The brutal battle was soon staged at the position where anti-war activist Brandt was located. Anti-tank guns, iron fist grenade launchers, cluster grenades, 42 machine guns, B-42 automatic carbines, and of course the Mauser Type 98 rifle and FK30 20 anti-aircraft guns that can be fired flat. All weapons that can be used were thrown into the blocking battle against the Soviet Red Army tank infantry cluster.

Brandt also threw anti-war and other things out of the blue. Now it is not the German army attacking Moscow, but the Soviet Red Army attacking Warsaw! If Warsaw cannot be saved, then the next big battle is likely to be the Battle of Berlin! As a German and a social democrat, he was unwilling to see the Soviet red flag flying on the roof of the Berlin Capitol.

However, the strength of the two sides was huge. Even though Brandt and his comrades fought bloody battles and repelled several waves of charges from the Red Army, they still could not stop the Soviet T-34 tanks and infantry from breaking through their first and second trenches.

The world revolutionary soldier Pavlov also rushed into the second trench of the German army. His large turntable machine gun (dp-27 light machine gun) was no longer known where he was thrown. The weapon in his hand was replaced with a bayonet-Nagan rifle, and charged with his life while shouting "Ula".

He had long since killed red. In the previous waves of charges, the Germans used their powerful and precise firepower to kill the attacking Soviet soldiers. Seeing his comrades fall one by one on the way to victory, Pavlov has now left all the things that join the party and liberate all mankind, and he is full of thinking about killing the Germans and killing more Germans!

Bloody melee combat has already begun in the trenches, and the Germans' b-42 automatic carbine and Mauser 98 rifles also have bayonets. However, the Germans' bayonet skills have not been very good. Now many soldiers have replaced the b-42 automatic carbines with insufficient length, so they are even less of the opponents of the Russians holding long rifles.

"Retreat! Retreat now!" Brandt, who had just killed a Russian soldier holding a rifle and trying to fight for a bayonet with a short shot, finally heard the "word" he wanted to hear the most. He turned his head and looked over. Sergeant Adolf Miller shouted and waved his hand, and greeted his subordinates to quickly move to the reserve position behind.

Brandt breathed a sigh of relief, put the B-42 automatic carbine on his shoulder, and ran towards the place where the horizontal trench and vertical traffic trench on the left were connected. When he just passed by Sergeant Miller, the other party grabbed his collar: "Killer, go with me in the back!"

"Why me?" Brandt complained in his heart, but he did not dare to escape in the face of battle. He could only wait for the remaining brothers in the platoon to retreat, and then picked up the B-42 automatic carbine and Sergeant Miller to shoot alternately to cover the retreat.

Like the trenches, the traffic trenches were dug in a curve to prevent the damage when the shells hit directly. In addition, many single or double shooting positions were built along the way, so that Miller and Brandt could run for a while and turn around and shoot a few long shots.

After running for a while, they were approaching the reserve position. The German soldiers who had just retreated had already set up the -42 machine guns. With the sound of machine gun shooting that seemed to have torn apart the linen, the Soviet Red Army did not dare to pursue it. Then the cheers of "Ula! Ula!" resounded on the position they had just captured.

The reserve position is about 1,000 meters behind the reinforced concrete anti-aircraft bunker that Brandt and his friends avoided Soviet shelling. Not far west is the building in the city of Warsaw. Because the reinforced concrete anti-aircraft bunker has been lost, this reserve position is actually unable to hold on for a long time. This is just a position to cover the artillery that covers the 111th Division and a heavy tank platoon (with 5 Tiger tanks).

When Brandt arrived here, on the artillery position of the 111th Division behind the trench, some artillery soldiers were busy pulling away the 150 and 105 howitzers with half-track trucks and trucks. Several huge tiger tanks also activated the motors and roared and turned the body, obviously they were going to withdraw to Warsaw City.

It seems that the "Warsaw Forest Defense Line" is about to be abandoned!

Brandt suddenly felt like he had survived the disaster. He then thought: The 111th Division had fought hard for so many days, and there should be a period of rest after withdrawing from Warsaw, right? Maybe it would drive back to Germany directly, so that he could temporarily stay away from this damn battlefield...

...

"That's great! The 205th Division took down the Warsaw Forest, it's really good."

Rokosovsky, who was standing near a ferry on the Vistula River, held the telegram he had just received and laughed at Yakov Jugashvili beside him, saying: "Now we finally won the game back."

"Is the Warsaw forest important?" asked Jugashvili.

