In the winter of 1919, the Spanish Flu, which had already broken out twice, broke out again.
Compared with the one at the beginning of the year, the scale this time is smaller, but the harm cannot be underestimated, especially in Sarawak. The threat of the Spanish Flu to the locals is not much smaller than the one at the beginning of the year.
As in the last two outbreaks, the process from illness onset to death of infected people is very fast. People are fine in the morning, but they will be infected by noon and die in the evening.
So if a person died suddenly and violently, it was a very normal thing in the winter of 1919. No one would suspect that someone was deliberately committing murder. After all, thousands of people were dying every day around the world.
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MacTavish took advantage of this to unknowingly infect people with the virus and then die suddenly.
Lanfang's Institute of Biology was formerly the Corsica institute led by Sandy that developed penicillin. Sandy and the Marshall family have now moved from Corsica to Penglai Island to continue their favorite research work.
Regrettably, this year's Nobel Prize in Biology was not awarded to Sandy, but to Jules Boldet, who discovered B. pertussis.
It didn't matter much. With penicillin, Sandy would win the prize sooner or later.
In fact, Sandy's current work direction has shifted to the improvement of crops. This is of course Qin Zhiyuan's proposal. It has broad prospects in terms of both economic and academic value.
Since it is a biological research institute, all kinds of weird things will always appear during the research process. The neurotoxin used by McTavish is one of the by-products of scientific research. This is normal, because there will always be all kinds of weird things.
by-products appear.
Lanfang is still an agricultural country, but it is working hard to become an industrial country. The main economic pillar industries of Lanfang are still natural rubber, coffee, cocoa oil and other traditional industries. Except for oil, which is a mineral resource, the rest are agricultural products, so agriculture
It still occupies an important position in Lanfang. If it weren't for Lanfang's rich agricultural products, Lanfang would not be able to launch wars in several places at the same time.
The abundance of agricultural products means that frontline soldiers always have a variety of canned food to eat, which is of great benefit to Lanfang's image, especially in terms of winning people's hearts.
Kuanchengzi, this was the second target after Liu Zizheng led the Vladivostok coalition forces to enter the Republic of China.
Kuanchengzi in 1919 was far less big than Changzhuan in later generations, and it was not even possible to see the potential to develop into a provincial city.
The entire Kuanchengzi 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, most of whom are immigrants from Japan and Korea.
Kuanchengzi is actually the real dividing line between the Japanese and Russian sides of the Far East Railway. After the October Revolution in Russia, the Japanese wanted to invade Siberia, but the Americans and British stopped it because of the requirements of the Foreign Legion.
The British and Americans could prevent the Japanese from marching into Siberia, but they could not prevent the Japanese from driving the Russian forces out of the Kanto region. Therefore, before the Vladivostok coalition forces entered the Kanto region, almost all the railways in the Kanto region were under Japanese control.
After capturing Mudanjiang Station, Liu Zizheng's troops advanced by train, which greatly increased the advance speed of Liu Zizheng's troops, making them almost overwhelming. The Vladivostok coalition fought from Mudanjiang Station to Kuanchengzi.
When they arrived at Kuanchengzi, the Vladivostok coalition forces had to change vehicles before they could continue their march south.
The Russian rail standards are different from the Japanese. After the Japanese took over the management rights of the section south of Kuanchengzi of the Far East Railway's southern branch line, the Japanese replaced the rails laid by the Russians with Japanese standard rails. This resulted in
The train of the Vladivostok coalition led by Liu Zizheng cannot enter south of Kuanchengzi.
Facing the offensive of the Vladivostok coalition forces, Lieutenant General Tachibana Koichiro, commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, chose to defend conservatively. Therefore, when Liu Zizheng led the Vladivostok coalition forces to arrive at Kuanchengzi, Kuanchengzi had become an empty city.
Even the armored train that escaped from Mudanjiang Station back to Kuanchengzi was bombed by the Japanese at Kuanchengzi Station.
No matter how stupid Tachibana Koichiro is, he still knows that Lanfang's armored forces cannot compete with the Japanese army that lacks heavy weapons. Therefore, when the Vladivostok coalition forces led by Liu Zizheng are marching from Mudanjiang Station to Kuanchengzi, Tachibana Koichiro has already
All the troops and Japanese immigrants in the Kanto region were transferred to Lushun, hoping to rely on the strong fortifications of Lushun to resist the tank troops of the Vladivostok coalition.
Lushun, this city plays an important role in the modern history of the Republic of China. It was the imperial military port of the Beiyang Navy of the Qing Empire and the first fortress in the Far East. During the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, Japan carried out the inhumane Lushun Massacre in Lushun.
, turning this base camp of the Beiyang Navy into a dead city. In the later Russo-Japanese War, the Russians defending Lushun also launched a massacre-like counterattack against the Japanese who launched the attack. Japan paid a heavy price to win the battle.
