On July 15, when Okjabriski drove out of the small town of Vovoming, the cemetery on the side of the road finally became quiet, and no one held a reactionary religious funeral there... Because the interim government of the People's Republic of Poland, which was just established in Lublin, explicitly prohibited such behavior.

Moreover, the "reactionary indicators" of the small town Vovoming have also been adjusted, and a major arrest was made last night. Several Catholic priests who were ignorant of life and death (I don't know why they did not retreat?) all got their due outcome.

In fact, even if no one was arrested last night, there would be no reactionary gatherings where Okjabrisky passed by today. Because the cemetery became the base of the Red Army, a tank army that had just arrived from the west bank of the Bug River was camping there.

This unit, named the 7th Tank Army, was only launched last night. The commander was named Bavel Alexeyevich Rotmistrov, who had just been promoted to major general of the armored tank soldiers. At the beginning of the world revolution, this army belonged to the reserve front and was deployed near Smolensk. It was ordered to start on July 10.

The reason why the 3rd Army where Okjabrisky is located has stayed in Vowomin for even a few days and did not launch an attack on Legionovo was to wait for the arrival of the tank army.

Because this tank army is the first among the 38 tank troops and mechanized troops of the Soviet Red Army to be equipped with a T-34/57 tank! The 8th Tank Brigade owned by this tank army received a total of 55 brand new T-34/57 tanks before July 10!

Moreover, the 10th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the 7th Tank Army also received 16 'zis-2 57mm anti-tank guns. With these 55 T-34/57 and 16'zis-2 anti-tank guns, the 3rd Army's attack on Legionovo is very promising.

"Ilya," said Gulov, the political commissar of the 3rd Army who was riding on the Gas car with Okjabriski. At this time, he took his eyes off the row of T-34/57 tanks covered with camouflage nets on the roadside, and then smiled and said to Okjabriski, "Although the 7th Tank Army and the 8th Tank Brigade are both glorious and powerful troops, they have no experience in fighting with the Nazi army. This is also the reason why Comrade Bonomarenko, a military committee member of the Front Army, nominated you as the political commissar of the 7th Tank Army."

The Soviet hero Okjabrisky really lost his official career. Before he could get enough of the position of director of the Political Department of the Group Army, he was transferred to serve as the political commissar of the 7th Tank Army. Although it was transferred to the Central Army, the political commissar of the Army was the top leader, and the director of the Political Department of the Group Army also had deputy political commissar and political commissar.

In addition, the 7th Tank Army is a unit that is preparing to attack the main attack. As long as Legionovo can be successfully captured this time, as the army's political chief, the contribution will naturally be great, and it is not impossible to be promoted to a higher level as a master-level political commissar.

However, what Okjabrisky cares about is not how high an official he is, but how much contribution he can make to the world revolution. As a political cadre who joined the Red Army after the victory of the Soviet Revolution, he is extremely hopeful to realize his life ideals in the battle with the enemy of imperialism.

Moreover, like the millions of Bolshevik Party members of this era, he really believed that GCism could be realized!

...

"Ula!Ula!Ula!"

Yakov Fedotovic Pavlov, who had become a glorious member of the Bolshevik Party of the Soviet Union, was now with his comrades, tying a red flag tied to a piece of water pipe to the roof of a 4-story building located on the banks of the Vistula River and guarding a railway bridge!

The building originally belonged to the Polish State Railway Company (named the Polish State Railway Company Building). It was built very strongly. It was bombarded by a "B-4 howitzer at close range twice without completely collapsed, but only a small part of it collapsed.

Then, the 205th Division of the Red Army, who had just finished resting and returned to the battlefield, launched seven rounds of infantry attacks. After paying the price of more than 1,500 casualties, finally drove away the German army (about one battalion) who was standing in the building. The commando led by Pavlov made great achievements in the seventh round of attacks, climbed up to the 4th floor of the building along the ruins bombarded by B-4, and then used grenades and bayonets to eliminate more than a dozen vicious Nazi soldiers guarding there. The red flag was "plugged" to the platform on the roof!

Cui Kev, commander of the Western Front Central Army cluster, witnessed the scene of the red flag being "plugged" to the roof. He nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Major General Joru Lugef (formerly the commander of the 205th Division) beside him: "The 205th Division is indeed a heroic force! The soldiers of the 205th Division used their blood and lives to open the road to the heart of the White Poland for the Red Army in the Warsaw forest. Now the soldiers of the 205th Division "plugged" the red flag at the highest point on the east bank of the Vistula River.

