"Quick! The train will be here any moment. All units, make your preparations. Make sure all equipment is loaded onto the train within half an hour," a Regimental Commander ordered the officers and men of the battalions and companies below.
Tannenberg Railway Station had become the busiest station in all of East Prussia. The 11th Corps, 20th Corps, and 8th Armored Division of the 8th Army Corps all had to be transferred from here to the Masurian Lakes.
The 8th Armored Division had already departed ahead of them. They needed to receive their new tanks, then spend time familiarizing themselves with them so they could form combat strength as quickly as possible and catch up to this great battle against the Russian 1st Army Corps.
A few minutes later, a train pulled into the station. While it was taking on water and coal, the soldiers boarded the carriages in order. Of course, in order to transport as many soldiers and pieces of equipment as possible, every carriage was packed to the brim, like cans of sardines. Though it was not quite as bad as Huaxia's Spring Festival travel rush in later generations, it was not far off. The Germans were generally quite tall and broad, making it even more stifling for them to squeeze into the carriages.
However, these Germans possessed tenacious characters. Soldiers in particular could endure hardship; not a single one uttered a word of complaint.
To move as many troops as possible to the Masurian Lakes, road transport was indispensable in addition to railway transport. Maybach trucks, laden with fully armed German soldiers, raced toward the Masurian Lakes one after another. Although the trucks of this era did not have much carrying capacity, with each truck only able to carry one squad of soldiers and their equipment,