Hypothetical Conflict Plot#1



Well I am going to try a suggestion here that cropped up in Irc
conversation concerning scenario design, the idea being that if someone
could write up some hypothetical conflict plots and see if any designers are
interested. This would be pretty much like what Mark Gellis is doing for
the HC/97, hope he doesn't mind =-). I will post these one at a time, I
know some have to pay for the bandwidth and if what I am doing is not to
your tastes please hit the delete key, I for one don't mess with other
peoples money and these can be quite large.

I will start with the Kurils Islands, since I have the most information
about this area since I myself am doing acouple of scenarios on the idea.

This area would involve a conflict between Japan and Russia.
The Kuril Islands are located off the northern coast of Japan and were
occuppied by the Russians at the tail end of WW2. They have yet to be
returned and their status remains in flux, from my understanding the
Japanese bring this up in almost all negotiations with Russia. The problem
is Japan is spending considerable amount of money into the Islands because
they are suffering from the Russian economical problems, here's a example,
parts of the Islands have been running on generators provided by Japan since
the local power plant suffered a mechanical problem TWO YEARS AGO. Moscow
said they would get the problem fixed, well 2 years later...and still
counting. I am not sure as to the position of the American government
concerning these Islands though as far as I know all areas occuppied by
Russia during and following WW2 have never been recognized as being part of
Russia. Now some of the Island locals are trying to find a way of getting
back to Japan so they can enjoy a better lifestyle.  The Russian constitution
doesn't allow leasing of land to a foreign country but it does allow it to
be leased to a foreign business company go figure. Then you have the die
hard Russians living there saying that 'this is Russia and that is the end
of the story'. As you can see there is quite a mess here...
Now to find something to set it all off...

Earthquake knocks out most of the power stations on the main 2 Islands
just north of Japan, Russia says they will rebuild them but fail to do so.
Given the finical mess in Japan and the region as well this creates a
rather bleak outlook for the Islanders. Several large Japanese companies
however see a chance to regain some lost income by rebuilding the power
stations and setting up a fishery and processing plant, plus redoing the
local airport to ship home the fish. Now given the lack of land in Japan
these Islands represent a growth potential area. Reclaiming of the land from
the sea by Japan isn't going as well as they thought it would, the recent
earthquakes have shown this 'reclaimed' land to be unstable and the vast
majority of damage occurs on this type of land.
The Japanese companies 'leased' large sections of land for dirt-cheap
price and begin building anew, putting many of the locals to work for them
provided them with several major successful PR programs. Talk grew rapidly
of either lobbying for a return to Japan or worse outright independence.
Moscow slowly watched but kept a passive stance since Japan was rebuilding
the damage done. However when a Japanese construction company arrived to
begin building homes on leased land it became too much for even Moscow to
ignore. Moving swiftly the Russian Army descended upon the Islands via
aircraft and told the Japanese nationals they had less then 24 hours to
depart the Islands. Some of the Japanese companies had hedged their future
here and once the Russians moved in their stock plummeted driving the Yen
into the ground.
This amounted to a diplomatic and economic loss of face for Japan who's
PM was elected to improve them...Japan promptly turned to it's military to
end the situation.

End of plot.



Hypothetical Conflict Plot#2
Taiwan Vrs. Japan

The idea creator behind this one is Byron Audler, however please note
that this like the other hypothetical conflict plots is mostly from many
people whom I talk to on a regular basis in IRC. I am just doing the overall
plot because I like writing...hopefully when they come out with a windows
H2 Byron will create a scenario on this :-).

Both countries compete for the same export markets and given the recent
economic woes of the region these even become more important for national
survival plus each have large fishing fleets that must also compete with
each other. Japan occupied Taiwan before WW2 so there's that little bit of
animosity to create even further tensions between the two. Japan uses a
mixture of American and homegrown military products while Taiwan uses
several different countries weapon systems. Both have very capable
militaries because of their close proximity to potential adversaries. China
considers Taiwan a errant/rogue province and wants it's return to their
rule, a fall from grace such as a military clash with Japan and Taiwan
losing while looking like the aggressor to the rest of the world might speed
this up.
Now for the plot...


