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Today marked the 4th day in the military’s Joint Defense Exercise, but one of today’s drills was a first in military training history: troops boarded boats that took them to Green Island and Orchid Island, where they set up defensive positions in order to thwart off a surprise attack. The historic drill was also a combined effort, as it involved the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard. Let’s take a closer look.
After receiving orders, these soldiers, armed with rifles, are alert as they board the ship. Every second matters now, because this drill is simulating a situation where the frontlines are at Green Island and Orchid Island, and the enemy is ready to pounce.
This Coast Guard vessel is leaving a wake in its path. The ship needs to get troops to Green Island and Orchid Island as quickly as possible. One of the focal points for this multi-day Joint Defense Exercise is the Army’s Taitung Area Command, which is writing a new page in military training history: landing on an outlying Taiwanese island, where it will carry out a defense operation. Working with the Coast Guard, this drill will test the troops’ force projection capabilities and defense preparedness.
After landing, artillery units immediately set up key defensive positions and mobile firing sites; they’re ready to provide fire support at a moment’s notice. Recently, Chinese military aircraft, naval vessels, and Coast Guard ships have been sighted in waters off Taiwan’s east coast, where they have repeatedly practiced island seizure operations. These growing threats have increased the importance of defending Eastern Taiwan.
Su Tzu-yun
INDSR
China’s force projection capabilities have now extended to Eastern Taiwan. Under these circumstances, Orchid Island and Green Island have the potential to become staging areas for a Chinese attack on Taiwan.
War games conducted during this year’s Han Kuang Exercise in April, along with multiple military strategy simulation reports, indicate that if China were to launch a surprise attack in order to seize Taiwan’s offshore islands, its helicopters would attempt to capture Green Island and Orchid Island. It could then deploy missiles and drones there, using the islands as forward operating bases. Such a move could prevent Taiwan from accessing the Pacific as well as pave the way for a broader amphibious invasion including Hualien, Taitung, and Yilan.
Su Tzu-yun
INDSR
Other theaters would provide multidimensional support, such as transport helicopters, attack helicopters, and the Navy’s landing craft. Under those circumstances, the military could fully leverage its joint firepower and combined arms.
Through this joint defense exercise, the military is aiming to bolster its rapid response capabilities and thereby, through realistic combat training, protect Taiwan’s outlying islands by building a solid defensive shield.
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