In addition to participating in the "Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Ceremony of the Qingming Festival," Ma Ying-jeou also visited the Mausoleum Museum of the First Emperor of Qin, went to the Ma Yuan Temple and Ma Yuan's Tomb to find his roots, and at the same time visited the Ming Lan Ge manuscript of the "Records of the Ryukyu Envoys" of the Xi'an National Version Museum, and said that the Diaoyu Islands do not belong to the Ryukyus, and the "Records of the Envoys to the Ryukyus" is an ironclad fact that the Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islands belong to China's territory.
Just as Ma Ying-jeou was visiting the mainland for a peace trip, the Taiwan military was making moves behind his back. According to Taiwan media reports, Tang Hua, head of the Taiwan Navy, went to the United States to visit Hawaii, where the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is located, to attend the handover ceremony of the commander of the Pacific Fleet, and will also participate in the "Sea, Air and Space" seminar held in the suburbs of Washington, and it is rumored that the Taiwan Navy has the opportunity to participate in the 2024 Rim of the Pacific military exercise.
In this regard, Lu Lishi, the former captain of the Taiwan Navy, said in the program that this is routine, and the front military has participated. The US Congress has proposed inviting the Taiwan military to participate in the RIMPAC military exercise, and in addition to the US Congress secretly promoting it, the Taiwan military also wants to participate in the RIMPAC military exercise. Kuomintang Legislator Jiang Qichen revealed important news that the Taiwan military is happy to participate in the RIMPAC military exercise and is ready to do so at any time, but whether or not to participate in the RIMPAC military exercise depends on the US side, but so far it has not yet received an invitation from the US military to participate in the RIMPAC military exercise.
Lu Lishi pointed out that unless there are unexpected circumstances, it is impossible for the Taiwan military to participate in the 2024 RIMPAC military exercise. Whether the Taiwan military is willing to participate or the US military takes the initiative to invite it, the mainland will not allow it, and the United States will also consider the consequences for Sino-US relations. Just as it was rumored whether the Taiwan military would participate in the 2024 RIMPAC military exercise, the PLA once again took action and operated in the waters around the Taiwan Strait.
According to the information released by Taiwan's defense department, from 6 a.m. on the 5th to 6 a.m. on the 6th, one mainland helicopter and seven warships were found continuing to operate around the Taiwan Strait, among which the helicopter entered the eastern waters of Taiwan Island, about 98 nautical miles away from Eluanbi, but no Continental Army aircraft were found to be active around the Taiwan Strait. Li Zhengjie, a retired major general from Taiwan, said that this carrier-based helicopter is a Z-9 carrier-based helicopter, which appeared directly in the waters east of Taiwan Island, which means that there is at least one Type 052D destroyer or Type 054A missile frigate in the nearby waters, which is obviously an anti-submarine exercise.
Li Zhengjie pointed out that if a mainland helicopter is active in the waters off Taiwan Island, it is bound to be taken off by a Continental Army ship, and whether it is a Type 052D destroyer or a Type 054A frigate, it can carry a Z-9 carrier-based helicopter, and the waters east of Taiwan Island are relatively deep, which is very suitable for antisubmarine warfare exercises, and if the US military wants to enter the South China Sea, it will also pass through the east coast of Taiwan Island and pass through the Bass Strait. The anti-submarine exercise of the mainland helicopter in the waters east of Taiwan Island is self-evident as deterrence.
Guo Zhengliang said that at present, the mainland is also making adjustments, for example, on the first day of Ma Ying-jeou's visit to the mainland, he completely stopped flying around Taiwan and around Taiwan. During the Hualien earthquake, the Continental Army ships flew as such, with the subtle difference that the Continental Army aircraft did not fly over the so-called "median line of the strait". At the same time, Guo Zhengliang went on to point out that the DPP authorities are the DPP authorities who are currently in this atmosphere on both sides of the strait, the Kinmen ship collision incident has not yet been resolved, and the temporary shouting of cards during the live-fire exercise in Kinmen on 2 April.
Recently, the mainland has released good intentions. On the day of Ma Ying-jeou's visit to the mainland on April 1, the mainland dispatched 7 warships and 0 military aircraft; On April 3, during the Hualien earthquake, the mainland dispatched 3 military planes and 7 warships, but none of them crossed the center line, and on April 5, during the Qingming holiday, the mainland held a ceremony to worship the ancestors of Xuanyuan, which was very unusual and also 0 military aircraft. Taiwan's retired major general Li Zhengjie once said that this situation is extremely rare, and the key lies in Ma Ying-jeou's visit to the mainland, which is a goodwill from the mainland.
Circumnavigating Taiwan has become a routine drill for mainland warships and aircraft, aimed at the DPP authorities, including Chiu Tai-san, Tsai Ing-wen, and Lai Ching-te. Next, let's see what Lai Qingde does. As Taiwan's retired lieutenant general Chang Yanting said, Ma Ying-jeou's visit to the mainland in early April and the Hualien earthquake are temporary. If the DPP authorities continue to provoke, they will return to normal when the temporary phenomenon ends, especially after Ma Ying-jeou's visit to the mainland on 11 July.
As for the goodwill shown by the mainland side, reduce the circumnavigation of military planes around Taiwan. The island said that the number of ships of the Continental Army must be reduced to less than five in order to ease the spiral of hostility between the two sides of the strait in recent years. If the DPP authorities insist on provoking, the mainland will also take strong countermeasures. A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense said that we are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and with the greatest efforts, but we will never leave the slightest room for "Taiwan independence" separatist acts. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) will continue to strengthen military training and preparation for war, and resolutely fight "independence" and promote reunification. Once the mainland side firmly believes that there is no hope for peaceful reunification, and a node for military reunification will soon appear, the pace of cross-strait reunification will be advanced.