is in his hands, Warsaw's northern flank will always be threatened by us, and it is only a matter of time before Warsaw is liberated. (To be continued.) )