Why didn t Zhang Zuolin fight the Japanese Kwantung Army

Zhang Zuolin's plan was to go south to enter the customs by force and unify the whole country, so he actively built the northeast. His cooperation with the Japanese was only temporary, and he just wanted to borrow the strength of the Japanese. Therefore, Zhang Zuolin refused to further agree to the conditions of the Japanese and betrayed Manchuria.

And at that time, the southern nationals had already set the capital of Nanjing, and the Beiyang warlords fell apart.

In order to establish a new authority in the north and prepare for the unification of the whole country, Zhang Zuolin actively contacted Emperor Pu Yi of the Qing Dynasty a few months before he was killed, preparing to help Pu Yi restore, and he himself was like Cao Cao who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes. However, Zhang Zuolin and Pu Yi's plan was known to the Japanese, and the Japanese sent someone to kill Zhang Zuolin. In the process, the Japanese found out that Pu Yi had a plan to restore, so they hijacked Pu Yi and went to the northeast in the future.

The important reason is that the Beiyang warlords can't provoke the Japanese Kwantung Army, the Kwantung Army is the elite of the Japanese Army, and Zhang Zuolin doesn't have that strength! The point is that he has no anti-Japanese heart!

There is no doubt that with Zhang Zuolin here, there would not have been such an incident as 918, and Japan would not have dared to attack the northeast with such an open fire. Japan is a little afraid of Zhang Zuolin. However, even so, Zhang Zuolin could not stop Japan's covetousness of the three eastern provinces.

Zhang Zuolin could only delay the time for Japan to launch its aggression and make Japan pay a greater price, and it was impossible for him to occupy the northeast without bloodshed. <>

Zhang Zuolin is known as the king of the Northeast, and has been deeply cultivated in the Northeast for decades. Zhang Zuolin was born in the green forest, and he has a bandit nature and domineering. He is well versed in the way of thick blackness, and he plays treacherous and slippery very well.

On the one hand, he relied on the support of the Japanese to plot his own development, and on the other hand, he was able to grasp the excellent balance between advance and retreat in the face of the aggressiveness of the Japanese, and wandered on the edge of making the Japanese want to completely tear their faces and be reluctant to give up his dilemma. Zhang Zuolin figured out the colonial psychology of Japan very clearly at that time. Therefore, he can not only pull the Japanese to help him do a lot of things again and again, but also keep the bottom line and squeeze toothpaste so as not to let Japan get too much cheap.

Under the rule of Zhang Zuolin, the Northeast was regarded as the strongest branch in the Beiyang system at that time, and with the assistance of Yang Yuting and others, the economic and military development of the Northeast was also good, and the grain was self-sufficient. Not only did it save more than 300,000 troops from the Northeast Army, but it also built the largest arsenal in Asia at that time, which could produce some guns and ammunition for its own use, as well as heavy artillery and more than 300 tanks. It has also formed an aviation unit with more than 260 aircraft, and also has its own navy, although compared with the army and air force, the navy is worse, but it is also a sparrow, although it is small, and it has all kinds of organs.

Such a family background is also relatively solid.

Therefore, the Japanese are not only afraid of Zhang Zuolin's personal skills, but also a little afraid of his family background. <>

Of course, we must also recognize the reality, if Japan really completely gives up on Zhang Zuolin and wants to take the Northeast, Zhang Zuolin will not be able to stop it at all. Zhang Zuolin could only create some big troubles for Japan, so that Japan could not play much role with the 10,000 or 20,000 Kwantung Army at that time, and if it wanted to occupy the northeast, Japan had to transfer two more divisions from the mainland to occupy the northeast.

It is a bit too much to say how much deterrent Zhang Zuolin has against Japan, to be precise, it will have a deterrent effect on Japan. It will make Japan have some rat throwers. is not like Zhang Xueliang after taking over the Northeast, the door is open and the Northeast is handed over.

Dare to move. Japan's plan of aggression against China's northeast has long been prepared, but when Zhang Zuolin is not dead, there are very strong troops guarding the northeast, and even if the Japanese want to move, they have no way to start.

That's right, Zhang Zuolin controlled the three eastern provinces at that time, and his power was particularly large, and he had a large number of soldiers.

If Zhang Xueliang is determined to resist, then he will indeed be able to resist the Japanese army in a short time, as long as he can temporarily block it, then other warlords may be able to come over to help and block the Japanese Kwantung Army together.

The ability is there, after all, Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army was ahead of our party in terms of equipment and equipment at that time, but it chose not to resist and preserve its strength because of its own reasons.

In my opinion, in terms of military strength alone, Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army is capable of resisting the Japanese Kwantung Army, because the equipment of the Northeast Army is among the best in the country, and the three eastern provinces are materially rich and fully equipped with the conditions for fighting a war.

The Kwantung Army has only 20,000 people, and the Northeast Army has 400,000 people, which is simply given for nothing, no matter how strong the Kwantung Army is, there are only some people inside, the equipment of the Northeast Army is not bad, there are tanks, artillery and 300 aircraft, and the machine gun fire is a fight with the Japanese, which can completely repel the Kwantung Army or even annihilate it.

I feel perfectly capable of resisting. After all, a strong dragon can't overpower the head snake. Even if the Japanese Kwantung Army was powerful, it could not defeat the Northeast Army, which was born and raised in the Northeast, and the equipment of the Northeast Army at that time was one of the best in the country, and the economy of the Northeast at that time could provide military support for the Northeast Army.

Therefore, the Northeast Army can completely defeat the Kwantung Army, and even eliminate it.

I think that even if Zhang Zuolin had not died at that time, the Japanese army would still have been able to occupy the northeast at that time. It's just that the only difference between Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang in terms of military command is that the Japanese will occupy the northeast very late. Because Zhang Zuolin is a very military planner, he will definitely do everything possible to delay the Japanese army's occupation of Northeast China.

In 1931, Shenyang was occupied by the Japanese army in just one day, and in a short period of time, the Japanese occupied the entire Northeast and began to use the Northeast as a base for the Japanese army. You must know that the main reason why Northeast China was occupied by the Japanese army so quickly at that time was that Zhang Xueliang issued an order not to resist。It is equivalent to saying that before the fight started, they took the initiative to surrender to the Japanese army.

It was because of his order that many people thought he was actually a coward. Today, there are still many people who can't forgive Zhang Xueliang for this behavior. After all, Zhang Xueliang's military leadership ability was far inferior to that of his father Zhang Zuolin, and some people would have imagined that if Zhang Zuolin was still alive in the world at that time, then he would definitely stop the Japanese army's offensive and change the practice of Japanese aggression at that time.

But I personally think that if Zhang Zuolin is still alive in this world, then it will not be able to stop the Japanese offensive plan. You must know that the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army at that time was very weak, and there was no way to compete with the Japanese army at all. At that time, Zhang Zuolin led 100,000 Northeast Army and 30,000 Soviet troops to fight but did not win the war.

From this, we can see the difference in military strength, and it can also be seen that even if Zhang Zuolin led his Northeast army to fight at that time, it would be difficult for Japan to give up the plan to attack the Northeast, but the only smart thing Zhang Zuolin had was that he would know how to weigh it better than Zhang Xueliang, and he would definitely maneuver between Japan and the Soviet Union and let the two contain each other.

Because Zhang Zuolin did not listen to the call of the Japanese, Zhang Zuolin and the interests of the Japanese conflicted.

Because Zhang did not agree to cede the Northeast to the Japanese.