“…… Human homicide technology has advanced to such an extent that a dozen or so people from civilian families have never heard of Hannibal or Alexander, and they don't know what Napoleon's military thinking is, and Chinese pilots who have only received two years of relevant engineering and technology training only need to press a button lightly in the sky over Turkey, and the number of people killed at one time can make the Greek heroes who have been fighting under the city of Troy for 10 years ashamed......

In Arabia, we can see a completely different war situation, on the one hand, the Turkish army is fighting against the attack of the squadron with all its might, on the other hand, the attack of the squadron is stagnant, and at the same time, we can see that the Chinese army air force is carrying out an unprecedented war test in the whole of Turkey -- the war extends to the air, which is by no means different from the fighter air combat in Europe, but a large-scale bombing carried out by large four-engine bombers. But their bombing does not seem to have much effect, because we can see that after the Squadron conquered Baghdad, it was like Europe, and it seemed that the Squadron did not have a very good way to solve these problems.

Perhaps, the squadron was not willing to use manpower to solve its predicament in Baghdad province, although China was the country with the strongest troops and the strongest manpower reserves among the Entente countries, but they had no intention of squandering the lives of their soldiers, and quoted a front-line officer:

"We have no intention of paying for the battlefield of the Europeans, if we can, we would rather stay in the desert and consume the blood of Turkey with artillery and bombardment, if not, then waiting for the end of the war may be a good counter, if necessary, we think, maybe we should bring the Japanese army here!"

It can be seen from this that within China there was a great confusion in the identification of the war, which was reflected in its army, which did not approve of the declaration of war on Germany, while the navy wished to side with the British, while the new capital and the overpopulation at home took advantage of the fact that China had to seize the German overseas colonies in order to obtain the colonies that belonged to China.

The Chinese government's idea of war is even more bizarre: a large amount of intelligence shows that although the historical animosity between China and Japan has not been truly eased, the Chinese government has been working hard to organize a largely Japanese expeditionary force that has now been committed to the Russian battlefield.

In 1915, the Eastern Front was undoubtedly an extremely dark period for the Allied countries, in this year, the German army decided to concentrate its forces on the Western Front to defeat Russia and force Russia to cease the war, so as to end the war on the Eastern Front and avoid continuing to fall into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, and the Eastern Front became the main battlefield.

In May of that year, the German-Austrian coalition army attacked the Russian army in two ways with 18 divisions and more than 2,000 artillery pieces, and planned to force the Russian army into the "Polish pocket" to annihilate. In the first months of the fighting, the Germans captured Przemyšl, Lemburg, Ivangorod, Warsaw, and Brest, and forced the Russian army to retreat to the line from the Gulf of Riga to Transnistria, with the Russian army losing more than 1.7 million men. Field Marshal Hindenburg, the commander of the German army, said that "in our battle with the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy corpses in front of the trenches in order to clear the firing range and to deal with the new wave of attack."

At a time when the whole world thought that Russia could no longer hold on, in early September, Tsar Nicholas removed the Grand Duke from his post and put him in charge of the military himself. This was a political decision made under the impetus of Tsarist Empress Alexandra and their "servant of God, Gregory", as Nikolai called him. And in the face of the crushing defeat at the front, the Tsar's personal presence on the battlefield did not help, and fortunately a group of dwarfs from the East saved the Eastern Front. …,

In October, an East Asian Expeditionary Force consisting of three newly created divisions of the Japanese Army arrived on the Eastern Front after a long journey, because the Chinese generously handed over command to the Russians, and almost as soon as the army got off the train, it was commanded by their defeated opponents, Russian generals, and thrown into battle.

This time, the Germans hit a hard bone, in Vilno and Riga, the German ** team encountered the Japanese army for the first time that had made the Russians admire, this is also the first time that the Asian army and the first land power in Europe engaged in the war, the result of the war was extremely amazing, although the East Asian expeditionary force lost nearly half of the army, but they still firmly held the line, although the German army broke through the Russian positions on both flanks, but the Japanese positions were like a salient, threatening the German front.

After a month of the war, after the arrival of the 6th Japanese Division in Vilno and Riga, the East Asian Expeditionary Force, which became the "Bulge" under the orders of the Russian General Staff, immediately launched a counteroffensive against the German troops on both flanks, and although they suffered great losses, they directly changed the tide of the battle and forced the Germans to retreat back nearly 30 kilometers.

The East Asian Expeditionary Force, composed of the Japanese Army, changed the tide of the war on the Eastern Front in 1915, and even the most hostile Russian generals had to admit that the Japanese Army was far superior to them, and in return the British government provided Japan with a loan of 20 million pounds after the decisive victories in the battles of Vilno and Riga, and Japan received everything it needed - financial aid, a breakthrough in the security treaty. A brand new Japanese Army has reappeared in front of the world.

