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Chapter 398
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In 1926, the third Zhili-Fengtian War broke out in the Celestial Empire.
The Zhili warlord Sun Chuanfang, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the Fengtian warlord Zhang Zuolin fought fiercely for the southeastern territory.
Because in the previous war, the Fengtian warlords defeated the Zhili warlords headed by Cao Kun, which caused a split within the Zhili warlords.
The old Zhili warlords such as Feng Guozhang and Cao Kun lost their prestige due to the failure of the war and stepped down in disgrace.
However, Wu Peifu, who occupied the two lakes and the Central Plains, and Sun Chuanfang, who was entrenched in the areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and northern Jiangsu, successfully rose up and became a new generation of Zhili warlords.
The influence of these two local warlords was definitely not as great as that of the Zhili warlords during the Cao Kun and Feng Guozhang periods, but after they split, they each received strong assistance from countries such as the British Empire and the Eagle Sauce, especially the surplus weapons eliminated by these countries from World War I entered the Celestial Empire in large quantities and entered the hands of the Zhili warlords.
Therefore, the two local warlords relied on the support of the British Empire and the Eagle Sauce behind them to stabilize their position under the fierce attack of the Fengtian warlords.
Moreover, in order to fight against the Fengtian warlords who had fighter planes, tanks and a large number of artillery, the Zhili warlords also imported such weapons from abroad and formed their own air forces one after another. The two sides actually fought an air battle in the Third Zhifeng War!
This is simply a replica of the First World War, because the fighter planes used by the two countries are clearly divided, and their bloodlines and sources are completely different!
The weapons obtained by the Fengtian warlords came from Hans, while the weapons obtained by the Zhili warlords came from the British Empire and the Eagle Sauce.
The fighter planes on both sides had a fierce competition over Europe during the First World War, but they did not expect that ten years later, they would continue their relationship in the sky of another continent!
Because the weapons and equipment of the two warlords were similar, and neither was more advanced than the other, the war began to stalemate. On the battlefield in the Central Plains, Wu Peifu, who had more tanks, even launched an active counterattack, and Zhang Zuolin’s troops were defeated.
On the southeast battlefield, the Fengtian warlords relied on their own naval advantages to continuously threaten Sun Chuanfang’s rear, causing unrest!
Seeing the two major warlords in the north of the Celestial Empire fighting each other, the scale of the war became larger and larger, and the scope of the war became wider and wider!
Some of the original melon-eating people began to have all kinds of thoughts!
Originally in history, after the outbreak of the global economic crisis in 1929, the foot basin was also greatly impacted. A large number of workers were unemployed, which made the domestic situation in the foot basin very turbulent. In this case, the foot basin began to try to divert domestic attention and contradictions through foreign wars.
So, in 1931, two years after the outbreak of the economic crisis, they launched the Liutiaohu Incident and began to use this opportunity to enter the northeast region of the Celestial Empire!
In this time and space, because Mainz detonated the economic crisis in advance, the economic crisis appeared in 1925.
Therefore, the foot basin was also affected by the economic crisis early, and a large number of unemployment occurred in the country.
After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the foot basin enjoyed the dividends of the war, so their population began to grow rapidly. At this time, the population of the foot basin has exceeded the traditional powers in Europe, second only to Hans, and is the sixth most populous country in the world.
The large population, especially the large number of young people born after 1895, has caused a great impact on the foot basin this time. The number of unemployed people in their country has exceeded 5 million at this time, catching up with the British Empire, and there is a trend of catching up with the British Empire.
Unlike the British Empire, the foot basin has more local areas and fewer overseas colonies, so it is difficult for them to transfer domestic contradictions like the British Empire, and resolve the crisis by sucking blood and transferring population from abroad. The overseas colonies of the British Empire cover an area of 33 million square kilometers, with all kinds of resources, which can be said to be completely inexhaustible.
The overseas colonies of the Foot Basin only cover an area of less than 300,000 square kilometers, and they are all relatively poor and resource-scarce areas.
It is a pipe dream to expect these areas to save them.
Before the economic crisis broke out, the domestic market of the Foot Basin was small, and its natural resources were even more scarce. The normal operation of the Foot Basin economy was maintained by import and export trade. They were extremely dependent on foreign resources such as steel and oil. Therefore, when the economic crisis swept the Foot Basin, the damage suffered by the Foot Basin was no less than that of other countries.
