Letting the Chinese occupy the coast will enable them to ferry troops over at much lower risk and simply build up superiority in men and materiel all of which they can expend at much greater rate than Taiwan. Losing the coast already means you lost and are now dependent on foreign intervention/will to fight to have a shot at success, it also puts you in a position of having to go out, attack and liberate the country in some form or another.
Hence you have to;
1. Prevent a landing from happening, preferably by deterrence or ultimately by sinking the enemy fleet or rendering it unable to conduct large scale naval operations near your coasts
or
2. Prevent the landings from succeeding if unable to do 1.
How you're going to do that is easy to answer but hard to implement and fund.
Theres a handful of spots capable of supporting a beachhead for invasion logistics and all are in range of the artillery taiwan keeps in the mountains.
https://i.imgur.com/PWfizPR.jpg
But look at this map. China can't actually land in that many places, plus you have a frickton of mountains to establish serious defense.
All those beaches are presighted by artillery, littered with pillboxes and within rapid mobilisation range of the taiwanese army. An army that has done literally nothing but prepare for a chink invasion. In a way I hope Xi goes full schizo and invades because the levels of delusional cope from internet bugmen would be off the charts.
Keep doing what they are already doing >Shitload of missiles >make the fight happen in the Taiwan straight not on the island
Then a modern professional army that is decentralized enough to survive the initial decapitation strikes and mobile enough to act as a firebrigade to mop up any changs who make it ashore.
I would keep a 1 year conscription program so that as tensions escalate I can shit out a volksturm. But I would change the conscription program to be less about making soldiers and more about teaching civilians combat skills and organizing them into reserve units.
AShMs are the core. I'd focus on the landing ships, assuming they're trying to land and not just starve us into submission, which seems to have been considered as a strategy by the PLAN at this point. The fewer guys they can actually get to the beach, the better our chances are.
I wouldn't really have any plans for the air force, as my expectation would be it'd be rendered a non-threat within 48 hours due to attrition.
As much as possible, I'd try and contest landings. If they make it onto the island, I think it's over. Hold the armor in reserve to counterattack any footholds, use artillery to blast anything unfortunate enough to make itself a viable target.
Beg, plead, and cajole anyone from the US to Japan to Russia to fricking Mongolia or India to intervene. Anything that can distract the Chinks or make them question whether continuing the fight is worth it will ultimately be what saves us.
>be Chang, onna landing ship >today is grorious day, the day we finally bring the rebellious province of Taiwan back into the fold >expected the American's lapdogs to have at least put up a fight, but so far our approach has gone unchallenged >perhaps our brothers have learned the error of their ways >in the distance, spot a container ship >didn't our screens chase those guys off already? >suddenly, nearby landing ship explodes >several more vessels erupt in rapid succession >a swarm of sleek, unnaturally small aircraft zip past >the smell of chicken-fried rice is overpowering >can here panicked talking in the bridge of our ship >the swarm is coming back for another pass >see the missile come loose from the drone's wing >close my eyes and think of Ganyu
>Liquidate the air-force, since it is a resource hog that will be rendered combat ineffective within 12-24 hrs of a full conflict with the PRC >Start a massive bunker/fortification building program all across the island, putting Albania to shame >Place all of the able bodied population of fighting age in permanent reserve, with mandated training and refresher courses every 6-12 months >Reorient the army around the concept of highly mobile, highly autonomous and self contained units >Liquidate any equipment that has a high logistical footprint such as armor and aviation >Bring missile and drone-recon specialists down to the squad level
My thought process here is that if China attacks Taiwan, it will be doing so with a massive over-match in regards to things such as aircraft. Thus any scenario involving a Chinese attack has to assume they will have full air and sea control. Downstream of this then, we can also assume that headquarters units and logistical hubs will quickly be destroyed by a combination of PRC air assets and the rocket force on the mainland. Meaning that any units required to actually repel the invasion proper will need to be able to do so with a minimum of logistical overhead and command oversight.
Since the goal of Taiwan would only to be holding out for as long as it take for the US to surge forces to its aid. I think the best move here would be to organize as much of the population as possible into pre-arranged, local, semi-autonomous battalions of infantry. Rather then being mobile units, these battalions would stay in their local area during the invasion and make use of pre-positioned supplies to hold out as long as possible. These infantry units would be extremely missile heavy, with the aim of limiting the safe movement of PRC aircraft and slowing down the advance of PRC armor. The goal being to force PRC infantry into fighting in areas where the Taiwanese have the biggest advantage; Fortified strong points and urban areas.
My greatest weapon is a hotline to Uncle Sam
But look at this map. China can't actually land in that many places, plus you have a frickton of mountains to establish serious defense.
Letting the Chinese occupy the coast will enable them to ferry troops over at much lower risk and simply build up superiority in men and materiel all of which they can expend at much greater rate than Taiwan. Losing the coast already means you lost and are now dependent on foreign intervention/will to fight to have a shot at success, it also puts you in a position of having to go out, attack and liberate the country in some form or another.