In the face of the Japanese Army's outstanding battlefield performance, after China refused to send troops to Europe, the Allied countries negotiated with China one after another to send an "East Asian Expeditionary Force" composed of the Japanese Army to Europe to fight in the French theater.

At present, the special envoy of the Chinese government is discussing the details of the expedition with the Japanese emperor's government. The intelligence agencies of the major powers around the world are watching the strategic plans of the Chinese, and even some racists have begun to quietly spread the "new yellow peril" within the Entente, of course, in the official setting, this kind of detrimental to the unity of the Entente is not heard.

But no one can deny the fact that if the huge Chinese army is willing to do its best in this war, then the war may be over before Christmas 1916, but regrettably, as far as we can get so far, the Chinese still have no intention of shedding blood for the war of the Europeans, but it is reassuring that more and more East Asian expeditionary forces composed of Japanese troops are constantly going to the Russian battlefield, perhaps soon. In Western Europe, you can also see these Japanese soldiers with sun flags hanging under their guns, regardless of machine guns and shells, bravely launching a charge! ”

The New York Times - "The Sun Banner of the East Asian Expeditionary Force" Ezra? Bond

This day is January 14, 1916 according to the Russian Julian calendar, and January 27 if converted into the Gregorian calendar.

At more than 8 o'clock in the evening of this day, the wind began to rise in Kiev again, although the wind was not as strong as during the day, but the snow particles still shrouded the night sky in Kiev with milky white snow fog, at this time Kiev has already been shrouded in the cold of the north.

On the outskirts of Kyiv, on a small station less than 15 kilometers from the Kiev railway station, it was a green world at the moment: wearing dark green woolen army coats made in China, these 5th Divisions from Japan, mainly composed of Hiroshima soldiers, had withdrawn from the Eastern Front of Europe a hundred kilometers away to recuperate and wait for replenishment, and they were ordered to get off here. Because this day is a small year. …,

What surprised them even more was that when they came to the train station, they unexpectedly saw a shop owned by Chinese. Although they don't have much affection for the Chinese, they still seem to be crazy, buying all the firecrackers, red paper and other things that are only used during the New Year, and in any case, for the soldiers, they always hope to find something that will make them forget the war for a while.

Soon, however, this euphoria was interrupted by the order to assemble and standby, and as soon as the order was given, the soldiers had no time to move freely, and those who awaited them waited for further orders in the cold wind.

"Staff Officer Tohihara, the commander of the Ohara Division ordered you to go to him immediately."

In a temporary office car converted from a truck car, Kenji Tohihara, a staff officer of the Intelligence Division of the 5th Division, who was looking up the location of the rest battalion on a military map, and saw that it was General Kurita's adjutant who had come to deliver the order, so he hurriedly stood up straight and answered in a loud voice, and then ran to the door with a deliberate small step.

As an outstanding student of the Sendai Junior Military Academy, 12 years ago, Kenji Dohihara entered the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and four years ago, he entered the Royal Officers Military Academy in Huangpu in Shanghai as an army selected derive, and after studying in Huangpu for three years, he then interned in the Chinese Army for one year, and after the internship, he was promoted to serve in the Expeditionary Force and became the Fifth Division, and the first batch of expeditionary troops of the East Asian Expeditionary Force to become the chief of staff of the Division Intelligence Division.

In the past few months, Kenji Dohihara, or General Kurita and other people have not suffered less from the "Feng Guoli" in the mouths of Tsuchihara Kenji, or General Kurita, but fortunately, he has now gradually recovered his memory, like the small steps he just took all the way to master in the past six months: although such actions have no practical significance, but they fully reflect his respect for superior officers......

But respect for respect, and now he misses the experience of serving in the Royal Guards for the simple reason that no one has ever regarded him as a "foreigner" there, and he has been extremely trusted, so to speak, he prefers to serve in the Royal Guards Army in comparison.

For the past few months, he has been trying to transfer to the Expeditionary Force Command, where there are many lieutenant officers, and when he arrives, he can work with his Chinese colleagues, but until now, it was just a dream

Nakasa Dohihara followed the lieutenant of the division commander and strode across the platform. In the wind and snow, on the cold platform, the Japanese infantrymen in overcoats held rifles in their hands, and in squadrons, they were half-squatting in neat ranks, motionless like mountains, only some of the metal parts on their rifles were faintly reflected in the light of the snow.

