From the OP's article. And quote,
Taiwan would have to hold the line against an assault, and the US would need to join the fight immediately, operating through its bases in Japan, says Matthew Cancian, a Naval War College professor and lead author of the project.
'If the US were not to join the fight for two weeks [after an invasion], it would be too late,' says Cancian, a Marine veteran.
'China would already have too strong a footing.'
And this report one week ago,
Taiwan would have to fight off a Chinese blockade and invasion for around a month before the United States could successfully airlift or sealift forces or munitions to support it, according to war games organized by a U.S. congressional committee Wednesday.
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and quote,
Cancian said one lesson of the war game was the value of anti-ship missiles.
In the next couple of years, "I think the most effective thing you could do is to give Taiwan 500 Harpoon missiles," he said.
Such missiles would be stationed in Taiwan, put on mobile launchers, and able to hit Chinese ships within range, without having to put U.S. troops on the ground, he said.
"The other lesson is that once the fighting begins, it's impossible to get any forces or reinforcements onto Taiwan," Cancian said.
Because Chinese forces would surround Taiwan, the U.S. would not be able to get an airlift or sealift to the island "at least for the first three or four weeks," he said.
For that reason, "Taiwan would have to fight at least the first month, and maybe the first two months, with whatever it starts out with."
I think the American knows that it is near impossible to beat China, but of course they cannot say this publicly.
Just slowly ease Taiwanese into accepting that fact.
Harpoon missile? to shoot at the crossing and landing ships? I guess China would need to be prepare to counter that with electronic warface, attacking the launching base and anti missile system.