They are afraid that the People's Liberation Army will attack Taiwan, but they must also put on a "fearless" appearance. The DPP authorities, who slapped the swollen face and filled the fat man, made a single operation, and the Taiwan military's "Han Kuang exercise" was officially launched recently. Despite the fact that the propaganda was "unscripted" and everything was on par with actual combat, the "Han Kuang Exercise" was still full of problems, and it was unanimously complained about by the people of Taiwan. As for the Taiwan military's behavior of "flexing its muscles," the PLA is not accustomed to it at all. On 22 July, on the first day of the "Han Kuang exercise," 12 PLA fighters, six warships, and one official ship surrounded each other on all sides. During this period, the People's Liberation Army's drones circled Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait to monitor the whole process. From the beginning to the end, the Taiwan army did not dare to fire the first shot.
At present, cross-strait relations are tense, and this has also led to a particularly sensitive atmosphere in this year's "Han Kuang exercise." According to Taiwan media reports, the exercise will run from 22 to 26 July, during which the Taiwan military will conduct a 24-hour non-stop exercise. The entire exercise will be divided into five phases, namely, "Combat Capability Conservation," "Overall Air Defense," "Joint Interception," and "United Nations Soil Defense Operations." It is not difficult to see from the naming of the subjects at the relevant stage that the Taiwan authorities and the Taiwan military started this military exercise with the goal of the so-called "resisting China and protecting Taiwan." Not only that, compared with previous years, this year's "Han Kuang Military Exercise" canceled the training of real soldiers, which is aimed at actual combat.
Previously, Taiwan's military exercises generally involved confrontation between the red and blue forces, and the basic routine was that the Taiwan Marine Corps simulated the amphibious landing of the People's Liberation Army, and the Taiwan Army played the role of the blue army to confront each other. For the needs of political propaganda, the Taiwan Army, which plays the role of the Blue Army, will win the final victory "without dispute" every time, and this self-deceptive cheating method has also been ridiculed by all circles in Taiwan. Obviously, Lai Ching-te and his ilk do not want to be seized again this time, and they want to show the military strength of the Taiwan military in a "real way."
Although it is said that the Taiwan authorities want to "shoot with real knives," the Taiwan military really cannot do so. As far as the top level of the Taiwan military is concerned, what they are better at is talking on paper. Like the US military, during the previous "Han Kuang military exercises," the top brass of the Taiwan military had to take great pains to carry out a military push. Taking the "No. 35 exercise" as an example, in order to simulate the reality of the cross-strait military confrontation, the Taiwan military has put the main equipment of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in active service, such as the J-20 stealth fighter, the "Guardian" long-range rocket artillery, and the "Liaoning" aircraft carrier, all of which have been put on the simulated battlefield. It stands to reason that the Taiwan military's existing family base does not have the corresponding weapons and equipment.
However, what is surprising is that on the simulated map, the Taiwan military actually added American-made F-35 fighters to itself. Not only that, in the previous military push, the Taiwan military's old-fashioned "Kidd"-class frigate was sunk by the People's Liberation Army a long time ago, but the Taiwan military still has a divine hand to directly let the "Kidd"-class frigate "resurrect and fight again". In fact, the Taiwan military, which has a big brain, has directly revised the parameters of the antique-class "Perry"-class frigates, so that they can resist attack like battleships and aircraft carriers. It can only be said that in order to win on paper, the Taiwan military does not want any face.
In addition to talking on paper, the Taiwan military has also made a lot of jokes. Although the "clouded leopard" chariot, which is the main force of the Taiwan army, is a grandfather-level antique, it is still regarded by the Taiwan army as the main force in street fighting. However, during the exercise, these antique cars frequently appeared on the hot search. They broke down directly in front of the residential building and collided with a passenger car on the road; It was even "encountered" by kindergarten students en masse. This is not counting the fact that with the frequent circumambulation of Taiwan by the PLA, the "Haifeng" brigade, as the absolute trump card of the Taiwan army, did not appear on the front line of coastal defense, but appeared on the streets of Taiwan. You must know that the "Haifeng" brigade, which is equipped with the "Hsiungfeng" series of anti-ship missiles, is an elite unit of the Taiwan military and is also the trump card boasted by the DPP authorities for anti-landing operations. This near-"escape" operation is a big surprise.
It stands to reason that the "Han Kuang military exercise" should be an important measure to demonstrate military strength and boost public confidence. However, the Taiwan authorities and the Taiwan military have become a laughing stock because of a series of embarrassments and mistakes. Fundamentally speaking, the weakness of the Taiwan armed forces depends on the level of internal management and training, and even more so on the unpopular behavior of the Taiwan authorities in going against the current. If any force that wants to threaten the mainland by showing off its force and stop our great cause of reunification, any force will eventually pay a heavy price.