Whats to tell? It was a shit time for common people until the underdog kingdom united everyone through conquest, diplomacy and brutality.

Also the major sino philosophical traditions began here.

>>905782
like romance of the three kingdoms except with japs and commies

>>905782
The situation was so shitty that hundreds of philosophers tried to explain it all

>>905807
>what is Warring States period
>what is Warlord Era

>>905816

Ah whoops let me correct

>Whats to tell? It was a shit time for common people until the underdog commune united everyone through conquest, diplomacy and brutality.
>Then it got really bad

Who /YenHsi-Shan/ here?

>>905782
Which starting position would you take to conquer China? The KMT seems to have a really good position desu.

>>905857
I'd personally take (fragmented), anon. Lots of potential there.

>>905857

The KMT had an actual ideology that could rally the country around. So.... I would say them as well.

Its too bad they were so incompetent.

>>905857
Kiiominchin or Chang Tso-lin. China was first united from the west, and conquered twice from the north.

>>905866
Well I really mean geographical starting position. Chan Tso-lin is the worst because theyre right next to Japanese Korean Peninsula.

I suppose the KMT position is near Taiwan, which is a Japanese colony, so yeah, something in the inner south west would be ideal.

Very interesting time. Warring states period but with World War I era infantry and armor. Lots of foreigners involved as mercenaries. Also general Dogmeat.
>General Dogmeat named after his favourite gambling game
>also called General Three Don't Knows because he didn't know how many soldiers in his army/concubines in his palace/gold in his treasury
>took his old mother with him everywhere and asked her for advise
>harem of all nationalities
>employed a ton of Russians mercenaries and nurses
>promised to return victorious or in a coffin
>lost
>came back sitting in a coffin smoking cigar
>fled to Japan later
>'accidentally' shot emperor Puyi's cousin
>Japanese court sentenced him to three weeks prison or 20 dollar fine
>chose prison

Magnificent bastard

>>905882
And I forgot:
>no metal to make medals/insignia for his soldiers
>cut 'em out of cardboard and wrapped them in the shiny foil used in cigarette packages

>>905878
Theoretically you could foster a pro-Japanese faction in the Chan Tso-lin, and receive support from glorious Nippon.

>>905882
>Time dubbed him China's "basest warlord"
based

>>905782
China wrecking itself to get a new dynasty: 20th century edition.

It's funny how things change, China went from being the jewel of Asia to a colonized shithole to an Africa-tier warzone and now it's a great power in the span of pretty much 200 years.

Is there any other nation on Earth that experiences such consistent inconsistency?