Source: Global Network
[ Global Network Comprehensive Report Reporter Zhao Youping] Taiwan's "China Times", ETtoday News Cloud and other Taiwanese media reported on the 29th that Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen announced on December 27 that starting from 2024, the service period of conscripts on the island will be extended from four months to one year. Taiwan's military officials revealed that the Taiwan Army will establish four garrison brigades by the end of next year. The 9,000 young men of one-year service age recruited in the first year of 2024 will be the main force of the garrison brigades. They will have new tasks and are responsible for guarding important infrastructure such as Taiwan's oil and electricity, as well as the safety protection of TSMC factories. In response to this, some netizens on the island sarcastically said: "TSMC has been moved to the United States by the Democratic Progressive Party, so why are they still guarding it?" Some netizens said: "Idiot, you will run out of power after one missile . I thought it could continue to produce under artillery fire."
According to Taiwan's ETtoday News Cloud report, Tsai Ing-wen claimed on the 27th that one-year compulsory military service will be restored starting from 2024. In the structural adjustment plan for strengthening the island's defense force that she proposed that day, voluntary service (recruitment system) is the main battle task, and compulsory service ( conscription system ) is a garrison task.
According to Taiwan's "China Times", a Taiwanese military official revealed that the Taiwan Army will first establish two garrison brigades in the north, one in the center and one in the south by the end of next year. Each garrison brigade will have about 4,000 troops. As the number of conscripts increases, the military will gradually establish eight more garrison brigades, totaling 12 garrison brigades, which will require about 48,000 troops. The main force of the garrison brigade will come from male young men of compulsory service for one year. Taiwan military officials said that relatively fragile infrastructure such as electricity, or TSMC factories are important protection tasks for the garrison brigade. The
report also stated that it is understood that in order to protect TSMC, the Taiwan Army's "Han Kuang Exercise" computer military exercises and actual military exercises have been conducted many times for protection drills. Since last year, the Taiwan Army and Military Police Special Operations Forces have also begun to practice important infrastructure protection and counter-attack, counter-surprise and other subjects.
Regarding the extension of military service, young men of Taiwan’s one-year military service will have new tasks such as protecting the TSMC factory. Some netizens on the island sarcastically said: TSMC has been moved to the United States by the Democratic Progressive Party, so why are they still guarding it? ↓
Some netizens laughed: "Haha, the biggest joke in 2022. Use ten missiles to blow up Taiwan's largest natural gas power plant, and TSMC will immediately stop production." ↓
Some netizens said: "Idiot, you will run out of power with one missile. I thought you could continue production under artillery fire." ↓
In response to the Taiwan authorities' extension of compulsory military service from four months to one year in response to what they called the "mainland threat," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on December 28 that achieving the complete reunification of the motherland is the common will of all Chinese people and an unstoppable historical trend. He said that fighting for the great cause of national reunification is more important than Mount Tai, and working for "Taiwan independence" separatist activities is less important than a feather. "We believe that the majority of Taiwan compatriots understand the righteousness of justice and will not serve as cannon fodder for the 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces."
