Since accepting Stalin's latest order, Rokossovsky has sent planes to airdrop supplies to the rebels in the city every day. However, due to the lack of ground guidance and being hit by German ground anti-aircraft fire, the transport aircraft responsible for the airdrops were randomly found. They airdropped supplies to a certain place. As a result, most of the airdropped supplies were captured by the Germans, while the rebels only received a very small part.
But Rokossovsky knew nothing about whether the airdropped supplies fell into the hands of the rebels, because the rebels in the city had not contacted him at all. What's more, in order to facilitate coordinated operations, the General Staff Through the exiled government in London, the ministry provided a contact code to General Boer, who was currently in charge of commanding the rebel army in the city, so that he could communicate directly with the headquarters of the 1st Belarusian Front. However, after the other party received the contact code, he No proactive contact was made.
In this way, the rebels in the city were increasingly short of supplies, but could not get much replenishment. Rokossovsky's transport aircraft formation braved enemy anti-aircraft fire every day to enter Warsaw, heading towards places where the rebels might be. Airdrops were implemented, but most of the supplies were in vain for the Germans.
On the evening of September 15, Malinen received a telegram from Bellinger: "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff! I have good news to tell you."
"Good news?!" Malinen's face showed a joyful expression: "General Bellinger, I wonder what the good news is?"
"It's like this. A comrade from Liudov's Army rowed across the Vistula River from the west of Warsaw and entered the defense area of our group army." Bellinger said: "He said he had important information and wanted to report it to us. Report from the supreme commander. I am going to bring him to see Comrade Marshal, do you agree?"
After hearing what Bellinger said, Malinin quickly covered the microphone with his hand and reported to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Commander, General Bellinger said that a commander of Liudov's Army escaped from the west of Warsaw. I came out and hope to see our supreme commander. Would you like to see him?"
"Let him come over." Rokossovsky said calmly: "I just want to know about the situation in Warsaw."
After receiving Rokossovsky's instructions, Malinin immediately released his hand covering the microphone: "General Bellinger, the marshal has agreed to meet this comrade who came from the west of Warsaw. Please bring him over immediately."
Half an hour later, General Bellinger and a tall, thin man in civilian clothes appeared at Rokossovsky's headquarters.
After Bellinger saluted Rokossovsky, he introduced the tall and thin man and said: "Comrade Marshal, this is Comrade Krzysztof. He is a captain of Liudov's Army in Warsaw. He is responsible for the people in the city. He understands the situation very well, if you want to know anything, please feel free to ask him."
"Hello, Comrade Krzysztov." Rokossovsky extended his hand to the other party and said friendly: "I am Marshal Rokossovsky, commander of the First Belarusian Front. I am very happy to meet you. !”
"Hello, Comrade Marshal." Krzysztof already knew who he was about to see on the way here, so he acted very calmly. Faced with Rokossovsky's overtures, he also Replied kindly: "Nice to meet you too."
"Tell me, Comrade Krzysztov." After asking Krzysztof to sit down, Rokossovsky asked straight to the point: "How is the situation in the city?"
"The situation is very bad, Comrade Marshal." Krzysztof sighed and said: "This uprising is led by people from the Krajov Army. They have the largest number, the best weapons, equipment and organization.
The uprising broke out on August 1. According to the leader of the Krajov Army, it only takes us a week at most to completely eliminate the Germans in Warsaw and completely liberate our capital.
After the uprising began, the head of the Krajov Army tried every means to prevent anyone from establishing any contact with the Soviet army. He said that the exiled government in London had reached an agreement with Churchill and would send troops to support us and airdrop supplies to us.
But as time went by, many people began to understand that we had been deceived. There were no British reinforcements at all, and no supplies were airdropped to us. We had to rely on ourselves for everything. Seeing that the situation in Warsaw was getting more and more difficult, we did not expect that in Warsaw
Internal strife began among the rebels."
"Is there internal strife within the rebel army?" Rokossovsky asked with some surprise: "How can there be internal strife?"