The two fishing fleets clash off the Macclesfield Bank located east of
the Paracel Island group.  Angry shouts are exchanged as each side complains
the other shouldn't be there, soon one boat cuts in front of another
forcing it to turn for fear of fouling it's props in the net of the first
boat. More curses are exchanged followed by even more aggressive
seamanship. Soon both sides were swapping paint and putting dents into
their hulls. With sunset both sides backed off but the die was cast, a
international incident was created.
During the night naval units from both Japan and Taiwan arrived and
rode shepherd over their flocks, keeping them a safe distance from each other
while they awaited orders from home. Both countries fishing industries
promptly complained to their governments and pulled whatever strings they
had, soon envoys were shuttling back and forth while the militaries kept
the fishing boats a way from each other.
China quickly smelled a chance to put Taiwan into a bad light, without
much forethought they deployed a recently received Kilo SSK into the area.
They slowly worked their way into a close in position to the Japanese naval
unit, a Asagiri destroyer that was slowly trolling along between the two
fishing fleets. There wasn't enough time for a proper warning, the range
was just too narrow for the sonar operators on the destroyer to give nothing
more then a excited message before the two 53-65KEs slammed into the hull.
The double impact was more then the hull could withstand and the keel snapped
in half, within 2 minutes the destroyer was gone beneath the waves only leaving afew lucky
survivors floating on the surface. Before anyone could react 2 more fishing
boats slipped beneath the waves from torpedoes. With that the Chinese
secured the torpedo tubes and as silently as they had arrived, they departed
no one the wiser. Since no other naval units were close all the sonar
evidence went to the bottom with the destroyer.
Almost immediately the Japanese claimed Taiwan sunk the ships,
demanding compensation and a official apology. Taiwan denied the accusation
and stated since they didn't do it they didn't need to provide a apology or
compensation. Attempts by the US and UN to mediate failed as both sides
denied their assistance. Military air units were placed on alert and naval
units pulled to sea.... the spark was floating towards the spilled
gasoline...



Hypothetical Conflict Plot#3
Israel Vrs. USA...

I dug this one up from acouple of threads we have had over the HULL, I
am rehashing it here for a blue on blue type of plot (much like the Taiwan
Vrs Japanese one).  Hopefully an interesting one
at that, Israel has a solid military tradition (be it short it's still
there). The United States of America and Israel have enjoyed close
diplomatic and military relations for a considerable time. A major portion
of Israel's military uses American products, though the trend seems to be
moving towards homegrown versions using lessons learned from the numerous
wars fought against Arab countries.

Plot time....

Recent event's have started to fray the cordial relations between
Israel and the United States, Israel's continued balking and backpedaling
over the peace accords signed with the former PLO has caused some rethinking
on the part of the Americans. The recent SSB built in Germany created a
stir among several Arab countries that the United States had been courting
caused a further strain on relations.

Prior to their first operational deployment of their new SSB the
Israelis put into effect a series of contingency plans to protect their
first real strategic asset. Operational security is one thing the
Israeli's do understand and have worked hard to enforce and protect it.
The United States decides to gain some signature details of this
particular vessel and to be rather in the open about it while adhering to
international laws, information gained from a CIA contact inside the
Israeli MoD results in the location of the patrol being learned. The USN
dispatches a late model OH Perry class frigate to the area for the
operation. Israel itself knows that it's not overly hard to 'get' into
the American Naval Intelligence. Any information that the Americans could
develop on their SSB would be subject to risk and therefore place their SSB
operational security in doubt.
Now Israel has several options, none of which are particularly savory..
1) Attempt to withdraw the sub as quietly as possible. All the while
running the risk of the American's developing a 'signature' of the SSB.
2) Lodge diplomatic protests with the USA, all the while turning a close
eye to the frigate. Move other military assets into the area to 'mask' the
SSB and withdraw it.
3) Stage a accident and just do enough damage to the frigate, enough for a
mission kill. Forcing it to withdraw.
For the purpose of this plot say they choose option #3....

It wouldn't be too hard to do, a strafing run from bow to stern along the
centerline against a OH Perry frigate should destroy almost all the radars
and take down the CIWS. Once done the frigate is basically at your
mercy...if you have any.



Hypothetical Conflict Plot#4

This time it's the Baltic area, shallow water depths, close proximity to
land can and most likely will create a very short and very brutal scenario.
There are several potential hotspots here...ranging from the old NATO Vrs
Warsaw Pact to the ASW operations by the Swedes Vrs Russian SSKs.

This latter one is of rather interesting since it pits the homegrown
products of Sweden up against some of the more modern Russian stuff.

Plot:

Crisis in another Gulf

The Gulf of Bothnia is located between Sweden and Finland...rather long
and somewhat narrow in certain spots (Islands create some bottlenecks).
Also makes a nice place for Sweden to conduct exercises. Two Gotland class
SSKs are conducting a ASW exercise with several corvettes when one blunders
into the path of a Russian crewed Kilo2 there conducting it's own
'exercise', the Gotland manages to make it to the surface but is severely
damaged from the collision. The Kilo's prop shaft is twisted and jams to a
screeching stop tearing apart the gear train and popping the shaft seals
which in turn floods the engine room, slowly and powerless the Kilo2 sinks
to the bottom as the crew drowns. A rescue operation is immediately begun
but they only pull out frozen bodies from the crippled hull.
The collision occurred inside Swedish waters and this coupled with
several crewmembers being critically injured after being thrown off their
feet was just too much for their government to handle as the public outcry
of yet another penetration of terrorital waters by Soviet/Russian
submarines. The Russian Ambassador is asked to depart the country and the
military is placed on a higher level of alert.
The Russians state that perhaps their submarine lost it's way and
accidentally wondered into their exercise area, and also stated that the
Swedish government failed to properly mount a rescue operation for the
Russian crewmembers who all perished. 'Perhaps if they had been faster
maybe some of them could have survived.' was the Russian statement.
This only angered the Swedish government even more.
In order to make certain that no more of these kind of events occur
again the Swedish government announces it will enforce a 'no Russian ships
allowed' ban on the entire Gulf of Bothnia. Their navy puts to sea shortly
after the announcement and begins rounding up all Russian trawlers and
merchant ships.
The Russians respond with a page taken directly from that American's
book, they promptly launched a series Freedom of Navigation Exercises. Their navy also
puts to sea and heads for the Gulf. In short order both side's ships begin
their dance upon the icy waters of the Baltic toward each other.



Hypothetical Conflict Plot#5

Let's go to the Indian Ocean this time, well kinda...

The Island of Timor is currently trying to gain (thru peaceful means) its
independence from Indonesia. The subject is being debated in the Indonesia
parliament at the moment.
Australia wants Timor on it's own so it can be a buffer between Indonesia
and themselves. A number of Australian newspeople (2 reporters and 4 from
crews) were reportedly killed by the Indonesia government on orders.(How
much truth is in this one I don't really know but it really adds to the
firestorm).
Both sides have some interesting weapon platforms but both would wind up
operating over some distance and air support might be a problem.

As the debate continues both Australia and Indonesia began to present
their various sides to Timor. Both will provide economic assistance to the
Islanders and invest heavily into it. The Timor's believe the Australian's
more then they do with Indonesia, so they start leaning that way. Signs
appear overnight proclaiming the only choice was to follow with the
Australians. Several large protests against the Indonesian government are
staged in the Timor capitol. Indonesian troops and naval units are
dispatched out of fear of rioting and the RAN dispatches some frigates to
the area as well.
Tensions heat up as the debate continues and several protests turn into
bloody riots as the Indonesian troops move to quell the rioters. Lives are
starting to be lost. Events are moving against Indonesia.
In the waters around Timor the two sides naval units slowly eyeball
each other but no action is taken. In a surprise move the Indonesian
parliament decides that independence cannot occur. Huge riots back out and
more people die.
The Timor local government sees the way the winds are blowing and
declares itself independent and asks a surprised Australia for assistance in
enforcing their decision. Indonesian troops move rapidly to the capitol but
are met at the outskirts by well-armed locals and rebel troops. A firefight
develops, one that the Indonesian's win and they storm the city.

