Operation Red Dragon and the Unthinkable

The Great Dragon Awakes

The Chinese Government, like the rest of China and the world, watched the destruction of New York City and Baltimore by the Islamic Republic on their various multimedia devices and tablets, in awe of the carnage and destruction. The average Chinese citizen could not believe these great American cities had been destroyed by a nuclear bomb, and the images of the dead and dying were something the average citizen had never been exposed to before. In the past, the government would censor such images and ensure the people of China saw only what they wanted. In this case, the Chinese government wished to let the people of China know that even the great Americans could be defeated and brought to their knees. They used these images to remind their people that it was now China’s time to rise up and become the dominant world superpower.

The fighting in the Middle East continued, drawing more and more American forces to the region. The newly created American Third Army was in the process of driving the remaining IR forces out of Southern Israel, and had retaken Jerusalem and the entire Jordan Valley. They were now in a position to strike at the former capital of Jordan, Amman.

The Chinese 1^st Expeditionary Force (or 1^st EF as the CMC was calling them), had finally disembarked in Jeddah, and were making preparations to move to Amman to join the remains of the IR Army group. Over half a million soldiers were on the way from Baghdad along with three million civilian militia volunteers. By the end of the year, the IR should have 800,000 regular army troops in Amman and three million civilian militia volunteers, along with 250,000 Chinese soldiers of the 1^st EF. The Chinese would take over the Suez Canal Zone and assist the IR in rebuilding after they had defeated the Israeli and American forces.

Premier Zhang Jinping was happy with the progress of Operation Red Dragon. The Americans had been effectively defeated in the Pacific, and posed no serious threat. Southeast Asia was starting to fall to the Red Army, and Taiwan was in their final death throws. Now it was a matter of getting ready for phase two, the capture of Southern Alaska and the Canadian States.

The capture of Alaska would ensure China had the long-term oil reserves their economy desperately needed and depended upon. It would also provide them with a springboard to launch an invasion of America through their newly acquired Canadian States. The States were rich in resources, with the central provinces providing tens of millions of acres of fertile farmlands. With 2.4 billion citizens to feed, obtaining more agricultural resources was a strong priority for the Chinese. The challenge would be moving their army to North America and still keeping it supplied during combat operations.