 The plan of attack by Chiang and his subordinates was to breach the dikes that withheld the mass amount of water from pouring into the 500-square mile area of central China.However while this long-term idea was in full swing, Chiang's dilemma stood behind the thought of the many lives that stood past the dikes.This dilemma was thought of in two ways, the first being if he were to breach the dikes then he would be spreading death, wiping hundreds of thousands of people.