The French newspaper Le Monde said that the American researcher Ian Easton - from the "Project 2049" Institute - analyzed internal documents of the Chinese army detailing the planned operations, and concluded that the invasion planned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is "inevitable". ".
The newspaper stated - in a report written by Natalie Gibber - that a specific plan captures the Chinese army's obsession and trains on it daily, and it takes two weeks to seize Taipei, and it needs between 300 thousand and a million soldiers, and it goes through 3 main stages, according to the American researcher.
The first stage is the blockade and bombing after electronic attacks targeting the Internet and the Taiwanese government’s communications, and it begins with “initial strikes” followed by “strikes on key points” such as ministries, military headquarters and electricity networks, then “continuous strikes” on the entire territory, as the “final strikes” that are supposed to eliminate on the Taiwanese's ability to fight, and to destroy all infrastructure to "terrorize the island into submission".
As for the second and third stages, they are the landing of the amphibious forces, and it begins with the occupation of the islands near the Chinese coast, and ends with the generalization of fighting on the island, and begins with the islands near the Chinese mainland and culminates in the occupation of the capital and the rest of the country.
A Taiwanese naval vessel fires a missile as part of military exercises that the country conducts annually (Reuters)
Logistical gaps
However, the generals of the People's Liberation Army are aware of their operational weaknesses, such as the logistical shortcomings in transporting hundreds of thousands of men across the strait, and the difficulty of the Eastern Region Command participating in the battle without alerting Taipei, especially since "Chinese officers - according to the researcher - do not have sufficient intelligence information." about Taiwan."
The newspaper concluded that the climate and mountainous geography of the island constitute major obstacles, due to the lack of beaches that can be landed on with a large enough force to control Taipei quickly, in addition to the factors of tides, rain and fog in Taiwan, which means that its invasion is only valid at two times of the year: from late March to late April, and late September to late October.