In the twenties when Zhang Zuolin came to power, he dominated most of the Northeast, and he was in power, which once made Northeast China a "country within a country". At its peak, Fengjun, which he was in charge of, expanded its territory to seven provinces and two regions. Namely Zhili, Shandong, Heilongjiang, feng tian, Jilin, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. In addition, there are two administrative regions, namely, the geothermal river special administrative region and the Jingzhao area (Beijing area).
since it can control so many areas, it must have a lot of troops. So, how many troops does Zhang Zuolin have in Fengjun?
Zhang Zuolin is like
1 Zhang Zuolin is also the envoy of Mongolia, controlling the three regions of Hotan, Chacha and Suiyuan, and is responsible for the collection of Mongolia. Later, in order to expand the troops, Fengtian added the eighth, ninth and tenth mixed brigades at that time, and the right-wing patrol was reorganized into the eleventh mixed brigade. In addition, Jilin Province also added the fifth and seventh mixed brigades at that time, and Heilongjiang added the third and fourth mixed brigades. The Northeast Army has 2 divisions, in addition to its own navy and air force.
It is worth mentioning that at that time, the naval, land and air forces and equipment in Northeast China ranked first in the country. But it also brings a very important problem, that is, the military expansion has seriously affected the economic stability and finally triggered an economic crisis. But this is another story.
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All of the above are the organizational structure of the army. If we specifically attribute it to the number of soldiers, there were about 35, soldiers at that time. However, this is only the own troops, and if you add some small warlords who have taken refuge, their total strength is no less than 5 thousand. Therefore, in general, the reason why Northeast China has always been controlled by Fengjun is because of its large number of troops. Of course, if we say that we only rely on a large number of people to get back stability, then such "peace" will not last long, and Zhang Zuolin's rule will not last long.
In fact, strictly speaking, the reason why Zhang Zuolin's Fengjun has so many troops is mainly because it has controlled and developed the economy in Northeast China. During his administration in Northeast China, he actively developed education, built railways and developed Huludao, which laid a good foundation for the construction of Northeast China.
The military capability of Northeast China under the rule of Zhang Zuolin
But for the Fengzhi warlords, the economic situation in Northeast China is the most worrying thing. After Zhang Zuolin took office, he made a series of economic policies and financial planning by adjusting the personnel structure, which laid a relatively rich talent base for the economic recovery war in Northeast China. When Zhang Zuolin ruled the Northeast, it can be said that the Northeast national industry developed greatly. Zhang Zuolin ordered the closure of loss-making government-run enterprises to promote the development of private enterprises.
However, with the continuous growth of private enterprises, the amount of wasteland reclaimed slowly increased. Immediately, Zhang Zuolin recovered the mining right of the mine and handed it over to the official management, while those enterprises with poor management directly monopolized it to the private sector. In this way, it not only increased the fiscal revenue, but also mobilized the enthusiasm of private enterprises. Therefore, we can see that by the end of the 192s, Northeast China had not only paid off its original foreign debt of 4 million yuan, but also had a surplus of more than 1 million yuan.
Zhang Zuolin's Northeast-Old Photos
It was Zhang Zuolin's efforts that made him have enough money to recruit more soldiers, buy more advanced weapons, set up his own arsenal and so on. Of course, it is precisely because of their own strength that the Japanese have never dared to covet the power in Northeast China during Zhang Zuolin's rule in Northeast China.
Of course, there are some drawbacks in what Zhang Zuolin has done, so we won't go into details here.