What if~Mao Tse Tung never conquered China? (Part 2: 1st Phase of the War)

Mao Tse-Tung is one of the complex figures not just in Chinese history, but the history of the world, and when he won the Chinese Civil War in 1950, he would inherit a nation that was tired by war, and he promised peace and prosperity, but only at the expense of 60 Million Chinese people's deaths.

This is a special second scenario of "What if~Mao Tse-Tung never conquered China?" If you haven't read my previous wiki page, click here to get caught up.

Now, when I made my first wiki page about an alternate reality where China was run by Chiang Kai-Shek and his nationalist party. I kinda forgot that there was 2 phases of the Chinese Civil War, one that began in 1927, and the second one which re-started after Japan's defeat in World War 2.

This page will cover the first phase of the war, where the Nationalists were able to defeat the Communists before they can escape and regroup.

## Nationalists win (1st phase)

By the 1930s, the Nationalists have the Communists cornered in the Chinese Province of Jianxi, they build "Blockhouses" to trap the Communists. But instead of what happened in our reality where the Nationalists didn't simply hold back and wait, they went on the offensive in 1934, and defeated the Communists in Jianxi.

With this defeat, the Communists surrendered to the Nationalists, Mao Tse-Tung is then captured, and executed. Thus, no "Long March" for the Communists and the Chinese Civil War comes to an end.

Just like in my first scenario, China doesn't become that "Perfect land of sunshine and rainbows", in fact there's a possibility that the Chinese Civil War might not end with the defeat of Mao Tse-Tung and the Communists.

That's because even by the 1930s, the Nationalists didn't have total control of China (despite that Chiang had a good number of warlords pledging their allegiance to the Nationalists), there were other Chinese Warlords (Cliques) who were either sympathetic to the Communists or refuse to recognize the Nationalists as a legitimate power in China.

To put this in perspective, you know that the United States before its own Civil War, Americans would identify themselves with their State rather than their Nation, and that is because to Americans in the 19th century, this was seen as more important. That is what happened in China in the 1930s in our reality, but with the Communists defeated in this alternate reality, other warlords could fight against the Nationalists. Whether or not this could actually happen is unclear.

### Japan Invades

No matter what the situation is in China, Japan would still invade. The only difference is that the Imperial Japanese Army would have to contend with only one major Chinese faction.

What you have to remember from my past wiki pages covering either Japan or the Chinese Civil War is that the Nationalist Army in China had a lot of weaknesses such as lack of logistics, little manpower, and poor leadership skills, and these are all weaknesses that the Japanese were able to exploit when fighting against the Nationalists in our reality, in this alternate reality, the Japanese Army might have an easier time in China, maybe even taking more land from China.

To make matters worse for the Chinese Nationalists, they would be fighting against the Japanese alone, at least for the next 3 to 4 years until the Allies come in and help them. In the meantime, however, the Chinese Nationalists can see themselves pushed back into the desolate west (in Xinjiang and Tibet) where the Japanese would capture more Chinese cities and have better access to supplies.

Even with the Allies helping the Nationalists, they would be hesitant as their attention is elsewhere and other things. When the United States declared war after the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, they decided to go after Nazi Germany first because it was a bigger threat then Japan as it can still KO the Brits and make an invasion on Nazi Occupied Europe impossible. Even in this alternate reality, the Allies would still make it priority to go after Germany first, so Allied aid to China will be slow and coming, no matter how desperate the Nationalists are, and despite that in our reality, the Nationalists had Allied aid during the war as they would use American weapons and equipment in some sporadic battles with the Japanese in places such as Myanmar and Thailand.

So, with this delay in Allied aid in China in this alternate reality, the Japanese could actually defeat the Nationalists and take over the whole of China. But for the sake of this scenario, let's say with Allied aid, the Nationalists were able to fend off China long enough for the Americans to come in and deliver the final blow (actually \*2\* final bows), you know where this is going. The reason I say this is because even with help from the Allies, the Chinese Nationalists couldn't outright defeat the Japanese, they neither had the manpower nor did they have the resources to do so.

Woah, wait a minute. What about the aftermath you ask? Well, \*if\* (and that is a huge \*if\*) the Chinese Nationalists were to able to continue after the devastation of World War 2, the Chinese Civil War could continue, but it would have a much lesser chance since all of the warlords would either be executed or surrendered to the Japanese. Perhaps the Soviets that invaded Manchuria would give these warlords another chance at defeating the Nationalists. But this is such a messy scenario already, let's just leave it at that.

No matter what happens immediately after the Japanese defeat in World War 2, and with the Japanese taking more Chinese cities in this alternate reality, the Nationalists would come back to a devastated nation, cities destroyed and millions dead at the hands of the Japanese, leaving throbbing scars that will take decades to heal (if they heal at all). Unlike in my other scenario, the timetable for China's recovery will be longer, at most to the 1980s and 90s, it's also might be possible that China may still be in several funks (e.g., political, economical, social, and cultural).

Now, all of the stuff about the Nationalists like, say, "Censoring the Press", and "Brutally putting down political opposition" might still happen as the Nationalists were only in a few ways different from Mao's Commies. Only that the Nationalists won't leave millions to die of starvation and other inhumane policies.

That'll do it for this page.What do you think would happen if the Nationalists won the 1st Chinese Civil War? Don't forget to check out my Games and Movies too. Until Next time, this is JohnnyOTGS signing out.