(Kanwa News Feb 4) In response to Taiwan's plan of joining the TMD system, Chinese Vice Prime Minister Qian Qichen indicated in Beijing recently, "the great cause of unification can no longer be postponed indefinitely." This means that China has an ever increasing sense of urgency of hoping for "the unification".The Chinese military source has confirmed to KWIC that the preparations for the unification-oriented military struggle have been expedited at a faster pace and that the operational principles have been determined. According to the source, first of all, the overall future landing operations on the Taiwan Island will be based on the principle of "fighting a quick battle".
The Chinese army has also sped up its operational preparations against the involvement of the US army. According to the general estimation of the Chinese military advisory organization, once the overall blockade-type operations start, the ways "the major target of our army" (meaning the US army) will get involved include supplying information and more advanced military equipment to Taiwan, dispatching submarines for a sneak attack on "our" warships from under the water, and setting up the no-fly zone or no-navigation zone on the sea etc.. Therefore, it is necessary for the Chinese to emphasize the principle of "fighting a quick battle".
As for the specific actions in the tactical application, the Chinese army has worked out the policy of attacking all islands with a focus on the main one and isolating them from each other before destroying them one by one. It is emphasized that the island landing operations should be quickly carried out from different directions and at different places. The policy on the use of firepower is to paralyze the enemy in general and to focus the firepower on where landing takes place. The same source finally indicated that on the basis of the above policies and the existing military equipment, the battle plan had been determined. ( Kanwa Digest news)
