Source: Taiwan.com
Some time ago, US think tanks and some retired military officers kept speculating that the Plaster Army might take Dongsha Island, Taiping Island, and other outlying islands controlled by the Taiwan side to "open the knife" to deter the interference of "Taiwan independence" forces and forces outside the region. Taiwan media quoted a scholar who visited the island as saying that he had "bet" that the US military would assist in training the Taiwanese troops stationed on Dongsha Island to deal with the plagiarized attack by the PLA. In addition, the former commander of the Taiwan Army said that if the People's Liberation Army really takes military action against Taiping Island, the Taiwan military is confident that it can cope with the crisis and achieve a so-called "terror balance" by seizing Woody Island.
When Taiwan regional leader Tsai Ing-wen was interviewed by US media a few days ago, she confirmed for the first time that the US military was assisting in the training of the Taiwan military in Taiwan. According to foreign news reports, from December 31 last year to September 30 this year, the number of US troops in Taiwan increased from 20 to 39, nearly doubled. According to the Pentagon, the active U.S. military in Taiwan currently includes 29 Marines, 2 Army personnel, 3 Navy personnel and 5 Air Force personnel. But it is unclear whether that number includes a U.S. military special operations unit and Marine Corps personnel training the Taiwan military in Taiwan.
Taiwan media quoted the scholar named Sharp as saying that increasing the number of "U.S. troops stationed in Taiwan" may be to teach the Taiwan military how to use the latest weapons purchased from the United States, or to train the Taiwan military to use small rubber boat tactics to help defend the outer islands controlled by Taiwan, such as Dongsha Island.
A few days ago, the US think tank and Taiwan's defense department constantly exaggerated the so-called "People's Liberation Army wants to seize Dongsha Island." According to an earlier report by Taiwan's "Lianhe Pao," in order to cope with the PLA's concerns about the so-called "military threat" to Dongsha Island, in addition to the stationing of taiwan marines and other units to provide support, the Taiwan Strait Patrol Department has now implemented the so-called "new plan," which will be stationed in two 100-ton patrol and rescue boats equipped with cannons, and at the same time replace the network transmission system and intershore radar, and station mobile radar vehicles to ensure the so-called safety of Dongsha Island.
Qiu Guozheng, head of Taiwan's defense department, said a few days ago that he had encouraged the Taiwan military on Dongsha Island to "fight to the death to the end." However, a poll on the island shows that if the People's Liberation Army attacks Dongsha Island, more than 70 percent of the people said that "the Taiwan army should take the initiative to withdraw or surrender." Another person said bluntly, "It is better to speak than to sing, but it is not his fate." ”
In addition, according to Taiwan's "China Times," Hu Zhenpu, former commander of Taiwan's army, said that if the People's Liberation Army "desperately" wants to seize Taiping Island, the Taiwan army has a so-called "plan to defend Xinjiang," and there are also defensive weapons on the island.
Hu Zhenpu also said that "the Taiwan military has the confidence to deal with the crisis," and he told "everyone not to worry too much," and threatened that "if the People's Liberation Army fights Taiping Island, the Taiwan army can fight Yongxing Island" to achieve the so-called "balance of terror."
Taiping Island is China's inherent territory, located on the eastern side of the waterway on the west side of the South China Sea, actually controlled by Taiwan, under the jurisdiction of Kaohsiung City, and about 1600 kilometers away from the port of Kaohsiung in the northeast. Fiery Cross Island is an artificial island on the southwest reef of Fiery Cross Reef, which is the abbreviation of "Southwest Island of Fiery Cross Reef", and is the seat of the people's government of Nansha District, Sansha City, Hainan Province. On October 16, 2014, DigitalGlobe, a world-renowned commercial high-resolution mapping site, updated its satellite image photos to show it. The area of the main island of Fiery Cross Island has been further expanded compared to the end of September, reaching about 0.9 square kilometers. This not only meant that Fiery Cross Island had become the largest Nansha island under the actual control of the Chinese mainland at that time, but also marked that Fiery Cross Island replaced Taiping Island controlled by the Taiwan authorities and became the largest island in the Nansha Islands at that time. (Source: Taiwan Net)