One model of PRC strategy toward Taiwan suggests that the PRC would first invade Kinmen, Matsu, and penghu. From these islands it would seize air and sea superiority, and, supported by missiles, could mount attacks against Taiwan.
過去有人模擬中共對台用兵可能有的戰略型態：一是逐島進攻，先進犯金、馬、澎湖，再以更優勢的海、空及飛彈攻擊台灣本島。