Briefing
Task:
Your task is to push one Carrier group through the Straits of Taiwan in the next 24 hours. If you are attacked you are to respond with overwhelming force removing all threats and then continue passage to a station east of Taiwan
Timeline:
You have 24 hours to accomplish your tasks.
Threat:
The principle threats to your forces are considerable land, air and sea forces of the People's Liberations Army Navy (PLAN) and People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)
Known PLAN order of battle close in proximit to the Straits of Taiwan
- Lingshui Air Base: Regiment J-8IE Finback A Fighters
- Guiping Menshu AIr Base: Regiment H-6D Badger Bombers
- Luqaio Air Base: Regiment J-7EH Fishbed
- Ningbo Zhangquio Air Base: SH-5 Harbin MPA
- Dachang Air Base: Regiment J-8B Finback Fighters
- Danyang Air Base: Regiment H-6D Bombers
- PLAN Surface Action Group North
- Luda class Destroyers: PLAN Hefei, PLAN Zunyi, PLAN Nanjing
- Jianghu class Frigates: PLAN Foshan, PLAN Huangshi, PLAN Wuhu
- PLAN Surface Action Group South
- Luda class Destroyers: PLAN Guilin, PLAN Changsha, PLAN Nanning
- Jianghu class Frigates: PLAN Anshun, PLAN Shantou, PLAN Zhaotong
- Submarine threat is unknown but numerous Han nuclear attack submarines and Ming and Romeo diesel attack boats are known to be at sea.
- Numerous mobile HY-2 Silworm batteries are known to operate along the Taiwan coast as well as significant number of missiles boats and small combatants.
Known PLAAF order of battle close in proximit to the Straits of Taiwan
- Suixi Air Base: Regiment J-11 Flanker B Fighters
- Guangzhou East AIr Base: J-8B Finback Fighters
- Mei-Xian Xincheng/Xinqning AB: Regiment J-6A Farmer Fighters
- Shantou Northeast Air Base: Regiment J-7II Fishbed Fighters
- Zhangzhou-Longxi Air Base: Regiment J-7E FishbedFighters
- Huian Air Base: Regiment Q-5IA Attack Aircraft
- Tiahe Air Base: Regiment Unknown
- Fuzhou Air Base: Regiment J-7II Fishbed Fighters
- Nanchang Xiangtang Air Base: Regiment J-11 Flanker B Fighters
- Quzhou AB: Regiment J-7D Fighters
- Wuhu Air Base: Regiment J-7II Fighters
- Suzhou West Air Base: Regiment J-6AFighters
- Numerous HQ-2 SAM and EW Radar defense sites.
Tactics displayed so far have been primarily defensive in nature in support of local exercises and missile firings. There has been considerable hostile rhetoric about what happens if US forces cross into the straits again so you can assume defensive movements at the very least.
Assets:
You have 2 Carrier Battle Group and the airforces at Okinawa at your disposal.
- Nimitz Carrier Battle Group
- USS Nimitz (24 F-14A Tomcats, 24 F/A-18C Hornets,10 A-6E Intruders, 6 EA-6B Prowlers, 8 S-3B Vikings, 6 SH-60F Oceanhawks, 2 ES-3A Shadows, 4 E-2C Hawkeyes, 4 HH-60 Seahawks)
- USS Ford (2 SH-60B Seahawks)
- USS Oldendorf (2 SH-60B Seahawks)
- USS Callaghan
- USS Port Royal (2 SH-60B Seahawks)
- USS Shasta
- USS Williamette
- USS Portsmouth (detached)
- Independence Carrier Battle Group
- USS Independence (12 F-14A Tomcats, 24 F/A-18C Hornets,10 A-6E Intruders, 6 EA-6B Prowlers, 8 S-3B Vikings, 6 SH-60F Oceanhawks, 2 ES-3A Shadows, 4 E-2C Hawkeyes, 4 HH-60 Seahawks)
- USS Hewitt
- USS McClusky (2 SH-60B Seahawks)
- USS O'Brien (2 SH-60B Seahawks)
- USS Bunker Hill (2 SH-60B Seahawks)(Detached)
- USS Bremerton (Detached)
- USS Columbus (Detached)
- Kadena Air Force Base: 18 F-15C Fighters, 8 KC-135R Tankers, 4 E-3B Sentry AEW, 8 P-3C Orion, 2 EP-3 Aries 1 SIGINT/ELINT.