He left Port Arthur and won the Russo-Japanese War.
Just like the reincarnation of fate, in the winter of 1919, the Chinese and the Japanese had to fight another battle in Lushun, a battle that could determine the fate of the Kanto region.
It's not easy to fight. All the damn commanding heights here have been built into forts. If we want to attack, we have to attack from behind, which is very detrimental to our armored forces. And you see, the little devil has also built several anti-tank trenches.
, I'm afraid it must be forty or fifty meters, and our pontoon vehicle is not that long. Shi Huimu, the chief of general staff of the coalition forces, spoke seriously.
There is now not one division in Lushun City, but three divisions. The Japanese have transferred the 13th Division stationed in North Korea and the newly formed 22nd Division locally, plus the railway from Kanto.
The total strength of the garrison brigade and the militia composed of Japanese expatriates is estimated to be more than 70,000. If we want to attack, the strength will be at least double the current strength. Wang Dingshan, commander of the Second Division of the Foreign Legion, is also a little hesitant.
Generally speaking, if you want to take the initiative to attack, the number of attacking troops must be at least twice that of the defenders. Considering the quality gap between the Vladivostok coalition forces and the Japanese soldiers, at least the strength of the troops must be equalized.
The current Vladivostok coalition force is mainly composed of the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Foreign Legion that returned to the northern Xinjiang region from Russia, and the 2nd Lanfang Armored Division. The total strength is about 45,000 people.
In addition to the regular army, the Vladivostok coalition now also has a volunteer army composed of Chinese, with a total number of about 10,000 people.
The composition of these volunteers was complex, including former bandits, those who had a blood feud with the Japanese and those who actively defected to the army, and some soldiers of the Republic of China who actively joined the Vladivostok coalition forces.
The quality of the volunteers varied greatly, so it was okay to let them undertake logistical work. But if they really went to the battlefield, they would be nothing more than cannon fodder. They would not have much effect other than consuming Japanese bullets.
We still have to find a way to force the Japs out of the fortifications. As long as they come out of the fortifications and go to the plains, even if the Japs are outnumbered, we can annihilate them. Liu Zizheng put down the telescope in his hand and started sucking.
Liu Zizheng and the others were on a hillside less than three kilometers away from the North Fort of Lushun. It would be unsafe to go any further. The artillery on the Fort of Lushun were not the small cannons in the ordinary Japanese army. They were real
The caliber of the coastal defense artillery is even larger than the maximum caliber equipped by the Vladivostok coalition forces. The range of such artillery is more than ten kilometers. It is so powerful that it has no friends, let alone going further, even where Liu Zizheng and the others are now.
, as long as they were discovered by the Japanese, Liu Zizheng and the others would 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 what our Northern Expedition Fleet did to Keelung Port a few days ago? Xu Sheng, commander of the First Division of the Foreign Legion, has some ideas.
It makes sense, Lao Xu's brain is good. Liu Zizheng was immediately overjoyed.
Since possessing the aircraft, Lanfang's war has shifted from a two-dimensional war to a three-dimensional war. However, Liu Zizheng and the others are still used to using traditional methods to solve problems. Just now, they just couldn't change their minds.
So a telegram asking for help was immediately sent to Vladivostok.
After receiving a telegram from the Allied Forces in Vladivostok asking for help, Chen Kangjian expressed his helplessness.
There are indeed bombers in the northern Xinjiang region, and there is no shortage of bombs, but they lack solidification, so they want to launch a combat operation similar to the one in Keelung Port to use incendiary bombs to force the Japanese out of Lushun. Chen Kangjian is also a clever woman who cannot make a meal without straw.
So the telegram asking for help was sent to Lanfang. After receiving the telegram, the Lanfang Military Headquarters went round and round and forwarded the telegram to the Northern Expedition Fleet.
That's right, all of Lanfang's incendiary bombs are now in the Northern Expedition Fleet. Lanfang's domestic incendiary bomb factory has just been built and has not yet been put into production. If it is to be sufficiently solidified, it 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, so how could he not know the significance of Lushun to the Chinese navy? Even if Liu Zizheng did not ask for help, Xie Rundong would not let go of the Japanese in Lushun. Now, it is just a matter of time.
Just when they were sending a telegram asking for help, the Vladivostok coalition forces led by Liu Zizheng were not idle. They were attacking everywhere in the Kanto region, looking for Japanese expatriates and Koreans who had not had time to escape, and wanted to completely drive Japanese forces out of the Kanto region.
Liu Zizheng was not the only one who thought this way, there were others in the Guandong region who thought the same way, including Zhang Yuting, who was then the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces.
Zhang Yuting is from Xixiaowatun, Majiafang Village, Jiazhangsi Township, Haicheng County, Fengtian Province. He likes to be called Zhang Dashuai.
