Within 24 hours, the mainland's three major moves to deter "Taiwan independence" have been made, and experts on the island have pointed out that there are still high-level moves behind the mainland. According to Taiwan media reports, Taiwan's defense department claimed that a total of 22 sorties of Continental Army aircraft and six Continental Army ships were detected in one day, and 20 of them crossed the so-called "center line" and entered the airspace of the northern, central, southwestern, and southeastern parts of Taiwan Island, thus forming a trend of encirclement and containment of Taiwan. It is 93 nautical miles from Keelung and 51 nautical miles from Taichung. In addition, some suspected carrier-based helicopters and drones are operating around the airspace south of Taiwan, which may be related to the appearance of the mainland's Shandong ship off the coast of the Philippines.
The second action is the seizure of Taiwanese fishing boats by the mainland. At present, the mainland is a "fishing moratorium", and none of the land-based fishing boats have gone out to sea to fish. However, there are Penghu fishing boats that have entered the waters around Weitou Port in Fujian Province and laid nets. The mainland sent two coast guard ships to forcibly board and inspect them, and detained six people on board and escorted them back to Fujian. During this period, the Taiwan side sent three coast guard boats to the scene, but they were stopped by the mainland coast guard. The two sides confronted each other at sea for nearly an hour, and finally the Taiwan Strait patrol ship returned in vain. In addition to the current tense relations between the two sides of the strait, there is a view that the mainland's move is "killing the chicken and showing the monkey."
In the third action, the Zhejiang Maritime Safety Administration issued a navigation warning, saying that the PLA will carry out a three-day military mission in the East China Sea from the early morning of the 3rd. And the southernmost point, less than a hundred nautical miles from Taiwan. In connection with the fact that the mainland's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, will conduct its third sea trial, the East China Sea exercise should be a foreshadowing for the aircraft carrier's sea trial. The outside world predicts that during the third sea trial, the Fujian ship is expected to conduct a take-off and landing drill for carrier-based aircraft. Lu Lishi, an expert on the island and former captain of the Taiwan military, believes that the focus of this test should be to drill shore drills with supply ships, during which fighter planes may touch the ground and fly again.
The first action is not uncommon at present. Since Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, the mainland has strengthened its military deployment in the Taiwan Strait. In addition to military exercises, the frequency of activities of military aircraft and warships in the Taiwan Strait has also been further increased. The area of the military exercise around Taiwan is getting closer and closer to Taiwan Island, and the subjects of the exercise are getting closer and closer to actual combat. In addition, as the United States has continued to escalate the situation in the Taiwan Strait in recent years, the PLA's activities have also been further strengthened. For example, PLA military aircraft and warships have appeared more and more often in the eastern part of Taiwan Island. But in essence, this is a powerful measure taken by the PLA to deter "Taiwan independence" and interference by external forces and maintain stability in the Taiwan Strait.
As for the second move, the mainland's approach is also reasonable. At present, the mainland is in a period of fishing ban, and mainland fishermen are more restrained, but Taiwan fishermen have taken the opportunity to cast nets in the mainland's coastal waters, and they should be punished. What's more, Taiwan's coast guard department has been brutally treating mainland fishermen for a long time, and even caused casualties among mainland fishermen, but it has not been properly resolved, which has aroused strong dissatisfaction on the mainland. Therefore, there is a view that the mainland's detention of Taiwan fishermen this time is to give the Taiwan authorities an actual warning.
Another expert on the island, Jiezhong, pointed out that the mainland's coast guard's action may be aimed at eliminating "the gap in the identity of the people of Taiwan," and that in the future, the mainland may even attack merchant ships hired by Taiwan to carry out the task of supplying the islands outside the island. At present, not only the navy, but also the mainland's coast guard force has also developed significantly. Judging from the current situation in the South China Sea, the mainland has the ability to blockade Taiwan's outlying islands as long as it makes a decision. At this critical moment, this will become a powerful means of exerting pressure on the Taiwan authorities. At the same time, it can also avoid the situation of islands and reefs being invaded and occupied by other countries due to the ineffective control of the Taiwan authorities.
The third move means that the gap between the two sides of the strait in military strength will further widen. The reason why the mainland named the third aircraft carrier "Fujian" was that many people thought that it was to solve the Taiwan issue. Although the distance between the two sides of the strait is completely within the combat radius of the fighter. But the Fujian has the ability to launch military operations in the eastern part of the island and block military intervention by outside forces.
Within 24 hours, the mainland has successively issued shocks against "Taiwan independence," which is enough to show the mainland's determination, and if Lai Qingde continues to escalate cross-strait tensions, the mainland will certainly make the next move.