The second half of 1895 was a stage full of variables, and a series of dazzling changes occurred on the battlefield. France and Britain were repeatedly urged the Russians to fight due to the strong military oppression of the German army. Without being fully prepared, Russia concentrated two armies, 18 infantry divisions and 9 cavalry divisions to launch an attack in East Proudoshi. The direct purpose of the battle was to annihilate the German Eighth Army.

On July 10, Russia launched an attack in the direction of East Prussia with three infantry troops as its main force, opening the prelude to the battle. For many years, due to the unsuccessful defeat of the German army in Europe, the General Staff of the German Army has always underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Allied troops, especially Russia. In order to achieve a strategic plan to quickly defeat France and force France to surrender, Germany only arranged an incomplete army on the eastern front.

In fact, since the Russians failed repeatedly in the battle with the Chinese army, both the military and political circles have begun to learn from their mistakes, vigorously develop their economic strength at home, use various preferential policies to encourage the development of industry and commerce, and export raw materials to the outside world in exchange for funds to invest in domestic economic development. Russia's series of policies to revitalize the national economy have also begun to show results in recent years, especially in recent years, China's large-scale infrastructure construction has provided a broad market for Russia's raw material export. The Russians have continuously transported logs and coal mines to China to exchange for the funds they need, and these funds have become the capital for Russia to improve its economic and military strength.

The continuous failures suffered in China made the Russians clearly realize the serious consequences of the backward military equipment. Britain, France and Russia have been committed to studying the equipment of the Chinese army over the years, investing a lot of money to improve the equipment of the army, and greatly improving the combat effectiveness of the troops.

It was precisely because of the Germans' insufficient estimate of the Russian army that a one-sided situation appeared in the East Prussian battlefield at the beginning. The Russian army concentrated its superior forces to launch a fierce attack in Stalupanen quickly achieved miraculous results. The German First Army could not stop the Russian attack. After two days of fierce fighting between the two sides, on July 12, the German First Army was defeated and began to retreat significantly. The rapid defeat of the German First Army immediately affected the changes in the entire front. On July 15, the German Eighth Army launched a counterattack on the front line of Goudapu, Goudapu. Although it repelled the Russian Second Army on the right wing, the attack of the German 17th Division in the middle was crushed by the Russian army. The German army was broken through two points on the entire front, and the German army was forced to begin a full retreat.

The victorious Russian army took advantage of the victory to pursue and encircle and annihilate most of the 15th and 6th German divisions in one fell swoop. If the Russian army had not been deeply afraid of the German army and could not believe the great victory they had achieved, the entire German Eighth Army would be in danger of being completely wiped out. Especially the Russian First Army, the commander beat Kanff for many years, fearing that the German retreat was a trap, and was satisfied with the result of encirclement and annihilation of the two regiments of the 16th German Division. The troops were slow to move and missed the entire opportunity to encircle and encircle the German army with the Second Army.

The main force of the German army who had escaped the pursuit was quickly supplemented, and Germany used the developed railway network to quickly mobilize its troops. At this time, a fighter jet of German counterattack appeared on the battlefield. After the Russian Second Army crossed the border, the left wing of the Second Army was completely exposed to the German army because the First Army did not follow up in time. The German army, who were fighting and retreating, continued to lure the enemy into depth and lure the Russian Second Army to continue attacking, while blocking the Russian First Army with the strength of four infantry divisions. At the same time, the two armies that were urgently transported from the Western Front battlefield also began to unfold and detoured towards the two wings of the Russian Second Army.

On July 25, the German army, who had been retreating, retreated to the front line of Uzdawu and Tannenbe, began to stop retreating, and actively built a defensive offensive and set up a desperate situation. The Russian Second Army, which had not suffered much resistance, did not notice the changes on the battlefield. At this time, the Russian First Army was blocked by the German army on the northern battlefield. Although the Russian army launched countless crazy attacks, the German army was still firmly nailed to the Russian army's road to advance.