Australia dispatches their Newport LSTs carrying troops to Timor and
orders the RAN to secure the waters around Timor, the situation is now a
shooting war....



Hypothetical Conflict Plot#6

Japan Vrs. North Korea

okay yeah I know this would be short and rather brutal for North Korea
but there are some interesting possibilities that Japan is currently
exploring as far as it's Self Defense Force goes.
Right now they are looking at the possibility of using their SDF to 'rescue'
Japanese citizens home and abroad, part of this review stems from the
Japanese Embassy takeover in Peru and the way it dragged out for awhile.
The other portion is the North Korean missile test conducted recently that
saw a IRBM pass over the Home Islands. The main premises would be that ALL
diplomatic views be checked BEFORE deploying the SDF, in case a peaceful
solution can be found first. So far almost all the opposition parties are
all for this review, so if it comes about, the policy change will have a
large backing in their Diet. Also note that the SDF could return fire if
fired upon first, now given a hostage situation I don't see them walking in
and trying to take away the bad guys guns, I see them hosing 'em down with
bullets and calling it a day. At least that's what I was trained to do in
the USN.
For the plot...
Japan discovers that North Korea is planning another IRBM test in
secret, they carry out a hurried diplomatic exchange in an effort to get the
North Korean's to not shoot it over the Home Islands (personally I doubt this
will ever work given N.Korea's defiance in the past). Japan is basically
told to mind their own business, now the concept of a IRBM malfunction in
flight and crashing into a Japanese city isn't so unrealistic given how
weapon's can and will malfunction at the worst possible moments. The
government panics and in steps the SDF.
Now given the situation the Japanese have exercised their diplomatic
options to no avail, however the SDF can't fire unless fired upon, well ROEs
can always be changed, especially during crisis such as this one. The
Japanese Prime Minister orders a preemptive strike on the missile base (even
though they know that this will cause serious repercussions thru out the
world given Japan's history of striking without warning), this of course
falls under the Japanese Air Defense Force since time is a premium. The air
force lacks tanker aircraft but a quick visit to the American Embassy
promptly changes this.

Several days prior to the IRBM test the mission is laid on, several
American tanker aircraft depart first and fly into the Sea of Japan, next up
comes the F-15Js for CAP followed by the F-4 Kai Phantoms (The F-2 is rated
in H4 as unable to aerial refuel). The two groups of aircraft merge and conduct
tanker operations. Within a short bit of time Japanese warplanes are inbound to
North Korea in their first real combat strike since World War Two...

There has been some discussions lately concerning the United States Navy
having problems tracking some of the newer Russian attack submarines, to me
it just sounds like a bunch of fund raising by the USN for congressional
ears. However it doesn't sound that far fetched considering all the
intelligence operations the Soviets ran back in the 80s to gain better
sub-making equipment. Not to mention what stunts the Russians are trying
now.


Hypothetical Conflict Plot#7

United States Vrs. Russia

The Russian surface navy is now pretty much a dusty rusted hulk, some
of the newer units are being cared for but overall most are tied to the pier
and shall remain there. The USN has gone from a 600 ship navy to a 300 ship
one, the effects of this are yet to be seen though if major flare ups in
different parts of the world would occur we probably would see some
difficulties. For the Russians the only thing they have left to really
throw at the USN is submarines, the newer ones. Now before you assume that
I am gonna write a plot about a major war please think again and read on.

The plot is called 'Trapped'...

Vladimir was where he shouldn't be, doing what was the norm back in the
'Cold
War', a intelligence gathering mission, nothing more then that. However the
times had changed but with it better equipment came. For the Russians the
end of the 'Cold War' was a defeat of sorts, while their country embraced
democracy and got a icy hug at that, their navy continued to do as it had
always done, sail into harm's way. He had done just that, but alittle bit
too good for his own liking and had landed himself into his current
position, he was inside American water. The Akula2 nuclear attack
submarine he was in charge of was a silent one for his country but not
silent enough, the American's knew he was there. The sound waves of a
active sonar could be heard, and it was getting louder.

