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Volume 1: The Arms Dealer¡¯s Feast Chapter 231: Poland, Poland

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    The opening scene, which has been repeatedly promoted by foreign media, is just a misfire between frontline soldiers.

    Germany and the Tsarist Russian Empire are not ready for a big fight for the time being. Germany wants more time to unify its domestic forces, while Tsarist Russia has just swallowed a huge Poland and is temporarily unable to launch a large-scale offensive. You must know that the German Empire is far stronger.  in Poland.

    Faced with Tsarist Russia¡¯s annexation of Poland, the great powers such as Britain, France and the United States, led by the League of Nations, only expressed slogans such as protest and regret.  Slogans can only be used for shouting. None of the major powers in the League of Nations wants to get themselves involved in it for the sake of Poland.  After all, Tsarist Russia was the largest empire in the world spanning Asia and Europe.

    Czarist Russia has been the world¡¯s policeman for many years, and no one can control them.  Since the League of Nations did not dare to declare war on the little devils who caused the September 18th Incident and invaded the three eastern provinces, how could they possibly declare war on this Tsarist Russian giant who was several times stronger than the little devils.

    Of course, in addition to directly declaring war, the British, American and French powers did not do anything. For example, state-controlled volunteers and a large number of weapons and equipment flowed into Poland when Tsarist Russia invaded Poland.

    When the Tsarist Russians captured Warsaw, they felt the restraining power of Britain, the United States and France. During the month and a half of the attack on Warsaw, the Tsarist Russian army lost one division every day.  According to the Tsarist General, we were losing tens of thousands of young men every day, but three times as many Poles fell with them.

    Faced with Tsarist Russia¡¯s air superiority, artillery and armor superiority, the losses of the Polish army were indeed greater. The Polish military and civilians resisting Tsarist Russia¡¯s aggression in Warsaw were losing three divisions every day.

    According to later statistics, Polish casualties in the Battle of Warsaw were between 2.4 million and 2.6 million, and the losses of the Tsarist Russian army should be about one-third of Poland's.

    Therefore, various countries do not believe the news released by Tsarist Russia that only 170,000 casualties were caused in the occupation of Warsaw. According to the reality of intelligence agencies of various countries, there are approximately 250,000 Russian troops who did not come back alive from the Battle of Warsaw, and the injured  times the number of times.  In other words, the actual losses incurred by Tsarist Russia in invading Poland were around 750,000 to 800,000, which was equivalent to the total loss of the first batch of Tsarist Russian troops that invaded Poland.

    No wonder Tsarist Russia invaded Poland. After the Battle of Warsaw started, troops were added many times. The Battle of Warsaw was really like a flesh and blood mill that swallowed countless lives.  After occupying Warsaw and most of Poland's territory, the Russian giant was somewhat unable to recover. Of course, it was unwilling to take the initiative with the German Empire, which now had four million troops.

    As for the other half of Poland (about 49%), it was naturally annexed by the German Empire. Poland itself was divided from the territories of Prussia and the Russian Empire after World War I. Speaking of which, the western and northern parts of Poland are  We were one family with Deutsch ten years ago.  There is even now such a German enclave territory (Konigsberg) in northern Poland.

    Now that the allies are in trouble, Mustache will certainly not miss this opportunity. Seeing that the Poles were increasingly exhausted during the Battle of Warsaw, Mustache's troops marched into the territory of western and northern Poland under swastika flags, linking the entire German Empire together.  .

    Since Tsarist Russia jointly declared war on China and Germany, it has begun to increase its troops and prepare for war. Now it has seven million troops in the country, ranking first in the world, of which the army accounts for more than six million.  More than 1.5 million of the more than 6 million army troops are to suppress the Japs and the Nanjing government in the Far East. These troops are also the basis of Tsarist Russia in the Far East, and it is highly unlikely that they can be transferred back to Europe to participate in the war.

    There are still 800,000 troops to protect newly acquired colonies like Mongolia and Xinjiang and the security of the Siberian Railway.  In this way, there were only three to four million army troops left in Europe. The defeat of half of Poland, with 800,000 casualties, was considered a serious injury to Tsarist Russia, the world's police force.

    Poland had only a few hundred thousand troops before the war, but in order to defend the country and defend Warsaw, the Polish army once expanded to five million.  After most of these troops were eliminated or dispersed by Tsarist Russia in the Battle of Warsaw, the Polish army was broken into pieces and transformed into guerrillas to resist Tsarist Russian aggression in the Russian-occupied areas.  Facing day and night attacks by more than two million guerrillas also gave Tsarist Russia a headache. This was one of the reasons why Tsarist Russia could not spare the strength to fight the German Empire.

    Relatively speaking, Mustache got a little cheaper this time.  After following the Russians into Poland, he was regarded as the savior of Poland.  Because everyone knows in their hearts that Tsarist Russia and Germany will eventually have a war. Both the Germans and Poles in Poland are willing to see the German swastika flag instead of the Tsarist Russian double-headed eagle flag.

    What Tsarist Russia and Germany are doing now is massing a large number of troops on the front line. The First World War taught everyone that when the strength is equal, in front of the machine gun position with trench barbed wire on the defensive side, whoever charges the most fiercely will die the fastest.  Otherwise, the First World War would not have been a sit-down war on land.

