Taiwan’s“Hanguang No. 40” exercise began actual combat drills. The Taiwan military claimed that“No script, no acting”. However, from the situation on the first day of July 22, there were many traces of“Acting”, and also occurred with the civil vehicle collision accident. To the second day, because of the typhoon canceled many training courses and many and“No script” contradictory phenomenon, also let the island on the effectiveness of the exercise played a big question mark.
“Not even an evacuation shelter.”
July 23 was the second day of the Taiwanese military’s“Hanguang 40” exercise. According to Taiwanese media reports, one of the subjects of the morning exercise was “Overall air defense combat drill”. After maneuvering into tactical positions, the Taiwanese Army’s 58 Gun Command Air Defense Battalion, which is responsible for air defense in the “Fifth combat area”(Central Hon-jima) , immediately use the Avenger missile vehicle, set up a search alert to the air, build a short-range protective net, and complete the preparation for the engagement according to standard operating procedures; then, under the guidance of the superior, simulation of low-altitude enemy targets to attack, the missile squad leader issued a combat order, simulation of air attacks on the“Enemy” search, lock, fire“Stinger” missiles.
Early in the morning, officers and soldiers from Taiwan’s “Gendarmerie Command” carried out a bridge closure drill at Huachui Bridge, which straddles Xindian Creek, Taiwan’s China time electronic daily said on the 23rd, it mainly simulates the impact of so-called “Cognitive warfare” on the mainland and the reaction of officers and soldiers when people try to force their way across a bridge on the grounds that their family members are in a Taipei Hospital. However, Li Zhengjie, a retired Taiwanese army major-general, found images of a group of Taiwanese soldiers squatting in conspicuous, unshielded locations during the exercise. He bombarded, a group of people crowded together, even evacuation shelter will not be afraid to be one shot, Taiwan’s“Basic combat coach really terrible.”.
On the 23rd, Taiwanese leader William Lai went to Hualian as planned to inspect the “Hanguang” exercise. In addition to going to the Jiashan base to see the potential of the fighter jets, he also learned about the triage and evacuation of a large number of wounded. According to the plan of the Taiwan military exercise, in order to deal with wartime casualties, the medical office of the Taiwan Air Force base has set up“Casualty assembly points” at various parts of the base. The procedures for rescuing the wounded include 6 points, they were massive hemorrhage, respiratory tract, respiratory system, circulation, hypothermia and general examination. The Taiwanese press noticed that William Lai was wearing a military uniform.
The accident happened on the first day
Although the“Hanguang” exercise claimed to strengthen the Taiwan Army combat readiness, but in fact, at a discount. According to a report by the taiwan-based China Times newspaper, the “Third Combat Zone” was supposed to conduct an anti-landing and anti-aircraft landing exercise on the Guanyin Beach in Taoyuan on the morning of the 23rd, and an anti-aircraft landing exercise on the Guandu Plain at night, but in view of the“Ge Mei” typhoon impact, decided to cancel. A spokesman for Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense, Sun Lifang, said on the 23rd that the drills will be gradually adjusted according to different sea and air conditions in different places, and that troops must be deployed in response to disaster relief. He also said that“Maximising proximity to combat” was not equivalent to combat, and that risk management was something the military had to take into account.
In addition, a car accident occurred on the first day of the“Hanguang” exercise. According to a report on the 23rd by Taiwan’s United news website, the accident occurred at about 8:00 pm on the 22nd at the bow of the Balii Ferry in New Taipei City, heading towards Guandu Bridge, at that time, a civilian passenger car collided with the Taiwanese army’s 269 brigade CM34“Clouded leopard” armored vehicle (pictured) . The cause and responsibility of the accident are being investigated by New Taipei City Police, the army’s Sixth Corps said. Some Taiwanese media said that the minibus drivers may face more than 100 million Taiwan dollars in sky-high compensation. However, according to a Taiwanese media report on the 23rd, after learning that the responsibility for the military vehicle accident should be relatively large, but the conclusion still has to wait for the accident appraisal report to count.
The clouded leopard hit a minibus in Bali District, New Taipei City, Wednesday.
“False pretenses”
William Lai said on the 23rd, the “Hanguang” exercise to “No script, combat-oriented” approach to deal with the threat of changes in the enemy situation, to verify the resilience of all soldiers. However, the reality was very “Slap in the face”. Some Taiwanese media reported that on the 23rd, as the rain in the Hualian region eased, the Taiwan Air Force Base resumed its activities and several fighter jets slipped out. During William Lai’s inspection, two F-16 fighters take off to carry out the mission, “So that off-site fans are said to be specially fly to Lai See.”. According to a report in the China Times, the Taiwanese military’s “Fourth combat zone” set off from the Wanjin camp on the 22nd to carry out an anti-airborne mission to the Pingdong base, passing by a kindergarten in NEIPU, nearly 200 students and teachers lined the streets waving flags and shouting“Go!”.
Retired Army lieutenant colonel and well-known military writer Huang Junmin said that the Taiwanese military had previously stressed that the“Han guang” exercise was“Non-scripted, spoiler-free and combat-oriented”, now there is footage of children cheering on the troops, with flags and billboards and photographers, suggesting that the time and route of the convoy was well known. Many netizens on the island wrote in Huang’s post, “The drill is like a battle. If even the general public can easily understand the route of the troops, then…”“I don’t believe that this is not mobilized,” Huang said.
A commentary on the United News Network said that if it had not known in advance the route and time of the Taiwanese military convoy’s movements, mobilized the public and teachers and students to take the flags to the streets, and notified the media in advance, how could such a picture have appeared? In another recent example, the photographer was fishing on a bridge flanked on either side by soldiers taking cover behind a guard rail and aiming their guns in front of Haikou, “How can such ‘professional’ performance not be creepy?” The article said that in recent years, the Taiwanese army had become a “Punching bag” under attack from all walks of life. As a result, it had become a Bird on a Wire and had to stress to the outside world that everything was perfect, as a result, “The culture of false pretenses is more prevalent than in the past”. But the drill is not a military parade, the core purpose is not to show the strength of the military, but to take the opportunity to expose the lack of training. If the higher-ups turn a blind eye, the grass-roots naturally follow suit, “Then the ‘Ministry of Defense’ Talk About Reform, it is just another slogan version of the renovation.”.