Section 375 Scarpa Bay rises rainbow

Although the Japanese delegation attended the signing ceremony of the Paris Peace Treaty in a depressed manner and recognized the provisions of the Paris Peace Treaty on behalf of the Japanese Government, Japan could not bear this kind of external weakness, and a vigorous "anti-peace" movement broke out.

The treaty did not take into account the interests of the Japanese Empire at all (in the eyes of the Japanese, not getting hundreds of millions of taels of silver ransom money was harming the interests of Japan), and under the covert connection and organization of the Young Zhuang military group "Sakura Society" and the Black Dragon Society, thousands of students from Tokyo and Lu elementary school students from the army participated in the student procession, which marched through the shallow steppes and marched towards the Emperor's Imperial Palace.

According to a reporter report at the time, on the day of the parade, the Tokyo Metropolitan Infantry advised the students gathered on the road to disperse, and some students scolded him as a "fellow traitor." Yamada immediately replied: "If you are patriotic, are we soldiers willing to give up Japan's interests to others if we are not patriotic?" However, this is the government's decision. He expressed his willingness to convey his opinion to the students, but implored them not to use barbaric methods, and when the students replied that they were extremely civilized, the chief rode away. The procession, guided by the ronin of the Black Dragon Society, turned to the residence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials in Xiaseki, and many soldiers and civilians on leave joined in on the way, and the procession was further expanded. The police dispatched by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department were only able to maintain order and were powerless to stop the demonstration.

Some citizens who participated in the march recalled that the students gathered in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Shoishi Town and asked to see Foreign Minister Goto Shinpei, but Goto Shinpei knew that he was about to leave office, so he simply avoided it. It was already late, and I wanted the students to go back to school to rest, and the government had its own reply. But the students resolutely refused, and continued to consume, and then people began to join the petition, and even the shirtless rickshaw workers put down their vehicles to join in, and they even used all their hard-earned money from a day's work to buy lunch boxes and tea for the students.

Finally, under the planning of the Black Dragon Society, by about four o'clock in the afternoon, the students who had lost control of their emotions were led to Nobuaki Makino's mansion in Aoyama Town. In fact, when the students broke into the Makino mansion, smashed everywhere, and set fire to the house, the heavily armed Tokyo 1st Division was unmoved. At that time, several foreign affairs officers who were visiting Makino Prefecture were severely beaten by students, and they were injured in many parts of their bodies and fell to the ground. "It wasn't until the students and ronin set the Makino Mansion on fire that they dragged several injured Foreign Ministry officials out of the fire.

At that time, the mounted police of the Metropolitan Police Department caught a few students who had fallen behind to deal with the errand, and when it was time to testify, none of these military police officers were willing to come forward to testify. Even the military police, who were trampled and injured by the students, were reluctant to testify against the students, claiming that there were thousands of students at the time, and that "they were not seen at the scene and could not be proved afterwards". According to an article in the Yomiuri Shimbun, in the course of the confrontation with the army, the students were in a state of complete attack, and the army wanted to maintain order, while the students tried to provoke trouble, and even pushed some soldiers to trample on them, but the soldiers never used weapons against the students, not even clubs. I didn't dare to blame being beaten, when did the Japanese Army become so talkative? It was only because these soldiers and policemen also agreed with the students' proposition that it was necessary to use force to safeguard Japan's "legitimate interests," which showed that Japanese society had already regarded the Paris Peace Conference as a betrayal of Japan's interests by the international community, and Japan had taken another big step on the road of reckless militarism.

However, mainstream Japanese society has also recognized that more negative phenomena have begun to emerge among students, with some people believing that students are omnipotent, ignoring the law as nothing, setting off student movements at every turn, and even choosing their own teachers, and boycotting and threatening teachers if they are dissatisfied with them. In a letter to Kita Kazuki, Shuaki Okawa mentioned that university students in Tokyo are keen to hold meetings, and that there are no less than 1,000 meetings a year, and that "I am afraid that not more than 1 percent of them are related to academics." Some students regarded themselves as "heroes of the anti-peace campaign" and even issued business cards to show off themselves, and most of these guys later became cannon fodder for Japanese militarism, while a few of them led the way at the critical moment of Japan's crisis.

While Japan was in a state of indignation, a group of soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the Imperial German Navy in Scapa Bay, Orkney Islands, thousands of miles away, chose another way to show their anger to the six powers of the Paris Peace Treaty.

On June 21, the 10th year of the Republic, the German Navy's High Seas Fleet had completely sailed into anchorage in Scapa Gulf, Orkney Islands, England, the ship's guns had been sealed, all weapons had been confiscated, except for the naval officers' honor guards and pistols, this once world's second largest fleet had no more force, but the German Navy soldiers were not planning an attack, they were about to carry out a collective self-sinking operation, so all they needed was the bolts to open the sea door instead of the shells that pushed the chambers.

