According to media reports in Taiwan, as the cross-strait situation reaches a critical point, the Ministry of National Defense of the Taiwan authorities is reviewing the possibility of re-implementing the "compulsory conscription system" and reviewing the largest reserve mobilization plan. Some Taiwanese officials claimed that the purpose of the new plan is to enrich the number of officers in the reserve force and to absorb as many skilled people as possible into the Taiwan military.
The main measure is to extend the current eight-year period of "recruitment and management" of retired Taiwan military personnel to 12 to 17 years. Some green media even claimed that Taiwan's total population is 23 million, excluding the elderly, children, and people with physical illnesses who are not suitable for military service. If the "education and education control" is completely liberalized to 60 years old, and women are widely recruited to work in logistics support, etc. work, the Taiwan military will have 12 million soldiers!
The Taiwan authorities and the Ministry of National Defense must find legal basis for themselves when discussing the reserve mobilization plan. The Taiwan authorities' current "Military Service Law" stipulates that Taiwanese officers and soldiers who have completed their service must be drafted at least four times within eight years after retirement, each time not exceeding 20 days. In fact, the 20 days can only be regarded as a "military review tour" and will not play a role in maintaining "combat strength." However, the "Military Service Law" also stipulates that the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense can "comprehensively inspect" the reserve mobilization system under certain circumstances. Take "special measures" to enhance reserve combat capabilities. But 12 million soldiers is completely impossible. Modern war cannot be won by accumulating numbers. Moreover, it is a fantasy that even a 60-year-old man would fight against the People's Liberation Army in order to resist military reunification. The reality is that young people in Taiwan are generally unwilling to return to the military camp after serving.
For this reason, the Ministry of National Defense of the Taiwan authorities had no choice but to use "monetary incentives" to explore increasing the salary of re-recruited personnel by 1.2 to 1.5 times, and the re-recruitment allowance would be paid in advance. Taiwanese soldiers can receive 840 to 1,050 yuan, non-commissioned officers can receive 960 to 1,200 yuan, and officers can receive 1,080 to 1,350 yuan. In order not to make the public feel unfair, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense emphasized that after automatically removing personnel who meet the postponement or non-recruitment requirements, the service branches, ranks, specialties, etc. of those who meet the requirements will be entered into the computer. In accordance with the principle of "retreat first, use young and strong", The so-called "strong" abilities are intelligently selected by the computer, so everyone should have no complaints. The first phase of Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense aims to increase the number of reserve military training personnel to 260,000 by 2022. As for the 12 million soldiers advocated by the green camp fanatics on the Internet, that is out of the question.
Some members of the blue camp criticized Tsai Ing-wen's authorities on this matter, criticizing the Taiwan defense department's approach as still " drinking poison to quench thirst ". They did not acknowledge the problems pointed out by others, and kept changing in a self-righteous direction. Extending the retirement age will only make part of the reserve force very old, and the other part has little training, and the combat power is still insufficient! He also boasts that if "all the people serve as soldiers", the combat effectiveness of Taiwan's military will exceed that of Israel, the "little bully in the Middle East". Do you really think that Israel's military strength depends on its large number of people? Text/PY
