We are approached to join a plot to kindap Chiang
Marshall Zhang Xueliang, who had been fighting Communist troops before the CCP was forced into the Long March, approaches us about a plot to kidnap Chiang-Kei Shek, an attempt to unite the China's to fight against Japan, who had excecuted Zhang's father before the Mukden Incident.
The Nationalists Sue for Peace
Communist China issues the Shaanxi Government a statement stating that a state of war now existed between the two countries.
Mao was determined to unite all of the Chinese peoples under one flag, and only two days after peace was declared Communist China was in a new war.
Attacks are launched across the front
On March 30th, Shaanxi made a peace offer, proposing much of the country for a halt to Communist aggresion. The offer is firmly rejected and further attacks are launched.
Shaanxi Sues for Peace
Communist Forces push further into Shaanxi
War continues in Northern fighting, while a new one starts in the south. Shaanxi, Guanxi Clique and Yunnan declare war on Nationalist China. Any prospect of a united front seemed unlikely, however imminent events changed this greatly.
