Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

“Your Excellency Commander, the Russians surrendered, we won!” Major General McHoffman was very happy.

It only took them three days to completely annihilate the 2nd Army of the Tsarist Army, which is a much larger force than their total strength!

Especially when they also faced two army groups of the Tsarist Army at the same time.

Moreover, the 9th Army of the Germanic Imperial Army in this battle, due to the extensive use of aircraft, tanks and artillery and other technical arms, although they consumed a lot of ammunition, but their own losses were very small.

Under this battle, the situation in East Prussia as a whole has been reversed.

The 9th Army of the Germanic Empire already had an absolute advantage.

If the 1st Army and the 2nd Army of the Russian Army had previously attacked them, the entire 9th Army of the German Imperial Army was in danger. Even the whole of East Prussia could fall.

But now, the dangerous situation has been completely changed.

“Very well, ordered the 4th Panzer Division, with tanks and armored vehicles capable of continuing the battle, to bypass Lake Masuri and attack the flank and rear of the 1st Army of the Tsarist Army. The 9th Cavalry Brigade, as well as several infantry divisions, followed. We need to hurry up lest the 1st Army of the Tsarist Army slip away. General Hindenburg had a smile on his face.

“Yes, Your Excellency Commander!” Major General McHoffman replied.

“In addition, we ask the Air Force to continue to support us, preparing to attack the 1st Army of the Russian Army trying to escape, and slow down their retreat. We have to do everything we can to kill them all! General Hindenburg ordered.

Obviously, after the total annihilation of the 2nd Army of the Russian Army, General Hindenburg’s appetite also increased.

Want to eat the 1st Army of the Tsarist Russian Army as well. In this way, not only can the results of the war be further expanded, but also a more favorable situation can be created for the next stage of the operation.

“Yes, Your Excellency Commander!” Major General McHoffman understood General Hindenburg’s intentions.

After the order was issued, the units of the 9th Army of the Germanic Imperial Army did not care about resting and embarked on the march again.

The tanks and armored vehicles of the 4th Panzer Division , as well as the cavalry of the 9th Cavalry Brigade , were like sharp knives , and they attacked the flank of the 1st Army of the Russian army.

The rest of the infantry divisions, on trucks, followed.

After the troops were equipped with a large number of trucks, the speed of travel of the German Imperial Army was greatly improved.

The two legs of a person are always incomparable to the wheels of a car. This is especially true in areas with developed transportation.

If the traffic in the Russian Empire was bad, it might have limited the advance speed of the German Imperial Army. However, the transport facilities in East Prussia were well developed. This created favorable conditions for the rapid transfer of the Germanic Imperial Army.

The 1st Army of the Russian Army, I am afraid that this time it is also less fierce.

To the north of Lake Masuria, the 1st Army of the Russian Army was still storming the German Imperial Army’s defenses.

However, after several days of fierce fighting, their advance was very slow.

Or rather, this is entirely the reason why the Germanic Imperial Army deliberately retreated, leading them further forward. Otherwise, they will be blocked there and will not be able to advance half a step.

Moreover, these days, the huge losses have made the generals of the 1st Army of the Russian Army almost doubt their lives.

The entire 1st Army numbered more than 200,000 people, and now the casualties have exceeded 50,000.

And the losses they inflicted on the Germanic Imperial Army were much smaller.

“Damn, what the hell is the 2nd Army doing? They pinned down the main force of the Germans, why didn’t they take the opportunity to launch a fierce attack and defeat the Germans? General Leiningamp was very annoyed.

In his opinion, they had already created extremely favorable conditions for the 2nd Army. But why didn’t the 2nd Army of the Russian Army seize this opportunity?

“Your Excellency Commander, the 2nd Army sent a telegram that they encountered the main forces of the Germanic Imperial Army and asked us to quickly approach them and reinforce them!” Major General Mikhail said.

“! The main forces of the Germanic people are clearly on our side? Samsonov that guy clearly wants to embarrass us on purpose! General Leiningamp cursed.

General Leiningamp was convinced that the main forces of the 9th Army of the Germanic Imperial Army were on their side.

However , two days later , General Leinenkamp received another telegram from the 2nd Army , learning that the 2nd Army had been completely annihilated by the Germanic Army.

This news stunned General Leiningkamp.

He couldn’t believe that the troops blocking them were really not the main force of the Germanic Imperial Army, but just a small force, and actually blocked them.

What made him even more frightened was that the 2nd Army was completely annihilated.

You know, the 2nd Army has more troops than their 1st Army!

The Germans actually completely annihilated the 2nd Army while resisting them. It can be seen how tough the Germans are.

“Your Excellency Commander, the 2nd Army has been completely annihilated, the Germans will definitely attack us, we are already very dangerous!” Major General Andrei said.

“Yes, Your Excellency Commander, the Germans will definitely not let us go.” Major General Mikhail echoed.

General Leinenkamp was clearly equally aware of the problem.

Immediately, he gave the order for the whole army to retreat, wanting to retreat in advance to avoid being surrounded by the Germanic Imperial Army.

But unfortunately, he woke up too late.

The air force of the Germanic Empire intensified its bombing of them.

A large number of warplanes hovered over their heads, constantly strafing.

At the same time, roads and bridges were bombed by the German Imperial Air Force. This greatly affected the speed of their retreat.

Under such circumstances, they want to escape, it is simply delusional!

On the other side, the armored units, cavalry units and infantry units of the 9th Army of the Germanic Imperial Army had detoured from the flanks.

In the end, except for a few cavalry units that escaped the encirclement by speed, the rest of the troops were surrounded by the 9th Army of the Germanic Imperial Army on the north side of Lake Masuria and annihilated.

The 9th Army of the German Imperial Army, with fewer victories, annihilated more than 400,000 Russian troops and won a brilliant victory.