Source: Straits Herald
It is reported that the mainland has recently used drones to conduct reconnaissance around Dongsha Island. Taiwan's "IOC Chairman" Li Zhongwei recently stated in the "Legislative Yuan" inquiry that if there is an emergency, it will follow regulations. Processing, "Fire when it's time to fire." In this regard, Taiwanese media criticized that Li Zhongwei spoke very boldly, but was extremely reckless. Neither the emergency situation was explained nor the regulations were known, and it violated the latest combat guidelines formulated by the "Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces". It only satisfied political correctness and self-pleasure.
As the US military shows off its power in the Indo-Pacific region, the smell of gunpowder in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea continues to rise. In addition to the People's Liberation Army constantly sending military aircraft to patrol Taiwan's southwest airspace, the Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group will also "normally" bypass the eastern waters of Taiwan, and drones will In this atmosphere, the sky above Dongsha Island appeared.
Taiwan's "China Times" issued an article today pointing out that Dongsha Island is under the responsibility of the "Maritime Commission Coast Guard Administration" Dongsha Command, but the maritime patrol mission is more like a "maritime police" and has no authority to command the Marine Corps. Li Zhongwei said to fire when it was time to fire. Was he asking the Coast Guard officers and soldiers to fire? Or was he authorized to direct the Marines to open fire?
Li Zhongwei didn’t explain what the emergency was? Does it mean the drone enters "airspace"? Or will the People's Liberation Army capture Dongsha Island? It is speculated that he only refers to drones, because if it is the latter, it will be in a state of war and will inevitably be commanded by the "Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces". All troops, including the Dongsha Marine Corps, will be under the full control of the Taiwan military. Is this the "IOC"? "Will the chief have the final say?"
Furthermore, Taiwan’s defense department has recently revised the “Regulations on Dealing with Emergency Situations During Periods of Regular War Preparation” many times. The previous regulations stated that in order to demonstrate Taiwan’s “peace-loving”, the “first shot” on both sides of the Taiwan Strait would not be fired; in the revised regulations in September last year The "first strike" was changed to "exercising the right to self-defense and counterattack"; later it was changed to "not provoking, not taking the initiative to attack, withstanding the first blow, and exercising the right to self-defense and counterattack after identifying the hostile intention." The purpose of the Taiwan military's repeated changes is to judge the possibility of war. In order to avoid misfire, it must be cautious and cautious.
The article concluded that, in this regard, Li Zhongwei's "open fire theory" not only violates the above regulations, is irresponsible and unrestrained, and is even unofficial.