The battle continues…
The seemingly weak people subverted the SS's image of civilians. They held crudely made Browning M28 light machine guns and clumsily shot at the military police. Despite being so clumsy, they continued to repeat their clumsy movements.
Lin Wei was observing the progress of the Military Police Division with a telescope, and calculating the best march route with a map of Warsaw. There were even several times when I couldn't help but want to go out and take a look, but I was still stopped by Paul & Hausser and Felix Steiner.
The sound of heavy artillery came from the distant city of Warsaw, and even the earth trembled due to the bombardment of heavy artillery. The dust that keeps falling from the roof reminds everyone in the headquarters that we are still at war.
An hour later, there was still no news from the Military Police Division. Lin Wei finally couldn't bear it and roared, "What is that loser Robert C. Crawford doing now! Why has there been no news for so long?"
"Leader!" Felix Steiner persuaded, "Robert C. Crawford is currently formulating an attack plan in the Military Police Division. Maybe the Poles in Warsaw are indeed resisting very fiercely. Maybe Robert. C. Crawford will bring good news!”
"I don't care!" Lin Wei said angrily, "All I know now is that the military weapons and equipment in Warsaw are very poor. I don't understand why the Military Police Division hasn't sent any news that makes me happy for so long." .
"Leader, you have also commanded street fighting in Madrid!" This time it was Paul Hauser who came out to persuade. He said, "The cruelty of street fighting is self-evident. This is not a problem that can be solved by any number of weapons." .
Paul & Howser temporarily calmed Lin Wei down. Lin Wei turned to the signal soldier and said, "Contact Robert C. Crawford and ask him to give me an explanation as to why there has been no news for so long."
After a while, the signal soldier walked over and said sheepishly, "The leader, Adjutant Robert C. Crawford, said that the Military Police Division is currently fighting the Polish army in the Old Town of Warsaw, and it may take a while. It takes time to break through the opponent's defense."
"Old Town..." Lin Wei muttered with a face full of doubts, and then picked up the map of Warsaw. When he looked at it, Lin Wei was so angry that it turned out that the Old Town was located on the west bank of the Vistula River. It was Lin Wei. The place where the SS troops led by Wei arrived after the Battle of the Buzula River; "You are still in the old city after such a long time?" Lin Wei shouted in disbelief, "Is he an idiot?" Lin Wei grabbed the communications unit The collar shouted, "What you want to tell me is that from the time the Military Police Division started attacking to now, they are still blocked in the position where they just started attacking?"
"Leader, maybe... um... it's like this," the communications soldier said with difficulty.
"Are the Poles too stubborn, or are the SS's combat effectiveness too poor? Well!" Lin Wei scanned the people around him. At this time, Paul Hauser said again, "Leader, there are many cultural relics in the old town of Poland. and ancient buildings, it would be a pity if they were completely destroyed@!”
Indeed, all kinds of historical monuments and places of interest are mostly concentrated in the old city, especially the magnificent palaces, huge churches, various arrow towers, castles, etc., which attract a large number of tourists from abroad every year. The Old Town is located on the west bank of the Vistula River. The majestic red spire buildings of the Middle Ages are concentrated here, surrounded by 13th-century interior walls and 14th-century exterior walls made of red bricks. The four corners have high? Towering ancient castle. Famous ancient buildings include the former Royal Palace known as the "Polish National Cultural Monument", Warsaw's most beautiful and spectacular Baroque building Krasinski Palace, the outstanding representative of Polish classical architecture Lazienki Palace, Holy Cross Church, St. John's Church, Roman Church, Russian Church, etc. Monuments, statues or statues stand everywhere in the city. The bronze statue of the mermaid on the bank of the Vistula River is the emblem of Warsaw.
Lin Wei watched Paul Hauser finish his words with cold eyes, and then said, "General, I care more about the location of the Polish national treasury than the artwork you mentioned. Has it been moved?" Lin Wei didn't care at all. He said without hiding his admiration for the gold in his eyes.
Uh..., Paul & Hausser are now sure that Lin Wei definitely inherited Gustav's greedy nature, but Lin Wei is even more greedy, even the Polish national treasury is on his mind.
Lin Wei then added, "Besides, I care more about the lives of SS soldiers than those so-called works of art or ancient buildings in Poland. Now a soldier may leave the world every minute. So don’t worry about the artwork, the victory in the battle is the main thing.”
"Lampard..." Paul Houser wanted to persuade again, but was interrupted by Lin Wei, "The Imperial Division and the Viking Division will enter the old city immediately," then turned to the correspondent and said, "Contact the police? Division And the Skeleton Division, if it has ended its own battle, come to Warsaw immediately for support, and also send electricity to the Eighth Army and ask for their firepower support!"
"Yes! Leader," the communications soldier said, about to convey Lin Wei's order.
"Come back!" Lin Wei stopped the communication soldier and said again, "Inform all the soldiers participating in the battle that all the spoils in this battle belong to them! My words must be conveyed to the ears of every soldier, Do you know?" Lin Wei said coldly.
