[Cronos]

1000,000 heavily armed troops in heavily fortified positions.

Big deal. in iwo Jima 20K Japanese troops killed 25K American troops. If the 1 million Taiwanese kill say 2 million Chinese soldiers, that's NOTHING for china, it's got lots of cannon fodder. It can just push thousands or millions of militia members on to the island. It'll take heavy losses but big deal, the Russians won WWII by throwing unarmed men at the Germans, knowing that the sheer wieght of numbers would destroy the enemy.

[Poohbah]

Big deal. in iwo Jima 20K Japanese troops killed 25K American troops. If the 1 million Taiwanese kill say 2 million Chinese soldiers, that's NOTHING for china, it's got lots of cannon fodder. It can just push thousands or millions of militia members on to the island.

Since the population of China is not "thousands of millions," this statement is false.

Second, "getting there is half the fun."

China doesn't have a navy worthy of the name.

Absent absolute naval supremacy (over the Taiwanese AND the US Navy), the ChiComs will run out of shipping long before they run out of soldiers.

[Quix]

I think this is a point which is still underestimated by our side.

[GOP_1900AD]

Guess what the "technology" was which the Red Army used to clear minefields! ;)