Extraordinary! Four aircraft carrier battle groups in the eastern waters of Taiwan?
2022-05-09
Taiwan media said that in addition to 18 PLA warplanes entering Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone on June 6, there are the Liaoning ship of the PLA, the aircraft carrier strike groups of the US "Lincoln" and "Reagan" and the four aircraft carrier battle groups of Japan's "cloud" quasi aircraft carrier, which are "unusual" in the eastern waters of Taiwan. Although the information found by the author shows that the aircraft carrier "Reagan" is likely to be carrying out annual winter maintenance in Yokosuka port, Japan, and is unlikely to appear in the eastern waters of Taiwan. But even so, it can be said that it has been quite "lively" recently. According to the "air situation dynamics in the southwest airspace" released by Taiwan's air force, the PLA military aircraft that circled Taiwan on the 6th included one yun-8 anti submarine aircraft, two air police-500 aircraft, two hong-6 fighters, six jian-11 fighters, one yuan-8 remote dry aircraft and six jian-16 fighters, with an overall number of 18. The route diagram shows that the route around Taiwan of PLA military aircraft can be mainly divided into three blocks: air police-500 and j-16 aircraft fly in from the edge of Taiwan's Southwest Air Defense Identification Zone, close to the airspace of Dongsha Island, and turn back and leave after a short stay. Feng media said that since the air police-500 is an important air command platform of the PLA, it is reasonable to infer that the j-16 may have the responsibility of escort. The second largest block is the j-16, J-11 and yun-8 that flew in from the southeast coast of the mainland. Finally, the hong-6 and yun-8 antisubmarine aircraft flew in from the southwest Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone and continued to fly to the Bashi Strait in the south of Taiwan, then cut back to the Southeast Taiwan Air Defense Identification zone and continued to walk upstream of the sideline. According to the analysis of Taiwan media, the flight of H-6 to the southeast corner of the air defense identification zone is mainly to simulate the bombing and firing of foreign military ships in the Western Pacific, while yun-8 has the consideration of detecting and counteracting foreign military submarines lurking in the South China Sea, the Bashi Strait and the western Pacific. On the evening of the 7th, the Taiwan Air Force announced that five PLA military aircraft "harassed" Taiwan's southwest airspace on the same day, including one air police-500 early warning aircraft, one yun-8 remote dry aircraft and two hong-6 bombers. Another yun-8 anti submarine aircraft entered Taiwan's eastern airspace from the southwest airspace. This is the third consecutive day that PLA military aircraft entered the eastern airspace. Schematic diagram drawn by Taiwan analyst schematic diagram drawn by Taiwan analyst According to the records on the fan page of "Taiwan southwest airspace", PLA military aircraft entered Taiwan airspace for 5 days in May and 93 days this year. According to the data of Taiwan's "Ministry of national defense", PLA military aircraft have entered Taiwan's airspace for 83 days this year, with a total of 378 sorties. What is the purpose of the PLA to send 18 military aircraft around Taiwan in one day? The island of Taiwan is associated with the fact that the aircraft carrier formation of Liaoning ship has carried out carrier based aircraft take-off and landing drills in the Western Pacific for three consecutive days. It believes that the "situation is unusual" and is likely to launch a "pincer attack" on hypothetical large maritime targets in the Western Pacific. Jiezhong, a Taiwan military research scholar, analyzed that among the PLA military aircraft groups that entered the airspace in Southwest Taiwan on May 5 and 6, the fixed wing aircraft include yun-8 anti submarine aircraft, air police-500, hong-6 and yun-8 remote dry aircraft, and there were six more J-11 and j-16 fighters on May 6. From the composition and flight route of the aircraft group, "it may be an early exercise of large-scale systematic strike aircraft group". Whether there will be more aircraft and more complete formation in the subsequent stage, such as oil tanker-20 and J-10 fighters, as well as large-scale live military exercises in which the fighter escort route extends to the airspace in the South and southeast of Taiwan, is particularly worth observing. Jiezhong said that the Ka-28 appeared in the military aircraft circling Taiwan on May 5. Because it is a shipborne anti submarine helicopter, it represents that in addition to the Liaoning ship battle group in the Western Pacific, there should also be anti submarine exercises conducted by surface ships of the people's Liberation Army in the southwest and southern waters of Taiwan. He speculated that the scenario scenario of the PLA's "systematic strike aircraft fleet" live drill did not rule out joint operations with the Liaoning ship aircraft carrier battle group to launch pincer attacks on hypothetical large targets at sea from different directions. In addition to the Taiwan Navy Fleet, this hypothetical maritime target may also include a US fleet approaching