Romanian Eagle

A train station is a city's transportation artery, connecting bridges to other areas. And in Lviv, the transportation hub of Eastern Galicia, the train station is even more so.

Today the railway station is heavily guarded, and a large number of soldiers protect the railway station. All the passengers were not released, causing many people to secretly discuss whether the army had made a big move.

They guessed right, the newly formed Polish Army was boarding a train and heading for Poland here. Admiral Freiette, the commander, was watching the soldiers board the train at the station.

Looking at the soldiers who kept boarding the car, Admiral Fereit asked an officer wearing a Polish military uniform beside him: Colonel Dorekavers, our army is marching towards Poland, you can guarantee to reach Lublin. Is the road clear?

Lublin is located southeast of Warsaw, 80 kilometers from Warsaw and 70 kilometers from Brest. Whether it is reinforcing Warsaw or attacking Brest to threaten the Soviet Union's back, it is an excellent starting point. So Admiral Freiit chose this place as the rallying point for the Romanian army. And this has also been reported to the Polish side, and they also agreed with Admiral Fleet's choice.

Colonel Dorekafers, who was being questioned, was assigned by the newly established Polish National Defense Commission to be a liaison officer beside General Freiit. The National Defense Committee also temporarily replaced the Congress, which was difficult to reach a consensus after the Soviet Union attacked Poland. The leader of the National Defense Committee is Piłsudski.

Please rest assured, Your Excellency, I sent a telegram to the country last night. All trains from Lviv to Lublin will be suspended, just to ensure the passage of your army. By the way, you really don't need it. Does my country send trains to help with transportation?

After taking a look at Colonel Dore Carvers, Admiral Freiette replied: No, there are enough trains in our country for transportation at present. You must ensure that the city is still in your hands before our army arrives in Lublin. .

Hearing Admiral Fereit's words, Colonel Dorekafus said with a serious face: Please rest assured, even if the defenders of Lublin fought to the last person, they would not let the city fall to the Soviet army. in hand.

So much the better.

When the Romanian army was preparing to march on Lublin, the atmosphere of the civil war in the Defense Council in Warsaw was getting heavier and heavier. At this time, Piłsudski was not having a good time as its leader.

Militarily, the 4th and 15th armies of the Soviet Russian army had already attacked the Narew River, and the Polish 5th Army had been defeated all the way. The Masovia area north of Warsaw has no armed forces that can withstand these Soviet Russian troops, and the only thing they can rely on is to retreat to the Velaswa River for defense. But in this case, Warsaw's back will be exposed in front of the Soviet Russian army.

And in the frontal battlefield,

Razimin, located fifteen kilometers from Warsaw, was being attacked by the Russian army, and the defenders asked Piłsudski for help. However, now the Polish army has no usable troops and it is too small to send in, so he ordered the defenders to stand firm. His order lowered the morale of the Polish army a lot.

However, Piłsudski also has his own difficulties. At present, there are three Soviet armies numbered 3, 12, and 16 near Warsaw, which makes Piłsudski completely afraid to invest his few reserves. battlefield. And some politicians are fleeing the capital, and Polish morale is in danger of collapsing.

Now he is all counting on the arrival of the 210,000 Romanian reinforcements under the command of Admiral Fereit in order to alleviate the absolute disadvantage of the troops. This is also the reason why he must ensure that the road from Lviv to Lublin is smooth at all costs. To this end, he also sent the Third Army, which had returned from Kyiv, to Lublin to strengthen the local defense, because the First Army of the Russian Cavalry under the command of General Budyonny had appeared nearby.

Politically, Piłsudski was just as difficult. Other political parties in Poland have accused Piłsudski of giving up a large amount of their land as a traitorous act. At one point he was forced to say that if Warsaw fell, he would rush to the enemy with his beloved horse Chestnut.

Abroad, in France and England, he was promoted as the culprit behind Poland's demise. In Soviet Russia he was considered a hypocritical servant in the eradication of the imperialist alliance. From Lenin to Lloyd George, from Pravda to the Morning Star, he was considered a military and political underdog.

Unlike Piłsudski, who was struggling, Tukhachevsky, who set up his headquarters in Minsk, was very satisfied with the battlefield situation. At present, more than 400,000 Soviet and Russian troops have attacked the vicinity of Warsaw, and now the Polish army in Warsaw has faced threats from both sides of the Soviet and Russian troops. And as far as he knows, there are only less than 100,000 defenders in Warsaw, and it seems that winning Warsaw is no longer a problem.

The only thing to worry about at the moment is that the army is advancing too fast, making the supply somewhat unable to keep up. But it doesn't matter. At present, a transport team of 80,000 people is running around the transport line day and night to deliver supplies to the soldiers on the front line.

There seems to be nothing to be overlooked at the moment, and the next thing to consider is Germany. The instructor once said that Germany is the crossroads of Europe, and its large number of working classes will become a help to liberate the world. Next, I need to find more information about Germany.

Just as the young Tukhachevsky looked out the window and imagined the future, a report interrupted him.

Looking at the incoming staff officer, Tukhachevsky asked. What's the matter?

This is a message from our intelligence agents lurking in Lviv.

After the staff officer finished speaking, he handed him a telegram.

Tukhachevsky took the telegram, opened it, and read it. This was the information that he had found a change in the Romanian army in Lviv. The above said that yesterday the Romanian army blocked the railway station and saw a large number of trains heading towards Poland. Because the Romanian army patrols closely, intelligence officers can't get too close. So I don't know what's going on inside the train.

This information made Tukhachevsky ponder what Romania was packing in the train. Whether it's the army or weapons and equipment, this is very important to him.

Let Lviv's intelligence personnel continue to investigate. In addition, let the 11th and 14th armies go immediately...

Tukhachevsky said it was stuck here because he did not know whether Romania was shipping troops or weapons. If it is a weapon, then these two armies should be reinforced with the Soviet-Russian army on the Warsaw front. If it is an army, then it is necessary to strengthen the front line of the first cavalry army to prevent it from being flanked by the enemy.

It can be seen from this that the disadvantage of Tukhachevsky's headquarters being set up hundreds of kilometers in the rear is that he does not know enough about the situation on the front line.

In the end, Tukhachevsky planned for the worst and ordered the two armies to immediately reinforce the First Cavalry Army. At the same time, in order to avoid long nights, he also ordered the Soviet and Russian troops on the front line of Warsaw to attack Warsaw immediately.

So the vigorous Battle of Warsaw started like this.