Suppose that the Zhili clique had been able to defeat the competing warlord cliques in the early 1920s.
From what I gather the Zhili were significantly more anti-Japanese than their Anhui and Fengtian counterparts.
Does this lead to an earlier 2nd Sino-Japanese War? Are the southern warlords and the KMT going to be peacefully reincorporated into China or will something akin to the Northern Expedition still take place?
From what I gather the Zhili were significantly more anti-Japanese than their Anhui and Fengtian counterparts.
Does this lead to an earlier 2nd Sino-Japanese War? Are the southern warlords and the KMT going to be peacefully reincorporated into China or will something akin to the Northern Expedition still take place?