Zhang Zuolin doesn't die, can he keep the Northeast?
The first possibility: if Coach Zhang does not die and succeeds in returning to Mukden, he will continue to deal with little Japan and stall for time. At most, the parties will not interfere with each other. As in past decades, the two armed forces continue to coexist in the Northeast.
The second possibility is that the Japanese lose patience and find a reason to turn their faces with handsomeness. But Coach Zhang is not easy to provoke, at least he will not go without firing a shot, give up the entire Northeast, and just want to run for his life. The Northeast is his hometown, his country, and his life's career and foundation. He will fight a fierce battle, and even the two sides can fight for ten or eight years. Even if Little Japan is undefeated, he will not have the energy to invade the Central Plains. Swallow most of China.
As soon as Shuai died, the situation changed a lot! He threw the family business he had run for half his life to the 28-year-old eldest son.
918 The Japanese shelled Beidaying, and the eldest prince did not fire a single shot, and led more than 200,000 Northeast troops to resist. Dashuai has been operating the basic business for many years. At that time, China's most advanced industrial enterprises were producing the largest arsenal of guns and shells in China. Thousands of artillery pieces and more than 400 aircraft fell intact into Little Japan. These guns soon became the capital to occupy the whole of China. We should know that after the Russo-Japanese War, little Japan was not rich in China. Japan** is not very supportive of the plans of a few militarists for external expansion, and has been arguing and hesitating.
You must know that the Kwantung Army stationed in Northeast China was only to protect the South Manchurian Railway, and it did not represent the Japanese army, and it did not agree with Japan on the issue of invading Northeast China and further occupying all of China. Later, the Kwantung Army cut first and then played, and insisted on creating the 918 incident. Things didn't go unexpectedly smoothly, and many cities were captured almost without a single shot. When the news reached Japan, there was immediate rejoicing! The first attack tasted the sweetness, and it was found that the central ** valve had divided a plate of scattered sand, and the local troops only cared about their own immediate interests and had no combat effectiveness! This greatly stimulates the appetite of the Japanese. The plan to embezzle the whole of China was immediately passed, and it became the top priority of the whole country to go all out!
Therefore, if Little Japan invades China, the harm will be much smaller, at least there will not be so many traitors who will come out to help Little Japan fight. The scale of the war will not be too large, at most in the Northeast. The entire Northeast Army was enough to drag the forces of small Japan and would hardly affect Kannai.
Of course, there is a third possibility: taking a step back, Zhang Dashuai, like his eldest son, thinks only about retaining his own power and territory, and not fighting the Japanese. It is difficult to say that when the Japanese army that invaded China attacked the checkpoint, it is difficult to say that he would shrink his head and turtle, and even interfere with little Japan. The whole of China will also be occupied by Little Japan!
There is a fourth possibility: if Zhang Zuolin does not die, or will die in a few years.
It is very likely that without Yi Qi, Little Japan will force him to become Pu Yi and listen to the layout of Japan since childhood, after all, Zhang Xueliang does not have his father's tough temper and means, and it is also very likely that he will slowly become a puppet. The Japanese will gradually expand the interests of the Tohoku region! Conquer the Northeast, then conquer Kannai, support some puppets**, serve the interests of Little Japan, kill people with slow knives, boil frogs in warm water.