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Chains of War Campaign
Mission 2: God of War Ongoing AAR
I've always tended to play more board games than computer games, and I loved doing AARs for those. Time and circumstance moved me to computer games in the last couple of years, and I've fallen hard for Command. I've played a little bit and now I'm in the mood for a campaign. I always want to use the newest fanciest gear in any game I ever play, so I'm starting with Chains of War. Blue Dawn was fun and pretty easy to win, and I figure that this will also be pretty easy to win, but I think a lot of fun.
The situation
In this scenario I'm playing as the Chinese overall commander. I'll paraphrase the briefings, rather than post them word for word. In a nutshell, after the South Koreans launched a massive preemptive strike against North Korea, things on the world stage heated up. In the US, political will for further aid to the South Koreans has waned. With the US thus less willing to be an active player in the region, China looks to expand its influence. From the scenario description:
“When Chinese defense and energy security experts looked at a map, they saw two lines of nations and islands that must be brought under Chinese control. The line runs from Vietnam to Japan and includes the Spratly Islands, Taiwan, the Philippines and the Ryukyu Island chain. The second line runs from northern Japan far south through the Mariana island chains to the eastern Indonesian Islands. Currently China’s rivals and adversaries controlled most of these two lines, which in effect contained China behind a wall of sea and air power.”
They would start with Vietnam.
The scenario
China has decided, much as South Korea decided, to launch a preemptive strike designed to severely damage the Vietnamese air force and navy. From the scenario briefing:
“Critical Targets are:
Su-30 Regiments at Kep, Bai Thuong and Bien Hoa air bases.
Su-27 Regiment at Phan Rang Air Base.
Su-22M4 Regiment at Da Nang Airport
2 Gepard frigates, 4 Tarantul corvettes and 5 Kilo submarines based at Cam Ranh Bay.”
The Politburo has decided to commit a massive air and naval force, as well as a single battalion of SSMs, to this task. All targets are expected to be eliminated within 3 hours.
The Vietnamese are not to be taken lightly, however. From the scenario description:
“The air threat is a mix of ultra-modern and obsolete Russian client state surface-to-air missile and fighter aircraft weapon systems. Most are situated around the Hanoi area in the North and Ho Chi Minh City in the south. The greatest threats are modern Flanker fighters and several modern SAM systems including SA-20a/S-300, SA-17 Buk and the Israeli Spyder. Vietnam still maintains numerous SA-2 Guideline and SA-3 Goa SAM sites, older MiG-21 interceptors and low-end SHORAD and AAA systems. They are all at a peacetime posture but can be expected to ramp up operations quickly, bringing more assets into the battle.”
So Chinese forces want to launch a massive initial strike to attritethe enemy before he can mobilize more powerful forces.
Our Assets
This map highlights Chinese air assets. We also have, as I said, a single battalion of SSMs as well as a reasonably sized naval force. Two Chinese subs aren't shown here, they are on station off of Cam Rhan Bay naval base, to surprise (we hope) any Vietnamese naval vessels that try to sortie. There are also plenty of Chinese naval vessels, we should easily be able to neutralize the enemy navy.
Our air assets are numerous, varied and powerful. We have a great many fighters armed with modern Beyond Visual Range missiles. There are a couple of regiments of old, heat seeker armed J-7's. I'll use those as a backstop in case the Vietnamese air force tries to launch a counter strike into China, I don't think they'll serve much use on the offensive. We also have a large number of Anti Radiation Missiles on a lot of aircraft. This is good, because I am kind of obsessed with destroying enemy radar and SAM sites before launching serious strikes. We also have a powerful regiment of H-6K Badger aircraft, known as the God of War. They are armed with lots of standoff ASMs. We also have a smattering of Laser Guided Bomb armed aircraft, which need to get close in to do their work. There are a number of tanker, recon and AEW assets, as well as naval strike aircraft. Most exciting of all, though are a force of J-20 stealth fighters. These ultra modern aircraft will be the tip of my spear in this encounter.
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