South China

South China is a Colony of Japan located South of the Fengtian Government, East of Nipponwestland, Southeast of the People's Republic of China and West of Micronesia. It has tons of autonomous native states ruled by the Eight Banners and various Warlords who answer to the Japanese Colonial Administration located in Shanghai.

## History

### Origins

The Colony was founded after South and Southeast China were taken over by Japan and when Japan won the war against the Allies. The remains of the Allies and Warlords tried to fight off the Japanese who then purged their territories and forced everyone of those territories to surrender.

## Government

The Government of South China is a Colonial Government ruled by the Emperor of Japan who has command over the Colony with the Governor-General who rules with a viceroy and Prime Minister. The Prime Minister leads the Imperial Diet which consists of the Bakufu of China (Council of Japanese Colonial Authorities of South China) and the Union of Native Leaders which consist of Native Chinese Warlords.

### Autonomous States

Native Warlords and European Concessions under control and protection from Japan.

* Yunnan clique
* Guizhou warlords
* Old Guangxi clique
* New Guangxi clique
* Guangdong warlords
* Sichuan clique
* Hunan warlords

## Military

### Kwantung Army

The Kwantung Army is the branch of the Japanese Army that is the main army of the South China Colony. The Kwantung Army is the largest and most prestigious command in the Imperial Japanese Army, and many of its personnel are promoted to high positions in the Japanese military and civil government, including Hideki Tōjō and Seishirō Itagaki. The Army employs 713,000 personnel and consists of;

#### **Direct Reporting Units**

* 10th Infantry Division
* 28th Infantry Division
* 29th Infantry Division
* 23rd Tank Regiment
* Botanko Artillery Regiment
* 3rd Signal Regiment
* Kwangtung Air Brigade

#### **3rd Army**

* 9th Infantry Division
* 12th Infantry Division
* 57th Infantry Division
* 1st Tank Brigade
* 7th Artillery Command
* 5th Separate Engineer Regiment
* 9th Separate Engineer Regiment
* 27th Separate Engineer Regiment
* 33rd Truck Brigade
* 49th Truck Brigade
* 66th Truck Brigade
* 67th Truck Brigade

#### **4th Army**

* 1st Infantry Division
* 44th Truck Brigade
* 68th Truck Brigade
* 5th Army
* 11th Infantry Division
* 24th Infantry Division
* 2nd Armored Brigade
* 8th Artillery Brigade
* 7th Separate Engineer Regiment
* 22nd Separate Engineer Regiment
* 23rd Separate Engineer Regiment
* 69th Truck Regiment
* 70th Truck Regiment

#### **6th Army**

* 14th Infantry Division
* 23rd Infantry Division
* 4th Signal Regiment
* 47th Truck Brigade
* 20th Army
* 8th Infantry Division
* 25th Infantry Division
* 5th Artillery Brigade
* 34th Truck Brigade
* 64th Truck Brigade

### Eight Banners

**The Eight Banners:** The Eight Banners are administrative and military divisions that were under the Later Jin and the Qing dynasty of China and now the Empire of Japan as it dominates the regions of South China. At the highest level, the eight banners are categorized according to two groupings. The three "upper" banners (both Yellow Banners and the Plain White Banner) are under the nominal command of Hirohito himself, whereas the five "lower" banners are commanded by the Kwantung Army. The banners were also split into a "left wing" and a "right wing" according to how they would be arrayed in battle. In Shanghai, the left wing occupied the eastern banner neighborhoods and the right wing occupied the western ones.

* **Bordered Yellow Banner:** The Bordered Yellow Banner is one of three "upper" banner armies under the direct command of Hirohito himself, and one of the four "left wing" banners. The Clans of this banner are the Fuca, Niohuru, Tunggiya, Sakda, Nian, Gao, Erdet, Gūwalgiya, Zhangjia, Duola'er, Zhalali, Fan, Wei, Ma, Zhao, Shi, Gorolo and Yanzha Clans.
* **Plain Yellow Banner:** The Plain Yellow Banner is one of the Eight Banners of South China military and society and formerly during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. The Plain Yellow Banner is one of three "upper" banner armies under the direct command of Hirohito himself, and one of the four "right wing" banners. The Clans of this banner are the Hešeri, Geng, Zu, Tian, Nara, Ayan Gioro, Uya, Borjigin, Šumuru, Magiya, Donggo, Yanja, Cheng, Wumit, Zheng, Zhou, Wang, Li and Ejo Clans.
* **Plain White Banner:** The Plain White Banner is one of the Eight Banners of South China military and society and formerly during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. It was one of the three "upper" banners (Plain Yellow Banner, Bordered Yellow Banner, and Plain White Banner) directly controlled by the emperor, as opposed to the other five "lower" banners. The *Hoise Niru* was a military unit associated with the Plain White Banner and the Clans of this banner are Donggo, Feimo, Hitara, Gūwalgiya, Tohoro, Su, Cao, Hu'erlate, Yehe Nara, Tubot, Gobulo, Ilari, Zhu, Chen, Bai, Yuan, Wang and Namdulu Clans.
* **Plain Red Banner:** The Plain Red Banner is one of the Eight Banners of South China military and society and formerly during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. The Clans of this banner are the Fuca, Gūwalgiya, Niohuru, Hešeri, Donggo, Wuqigeli, Ning, Li and Zheng Clans.
* **Bordered White Banner:** The Bordered White Banner is one of the Eight Banners of South China military and society and formerly during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. The Clans of this banner are the Gūwalgiya, Liugiya, Janggiya, Mu'ercai and Tunggiya Clans.
* **Bordered Red Banner:** The Bordered Red Banner is one of the Eight Banners of South China military and society and formerly during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. The Clans of this banner are the Barin, Cuigiya, Tatara, Wanyan, Namdulu and Zhou Clans.
* **Plain Blue Banner:** The Plain Blue Banner is one of the Eight Banners of South China military and society and formerly during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. The Clans of this banner are the Arute Hala, Janggiya, Giorca, Yehe Nara, Zhao, Liugiya and Li Clans.
* **Bordered Blue Banner:** The Bordered Blue Banner is one of the Eight Banners of South China military and society and formerly during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. The Clans of this banner are the Irgen Gioro, Sirin Gioro, Šušu Gioro, Hešeri, Nara, Gogiya, Keliyete, Shang and Giorca Clans.

### Clique Forces

These are the forces of the Military Cliques loyal to the Empire of Japan and the Colonial Regime in South China itself. These Warlords are under authority of the Eight Banners who then answer to the Kwantung Army and the Emperor himself.

## Foreign Relations

* Colonial Relations with the Empire of Japan.
* Great Relations with the German Empire, Italian Empire, Spanish Empire, Indo-Persian Empire and the United States of America.
* Bad Relations with Kingdom of Britain.