China's Taierzhuang victory is called the Great Victory of Tanlunbao in the East. Ask the relevant bachelor to introduce the Battle of Tanlenburg.

1965438+On August 30th, 2004, the 2nd Russian Army was completely wiped out by the 8th German Army (Army Commander Hindenburg and Chief of Staff ludendorff) in the Battle of Tanlenburg. 654.38 million Russian troops were captured, 30,000 people were killed or injured, and 500 cannons were captured or destroyed. General Samsono, commander of the Russian Second Army, committed suicide.

1965438+On the morning of August 4, 2004, World War I broke out in the European continent.

The Germans took the lead in attacking the battlefield in Western Europe, which was called the Western Front. Immediately after Belgium's defeat, the soldiers divided into five roads and rushed to Paris. The German army's wishful thinking is to occupy France first, then resist Britain across the sea, and then March eastward to win Russia and win an all-round victory. As an ally of France and Britain, Russia is ready for war. It is planned that once the Germans began to fight on the western front, the Russian army began to fight on the eastern front, forcing the Germans to fight on both sides, trying to defeat the Germans by east and west. ?

Sure enough, in mid-August, 19 14, Russia had organized a Northwest Army with a population of 650,000, which was under the command of General Zhilinski, the chief of general staff of the Russian army, and had jurisdiction over 1 and the 2nd Army, of which 1 Army was led by General Kampf all the year round, and the 2nd Army was handprinted by General samsonov. According to the Covenant before the outbreak of the war, the Russian Northwest Palace marched into the eastern border of Germany, and the eastern front battlefield was on the verge.

At that time, the German troops on the Eastern Front were obviously at a disadvantage, only the eighth army of General Priwitz, with a total of 14? There are five infantry divisions, 1 cavalry division and nearly 1 000 guns. In addition to better equipment, the strength is far from that of the Russian army. From August 17 to August 20, the Russian army won a series of battles, especially in the battle of Compiegne-Goridap on August 20, when the main force of the Russian army 1 army met the main force of the eighth German army, the Germans were defeated and forced to retreat to the west. At this time, if the Russian army fully pursues and deploys correctly, the Eighth German Army will be doomed to be completely annihilated, and Germany's East Gate will be opened to the Russian army without cover, and the failure of the German army will be irreversible. Maybe the first world war can be ended a few years earlier. However, the poor performance of the Russian army in communications wasted such a good fighter and took the lives of hundreds of thousands of nationalist soldiers!

Strange Russian ordinary telegram

When the Russian army was pressing hard and the German army was losing ground, the radio reconnaissance unit of the Eighth Army of Germany intercepted for the first time the plain telegram sent by General Kampf, commander of the Russian army 1 Army, to General samsonov, commander of the Second Army of the Russian army on August 20th, which was immediately translated into German. The content is as follows:

"Our army (editor's note: refers to the Russian army 1 Army) stopped its operations within three days because the supply vehicles did not arrive, and it was necessary to wait for the arrival of the trench quartermaster train. At present, it is impossible to conduct joint operations."

At the critical moment of the war, daring to communicate with each other by plain telegram is tantamount to putting a noose on yourself. This was the first talent in Tian Zi yesterday! How can the Russian army be so stupid

It turns out that as early as 190 1 year, Russia's French allies sent a major officer named Cartier to help the Russian army establish a fairly perfect radio communication and password contact system. 1902, an extremely confidential password was given to the Russian army and navy. The Russians also regarded it as a treasure, only one copy was made and locked in a safe in Petersburg. Before the start of World War I, this new password was given to Zhilinski, commander-in-chief of the nationalist army. Zhilinski knew that the Germans had a high level of radio reconnaissance, so he decided to abandon the old code of the Russian army that had already been mastered by the Germans at the beginning of the war. However, Zhilinski did not send all the new passwords to the two army groups, but only to 1 army group, and ordered 1 army group to destroy the old passwords.

There is nothing wrong with the new password itself. It's novel, complicated and never used. It is not easy to decipher overnight, but the problem is simple: 1 Army has a new password, but Army 2 does not; Even if you want to contact with the old password, the old password telegram sent by 1 Army to the 2nd Army cannot be deciphered. In this way, it is impossible to communicate with the Russian army 1 and 1 army group by radio! This problem became more prominent when the fighting was going on on August 20, when the two armies were more than 100 kilometers apart, with Mazuli Lake in the middle. Without roads and railways, wired communication cannot be realized, and they have to rely on wireless communication.

Both sides couldn't understand the telegram sent by the other side, so they had to ask the Army Command for instructions. I don't know whether it was because I was carried away by victory or because of bureaucratic loyalty, but the Army Command ordered the two military forces to communicate in plain code, so there was the strange plain code telegram on August 20.

