It turned out that morale still had a tremendous impact on an army's combat effectiveness.
Although the Polish Army had been able to resist the German Army bravely in the early stages, learning that their rear-line support had been blocked caused Polish morale to fluctuate violently.
The greatest consequence was that when facing the German Army, Polish soldiers no longer possessed that unshakable determination to win or that fearless courage to fight to the death.
When two foes met on a narrow path, the braver would win. Richard's Fifth Infantry Regiment soon achieved victory in battle against the Polish Army and successfully captured the Polish Eighth Infantry Regiment's position before nightfall.
The Polish Eighth Infantry Regiment's position was extremely important. Once it fell, a huge gap was torn open in the entire Polish 35th Division's line, leaving it waiting for the German Army to pour through at any moment.
The most fatal part was that once the 35th Division was defeated, the defensive line of the Polish Third Army Group would also develop problems. Once this spread to the entire Third Army Group, it would pose a tremendous threat to the whole Polish front.
This was the real battlefield: the defeat of a small army could trigger a complete rout across a much wider area.
Most critically, the entire Polish Third Army Group had already suffered heavy losses.
As one of Poland's most elite army groups defending against Germany, the Third Army Group possessed seven infantry divisions, three Artillery Divisions, one tank division, and four cavalry divisions.
By this point in the war, the total reinforcements sent from the rear to the Third Army Group amounted to no more than one division, while its battle losses had already exceeded the strength of two infantry divisions.
This also meant that the