Has anyone succeded in this? This means telling Stalin to sod off (or getting China to agree to an Alliance after getting Zhang as a leader and then apologising), destroying the communists and going for the New Fengtian Clique path. I doubt there is enough time to get Japan on your side for the war (AFAIK its blocked by needing to control more of China anyway). I've tried this several times but never succeded. Has anyone had any luck?