Operation Red Dawn and the Siege of Europe

Peddling a Pan Asian Alliance

Premier Zhang Jinping was reading over the final proposal for the Pan Asian Alliance that the Chinese government was going to pursue with the remaining countries in Asia, along with India, Japan and Russia. The trick was how to arrange a ruling committee that incorporated senior officials from all of the members (India, Russia and Japan with China) that everyone could agree on and accept. The Pan Asian Alliance was a dream of Premier Zhang’s for many years. It was not until the start of World War III that he saw a real opportunity to make it a reality. The combined armies, economy and people of these nations would rule the world and lead it in to the 22^nd Century and beyond.

The Americans had made it easier to form this alliance after their brutal use of nuclear weapons against the Islamic Republic. It was rather ironic that the IR detonating two nuclear devices in America had worked to China’s advantage like nothing else could have. The nuclear hot war had shaken the military and political alliance between Japan and the United States. It had also created a rift between the Indians and Americans; since both Japan and India had been on the receiving end of a nuclear war, they were aghast at the complete disregard for human lives displayed by the American leader. In a single day, President Stein had ordered the death of over half a billion people in response to the death of six million Americans.

India had just recently agreed to support the PRC economically by providing China with various materials they needed for the conflict, and opening their manufacturing up to produce the machines of war needed to win. Premier Jinping was close to securing an agreement with India to join the Pan Asian Alliance. Even after their losses in their own nuclear war, India still had a massive population that could add strength to the union; India had nearly 1.4 billion people and an army of two million soldiers. Of course, once they joined, their military would be greatly enhanced and expanded with state-of-the-art equipment and additional soldiers.

Japan was still gearing up for war; they had thus far stayed neutral, though it appeared that they may join the war against China. That, however, changed when America unleashed hundreds of nuclear missiles on civilian targets all across North Africa and the Middle East. Publicly, Japan continued to relay to their American allies that they were still months away from being able to join the war, but secretly, they had been meeting with the Chinese. PM Jinping had special plans for Japan, pending they joined the alliance.

Zhang looked up from his papers, and saw General Fan Changlong, the vice chair of the CMC, and the man in charge of the PLA. “General Changlong, what are your thoughts on the Pan Asian Alliance?” asked the Premier.

Knowing this was a political test of his loyalty, the general thought about the question for a second before responding. In theory, he liked the idea, but in practicality, he was against it. It would be hard to get the other generals of the PLA on board with it, unless some sort of major concession was made. No one would want to relinquish power. With these conflicting thoughts racing through his head, he responded, “I believe it has merit. The question is-how do we get the others in the government to go along with it?” By responding this way, the general was also sort of fishing to see if there would be a concession offered that he could support.

“That is a good question. I had thought that we would run the alliance much like we run the CMC, by establishing a ruling committee. The smaller countries would each have one member on the committee, and India, Japan and Russia would each have three members on the committee — and of course China would have four, one more than the others. Decisions would be made through majority vote among the committee members, as it is done now through the CMC,” the Premier said, believing this should be enough of a compromise to gain the support of the PLA.

Thinking briefly about what Jinping had just said, General Changlong realized this would completely marginalize the current CMC and the PLA. “What about the PLA? How would you handle them with this new committee?”

Knowing this would be a critical question to answer, the Premier had his answer ready. “Ah, yes. Two of the four members from China would be members of the PLA, the third position would be my responsibility as the Premier, and the fourth would rotate between the directors within the PRC. This would still give the PLA a heavy voice in the committee, while letting the civilian government still have equal power. How the other countries would choose their members is of no concern to China.”

As Jinping spoke, he saw a slight smile on his general’s face. In that moment, he knew he had the backing of the PLA to move forward with this proposal to the other countries. Of course, no one would know about Japan joining until the last minute… Japan was going to be China’s Trojan horse.