1/ every military can offer fire support but not many have ability to offer in less than 5 or 10 minutes , an ambush in modern urban warfare can wipe out entire assault company hundred of men , dozen of tank/IFV in less than 10 minutes
Troops are often organized into smaller, more mobile subunits in such Modern tanks or IFVs can survive multiple hits from light weapons fire or light explosives, and it takes a concentrated and coordinated attack to cripple a single vehicle, much less dozens, in such a short period of time. The complexity of the urban environment - narrow streets, multi-story buildings and hidden enemy positions - makes it difficult to concentrate overwhelming firepower in such a short period of time. The Taiwanese army could have wiped out an entire PLA assault company in 10 minutes by ambush? Are the PLA wooden stakes? Do you want to look at what you are talking about.
if your "fire support" take half a day to come , then have fun with hundred of dead men and dozen vehicles trash while the enemy already gone , back to their based eating and drinking
Artillery support can't come too slowly, but let me tell you, positioning, dropping bombs plus the time felt by the fire support would have been more than ten minutes. Even with rotational ops it's still a waste of firepower if you don't know the exact target, and guess who it takes to locate the target? Also do you not know what position means? The PLA is the one attacking, the one seeking to control the land, wouldn't it be convenient for the PLA if the Taiwanese army retreated?
know the different between real superpower military vs poor military now ?
I know what the difference is when I don't see that from you. It's true that superpowers have greater logistical capabilities and firepower delivery, but if that's all your superpower army is purely about, how do you explain all the preparatory training the PLA has had its ground forces do over the years to prepare for that? Why not just develop aerial bombardment? Do you think the PLA brass hasn't thought about this?
2/ blow the road block out with even more explosive or make enemy civilians clear it for you , that way better than throw away hundred of your men lives + dozen of vehicles attacking enemy stronghold alone without fire power support
Do you have some unrealistic sexual fantasies about bombing? It's not the delete button in a game, you if you need a specialized demolition team. However that in itself takes time, not to mention how many such situations the PLA would have to deal with and how much extra explosives would need to be transported in that “great bombing” of yours. How much time would that buy the enemy? Allowing enemy civilians to remove obstacles? You're really being completely unrealistic. Why you think the so-called obstacles are just little pieces of debris? And not half of a building? If you deny this, it also means that without blowing up this section of the building, the enemy is still there. You're asking civilians to deal with this? Not to mention that it's going to take time for the PLA to get the civilians here, and it's doubtful that the PLA will be able to get to the civilians in that time. You don't mention it now. What will the enemy do with that time?
Go deeper into the enemy stronghold alone? How wrong are you about the PLA to come up with the idea that the PLA will play out the drama of an American hero movie from the last century. I realize that your trust in the PLA rests entirely on their ability to produce large quantities of artillery shells.
3/ force enemy pratice humane war mean exploit their feeling of "want to be the good guy" to buy time , play dirty trick , propagranda , supply the proxy , sanctions , rally allied , counter attack , slow down enemy advance ....to make enemy pay highest price as much as possible
the natural of war is very chaostic , the longer it go the more chance to fucked up happen even in case you carefully and perfectly prepare
many thing uncertain happen in war lead to so many unnecessary loss which not supposed to happen but still do
the longer time PLA spend to "liberation of taiwan , save taiwanese people , everyone claim down and stay home , PLA will try best to not harm you , we come to save you ...etc" the better chance for US/taiwan grovernment/military and entire allied gang turn the table
global warfare history already have so many example : do i need to write all of them here ?
Again, why on earth would you think that the PLA would fall into this “humane war” trap as you call it? Why do you think that the PLA and its top brass would have the time to listen to this stuff? And, why do you think that an army that comes to designate different battle plans for different battlefields and precise and effective strikes to achieve strategic objectives would be “humane war”? And, why do you think that the enemy's chances of flipping the game go up geometrically? Your view is rather like the view among civilians 20 years ago, i.e., once the PLA slows down, the opposite side can easily flip the game. Yes, it's a bad thing for an army to get into a protracted war, but guess how much time and ammo your “bombing program” would take? How would it change the uncertainty of the battlefield terrain?
You say there are plenty of examples, and yes, you're more than welcome to write them, and you'd better do so in detail, in as much detail as the length of the reply I've written to you, and remember to explain why they were because of so-called humane warfare rather than because of logistical conditions/operational conditions/terrain constraints/strategic errors or etc., among other reasons.
4/ control taiwan ? i don't think china need every single thing (include living one) standing on that island
all those "things" have nothing to do with destroy 1st island chain goal
a/ china infrastructure building might = top 1 , they can rebuild everything on that island in no time
b/ china already have 1.5b people , refill that island population is even more easy cakewalk
(in case somehow half or 70% local living being cease to exist during the liberation process)
c/ hongkong with few milions young bootlickers potential traitors was already a damn big headache
i don't fucking understand why china care so much about taking in another 30 milions + willing to pay massive blood price tag for them
those taiwanese are all tech genius can make teleport portal , space ship with big death stars laser cannon or something ?
For that, I highly recommend that you find out for yourself what the PLA, CCP, and government have been saying about this for decades. And then you tell me that China is just there to level the area and build military bases. For the so-called population relocation, you mean China will invest sky-high prices to rebuild Taiwan which they bombed themselves into oblivion, and then forcibly relocate their own population on that piece of land (don't tell me anything about people going there on their own, such a high population can only be relocated). Build everything in a short period of time? I suggest you take a look at the size and construction of Taiwan, in that respect you do value that piece of land... And not, Taiwan is not the only place in China to consider.
Hong Kong has millions of assholes and traitors? I recognize they exist, but millions? Hey @
Biscuits do you want to say something about that?
By your own admission, China is having a headache over Hong Kong, so why hasn't China done what you think it's doing for Taiwan, and done that for Hong Kong?
Dude, you know what the marvelous bit is? I might have a part of me that looks like you. I share your concern that the process of liberating Taiwan will be disrupted, and I share your reluctance to see casualties among the PLA. I understand how you feel and I apologize for attacking you. But it is necessary, the whole conjecture you put forward is so crazy that you have to take it with a grain of salt.