    A corner of southern Poland, on the outskirts of Rzesz¨®wIn an inconspicuous hunter¡¯s house in the forest, more than thirty armed Polish youths in different colors gathered.  These people have a variety of weapons, including German-made, Russian-made, American-made, British-made and legal-made weapons, but the most commonly used weapons are the German-made MP18 and MP28 submachine guns.  These people were whispering, smoking, or cleaning their guns. The oldest middle-aged man in a Polish military uniform sitting in the middle was reading a map under an oil lamp and sketching the land that had recently been annexed by the Tsarist Russian garrison.  on the map.

    The latest Polish young man to come in closed the door and said to the middle-aged Polish soldier: "Captain Kovanqin, there is news about the Russian army. There is news that they will go to the countryside of Dukla tomorrow to grab food. About three hundred people will be dispatched.  , a battalion. There is an armored vehicle.¡±

    "There are armored vehicles? It's really a bit troublesome." The middle-aged soldier Kowanqin's hair has turned gray in the months since Tsarist Russia invaded Poland. Before the war, Kowanqin was only a second lieutenant. During Poland's rapid expansion of its troops tenfold, he was promoted to captain and became a captain.  Battalion Commander of the Polish Army.

    But such a rapidly expanding army faced inherent shortcomings such as insufficient supplies, insufficient equipment, and insufficient training. Although morale was high, Kewanqin's troops were almost wiped out in only a few days in the Warsaw Defense Battle.  After the defense of Warsaw, Ke Wanqin took the remaining eight remnants of his camp south to organize a guerrilla resistance force.

    The maximum number of guerrillas under Kovanqin was more than 300. After several fierce battles with the Tsarist Russian army, although they were replenished several times by Polish patriotic youth, only more than 200 people remained.

    Now the room was filled with the captains of his various travel troops. In order to prevent the Tsarist Russians from searching and encircling him, Kewanqin had to reduce his troops to zero again and disperse them to nearby woods and remote villages.  As soon as there is news about the Russians, they will immediately assemble.

    Now Tsarist Russia¡¯s occupation of eastern and southern Poland is limited to large and medium-sized cities and major railway and highway transportation networks.  As for completely occupying this country from top to bottom, sending all seven million troops to this half of Poland would be enough.  But it is obvious that Tsarist Russia cannot do this. There are only more than two million Tsarist Russian troops in Poland occupied by Tsarist Russia, and most of these troops are concentrated on the front line confronting Germany.  Only a small part can be used to protect major cities and transportation networks, clean up local areas, and collect grain and taxes.

    But even this small number of Russian troops is enough for these guerrillas with mixed equipment and insufficient training.  Polish guerrillas like Kovanqin, when it comes to defending their homeland and defending their country, the young men are passionate about fighting the Russian army and fighting bravely to take the lead. They are really not afraid of death.  However, Kewanqin's troops did not have any anti-armor strength at all. When encountering Tsarist Russian tanks and armored vehicles, it was not a problem that could be solved without fear of death.

    The room became much quieter, and the whispers stopped.  The problem now is how to deal with the Russian armored vehicles this time. The Russians are now arrogant in the Polish territory as invaders, stealing food and playing with women, even though most of East Poland is related to the Russians.  The Slavs couldn't stand it either.

    A team leader named Scar said: "Captain Ke Wanqin, I have a talent there. Although he can't shoot accurately, he can modify grenades. The current grenade delay is five seconds, but after his modification, he wanted to delay it.  It can take a few seconds, and the shortest one will explode in less than half a second. I think it can be used as a mine."

    Ke Wanqin clapped his hands and agreed: "What a good idea. Make a short-fuse cluster grenade and give it to the Russian armored vehicles. This is a talent. I have thrown grenades for more than ten years and can't change the fuse. The gun is not good at shooting."  Don¡¯t go to the battlefield. If a stray bullet explodes, you¡¯ll be in big trouble. Let him be responsible for modifying grenades.¡±

    "Yes, Captain Kewanqin." Scar stood up and saluted.

    "Okay. Now we have a way to deal with the Russian armored vehicles. Let's go here early tomorrow morning to give the Russians a good welcome." After saying that, Ke Wanqin clicked on the map, "Now everyone go back, gather the people and prepare weapons."  And ammunition. Remember, you have to do it quietly at night. There are more and more Russian spies nearby. They must also have hired some spies to act as eyes and ears. Don¡¯t let them find out."

    "Yes, Captain Kewanqin."

    After the squad leaders left, the room was mostly empty.  Ke Wanqin picked up an unburned cigarette butt from the ground and started smoking.

    Seeing how difficult the life of the battalion commander was, a team member took out a pack of cigarettes and said, "Captain, I have cigarettes here."

    "No." Kewanqin shook his head: "When I left Warsaw, I swore that for the rest of my life I would drink Russian blood to quench my thirst and eat Russian meat to fill my stomach. I hope to start from Russia tomorrow.  Cigarettes with Russian blood were found on people¡¯s bodies, otherwise I, a former Polish soldier, would have no shame in smoking Polish cigarettes.¡±

    "Don't worry, Captain Kewanqin. Our guns and bullets will be ready tomorrow."More Russians will definitely be defeated.  "

    Ke Wanqin, who had gradually become familiar with guerrilla warfare, threw away his last cigarette butt and said, "I will definitely do it."

    On the afternoon of the next day, Tsarist Russia's headquarters in Warsaw received a telegram from the southern garrison. A Russian infantry battalion that went to the countryside to collect grain suffered a major blow. Only a small number of people escaped. More than 200 people and a Russian armored vehicle were captured.  Local guerrillas were eliminated.  This was also the biggest loss suffered by the Chinese and Russian troops on this day.  But to Tsarist Russia's headquarters in Warsaw, it was just a number.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to become a registered member of Piaotian Literature to recommend this work. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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