The Taiwan military's "Han Kuang-40" live military exercise will be held from the 22nd of this month for five consecutive days. It is said that this exercise will be the closest to actual combat in the past years, and the content of the exercise has also been greatly adjusted; not only has the "Red Army's" attack drill been cancelled, but there is not even a "script" for it, and it has been emphasized that it is necessary to "live troops, in real time, and on the spot."
The officers and men of Taiwan will certainly not be able to adapt to such a "Han Kuang military exercise," which has "changed its face drastically," and even the outsiders who usually "watch" are not suitable. Because there will be no "drama" to watch, there may be fewer "jokes" in the Taiwan military.
In this case, some people on the island will naturally start to "add drama" to increase the popularity of some topics. As a result, some people made a big fuss about the recent comments on the "Han Kuang military exercise" published by mainland media such as the Voice of the Strait, saying that the mainland was conducting "cognitive warfare" and singing about the "Han Kuang reform."
As a matter of fact, the mainland media's perception of the "Han Kuang military exercise" basically comes from the reports of the Taiwan media, and the comments are all reported facts.
For example, the "Han Kuang Military Exercise" to rehearse Lai Qingde's "evacuation (escape) plan" and deal with the situation of deserters in the Taiwan army during the war are also reported by Taiwan media. "Decentralized command and management" is the focus of training emphasized by Mei Jiashu, "chief of staff" of the Taiwan military, "so that units at all tactical levels can shorten the decision-making process and strive for the initiative on the battlefield to carry out defensive operations when the chain of command is interrupted."
If all these comments based on reality are labeled as "cognitive warfare," it really shows that the island has been brainwashed and fooled too badly by a "master of cognitive warfare theory" like Shen Boyang, and is suspicious and suspicious, and has fallen into cognitive confusion. As long as it is unfavorable to oneself, or what one does not want to see, it will all be blamed on the mainland's "cognitive warfare." This used to be a common trick used by the DPP authorities to evade their own problems, divert the focus of contradictions, and smear the mainland. Now, from the official to the non-governmental, from the military to the media, the use of "cognitive warfare" on the island has become widespread and arbitrary, and the phenomenon of casual mouths and labels being pasted everywhere has really reached the point where all the grass and trees are soldiers and the rumors are loud!
A careful analysis of Taiwan's accusations against the mainland's "cognitive warfare" should show that some comments have pointed to the sore spot of the authorities and uncovered the cruel reality of the "Han Kuang military exercise." For example, when it comes to the "escape route" of the leader of the Taiwan authorities, this is naturally detrimental to the image of the "commander-in-chief of the three armed services." Practice and run before fighting, and flee first in the first battle, which is not conducive to the so-called "one life on the same island". But in fact, Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian, Tsai Ing-wen, Lai Ching-de, and others all have their own "escape scripts." Lee Teng-hui has a "permanent plan," Chen Shui-bian has 12 escape routes, Tsai Ing-wen has rehearsed "anti-beheading" operations at least 10 times during her tenure, and the "Wanjun Plan" for the emergency evacuation of Tsai Ing-wen and Lai Ching-te has also been frequently mentioned on the island.
In this "Han Kuang military exercise," Gu Li-hsiung, responsible person of the defense department of the Taiwan authorities, also bluntly said that "the preservation of combat strength should be the primary focus of the exercise." This also implies that it is necessary to "save lives" and "improve defense and combat capabilities and resilience". The leader's "counter-beheading" and "escape planning" are naturally also a top priority. What's more, not long after the mainland's 22 opinions on punishing "Taiwan independence" were announced, Lai Qingde's heart was palpitating, and the relevant subjects of the drill also had their urgency. It's just that on the one hand, he wants to "escape" himself, and on the other hand, he does not allow his brothers in the Taiwan army to "preserve his combat strength" and become "deserters".
Second, the accusation of "cognitive warfare" has also made them unconfident and unconfident about the Taiwan military, and they can only use this means to divert the focus. The "Hanguang military reform" with great fanfare this time is a "big show" and a "one-man show" after Gu Lixiong took office, which is nominally to improve his actual combat capability, but in fact it is only a change of the Americans' "script" to act. The focus is on the U.S. military's distributed command model (decentralized command and management), that is, "giving subordinates decision-making power and decentralized execution power suitable for the situation".
The Taiwan military obviously has no confidence to cope with the major readjustment of the command mode and even the suddenness of "changing from exercise to war." With only the new version of the Rules of Engagement (ROE) card, whether commanders at all levels can dare to be responsible and dare to give orders, and whether there will be a situation of "disrupting the war, fighting indiscriminately", I am afraid that even Mei Jiashu has no bottom in his heart. Moreover, "fighting independently" and even in the end carrying out street battles in towns and towns most needs the support of "spiritual combat strength," and this is all the more a big test for the Taiwan military, which has always been unaware of "who to fight for and why" and the "dark tide" of retirement and war rejection.
Therefore, from this point of view, I am afraid that this "Han Kuang exercise" will also become an exercise in which the Taiwan military will "make a big mess," and all kinds of discomfort will be revealed. will definitely let Lai Qingde receive a lot of "shocking education". Not long ago, the requisition of the Miaoli Palace Temple as a storage site for ammunition exposed many problems, and the hasty decisions and sinister intentions caused an uproar. In order not to expose too many problems and to take care of one at the expense of the other, the cancellation of confrontation drills in this "Han Kuang military exercise" and even the practice of live ammunition only on the outer islands is also a last resort.
Finally, from the perspective of the "Han Kuang military reform," we should look at the transformation and development trend of the Taiwan military. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Whampoa Military Academy, and the Taiwan military has also stood at the threshold of transformation and development. In particular, Lai Qingde came to power and appointed Gu Lixiong, a diehard "Taiwan independence" element, as the head of the defense department. After Gu took office, he began to break with tradition and carried out a number of reforms. In the name of this, it is said to be to break down "formalism," but I am afraid that this is just a warm-up, and the subsequent transformation and transformation of "Taiwan independence" will follow one after another.
As a matter of fact, the Taiwan military is currently facing three dangerous directions of development: First, it will be "Taiwan independence." Discarding the spirit of Whampoa, he was transformed into a "Taiwan independence" armed force by the DPP authorities, and pledged allegiance to serve the "Taiwan independence" forces. The second is Americanization. More and more American-style equipment and systems are used, and even strategy and tactics are deeply bound and controlled by it, becoming strategic tools and armed chess pieces in their hands. The third is consumables. The functions of the Taiwan military are increasingly limited to the defense of the homeland and urban warfare, and they are used as "consumables" and cannon fodder for war, fighting to the point of "one soldier and one soldier" and sacrificing themselves in vain.
In the final analysis, in the face of the absolute strength of the PLA, the "Han Kuang military exercise" is just a "show" used by the DPP authorities to comfort themselves and blow the whistle to strengthen their courage. Just as the mainland side has pointed out, the drama of the "Han Kuang exercise" is all a drama and cannot change the outcome of "Taiwan independence."
Source: Voice of the Straits