After hearing Pavlov's words as if full of confidence, Major General Rimoskik shook his head: "Comrade Commander, the 4th Army, the 28th Army, the 30th Army and the 31st Army are still in the west bank of the Bug River. The distance from Warsaw is an average of more than 100 kilometers, and they have other tasks to be responsible for..."

The Soviet Western Front Army had a total of 20 armies, of which 10 armies had been suppressed near Warsaw. One powerful tank army and one ordinary army remained in Minsk to prevent Germany from breaking through from Ukraine. One army was cooperating with the Southwest Front to siege Lviv, and three armies were deployed on the front line of positions facing the Boro-Lithuanian direction.

There are also four armies, namely the 4th Army, the 28th Army, the 30th Army and the 31st Army, which are deployed in the liberated area on the west bank of the Bug River. They are not only the general reserve team of the Warsaw Campaign Cluster, but also responsible for defending the Warsaw Campaign Cluster's rear route, and are also the backbone of the people's regime in the Liberated Area of ​​Poland.

If all four armies were to go to the Warsaw front, not only would the rear of the Warsaw Battle Cluster become very empty, but the Polish local people's regime that had been established could also be subverted by reactionary forces because it lost its strong backing.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, these four armies could not be transferred to the Warsaw front. If Pavlov wanted to mobilize them all, he would have to mobilize other troops to fill the gap. The Western Front Command could now mobilize only two armies in Minsk. If Pavlov did not want to make the surrounding area of ​​Minsk empty, he would have to ask Moscow for more troops.

"Comrade Commander," Major General Rimoskik made a suggestion, "It's better to ask for help from the Supreme Command..."

"No need at the moment," Pavlov thought for a while, but still shook his head. "At most, it's an army-level armored cluster that we can deal with."

Although the Tiger tank and the Black Panther tank are very powerful, the number is not large after all. The Western Front has a powerful force of 20 armies. If a German army-level armored cluster equipped with heavy tanks asks for help from the Supreme Command, then the great leader of the world revolution will definitely think that General Pavlov is a useless idiot.

"Order the 3rd Army to continue the roundabout mission," Pavlov thought for a while and said, "and be prepared to fight the German armored cluster at any time!"

Major General Rimoskik, Chief of Staff of the Western Front, changed his face slightly, and looked at Pavlov and asked: "Comrade Commander, do you think the German army has launched a large increase in troops to Warsaw?"

The Battle of Warsaw lasted for more than a month. The Western Front Command has roughly understood how many troops the Germans have in Warsaw. Rimoskik knew that the German army had only one armored division in Warsaw (actually six tank battalions), and the German armored cluster that is now breaking through the 100th Army's defense line should be this armored division.

If the 3rd Army encounters a German armored cluster on the north bank of the Reinav River, then this armored cluster is probably new.

"This is very likely!" General Pavlov frowned, "The progress made by the Northwest Front and the Southwest Front is very limited, and the Southwest Front's siege of Lviv has not been completed.

The Northwest Front's attacks on Polo and Finland have been repeatedly frustrated... I am worried that the Northwest and Southwest directions will have limited effect on the German army. As for the British attack on the Ireland Islands, although the British army has made some progress, the combat effectiveness of the British army is limited and the number of German reinforcements it can attract will not be large. Therefore, the German Command must now have sufficient troops to support Warsaw!"

He was silent for a while and said in a serious tone: "If the 3rd Army encounters another German armored cluster on the north bank of the Reinav River, then it will be basically certain that the German army has launched large-scale reinforcements to Warsaw, and it will not be too late to ask for help from the Supreme Command."

Major General Rimoskik already understood Pavlov's thoughts, and this general cared about the trust of the great leader very much. Stalin's trust was not much left with the last defeat of the Legionovo-Vowomin Battle. If he easily asked for help from the Supreme Command, Comrade Pavlov would be in danger of becoming a reactionary... Unless Germany also launched a large increase in troops to Warsaw, the Western Front would have reason to ask Moscow for more troops.

However, Pavlov's judgment that the 3rd Army might encounter a German armored cluster on the north bank of the Renaf River and Vistula River was correct. The 3rd Army of the Red Army would soon encounter the 48th German Armored Army from the direction of Posen.

"Your Excellency Commander, do you have something to come to me?"

Just as Pavlov and Rimoskik were discussing the situation on the front line, Lieutenant General Hermann Barker, the commander of the 48th Armored Army of the German Army, also walked into the office of Marshal Longdested, the commander of the German Central Army Group.

