re: #244 Dante41

Possibly. The Nationalists maintaining air superiority would have to hinge on the Chinese Red Air Force forgetting any war experience they had. And even an ace can only do so much against a never-ending horde…

On the second point, though, he would have to dislodge them from a mountain range. Even poorly-led and armed peasants don’t give up a mountain range without one hell of a fight.

See, Chiang wouldn’t come in like that. he’d bait them into an attack, and then they’d be chasing a small force south (stretching their lines the whole time) while he simply landed a force in their rear.