The start of the mission was pretty tame, he had moved into a position
off of Bangor Washington, the American Ballistic Submarine base was located
there. His orders were very simple, detect and tail a Ohio class SSBN and
develop signature information on the class for his fellow countrymen to
use. It would make their job of locating a Ohio all the much easier. Only
problem was that the Ohio hadn't come out alone, a Improved LA class attack
submarine was escorting her clear of the coast. While this was expected,
the Americans routinely deployed other naval assets to escort a SSBN clear
of the coast, this ILA's skipper was just alittle too aggressive for his own
good. As soon as the ILA heard the Akula2 she went active in an attempt to
mask the Ohio and draw away the Russians. Vladimir wasn't buying, instead
he ordered his sonar people to hang onto the scent of the Ohio.  While he
ordered gentle course changes that would bring him even closer to the Ohio,
he was instructed to remain inside a 2,000-meter range to the Ohio to give
the sonar people the best possible information. The ILA promptly
accelerated and placed itself between the two while sending active sonar
waves directly at the Akula2. The Ohio meanwhile turned to the northwest
and headed up the coast and into deeper waters.
Vladimir followed along trying to ignore the powerful sound waves
bouncing off of the hull, he next turned to starboard and speeded up to come
alongside the Ohio with the ILA still acting like a attack dog on a short
leash.
Suddenly the Ohio changed course to the northeast and shallow waters,
Vladimir being on the inside had no choice but to turn to the northeast as
well otherwise run the risk of collision. This is where things got out of
control...
A single sonar ping from the SSBN was heard and then the ILA began to
close the range between the Akula and itself. Vladimir decided to hold his
ground and ordered the crewmen to brace for impact. The collision was
jarring and loud, the sound of metal scrapping metal shrieked thru the water
then silence as the two separated, in navy circles it's called a 'brush',
some crewmen were knocked from their feet and the lights flickered for a
moment. Vladimir's heart was racing now as he looked around, he could see
frightened looks on the crew's faces, had he gone too far? Would the
American back down or continue. That's when he got the news from the
conning officer, they were inside American territorial waters at the time of
collision. Vladimir shook that off and studied the plot thinking of a way
to continue his mission, according to sonar the SSBN was continuing
northeast while the ILA slowed allowing the Akula2 to pass them by. He now
had a clear path to the Ohio.
"American attack submarine is flooding torpedo tubes." Came the chilling
news. Vladimir tried to keep his emotions inside while he looked the plot
over. He nodded at the news.
"Standby to flood torpedo tubes." He ordered.
"Standing by." Came the reply, the voice tense.
"They're opening torpedo tube doors."
"Flood and open ours." Vladimir responded. Tit for tat, he thought.

Onboard the ILA the captain ordered a MOSS decoy launched...

"Torpedo in the water!". Came the panic yell. Vladimir paled but training
took over.
"Fire torpedo tube number#1!" Vladimir shouted...

And so a accident is now in the making, who will survive and who will die,
and what happens when the subsunk beacons hit the surface to announce to the
world that a submarine just died...

I apologize for the length of this one and the more personal approach.
Hopefully I didn't offend anyone.



Hypothetical Conflict Plot#8

U.S. Vrs. Japan


Well here is kinda an oldie, though most people think that the US could
easily pound the daylights out of Japan that is in fact a very serious
misconception.
The Japanese Maritime Defense Force is in reality the 5th largest navy in
the world. They strive to add more and more AAW capable ships while
the Japanese Air Defense Force now has F-15J's packing AMRAAM missiles
around, plus the production of a home-grown stretched version of the F-16
known as the F-2.
With the downsizing of the USN and the eventual withdraw of the F-14 Tomcats
with their Phoenix long range air to air missile system
from service the picture isn't so cheerful, the Hornet employs AMRAAM as
well. Which means that the both sides would need to close within range of
each other's missiles, not a very pleasant thought.

