In the winter of 1919, the "Spanish flu", which had already broken out twice, broke out again. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Compared to the one at the beginning of the year, this time the scale is a little smaller, but the damage is still not to be underestimated, especially in Sarawak, the "Spanish flu" is not much less threatening to the locals than the one at the beginning of the year.

As in the last two outbreaks, the process of going from onset to death was extremely fast, and people were fine in the morning, but by noon they were infected and at night they died.

So if a person dies suddenly, it was a very normal thing in the winter of 1919, and no one would suspect that someone was deliberately murdering, after all, thousands of people are dying every day all over the world.

McTavish took advantage of this to unknowingly contract the virus and then die violently.

Lan Fang's Institute of Biology was formerly the Penicillin-producing Institute led by Sandy in Corsica, and Sandy and the Marshall family have now moved from Corsica to Penglai Island to continue their favorite research work.

Sadly, this year's Nobel Prize in Biology was not awarded to Sandy, but to Jules Polday, who discovered the pertussis bacillus.

It doesn't matter much, with penicillin, Sandy will win this award sooner or later.

In fact, Sandy's current work direction has shifted to the improvement of crops, which is of course Qin Zhiyuan's proposal, whether it is from the perspective of economic value or academic value, it has broad prospects.

Since it is a biological research institute, there will always be all kinds of strange things in the process of research, and the neurotoxin used by McTavish is one of the by-products of scientific research, which is normal, because there will always be various by-products.

Lanfang is still an agricultural country, but is working in the direction of an industrial country, Lanfang's economic pillar industry is still natural rubber, coffee, cocoa, oil and other traditional industries, in addition to oil is mineral resources, the rest are agricultural products, so agriculture still occupies an important position in the current Lanfang, if it were not for Lanfang has rich agricultural products, Lanfang is now impossible to start a war in several places at the same time.

The abundance of agricultural products makes it possible for the front-line soldiers to always have a variety of canned food to eat, which is of great benefit to Lan Fang's image, especially in terms of winning people's hearts.

Kuanchengzi, this is the second target after Liu Zizheng led the "Vladivostok Coalition Army" into the Republic of China.

The Kuanchengzi in 1919 was far from being as big as the long tradition of later generations, and it did not even show the potential to develop into a provincial-level city.

The entire city is divided into two parts, the outer city and the inner city, covering an area of about 7.5 square kilometers and a population of about 50,000 people, most of whom are immigrants from Japan and Goryeo.

After the October Revolution in Russia, the Japanese wanted to send troops to Siberia, but were prevented by the Americans and the British because of the demands of the Foreign Legion.

The British and Americans were able to prevent the Japanese from advancing into Siberia, but they could not prevent the Japanese from driving the Russians out of the Kanto region, so the entire railway in the Kanto region was under the control of the Japanese until the Vladivostok coalition entered the Kanto region.

After capturing Mudanjiang Station, Liu Zizheng's troops advanced by train, which greatly increased the advance speed of Liu Zizheng's troops, and it was almost overwhelming, and the "Vladivostok Coalition Army" fought from Mudanjiang Station to Kuanchengzi.

When they arrived at Kuanchengzi, the "Vladivostok Coalition Army" had to change vehicles before they could continue to move south.

The Russians' rail standards were different from those of the Japanese, and after the Japanese took over the management of the section south of Kuanchengzi on the southbound branch of the Far Eastern Railway, the Japanese replaced the rails laid by the Russians with Japanese standard rails, which led to the fact that the train of the "Vladivostok Coalition Army" led by Liu Zizheng could not enter the south of Kuanchengzi.

In the face of the offensive of the "Vladivostok Coalition Army", Lieutenant General Tachibana Koichiro, commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, chose a conservative defense, so when Liu Zizheng led the "Vladivostok Coalition Army" to Kuanchengzi, Kuanchengzi had become an empty city.

Even the armored train that escaped back to Kuanchengzi from Mudanjiang Station was blown up by the Japanese at Kuanchengzi Station.

Even if Tachibana Koichiro was stupid, he still knew that Lanfang's armored forces were not something that the Japanese army lacking heavy weapons could compete with, so in the process of the "Vladivostok Coalition Army" led by Liu Zizheng marching from Mudanjiang Station to Kuanchengzi, Tachibana Koichiro had already transferred all the troops and Japanese immigrants in the Kanto region to Lushun, vainly hoping to resist the tank troops of the "Vladivostok Coalition Army" with the strong fortifications of Lushun.

Lushun, this city has an important position in the modern history of the Republic of China, here is the Qing Empire's "Beiyang Naval Division" imperial military port, is once the "first fortress in the Far East", in the Sino-Japanese War of that year, Japan carried out the inhumane Lushun Massacre in Lushun, the base camp of this "Beiyang Naval Division" was killed into a dead city, in the later Russo-Japanese War, the Russians who defended Lushun also counterattacked the Japanese who launched an attack similar to the massacre, and Japan paid a heavy price to take Lushun, This led to victory in the Russo-Japanese War.

