Thanks for the intel, Stormlion1. Moldova, or at least part of it, will definitely be a part of our Russian Federation by the time our T2K+30 WWIII starts.
I'm going to start on a narrative of the operational phases of the war in Europe and Asia soon, based on the foundation we've already established.
Strategically speaking, there are still a couple of things that need to be ironed out. In looking at the map of Asia, it occurs to me that assuming control of Vietnam and at least part of the Korean peninsula would give the Chinese more control of the South and East China seas respectively, and would further isolate Taiwan, perhaps in preparation for a forced reunification. So, perhaps, the Chinese invasions of Vietnam and Korea, although starting somewhat circumstantially, can be turned into a larger strategic play for regaining Taiwan. Anything that would force the Americans into bringing their carrier air groups closer to China's land-based ASM air, and green water naval coverage would give the Chinese a fighting chance at holding the U.S. Pacific fleet at bay long enough to effect an amphibious assault on Taiwan. I'm not sure that this will happen in our T2K+30 but it's something that I'm considering. China doesn't need to decisively defeat the U.S. Pacific fleet, they just need to control the sea approaches to Taiwan.
Something that's bothering me, though, that I could use a little advice on, is China's ties to Pakistan. China needs Pakistan as a counterbalance to India's emerging regional power but China also has problems with Muslim separatists in its western provinces. Pakistan can't seem to control its own extremist elements so I'm not sure how much they could do to help reign in and/or suppress China's increasingly militant Muslim minorities. That said, I see a China-Pakistan cooperative alliance as being more likely than a China-India one. Your thoughts?
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