Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1914, Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga yakatanga, uye Germany yakanga yakabatikana nehondo kumusha. Japan neUnited Kingdom dzakatora mukana wacho ndokutanga Kurwisa Tsingtao
. Shantung Railway Syfang General Repair Works yakakuvadzwa panguva yekukombwa. Muna 1915, Humambo hweJapan hwakamanikidza hurumende yeRepublic of China kuti igamuchire Zvaidiwa Zvayo Zvikumi Nemasere, izvo zvakasimbisa kutora kweJapan nzvimbo dzeGerman uye zvivakwa zvezvitima muShantung. Syfang General Repair Works yakatumidzwa zita rokuti Shantung Railway Syfang Workshop, iyo yaitungamirirwa kwenguva pfupi neuto reJapan. Muna March 1915, uto reJapan muTsingtao rakagadza Shantung Railway Administration, iyo yaiva nemadhipatimendi mashanu: mabasa ose, kutakura, unyanzvi, kuverenga uye kuchera, uye Tsingtao Workshop. Munguva yokutonga kwechiJapan, zvimwe zvivako zvakadai semichina yokukanda jecha, dzimba dzokugadzira ngoro dzevatakurwi, mafekitari emavhiri, dzimba dzokugadzira mhangura dzakavakwa, uye nhamba yevashandi yakasvika vanopfuura 1 500.