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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 210 The Kurume Division had a bad start

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    As partners in the Allied Powers, China and Japan assumed the obligation to send troops to intervene in the Russian Far East. However, the banner of the Chinese participating troops was to launch a military operation to "defend the 18th and regain lost territory." Japan, as a collaborator,  The flag is the old-fashioned banner "Protect the lives and property safety of Japanese nationals in the Far East."

    To this end, Japan organized the Vladivostok Expedition Force Headquarters, led by the Japanese Army's 12th Division. On February 28, 1918, while the Chinese participating armies attacked in three directions, the Japanese Vladivostok Expedition Army also launched a landing campaign.

    The Japanese 12th Division was the famous Kurume Division in Wang Geng's previous life. This 12th Division was established in 1898 and was mainly composed of soldiers from Fukuoka, Saga, and Nagasaki (northern Kyushu, including part of Oita Prefecture)  Composed of officers and soldiers.

    Fukuoka has had considerable economic and cultural exchanges with China and North Korea since ancient times, and Fukuoka people are considered to be very open and humane.  Among them, Saga Prefecture was formerly the Nabeshima Domain, and the samurai of the Nabeshima Domain have always been famous for their loyalty to the monarch.

    In addition, in Japan, there is a proverb that "no grass grows where the Saga samurai walked", which symbolizes the thoroughness of the Saga people.

    At the end of the shogunate period, Nagasaki had extensive economic and cultural exchanges with China and the Netherlands.

    At this time in 1918, the 12th Division was under the jurisdiction of:

    12th Infantry Brigade (14th Infantry Regiment, 47th Infantry Regiment)

    24th Infantry Brigade (24th Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Regiment)

    Fortress Artillery Regiment, 12th Cavalry Brigade

    The 12th Artillery Brigade, the 12th Engineer Brigade

    The 12th Brigade of Heavy Troops

    The entire division has about 24,400 people, almost the size of six regiments. In terms of number of people, it can only be regarded as a B division. However, it is the elite of Japan's standing divisions. The division commander at the time was the famous China Tongchai  Lieutenant General Goro.

    Shibagoro was the earliest "China expert" in the Japanese Army. In 1900, when the Boxer Rebellion was wreaking havoc on the foreigners, he was serving as the attach¨¦ of the Japanese Embassy in the Qing Dynasty. With his understanding of the geography around Beijing, he properly commanded the troops protecting the embassy. In more than fifty days,  During the "Fist Rebellion" when the Boxers besieged the embassy area, this man commanded a limited number of guards to protect the safety of ministers from various countries. Afterwards, he received medals from governments of various countries.

    This guy is a graduate of the artillery department of the third phase of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. He has served as the military attache of the Japanese embassy in Qing Dynasty and the British Embassy, ??and as an associate of the General Staff Headquarters for many times. During the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, this guy was the captain of the field artillery regiment. In November 1907,  Promoted to Army Major General on the 13th.

    Served as the commander of Sasebo Fortress, commander of the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade, attached to the Staff Headquarters, commander of the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade, and commander of Shimonoseki Fortress.  He was promoted to Army Lieutenant General in 1913 and served as the commander of the 12th Division. On May 25, 1917, he was awarded the First Class Ruibao Medal and served as the Governor of the Tokyo Garrison. He also served as the commander of the 12th Division!

    For such a character, his career in the army was not smooth. The reason was actually because he had a bad background. This guy came from the Aizu clan, the arch-rival of the Sachoji clan during the Meiji Restoration. Because of the feud, the army's leaders were ostracized everywhere.  he.

    Moreover, this guy did not graduate from the Army University, so he suffered the disadvantage of low education. He had served as the fortress commander twice, and his future was bleak. Fortunately, Emperor Meiji still cared about him, and finally made him the twelfth commander.  Division commander, this will last four years!

    Lieutenant General Shibagoro gritted his teeth and wanted to repay Emperor Meiji for his guidance and kindness. Japan's Vladivostok Expeditionary Army was originally supposed to be composed of three divisions, but then the idiots at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs didn't know what to do and said they wanted to tell China  The result of the negotiation:

    The entire Far East from the Grabchi River to the Transoxingan Mountains to the south is the land that China wants to take back from Tsarist Russia. The Japanese army can use the road under negotiation and guidance, but is not allowed to stay and station. Japan can send troops to carry out military operations.  The area is limited to the north of the Outer Xing'an Mountains, to the east to Temple Street at the estuary of Heilongjiang, and to the west to the north shore of Lake Baikal!

