[Blockade Exercise Quick Review No. 5: The Air Force's oversized aircraft group dispatched, dominated the air for a long time and in a large area, hit an island and led the West! 】
The blockade exercise against Taiwan was scheduled for 3 days and ended at 12:00 on 7 August. According to Taiwan's defense department, more than 100 warplanes have crossed the so-called "median line of the strait" and "simulated an attack on the main island of Taiwan." "CCTV News" reported that on the first day of the exercise, "hundreds of fighters, bombers, and other fighters of various types were dispatched to take off in formations and rushed to the northern, southwestern, and southeastern airspace of Taiwan Island to carry out tasks such as day-night joint reconnaissance, air assault, and support and cover, and comprehensively tested the tasks of dispatching large aircraft groups, long-term and protracted air superiority, and high-intensity precision strikes." At noon on the 7th, the Eastern Theater said that it will continue to conduct joint exercises in actual combat, focusing on testing the ability to strike at ground targets and long-distance air strikes in joint firepower strikes. Several bomber formations cross the Taiwan Strait in both directions (Figure 2). Obviously, this has exceeded the scheduled exercise time and subject, and the exercise subject "long-distance air strike" was only mentioned today.
Quick comment 1: In the context of actual combat, the scale and type of aircraft are unprecedented. As the PLA Air Force and the Hainan Airlines, they have greatly tempered the aviation units, especially the eastern air defense command center and the air command posts of various early warning aircraft (Figure 9). This is a rare opportunity for pelosi to train and test, and it is clear that there will be real wars in the future.
Quick Comment 2: Hundreds of warplanes were dispatched on the first day of the Eastern Theater Announcement Exercise, while the Taiwan Defense Department only dispatched "more than a hundred fighters" in three days of statistical exercises, and the statistical results of the two sides were very different. In addition to the Taiwan military's intention to reduce the scale of the PLA's dispatch, a considerable number of fighters did not fly to the vicinity of Taiwan Island. If you listen to the sound, a military expert said in an interview with CCTV that there are other theaters participating in the exercise operation. It can be said that these fighters flew to the outskirts of Taiwan Island and formed an external front at a certain distance from Taiwan Island, refusing to allow foreign warships to enter the battlefield in the Taiwan Strait. It is mainly in the direction of northeast Japan, the direction of the Philippine Sea in the east, and the direction of the South China Sea in the south (Figure 3).
Quick comment 3: Where are the J-20 stealth aircraft, bomber-6 bombers, early warning aircraft and tankers that take off on the TV screen? Since the planes took off, they have not been seen in the skies around The Island. As Quick Review 2 said, their task is not to directly target the island, but to build a perimeter cordon to prevent the intervention of foreign forces. The first is the direction of Ryukyu. The two bases of the US military in Okinawa are closest to Taiwan, and the US aircraft can enter the Taiwan Strait without air refueling, and this direction should be prepared in advance (Figure 4). The second is the direction of Guam. Guam is about 3,000 kilometers from Taiwan, and if the US strategic bombers support Taiwan Island, the J-20 will intercept at a distance of 1,000 kilometers, the H-6 will attack Guam with cruise missiles, and the early warning aircraft and tankers will provide support (Figure 5). The third is the U.S. air base in Diego Garcia on the U.S. mainland (Figure 6) and the Indian Ocean (Figure 7). With the support of tankers, US strategic bombers rushed to attack more than 10,000 kilometers to strike our coastal fire, air, navy and three military bases, and I had to defend. Therefore, strike at Taiwan, move a shot and lead the whole body. In this subject of "long-range air strikes" mentioned only today, the opportunity for drill training is really rare. The Eastern Theater seized the time to train troops, and when the time came, they were reluctant to hand in their papers, but they were really a bully! See from the headlines that #PLA has a new exercise? China's response # #为何继续在台岛周边演训? The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded #
