Second Cross-Strait War

Second Cross-Strait War
Part of the Kayatman Theater of the Hanaki War
Date 10 January 1928 - 27 October 1931 (3 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) Location Jin Daobac Result Daoan Victory TBD TBD
Belligerents
Daobac	Jin
Commanders and leaders
TBD	Ma Hongbin
Strength
- TBD	- TBD
Casualties and losses
Daoan Casualties TBD+ Killed TBD+ Wounded TBD+ Died of wounds Total: TBD casualties	Jin Casualties TBD+ Killed TBD+ Wounded TBD+ Died of wounds Total: TBD casualties
Est TBD - TBD civilians killed on both sides Est TBD+ civilians displaced.

The Second Cross-Strait War, also known as the Second Daoan-Jin War, was a war fought between the Daoans and the Jin that began on 10 January 1928 until it finally ended on 27 October 1931, twenty nine years after the First Cross-Strait War. Modern day historians consider the conflict to be another theater of the Hanaki War, an ocean spanning-wide war that involved most if not all nations in the Ozerosis ocean, Ochran & Malaio continents. Prior to the start of the war, the Jin had carefully crafted a public facade of a liberal, democratic and much less hawkish state compared to their predecessors. The republican Jin government established cordial relations and signed a non-aggression pact with the Daoans to demonstrate their goodwill and commitment to a peaceful state of affairs in the Malaioan continent. Privately however, the Jin government plotted to gain their revenge against the Daoans. With careful planning and preparation, on the early morning hour of 10 January 1928, the Jin initiated a large scale chemical attack against military and civilian targets on the northern coasts of Dammay island. The attacks either incapacitated or forced the Daoans to flee, allowing the Jin to land capture large swathes of territory. A simultaneous amphibious invasion of Bautroi island was attempted but was ultimately repelled. Dammay island would continue to be occupied until it was liberated on 193X.

Background

Aftermath First Cross-Strait War

Despite the intense pacifist sentiment by the ruling government of the Huang dynasty (1674–1902) after the First Cross-Strait War, irredentist and revanchist nationalism emerged amongst the general populace and the military during the period. These sentiments were especially marked by the younger military officers of the Newly Created Army (Jin: 新建陸軍; pinyin: Xīnjiàn lùjūn) of the Huang dynasty, many of whom were forced into early retirement because of the disarmament stipulation imposed by the Treaty of Haobinh. The treaty imposed harsh monetary reparations and requirements for the demilitarisation of the Huang dynasty's southern coast. The victorious Daobac and Tsurushimese governments also limited the size and capability of the country's armed forces, which led to a significant loss of prestige and divinity for the Emperor of the Huang dynasty, reinforcing the 18th-century diplomatic characterisation of Da Huang as the "sick man of Ochran".

Da Huang

See also: Da Huang

Resentment against the monarchy has been brewing since the early onset of the war. The intense rivalry between the Nanyang Fleet (led by the Empress Dowager) and the Newly Created Army (led by Grand Marshal Han Huilin) has made many younger officers to be disillusioned with the imperial prestige and divinity of the Jin Emperor and the Huang dynasty. On the streets of Basingse, esoteric preachers spread the word of the return of the seven centuries of humiliation, claiming that the Emperor had lost heaven's favour and that the Mandate of Heaven was lost. Fearing that these unsanctioned preachers would stir the masses into unrest, the Yuanguang Emperor ordered the Eastern Depot to imprison anyone who would or is suspected of engaging in the anti-Huang movement. This measure, however, only served to fuel the anti-Huang sentiment; several factions, including underground anti-Huang groups, revolutionaries in exile, reformers who wanted to save the monarchy by modernising it, and activists across the country debated how or whether to overthrow the Huang dynasty.

Exacerbating the situation, in the immediate aftermath of the war, Empress Dowager Chaoxing was assassinated by elements of the Newly Created Army, who believed that the Empress Dowager was responsible for the retreat of key marine personnel that led to the disastrous defeat of the army in the Battle of Xi'Hai. Known as the Chuxiu incident, the assassination would lead government officials and the sanctioned Eastern Depot to use increasingly violent means of suppression against unauthorised gatherings and alleged secret societies. The flash point came on 10 February 1900 with the Wucheng Uprising, an armed rebellion among partisans and members of the Wubei Army that fought the garrisons of local officials when they launched a campaign of religious persecution against the Golden Mother Society. Similar revolts then broke out spontaneously around the country, and revolutionaries in all provinces renounced the Huang dynasty and the Emperor.

Daobac

See also: Daobac

Tsurushima

See also: Tsurushima