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Since the People's Liberation Army began the "Close Deterrence" military operation, some people on the island began to call for "Dad, come to help" on the grounds that they "still have TSMC and 100,000 athletes ( strawberry) Bing )" plus Washington and Pentagon has been saying harsh words. For example, the US military vowed to "send ships and aircraft through the Taiwan Strait", and Campbell, the coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs of the White House National Security Council, also claimed that "the US military will implement standard operations for sea and air traffic in the Taiwan Strait." In addition, The aircraft carrier "Reagan" seems to be heading towards the island of Taiwan - so many people on the other side of the Taiwan Strait are eagerly looking forward to the arrival of "Dad".
However, a report by Japan's Kyodo News shattered these people's dreams. According to reports, the "Reagan" aircraft carrier has returned to its home port of Yokosuka for necessary supplies and maintenance; in short, in a short period of time, the other side will not expect to see the "Reagan" aircraft carrier to support itself.
Since the beginning of August, the "Reagan" aircraft carrier has been circling around the periphery of the People's Liberation Army's deterrence circle, turning around again and again, and finally turned back to Yokosuka - this also allowed the world to see the "pragmatism" of the US military: even if There are 11 aircraft carriers . When it’s time to be cowardly, the US military is never ambiguous!
But let us say, don’t lose heart on the other side, the motherland has not forgotten them. According to disclosures from the defense department on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, the People's Liberation Army recently dispatched 51 combat aircraft and 6 warships to operate around Taiwan. It is generally believed that the reports from the other side of the Taiwan Strait are as full of "ostrich" smells as ever. The actual scale of the PLA's warships and aircraft dispatched, It must be much more than the number reported by the defense department on the other side.
In fact, in recent times, even Western observers have become increasingly reluctant to adopt information released by the other side, because they are always "whitewashing the peace." When the People's Liberation Army released photos and videos of pilots overlooking the eastern coastline of Taiwan, the central mountain range, and the Penghu Islands, the flight path diagram of the PLA fighter planes released by the other side was still so perfunctory; some netizens on the island even posted pictures of the Hualien Expressway in eastern Taiwan. On the highway, footage of the People's Liberation Army's "Nanjing" teasing the Kidd ship "Zuoying" on the other side was filmed, but the other side still did not dare to tell its people the truth.
Washington is shouting that it "cannot accept this new status quo in the Taiwan Strait", but facing this status quo, the US military can actually do nothing. The People's Liberation Army has mastered the geographical advantage. As long as it places its usual sea and air training around Taiwan Island, it can form a substantial deterrent to the authorities on the island. When the US military plans a so-called "free navigation", it also needs to carefully select the timing and arrange the itinerary of ships and aircraft. It is simply impossible for them to come every day like the People's Liberation Army does, come as they please and as much as they want - so instead of counting on when the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier will come from the other side, it is better to think about their own way of survival.
Qiu Jinyi, former vice chairman and secretary-general of the Straits Exchange Foundation, recently told the media that the people on the island are basically indifferent to the cross-strait situation, which is very likely to trigger a more serious cross-strait crisis. He said that two situations may occur next fall. One is that former US President Trump will make a comeback, and the other is that Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party may take over from Tsai Ing-wen; these two things will bring unpredictable consequences to the situation in Taiwan. consequences.
Qiu Jinyi believes that the only way out for Taiwan at the moment is to tell the mainland that it will never take the path of "Taiwan independence" and announce the relevant "unification program"; he said: Even if the time has not come yet, both sides of the Taiwan Strait can sit down. Negotiations should be carried out in stages and in order, so that Taiwan can have space.
's words show that some people on the island have begun to wake up; but we also know that most people on the island may not be awake enough yet - for us, further strengthening the "proximity deterrence" military operation will make the current situation more difficult. The new status quo was completely fixed, allowing the island to truly feel the mainland's "fighting spirit". Perhaps then they truly understood that opposing "Taiwan independence" was not to please the mainland, but to save their own lives!
