Expedition to Europe

Just as the foreign legions began to withdraw from Europe, the troops that had gathered in Europe because of the world war also began to return to their home countries.

Americans, Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians, Indians, etc., all began to gradually withdraw.

Of course, this also included the Japanese Sixth Division.

The Sixth Division is still a reorganized division.

In the battle a few months ago, the Sixth Division suffered heavy casualties due to the arrogance of the Sixth Division Commander Akashi Motojiro.

Compared with the European countries whose war potential has been exhausted, Japan's war potential is still sufficient.

So the shortage of troops in the Sixth Division was quickly made up, and the scale was even greater than before.

In the First World War, many new weapons were used on the battlefield for the first time, including poison gas, airplanes, tanks, etc. Because of the emergence of these new weapons, the war was completely different from the past, and the Japanese could certainly feel it.

Japan is indeed a nation that is very good at learning. In order to learn advanced European combat methods and concepts faster, a large part of the supplementary personnel sent by Japan to the Sixth Division were officers and senior non-commissioned officers. They wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the World War to fully learn more advanced knowledge.

Of course, after these soldiers arrived in Europe, Akashi Motojiro used the excuse that they had not yet completed the running-in and did not participate in any small-scale war. They were just observing and learning, and they were no longer willing to get involved.

This also caused many adverse effects. For example, the impression left by the Japanese on the British now is greed, cowardice, and extreme lust.

It seems that the Japanese left the Foreign Legion because of lust.

Because of the existence of the "Anglo-Japanese Alliance", the British sheltered the Japanese and also accepted the Japanese.

However, the Japanese did not show the fearlessness and succession during the Russo-Japanese War, but kept shirking for various reasons and refusing to step onto the battlefield until the end of the World War.

Of course, after the end of the World War, the Japanese also regarded themselves as victors. While enjoying various extraordinary treatments, their lust in their bones began to stir again.

Just a few days ago, three Japanese soldiers broke into a Belgian family's home, robbed the family's property, and raped the hostess and her underage child.

They didn't even let the child go!

What a bunch of beasts!

In Britain and Belgium, demonstrations against the Japanese immediately began.

The Belgians demanded that the Japanese be driven out of Belgium and that the parties involved must be punished.

The British demanded the dissolution of the "Anglo-Japanese Alliance" and the expulsion of the Japanese from Europe.

Conservative British people could never understand why Britain would ally with such a despicable and shameless country, because it would affect Britain's reputation.

As for national interests, no one paid attention to this issue.

The British only noticed that the Japanese made mistakes, so they demanded that the British government must make changes to deal with these mistakes. They did not consider other more profound problems. That was the government's responsibility, not the responsibility of ordinary British people.

This is the evil result of democracy, and it is also the evil result of the British being too indulgent towards the Japanese.

Lloyd George agreed to consider dissolving the Anglo-Japanese alliance, but at the same time, Lloyd George first had to send all the Japanese back to the Far East safely.

The Japanese did not seem to appreciate it. They took their own cruise ship back to their country and did not intend to trouble the British.

The Japanese did have reason to be dissatisfied. They believed that they had also made great sacrifices in the world war, but at the same time they did not gain enough benefits, which could be seen from their equipment.

The Japanese returned to the Far East on only five Japanese cruise ships, without any accompanying cargo ships.

That means that the Japanese did not have too many heavy weapons to transport, and they even had a small number of artillery.

Look at the Foreign Legion. When they withdrew to Lan Fang, if there was a cruise ship to transport soldiers, then there was almost a cargo ship to transport equipment. There were not only artillery and tanks on the cargo ship, but also enough bullets, shells, fuel, spare parts and food for them to use for several months. This treatment was simply a world of difference.

What made the Japanese even more dissatisfied was still to come.

When the fleet transporting the Japanese was traveling in the Mediterranean, it was suddenly attacked by a submarine of unknown nationality. All five Japanese cargo ships sank, and about 16,000 soldiers were killed.

The World War is over, where did the submarine of unknown nationality come from?

This is simply painful to the Japanese government, because the Sixth Division before the accident had almost concentrated all the essence of the Japanese Army. The proportion of officers in this unit is surprisingly high. They are to learn advanced European combat concepts, and of course they must have certain military qualities to be fully trained.

It is precisely because of this that Akashi Motojiro was reluctant to send the Sixth Division to the battlefield, because even the loss of any "soldier" would be of great value to the Japanese Army.

But the bizarre thing is here. At the beginning, Akashi Motojiro fantasized about using a big victory to make the Japanese army famous, but he was defeated and lost his troops. Later, Akashi Motojiro had fully realized the cruelty of the European war, so he was cautious and would rather leave a bad reputation than take risks, but he did not expect that the result was indeed annihilation.