Marshal Longdested, who is 67 years old this year, looks a little unsatisfied. He obviously has not been asleep all night. Although he is not the commander of the front line in Warsaw, he is the commander of the Central Army Group after all. When the counterattack of the 6th Army was about to begin, he naturally couldn't sleep.

Moreover, the SS Polish cavalry, who were operating on the north bank of the Reinav River last night, reported a very large Soviet armored cluster crossing the Reinav River from Serotsk. The aircraft reconnaissance later also discovered Soviet convoys with marching with lights on, thus confirming the discovery of the Polish cavalry.

Then the old Marshal Longdested was no longer sleepy and guarded the headquarters one night to discuss the enemy situation with Model or Guderian. The result of the discussion was that the 6th Army continued to carry out short-term assault operations, and the Central Army Group sent the 48th Panzer Army to Bosen from Bosen to Bouvone on the banks of the Bchula River, and then took the highway to Zachrochim on the north bank of the Vistula River.

"Marson, we have to walk more than 300 kilometers," Lieutenant General Hermann Barker frowned after learning about his mission from Longdsted, "and the Soviets only need to advance more than 30 kilometers... Do you think we may arrive first?"

"Of more than 270 kilometers of more than 300 kilometers you are going to walk are driven by railways, and there are less than 30 kilometers to take the road." Longdested smiled faintly and said, "And the areas you pass along along are firmly controlled by us, and there will be no enemy blocking, and there will be no Soviet aircraft in the sky. The Soviets' more than 30 kilometers of roads are not easy to walk. Our two cavalry divisions, the 8th SS Division and the 1st Cavalry Division of the National Welfare Army, and a Hungarian Tank Brigade will form a temporary battle cluster, commanded by Major General Mandofir, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, to block the Soviets on the north bank of the Vistula River. I think they will complete the blocking mission very successfully."

Use two German cavalry divisions to block a Soviet mechanized army! Longdested's words sound like a fantasy, but it is not surprising that this matter is included in the current German army. Because the 1st Cavalry Division of the National Defense Forces and the 8th Cavalry Division of the SS are both elite troops, which is different from the 20th Cavalry Division of the SS, composed of Polish volunteers.

These two cavalry divisions are actually semi-cavalry semi-mechanized units. Except for the three horse-riding regiments (not riding horses during combat), all division-affiliated units, like the armored grenadier division, also have units such as motorized anti-tank battalions, assault artillery battalions, motorized anti-aircraft artillery battalions, motorized chemical engineering battalions and armored reconnaissance battalions.

Although there are no tanks equipped, there are only a lot of weapons like No. 3 assault guns, 75mm anti-tank guns, semi-track armored vehicles, and wheeled armored vehicles.

The six cavalry regiments under these two cavalry divisions are also like the armored grenade regiments. They have a No. 3 assault gun company and a 75mm anti-tank gun company led by SD.kz.251 half-track light armored vehicles. Therefore, the anti-tank combat capability is very outstanding. Although it will not repel the Soviet mechanized army, there is no problem in delaying their actions.

Moreover, while the "Mandofir Cavalry Cluster" and the 48th Armored Army were dispatched, the counterattack of the "Reinhardt Army-level Cluster" of the 6th German Army was also continuing. If their counterattack went smoothly, the Soviet 3rd Army's own retreat would soon be threatened. At that time, they would have to turn around and go east to compete with the breakthrough German Tiger tanks and Black Panther tanks.

When Lieutenant General Hermann Barkel was busy commanding the 48th Armored Army to set off, Major General Popov, the commander of the 10th Soviet Army in the area of ​​Raziming, was busy deploying his tank 22nd Army and the remnants of the 100th Army of the Infantry to fight against the German armored cluster.

The "Reinhart Cluster" with 132 Tiger Heavy Tanks as the main force has now shattered the resistance of the 328th Division of the Soviet Army, defeated the 331st Division of the 100th Army's reserve force, and forced the 330th Division, which also belonged to the 100th Army, to give up the defense line and retreat, and even defeated the headquarters of the 100th Army in the assault, killing the commander Major General Barons.

So when the "Reinhart Cluster" temporarily stopped its attack at around 10 noon on July 20, 1942 (because the Tiger tanks needed refueling and emergency repair), the Soviet 100th Army was seriously injured, and only one of the 330th Division was left to fight (the division discarded a large amount of artillery and baggage during the retreat and turned into a rifle soldier).

"Comrade Commander, we may not be able to withstand the attack power of the German heavy tanks is beyond imagination..." Major General Baharov, the commander of the 22nd Tank Army, immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
Chapter completed!