1. Domestic weapons
After the arms embargo was imposed on China, an official document was sent to relevant departments stating that because the country was in a period of warlord chaos, they planned to impose an arms import and export embargo on China. The signatories were the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, the United States, Russia, Brazil, France and Japan. . Participants in Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium agreed to participate in the embargo, but they had to wait until they returned home to talk to the bosses before confirming. This embargo lasted ten years from 1919 to 1929.
Germany did not sign this agreement at the time because Germany lost the First World War and the Versailles Contract prohibited Germany from participating in any arms sales.
Let’s talk about the purpose of signing this agreement. In fact, everyone wanted to eat into this huge weapons market at that time. However, the biggest problem is that during the First World War, everyone had no time, especially since the beginning of Qingqing. The country has always liked German weapons, but during the war, the Germans themselves were in a mess, so they had no time to care. The Japanese next door were happy, after all, they did not participate much in the First World War. Moreover, things and shipping costs were cheap, so in the two years from 1918 to 1919, Japan's arms imports accounted for nearly 98%.
So people in Europe are unhappy. The arms embargo is under the guise of limiting warlord chaos. It first tears up Japan's trade list. When the European side has almost mastered themselves, we can start to seize the market together. Of course Japan is not willing~
But there is no way, the fathers of all the powerful powers have made it clear to you.
Of course, it is not obvious that smuggling is possible, but the cost of smuggling is very high, because the smuggling price is also high, and the West always likes to smuggle garbage from World War I or even the end of the 19th century to us. This also stimulates domestic manufacturers. If they can make their own products, why should they always be taken advantage of? Therefore, the embargo caused the domestic military industry to begin to grow. The West, which has been going back and forth, feels that this is not okay~ Now that our own military industry has developed, we are still selling P, and everyone is smuggling, so we might as well turn a blind eye. So this agreement only started to be sold out after it expired in 1929.
2. Soldier training
Warlords have a very large demand for the number of soldiers in the army, which leads to the fact that they do not pay attention to the quality of soldiers when recruiting soldiers.
The officers recruited soldiers casually, without asking about their qualifications or origins. They also recruited a large number of bandits, gangsters, and stragglers. They did not pay much attention to their physical fitness. Many soldiers were heavy smokers. , I will be out of breath even if I run a few steps.
According to the soldier's description at the time, "Those of us soldiers who can run a mile are the best in the army!"
Secondly, officers do not have strict requirements for soldiers. There is a lack of disciplinary training in the army. Even if there is a gendarmerie, it is an act of prestige. Some officers even blame some soldiers for making mistakes as long as they are not caught or leave clues. Much appreciated.
In addition, the lives of officers are also very decadent. For example, generals take their pay to gamble at the gambling table, and they misappropriate soldiers' allowances to visit brothels, etc. This leads soldiers to follow suit.
Since soldiers are driven by profit to serve as soldiers, their employment nature is very strong, and they will not work for the warlord at all. They will surrender after considering their own interests. For example, during the Second Zhili-Fengtian Battle, the number of Zhili surrenderers was only about 80,000, and the number of casualties was far less than the number of surrenders.
During the warlord period, many people chose to join the army because it was a way out for many poor people.
Because in this chaotic era, the status of soldiers is relatively high. Otherwise, why are they called "military masters"? Many people have made a fortune by following this path. Secondly, from an economic perspective, soldiers' income is definitely much more than farming, and there are many opportunities to make a fortune.
Soldiers regard being a soldier as a profession, which will cause them to consider maximizing interests when faced with the choice of surrender, rebellion, or continued allegiance.
There are also many people who serve as soldiers for a short period of time and then desert, and then serve as soldiers again. According to statistics, during the warlord period, many soldiers participated in at least four types of armies, and some tabloids even published news comparing the treatment of different armies.
During the warlord period, many bandits who turned into bandits were originally members of the army, and the warlords liked to recruit bandits for their own use. Some officers even asked their subordinates to become bandits, and they acted as protectors. When they accumulated a certain amount of Afterwards, he was recruited into the army in the name of recruiting people.
Such a characteristic led to the soldiers of warlords often robbing civilian girls and taking them by force.
Of course, other major warlords, such as the Ruo Army, the Northeast Army, and the Jin Army, have relatively high training of soldiers, but their quality is indeed not that good.
