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National Army. He is, we may assume, a powerful enemy of
ours.
He has made it known that his troops number 300,000
which is however not true. Probably they number between
張 宗 昌
200,000 and 250,000. Next there is Chang Chung Chang
山東
of Shangtung who declared that he had 200,000 troops,
but in reality he has only 150,000. But they are not
very well armed, having only 80,000 rifles, and 50,000 spears, the total number of weapons they have thus being 130,000. Therefore the fighting strength of
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the two Changs him of Mukden and him of Shantung is
芳 400,000. Next we came to the strength of Sun Chuen Fong.
江蘇
淅江
In Kiangsu and Chekiang he has 30,000 and another 30,000
安徽
劉慣題
陳調
兀
in Anwei under the command of Lau Po Tai, Chan Tiu Yuen,
带
陳
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謝文炳
閻錫
Chan Sau Cheuk and Tse Man Ping. Then there is fm Sik Shan
山西 in Shansi.
he has a force of 50,000 who are only sufficient
to defend their territory and are unable to wage war
beyond their own province. Moreover some of these
On the whole,
troops have had friendly relations with us.
張作霖
Sun Chuen Fong and Im Sik
Shan have at their dis osal is
the total number of troops Chang Tso-lin, Chang Chung Chang,
from 500,000 to 510,000.
This force, though it is
tremendous, is in a very inconerent condition, and there is no
unity of action among them. Amon the Mukdene se alone, there
are also two factions - the new and the old.
楊
雨 宇
廷
ZE
學 EZ
The leaders of 艮
the faction are Yeung Yu Ting and Chang Hok Leung, and those
張作 相 吳俊陞
of the old are Chang Tso Sheung and Ng Chun Shing.
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Besides the above two factions, there are the Fengtien and
黑龍江
Heilungkiáng factions. This has led to much dissension
among them, and much dispute over power and privileges.
Chang Chung Chang at first belonged to the old faction,
but is now independent and practically a rival to Chang of
Mukden.