Chapter 2106: Oolong Incident (Part 1)

Hearing Besil's shout, Lieutenant Martin, who was hiding under the ridge, stood up, raised his hands high above his head, and said loudly: "Captain Besil, I'm Martin, please don't shoot. "

  After Lieutenant Martin slowly walked in front of him, Besil gave him a warm hug. Although they were separated for only a few hours, Besil felt as if he had been separated for a lifetime.

  Martin hugged Besil, and kept saying: "Thank you, thank you, Captain Besil, you saved my life."

  At this time, the Soviet platoon leader came over with a few soldiers, and said coldly, "Mr. Pilot, this place is not safe. We must move to a safe place as soon as possible."

   After Besil and Martin separated, they were about to leave here with the Soviet army when a soldier rushed over and punched Martin without saying a word. Martin didn't recover for a moment, he was punched on the chin, his head was thrown back, and he fell to the ground.

   Seeing this, Beisier immediately shouted loudly: "Stop, why are you beating my subordinates?"

  After the translator translated Besil’s words into Russian, the beating soldier said viciously: “He killed my fellow countryman with his own hands, and I will make him pay for it!”

Just as the translator was translating the soldier’s words into English and speaking to Besil, the Soviet platoon leader pulled the soldier aside and said in a stern tone: “Comrade soldier, I know that you hate this pilot because of the death of your fellow countryman.” I want to kill him immediately and avenge the death of my countrymen. But no, bro, the British pilots are our allies, and they shoot at us because of the language barrier. If you really want To avenge your fellow countrymen, kill a few more Germans on the battlefield, understand?"

   Before the soldier could say anything, there was a strange sound in the air. Hearing this voice, the Soviet platoon leader's expression changed drastically, and he roared: "Bombardment, lie down, lie down!" As soon as the voice fell, a mortar shell fell not far away and exploded, dazzling flames After the flash, a puff of black smoke rose into the sky.

  The gun battle that took place by the lake had already alarmed the nearby Germans. They discovered that a small number of Soviet troops were besieging a single person. The German commander preconceived that their soldiers must have been besieged by the Soviet army, and quickly dispatched mortars, preparing to use artillery fire to cover their soldiers to escape. The shell just now was just a test shot. Seeing that the shell accurately hit the area where the Soviet army was assembled, he decisively ordered the remaining mortars to fire as well.

Taking advantage of the time when the shelling stopped, the Soviet platoon leader jumped up from the ground and shouted loudly to the surroundings: "It's a mortar, move quickly!" And Martin, ran in the direction they came from. And the other soldiers came back to their senses at this moment, got up one after another, tried their best to run wildly, trying to leave this dangerous shelling area as soon as possible.

  The Germans found that the Soviets were trying to escape the area, and the shells started chasing them. In the fast-moving ranks of the Soviet army, from time to time there were clusters of dazzling flames, and black smoke mixed with mud rose into the sky, and the flying shrapnel cut several unlucky soldiers to the ground.

   Waiting for the Soviet platoon leader to escape to a safe area with Besil and Martin, when they counted the number of people, they found that there were five people missing in their platoon. And the infantry squad led by the sergeant was missing half of its personnel.

  Looking at these Soviet commanders and fighters who suffered heavy casualties in order to rescue their compatriots, Besil felt guilty in his heart. He looked at the Soviet platoon leader and asked, "Mr. Second Lieutenant, shall we go back to Lazienki Palace?"

But the Soviet platoon leader shook his head and said resolutely: "No, we must still look for the missing pilots, and we must not let them fall into the hands of the Germans. According to the information we have, there are still pilots nearby. There are several pilots who successfully parachuted, we must find them."

  The search and rescue work for the pilot did not end until the next morning.

  After counting the data, Zakhalkin drafted a telegram, handed it to the accompanying radio operator, and told him: "Immediately publish it to the Front Army Command, so that Marshal Rokossovsky can understand the situation of our rescue."

After receiving Zakhalkin's telegram, Rokossovsky said to Malinin and Terekin: "General Zakhalkin sent a telegram, saying that after search and rescue, they successfully rescued eight pilots, all British pilots. pilot."

