Pacific Fury

After a failed operation to annex the region of Crimea, the Russian Federation turned its attention east, towards China. Despite their uneasy past, the two powers found common ground and signed a treaty of mutual friendship and assistance. China would help Russia escape its financial crisis, and in return China would recieve some of the latest Russian military and civilian equipment. With its economy reinvigorated, Russia could afford to increase military spending, bringing back projects such as the Ulyanovsk-class supercarrier and MiG-1. 42 aircraft, while China could use Russian technology to advance its own military. In 2015, this treaty included a military cooperation clause, essentially being an eastern version of NATO. Using this newly bolstered power, China increased its assertiveness in the South China Sea and Yellow Sea. On December 17th, 2017, China invaded the Paracel island chain and Taiwan simultaneously, swiftly and violently destroying their respective navies and air forces, while Russia was making moves for the Kuril islands. This forced the US and its allies to intervene, causing a large, conventional war between the warring parties. With the CSTO strictly in control of the South China Sea, the Japanese and South Koreans fighting a bitter war against Russia and North Korea respectively and neither side willing to back down, the United States formulates a plan of attack. With the Shandong tied down around the East China Sea and the Admiral Kuznetsov busy in the Arctic, the US sends in 2 carriers to eliminate the pride of the combined CSTO Navy...