Hence you have to;
1. Prevent a landing from happening, preferably by deterrence or ultimately by sinking the enemy fleet or rendering it unable to conduct large scale naval operations near your coasts
or
2. Prevent the landings from succeeding if unable to do 1.
How you're going to do that is easy to answer but hard to implement and fund.
Lots and lots of anti-ship missiles on mobile launchers.
Theres a handful of spots capable of supporting a beachhead for invasion logistics and all are in range of the artillery taiwan keeps in the mountains.
All those beaches are presighted by artillery, littered with pillboxes and within rapid mobilisation range of the taiwanese army. An army that has done literally nothing but prepare for a chink invasion. In a way I hope Xi goes full schizo and invades because the levels of delusional cope from internet bugmen would be off the charts.
Landmines, naval mines, lots of planted bombs.
>"Zogmerica won't stab Taiwan in the back"
post egg fried rice
zoomers would unironically volunteer to die en masse for their iphones.
>Oops US government is closed due to budgetary issues, we'll be back soon, thank you
>mints $10 trillion platinum coin
heh nothing personal, pooh
Nukes.
Nukes. Just build fricking Nukes and China will leave you alone forever.
China pissing their pants after seeing what happened to Russia. Also, stop posting this shit Chang. Winnie doesn't have the balls and you know it.
invest navally into submarines. the plan is to keep them from the beaches and attack subs are the most lethal when it comes to engaging naval targets
TONS of landmines. Lots and lots of landmines. Layers of landmines. Make the Surovikin Line look like a child's playset.
Keep doing what they are already doing
>Shitload of missiles
>make the fight happen in the Taiwan straight not on the island
Then a modern professional army that is decentralized enough to survive the initial decapitation strikes and mobile enough to act as a firebrigade to mop up any changs who make it ashore.
I would keep a 1 year conscription program so that as tensions escalate I can shit out a volksturm. But I would change the conscription program to be less about making soldiers and more about teaching civilians combat skills and organizing them into reserve units.
Nukes and ballisric missiles.
AShMs are the core. I'd focus on the landing ships, assuming they're trying to land and not just starve us into submission, which seems to have been considered as a strategy by the PLAN at this point. The fewer guys they can actually get to the beach, the better our chances are.
I wouldn't really have any plans for the air force, as my expectation would be it'd be rendered a non-threat within 48 hours due to attrition.
As much as possible, I'd try and contest landings. If they make it onto the island, I think it's over. Hold the armor in reserve to counterattack any footholds, use artillery to blast anything unfortunate enough to make itself a viable target.
Beg, plead, and cajole anyone from the US to Japan to Russia to fricking Mongolia or India to intervene. Anything that can distract the Chinks or make them question whether continuing the fight is worth it will ultimately be what saves us.
Establish contingencies based on the teachings and principles of the learned elders of Belkan.
>be Chang, onna landing ship
>today is grorious day, the day we finally bring the rebellious province of Taiwan back into the fold
>expected the American's lapdogs to have at least put up a fight, but so far our approach has gone unchallenged
>perhaps our brothers have learned the error of their ways
>in the distance, spot a container ship
>didn't our screens chase those guys off already?
>suddenly, nearby landing ship explodes
>several more vessels erupt in rapid succession
>a swarm of sleek, unnaturally small aircraft zip past
>the smell of chicken-fried rice is overpowering
>can here panicked talking in the bridge of our ship
>the swarm is coming back for another pass
>see the missile come loose from the drone's wing
>close my eyes and think of Ganyu
Build nuke. If North Korea can do it then so can Taiwan.
>defensive strategy
I start with a surprise attack on Shenzhen and let the tempo take it from there. Technically it's all Republic of China, frick you.
>Liquidate the air-force, since it is a resource hog that will be rendered combat ineffective within 12-24 hrs of a full conflict with the PRC
>Start a massive bunker/fortification building program all across the island, putting Albania to shame
>Place all of the able bodied population of fighting age in permanent reserve, with mandated training and refresher courses every 6-12 months
>Reorient the army around the concept of highly mobile, highly autonomous and self contained units
>Liquidate any equipment that has a high logistical footprint such as armor and aviation
>Bring missile and drone-recon specialists down to the squad level
My thought process here is that if China attacks Taiwan, it will be doing so with a massive over-match in regards to things such as aircraft. Thus any scenario involving a Chinese attack has to assume they will have full air and sea control. Downstream of this then, we can also assume that headquarters units and logistical hubs will quickly be destroyed by a combination of PRC air assets and the rocket force on the mainland. Meaning that any units required to actually repel the invasion proper will need to be able to do so with a minimum of logistical overhead and command oversight.
Since the goal of Taiwan would only to be holding out for as long as it take for the US to surge forces to its aid. I think the best move here would be to organize as much of the population as possible into pre-arranged, local, semi-autonomous battalions of infantry. Rather then being mobile units, these battalions would stay in their local area during the invasion and make use of pre-positioned supplies to hold out as long as possible. These infantry units would be extremely missile heavy, with the aim of limiting the safe movement of PRC aircraft and slowing down the advance of PRC armor. The goal being to force PRC infantry into fighting in areas where the Taiwanese have the biggest advantage; Fortified strong points and urban areas.