"What, only eight pilots were rescued?" Hearing that only eight pilots were rescued, Military Commissar Terekin couldn't help but frowned: "Comrade Commander, in the report from our superiors, the number of parachuting pilots should be at least two." About ten people, how come the deputy commander and the others only rescued so few people, where did the rest of the pilots go?"

"Obviously," Rokossovsky shrugged and said, "these missing pilots either fell into the German defense zone and became prisoners of the German army; or they fell into the Vistula River and were captured by the Germans." The rushing river washed away.

   We have done our best to rescue the Allied pilots. After all, our troops only occupy a small part of Warsaw City. I hope those pilots who were captured by the Germans can live to the day when we defeat the Germans. "

After speaking, he paused for a moment, and then told Malinin: "Chief of Staff, call General Zakharkin and order him to find a way to send these rescued pilots to the headquarters. We must send these pilots to the headquarters as soon as possible." Return it to the Allies."

   As Rokossovsky judged, three British pilots unfortunately became prisoners of the Germans. Although they didn't say anything except their names and military ranks after they were captured, the cunning Germans still judged from their identities that the Allied forces took the risk of airdropping various weapons, ammunition and supplies into Warsaw because of the uprising. The army couldn't hold it anymore.

  In order to prevent the Allied planes from reappearing over Warsaw, the Germans added a large amount of anti-aircraft artillery fire in the area under their control, preventing the Allied planes from entering the sky over Warsaw again, and airdropping supplies for the rebels fighting hard in the city. In addition, in order to cut off the supply lines of the Soviet army and the Polish army occupying the Lazienki Palace and Belvedere Palace, they specially mobilized artillery to shell the surface of the Vistula River to prevent ships from crossing the river from the right bank.

Zakharkin, who stayed in the city to command the troops, saw that the transportation line on the Vistula River was cut off, and he couldn't help becoming anxious. He sent two urgent telegrams to Rokossovsky, urging the transportation of goods in Warsaw as soon as possible. It has been repeatedly emphasized that if no supplements from outside the city can be obtained within two days, then the troops in Lazienki Palace and Belvedere Palace may be defeated by the German army due to lack of ammunition.

After reading the two telegrams, Rokossovsky immediately flew into a rage. After taking a few shots on the table vigorously, he said excitedly: "Zakharkin, as the deputy commander of the front army, but encountered When you encounter a little difficulty, you start to worry about gains and losses, which is simply too shameful."

   After Rokossovsky finished his fire, Terekin turned his head and asked Malinin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, have the Allied pilots been sent from the other side?"

"Not yet, Military Commissioner." Ma Linin shook his head and said with a serious expression: "Because the German artillery bombarded the Vistula River non-stop, many of our ships carrying supplies were sunk. Fortunately, those The pilots stayed at the Lazienki Palace and did not cross the river by boat, otherwise if something happened to them, we would be politically passive."

   After sitting down, Rokossovsky looked up and asked Malinin: "Chief of Staff, didn't Chuikov send two divisions from the Magnusev landing field, where are the troops now?"

Malinin looked down at the map, pointed to the south of Warsaw, and said, "General Glebov's 27th Guards Division is currently only five kilometers away from Belvedere Palace, and it will arrive in about an hour. And Pankov The General’s 88th Guards Division is about 40 kilometers away from Warsaw after a day’s rapid march. If all goes well, the division will arrive at the Lazienki Palace tomorrow morning.”

  Telekin remembered that it is now impossible to provide supplies to the troops stationed in the two palaces from the right bank. The two guards sent by Cuikov, even after entering Warsaw, can only be replenished through the direction of the Magnusev landing field. Thinking of the upcoming battle, he asked Ma Lining a little nervously: "Chief of Staff, how much ammunition are these two divisions carrying?"

   "I only brought two base ammunition." Malinin explained to Teretin: "If you carry too much ammunition, it will affect the marching speed of the troops."

After Rokossovsky took a few deep breaths to stabilize his emotions, he said to Malinin: "Send a telegram to the deputy commander of the front army and tell him that after General Glebov's 27th Guards Division arrives, Let them attack the Warsaw Okecie railway station along Wilanow Avenue, and if it goes well, go further and seize the Okecie airport."