from the Philippine Sea. It can be said that the eastern waters of Taiwan have been quite "lively" recently. Taiwan media said that in addition to 18 PLA warplanes entering Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone on June 6, there were the Liaoning ship of the PLA, the aircraft carrier strike group of the US "Lincoln" and "Reagan" and the quasi aircraft carrier of Japan "chuyun". The four aircraft carrier battle groups are "extraordinary" in the eastern waters of Taiwan. Taiwan media also stressed that except that the quasi aircraft carrier "chuyun" is a single ship, the other three Chinese and American aircraft carriers are a complete strike group, and they are all "highly equipped". Among them, the "Lincoln" and "Reagan" strike groups include one cruiser and four destroyers. The Liaoning ship of the people's Liberation Army has sent the largest lineup so far, including one 10000 ton drive, four destroyers and one frigate. This is undoubtedly a demonstration of the highest level of military strength in the world. Here, the author would like to note that there may be a deviation in the statements of the Taiwan media. According to the materials found by the author, "Reagan" aircraft carrier is carrying out annual winter maintenance in Yokosuka port, Japan. After five months of deployment to the Middle East and the Pacific, the aircraft carrier began a four month limited availability in Yokosuka on January 13. "The employees of Puget Bay Naval Shipyard and Norfolk Naval Shipyard, together with the forces and contractors of the aircraft carrier, are jointly completing the maintenance of the aircraft carrier in Japan," the Navy statement said. For the exercise of Liaoning warship, senior colonel Gao Xiucheng of the PLA Navy specially stated on the 3rd that "this is a routine training organized by the Navy according to the annual work plan and is not aimed at any party". However, there is widespread speculation on the island that in addition to deterring Taiwan and the United States, it is also a knock on Japan. It should be said that Japan has been making a bit of fun recently on the Taiwan Strait issue, which belongs to China's domestic affairs. On May 5, visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with British Prime Minister Johnson and announced that the two countries had signed a defense agreement. The agreement allows the joint deployment of British and Japanese armed forces for training, joint exercises and disaster relief. The British government calls it a "landmark bilateral agreement", which also means that the "quasi alliance" between Britain and Japan has taken a higher level in the past. Kishida said that it is time for the G7 to consolidate its unity. If the major powers do not make a unanimous response, the "invasion" of Ukraine may repeat in East Asia, "peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait must be maintained". He also claimed that "peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are crucial not only to Japan's security, but also to the stability of the international community". At the same time, 11 members of the Youth Bureau of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, known as the "cradle of the prime minister", visited Taiwan from May 3 to 7. Acting director of the Youth Bureau Suzuki hehe said on the 6th that recently, PLA military aircraft "invaded" Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone on an unprecedented scale. Japan regarded it as its own thing and enhanced its sense of crisis. The above statement is undoubtedly a continuation of Abe's argument that "something in Taiwan is something in Japan". Japan's Kyodo news agency also disclosed earlier that the Japanese self defense force and the US military have drawn up a joint combat plan "to deal with possible emergencies in Taiwan". It can be said that under the control of the United States, Japan's ambition to intervene in the Taiwan issue has become clear. Su Ziyun, a scholar of Taiwan's military think tank, said that the United States and Britain discussed the security situation in the Taiwan Strait again in March, and Japanese Prime Minister Wenxiong Kishida also mentioned the importance of stability in the Taiwan Strait again. Therefore, the PLA is conveying its dissatisfaction with the "internationalization" of the Taiwan issue through training. On June 6, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian severely criticized Japan for frequently taking advantage of diplomatic activities to bring private goods, making things about China, exaggerating regional tensions and hyping the "China Threat Theory". He criticized Japan for "bearing historical responsibility for the Chinese people" on the Taiwan issue. He should be more cautious in his words and deeds. He is totally unqualified to gossip. It can be said that the 18 sorties of PLA military aircraft shuttling back and forth through Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone and the continuous exercises of Liaoning ships are enough to show Japan our determination and will to achieve the complete reunification of the motherland. Japan is not qualified to intervene or have the strength to intervene. (outlook new era)
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