Just in case you get heat for that 'made in China' remark, Chinese-made weapons of the era were wildly inconsistent in quality. Some factories made good weapons, such as the Chiang Kai-Shek Rifle, which was a localized knock-off of the German Mauser M1924. Then you had abominations like the Hanyang 88. The Hanyang 88 was a Chinese version of the Gewehr 88. This beauty had an interesting aspect. There were many instances where the very first time the weapon was fired it would literally fall apart in the soldier's hands. If it survived that first round, it was likely a dependable weapon, but due to the extremes of the situation on China, rarely were these weapons tested at the factory and instead were shipped directly to the field. The entire Second Sino-Japanese War is a fascinating subject, with so many factions and elements in play that it staggers credulity. The KMT, prior to WWII, had at various times the following nations supplying them with either arms or military advisers: the USA, the USSR, Great Britain, France, and Germany. German general Hans von Seeckt was even responsible for the strategies that ultimately broke the Jiangxi Soviet and forced the Chinese communists onto the Long March. The elite troops of the KMT were those of what was called the New Army - soldiers trained by Germans and equipped with German-pattern equipment. Their discipline and behaviour was so odd to many Chinese that hey were convinced these men were foreign mercenaries. Sadly the New Army was squandered by Chiang Kai-Shek early in the Second Sino-Japanese War by throwing them piece-meal at the invaders. There is a very heroic stand by 800 of these New Army soldiers during the battle for Shanghai that is regarded almost in the same way as the Alamo is by Americans. Anyway, hope to see more in this fascinating series. Don't feel too bad about the long firefights: the Arisaka round was notoriously underpowered and many Chinese veterans claim that if a wound didn't kill you outright by hitting something vital, it was little more annoying than a bee sting. One thing that would improve the historical aspect of battles in China, however, would be less tanks and more armored cars. Armored cars were used extensively by both sides while the Japanese were almost the only ones with tanks in any great number prior to General Stilwell bringing M4 Shermans to the KMT after the US entered the war - prior to that the Chinese were following the French model of employing armour as an infantry support weapon rather than in independent companies or brigades. I don't have my source material at hand, but I believe the M4s Stilwell handed over were enough to form a division. At any rate, it was the biggest infusion the KMT had ever received of armour from any source.

Deplix had a bad day

Where did you come from? How'd you get to this flank? Where did you come from? Mysterious tank.

holy shit command and conquer generals music at the beginning.

YES I REQUESTED THIS MONTHS AGO AND ITS FINALLY OUT! THANK YOU SO MUCH DIPLEX!

Hey Diplex, really would like to compliment you on your most recent series, very well done and thought out. The more alternate history the better. Thanks man.

Your rage though 😂😂

I enjoyed the mini rage at the beginning, keep up the good work man

Amazing from the commentary to the battle! Had me laughing the whole time!

Keep the videos coming. Really enjoy them.

I love this keep up the amazing work

I don't wanna sound autistic but some of the japanese tanks you used were Type 98 Ke-Ni. those were rather late war tanks (not used before 1943). It doesn't bothered me at all and is no insult, I really liked your video as always I also got a suggestion for an "asian" battle: do the japanese-soviet border conflict of 1939

Pretty good video, so to speak! Probably one of my favorites so far.

Nice cinematic intro Diplex I'm impressed it's like one of the RTS games like command and conquer generals, Company of Heroes & etc. Keep up the good work bruh.

hi ur one of the best youtubers i have seen keep up the good work

Great video again, you are amazing at these videos and well educated for your videos. Keep it up

Awesome video! I am one of the "old guys" you were talking about, but I enjoy the 'what-if' scenarios you create so won't say a word. As for the Japanese/Chinese religion comment...brave. Just say you were being sarcastic, works for me every time. Keep up the hard work - much appreciated.

The one time Diplex gives me a sneak preview of his new map, I miss the upload by 4 hours. Damn me.

I like these cinematic intros. They are really cool to see

21:02 flying artillery in the top of the screen

Loooooool hilarious start to the battle :p

I like to see you use trains more I love to see what more you can do with them

Idea for a battle, theres a movie called The Thin Red Line, about Guadalcanal, and the battles for the hills there. Just something id like to see you recreate if you have the time. Thanks and keep up the good work.

I spent years playing Command and Conquer: Generals, one of my all-time favorite games. Who knows how many hours I've sunk into it. The second that intro song started up, it brought me right back to it.

I love how you used the c&c generals music in the beginning

I wish i knew how to do such scenarios myself or copy them and replay/rewatch them on my own to see how much work diplex puts into this videos. I imagine its a shit ton of work.

im 40, my uncle is 61, we both watch your videos and both of us have a huge sum of random and solid information of modern warfare beginning in the spanish american war. what gets us is the lack of some common variants of tanks that are not out in the mods, also the fact that anyone jumping out of a vehicle with a pistol will pick up a rifle or sub gun asap. always upgrade the combat arm when able.

The scream at 5:02 xD

Epic video! :D

Really appreciated for doing a sino-japanese war scenario....

