We have multiple threads about PLA strategy in naval conflicts but there seems to be little in the way of how the PLA should fight ground conflicts, which have a non-zero chance of happening.
Examples of a ground conflict occurring:
1. South Korean forces under an ultranationalist far right party decide that it is time to reunite the Korean peninsula under Seoul and does not believe the North will actually resort to strategic weapons. South Korean F-35s begin striking North Korean dams, electricity generating facilities and bridges while pre-sighted South Korean artillery attack North Korea's artillery park along the DMZ. North Korea fires back and prepares to dig in for a long defensive conflict, but Kim Jong Un asks for assistance and says that there may be uncontrolled risk of strategic escalation if Pyongyang is occupied. To avoid escalation and to abide by the terms of the Sino-Korean MDT, the PLA is deployed to repel the South Korean offensive.
2. BJP is taken over by its fascist branch the RSS. The new fascist prime minister of India decides to launch an all out attack on Askai Chin and Pakistani Kashmir to conquer them once and for all. To prevent the Indian takeover of Chinese land and avoid escalation, the PLA is deployed to repel the Indian attack before they can occupy Kashmir and Askai Chin.
3. Vietnam suffers a color revolution and the CPV is taken over by a revanchist nationalist faction. It begins to build up a NATO standard army, invites US to station forces there, starts persecuting the Chinese minority and begins shelling border regions of Guangxi. Worryingly, Vietnam also begins to import reactor components from the US. The CMC decides that they must be stopped before they are capable of further harm.
How is China to fight a ground conflict (not limited to just these 3)?
Examples of a ground conflict occurring:
1. South Korean forces under an ultranationalist far right party decide that it is time to reunite the Korean peninsula under Seoul and does not believe the North will actually resort to strategic weapons. South Korean F-35s begin striking North Korean dams, electricity generating facilities and bridges while pre-sighted South Korean artillery attack North Korea's artillery park along the DMZ. North Korea fires back and prepares to dig in for a long defensive conflict, but Kim Jong Un asks for assistance and says that there may be uncontrolled risk of strategic escalation if Pyongyang is occupied. To avoid escalation and to abide by the terms of the Sino-Korean MDT, the PLA is deployed to repel the South Korean offensive.
2. BJP is taken over by its fascist branch the RSS. The new fascist prime minister of India decides to launch an all out attack on Askai Chin and Pakistani Kashmir to conquer them once and for all. To prevent the Indian takeover of Chinese land and avoid escalation, the PLA is deployed to repel the Indian attack before they can occupy Kashmir and Askai Chin.
3. Vietnam suffers a color revolution and the CPV is taken over by a revanchist nationalist faction. It begins to build up a NATO standard army, invites US to station forces there, starts persecuting the Chinese minority and begins shelling border regions of Guangxi. Worryingly, Vietnam also begins to import reactor components from the US. The CMC decides that they must be stopped before they are capable of further harm.
How is China to fight a ground conflict (not limited to just these 3)?