It was late at night and the whole of Germany was already asleep.

On the dark railway line, a series of troops rushed eastward.

At this time, 200,000 German soldiers had gathered near Dortmund. German Emperor William II and ambassadors from various countries had arrived in Dortmund to watch the "Pineapple" exercise. The spies from various countries were dispatched in full swing, and they actively operated near the exercise grounds to collect more information about the exercise weapons and tactics.

German Army Chief of General Staff Moltke Jr. did not participate in the exercise due to gastrointestinal discomfort. The exercise was conducted by Army Secretary Falkenhein and Army Deputy Chief of General Staff Waldze.

The day after the exercise began, the German Emperor returned to Berlin due to physical discomfort.

When the exercise was in full swing, 500,000 German troops had secretly arrived in the East Prussia area and assembled. Moltke was confidentially accompanying the German Emperor to review the elite German army.

The 250,000 soldiers of the Chentian East Prussian Legion are ready to go.

East Prussia farms are rich and have vast pastures. They are not only a German carnivore base, but also provide the German army with a steady stream of excellent war horses. The manors here are owned by the Junker nobles. The place facing east is the hometown of "unrising waves and dense forests". There are four lakes, forests everywhere, pine trees and birch trees, swamps and streams. The most famous victory place here is the Romingten Forest, which is close to the Russian border, which is the forbidden garden of the Hohenzollern royal family. In 1701, the first monarch of the Hohenzollern royal family was Cornisburg and others to the Prussian throne.

In order to defend the birthplace of the Hohenzollern royal family, along the Angrap River, through the mouth of Insterborg, Chentian has carefully built fortifications. In the eastern swamp area, the roads have been built with dams above the ground, so that the enemy can be bound to a narrow dam above the plains. In addition, the railway network of the entire East Prussia is intertwined and crisscrossed to facilitate movement, and the troops can quickly transfer from one front to another to face any wing of the enemy.

This exercise was led by Moltke Little to play the role of "Oriental Invaders", and Chentian's East Prussian Legion was responsible for the defense.

The exercise code name is "Who is the Big Fool".

About 60 kilometers from the German-Russian border, the mouth of Insterburg Gorge is an open area of ​​about 50 kilometers, ranging from the Cornisburg Fortress in the north to the Mazuri Lake District in the south. The attacking troops of Moltke chose a small town 15 kilometers east of the mouth of Insterburg Gorge as the starting position. The residents around were temporarily moved away ten days ago. Otherwise, when they saw soldiers in gray uniforms all over the mountains, they would definitely be scared. At the same time, this was also to prevent the Russians from spying on military information. Due to the rapid and confidentiality of the actions, the Russians discovered that a large number of German troops were mobilized in this area. When they sent reconnaissance personnel and spies, the German troops had already boarded the train and returned to their base.

The troops commanded by Little Moltch included 2 armies, 10 armies (corps) and 4 cavalry divisions, of which 5 armies and 3 cavalry divisions belonged to the standing army, with a total of 512,000 men and 2,100 artillery pieces. He was preparing to invest 8 armies and 2 cavalry divisions to attack the defense line at the entrance of Insterburg, and the other 2 armies and 2 cavalry divisions were preparing to bypass the Mazuli Lake District.

The East Prussian Legion has reached its wartime organization, with 1 armored army, 4 infantry army and 1 cavalry division, totaling 246,000 artillery, 160 tanks, 100 armored vehicles, 500 trucks and 4,000 motorcycles. Chen Tian put all the armored army and infantry army into the defense of the Insterborg Gorges Defense Line, and the Cavalry Division is responsible for the defense of the Mazuli Lake District.

On the first day of the exercise, Xiaoyu. The gray wave of the offensive side did not have much method for the trenches and barbed wire. All five consecutive charges were repelled. The offensive side "lossed" 33,000 people and the defensive side "lossed" 02,000 people.