On July 27, the 18th and 9th German Army finally appeared on both wings of the Russian Second Army. The time to encircle and annihilate the Russian Second Army was ripe. At this point, the German army launched a full-scale counterattack. With the cooperation of the 9th Army drawn from the Western Front, the 20th German Army launched a counterattack in the front. The 18th and 9th German Army quickly interspered to the side of the Russian army. On July 28, the 6th Russian Army encountered the 18th German Army in Bischowsburg. The Russian army, which was smooth sailing, did not expect to encounter the German army here.

In the counterattack, the German army launched a sudden attack when the Russian army had just stopped marching and was in chaos. The Russian Sixth Army was immediately in trouble under the sudden attack of the German army. Although the Russian army carried out tenacious resistance, due to the German army's preparations for a long time and waiting for it, the two wings of the temporary position built by the Russian Sixth Army were quickly broken through, and the Russian army was forced to retreat. In the chaos, a division of the Sixth Army was completely wiped out. On the same day, the German 19th Army also advanced rapidly and completed the encirclement of the three armies of the Russian Second Group Army's middle route.

From July 28 to 31, the shouts of killing sounds shook the sky on the battlefield in East Prussia. The main force of the 13th 15th 23rd Army of the Russian Army carried out a final resistance east of Tannenbege. The Russian Army, which had lost the cooperation and support of the First Army, was firmly besieged in the Komusin Forest. The besieged Russian army showed a tenacious fighting will and began to organize a breakthrough while actively defending. Perhaps it was the German army's carelessness, or perhaps the Russian army was too tenacious. The battle continued until July 31, the Russian Army's 13th Army and the 15th Army were completely wiped out, but a division of the 23rd Army was in Samso

Under the leadership of the coward, he broke through the encirclement and fought desperately to the north. This variable did not change the final outcome. The 23rd Army, which fought tenaciously, retreated northward and actively moved closer to the First Army. However, the Russian First Army failed to break through the defense line composed of the German army. The 23rd Army did not escape the fate of being completely wiped out. On August 4, the Russian 23rd Army was caught up by the German army and wiped out the entire army. The Second Army Samso committed suicide. In this battle, the Russian army suffered heavy losses, 100,000 were captured and 25,000 casualties, causing the Russian First Army to fight alone.

After the victory, the German army quickly mobilized troops and concentrated the main force of the Eighth Army. With the cooperation of the 11th Army of the Guards Reserve Army and the 8th Cavalry Division, they concentrated their superior forces to launch a general attack on the Russian army on the front line. The 11th Army and the Guards Reserve Army launched an attack from both wings, trying to break through the two wings of the Russian army and detoured to the Russian side. The three main forces of the Eighth Army launched an attack from the front. The German army wanted to take over the remaining power of the Russian Second Army, expand the results again, and encircle and annihilate the Russian First Army. On August 12, the general attack started.

In order to pursue speed, the German army was not prepared enough. Many troops did not reach the designated combat position in time and the German army began a general attack. The German attack was stubbornly counterattacked by the Russian army. The main force of the German army was strongly blocked by the Russian Army's First Army north of Lake Mazuli. The troops were difficult to advance. After two consecutive days of attack, there was no progress. At the same time, the Russian army urgently dispatched the 10th Army and a part of the 11th Army to reinforce the 11th Army. On August 15, the 11th Army of the German army encountered the main force of the Russian Army's 11th Army on the right wing of the Russian army. After a fierce battle, neither side was able to repel the opponent and was forced to enter a stalemate. Fortunately, the German Guards Reserve Army repelled the main force of the Russian Army's First Army on the left wing of the Russian army. The Russian commander Kampf was worried that the rear route would be cut off. When the German army did not have a complete advantage, he ordered a retreat on the entire line.

The consequences of this order were serious, because the Russian 11th Army had launched an attack like the German 11th Army and opened several breakthroughs on the German positions. This retreat order immediately caused the 11th Army to fall into chaos. Due to the inadequate order, some troops began to retreat, and some troops continued to attack.

In order to cover the retreat of the main force of the First Army, Kampf organized four divisions in succession, hoping to launch a counterattack on the front. A series of chaotic changes in the battlefield led to chaos in the Russian army, but also caused the German Command to make a wrong judgment. They always believed that the Russian army's series of actions were an assumption, intending to lure the 8th Army's aggressive advance. In addition, the German intelligence department learned that the Russian Ninth Army was heading towards this battlefield at night. The misaligned judgment led to a wrong decision. The German army changed the original general attack into a counterattack force that surrounded and annihilated the Russian army.

