Great Asian War

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Great Asian War
Part of The Cold War
Great Asian War Superevent (High Legitimacy)
Abilities	Equipment, Advisors
Date	September 3, 1965 - 1966 (First Phase), 1966 - Late 1960s (Second Phase)
Place	Southern China (First Phase), East Asia (Second Phase)
Result	See outcomes below
Belligerents
First Phase (Western Insurrection): Chinese League - Republic of China - Guangxi Province (potentially) - Jinshaan Administrative Office (potentially) - NRA 24th Army (potentially) Second Phase (Co-Prosperity Sphere Intervention) Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere - Japan - North China Political Council - Manchuria - Mengjiang - Guangdong - Northwestern Area Army - Vietnam - Laos - Kampuchea - Thailand - Burma - The Philippines (potentially) - Military Governorate of Shonan-to/Sultanate of Johor/Federation of Malaysia/Democratic Republic of Malaya (potentially) - North Borneo Military Administration - Indonesia (potentially) - Free India - Autonomous Province of Bhutan National Liberation Front - National Protection Army - NRA 24th Army (potentially) - Guangxi Province (potentially) - Jinshaan Administrative Office (potentially) - NRA 40th Army Group (potentially) - Xinjiang Border Defense Administration (potentially)
Leaders
First Phase: Gao Zongwu Zhou Fohai Second Phase: Ikeda Masanosuke/Takagi Sōkichi/Kaya Okinori Wang Yintai Aisin Gioro Puyi Dugursulong Tsuji Masanobu Morita Akio/Matsushita Masaharu/Ibuka Masaru/Komai Kenichirō Long Yun Song Xilian Li Mi Zhang Chong Sun Li Jen
Outcomes
Phase 1: Yunnan is turned into a puppet state of the Republic of China, before it is reintegrated in the early 1970s Phase 2: China is balkanised into various weakened puppet states, preventing another uprising to repeat itself. Manchuria, Mengjiang, Guangdong and all other Chinese warlords are absorbed into a re-established Republic of China, with democratic elections transferred to a civilian government and the Kuomintang returning to its original form as the ruling party (High Legitimacy) Manchuria, Mengjiang, Guangdong and all formerly Japanese-aligned Chinese warlords are absorbed into the National Protection Army, turning into an authoritarian military dictatorship ruled by the NPA Military Council (Low Legitimacy) Empire of Japan is dethroned as a participant in the Cold War, due to their losses in the Chinese continent.

The Great Asian War is a conflict that erupts between the Co-Prosperity Sphere and the National Liberation Front sometime after the Fall of Nanjing to the National Protection Army, though some may argue that the Great Asian War started in the beginning of the Western Insurrection between the Republic of China and NPA.

While governor of Xinan, Lu Han was away from his office on vacation, his cousin and former governor of Yunnan, Long Yun launched a coup against him and gathered the men needed to do so, taking control of the province and leading the NPA. The rapid military buildup to liberate China from what Long Yun saw as Japanese puppets caused significant concern to the Republican government in Nanjing, who sent the NPA an ultimatum, demanding that the province stand down or there will be war.

Ultimately, this ultimatum would be rejected, kickstarting the Western Insurrection. Due to the extreme manpower inequality between the two belligerents, an AI-controlled NPA would usually capitulate within a few months, with neither side garnering enough support to gain any allies. However, a player controlling either the Republic or NPA could change that, either forcing a quicker victory if playing Nanjing, or prompting a Co-Prosperity Sphere Intervention if playing Long Yun and pushing all the way into Nanjing, capitulating the republic.

In the end, the consequences of victory from either side can vary in scale, but with this high-intensity extreme drawn out conflict leading to casualties never seen since the likes of the Second World War, the landscape of the Chinese political situation, the borders of East Asia, the superpower status of the Japanese Empire and ultimately the geopolitical landscape of the world itself in the midst of the Cold War can all be turned on its head.

Lore

The National Protection Army had already been planning for a Western Insurrection. However, they had no actual leader to rally around. Now with Long Yun accepting the role of the leader of the NPA, they could begin the plannings.

Long Yun's NPA began to garner the extensive support from the rebels of the NRA and the CCP, and he would be supported by Jiang Zemin, a radical communist, and remnants of the KMT that lingered in the Burma Road, led by Sun-Li Jen and Li Mi.

Led by the motivation of reuniting China against the Japanese imperialists, Long Yun will lead this ragtag team to recover China, in the 2nd Northern Expedition.

Mechanic

As part of the Mechanic for the Great Asian War, Legitimacy and Morale is important for either side to push, bringing in allies from the various Chinese warlords during both phases during the conflict.

Additionally, managing the liberated lands for the NPA is essential to recruit, recover Production Units, and increase morale and legitimacy.

Trivia

Should the NPA continue all the way to Korea, and reject Japanese offers of capitulation, nuclear missiles will be launched, leading to Thermonuclear War and World War 3