After the mainland issued the "Opinions on Punishing 'Taiwan Independence' Diehards According to Law," Taiwan's "defense department" discovered that PLA warships and warplanes have greatly intensified their strategic patrols on Taiwan and have repeatedly shown a posture of "encircling Taiwan on all sides." Some media asked the mainland's Ministry of National Defense that the so-called "chief of staff" of the Taiwan military said a few days ago that the PLA's strategic patrol may change from exercise to war, and the Taiwan military needs to make a change.
Regarding this point, Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesman for the mainland's Ministry of National Defense, pointed out that the DPP authorities need to adapt to "being surrounded on all sides." The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is aimed at the separatist activities of the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, not at the people of Taiwan. As long as we do not engage in "Taiwan independence," why should we be afraid?
After receiving the mainland's warning, the DPP authorities, far from reducing their provocations and "seeking independence," insisted on going all the way down the erroneous road of "relying on force to seek independence" and "resisting reunification by force." According to Taiwan media reports on 29 June, the Taiwan Navy's newly received Tuojiang-class warships Anjiang and Wanjiang have completed their combat strength training and will hold a so-called "military formation ceremony" next week. With the completion of the two Tuojiang-class mass-produced warships, the Taiwan Navy will have seven Tuojiang-class warships.
Before Tsai Ing-wen stepped down, she attended the "handover ceremony" of the Anjiang and Wanjiang ships, and it is expected that Lai Qingde will also personally go to the so-called "military ceremony" of the Anjiang and Wanjiang ships. The top level of the Taiwan military has clearly pointed out that as soon as the two warships enter service, they will be sent to the strait area to join the so-called "combat readiness patrol mission" to counter the entry of Chinese mainland warships into the waters around Taiwan Island.
It should be pointed out that the Tuojiang-class warship is a surface ship independently produced by Taiwan Island, and the reason why it is called a "ship" is that the full load displacement of the Tuojiang-class warship has reached 600 tons, which just exceeds the 500-ton displacement standard for "boats." However, in terms of practical use, we are more accustomed to calling Tuojiang-class warships missile boats.
Like a frog at the bottom of a well, the DPP authorities called the Tuojiang-class warships "aircraft carrier killers." According to the data, a Tuojiang-class warship can carry 16 Haijian-2 air defense missiles, 8 Hsiungfeng-2 missiles, and 4 Hsiungfeng-3 anti-ship missiles, all of which are independently produced by Taiwan, which means that Taiwan can independently arrange missile production tasks to arm Tuojiang-class warships.
As a result, the Anjiang and Wanjiang warships can carry a total of 56 missiles, of which the number of anti-ship missiles has reached 24, and the number of missiles is basically equivalent to a 3,000 to 4,000-ton frigate. The Taiwan authorities pointed out that the eight Hsiungfeng-2 anti-ship missiles on the Tuojiang-class warships have a range of 150 kilometers and have the ability to penetrate defenses at subsonic speeds.
The other four Hsiungfeng-3 anti-ship missiles also have a range of 150 kilometers and have supersonic cruise capabilities. As long as the Taiwan military dispatches seven Tuojiang-class warships carrying 196 missiles at one time to launch a "saturation strike" against important targets, no matter how advanced the warships are, it may be "difficult to withstand them";
In addition, each Tuojiang-class warship also carries 16 Haijian-2 anti-aircraft missiles, increasing its self-defense capability. In addition, the Tuojiang-class warships have small targets and high speeds, making it difficult to be detected at the first time, and the Taiwan military "can cope with the PLA's patrol operations."
We have seen that the Taiwan authorities can be described as "talking a lot" about the performance of the Tuojiang-class warships. In fact, the combat effectiveness of the Tuojiang-class warships may not be comparable to the Type 022 missile boats that have been in service with our army for a long time. The Type 022 missile boat has a speed of 50 knots, has a stealth hull, and is equipped with two YJ-83 missile launchers with four units, capable of launching eight long-range anti-ship missiles.
In the process of using the 022 missile boat, our army has gained an in-depth understanding of the advantages of this type of missile boat, as well as the shortcomings and disadvantages of this type of missile boat, and has accumulated sufficient experience in countering small high-speed missile boats. The Taiwan authorities' attempt to use a few small 600-ton boats to deal with the PLA's huge fleet is nothing less than a dream.
Many netizens on the island pointed out that the Taiwan authorities have called the Tuojiang-class warships "aircraft carrier killers" and are overbragging, as long as they are not fishing boat killers. It should be pointed out that the Taiwan Navy's Jinjiang ship mistakenly fired a "Hsiung-san" missile with a range of 300 km, hitting the fishing boat Xianglisheng in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, killing the captain surnamed Huang and injuring three other people on board.
Insiders on the island said that objectively speaking, the 600-ton "Tuojiang" class patrol ship has serious design flaws. This small ship is greedy for many weapons and is equipped with so many missiles, resulting in a very unstable center of gravity and very poor sea resistance. The mainland is the world's largest shipbuilding site, how can the Taiwan military compare with it? The Taiwan army is now fighting on the defensive, and if it is not good, the first wave will be completely annihilated.