Now throw in the current nationalism movement within Japan itself, the
current government is riding a wire here. While not wanting to appear easy
targets they don't want to look like they are returning to their militant
past. Now Japan is being pressured to take a leadership role in the Asian
region since the collapse of the economy over there. Not to mention the
verbal 'Japan bashing' that the US does over exports and the like, some of
it is just constructive criticism but it doesn't seem to be nothing more then
abuse to the Japanese. US foreign policy baffles even it's own citizens
most of the
time, so you can imagine how the Japanese view it.
The legislation currently includes the change of policy concerning the
Japanese Military self-defense forces.  They are looking to give the military
a wider ability to handle situations, this includes the right to pre-emptive
strikes against North Korea over the missile testing (can't blame them for
this one) in the event they discover another missile being readied for a
test. Plus the ability to protect citizens abroad and at home, this one
comes from the Embassy take-over in Peru. Alittle nationalism taken in
moderation can be a good thing, provided there is moderation.
Which is not the case in my plot =).
The new century comes and goes.  The economics of Asia continues to
worsen and Japan struggles to prop up other Asian governments as best as
possible. However no matter how much money the Japanese pump into the
Indonesian market the country comes apart, fighting breaks out in most of
the larger cities thru out the country. Senior government officials are
reported fleeing the nation. With that next go the Philippines followed by
the South Korean government, chaos spreads like flames on the wind.
Japan dispatches parts of their military in an attempt to contain the spread
of the fire but those only gets soldiers killed in a foreign country with
almost no gain. Japan turns to America for help but are told that they are
on their own. Japan starts to isolate itself from the panic and extends
several military programs to beef up their defenses.
The lease on the American base comes up, and unlike in the past was the
Japanese federal government overrides the locals to continue it, they let
the lease close out. With that the American's suddenly realize that they
have ignored the Pacific for too long, diplomatic efforts are launched to
get the basing rights restarted but by now there is a full blown movement
underway on Okinawa. The locals see no movements by the US military forces to
leave.  Protests are staged outside the main gates. Things begin to get
heated as USMC personnel and the locals have 'run ins' off base, finally
someone gets killed and the bases go on high alert, no more off post passes
are allowed as the situation grows uglier day by day.
The Japanese federal government tells the US to leave the island, the US government
orders it's people to stay in place and evac the dependants, they need that
base for there isn't too much left on that side of the world. However now
the Japanese represent a very realistic threat, Japanese army units are
dispatched to Okinawa to dislodge the Americans.
The Americans dispatch additional marines via a MAU and a CVBG is sent
along to escort. SOSUS picks up Japanese naval reinforcements heading for
Okinawa, including several of the newer SSK submarines. Satellite intelligence
discovers several new squadrons of aircraft parked at nearby Japanese
airfields.
A showdown is in the makings


Hypothetical Conflict Plot#9
Okay here's another interesting one, should be worth some feedback. At
least afew
of you will probably tell me I am totally out of whack for this.
I wish to thank Ed (idea concept)and Byron for input.


The Panama Canal Incident...

There have been some comments about the Chinese looking at the Panama
Canal.  From what I have been told there is a large Chinese population in
Panama. With the return of control of the Panama Canal to the locals on
December 31st of this year, this represents some possibilities.

Now I know the Chinese Navy lacks any real ability to get at the Canal
for a invasion, however there is another possibility that can be looked at.

