According to Western media reports, at the last moment when Lai Qingde was about to take office, two ro-ro ships on the mainland suddenly behaved abnormally, they broke away from the original route of the ships, and were heading south overnight and have now rushed to the Taiwan Strait! The appearance of these two ro-ro freighters immediately tightened the nerves of the Taiwan authorities, and the situation in the Taiwan Strait became tense in an instant.
As a matter of fact, as early as when the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was bent on "seeking independence" and the situation in the Taiwan Strait became tense, military experts on both sides of the strait predicted that once the war between the two sides of the strait began, the mainland would inevitably use ro-ro ships if it wanted to transport troops across the strait to fight!
The appearance of these two ro-ro ships now seems to be a harbinger of the mainland's desire to take action against Taiwan, and of course it may be completely due to Taiwan's lack of thiliness, but no matter what, the abnormal behavior of these two ro-ro ships has made the nerves of the Taiwan authorities and Taiwan's defense departments tense up in an instant!
So why did these two ro-ro ships appear near the Taiwan Strait? Is it really the mainland that is ready to take action against Taiwan? Or does the mainland have other intentions?
What does the appearance of two ro-ro ships in the Taiwan Strait mean?
Although such a ro-ro ship has a super carrying capacity and can play a vital role after the outbreak of the conflict in the Taiwan Strait, if the ro-ro ship is used for troop transportation, each ship can carry 1-2 armored synthetic brigades of the PLA, and in the PLA landing operation, the ro-ro ship can play a vital role!
However, it is obvious that at the beginning of the war, when the PLA did not obtain sea and air supremacy, it would definitely not allow this kind of ro-ro ship without any protection capability to participate in the war, so now the appearance of two ro-ro ships in the Taiwan Strait will most likely not be a signal that the PLA is about to start a war in the Taiwan Strait.
Today, the PLA Navy has a 40,000-ton 075 amphibious assault ship and a 20,000-ton 071 amphibious landing ship, which can fully meet the needs of the PLA for beach landing on the eve of the war.
Therefore, on the eve of the start of the war, the mainland PLA was able to meet the transportation requirements in the early stage of the war by relying on these warships alone, and the ro-ro ships really came into play after the PLA completely seized the port, controlled most of the coastal area and attacked Taiwan in depth, and it was only used when a large force was needed to enter Taiwan.
Moreover, judging from the scale of ro-ro ships owned by the mainland today, dozens of ro-ro ships may not take a few days for the PLA to complete the cross-strait force projection, so the situation of two ro-ro ships appearing in the Taiwan Strait like this is definitely not to transport military equipment to the PLA!
It is possible that these two ships are cooperating with the PLA in carrying out equipment delivery exercises, or they are purely cooperating with the PLA in acting, putting on the appearance that the mainland wants to start a war in the Taiwan Strait, so that the Taiwan authorities and the incoming Lai Qingde will not dare to touch the mainland's bottom line!
However, if you want to feel the pressure on the Taiwan authorities and defense departments, the PLA has far more effective means than ro-ro ships, and there is no need to use civilian ro-ro ships at all, so what is the purpose of these two mainland ro-ro ships appearing in the Taiwan Strait?
The two ro-ro ships or the destination are not the Taiwan Strait at all!
Obviously, it can make the Western media pay so much attention, these two mainland ro-ro ships are definitely not a commercial act this time, and the West seems to be sure that these two ships are requisitioned by the mainland!
So if the Taiwan Strait does not need these two ro-ro ships, is it true that the destination of these two ships is not the Taiwan Strait at all, but Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, where a fierce conflict is about to occur?
Through the information released by the Philippine side, we all know that the Philippines wants to gather 100 maritime militia ships to invade Scarborough Shoal on the mainland, although the Chinese side has sent 26 militia ships and 4 coast guard ships to form a fleet, but it is still difficult to have an advantage over us in terms of numbers!
If these two ro-ro ships also go to Huangyan Island in the South China Sea, will they be able to make up for the gap in strength between the two sides? If the two sides face off at Scarborough Shoal, the fight will naturally be supplies and fresh water, and the supplies that the two ro-ro ships can carry is definitely an immeasurable number, and it is estimated that the Philippine side will not even have the confidence to continue the confrontation after seeing the appearance of these two ships!
And the ro-ro ship is like a Chinese amphibious landing ship, which can not only load a large number of armored vehicles and tanks, but also an amphibious landing craft on board!
Tanks and armored vehicles may not be needed in the waters of Scarborough Shoal, but amphibious landing craft are vehicles that can help a lot at a critical moment!
And as a ro-ro ship with a large tonnage, it can also play the role of a supply ship in the waters of Huangyan Island, as long as the Philippine side does not send the navy into the market, then this contest between militia ships, after the ro-ro ship joins, China will be invincible!
So now it seems that these two ro-ro ships are not so much prepared for the Taiwan Strait, but rather as a reserve for the imminent conflict at Scarborough Shoal, and it may not be long before these two high-profile ro-ro ships will rush to Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea!
Of course, this is just a more reasonable conjecture, after all, no matter how you look at the current situation in the Taiwan Strait, there is no place where these two behemoths can be used!