China is Angry At Japan, But Not For The Reason You Might Think.

Now China is angry at Japan… again, but not for the reason you might think.

China is furious… at Japan. It seems that China is always furious at somebody or other. This week it’s the Japanese.

Publicly, the explanation is that Japan will not publicly face up to their atrocities in China in the early stages of what became the Second World War. Unofficially, the real reason China is upset with Japan is the fact that Japan announced they will side with the US in defense of Taiwan should China decide to invade and take back their long lost colony.

Taiwan is making noises again about independence from China, an independence that they, in actuality, have now, but somehow, not officially. China will not give up her claim to the capitalist Island with its booming economy and democratic government.

Chinese troops continue to flex their military muscles along the Coast of China just across the straits from Taiwan. A lightening quick strike across the straits could easily put a landing force on the beaches of Taiwan.

The problem is, the US has a treaty with Taiwan, to come to their aid should this happen.

The Chinese have purchased a number of submarines from Russia to use in the straits ostensibly against the warships of the US. The old Russian subs are about as noisy as a steel ball bearing rolling around in a number three washtub, so they will be easily found and destroyed. But, there is always the off chance that one will get lucky and take out a US ship or two. It will be dicey. China will have home field advantage. But then US forces are used to that disadvantage.

The problem military planners have wrestled with is the over extension of our forces. Now with the public announcement that Japan intends to enter the fray with one of the largest, most modern, and well-trained navies in the world, the picture has changed for China’s war planners. In fact, it set them back on their heels. This, then, is the source of their current fury.

This is a conflict certain to break lose at an unexpected time. But it is coming.

The ground forces of the US Military have had recruitment problems while the Navy and Air Force have been doing well. Their forces are well back from the hot zones of the current war(s) and potential enlistees know that. However, when the “Taiwan Incident” commences, the Navy will be at the forefront of the battle.

The US Navy is not to be trifled with. The most modern electronics can identify most threats at a distance well enough away form the warships that that threat can be neutralized before any damage can be done. Our Subs are super quiet and the best trained in the world. Any Chinese vessel afloat, surface or undersea, will be sitting ducks for these silent warriors of the US. The surprises the Iraqi Army got from the Ground and Air Forces of The US, in Gulf War One, will be equaled, or bested, by the by the US Navy.

China would do well to cool her heels awhile and rethink any plans she has for invading Taiwan. For once committed, and once shamed by the combined forces of the US and Japan, she will lose face to a degree never before dreamed of in the entire history of the Chinese Empire.

Your Obedient Servant,

“Longstreet”