Date/Time: 07-30-2018 / 02:00:00 Zulu
Location: Western Pacific

Introduction

US and Australian forces had not only destroyed most of the valuable infrastructure in the Spratly Islands but moved their forces into the far more secure waters of the Philippine Islands, putting them in range to strike the Chinese homeland and open up bases for the air forces to utilize for strikes. Allies across the region breathed a sigh of relief, and numerous bases were secretly opened up across the region ready to receive US and Australian air power. The Eagles had come to face the Dragon.

China however was far from beaten. It had lost its ability to project power past the first chain but still held them, which was one of their big war aims. It still possessed great defensive strength and with US forces now in range of it could now decisively defeat US and Australian naval and air forces in one great decisive battle. Victory would eject the Americans and their allies from the region permanently.

The final decisive battle was now at hand.

 

Scenario Notes:

This is a large single-sided battleset scenario with a duration of 5 days.

This scenario is an attempt to demonstrate some of the current US distributed attack and offset capabilities and strategies against a peer competitor. While these will offer considerable advantages, attacking the Chinese homeland would be very difficult. It is still very much up in the air who would prevail where it matters.

I have added one Australian base to the south which is meant to model all Australian bases. You should plan on relocating forces to new bases to the north. These will put you in better range of the Chinese mainland, but also more exposed to Chinese attack. Please shuttle and distribute as necessary. Several bases are more defended than others and some have significant ammo available. Keep in mind that while you have this advantage the Chinese will catch on and attack where they can.

You have one B-1 loadout of JASSM-ER with Omnidirectional EMP warheads. Go third offset!