Research On The Blossom And Downfall Of The Navy Of Northeastern Troops

After seriously defeated in the first ZhiFeng war, the Manchurian warlord started to put theirmilitary force straight to prepare for wars. They decided to establish their own navy in order to enhancetheir strength. In August, 1922, pushed together by Beijing government, JihHei fleet and Manchurianwarlord, Zhang Zuo-lin founded Northeastern fleet by incorporating the JiHei fleet that had been asubordinate of Beijing government, which set the first step of establishing the Northeastern navy. Afterthat, Manchurian warlord continuously strengthened their navy by increasing investment forconstructions. Not only had they purchased a certain amount of warships, but also founded their ownnavy school and established Northeastern navy fleet. In the spring of 1926, the Northeast navalcommand centre was reorganized as the Northeast naval headquarter, which officiallysignified the birth of the navy of Northeastern troops. As the Feng troops won the secondZhiFeng war, BoHai fleet was incorporated by the navy of Northeastern troops. From that moment on,the navy of Northeast troops had stepped into an era when they had never been more powerful. Therole the navy of Northeastern troops was playing when they were scrambling for theterritory for Manchurian warlord had become fairly important ever since their strength hadbeen largely boomed. For instance, between 1927 and 1928, the navy of Northeasterntroops had marched down to the south to attack the Long River fleet for several times andachieved the thalassocracy for Manchurian warlord. Anyway, it was still a shame that byfocusing on the internal conflicts too much, the Manchurian warlord failed to make along-term plan for the development of their navy, which directly lead to the stagnancy ofthe navy of Northeastern troops. After the Northeastern troops turned themselves in to the centralgovernment in 1927, despite still keeping their name as a strong military force, the navy of Northeasternhad in fact become a weak link, especially after the "ZhongDongLu" incident and "9.18" event.In July, 1933, having officially reorganizes by GuoMing party the third fleet the navy ofNortheastern army had withered away. The navy of Northeastern troops was a modern navywith a perfect mechanism, which includes river defense, sea defense, sea aviation, MarineCorps, military education and different kinds of logistic supports. Growing out of nothing, ithad once redeemed themselves as the most formidable Chinese navy. Its existence not only providedimportant military support for Zhang Zuo-lin and Zhang Xue-liang to rule northeast, but also madecertain positive effects on the diplomatic wars. However, as a military tool, the navy of Northeasterntroops could never get rid of the limitation of their age. Hence, it is their destiny to fall. Anyway, thenavy of Northeastern troops was still a shining page that could never be erased from history of Chinesenavy.