"Yesterday morning, we received a notice that General Boer summoned us for a meeting to discuss whether to cooperate with the Soviet army." Krzysztof said: "I and five commanders were ordered to go to the designated place to attend the meeting. When we arrived at the place
After that, someone immediately took us to the conference room and said that the next meeting would be held here.
When we entered the door, we found that there were at least forty or fifty people sitting in the conference room. I knew several of them, and they were all from Liudov's Army or Liudov's Guards. Seeing this, I thought General Bull was real.
They summoned us for a meeting."
When Malinin heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "Comrade Krzysztof, what happened next?"
Krzysztof showed a painful expression on his face: "When the room was full, everyone did not see the appearance of General Bull for a long time. While they were talking about it, the door was suddenly opened from the outside and someone rushed in.
A dozen or so armed men started shooting with submachine guns in their hands. Those who were near the door seemed to have fallen to the guns. But when I saw that the situation was not good, I hurriedly fell down on the spot to escape the chaos.
The fate of being shot to death.
Although I don’t understand what happened, if I am suddenly attacked, the people present will definitely resist. Those who move slowly will be shot to death by the opponent before they can draw their guns; those who move faster will draw their guns.
There was a shooting exchange with the opponent.
After repelling the gunmen at the door, I stood up and found that the conference room was full of corpses. The wounded were lying on a pool of blood and wailing, but no one came to help them. The five commanders who came with me were killed in the melee just now.
, all of them had been shot to death. At this moment, I heard a rush of footsteps. It seemed that more gunmen were coming over and they quickly climbed out of the window that was broken by bullets.
After I escaped from the building, I heard intensive gunshots and grenade explosions coming from the conference room. After a few minutes, everything went silent. I knew that everyone in the conference room was finished and I didn't dare to stay any longer.
, so he quickened his pace and fled from there."
After listening to Krzysztof's story, Rokossovsky couldn't help but feel worried. Originally, he could not contact the rebel army in Warsaw, but now the Krajov Army and Liudov Army in the rebel army were unable to contact him.
When internal strife broke out, all the efforts I made came to nothing.
"Comrade Krzysztof," Malinen asked Krzysztof tentatively: "We have been conducting airdrops into Warsaw this week. I wonder if you have obtained the supplies you need?"
"What, you are airdropping Warsaw?" Krzysztof asked with a shocked face: "Did you send the plane that dropped supplies in Warsaw during this period?"
"Yes, they were sent by us." After giving the other party a positive answer, Rokossovsky asked: "Comrade Krzysztof, is there something wrong?"
"Ever since the planes that airdropped supplies appeared in the sky, there were rumors that these were the planes sent by the British to drop supplies to us. They did not abandon us." Krzysztof said: "It is a pity that these airdropped supplies...
Most of them fell into German defense zones, and we received very little supplies."
Regarding Krzysztof's statement, Malinin smiled bitterly and said: "There is no way, Comrade Krzysztov, we also want to deliver all the airdrop materials to the area under your control. But it can't be done. So far,
So far, the commander of the Klajov Army who led the uprising in the city has not had any form of contact with us, so that we know nothing about the situation in the city. Do you think we can still manage it under such circumstances?
Are supplies accurately delivered to the areas you control?"
Krzysztof waited for Malinin to finish, thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "No. To be honest, so far, I'm afraid even General Boer doesn't know how big the area we control is."
"Airdrops alone cannot solve the problem." Rokossovsky said: "So we plan to send troops across the river into the west of Warsaw to fight directly with the Germans. But unfortunately, in order to protect themselves, the Germans
, all the bridges on the Vistula River have been blown up. If our troops want to cross the river, they can only rely on river crossing equipment to cross the Vistula River and enter the west of Warsaw. But what we need to figure out now is,
Where were the Germans' weakest defenses?"
"Comrade Marshal, can you let me see your map?"
Rokossovsky hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed to Krzysztof's request, indicating that he could use his map to explain where to cross the river.
