Beiyang 1917

In addition to the previous 3rd and 7th divisions, five of the first seven Type A divisions established in Japan have been used in the operations of the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front. For a long time, although he knew that the second batch of three divisions would be broken up and mixed into a mixed group army of the central yang front army of the coalition army, but in order to strengthen the proportion and influence of the senior Japanese generals of the coalition command, he said, In order to occupy more leadership positions in the coalition command.

ri本的第1、第2和第5师团在出国前，首先加入了重新编组成立的ri本第一军，以便和宇都宫太郎的ri本第三军遥相呼应平起平坐，这个ri本第一军始编制于甲午战争时之1894年（明治27年）9月1ri，战后1895年5月28ri始解散。

The Japanese First Army during the Sino-Japanese War, the commander at that time was the father of the Japanese army, General Shanxian Youpeng. At that time, Shanxian Youpeng was only 56 years old, but now 80-year-old Shanxian Youpeng retreated behind the scenes , but it is a well-deserved shadow parent of the Japanese Army. At this time, the Minister of Army Uehara Yusaku at the front desk, known as the father of engineers, was only the minor staff member of the First Army Staff Department of Youpeng in Shan County during the Sino-Japanese War.

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Of course, at this time, the commander of the Japanese Third Army and general Utsunomiya Taro was not yet full-fledged. Although this fellow followed the King of China in the coalition army well, but the Japanese army lacked opportunities to perform in the Battle of Ufa, so it became a Japanese army. The ruling and opposition parties in the country accused Utsunomiya Taro of being weak and incompetent in front of the king of China, blindly appeasement and peace, and did not have an excuse to win better opportunities for the Japanese army.

The candidates for the commander of the Japanese First Army after the establishment of the Japanese Army also caused a lot of quarrels in the Japanese Army Ministry. Lieutenant General Tanaka Yoshiichi, who is already the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army Ministry, rolled up his sleeves and stood out. In terms of qualifications and abilities, this This guy is also fully worthy of the position of commander of the First Army. The only thing that makes people feel aggrieved is that this guy is still a lieutenant general at this time. Tanaka Yoshiichi, who was promoted to lieutenant general in October 1915, is now a lieutenant general. For a lieutenant general who has been serving for three years, he will have to wait at least three or four years before he can become a general in the Japanese Army in terms of seniority.

Fortunately, there was a precedent for Utsunomiya Taro to be promoted from lieutenant general to general because he served as the commander of the third army before he entered the battle. At this time, the deputy chief of staff, Zhongzhong Tanaka, also took advantage of this exception to be promoted to general in advance. , an opportunity to serve as the commander of the Japanese First Army.

田中义一（たなかぎいち,1864年7月25ri—1929年9月29ri）山口县人，ri本陆军大学毕业，ri后继山县有朋之后成为了长州藩第二代领导人，1918年7月晋升为陆军大将，担任ri本第一军司令官，带领第1、第2和第5三个jing锐甲种师团派遣至协约国东线联军参战。

In Wang Geng's previous life, General Tanaka became the fifth president of the Political Friends Association, the 26th Prime Minister of Japan, and the chief creator of the notorious "Tanaka Memorial".As a military politician, he has excellent planning ability and good vision, and he has been in charge of Japan's military and political affairs for a long time.

Tanaka was able to get the opportunity to serve as the commander of the First Army, be promoted to a general in an exceptional way, and lead three second-batch Class A divisions to the Volga Federation to participate in the war. This is the mutual restraint and balance of the factions within the Japanese Army.

At this time, the Minister of Army Achievement, Yusaku Uehara, was from Miyazaki Prefecture. After the death of Dashanyan in 1916, Yusaku Uehara was the leader of the Satsuma faction at the moment, and Taro Utsunomiya was previously the commander of the Third Army and sent to the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front. It was Yusaku Uehara who made it possible.

Coincidentally, Tanaka, an important minister of the Changzhou clan from Yamaguchi Prefecture, was later the leader of the ruling faction that fought against Utsunomiya Taro's imperial way faction.But at this time and space, the establishment of Japan's first army and Tanaka's appointment have obviously laid the groundwork for the competition and strife between the two sides. Yusaku and Utsunomiya Taro have no other chance but to hide their strengths and bide their time.

Looking back, the newly appointed Tanaka Yoshiichi, who was born on July 1864, 7, spent his 25-year-old birthday on the Trans-Siberian Railway, as one of the youngest generals in Japanese history However, Tanaka did not take the transport plane of the Allied Air Forces of the Allied Forces to his post. Instead, he took a group of division leaders on a special troop train to experience the vast scenery and customs on both sides of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Back then, the train carriages in Tsarist Russia were known for their luxury, spaciousness and comfort. The railways, stations, hundreds of trains and thousands of carriages that fell into the hands of the Chinese along with the land provided the necessary logistical support and troop transport for the entire Allied forces. Therefore, Yoshiichi Tanaka's trip to office and the birthday party on the luxury train are quite pleasing to the eye.

Yoshiichi Tanaka was born in Kikuya Yokocho in Hagi. His father, Shinsuke Tanaka, was a low-level samurai who carried an umbrella and carried a sedan chair when the feudal lord traveled.Tanaka Yoshiichi is his third son.Tanaka was so big at birth that his mother was mistaken for twins when she was pregnant.He was very naughty in his youth. In 1876, he once participated in the samurai rebellion led by Maehara Issei, and survived the crime because of his youth and ignorance.Since then, he has worked as a handyman in the village office and a primary school teacher.

Changzhou in Japan at that time was full of relics of the heroes of the Meiji Restoration. It is not difficult to imagine that Tanaka may be following their footsteps in his dreams. After the age of 20, he joined the Army Teaching Corps, the Army Non-commissioned Officer School (the old 8th period), and served as a second lieutenant in the Army in 1886. In 1892, when Tanaka was 29 years old, he graduated from the [-]th period of the Army University and was awarded the rank of lieutenant.Compared with many of his peers in the military at that time, Yoshiichi Tanaka started relatively late.

However, Yoshiichi Tanaka, who is known for not reading books, has shown his prowess in the previous wars of foreign aggression and army reorganization since he entered the military. Appreciated by Youpeng and Gui Taro in Shanxian County, his official career was prosperous, and he became the direct heir of the warlords of the Changzhou Clan.