Turns out workers and peasants are more willing to support and shelter you when you don't plunder their belongings and conscript them into warlord armies.
Yeah, the civil war afterwards also had numbers that made it look like a sure thing victory for the KMT. Something like 10x the amount of soldiers, artillery and air support from the US etc. yet they lost swift and hard. Turns out that support from the people makes a pretty big difference.
Turns out workers and peasants are more willing to support and shelter you when you don't plunder their belongings and conscript them into warlord armies.
Yeah, the civil war afterwards also had numbers that made it look like a sure thing victory for the KMT. Something like 10x the amount of soldiers, artillery and air support from the US etc. yet they lost swift and hard. Turns out that support from the people makes a pretty big difference.