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Out of anger, the cabinet and foreign ministers, including the Minister to China Hayashi Gonsuke, have become traitors who betrayed Japan's interests in the Far East, and they all deserve to be killed!

    The Japanese Army, which was originally gearing up for a big fight in the Far East, cut off the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force, which was originally three divisions, by two-thirds. The two divisions that were taken out formed another Outer Xing'anling Expeditionary Force to prepare for the invasion.  Ship directly to Temple Street to log in!  The useless Vladivostok was kicked in the face by Shibagoro and his 12th Division, who did not want to be seen by the big shots in the military.

    Vladivostok is the largest port in Tsarist Russia¡¯s Far East. After losing the Far East Fleet of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, it was Tsarist Russia¡¯s only seaport in the Far East. There is a freezing period of five months a year, usually from November to March.  In September, it turned out that this was the home port of the Vladivostok Squadron of the Russian Far East Fleet.

    After the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Tsarist Russia¡¯s influence in the distance?'s maritime power was almost negligible in the face of the powerful Japanese navy. Although Nicholas II desperately wanted to restore the world's third-largest naval strength in the past, until the outbreak of World War I, the poor Tsarist Russia's Black Sea Fleet and Baltic Fleet had recovered.  I have regained some vitality, but it is nothing like before.

    When World War I broke out, the Baltic Fleet had 4 battleships, 10 cruisers, 64 destroyers (1 new type, 50 old torpedo ships), 14 submarines - including 6 for training, 6 minelayers, and 30 minelayers.  6 gunboats, etc.  The German fleet has 9 cruisers, 16 destroyers, and 4 submarines.

    The Black Sea Fleet has 5 battleships (another old-fashioned "Georgi-Pobedonosets" is used as a backup), 2 cruisers, 29 destroyers (9 new ones), 17 torpedo boats, and 6 submarines  , 2 minelayers, 3 gunboats, etc.; in addition, 3 battleships, 4 battlecruisers, 2 cruisers, and 4 submarines are under construction.

    The Pacific Squadron has only 9 submarines built in 2004-06.

    Since Vladivostok had not yet thawed at the end of February 1918, the Japanese Pacific First Squadron, which transported the Japanese Vladivostok Expeditionary Force, was confidently preparing to land the 12th Division on the ice.

    The intelligence coming from Vladivostok is that Tsarist Russia¡¯s nine old submarines are frozen on the military port pier, and it is impossible to pose a threat to Japanese Navy ships.

    But don¡¯t forget, as the only military port retained by Tsarist Russia in the Far East, there are fortresses and runways built around the Vladivostok Port to defend its military port. Although there are not as many cannons and fortification areas as the Tsarist Russia had in the Port Arthur Fortress, Vladivostok  The side of the harbor facing the sea is definitely not some toothless tiger!  People have claws, and the targets of the fortress artillery battle are the huge cannons on the battleships and cruisers coming from the sea!

    The weak spot of Vladivostok is the land to the north, which is its own inland territory and backyard for Tsarist Russia. The Russians have always believed that enemies can only come from the sea, so almost all fortresses and forts are built facing south, not north.

    A Russian brigade of 6,000 people in Vladivostok was the fortress guarding force. The Japanese landing fleet arrived in the dark sea from the south. Soon the two sides began to engage in an artillery battle across a five-kilometer-wide ice surface. This was called a lively fight.  , because there was only half a month left before thawing, and the entire ice surface had become thinner. The Japanese Navy did not expect that the Russians would still have the courage to engage in artillery fire.

    Don¡¯t the Chinese say that as soon as a plane drops leaflets urging surrender, Mao Tzu might surrender without a fight?  How dare you resist!

    Due to insufficient preparation, the Japanese Navy's battleships suffered a loss. A landing ship hiding behind its own battleship was hit and sunk by the Russian artillery fire from across the mountain. The 12th Division instantly lost a brigade of troops.  , if you fall into the sea water near the freezing point, it is not easy to be fished out. Not many people drown, but many people freeze to death!

    The Japanese fleet hurriedly withdrew its landing ships and destroyers to the southern sea, allowing its battleships and cruisers to squeeze in and use heavy artillery to bombard the Russian fortress, clearing the opponent's gun emplacements at fixed points!

    It is not unreasonable to say that the Japanese Navy is the strongest in Asia. Although it lacks heavy bombers to help, Japan's artillery school shooting aircraft helped the Japanese Navy's naval guns a lot. This artillery battle lasted for most of the day, and at three o'clock in the afternoon  On the left and right, under the concentrated attacks of the Japanese naval cannons, the Russian forts fell silent one by one. It seemed that the Japanese fleet finally took control of the situation!
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