On the second day of the exercise, the troops attacking the Mazuli Lake District encountered Chen Tian's cavalry division. The cavalry division was outnumbered and fought and retreated. Chen Tian immediately mobilized the First Infantry Army to take a train to the Mazuli Lake District to block. Due to the complex terrain of the lake area, the attacking party was restrained in the lake area and could not continue to advance. Little Moltke's frontal troops increased their offensive efforts and captured the first position at the defense line at the entrance of Insterburg in the evening, but the position was recaptured by the commando organized by Chen Tian at night. The attacking party "lossed" 41,000 people and the defense party "lossed" 12,000 people.

On the third day of the exercise, sunny. The First Army of the East Prussian Army, which was defending the Mazuli Lake District, was defeated by the attacking party, and the attacking party's troops rushed out of the lake area and headed towards the flank of the defense line at the mouth of Insterborg. Chentian sent two mechanized infantry divisions of the armored army and two infantry divisions to block the attack. Their rapid advance drove the attacking party back to the lake area. Xiao Moltke's frontal troops launched a fierce attack again, reoccupied the first defensive position and consolidated it. Ye Chentian did not launch a counterattack, and the two sides confronted each other between the two defensive positions. Due to the collapse of the attacking party's troops who broke through the lake area, one cavalry division of one army was sentenced to withdraw from the battle, "lossing" 75,000 people, Chentian's Second Army was also sentenced to withdraw from the battle, and the defense "lossed" 61,000 people.

On the fourth day of the exercise, sunny. The sun had dried the muddy ground a lot the day before. After several days of gunpowder smoke, the mouth of Insterburg in the early morning seemed particularly quiet, but before the sun rose, it would become a battlefield for countless people to gallop. The little Moltke was drooling happily. Three days later, his troops were still 350,000, which was almost three times that of the 120,000 troops on the defensive side. In his opinion, victory was within reach. Last night, he had issued orders to the troops, and today he had to attack with all his might and must break through the last position of the defensive side.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, it's not good! We are attacking the other direction!" The little Moltke's dream was interrupted by the officer who rushed in in panic.

"What?" Moltke jumped up from the camp bed.

"The other party has launched an attack on us. Without the preparation of artillery fire, their so-called tanks and armored vehicles rushed over, and now they are close to our position!"

When Moltke hurried out of the tent, dozens of planes were flying over his head. On the flat ground in front, hundreds of "iron bumps" were quickly advancing towards him. The attacking party's position only dug trenches and some machine gun bunkers, and they did not expect the other party to launch a counterattack.

However, Moltke quickly calmed down from the shock. Although the opponent's attack was very sudden, it seemed that there were only tens of thousands of people, and he still had more than 200,000 troops here. He ordered his soldiers to go to the position as soon as possible and prepare to counterattack. Unfortunately, the rifles and machine guns in his soldiers had almost no effect on these iron guys. More than 100 tanks and armored vehicles quickly tore a big hole in the position of Moltke. Behind them were soldiers riding armored personnel carriers and trucks. A chaotic regiment of soldiers was driven to flee by the machine guns on the tanks and armored vehicles, and even the decent defense could not be organized.

At this time, Moltke's troops in the Mazuri Lake District were also chased by machine guns mounted on tricycles. After losing a large number of artillery, they withdrew from the Lake District.

At noon, the emperor announced that the collapsed Xiao Moltke's side had failed. Chen Tian's East Prussian Legion won a complete victory. In the end, Xiao Moltke took back his suggestion to mobilize troops from the Western Front to strengthen the Eastern Front. William II praised the powerful impact of the armored troops and expressed that he would build a few more armored troops. Chen Tian believed that this weapon should be used as a secret weapon. He suggested that an armored academy be established first and tractor factories be built nationwide. During the war, these tractor factories would all be transferred.

To produce tanks and armored vehicles, Germany will be able to form a large number of armored troops in a short time, and at the same time catch the opponent off guard. The emperor adopted his suggestion and ordered the destruction of all records of the exercise. No one will disclose the process of the exercise to the public. At the same time, in addition to approving Chen Tian to invest in tractor factories in various places, he also asked him to be responsible for the construction of an armored academy to reserve armored talents for Germany. The tractor factory does not need to pay taxes to the government, and the armored academy will receive a special funding.

On the other hand, ambassadors and observers from various countries watching the exercise in Dortmund said that the "Pineapple" exercise was dull and uninnovative, and they were very disappointed.

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