He is a chief artillery officer. In a relatively normal army, he should be a very senior artillery lieutenant colonel or colonel. Naturally, he should know how critical the gains and losses of the Warsaw forests are.

However, the current Soviet Red Army has not yet completely emerged from the shadow of the Great Purge, so there was a situation where a lieutenant like Jugashvili served as the director of the artillery of the Mechanized Army. Moreover, Jugashvili was actually an engineer who built a car. He only studied military affairs for one year. Except for knowing a little bit of professional knowledge of artillery, he did not understand anything else. And officers like him are everywhere in the current Soviet Red Army.

"Of course, the Warsaw forest is very important," Rokosovsky shrugged, "Warsaw is a city built on the great plains, and there are very few dangers that can be used to defend. The Warsaw forest is one, and it has been managed by the Poles. Another danger that can be defended is the Vistula River, which has now been broken through by us."

The 9th Mechanized Army broke through the Vistula River in the Outvodsk area between June 9 and 10, and today the 205th Division broke through the Warsaw Forest. It can be said that Warsaw City has now become a city without any danger, and more than 1 million offensive troops have been divided into three groups to kill. No matter how you look at it, they are all in the pocket of the Workers and Peasants’ Red Army!

"But they also have armored clusters..." Jugashvili looked at the T-34 and KV-1/kv-2 tanks of the 9th Mechanized Army who were crossing the river through the pontoon bridge. Some of them were dragging a cannon and an ammunition truck. How could it be a little twisted?

"We will not have any problems," Rokosovsky said with confidence, "because the 9th mechanized army will not give the Germans an opportunity to take advantage of it. Our current task is to advance along the Vistula River and establish a front line, push the front to the south of Warsaw, and then cover the infantry to attack the city."

With the lessons of the Legionovo-Vowomin Battle, Pavlov certainly would not make the same mistake again and let the armored troops advance. Moreover, there is a great god in the 9th Mechanized Army who must not make any mistakes!

Therefore, the route of the 9th Mechanized Army was carefully studied - they will advance along the Vistula River. Once they encounter German armored forces, they can immediately set up a battle formation against the Vistula River. On the other side of the Vistula River, an infantry army will advance in parallel with cannons so that they can set up artillery groups at any time to support the 9th Mechanized Army with firepower.

Behind the 9th Mechanized Army is the 14th Mechanized Army that is escorting. If the Germans dare to make the 9th Mechanized Army, the 14th Mechanized Army will be in charge of the regiment with the 9th Mechanized Army.

In addition, the air cover and reconnaissance were also in place. Not only were there a large number of Jacques-1 and MiG-3 covering over the 9th Mechanized Army, but there were also many P51s flying by American pilots hovering over Comrade Jugashvili, which would definitely allow Comrade Jugashvili to have a portion of Russian fried rice with peace of mind.

"The Russians advanced very slowly, as if they were fighting trench warfare...but it was impeccable!"

In Warsaw Castle, Model was a little confused in his new headquarters facing a huge map.

According to the reconnaissance of the Air Force and the SS Polish cavalry, the Soviet army advanced extremely carefully on the southern front, almost step by step, unlike the armored assault in the era of mechanized warfare, but rather like a trench warfare.

The unexpected method of advancement of the Soviet army's southern line cluster inadvertently disrupted the deployment of Model's short assault - the 5th "Viking" division of the SS, the Hungarian Mechanized Army and five heavy armored battalions, which he originally thought of, launched an attack on the southern Soviet army, striving to fight another victory in the battle-like Legionovo Vovomin. However, from the current situation, this idea cannot be realized.

"Commander, maybe the Soviets just wanted to fight us head-on in Warsaw to fight an offensive and defensive battle." Major General Alto Schmidt, Chief of Staff of the 6th Army, said, "The Soviets' troops far exceed us. Even if they fight a 3-1 exchange ratio, Warsaw may be taken away by them."

Model shook his head and said, "The Soviets cannot take away Warsaw's... The Warsaw Battle will be the beginning of the destruction of the Soviet Union!" He paused, "The key to our defense of Warsaw is that Warsaw cannot be surrounded by the Soviets. Since the Soviets have no sign of encircling from the south for the time being, we should focus on the north."

"Or Legionovo?" asked Alto Schmidt.

"Yes, it's still there!" Moder nodded, "The Vistula River turns northwest there. As long as we can repel the Soviet Northern Army again in Legionovo, their siege of Warsaw will not be achieved. As long as Warsaw is not surrounded, the 6th Army will receive continuous reinforcements, and we can consume the Soviet army in a exchange ratio of 3-1 to 5-1."
Chapter completed!