Red Moscow

  Since accepting Stalin's latest order, Rokossovsky has sent planes to drop supplies to the insurgents in the city every day. However, due to the lack of ground guidance and the impact of German ground anti-aircraft artillery fire, the transport plane in charge of the airdrop found a random place to drop the supplies. As a result, most of the airdrops were captured by the Germans, while the rebels only obtained 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 never contacted him. What's more, in order to facilitate coordinated operations, the General Staff, through the government-in-exile in London, provided a contact code to General Bull, who was in charge of commanding the rebel army in the city at the moment, so that he could directly communicate with the headquarters of the Belarusian First Front Army. Communication link. However, after receiving the contact code, the other party did not take the initiative to contact.

   In this way, the supplies of the rebel army in the city became increasingly scarce, but they could not get much supplement. The transport aircraft formation under Rokossovsky braved the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery fire into the city of Warsaw every day, and carried out airdrops to places where the rebel army might exist. As a result, most of the supplies were cheap for the Germans.

  The time came on the evening of September 15, and Malinen received a telegram from Bellinger: "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff! I have good news for you."

   "Good news?!" Ma Lining showed a joyful expression on his face: "General Bellinger, I don't know what good news it is?"

"It's like this. A comrade from the Liudov Army rowed across the Vistula River from the west of Warsaw and entered the defense zone of our army." Bellinger said: "He said that he has important information and wants to tell us Report from the Supreme Commander. I am going to bring him to see Comrade Marshal, do you agree?"

Hearing what Bellinger said, Malinen quickly covered the microphone with his hands, and reported to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Commander, General Bellinger said that a commander of the Lyudov Army fled from the west of Warsaw. came out and wished to meet our Supreme Commander. Would you like to see him?"

   "Let him come over." Rokossovsky said flatly, "I just want to know the situation in Warsaw."

  After receiving Rokossovsky's instructions, Malinin immediately let go of his hand covering the microphone: "General Bellinger, the Marshal agrees to see this comrade who came from the west of Warsaw. You should bring him here immediately."

   Half an hour later, General Bellinger and a tall, thin man in civilian clothes appeared in Rokossovsky's headquarters.

After saluting Rokossovsky, Bellinger introduced the tall and thin man and said, "Comrade Marshal, this is Comrade Krzysztov. He is a captain of the Lyudov Army in Warsaw. The situation is very clear, and if you want to know anything, please do not hesitate to ask him."

"Hello, Comrade Krzysztov." Rokossovsky extended his hand to the other party and said friendly: "I am Field Marshal Rokossovsky, Commander of the Belarusian First Front Army. Nice to meet you !"

"Hello, Comrade Marshal." On the way here, Krzysztov already knew who he was about to meet, so he acted very calmly. Facing Rokossovsky's overtures, he also He replied kindly, "Nice to meet you, too."

   "Tell me, Comrade Krzysztov." After calling Krzysztov to sit down, Rokossovsky asked straight to the point: "How is the situation in the city?"

"The situation is very bad, Comrade Marshal." Krzysztov said with a sigh: "This uprising is led by the Krajov Army. They have the largest number, the best weapons, equipment and organization. Yes. The uprising broke out on August 1. According to the leader of the Krajov Army, we only need a week at most to completely wipe out the Germans in Warsaw and completely liberate our capital.

  After the uprising began, the head of the Krajov Army did everything possible to prevent anyone from establishing any contact with the Soviet Army, saying that the government-in-exile in London had already negotiated with Churchill and would send troops to support us and airdrop supplies to us. But with the passage of time, many people began to understand that we were deceived, there was no British reinforcements at all, and there was no airdrop of supplies to us. We could only rely on ourselves. Seeing that the situation in Warsaw is getting more and more difficult, unexpectedly, infighting started in the rebel army. "

   "Infighting started within the rebel army?" Rokossovsky asked with some surprise: "What kind of infighting?"

"Yesterday morning, we were notified that General Bull called us for a meeting to discuss whether to cooperate with the Soviet army." Krzysztov said: "Five commanders and I were ordered to go to the designated place to attend the meeting. Immediately afterwards, someone took us to the meeting room and said that the next meeting will be held here.

  When we entered, we found at least 40 or 50 people sitting in the meeting room. I knew several of them, and they were all members of the Lyudov Army or the Lyudov Guards. Seeing this, I thought General Bull really called us to the meeting. "

  Malinin couldn't help interjecting when he heard this, "Comrade Krzysztov, what happened next?"

Krzysztov showed a painful expression on his face: "When the room was full, everyone hadn't seen General Boer's appearance for a long time. When they were discussing, the door was suddenly opened from the outside and rushed in. More than a dozen people in full armor started shooting with submachine guns in their hands. The robes near the door seemed to fall under the guns, but I saw that the situation was not good, so I hurriedly lay down on the spot to escape the chaos. Gun to kill fate.

  Although they didn't understand what happened, they were suddenly attacked, and the people present would definitely resist. Those who moved slowly were shot to death by the opponent before they could draw out their guns; those who moved faster drew their guns and started shooting at each other.

  After repelling the gunmen at the door, I stood up and found that there were corpses everywhere in the meeting room, and the wounded were lying on the pool of blood, but no one came to help them. The five commanders who came with me were all shot and killed in the melee just now. At this moment, I heard a rush of footsteps, and it seemed that more gunmen were coming, and they quickly climbed out of the window that was shattered by bullets.