After Malinin recorded the order dictated by Rokossovsky, he said with a smile: "Comrade commander, if our troops can successfully capture the railway station and the airport, supplies can be transported continuously by train and plane." Enter Warsaw City. In this way, no matter how many German reinforcements arrive, our troops with sufficient supplies can stop them.”

"That's right, that's right." Rokossovsky saw that Malinen guessed his intentions, he nodded with a smile, and then said: "Although our plane can't land near the two palaces, we can. Landing at Okecie airfield will greatly speed up the resupply."

  Zakharkin, who was staying in Warsaw, soon received a telegram from Rokossovsky. After reading the above content clearly, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Denis and Petrie: "Two lieutenant colonels, I have some good news for you. General Glebov's 27th Guards Division , can reach us in an hour at the earliest. And another 88th Guards Division led by General Pankov is also in the process of marching to Warsaw, and it will arrive in Warsaw tomorrow at the latest."

"Great, this is really great." Petrie heard the good news, touched Denis twice with his elbow, and said excitedly: "In this way, we have two divisions in Warsaw plus With two regiments, the chances of defeating the enemy will be greater."

"That's right, Comrade Petrie." Denis said with a smile on his face: "The arrival of these two divisions has made our army stronger than ever. Next, we should take the initiative to attack the areas occupied by the German army." gone."

   While Rokossovsky was in his headquarters, waiting for a telegram from the other side of the Vistula River, a staff officer hurried over and handed a telegram he had just received to Malinin.

  After reading the telegram, Ma Linin was shocked. He turned his head and said to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Commander, it's not good. According to the information intercepted by our army, the Germans have occupied the town of Luran."

"What, the Germans occupied Luran Town?" Hearing Malinin's report, Rokossovsky showed a shocked expression on his face: "When did this happen, and why Misha didn't report it in time. "

After speaking, he grabbed the high-frequency phone on the table and connected to the headquarters of the 48th Army Group. He said to the staff officer who answered the phone in a stern tone: "I am Rokossovsky, let your commander answer the phone. "

Sokov happened to be sitting not far away at the moment. When he heard the staff member say that Rokossovsky was looking for him, and his tone was still very severe, he couldn't help showing a confused expression on his face. He took the phone and said respectfully: " Hello, Comrade Marshal, I am Sokov, do you have any instructions?"

   "Comrade Sokov," Rokossovsky did not call Sokov by his nickname for the first time, but directly called him by his surname, "Why didn't you report to me when such a big thing happened?"

Hearing that Rokossovsky actually called his surname directly, Sokov couldn't help but thump in his heart, secretly saying that Rokossovsky seemed to be angry about something, otherwise he wouldn't stop calling his nickname, Instead, call the surname directly. But he didn't know where he offended Rokossovsky, so he could only ask cautiously: "Comrade Marshal, I don't quite understand what you mean, what did I not report to you in time?"

  Seeing that Sokov was still pretending in front of him, Rokossovsky became more and more angry: "You still have the nerve to say, let me ask you, Luran Town is lost, why didn't you report it in time?"

   "Lost Luran Town?" Sokov's eyes widened in surprise when Rokossovsky said this: "Comrade Marshal, when did this happen? How come I don't know at all?"

   "Things have come to this point, do you still want to quibble?" Rokossovsky laughed angrily: "Our intelligence department intercepted the German army's telegram, saying that they have captured the town of Luran."

   "Impossible, it's absolutely impossible." Sokov waited for Rokossovsky to finish speaking, then raised his voice to defend himself: "Luran town is still in our army's hands, and has never been captured by the German army."

In order to confirm this, Sokov didn't even cover the microphone, and asked Sidolin directly beside him: "Chief of Staff, have you received a report from Major General Nikitin of the 120th Guards Division that Luran Town was lost?" gone?"

Regarding the incident mentioned by Sokov, Sidolin was also at a loss: "Comrade Commander, I have not received any report from General Nikitin. But if Luran Town is really lost, it will be considered as near If the 120th Guards Division does not report, then the 1st and 6th Guards Divisions deployed on their left and right flanks will also report."