DO GERMAN INVASION OF DC

That gun moment to God dam funny xD

I love you Diplex solely because you never remember the name of anything. BUT you do remember exactly what it does!

Beautiful Intro!

For your next miniseries, do the Six Day War.

I feel Diplex is slowly going mad. MOW AS2: not even once

Please do an operation sea-lion series where it ends with the defence of the Houses of Parliament!

Chinese Army advancing when looking at the invading Japanese Army. Oh Diplex.

Make a Umbra battle or theed battle please. I love your clone wars videos so please make more.

That was one hell of an anime battle i tell you that !

Can you do the battle of Midtskogen?

good idea with the c and c generals music

Diplex sorry ya had a bad day,anyways always love your videos and inspirems me as I in the futer want to start a small youtube channel and to let you know you've inspired me I havea battle for you aswell: Do the Germans invade the coast of Britain in 1942!

Pls do a rundown of the defense before the battle starts.

I liked the upside down backwards MG!

That C&C music in the beginning :o

I wish you could do a video or a miniseries on the Little War aka the Slovak-Hungarian War.

I think you should do a battle like the one in The Taking of Tiger Mountain

Was the intro music from generals command and conquer?

nice c&c music in the intro

I love that Command & Conquer: Generals music.

more cossacks 3 man love your vids

Hey, I just finished writing a research paper on the Second Sino-Japanese War two days ago!

Chill Diplex, chilll bro 😂

I want them to announce a Men of war Assault squad 3 so we can hear Diplex screaming with excitement from the other side of the world.

can u do a ussr vs Japan for Chinese land ( or any asian land )

You know what'd be cool? A video on the Japanese attack on Hong Kong. Happened on the same day as Pearl Harbour.

You should do something on the Boxer Rebellion of 1894 in China

Shoutout to that burning T-26 that completely dunked that Type-98 at 9:56

I love your videos, but with the camera you should slow down and move in more

Do you think you could do the battle of for Manila or I don't remember the name but when general MacArthur promise to return to the Philippines

Masterpiece

We WANT bloopers at the end.

nice intro you have there

Haha nice one dude, i love you said "this one is made in Switzerland the another one was made in China "

C&C Generals music? I like.

You need to do the Battle of Shanghai, it's very famous in China and the Chinese soldiers you used were the ones that are famous for fighting in Shanghai.

Erm, Diplex Japanese and Chinese don't worship the same gods, most Japanese are Shinto and most Chinese Confusion or Taoist. The only religion that is major in both nations is Buddhism.

I don't know if you will see this, but. You should do a continuation of the second American civil war. Being an American myself I found it profoundly interesting in the same sense as the show "Amerikans". In a twist of the universe the way of life as we know it now, could have been 180° different. It's interesting to see basically what are educated guesses as to how that alternative universe could have been.

Where did the 3 tank come from? It´s magic i ain´t gonna explain shit

Do a muggle invasion of Hogwarts

Welll you got the wanting to unite China part right, but the KMT but more specifically Chiang Kai Shek did, but a bit too much and pretty much ignored the Japanese invasion and concentrated on killing all communists. He only agreed to fight the Japanese after he was kidnapped by his generals and forced to agree to forming the second united front and face the Japanese invasion

do the battle of shanghai (aka stalingrad of asia)! Japanese amphibious assault on Shanghai. it’ll be amazing!

I like your videos, my only negative would be i wish you would get down and focus on the battle and show the action, you pull the camera back to far

Hey Diplex can you make the battle of Surabaya??? SEA never make it to your channel

Building the Chinese empire. (I'm making a reference to the intro, which is from Command and Conquer: Generals and the Zero Hour expansion, the latter being really fun with the ROTR mod that adds in European and Russian forces.)

I was imagining the new machine gun doing the exact same thing lol

can U do vids showing japanese prototype tanks like type4&5 heavy tanks? tank destroyers & artillery tanks "self-propelled" also in battle thx

3:19 huh sounds like that insane German tank commander returned for a sec

Well you can replace all those dp28 on tripod anyway and those t26 tank too

Aye Diplex ya know how ya said that machine gun must’ve been made in China? Well...China is using them. 😂🇺🇸

you should consider to make mission for this game

Deplix are you ok i have never heard you swear before

WE STAND TOGETHER!

Could you make an attack of the japanes during the world war 2 where they were obligated to attack without munitions because they were out of supplies

Is that C&C Generals music?

Do a Japanese invasion of Nanjing or Shanghai. I love the city battles

Do the 1911 Uprising set in China!

I suggest doing the Warsaw uprising.

Best intro xD

Men of war have wild machine... game spirit

Hey mate can you do Japan vs Philipines? You know the gurrilas (idk whats the spelling)

I'd love to see more stuff with China

nice video

the artillery sound is seek and accurate as fuck!

The mod link in the description is a bit off, isnt it?

On my death bed, when asked what my greatest accomplishment is, I will say proudly that I, in 2017, made an off-hand joke about the colors of some video game character models on KZfaq, and to this day, my words resonates with that KZfaqr.

2:58 transformers more than meets the eye

Finally Diplex you draw ur attention to East Asia front

Drinking game: everytime diplex says "so to speak" take a shot