Help with Modern PLA Platoon structure

[Mathyoo]

While not related to Chinese, I have been thinking about justifying my campaign, too. After lot of thinking it over, I've figured I don't need to justify my hobby (yes, sometimes it's just so easy )

I say if you want Chinese invasion of USA, do it and don't over think it. Like this:


Due to Chinese propaganda and USA's focus somewhere else (like Middle East), the invasion caught USA off guard and Chinese troops are already making bridgeheads in the North America.

or

War against China has been lasting for a while now and Chinese have been successful in frog-leaping through the Pacific all the way to mainland USA.

And so on. I really wouldn't be bothering counting the ships. If USA Navy is too strong - perhaps it was another Pearl Harbour and it's not that strong anymore?

And great job...now I want to game a combined russian - chinese invasion of USA/Europe

[Elbows]

Just to muddy the water with more factual evidence...if you're concerned about the US Navy don't be.  General consensus is that in an all-out war a country like China would fill the sky with cheap MiGs carrying airborne anti-ship missiles.  That would destroy the main naval power of almost any nation, regardless of air defenses etc.  Essentially a swarm attack - heck they even have land-based anti-ship missiles.

When this large target in the middle of nowhere showed up on satellite, people started hypothesizing that it was a "simulated" target for the rumoured Chinese "carrier killer" missile systems.



   So, don't stress about the Navy.

[commissarmoody]

Yep, just like in the Falkland's conflict, Always a cat and mouse game when if comes to ships and "Carrier battle groups". that is why china is really beefing up its sea board AA. because any conflict will be decided in the air and sea.
Were the ATSMs and MEG swam main disadvantage, is range and detection. They are still lacking in projection and detection. Of course they are working on that. Always a back and forth.
I really don't see Invasion as an option for ether the US or China.  Short of a world war.

Now what I see as a more credible threat being, When a Chines attack sub surfaced in the middle of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawks battle group. With out being detected. I believe that happened in October of 06.

For land enjoyments, I really only see Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, South/North Korea, Philippines or one of many much smaller Islands.

[Elbows]

The cat-n-mouse stuff of the Cold War was always fascinating...and anyone who thinks we're not in a type of Cold War with China needs to read a bit more.    I'd say a major clash is about as likely as it was in Cold War (ie. not really).

Use your imagination a bit and you can think up a ton of excellent scenarios.  Regarding the Chinese sub surfacing near our battle group - my father was a RIO with the Navy for a while back in the mid-late 70's.  It was always incredibly common to have nondescript Russian fishing trawlers tailing US battle groups - shadowing them.  It was obvious that the Russians knew where our carrier groups were all the time.

What we didn't learn until later in the war or shortly after - was upon seeing some of these Russian fishing trawlers in dry-dock...they had torpedo tubes!  In the start of a major conflict we might well have lost a handful of ships/carriers before anything even started.



Torpedo trawlers...it sounds weird to say it, but war sure can be fascinating sometimes.  I'm curious what we'll discover eventually regarding the Chinese. 

[commissarmoody]

Sneaky Russians. 
Not a bad idea, knock out your enemies best with a up gunned Fishing boat.

[carlos marighela]

Excellent for sashimi too or making bolinho de bacalhau.