Suppose a Pro-Chinese Government was elected to power in Panama, they
strengthen ties with Mainland China, advisors and some ships are dispatched
for port visits and the like. China begins to invest into the country and
gains even more leverage over the local government. Possibly even draft
some defense treaties and fly some Flanker squadrons over for some in-country
training. This gives the Chinese the ability to shut down the Canal pretty
much whenever they wish. Now American carriers cannot go thru the canal but
the smaller vessels can and do use it.
Now suppose that China and Taiwan get into it again and we need to reinforce
the Pacific, think China is gonna let us do that?
Most likely not, now they close the canal and combat operations begin around
Taiwan.
Would the US send a CVBG towards Panama knowing it couldn't pass thru or
would they just dispatch a SAG and available USAF assets to reopen the
canal. I vote for this last option, though the use of ground troops might
make things even dicier. Yes we did take it back, but we also didn't
have as many hotspots then as we do now.
I see afew small naval/air battles verse whatever the Chinese have moved into
the region.  The port visits and the like.
The USN SAG would probably be composed of units assigned to the anti-drug
efforts or just doing training. The one thing that could thru this all out
of whack is Cuba... no one really knows how they will react to a event such
as this. Especially if China makes some major contributions to the Cuban
economy then it's anybody's guess.
So most likely it would be small and maybe swift naval battles around the
Canal vicinity.






As the continued downward spiral of relations between China and several
other countries China became more and more paranoid. 
 Mainly the United States over the selling of ABM cruiser
idea to Japan and South Korea along with the fallout of the Kosovo bombings.
The Chinese began to have continued run ins' with the Russians. Several
border clashes occurred between the two nations when China sent several
Recon groups across the border. Russia was quite dismayed at this as China
gave the appearance that she was willing to work closer with Russia on
defense and economic ties.
Unbeknownst to the Russian's the Chinese scouting parties were nothing
more then trail blazers for the regular army. Given the continued unrest
and harsh economic times in Russia China decided to cash in on the Siberian
Wilderness area. While China has never had imperial ambitions she also has
the policy of protecting China from abroad if possible. The Kosovo bombings
brought home true fear to the Chinese as it showed that some countries could
and would force other countries who didn't follow along back into line.
China felt threatened since she rarely followed any thing but her own path.
To the west the Americans and Russians merged an army division with a
Russian Commander and an American deputy. This idea was to appease the
Russians about NATO and to give them some solid training. This paid off
dividends for both sides as each soldier got to know his 'former enemy'
rather well since they would be fighting alongside of each other. Training
exercises where held often with this unit.
As China grew more and more hostile towards her nearest neighbors a
meeting occurred in Washington DC on the subject of China was convened.
Japan, Russia, South Korea and Taiwan all attended. Here a decision was
reached to topple the Chinese government from within. No more games no more
nice guys. A straightforward covert operation to undermine and then
outright destroy one of the last remaining communist countries (noted
exception is Cuba). The operation was simple, get the various pro democracy
groups to unite and then let the country tear itself apart under the
resulting protests and strikes and demonstrations. Even with a repeat of the
Square massacre the Chinese wouldn't be able to destroy the movement since
it's leaders would have some 'training' in decentralizing their operational
cells to mutually protect each other.
As this training program began USN submarines began a detail survey of
anything Chinese near or on the water. The 'Silent Service' had years of
experience in doing this type of operations against the former Soviet Union
with marked success. Though there weren't any underwater cables that they
could tap they tried everything else including shadowing Chinese SSBN and
SSN subs around.
The Russian's sent afew sonar tech to help the Americans with the newer
Kilos and some of the surface ships that China had bought from Russia.
There was the occasional collision known to the Western submariners as
'brushes'. While this alarmed some Chinese leaders the others just viewed
this as a continuing downward trend of West-East relations. Their main view
was to literally cut Russia in half with their army which was now in the
field doing final exercises prior to the upcoming summer season.
Once spring hit the Chinese rolled over the initial Russian border
positions and kept on going north. While there was ample warnings the
Russian's were unable to afford to keep a large army in the field for
extended time. Much to their horror the Chinese waited until the Russian's
returned to their barracks. Nothing seemed to slow the Chinese assault down
even though the Russian's inflicted major losses upon the forward assault
elements.
The west immediately went into action, fearing the loss of Siberia would
destroy all the Russian attempts to make the transition to democratic ways
and a ambitious China on the warpath was too much. The American-Russian
Mechanized Division moved out of its barracks and rumbled east towards the
battle-zone.
At sea the various nations moved to secure and shutdown the Chinese Sea
Lines of Communications.

End of plot...