Just after the Japanese fleet had an accident, the British immediately stated that all the German submarines were in the naval port and there was no sign of deployment, so this attack had nothing to do with the Germans.

Then there were only the French and Italian fleets left, and these two countries immediately stated that all our submarines were in the port and had not been deployed, so this had nothing to do with us.

So everyone's eyes were focused on the Corsican fleet.

The Corsican fleet's statement was even more straightforward, we didn't have any submarines at all.

It seemed that this had become a headless case.

On the second day of the incident, many news media reported on the incident, most of which expressed regret and condemned the murderer, and only a small part was gloating.

Lan Fang's "Daily News" was the one that gloated the most.

In the report of the "Daily News", this incident became synonymous with "bureaucracy", because the Japanese, because of their illusory and strange self-esteem, refused the help of the British government and organized their own retreat, which led to the disaster.

At the same time, in the report of the "Daily News", this shipwreck was linked to the "tragedy" that occurred at the Tianjin Wharf a while ago, because the Foreign Legion never gave up the pursuit of the mastermind behind the Tianjin Wharf incident.

This is very intriguing. Just as the Foreign Legion's investigation was gradually unfolding, such a tragedy happened to the Sixth Division. It is hard not to connect the two together.

But what if they are connected together?

There is no evidence that it was the Foreign Legion that attacked the Japanese fleet.

Not to mention that the Foreign Legion has no submarines, even if the Foreign Legion has submarines, they only need to issue a statement and insist that our fleet is in the port. What can the Japanese do?

Go directly to check the navigation log in the submarine?

The original text is in the Six # 9 @Book/Bar!

Don't be funny, the Foreign Legion will not pay attention to their request at all.

No sovereign country in the world will pay attention to such a request.

So, the subsequent development of this incident is very strange. The Japanese vowed to retaliate and make someone pay the price.

And the threats of the Foreign Legion have never stopped. As long as they are the behind-the-scenes participants of the "Tianjin Wharf Incident", the Foreign Legion will definitely make them pay the price.

In just this month, nearly 100 people have died in various accidents in the Republic of China, including hanging, electric shock, car accidents, accidental fighting, improper food intake, various heart diseases, high blood pressure, etc.

These people have one thing in common, they have all participated in the "national carnival" that discredited the Foreign Legion.

But at the same time, the deaths of these people did not cause any waves, because the domestic media were silent about the matter, and they dared not make any voice.

Any voice that was unfavorable to the Foreign Legion.

When the Foreign Legion was their own people, they were the protectors of interests and the pursuers of rights.

But when the Foreign Legion became the enemy, they were cold-blooded executioners, decisive avengers, and unscrupulous "foreigners".

It was not until this time that some people felt regretful, and the media of the Republic of China began to speak out for the Foreign Legion.

But so what?

Some injuries cannot be resolved by saying "I'm sorry".

Some mistakes cannot be forgiven by bowing.

Some people forgive because they are powerless to fight.

Some people do not forgive because they do not need worship or charity. They are self-reliant and will neither beg for mercy nor compromise.

Perhaps many people will say: You cannot abandon your mother just because she beat you up.

This is actually a fallacy. Of course, people cannot abandon their mothers, but there is no need to stay with their unpromising brothers for their mothers. They can just take their mothers out and start a new life.

So things gradually evolved into a quarrel between Japan and Lan Fang.

Don't think that such quarrels will not happen. In fact, they happen every day in real society, but they don't curse directly, but use another more euphemistic way.

In mid-February, a new news suddenly broke out.

The sea area where the incident occurred is actually a public sea area, an extremely busy waterway. At the time of the incident, a destroyer under Corsica was nearby, but the destroyer did not rescue the people who fell into the water.

This immediately became an excuse for the Japanese to criticize Corsica for not abiding by the basic principles of maritime navigation, having no sympathy or humanitarian spirit.

Corsica's response was even more bizarre: In view of the Japanese's consistent performance, we were worried about the safety of the ladies on the ship, so we could not carry out rescue.

This is simply ridiculous. This is a warship, where are the women?

Corsica immediately responded that we attach great importance to women's rights in Corsica, and there are indeed women serving on the ship.

... Even if there are true, this is a sophistry.

But the Japanese can do nothing, because everyone knows the relationship between Qin Zhiyuan, Lan Fang, and Corsica Island. It is also self-humiliating to entangle in this issue.

So things seem to be gradually clear. Even if the attack on the Japanese fleet is not related to Qin Zhiyuan, then Qin Zhiyuan must be inseparable from it.

Qin Zhiyuan did not deny it, because in everyone's eyes, even if the "Tianjin Wharf Incident" was not pushed from behind by the Japanese, it must be inseparable from the Japanese.