Although the Foot Basin sent 5.5 million unemployed people in the country to the British Empire, it immediately followed suit and sent about 2 million people to the Korean Peninsula in an attempt to transfer domestic conflicts.
However, these two places are too small, and the arable area is also small, so the grain output is very low. They can only bear 2 million people at most. Otherwise, I am afraid that there will not be enough food to eat, and people will starve to death!
However, there are 500,000 unemployed workers and millions of bankrupt farmers in the foot basin. In addition, they have always had the habit of men going out to work and women being full-time wives at home. Therefore, behind these five million unemployed workers are five million families, and the number of people affected is tens of millions!
To feed tens of millions of people and settle them down is not something that Daiwan and Goryeo can solve!
Therefore, the foot basin has set their sights on the ancient neighboring country to the west. The land area of this neighboring country is as high as 11 million square miles. After recovering the land occupied by the bear, their area has further increased to 12.5 million.
Moreover, this country has several large plains and various rich resources!
Such vast and fertile land, such a vast area and such rich resources, these things make the foot basin people salivate!
Therefore, after the economic crisis broke out, the foot basin immediately began to accelerate their pace of invading the Celestial Empire!
The foot basin people knew very well that if they wanted to completely solve the domestic economic crisis, they could only transfer the contradictions to the outside world, and there was only one country that could withstand such a big crisis, and that was the Celestial Empire.
As long as they swallowed up the Celestial Empire, they would not only be able to completely get rid of the crisis, but also have the opportunity to become a world-class country.
Faced with such a short-term and long-term extremely profitable thing, the people of Jiaoben would naturally not let it go!
The outbreak of the Third Zhi-Feng War in 1926 gave them an opportunity!
“Gentlemen, if you want to conquer the Celestial Empire, you must first conquer Manchuria and Mongolia. If you want to conquer Manchuria and Mongolia, you must first conquer the Northeast, so we must take action against the Fengtian warlords entrenched in the Northeast!”
In the foot basin base camp, the top military officials gathered together to discuss the secret invasion plan against the Celestial Empire!
“The Fengtian warlords were supported by Hans, while the Zhili warlords were supported by the British Empire and the Eagle Sauce. The British Empire is an ally of our country, and the enemy of our enemy is our friend, so we can attack the Fengtian warlords’ base camp in the name of helping our allies and supporting the Zhili warlords!”General
Mutō Nobuyoshi, who had been promoted to the commander of the Kwantung Army, made a suggestion. He meant that the British Empire was an ally of the Foot Basin, and the Zhili warlords were the younger brothers supported by the British Empire. In this case, the Zhili warlords were the allies of the Foot Basin.
They could use this to actively intervene in the civil war in the Celestial Empire, and then directly send troops to attack the Northeastern region of the Celestial Empire, which was now short of troops!
“How many troops does the Fengtian warlord have in the Northeast?”
This proposal was echoed by everyone, even the navy did not refute the army’s opinion.
Seeing this, Prime Minister Jiaoben quickly moved on to the next topic.
Since they were going to go to war, they had to find out the other side’s intelligence. If they could know the Fengtian warlord’s troop deployment in the Northeast in advance, then their plan would have a greater chance of success!
“About 100,000 to 150,000 troops. In 1922, they expanded their army from 100,000 to 250,000. After winning the Second Zhi-Feng War in 1924, their territory expanded rapidly and their troops were expanded again. At this time, the total strength of the Northeast Army was about 450,000 to 550,000.”
About 500,000 troops, when everyone heard this number, they had a preliminary understanding of the strength of the Fengtian warlords!
“However, they are fighting with the Zhili warlords in the south at this time, so the main force is not in the Northeast. The troops left here should not exceed 150,000, and most of them should be second-line and logistics troops with poor or no combat effectiveness!”
After hearing this information, Prime Minister Jiaoben and everyone were relieved.
“If this is the case, then our chances of success are very high.��”
“Everyone, from now on, several divisions in the country must be mobilized immediately, and the Kwantung Army must also enter a state of preparation for war!”
“The rise and fall of the empire depends on this battle, so you should do your best!”