Let's just say that somehow, China manages to hold it together better during the Warlord Era and the Nationalists manage to get a better grip on the country as a whole. As a result, the bean counters and other analytic types in the Japanese military determines that Japan is unable to sustainably pursue a war with China.
Since the Japanese are not known for being entirely level headed, they might just invade anyway. Or they agree with the bean counters and determine that invading China is bad mojo and shouldn't happen.
What happens if that's the case?
Since the Japanese are not known for being entirely level headed, they might just invade anyway. Or they agree with the bean counters and determine that invading China is bad mojo and shouldn't happen.
What happens if that's the case?