Action 3: Chinese Empire Joins ACTO - MIlitary Mobilization Begins
Declaration of War and Imperial Speech:
The Federal Chinese People’s Empire has formally joined the Armed Congress Treaty Organization and has declared it will be joining the Great War. This action was approved by the people via direct democratic referendum and unanimously agreed upon in the Worker's National Cabinet. The decision to do so was based on historic grievances and recent developments including: The Decades of Humiliation caused by the British Empire, the threat sent by the former Persian Empire, now the Holy Muslim Empire, Italian declaration of war and threat posed to Japan, and offered membership by other members of A.C.T.O.
During an Imperial National Address, the ceremonial Chinese Emperor Xianfeng delivered a speech to the Chinese people:
>“China has stood for four-thousand years, faced a multitude of hardship, triumph, and tribulation. Our people stood strong and our culture endured. We have revitalized the nation back to glory through perseverance, determination, and unity. Now we stand again in the face of threats and encirclement. The British Empire’s imperialism stands to our South. The Holy Muslim Empire betrayers to our West, and tyrannical Holy Russian Empire to our North. To survive, we must join and adapt. We have faced many foes throughout the millennia. We have modernized, democratized, and solidified since our founding. So now, I call to all; our homeland settlers, and brothers from Sinkiang and Tibet, to Irkutsk and Guangdong. We are united not just under the banner of China, but our shared history and solidarity across cultures. We are all humans, all workers, and to protect our homeland we must join the fight to help our cousins across the world. War is never pretty, it is violent, savage, and regrettable. We have never sought it outside of necessity, but the current cost of staying in isolation is greater than the cost of fighting back against those who seek to partition our people once more. We have modernized and strengthened for this moment, now it is time the people show them what we’re made of. The Dragon wakes, and in the threat of tyranny it shows its fangs. Wǒmen de wénhuà wànsuì! Wǒmen de mínzhǔ wànsuì! Wǒmen de tuánjié wànsuì! Zhōngguó wànsuì! (Long live our cultures. Long live our democracy. Long live our unity. Long live China!)”
Action 3:
In tandem with joining A.C.T.O., the Federal Chinese People’s Empire commences emergency mobilization to defend their borders and strike on tyranny.
The Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau are reinforced somewhat to deter invaders more than the deadly terrain already does. Meanwhile bunkers and dug-in defensive lines are planned across the sparsely populated Siberian front and only around weak points, but to be continuous across the Central Asian front. The Chinese Coast is also fortified around major industrial hubs, population centers, and settlements. Artillery, bunkers, and watchtowers are issued across the coast.
Border settlements and populations are told to be on high alert and packed in case of invasion from any hostile powers. Not to be alarmed, but wary and keeping firearms close. Meanwhile police and local militias are reinforced, and populations are encouraged to take up arms, and set to cautious alert for those along the coast or near hostile borders.
The army is called nationally, though keeping enough in reserves just in case relocation is needed, and sent to garrison fortifications and prepared along the Southeast Asian front.
Utilizing tactics used in the Taiping Rebellion, adapted for a modernized foe, coordinated army, and modern day tactics, the Chinese First Liberation Division (made up of armored cavalry and trained shock troops) aims to push quickly into British-occupied Southeast Asia and destabilize British Forces. Conventional army troops are sent in after to solidify occupation and clean up remaining forces, allowing a stable front with lightning-fast spearheads.
If the push succeeds, the Chinese military will invoke and remain to the Rendao Doctrine (has existed prior, just forgot to name it); mandating that Chinese forces shall not harm, plunder, or harass civilian populations or their property unless those civilians rise en masse as an armed militia or similar consistency to engage Chinese troops directly. Garrison forces placed in major and mediocre population centers will maintain public order without harsh policing or collective punishment, treating local civilians with the same civil rights and respect afforded to Chinese citizens. Isolated acts of sabotage or individual resistance do not justify retaliation against the wider population, and all responses must remain proportionate to the threat encountered.