In Perpetuity: The War for Hong Kong

Hong Kong is done for. You can not win from the sea a war with a nation that has a million soldiers and a billion citizens. It's impossible.

Taiwan OTOH can and should use this chance to proclaim their independance under the protection of the allied fleets before they leave.
 
Not unless the British blast PLA positions with tactical nukes.
But that monumentally bad idea would result in an nuclear exchange that leaves 35% of China's and 90% of the UK's population dead so it would probably be better just to crush China economically then use force of arms.
 
And what sort of economic pressure can Britain force upon China? It would take the entirety of South America, Africa, and South East Asia ending trade with China to actually bring it to its knees. Britain has no clout with these nations. At best it could hope to convince the rest of Europe to do this, but with the looming economic crisis it will be for naught. Even the United States may not be in favour of ending trade with China when the economic crisis hits.
 
And what sort of economic pressure can Britain force upon China? It would take the entirety of South America, Africa, and South East Asia ending trade with China to actually bring it to its knees. Britain has no clout with these nations. At best it could hope to convince the rest of Europe to do this, but with the looming economic crisis it will be for naught. Even the United States may not be in favour of ending trade with China when the economic crisis hits.

I know,which is probably why they are using force against the Chinese.Though as I said the only Britain can defeat any PLA forces with any degree of certainty is to blast them with tactical nukes.And everyone knows what happens next if nukes are used.
 
Not unless the British blast PLA positions with tactical nukes.
But that monumentally bad idea would result in an nuclear exchange that leaves 35% of China's and 90% of the UK's population dead so it would probably be better just to crush China economically then use force of arms.

Or unless Britain uses its submarine fleet for what submarines were originally built for, namely clobbering China's merchant fleet. A few weeks of that could leave China's economy tottering badly, if not in outright collapse, which could in turn leave them open to negotiation...or lead to a change in government.

Of course, the international community may have...different reactions to this. OTOH, China are clearly the aggressor, so they might not have an issue with it.
 
The UK is largely limited to submarine warfare, blockading Chinese access to the south China sea and cruise missile attacks. Combined with European sanctions it might just be enough, although it's equally likely that China manages to weather the storm long enough that the UK backs down for domestic or international relations reasons. Not sure how capable the PLA(N/AF) would be at combatting the Royal Navy in this scenario. We don't know what's happened militarily since the PoD.
 
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