Fengtian Government

Flag of the Fengtian Government

The **Fengtian Government,** is one of the two governments within the aftermath of the collapse of the Qing Dynasty located in China. The Fengtian government is officially a Federal Semi-Presidential Republic however elections have been temporarily discontinued until the unification of China. The Fengtian government had a massive role in the recent warlord era in China being the faction to mainly capitulate the Qing Government along with the Guangzhou Government to the south. The Fengtian Government is the second strongest asian nation just behind Japan but above the Guangzhou government. The Fengtian government officially recognizes itself as the heir to the old government founded in the aftermath of the Xinhai revolution in 1912 however the legitimacy of this government was only established in 1946. The Fengtian Government did not play much of a role in the Second Weltkrieg given the situation in China at the time was far too unstable to warrant a unification. The Fengtian government while aligned with Japan has not joined the Greater East Asian Co Prosperity Sphere, this was due to fears that the nation would become a puppet to the Japanese empire. But now with far more territory secured this would likely become impossible.

## History

In 1936 the Fengtian clique was in a precarious situation as the only faction within China who did not accept the dominance of the Qing government. But this would change with the dissolution of the League of Eight Provinces witch would start such a large scale conflict that China would tear itself apart. While the Nanjing Clique would win the war the Fengtian Clique was dealing with issues at home as Japan continued to try and puppet the nation. This led to the Fengtian slowly beginning to pull away from Japan a process that would continue into 1938. Tensions would continue to rise but it was clear that alone the Fengtian and Guangzhou alone could not defeat the combined forces of the Qing government and the Nanjing clique. But then an idea would pop up within Zhang's head of making a deal to attack the Qing simultaneously. This was rapidly agreed and the time set for this attack was April of 1939. When the date of the attack rolled around the Fifth Zhili-Fengtian war would begin. But also in the south began the Zhili-Guangzhou war witch would divide the Qing and Nanjing forces in such a way that they could not hope to fight both at the same time. But the fight was still long and arduous as little progress had been made by 1943 despite Japanese aid. The Fengtian began to worry that victory may be impossible. However in 1944 a breakthrough would occur in witch Peking would fall to Fengtian forces and Puyi would be forced to flee to another capital. But in the aftermath of this battle Zhang would die from a sudden illness and his son was given authority during the war. With 1945 rolling around the largest string of battles would occur with most of the North China Plain falling to the Fengtian as the modernized army of the Fengtian would dominate the battlefeild. Puyi would end up fleeing into Ma and later would make his way into Russia where he is now a Emperor in Exile. In 1946 the last bits of the Nanjing clique would fall to the forces of the Fengtian. However unlike what was expected the two governments did not attack eachother yet as the Guangzhou government had to deal with Sichuan and the Fengtian with the Guominjun. The Guominjun-Fengtian war would last only a year with an easy victory for the Fengtian. In 1948 China braces itself as two titans clash. The Fengtian clique is supported by the Entente and G.E.A.C.P.S, while the Guangzhou government is supported by Germany due to its opposition to the Japanese. This war is expected to be the first Proxy War to break out in the emerging Kalterkrieg.

## Military

The Fengtian army is the strongest and most modernized army in current day China. The Army is well provisioned and professionally trained. The Fengtian are well known for their usage of Artillery witch is rare in China given the devastation done to the industrial output of China. However the Fengtian have a very weak navy given that much of the nations attention has been towards land warfare instead of Naval Warfare. This gives the Fengtian and Guangzhou a disadvantage should a war spark with Japan. The Fengtian while not the only Chinese faction to hold an air force it definitely holds the largest. All in all the Fengtian will have the advantage in Manpower and Military advantage should a war begin but this must be done quickly or the advantage will switch towards the Guangzhou.