"Understood, leader." The communications soldier saluted, and after confirming that Lin Wei was not calling him, he immediately went to convey the order.
At three o'clock in the afternoon on September 18, the Gendarmerie Division received the order and slowly pushed out of Warsaw. The Polish army and residents in Warsaw finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although this army, like the previous army, was overwhelmed by the intricate buildings and maze-like streets in the old city, the army defending here knew that they The price paid was far greater than when facing the Wehrmacht, and of course the opponent's losses were also much greater.
Now, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Taking advantage of the time when the Gendarmerie Division withdrew, the Polish army took advantage of this hard-won and short time to quickly repair the fortifications. Drag the dead comrades and residents to the corner and wish them rest in heaven.
The Polish defenders lay exhausted in the fortifications, humming a tune from an unknown Polish city, waiting for the enemy to come again.
Two hours later, when it was getting dark, the devil troops wearing black uniforms during the day began to attack again. The prepared Polish army hid in the fortifications, waiting for the shelling to pass, and then attack again. Come out and fight the enemy.
But they were very wrong this time. The intensity of the bombardment was far more violent than they expected. Artillery shells continued to explode around them, and the seemingly solid fortifications were on the verge of collapse, as if they were about to collapse.
The bombardment lasted for a long time and was fierce. The artillerymen received a simple order, which was to shoot out all the shells as much as possible, that's all. Many Polish soldiers were shocked to death in the fortifications and never came out. Many more were injured by the shock and had bleeding from their ears.
Gradually, the sound of artillery became farther and farther, and experienced veterans knew that the enemy had begun to extend their firepower. Under normal circumstances, it was safe at this time, but just after they walked out of the fortifications, the artillery shells were overwhelming again. Fight over and immediately cause the Poles to increase their casualties again.
When the shelling finally passed, only one-third of the remaining Poles walked out of the fortifications, and all the remaining people died in the shelling. When they walked out of the fortifications, they were chased and saw The scene was deeply shocking. Those ancient and artistic buildings had been razed to the ground. The intricate streets no longer exist. The entire old city was bombed into a piece of scorched earth. All that can be seen is the pieces of rubble and bricks.
However, the Gendarmerie Division did not give them any time to think and rushed in immediately after the shelling stopped. The Polish army continued to resist as always, and the residents continued to support these people who defended their country from the lanes or alleys, although they could not All they did was deliver meals to the defenders and feed them some water, but it still made the Polish army feel sincerely moved.
This time the gendarmerie division truly implemented Lin Wei's instructions. No matter what kind of clothes a person is wearing, as long as he appears in front of him, he is the enemy of the gendarmerie, and the way to deal with the enemy is to eliminate him without politeness. After a fierce battle during the day, the Gendarmerie Division gradually came to their senses. Even if they no longer wanted to become butchers, they had to think about themselves. A fierce battle during the day caused their losses to be greater than the losses in the Battle of the Buzula River. They understood that, There can be no mercy in war. Because the enemy won't talk to you about chivalry.
The jagged streets and those obstructive buildings have been bombarded by artillery until nothing is left. Now there is nothing that can stop the military police division with sufficient armor strength from advancing. Besides, they also have the support of the Viking Division and the Imperial Division. If This time they failed, so when they go out, they are embarrassed to say that they were the SS first formed by Lin Wei? Army.
With such a mood, especially with the Viking and Imperial divisions watching from behind, the Gendarmerie Division burst out with great enthusiasm. Any resistance would be ruthlessly suppressed. It was not that the Polish army in the new city did not come to the rescue. But the Eighth Army also put on a posture of overwhelming the situation, forcing them to stand still.
With the help of the Polish defenders in the new city, the Gendarmerie Division stormed into the old city and began to wipe out the Polish troops that were still resisting. The Viking Division and the Imperial Division subsequently entered to consolidate the occupied positions.
The battlefield gradually moved from the old city to the new city on the east bank of the Vistula River. As a political center, the new city? Most of the offices of government departments are located in the new city. There are more defenders here and the fighting is more intense.
Although the SS Army took over all the tasks of attacking Warsaw City, the Eighth Army was under the SS? When the army was in a bitter battle, they finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to devote themselves to the war.
The Polish army in the city began to be attacked from both sides. After more than ten hours of fierce fighting, in the early morning of September 19, the Warsaw garrison began to stop resisting and surrendered to the German army.
On September 19, the day before the fall of Warsaw, German newspapers and radio stations launched another large-scale peace offensive, trying their best to express that "Germany has no ambitions towards the West."
Same day, Hit? Le also had a long talk with Dallerus, who still had not given up his peace efforts. Two days ago, the tireless Swede met his old friend Ogilvy Forbes in Oslo. Forbes is a former counselor at the British Embassy in Berlin and is currently the counselor at the British Legation in the Norwegian capital.
