It would not, unfortunately, be the last of the Japanese, as the army would now look for it's own victories abroad. And it would find them in the west...
Where the steppe meets civilization, a battle is soon to begin.
So uh, quick reminder that Japan is allied with the Qing and is going to be heading in this direction very soon. I'm not sure if they'll be here to attack Russia or us or even both, but we need to prepare for a war happening very soon either with us or between our enemies that we can of course try to take advantage of.
It's been said in the past that taking the War option doesn't necessarily mean declaring one immediately, though that is also an option. I do want to ask what the preparations would involve though?
Other than that...
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Is definitely a high priority to secure control of the province, its industry and the remaining half of the army.
I am heavily torn on the rest of the options available. Our current food security is only Average, which will undoubtedly suffer in the case of a war and mobilization. The two obvious ways to address this would be a second round of economic focus on agriculture and tackling the opium trade. Conscription might also have a means of indirectly addressing that issue, but is not a sure bet.
Espionage would be a good thing to take to better inform us of potential wars and helps to centralize all the KMT agitators that we've sent to the Xiu and our new warlord allies. It would likely also help directly in a war in and of itself.
Other than food, addressing the economy again could instead be directed towards industry and regardless would be able to influence what exactly German investments are directed towards. This is a somewhat longer term concern though, as is education despite the incredible importance of both.