  After I fled the building, I heard the sound of intensive gunshots and grenade explosions coming from the conference room. After a few minutes, everything returned to silence. I knew that the robes in the conference room were all gone, so I didn't dare to stay any longer, so I hurried away from there. "

After listening to Krzysztov's narration, Rokossovsky couldn't help but feel worried. Originally, he couldn't get in touch with the rebel army in Warsaw. Internal strife occurred, and the efforts he had made were in vain.

   "Comrade Krzysztov," Malinin asked Krzysztov tentatively: "We have been airdropping the city of Warsaw this week. I wonder if you have obtained the materials you need?"

   "What, are you airdropping the city of Warsaw?" Krzysztov asked with a face full of shock: "Did you send the planes that dropped supplies in the city of Warsaw during this period?"

   "That's right, we sent it." After Rokossovsky gave the other party an affirmative answer, he asked back: "Comrade Krzysztov, is there anything wrong?"

"Since the airdrop plane appeared in the sky, there have been rumors that this is the plane sent by the British to drop supplies to us, and they have not abandoned us." Krzysztov said: "It's a pity that these airdropped supplies, Most fell into German lines and we got very little supplies."

Regarding Krzysztov's statement, Ma Linin said with a wry smile: "No way, Comrade Krzysztov, we also want to send all the airdrops to the area under your control. But it can't, so far So far, the commander of the Krajov 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 that under such circumstances, we can still Are the supplies accurately delivered to the areas you control?"

   Krzysztov waited for Malinen to finish, pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "No. To be honest, so far, I am afraid that even General Boer can't figure out how big the area we control is."

"Airdrops alone can't solve the problem." Rokossowski said: "So we plan to send troops across the river into the west of Warsaw and fight the Germans directly. But unfortunately, the Germans wanted to protect themselves. , 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, In which position the Germans were least defended."

   "Comrade Marshal, can I see your map?"

   Rokossovsky hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed to Krzysztov's request, indicating that he could use his own map to explain where to cross the river.

Krzysztov came to the table, stared at the map for a while, then raised his head and said to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Marshal, the Łazienki Bridge has been blown up by the Germans, but the water flow of this section of the river It is gentle and very good for crossing the river. Troops crossing the river can land near the Lazienki Palace. There is a 300-man defense force of ours here. As long as you join them, they can guide your troops to advance in depth towards the German defense...

  As long as you reach the Belvedere Palace in 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 Krzysztov said, Rokossovsky nodded noncommittally, but did not express his opinion.

   Seeing that Rokossovsky was silent, Ma Linin asked Krzysztov: "Comrade Krzysztov, are you really sure that there are some of your people standing near the Lazienki Palace?"

"Yes, Comrade Marshal, I can assure you." Probably worried that Rokossovsky would not believe his words, Krzysztov also assured Rokossovsky: "Shortly after the uprising broke out, About 800 people have been stationed near the Lazienki Palace. They were originally preparing to take your troops into the city. But unexpectedly, the commander of the Krajov Army felt that even without your support, we could solve the problem in the city. Germans, and had half of the garrison in Lazienki Palace removed."

Although Krzysztov said convincingly that there was an army of 300 people here at Lazienki Palace, Rokossovsky was muttering in his heart: There are really people here who can take our army across the river. troops?

Before Rokossovsky could express his position, Bellinger lost his composure: "Comrade Marshal, since Krzysztov said that we are near the Lazienki Palace, we should take the main attack The direction is changed to Lazienki Palace area.”

   "General Bellinger," Ma Lining asked, "I wonder how many troops you can cross the river at a time with the river-crossing equipment in your hand?"

  Hearing Malinen's question, Bellinger thought for a while, and then replied: "Comrade Chief of Staff, our army's existing river-crossing equipment can send two battalions to the left bank of the Vistula River at a time."

Seeing that Bellinger was eager to fight, Rokossovsky said to him: "General Bellinger, if I give you an order now, let your troops capture the western part of Warsaw as soon as possible." , How long can you go into battle?"

   "Two hours, Comrade Marshal." Bellinger replied confidently: "It only takes two hours at most, and my troops can cross the river and quickly rush to Lazienki Palace to join the rebel army 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 a good job." Ready to attack."

  After hearing this, Bellinger was overjoyed. He knew in his heart that this was an opportunity to make contributions, and he couldn't wait to say: "Comrade Marshal, will you allow me to return to the army? I want the commanders and fighters to prepare for the attack in advance."

"Go, General Bellinger." When Rokossovsky said this, he glanced at Krzysztov who was standing beside him, and added: "You take Comrade Krzysztov with you, He is familiar with the situation in Warsaw, and he may be able to help you."

After Bellinger left with Krzysztov, Malinin came to Rokossovsky's side, frowned and said, "Comrade Marshal, why am I a little uneasy. Could it be that Krzysztov Comrades have a problem?"

Rokossovsky turned his head to look at Malinin, and said with a serious expression: "Chief of Staff, I also have the same feeling as you. I think the timing of this Krzysztov's arrival is too coincidental. Before Warsaw launched a new round of offensive. I was even worried that he was not a member of the Lyudov army at all, but a spy sent by the Krajov army or the German army."

   "Then shall we send someone to arrest him immediately." Ma Lining expressed his concerns: "If he is really sent by the Germans, I am afraid it will cause us some trouble."

"No, we are just guessing at the moment, how can we arrest people casually." Rokossovsky vetoed Malinin's proposal: "If he is really sent by the Germans, there is nothing wrong with arresting him. But he wants to It is really our comrades, and our reckless behavior may hurt the hearts of friendly comrades."