Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yayin da da farko akwai jiragen sama guda biyu na "Taube" da aka sanya wa rukunin Jamusanci na Imperial da ke Qingdao, China, daya ne kawai ke samuwa a farkon yakin saboda hadari. Jirgin Rumpler Taube wanda Laftanar Gunther Plüschow ya tuka ya fuskanci Jafananci masu kai hari, wadanda suke da jirage takwas tare da su. A ranar 2 ga Oktoba, 1914, Taube na Plüschow ya kai hari kan jiragen yakin Japan da ke kewaye da Tsingtao
tare da kananan bama-bamai guda biyu, amma sun kasa cin kwallaye. A ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 1914, jim kaɗan kafin faduwar Qingdao, an umurci Plüschow ya tashi da manyan bayanan sirri zuwa Shanghai, amma an tilasta masa yin saukar gaggawa a Lianyungang a Jiangsu, inda sojojin kasar Sin suka tsare shi. An ceto Plüschow ne daga fararen hula na kasar Sin a karkashin jagorancin wani mishan na Amurka, kuma ya samu nasarar isa wurinsa a Shanghai tare da manyan takardun sirri, bayan ya ba da injin ga daya daga cikin fararen hula na kasar Sin da suka ceto shi.