Krzysztof came to the table, stared at the map for a while, then raised his head and said to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Marshal, the Lazienki Bridge has been blown up by the Germans, but the water flow in this section of the river
It is gentle and very conducive to crossing the river. The troops crossing the river can land near the Lazienki Palace, which is defended by a 300-man unit of ours. As long as you join them, they can guide your troops to advance deeper into the German defense...
As long as you reach the Belvedere Palace to the west, where the terrain is relatively high, you can establish a fire support point here. Even if the Germans launch a fierce attack on you, I believe your troops can resolutely block it."
Hearing what Krzysztof said, Rokossovsky nodded noncommittally, but did not express his opinion.
When Malinin saw that Rokossovsky was silent, he took the initiative to ask Krzysztov: "Comrade Krzysztov, are you really sure that your people are holding strong near the Lazienki Palace?"
"Yes, Comrade Marshal, I can assure you." Perhaps because he was worried that Rokossovsky would not believe his words, Krzysztof also assured Rokossovsky: "Shortly after the uprising broke out,
About 800 people were stationed near the Lazienki Palace. They were originally preparing to welcome your troops into the city. But unexpectedly, the commander of the Klajov Army felt that we could defeat the city even without your support.
The Germans, so they asked the defenders in the Lazienki Palace to evacuate half of them.”
Although Krzysztof was absolutely certain that there was a force of 300 men at the Lazienki Palace, Rokossovsky was still thinking in his heart: There are really troops here that can help our army cross the river.
Troops?
Before Rokossovsky expressed his position, Bellinger lost his composure: "Comrade Marshal, since Krzysztov said that there are our people to support him near the Lazienki Palace, then we should attack with our main force.
The direction was changed to the area around Lazienki Palace.”
"General Bellinger," Malinen asked, "I wonder how many troops can be crossed to the other side of the river at one time with the river-crossing equipment in your hand?"
Hearing Malinin's question, Bellinger thought for a moment and then replied: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the existing river crossing equipment of our army can send two battalions at a time to the left bank of the Vistula River."
Seeing that Bellinger was eager to fight, Rokossovsky said to him: "General Bellinger, if I give you an order now, let your troops seize the western part of Warsaw as soon as possible.
,How long will it take for you to enter the battle?"
"Two hours, Comrade Marshal." Bellinger replied confidently: "In just two hours at most, my troops can cross the river and quickly rush to the Lazienki Palace to join the rebels who are standing there."
After listening to Bellinger's reply, Rokossovsky nodded and said to the other party: "General Bellinger, it seems that you are well prepared. If this is the case, then you should return to the headquarters immediately and do your best.
Preparation for attack."
After hearing this, Bellinger was immediately overjoyed. He knew in his heart that this was an opportunity to make a contribution, and he immediately said impatiently: "Comrade Marshal, will you allow me to return to the army? I want the commanders and soldiers to be prepared to attack in advance."
"Go, General Bellinger." When Rokossovsky said this, he glanced at Krzysztof standing next to him and added: "Take Comrade Krzysztov with you.
He is familiar with the situation in Warsaw and may be able to help you."
After Bellinger left with Krzysztov, Malinin came to Rokossovsky's side, frowned and said: "Comrade Marshal, why do I feel a little uneasy? Could it be that this Krzysztov
Do you have a gay problem?"
Rokossovsky turned to look at Malinin and said with a serious expression: "Chief of Staff, I have the same feeling as you. I feel that the time of Krzysztof's arrival is too coincidental. It happens to be the time when we are preparing to send him to
Before a new round of offensive was launched in Warsaw, I was even worried that he was not a member of the Liudov Army at all, but a spy sent by the Krajov Army or the German Army."
"Then should we send someone to arrest him immediately?" Malinen expressed his concerns: "If he is really sent by the Germans, he may cause us some trouble."
"No, we are just guessing at the moment. How can we arrest people casually?" Rokossovsky rejected Malinin's proposal: "If he is really sent by the Germans, there is nothing wrong with arresting him. But he wants to
They are really our comrades, and our reckless behavior may break the hearts of our friendly comrades."