On August 20, the main force of the Russian army successfully retreated to the east bank of the Nianman River. The German army was worried that the Russian army would be cheated, and the troops were tired and had difficulties in supply. They gave up and continued attack. At this station, the Russian army lost 60,000 people, 110,000 casualties, and 200 artillery pieces.

On August 25, the 9th Army of the Russian Army appeared slowly, and the German Command discovered that it had lost its fighter jet, but thought it was too late. The Battle of East Prussia came to an end.

The Russian battle in East Prussia ended in failure. The Russian army lost 300,000 people and a large number of weapons and equipment, while the German army lost only 30,000 people. The Russian army's failure was mainly due to poor command. Pukanv's First Army did not cooperate strongly with the Second Army for many years and lost the results achieved in the early stages of the war. When the German army launched a counterattack, the First Army hesitated again, resulting in the Russian Second Army being completely wiped out. Although the German army adopted the tactics of defeating each, it was slightly

The price was exchanged for huge victory, but it did not fundamentally change the direction of the war. It was precisely because of the Russian army's active attack that forced the German army to draw a large number of troops from the Western Front battlefield. This result directly led to the insufficient assault power of the German army on the Western Front battlefield. It was also because of the Russian army's active actions that the German army's combat strategy in the early stage of the war was shattered, and the German army was unable to defeat the British and French coalition forces as planned as planned. The two sides of the war temporarily entered a stalemate stage, and a greater storm was waiting for both sides behind.

Europe is very lively and Asia is not calm. Japan's national strength has also made great progress in recent years after the Meiji Restoration. Although China, the Asian boss, is by his side, Japan's nature of expanding its bones has not been destroyed. Since the reform, Japan has been committed to developing the navy, and its naval strength has been greatly improved. Although it is not as good as China, it has spent a lot of money on the purchase and introduction of large warships such as battleships and cruisers, becoming another maritime power in Asia.

The war in Europe was considered a god-given opportunity by Japan. In August 1895, when the German army suffered a defeat in the Battle of the Marne River and was forced to retreat across the board, the Japanese government believed that this was the best opportunity to join the war. On September 3, Japan announced that it would join the Allies, declare war on Germany, and launched a surprise attack on Germany's colonial islands in the Pacific. Japan quickly occupied Germany's Caroline Islands, Mashaoer Islands and Mariana Islands, but Japan's military operations ended here.

Although Japan is a variable, due to its national greedy nature, it invested too early in this war and ignored the biggest variable that can completely influence the changes of the entire war - China.

Another variable on the battlefield came from the Near East. Due to the defeat of the Russian army in East Prussia, Turkey directly joined the camp of the allies, and the Russians had to fight against Turkey, an old enemy in the Caucasus. Due to Turkey's participation in the war, Dadanil, Syria, Palestine, Suez, Arabia and Mesopotamia in this area were also involved in the war. At the same time, the Commonwealth countries Australia and New Zealand also sent troops one after another to seize the Solomon Islands and Samoa Islands in Germany, and all German colonies overseas were lost.

The situation on the European battlefield has changed constantly, and neither side of the warring sides have achieved the expected combat goals. In Asia, China, as a world-focused power, has always been very calm. The domestic situation is very calm, but the Sino-Russian border has not been very calm.

After 10 days of sea voyage, the fleet carried by Chenyang finally docked in Vladivostok. After explaining everything, Chenyang immediately boarded the train to Ulanwude. Chenyang had never figured out how the military command was issued, and he let himself take a big turn, and it was a sea and a train. If he had known that the destination was Ulanwude, why didn't he let himself go directly to take a train from Shanghai. Although Chenyang had questions, Chenyang still carried out the order issued by the military command without any discount. After the train came down for three days and three nights, the exhausted Chenyang finally reached the location of the troops. A military camp outside Ulanwude was deployed here.
Chapter completed!