Now half of Warsaw City has returned to the hands of the people!”

Although Warsaw is divided into east and west by the Vistu River, it is not "divided equally". The west of the Vistu River is the main urban area, and the east is just a small part of the urban area. Moreover, there are still several important strongholds in the east of Warsaw (to the east of the Vistu River), such as "King William Railway Station", "Warsaw Guards Barracks" and "Warsaw Infantry School", there are currently more than 20,000 German troops defending the three important strongholds near the Vistu River.

However, the building just captured by the 205th Division is still very valuable!

Because after taking down the building, the railway "transportation" between the western district of Warsaw and Legionovo was cut off. Moreover, the Red Army artillery observers could guide artillery fire to block all bridges on the Vistula River in the downtown area of ​​Warsaw.

After these bridges were blocked, it was difficult for the German army to counterattack the city east of the Vistula River. The Red Army's middle-road cluster could also "draw" troops to cooperate with the northern-road cluster to launch a pincer attack on Legionovo.

"If Comrade Lujeff, the railway company building is a key support point, and it must be kept." Cui Kev then reminded, "The 4th Army must defend the Vistula River in the next 5-10 days, block the three strongholds, including the railway station, the Guards barracks and the infantry school, to cooperate with the main force of the middle road and the North Road cluster to attack Legionovo."

If Major General Lujeff did not dare to neglect, he quickly saluted and replied: "Comrade Commander, please rest assured, the 4th Army of the Workers and Peasants' Red Army resolutely completed the task!"

...

"Comrade Cui Kefu is really good! Now the mission of the first phase of the Warsaw Battle has been successfully completed."

Pavlov held the telegram sent by Cuikov in one hand, touched his big bald head with the other, and showed a proud smile.

Now the Warsaw Campaign Cluster Middle Road and South Road are progressing very smoothly. The South Road has attacked the Western District of Warsaw along the Vistula River, and the Middle Road has seized most of the Eastern District of Warsaw after nearly 20 days of fighting. The progress of the North Road seems slow, but that was actually done by Pavlov on purpose.

Because the key point of the North Road, Legionovo is located at the confluence of three important rivers, including the Naref River, the Fkra River, and the Vistula River, and there are many railways and highways "intersecting" here. The geographical location is very important. As long as Legionovo is in the hands of the German army, it will be difficult for the Soviet army to detour from the North Road to the back of Warsaw City. It is not that it is absolutely impossible to detour, but the detour troops' own retreat will always be under the threat of Legionovo.

So Pavlov's plan was to take down Legionovo first, and then advance west along the north bank of the Vistula River (east bank), find a suitable location to cross the river, and "insert" into the back of Warsaw City.

"Comrade Commander, let's see if the plan to lure the enemy on the North Road will be successful." Western Front Military Commissioner Ponomarenko was standing in front of the military map with his arms in his arms, as if he could really understand it. Hearing Pavlov's tone relaxed and he also "interjected" in response to the situation.

"It will definitely succeed. The German commander will be inspired by the victory of the Legionovo Vovomin Battle, believing that their armored forces are far stronger than ours."

Pavlov smiled and said, "They would never have thought that our reaction was so fast. In just over twenty days after the Battle of Legionovo Vovomin, many T-34 tanks equipped with 57mm tank guns have been produced."

The t-34/57 is actually not a new tank. It was designed in 1941 and passed the test. It was just because the "gate" tank gun modified from the zis-2 anti-tank gun was too short and it did not have mass production t-34/57.

"Yes, the Germans would not think of the strength and wisdom of our Soviet working class." Ponomarenko said, "They will definitely be deceived."

Pavlov was also confident in this, "Then we can fight a beautiful annihilation battle on the north bank of the Reinav River, which can at least severely damage the German armored cluster in Warsaw...those damn tanks can cause us a lot of casualties."

Speaking of this, he suddenly turned his head and looked at a corner of the war room, looking carefully at the Supreme Commander Huasilevsky, who was the representative of the Supreme Commander. The representative of the Commander was always suspicious of Pavlov's plan.
Chapter completed!