After the end of World War I, the German High Seas Fleet was seized in accordance with the armistice. On November 21, 1918, 74 German warships, escorted by the Allied fleet, sailed into Scapa Bay. The firing devices of all artillery guns had been removed, the number of sailors was kept to a minimum, and the fuel carried was barely enough to allow the fleet to leave the waters around the Orkney Islands. In 1919, negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles were not going well, and the Germans saw the peace talks as the last chance to fight for their rights, as they did not. In the end, the British government gave the German government an ultimatum: either accept it all by noon on June 21, or face war again. The Germans at this time decided to give in, but it took two days to "prepare decently". But no one kept the latest news on the progress of the negotiations to the fleet commander in Scarpa Bay, von 61 Lut. Seeing reports in the local British newspaper that "armistice negotiations were on the verge of breakdown" and "a possible resumption of military hostilities" made the German officers think that negotiations between the two sides had broken down, hostilities had resumed, and that the only chance to prevent the fleet from falling into the hands of the enemy was to scuttle it on its own before the enemy acted. The officers and men of the fleet, who were unwilling to let these heavy surface ships fall into the hands of the enemy, prepared for the sinking of the ships in advance.

"According to the established arrangement, at 10:15 punctually the British delegation exchanged information, drawing their attention to the German fleet in Scapa Flow, suspecting the possibility of ramming or sinking itself to destroy the warship, and it was expected that the operation would begin as soon as the British fleet had left." Yu Jian commanded casually. The intelligence staff officer in the delegation behind him forgot to salute and turned his head and rushed to the British delegation across the street, secretly scolding in his heart: It's 10:13 now, can you be more calm?

The phrase "SelbstversenkungderKaiserlichenHochseeflotteinScapaFlow" reverberated in German on the airwaves, and the Germans were ready. But what they didn't expect was that a radio receiver at the Chinese Mission's residence in Paris, France, had already received this signal.

"The actions of the Germans began. Just received the code name: Rainbow. "A newspaper operator reports to the bureau seat sitting next to him." Yawn. Yu Jian rubbed his numb eyes, drank the last half cup of black coffee, pushed open the door and breathed in the fresh air, looked at the British delegation to the Paris Peace Conference opposite, and sneered slightly, You will be busy for a while.

At 10:00 a.m. on June 21, the British fleet left Scapa Bay for training. At 10:30, all German warships received a pre-formulated signal from the flagship cruiser "Emden" - a rainbow. The officer ordered the forbidden fleet flag, battle flag, and Z signal flag to be raised, opened the sea-opening valve and watertight hatch, and at 12:16, the battleship "Frederick the Great" sank first; At 12:56, the King Albert sank; At 1:10, the Moltke sank; At 1:15, the Crown Prince William sank... The rest of the warships were also submerged one after another. At 17:00, the last to sink was the battle cruiser "Hindenburg". The British fleet hurriedly returned from training and tried every means to remedy it, but it was simply unable to stop such a large-scale collective self-sinking operation.

The most heroic self-sinking operation in the history of the Navy lasted about six hours. Of the total 74 German warships detained, 52 sank to the bottom of the sea, including 11 of the 10 battleships and all 5 battlecruisers. The tonnage of the sunken warships was 95% of the total tonnage of the seized fleet.

The Entente side was furious about the shipwreck. Soon after, the four Nassau-class and four Helgoland-class battleships (which were also Germany's first two-class dreadnought battleships) were declared extradited to compensate for the loss of Scarpa Bay, and on 5 November, the eight battleships were removed from the German Navy. The Nassau was eventually compensated to Japan, the remaining three to the British, and the four Helgoland-class warships were divided among the British, American, and French warships. In addition, a large number of auxiliary ships designated by the Entente were divided.

As a result, the lead ships of the post-war German Navy remained only 6 old battleships. These vessels are not to be used for any purpose other than training and coastal defence. In addition, Germany had several other obsolete cruisers, most of which were old, and many of them had been dismantled by the British and were not capable of combat. At the same time, the Entente imposed equally severe restrictions on the establishment of the German Navy. The size of the navy should not exceed 15,000 and the number of officers should not exceed 1,500, and the Germans did not regain the majesty of the high seas fleet until World War II, and embarked on the wings of relying on submarines to fight the world.

The rainbow in Scapa Bay did not affect China's harvest, and the British naval intelligence had to be impressed by the newcomer to the intelligence community such as the Chinese Bureau of Statistical Survey. The European and American powers began to enjoy the time of post-war peace, while the cold Russian battlefield ushered in the sun of the New Year in barbaric bloodshed.

Compared with war-torn Russia, the Far East is relatively stable, but Japan after the anti-peace movement is no longer the Westernized Eastern power under the control of politicians, the collusion between the military and right-wing organizations has shown them the weakness of those in power, a bloodthirsty monster has broken out of its shell, and the bumpy man with two salted duck eggs on his head is still in the mind of the cartoonist.