The warships on both sides of the strait made another move in the Taiwan Strait, and the PLA 052D warship approached Penghu and shouted to the Taiwan warship. What are the signals?
Recently, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) 052D destroyer Lishui (ship number 157) reappeared in the waters around Penghu, and at the same time, the Taiwan Navy's "Chenggong-class" cruiser Zhang Qian (board number 1109) carried out so-called "monitoring" of the Lishui ship, and warships on both sides of the strait once again made moves in the Taiwan Strait. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) was not afraid of the tailgating "surveillance" of the Taiwan warship, and shouted to it directly through the ship's radio channel, "China's Taiwan 1109 ship, I am the 157 ship, please pay attention to your position, adjust the course to the east, and keep a safe distance from me." It is not known how the Taiwan warship responded to the PLA's shouting, and the Taiwan military has not responded to this matter.
It has been learned that Zhang Qian's ship is the seventh ship of the Taiwan Navy's "Chenggong-class" frigate, which is a modified version of the US military's "Perry-class" cruiser, with a full load displacement of 4,105 tons, and is equipped with "Hsiung-2" and "Hsiung-3" anti-ship missiles and "Standard 1" anti-aircraft missiles, and is mainly responsible for anti-ship, anti-submarine warfare, and the fleet's regional air defense missions. The PLA "Lishui" ship has a full load displacement of 7,500 tons, which is much larger than the "Zhang Qian". The ship is equipped with "Hongqi-9" medium- and long-range anti-aircraft missiles, "YJ-18" anti-ship missiles, and "Changjian-10" long-range cruise missiles to attack land targets. This type of ship can attack surface ships and submarines alone or in conjunction with other forces of the Navy, and has strong regional air defense and sea combat capabilities, as well as ground strike capabilities. Regardless of the difference in weapons and equipment between the two warships for the time being, a comparison of tonnage alone is sufficient to reflect the vast difference in the current military strength of the two sides of the strait. Taiwan's defense department has repeatedly claimed that Zhang Qian's so-called "surveillance" of the Lishui warship is completely self-consoling. In the face of the absolute superiority of the PLA warships, is the Taiwan military not convinced? If you don't accept it, you can't do it.
As a matter of fact, this was not the first confrontation between the Zhang Qian and the Lishui warship in the Taiwan Strait; on the 22nd of last month, the Lishui warship appeared near the waters on the western side of the Penghu Islands. In this regard, the Lishui ship issued a clear warning, asking Zhang Qian to "pay attention to his position". Regarding that confrontation, some Taiwan media analysts believe that it may be because the PLA warships are very close to the so-called "forbidden and restricted waters" set up by Taiwan. With regard to such a statement, the mainland's Taiwan Affairs Office has long clearly stressed that there is no such thing as a so-called "prohibition or restriction of waters." In fact, to a certain extent, these two confrontations between warships from both sides of the strait near Penghu are just a small episode in the recent process of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) stepping up its regular patrol mission around Taiwan.
The PLA's regular cruising around Taiwan is naturally a signal to effectively deter the "Taiwan independence" forces on the island. It has been learned that the Taiwan Air Force recently conducted live-ammunition throwing training in the Penghu area, during which it fired 500-pound GBU-12 laser-guided bombs and AGM-65 ground-to-ground missiles. It can be seen from this that the DPP authorities' thieving will to seek "independence" by force is still undying. In view of this situation, it is obvious that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) will use a method that the DPP authorities can understand, and make them soberly realize that vainly attempting to "seek independence by force" is completely seeking a dead end and whimsical.
The exercise and training activities carried out by the Chinese People's Liberation Army in the Taiwan Strait are a legitimate move to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests, a deterrent countermeasure to interference by external forces and provocations by "Taiwan independence" forces, and a necessary action to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. As far as the Taiwan region is concerned, reunification is its only option, and there is nothing else. There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and in the years to come, the PLA will continue to strengthen military training and preparation for war and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.