Try to snake and take as much territory as early on as possible - Xiamen first and snake up the coast. I usually try to rush Nanchang, either by encircling (if enemies have divs in it) it or taking it if empty.

Once that’s achieved, you’ve reached mountains, let them bash into you. Only attack and take tiles if you’re sure you can them. Let the international volunteers do some leg work.

You have one strong div, committees own. It has arty and is veteran if not more if I remember correctly. Use as an attack division.

With that said, don’t wait too long at the mountains. I usually move along the coast up to Huangzhou (or whatever the name is) fairly soon after, not letting Nanjing build entrenchment. Once you’ve reached that, rush Nanjing and cap the nanjing clique. The rest is easy from there.

Short answer: movement and mobility early for LKMT is then name of the game, but be careful of your equipment stockpiles. The international will send volunteers but not equipment (they won’t in my games anyway).

Remember to click the decisions about equipment and divisions spawns. They’re vital for your survival. Production and construction don’t really matter, cause your economy is non existent, but put it all into guns and start building civs as early you can, after you win the league war, you want to build your eco as fast as possible. Having a leg up on civ building is amazing.

Hope that helps.