China Taiwan Network comprehensive Taiwan media reports, DPP leader Tsai Ing-wen announced on the 27th that starting from 2024, the service period of Taiwan’s compulsory soldiers will be extended from four months to one year. A Taiwan military official revealed that the Taiwan Army will establish four garrison brigades by the end of next year. The first batch of 9,000 young men of one-year service age recruited in 2024 will be the main force of the garrison brigades, and their new task will be to be responsible for the safety protection of infrastructure facilities such as TSMC factories. This news sparked controversy when it came out.
The topic of military service has been a hot topic recently. According to the Taiwanese media "China Times", the Taiwan Army will establish 4 garrison brigades by the end of next year (2023), 2 in northern Taiwan, 1 in central and southern Taiwan, each with a strength of about 4,000 people, totaling 16,000 people. As the number of conscripts increases, eight more garrison brigades will be established one after another, for a total of 12 garrison brigades, with a total strength of 48,000 troops. The main force will be male conscripts with a one-year service period.
reported that the garrison brigade is responsible for protecting important infrastructure, including important protection tasks for oil and electricity facilities, as well as TSMC factories to protect TSMC, the "sacred mountain that protects Taiwan." The Taiwan military's "Han Kuang Exercise" computer troop simulation and real-force drills have conducted "critical infrastructure protection drills" many times to practice the protection of important infrastructure and counter-special attack and counter-surprise subjects.
The source also pointed out that in the future, Taiwanese military one-year service men who have aircraft, and engine maintenance expertise will be distributed to the Taiwanese navy and air force to serve, and a small number will enter the main battle units, mainly to the army garrison brigades.
However, after the relevant news was forwarded to a well-known social network forum in Taiwan, netizens left comments and ridiculed: "Protect private property?", "Taiwan military should provide free security", "Then high-end vaccine companies and real estate should also be protected." Some netizens said, "This is simply the biggest joke of the year" and "TSMC has been moved to the United States by the DPP, so why are we still defending it?" Some netizens pointedly pointed out, "The DPP has repeatedly made wrong moves and inverted its strategies and tactics. What is the logic of defending TSMC? The DPP repeatedly wants to secretly change concepts to divert strategic and tactical deficiencies. Using TSMC as the focus of "cognitive warfare" shows that the DPP authorities' plans for security and defense have been absurd from the beginning!"
China Taiwan Network also reported that the Kuomintang Mindai Jiang Qichen recently stated that Taiwan If Taiwan's defense reform is limited to how long we can serve as soldiers, it is a wrong direction and a wrong focus. Facing the possible cross-sea attack by missiles and , it is simply a fantasy to rely solely on the defense brigade composed of these young people. "Not only TSMC, but also the entire science park is likely to be destroyed. The DPP should not continue Daydreaming."
In response to the DPP 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 responded to inquiries on the 28th and stated that achieving the complete reunification of the motherland is the common will of all Chinese people and is an unstoppable historical trend. The struggle to realize the great cause of national reunification is more important than Mount Tai, and working for the "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.
