China was/on the verge of civil war. It's difficult to organize an army that hasn't evolved for that era's type of warfare.
Yeh I think that's the closest answer so far. I know shit about the subject, but posed the same question here a while back. Someone replied about China, at the time being disorganized, fractionalized, and not having the huge focused, efficient army (you'd think they'd have) to repel the very efficient, ruthless Japanese.
Just read some of the stories on Nanking, to realize what the Japanese were capable of as far as ruthless, sociopathic barbarism. I don't know if they were on drugs, or so brainwashed/conditioned regarding duty and love of country.
I mean winning is one thing but bayonetting a pregnant women, ripping her unborn child out of her womb and discarding it ..
What kind of human could do that. Is that really necessary. Just paints a picture of the mindset of these Japanese soldiers.
Just read some of the stories on Nanking, to realize what the Japanese were capable of as far as ruthless, sociopathic barbarism. I don't know if they were on drugs, or so brainwashed/conditioned regarding duty and love of country.
I mean winning is one thing but bayonetting a pregnant women, ripping her unborn child out of her womb and discarding it ..
What kind of human could do that. Is that really necessary. Just paints a picture of the mindset of these Japanese soldiers.
/threadModern military vs rice farmers with WWI-era rifles
Do you even history, bro?
The Belgians in Congo > any other colonizing violence ever
Because after 1856 Japan set out on a nationwide modernization project to emulate the super powers of the world at that time, and transform their country from the 16th century to the 19th century technology wise whereas China never did. So by the time 1930 rolled around Japan had a much more modernized military whereas China still had an outdated one allowing the Japanese to steam roll the Chinese.
Here is a picture of Chinese soldiers in ww2 armed with swords:
lol china believes eating every exotic animal on earth will give you boners elephant tusks,rhino horns,shark fins they are making species extinct in search of a boner.Japanese know how to fight and are smart, China believes in acupuncture, cupping, and that eating tiger penis will make your dick better
china sounds stupid AF even Mexico had a shit load of guns and canons by 1900.Because after 1856 Japan set out on a nationwide modernization project to emulate the super powers of the world at that time, and transform their country from the 16th century to the 19th century technology wise whereas China never did. So by the time 1930 rolled around Japan had a much more modernized military whereas China still had an outdated one allowing the Japanese to steam roll the Chinese.
Here is a picture of Chinese soldiers in ww2 armed with swords:
And Tom Cruise.Because the Japanese had bushido.
Man thats fucked up sending soldiers out to a gun battle with swords
And Tom Cruise.
China has about 100x the population to Japan but somehow Japan was conquering China, how?