Vladivostok is located in the northeastern part of Eurasia and was a Chinese territory during the Qing Dynasty, under the jurisdiction of Jilin. Vladivostok once lived in many Chinese, and the locals called Vladivostok silver nest, golden wozi, meaning very rich.
In 1860, the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia signed the Sino-Russian Treaty of Beijing, ceding the area east of the Ussuri River, including Vladivostok, to Tsarist Russia. Since then, Vladivostok has gradually become an important russian port in the Far East, and China has lost its jurisdiction over Vladivostok. But in 1918, China's Beiyang government once sent troops to Vladivostok, so why is this?
First, respond to invitations. The First World War was a war between the Entente and the Allied camps, which ended in the victory of the Allies. At the beginning of world war I, when the Chinese Beiyang government remained neutral, the Beiyang government was always wavering about whether to join the Allies or the Allies, and finally in August 1917, the Beiyang government chose to join the Camp of the Allies led by Britain and France, declaring war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
In November 1917, the Tsarist Russia broke out of the revolution and withdrew from the war, and in 1918, the Allies decided to send troops to intervene in the Russian Revolution and extended an invitation to China. At that time, more than 10 Countries in the Allied camp, such as Britain, France, the United States, and Japan, had already sent troops, and the Beiyang government felt that China was a member of the Allies, so it decided to respond to the Allies to send troops to Vladivostok.
In 1918, China's Beiyang government sent two armies, the sea and land, to Vladivostok, both of which were the elite of China at that time. The Army was selected from the most disciplined Wei Zonghan division, and all the equipment was purchased from Japan. Naval warships were also the largest and best Chinese warships of the time, the cruiser Hai Rong.
The cruiser Hai Rong was ordered by the Qing Dynasty from the German Voltaire Shipyard in 1896 to revitalize the navy after the Sino-Japanese War, and after about two years of construction, in 1898 by a German escort, it took about two months to arrive in Dagu. After serving, the Hai Rong became the best capital warship of the Qing Dynasty at that time. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Hai Rong was still the best capital warship in China at that time.
In 1918, the cruiser Hai Rong arrived in Vladivostok after a journey of about 8 days from Shanghai and began to participate in the joint military operations of the Allies.
Second, in order to protect overseas Chinese. At that time, in Vladivostok, there were many Chinese doing business in the local area. These Chinese are basically from the northeast of the mainland and Shandong, mainly gathered in Vladivostok's China Street, doing some small business, and some even married Russian wives. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Vladivostok basically fell into a state of anarchy, and law and order became worse and worse, so many Vladivostok Chinese also hoped that China would send troops to protect overseas Chinese. Upon arrival in Vladivostok in April 1918, the Hai rong was warmly welcomed by local Chinese.
Therefore, for these two reasons, the Chinese Beiyang government decided to send troops to Vladivostok. In 1920, with the end of the war, the navy and army gradually withdrew to China. This military expedition to Vladivostok protected the interests of the local overseas Chinese, and also meant that China, which was extremely poor and weak at that time, made great efforts to maintain its international status, and their exploits should also be commemorated by future generations.