According to a secret memo from Dr. Schmidt, the translator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dalerus reported that Hit? Le, Forbes had told him, the British government was seeking peace. The only question is: How can we save the face of the British? "If the British really want peace," hope? Teller replied, "They can get peace in two weeks without losing face." The Nazi leader said that they must admit the fact: "It is impossible for Poland to stand up again." In addition to this, they must admit , he was prepared to ensure "the status quo of the rest of Europe, including ensuring the security of Britain, France, and the Low Countries of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg."
Then we discussed how to initiate peace talks. Hit? Le advocated for Mussolini to come forward. Dallerus believes that the Queen of the Netherlands may be more "neutral". Goering, who was also present at the time, suggested that British and German representatives first meet secretly in the Netherlands and, if they made progress, the Queen would then formally invite both countries to participate in armistice negotiations. Hit? Le had expressed his doubts several times that "Britain was interested in peace," but in the end he agreed with the Swede's approach, and the latter went to Britain the next day to test in the designated direction.
"The British can have peace if they want it," Hit? Le said to Dallerus before he left, "But they have to hurry up." At the same time, September 27, that is, Hit? The day after Leer assured Dallerus that he was ready to make peace with Britain, he convened a meeting of the commanders of the armed forces at the Prime Minister's Office and decided to launch an attack on the Western Front as soon as possible before Britain and France were ready. But in order to deceive the people and paralyze the other party, at noon on October 6, Hit? Le pretended to be sincere and once again proposed "peace".
On September 20, the Soviet and German military held a meeting in Bialystok to coordinate military operations between the Soviet Union and Germany. The German army stated that any area that exceeds the dividing line stipulated in the August 23 protocol by more than 150 miles will immediately begin to retreat to the dividing line of the four rivers. The Soviet Union adopted a very cautious attitude towards the demarcation of the northern border, because the secret protocol of August 23 did not delineate the demarcation line for the Vilnius area. On September 22, the Soviet army occupied Bialystok and Lviv.
On September 27, Ribbentrop flew to Moscow again and signed the Soviet-German Border Friendship Treaty with the Soviet government on September 28. The treaty stipulates that "the two governments of the Soviet Union and Germany shall delineate a boundary line on the territory of the former Polish state as the national boundary between the two countries." Both sides recognized the line as "the final national border between the two countries." No third country may interfere in this decision. The two governments will each "implement necessary reforms" in the former Polish territory within their own boundaries. In addition, the secret protocol of the treaty also stipulated that parts of the Polish provinces of Lublin and Warsaw were transferred to Germany. In exchange, the territory of the Lithuanian state was transferred to the Soviet Union's sphere of interest. A corner of southwestern Lithuania remained for Germany. Through this division, the Soviet Union received about 200,000 square kilometers of territory from Poland, with a population of 13 million.
On the same day the border treaty was signed, Soviet troops arrived at the Soviet-German dividing line. The leading German troops that crossed the dividing line were ordered to withdraw to the west of the line, and the Soviet and German troops met amicably. In this war, about 230,000 Polish officers and soldiers were captured by the Soviet army and escorted to the interior of the Soviet Union; however, the Soviet army only died 737 people and injured 1,862 people. The sporadic resistance of the remaining Polish army persisted until early October.
On the same day the border treaty was signed, the Soviet and German governments also issued a joint statement, declaring that the demise of the Polish state "thus laid a solid foundation for lasting peace in Eastern Europe." The statement called on Britain and France to stop the war against Germany. Otherwise, "the Soviet government and the German government will jointly negotiate and take necessary measures." After the borders were delineated, the Soviet government divided the occupied area into two administrative regions, Western Ukraine and Western Belarus, and established corresponding temporary administrative institutions, with Lviv in the south and Bialystok in the north as the administrative centers. On October 22, the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine was formed in Lviv, and the People's Assembly of Western Belarus appeared in Bialystok. On October 27, the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine issued the "Declaration on the Establishment of Ukrainian State Power" and requested to join the Soviet Union.
On October 29, the West Belarusian People's Assembly issued a similar declaration. The Fifth Special Session of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union passed a decree on November 1-2, approving Western Ukraine's accession to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and Western Belarus's accession to the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was at this meeting of the Supreme Soviet that Molotov, Chairman of the People's Council of the Soviet Union and People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, delivered a long speech on the Soviet Union's foreign policy, including the erroneous statement that the aggressor and the invaded interchanged their positions.
When referring to Poland, he said in the tone of a conqueror: "The Polish ruling class has boasted about how 'consolidated' their country is and how 'powerful' their army is. However, first the German army, and then the Red Army, A swift blow to Poland, and the monster of the Treaty of Versailles disappeared."
For a month, Linwei was responsible for rebuilding Poland with the new Polish Governor-General Dr. Hans Frank: Is he Hit? Le's old friend, also Hit in the 1930s? Le's personal legal counsel.
During this period, Lin Wei certainly did not forget his good friend Heydrich. He mobilized capable forces from the SS and military headquarters in Berlin and Czechoslovakia. Within a month, he initially established a complete set of intelligence in Poland. Institution, Heydrich's Gestapo played an important role here.
Under Lin Wei's secret instructions, the Gestapo not only sought to control Poland, but also paid very close attention to the Soviet Union's movements.