In the winter of 1919, the Chinese and Japanese had another battle in Lushun, a battle that could decide the fate of the Kanto region.

"It's not easy to fight, all the damn commanding heights have been built on the battery, if we want to attack, we must attack on the back, that is very unfavorable to our armored forces, and you see, the little devil has also built several anti-tank trenches, I'm afraid it will take forty or fifty meters, and our boat bridge car is not so long." Shi Huimu, chief of the general staff of the coalition forces, spoke in a heavy tone.

"There is not one division in Arthur City now, but three divisions, and the Japanese have transferred the 13th Division stationed in Korea and the newly formed 22nd Division, plus the railway garrison brigade on the Kanto side and the militia composed of Japanese expatriates, it is estimated that the total strength is more than 70,000 people, and if we want to attack, the strength will be at least double that of the current one." Wang Dingshan, the commander of the Second Division of the Foreign Legion, was also a little hesitant.

Generally speaking, if you want to take the initiative to attack, the number of troops launching the attack should be at least twice as many as the defenders, and given the difference in quality between the "Vladivostok coalition" and the Japanese soldiers, at least the strength should be leveled.

The current "Vladivostok Coalition Army" is mainly composed of the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Foreign Legion returned from Russia to the Northern Territory, as well as the 2nd Lanfang Armored Division, with a total strength of about 45,000 people.

In addition to the regular army, the "Vladivostok Allied Army" now has a Chinese volunteer army, probably with a total number of about 10,000 people.

The composition of these volunteers was complex, including the original bandits, those who had a deep blood feud with the Japanese who voluntarily joined the army, and some of the soldiers of the Republic of China who took the initiative to join the "Vladivostok Allied Army".

The quality of the volunteers is uneven, and it is okay to let them undertake the logistics work, but if they really go to the battlefield, it will be equivalent to cannon fodder, and it will not play much role except for consuming the bullets of the Japanese.

"We still have to find a way to force the little devils out of the fortifications, as long as they come out of the fortifications and go to the plains, even if the number of little devils is large, we can annihilate them." Liu Zizheng put down the telescope in his hand and began to smack.

Liu Zizheng's location is on a small hillside less than three kilometers away from the Lushun North Battery, and it is not safe to go any further, the artillery on the Lushun Fort is not the kind of small artillery in the ordinary Japanese army, but a real coastal defense artillery, the caliber is even larger than the maximum caliber of the equipment of the "Vladivostok Allied Army", such artillery has a range of more than ten kilometers, and the power is so great that there are no friends, let alone go further, even if it is Liu Zizheng's current position, as long as it is discovered by the Japanese, Liu Zizheng and they will not be able to escape.

"We can contact the Air Force and ask the Air Force to send bombers to bomb it, isn't this how our Northern Expeditionary Fleet dealt with Keelung Port a few days ago......" Xu Sheng, commander of the First Division of the Foreign Legion, had an idea.

"It makes sense, it's still Lao Xu's brain." Liu Zizheng was immediately overjoyed.

Since owning the plane, Lan Fang's war has entered a three-dimensional war from a plane war, but Liu Zizheng and they are still used to solving problems by traditional means, and just now their brains couldn't turn around.

So a telegram for help was immediately sent to Vladivostok.

After receiving a telegram from the "Vladivostok Coalition Army" asking for help, Chen Kangjian said that he was helpless.

There are indeed bombers in the northern region, and there is no shortage of bombs, but there is a lack of solidification ******, so he wants to launch a combat operation similar to Keelung Port and use incendiary bombs to force the Japanese out of Lushun.

So the telegram for help was sent to Lanfang again, and after receiving the telegram, the Lanfang military headquarters went around and forwarded the telegram to the Northern Expeditionary Fleet.

That's right, now all the incendiary bombs of Lanfang are in the Northern Expedition Fleet, and Lanfang's domestic incendiary bomb factory has just been built and has not yet been put into production, and if you want enough coagulation ******, you will have to wait until next year.

After receiving the telegram, Xie Rundong did not hesitate and immediately ordered the fleet to sail directly to Lushun.

Xie Rundong is a serious navy, how can he not know the significance of Lushun to the Chinese navy, even if Liu Zizheng does not ask for help, Xie Rundong will not let go of the Japanese in Lushun.

When sending a telegram asking for help, the "Vladivostok Coalition Army" led by Liu Zizheng was not idle, and attacked everywhere in the Kwantung region, looking for those Japanese expatriates and Koreans who had not yet had time to escape, hoping to completely drive the Japanese forces out of the Kwantung region.

It is not only Liu Zizheng who thinks so, but also people in the Kanto region, including Zhang Yuting, who was the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces at the time.

Zhang Yuting, a native of Xixiaowatun Village, Jiazhangsi Township, Haicheng County, Fengtian Province, likes others to call him "Zhang Dashuai".

(To be continued.) )