An Alternate Chiang Kai-Shek Goes To The Axis Timeline

Hi, I know there has already been a thread on this scenario, but it is significantly different, as this scenario does not revolve around around Chiang Kai-Shek training in Germany. Instead, the point of divergence with history is in 1936. In my timeline, Alexander von Falkenhausen convinces the leaders of Nazi Germany to support the Koumintang regime of China rather than the Empire of Japan. Germany sends military and industrial aid to Nationalist China, which goes into industrialisation of China, particularly on the coast and in Sichuan province. German military attaches train Chinese soldiers and officers in modern tactics. With German support, Chiang Kai-Shek continues his conflict with Mao. Germany continues to supply the Nationalists with "volunteer" air squadrons, tanks and small arms. The Soviet Union provided the Communist Chinese with small arms and light artillery. The Civil War in China turns into a proxy war between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The more numerous and well-equipped Nationalist forces defeat the Communists. Chiang Kai-Shek subsequently purges pro-Communist elements remaining in China, whilst Mao escapes to Mongolia and occasionally co-ordinates cross-border raids with his lieutenant Kim Il-Sung.

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Germaniac

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I'm not sure Germany sending volunteer divisions all the way to China is plausible, Ammunition would be extremely scarce and supply lines would be longer than the German merchant marine could handle.
 
I'm not sure Germany sending volunteer divisions all the way to China is plausible, Ammunition would be extremely scarce and supply lines would be longer than the German merchant marine could handle.

I figured if the Americans could send the flying tigers to China, why shouldn't the Germans be able to send volunteer squadrons?
 
I figured if the Americans could send the flying tigers to China, why shouldn't the Germans be able to send volunteer squadrons?

Because America was one of the premier Naval powers in the world. I love the idea for the time line, but I do recommend an earlier point of divergence, since by 1936, China was having a pretty tough time with the Japanese.
 
Well it's off to an interesting start. I'd be interested to see how you deal with the question of Japan which is the proverbial elephant in the room.
 

Germaniac

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Something more plausible would be an earlier POD were Germany sends more advisers to China and Germany allows the Chinese to build German fighters and set up German factories there.
 
Something more plausible would be an earlier POD were Germany sends more advisers to China and Germany allows the Chinese to build German fighters and set up German factories there.

That's always what I thought a good POD would be. CCA's timeline is great, but IMO Chiang actually going to Germany and being friends with Hitler is almost overkill, since Germany courted an alliance with China IOTL. Just have that alliance become stronger, with more German support from 1933 onward, and you have yourself with an Axis China. Plus, a POD in 1933 would give China time to deal with the Japanese better.
 
I totally agree about the overkill. This update has been a little late, I tried to post it last night but I had internet problems. Anyway, here it goes:

After the defeat of the Communists, Chiang Kai-Shek continues to solidify his rule and expand the military and industrial sectors. Germany also starts to give secret information to China regarding the progress of Wernher von Braun's rocketry experiments. China starts producing new small arms, including rifles based on the Mauser Karabiner 98k, and submachine guns based on captured Soviet guns. The Nationalists also start producing light tanks based on the Panzerkampfwagen III to support the numerous Chinese infantry. Now that he had defeated his main rival to power, he began bringing the warlords into line, largely by keeping them in his pocket. German industrial aid was really making its mark, and the Chinese engineered copies of the equipment sent to them from the Reich. Finally, in June 1938, Chiang Kai-Shek decided China was strong enough to push the Chinese people's main foe out of it's lands. Nationalist China declared war on Manchukuo and the Empire of Japan on the 14 of June. Massive infantry columns surged across the border, routing the unready Manchurian forces. The Japanese sent forces to defend the main industrial towns, especially Harbin, but the Chinese surrounded the town and cut off supplies. German-manufactured airplanes under Chinese control gave the two forces evenly matched air power, but the Chinese suffered higher losses in the air, with less well-trained pilots available to them. The Japanese forces tasked with prtecting the industrial centres all surrendered, as their morale had suffered severely. The Chinese army stopped at the Yalu river to regroup. After finishing their regrouping, the Chinese army launch a full assault over the border. They capture Seoul almost without opposition. The capture of the Korean mainland is quick and virtually effortless. The continued presence of the Imperial Navy stops the NRA (National Revolutionary Army) from occupying coastal Korean islands. Meanwhile the Japanese launch an amphibious invasion of the island of Hainan, blockading it's ports and blocking any attempt to resupply. Hainan is occupied easily. Three days later, The Koumintang send a peace treaty to the government of Japan. The treaty largely consists of 3 conditions:

1} Japan will recognise China's authority over and annexation of Manchukuo.

2} Japan will withdraw from Korea

3} Japan will transfer control of Taiwan to China.

The Japanese, having lost no ground in Taiwan, refused to cede Taiwan, but ratified a revised treaty consisting of the first two points.

Chinese workers went to work repairing damaged infrastructure in Manchuria, and in Korea they installed a puppet government led by the autocratic Syng-Man Rhee.

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