Kwantung Army And Zhang Zuolin

The Kwantung Army was founded in1919, since then, it is often self-centered in dealingwith Zhang Zuolin, the Head of the Manchurian warlord, gradually showing thecharacteristics of Arbitrary.On the first Eastern Conference, Japan was determined to carry out Northeast policy tosupport Zhang Zuolin, making him to keep the northeast stead; of course the support islimited within a certain range. However, Kwantung Army made a "positive" policy instead of"steady" policy later. On the attitude to the Zhili-fengtian War, the views of the KwantungArmy is different from the Japanese government; In the event of Guo Songling anti-FengtianWar, the Kwantung Army assertively set troops to help Zhang Zuolin, regardless of theGovernment’s and the military headquarter’s policy. As a result, Guo Songling was defeated.Zhang Zuolin held a policy of boycotting Japan’s interests of plunder in the Northeast,which is reflected in the refusal and the Kwantung Army reached a secret, self-built railway,opposing Japan to set up the the Linjiang city Consulate and other aspects. Zhang Zuolin’sboycott measures made Japanese aggression stalled. The Kwantung Army didn’t reach thepurpose of further interests in the northeast through Zhang Zuolin. Since then, Zhang Zuolinfell into disfavor with the Kwantung Army.On the second Eastern Conference, Japan decided to increase aggression and expansionin the Northeast of China, hoping to expand the benefits. The Kwantung Army think that theyshould take a tougher means, forcing Zhang Zuolin "backward" or even "repealing", Duringthe second Northern Expedition, the Kwantung Army proposed to take this opportunity tosend troops to relieve Zhang Zuolin’s army, however, the proposal does not get the consent ofthe government and the military. Because their decisions are very conservative, so theKwantung Army was very dissatisfied. The Kwantung Army manufactured Huanggutunevents assertively in which Zhang Zuolin was killed, making the whole world shoked.