Posted on 10/11/2021 8:32:13 AM PDT by American Number 181269513
China's military said on Monday it had carried out beach landing and assault drills in the province directly across the sea from Taiwan, though it did not link the exercises to current tensions with Taipei.
Democratically ruled Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, has complained of stepped-up military and political pressure from Beijing to force it to accept Chinese rule, including massed air force incursions into Taiwan's air defence identification zone. read more The official People's Liberation Army Daily newspaper, in a brief report on its Weibo microblogging account, said the drills had been carried out "in recent days" in the southern part of Fujian province.
The action had involved "shock" troops, sappers and boat specialists, the Chinese military newspaper added. The troops were "divided into multiple waves to grab the beach and perform combat tasks at different stages", it added, without providing further details.
It showed a video of soldiers in small boats storming a beach, throwing smoke grenades, breaking through barbed wire defenses and digging trenches in the sand.
The drills appeared to involve a small number of troops.
The weather was clear and the seas were calm - suggesting the drill did not happen on Monday as southern Fujian is currently being affected by a tropical storm passing between Taiwan and the Philippines.
Fujian would be a key launching site for any Chinese invasion of Taiwan due to its geographical proximity.
China routinely carries out military exercises up and down its coast as well as in the disputed South China Sea.
Taiwan has denounced what it calls China's coercive tactics against it and says it will defend itself if attacked.
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China is much weaker in reality than their bluster.
Trying to do with saber rattling what they wish without war. They hope Taiwan will just “Give In” and sign a Hong Kong like agreement. It will not work. BUT things are moving ahead quickly and in the end, China will win the day without WW III or the USA doing a thing. It will be Kabul, Part Two. But first—China needs the USA to be distracted with a new 9-11 or Civil War, or real insurrection. Maybe a new “Pandemic” for the election in November? They will hit us with Proxies (Islamic Terrorists) Say sneak a bomb across the border and take out Houston, Texas? Let Iran/ Isis K or what have you take the credit. While we go nuts, they grap Taiwan.
I’ve heard from people in-country that they expect China to take them over. And they are not happy about it.
I suspect they hate Slow-Joe for it too
China is much weaker in reality than their bluster.
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My point exactly. :-)
It showed a video of soldiers in small boats storming a beach, throwing smoke grenades, breaking through barbed wire defenses and digging trenches in the sand.
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Once the few of the fleet that made it ashore, what did they do with the mine fields, battery arty and machine gun fire, how did they avoid the incoming cluster munitions. How many survived in the first wave?
1949
first act of aggression breaches the Three Gorges Damn... right?
And China is calling out Taiwan for being provocative.
China has a lot of internal problems, COVID rise, flooding, power grid issues, shipping goods, etc... A war would be a good distraction for them with the added bonus of all the industry in Taiwan (world’s most important semiconductor country).
And it is relatively free, Biden doesn’t have a spine. Why not.
"MAC T?" Hope they're more effective than MAC V or K MAG before them.
It’ll be during puddin’ time.
Do you hear the ghosts?
He had no idea it was happening..
Taiwan should just nuke the ocean..
Lots a sushi
Okay, you made me look it up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guningtou?wprov=sfti1
Interesting read, especially about the sugar smuggling LST at the end of the article. Talk about being unintentional heroes at a most inconvenient time! (I can just imagine the dialogue on the ship as they realized what was going down.)
Thanks free traitors.
With their Trojan Horse in the WH and the corporate media providing cover and distraction with fluff issues, now is the perfect once-in-a-long-time opportunity for them to take over Taiwan.
We have had several recent typhoons that missed the Philippines but hit China. Yesterday it was north of us, only signal one, but Taiwan is not too far north of Luzon...
That might complicate things if they try to invade.
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