The soldiers walked back and forth between the units, and if a soldier shook the slightest due to the cold or other reasons, he would be immediately reprimanded by the soldiers. The junior officers gathered in groups around the burned oil drums a little far away from the troops, and while stretching out their hands to roast their hands on the coal fire in the iron drums, they talked and laughed loudly, and did not look at the soldiers who were squatting in the cold and dark.

The 5th Division is the first batch of expeditionary forces to enter Russia, after half a year of bloody killing, less than 10,000 of the more than 24,000 people left when entering Russia, and after three replenishment of troops, it can be said that the entire Fifth Division has been replaced, according to the Western military point of view, such a unit is not combative.

But according to the concept of the Japanese army or the military view of the Eastern army: the army can still fight after losing 50% of its combat strength! So, they are still fighting troops. …,

However, the generals in charge of the command of the Eastern Front in Europe of the Entente obviously did not dare to think so, and very politely withdrew the 5th Division to the second-line area, resting and recuperating while waiting for reinforcements from the Far East. On the other hand, those Russian generals are planning a large-scale counteroffensive, they need the Japanese army to prepare for the next battle with 100% energy, as for the generals of the expeditionary force headquarters, there is no objection to this, the Chinese generals will often say "we are here to solve problems for the allies", and for the Japanese generals, they are also willing to participate in the big battle, because it will make the Japanese army famous all over the world, and most importantly, their sacrifice will be for Japan in exchange for the Entente"Interest-free loans" are the most important thing for Japan, and how can the lives of soldiers be compared with Japan's great cause?

For these Japanese soldiers, the temporary recuperation is undoubtedly what everyone is looking forward to, especially these lucky ones who survived the Eastern Front battlefield, they need to rest.

Probably because Tohihara was able to calm down all the way, which made General Kurita's adjutant more satisfied, and when he walked to the door of the stationmaster's office, which was used as the office of the commander of the temporary division, the adjutant whispered in a kind tone:

"Just now there was a big news broadcast on the Chinese radio, and those Chinese advisers seem to be in a meeting, it seems that something really big has happened in China, General Kurita does not understand Chinese, because you have been studying in China for a long time, and you are an intelligence staff officer, so you are named to do the translation of the content of the broadcast, do a good job." Let's go inside. ”

He knew that many officers of the Fifth Division were hostile to China, and there was an undercurrent in Japan, where they were very respectful to the Chinese garrison, but in fact they were extremely hostile, and they didn't even bother to learn Chinese, and Zhengbai caused the Chinese advisers to be in a situation where the troops were useless.

In this regard, Tu Feiyuan had some doubts out of an intuition of intelligence officers, because this kind of thing is a very common phenomenon in the expeditionary force, and it is obvious that this is a deliberate act on the part of Tokyo, who on the one hand accepted the instructions of the Chinese to send officers studying in China to the expeditionary force, and on the other hand, appointed them to idle posts, just like Tohihara himself, and at the same time sent a large number of officers who were "hostile to China" to the expeditionary force and directly controlled the expeditionary force.

But what makes people feel very strange is that the Chinese did not raise any objections, as if this is really "the Japanese army's own business", as if it is inconvenient for them to interfere, but is it really that simple? In particular, as the scale of the expeditionary force has grown to 25 divisions, and a large number of officers who have retired after the Sino-Japanese conflict have been called into the army, all of them are hostile to China.

This kind of thing will always make people a little suspicious, and there must be a lot of conspiracy in it, but now Kenji Dohihara can't guess what kind of conspiracy it is.

owed a slight debt to the adjutant, and signed up loudly.

Seeing that Dohihara did not go in according to the custom of the Japanese army to thank himself with honorifics, the adjutant scolded in his heart very dissatisfied: Sure enough, he is a guy who doesn't know etiquette!

"Your Excellency, according to the content of the broadcast, there was an explosion at the wharf of Wuhan in Wuchang, China, that is, the provincial capital of Hubei Province, which was preliminarily determined to be a terrorist attack......"

In Tu Feiyuan's report, everyone in the division commander's office showed various expressions on their faces, surprised, and surprised but also happy, and some even laughed.

"Yo Xi, those people have finally been punished!"

Kurita, who was extremely excited, said with joy on his face that the assassination of the head of the House of Nobles, killing thousands of people and wounding thousands, was undoubtedly the worst blow ever suffered in China's history.

"Your Excellency, we would like to immediately convey our sympathy to the Chinese advisers......"

When Kenji Dohihara made this suggestion, it was exchanged for a burst of laughter, and the division commander and chief of staff in the room just laughed, and finally General Kurita looked at him and said.

"Feng Zhongzuo, this is as it should be, let you convey my greetings to the Chinese advisers on my behalf!"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the chief of staff and said.

"Order the troops to march to the rest battalion at 10 o'clock, well, even if it is to rest, let them have a good rest!"