Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Ngarava iyi yakatanga kuvakwa neGermany sechikepe chemitoro kuti ishandiswe muzvibvumirano zveGerman Empire muChina uye yaizivikanwa se "Michael Jebsen" (yakatumidzwa zita remutengesi wechiGerman muChina Michael Jebsen). Doko rayo rokumusha rakanga riri muguta razvino rechiteshi chengarava cheQingdao, kazhinji rairomaniswa seTsingtao muChirungu panguva iyoyo, kana seKiautschou muchiGerman. Mugore rokutanga reHondo Yenyika I, Umambo hweGermany hwaiva mhiri kwemakungwa hwakarwiswa nemaJapan. VaGermany vakarasikirwa neKukombwa kweTsingtao
, uye "Michael Jebsen" yakanyudzwa muJiaozhou Bay munaNovember 1914 kudzivirira kuti irege kuwira mumaoko emuvengi. Kunyange zvakadaro, vaJapan vakadzorera ngarava yacho kumvura. Musi waJuly 16, 1915, vakabhabhatidzazve ngarava yacho kuti "Kōshū" (膠州), chiJapan nokuda kwe"Jiaozhou", kwayakanga yatorwa. "Kōshū" yakashanda sengarava inotakura zvinhu kwenguva yehondo.