Hmm. Expensive boats, capable of performing only one mission, with a weapon that will have a pathetic search rate across their OpArea, which in turn will require both perfect secrecy (which means no operational testing--the oceans have ears, dontcha know) and that the Americans be dumber than a box of rocks in order for this to actually work. And the vast resources spent on this weapons system result in the PLAN not having enough amphibious sealift to actually GET to Taiwan.
Yup. Brilliant Chicom strategy you've proposed there.
Not single purpose vesels at all ... not expensive ... relatively extraordinary search capablities ... tested well beforehand ... and its hard to be dumb about something you are absolutely not expecting and have not "scenario'ed". That's why an ambush can work on "smart" people sometimes ... because it comes from where you do not expect it.
But that's okay, anyone who has read it knows these things ... and many have commented on them. It's also okay, because whether you agree with it or not, and whether you think it's possible or not ... it is a work of fiction.
But I go too far. I have to leave something for people to discover in the book ... and believe me, there's lots more.