The Germans are naturally overjoyed, because according to the telegram, they don't have to worry about the Russian army 1 army for at least three days, as long as they go all out to deal with the Russian Second Army! How did the Germans annihilate the Russian army through precise deployment?

Destroy the Russian Second Army?

On August 20, after receiving the clear telegram sent by Russian 1 Army to the Second Army, the Eighth Army of Germany immediately held a combat meeting to discuss countermeasures. At the meeting, some people thought that this telegram might be a trap for the Russian army to lure the Germans into being deceived, because it was really an incredible thing; Colonel Hoffman, a Russian expert and chief of staff, disagreed. According to him, Russians have always been known for their low work efficiency and chaotic discipline. It is entirely possible to make such a mistake, so this telegram should be credible, and Colonel Hoffman's opinion has been agreed by the participants. Then Colonel Hoffman put forward a bold operational plan: first, stop retreating, contain the Russian Second Army with a small number of troops (two divisions), and use China's extremely developed railway network to quickly transfer the main force of the Ninth Army to the front of the Russian Second Army, ambush and annihilate the Russian Second Army, and then return to annihilate the Russian Army 1 Army.

On August 2 1 day, the German Eighth Army completely stopped retreating. On August 23rd, the German army changed sides at the cold war and was commanded by General Hindenburg, who is famous for his bravery. As soon as he took office, he approved Colonel Hoffman's battle plan. ?

The German Eighth Army immediately transferred its main force to the front of the Russian Second Army through the military special line and quietly concentrated its troops on both sides of the Russian Second Army, thus completing the encirclement of the Russian army. Although the situation at this time is very favorable to the Germans, it is not without any risks. At this time, if the Russian army 1 army suddenly attacked on a large scale, the two divisions left by the Germans could not resist at all. Once the Russian army 1 Army breaks through the German defense line, the German Eighth Army will fall into the "death" of the Russian army 1 Army.

At this time, the most critical question is what is the action intention of Russia 1 Group! ?

On the morning of August 25th, when General Hindenburg was hesitant, the radio reconnaissance station of the German Eighth Army intercepted a clear Russian telegram in time, which was sent to the Fourth Army by General Kampf, the commander of the Russian army, for many years. The content is as follows:

"Our army will continue to attack. On August 25th, we arrived at the first line of Weiblin-Sarao-Nokitan-Potalen-Nornaburg. On August 26th, I arrived at the first line of Merlot-Ehrenborg-Red Dawn. " ?

General Hindenburg immediately called an operational meeting to study the telegram, and as a result, the Germans found that the Russian attack was as slow as a snail. If this development continues, the German Eighth Army will have sufficient time to annihilate the Second Army first. ?

General Hindenburg's doubts disappeared, and he immediately ordered the implementation of the annihilation plan. The plan of the Eighth German Army is to lay a pocket array first, then send bait troops to lure the Russian army into the pocket, and finally encircle and annihilate it. The Russian Second Army was fooled and plunged into the encirclement. More importantly, Zhilinski, commander of the Russian Northwest Army, was blind and confident, forbidding General samsonov to retreat, forcing the Russian Second Army to continue to "pursue" the Germans.

In this way, by August 30th, the Second Russian Army was completely annihilated, 65,438+10,000 people were captured, 30,000 people were killed, 500 cannons were captured or destroyed, and General Samsono, commander of the Second Russian Army, committed suicide.

Destroy the Russian army 1 army, and the German army won on the Eastern Front?

After completing the battle to annihilate the Russian Second Army, the German Eighth Army quickly transferred its main force back through the military special line and surrounded the snail's division-Russian Army 1 Army. 1 965438+On September 7, 2004, the German Eighth Army launched a fierce attack.1Russian troops collapsed rapidly because of low morale, poor equipment and no foreign aid. By the end of the fighting on September 15, Russian troops 1 casualties 14? 50,000 people, the commander of the Russian army, General Kampf, fled back to Russia alone for many years, while the German casualties were only 1 1,000 people.

At this point, the 650,000-strong Russian Northwest Army ceased to exist, and the eastern front battlefield came to an end with the victory of the German army. Looking at the whole European battlefield, the Germans temporarily avoided the unfavorable situation of fighting on the east and west fronts at the same time, and could concentrate on dealing with the British and French Coalition forces on the western front.

This battle is called "Battle of Tanlenburg", which is the first time in history to use radio reconnaissance information to make a major war decision and achieve success. The Battle of Tanlenburg also illustrates how important communication is in the war from another angle. Anyone who can't do it well may, like the Russian nationalist army, go from victory to failure in an instant!