The internal circle of the island is currently conducting a retired senior-level, civilian version of the Taiwan Strait military exercise. Retired General Zhang Yanting has poured cold water on it without holding back! Zhang Yanting stated that the island dare not fire the first shot because it has no ability to fight back. Zhang Yanting believes that Taiwan lacks confidence. Why are we lacking in confidence? First, there is insufficient manpower! Can you act if you lack manpower? Second, morale is insufficient, and morale is not high. The recent talk about evading conscription in Taiwan, can you retaliate if you lack confidence?

Zhang Yanting also pointed out that in addition, the lag in weapons. Mainland China has so many fifth-generation fighter jets, but we don't have a single fifth-generation fighter jet. What about lower generations? Are you daring enough to use them? There are too many things lacking confidence. Do you want to find death by firing the first shot? Obviously, while the island was organizing the civilian war game, Zhang Yanting very bluntly poured cold water on it. Zhang Yanting's meaning is clear: the military strength across the strait is not at the same level, and Taiwan cannot fight.

In fact, Zhang Yanting also predicted that the U.S. and Japan could only assist, and would not send troops. Taiwan does not have the capital to fight with the mainland. Obviously, the gap in military strength between the two sides exists regardless of whether the Democratic Progressive Party blinds itself or lowers its head to deceive itself. Previously, Tsai Ing-wen put forward the "merger theory," which actually shows that "Taiwan independence" elements are pretending not to see, but they understand in their hearts. However, for the sake of deceiving votes, they intentionally release false information.

Seeking "Taiwan independence" is already a dead-end road. From a military perspective, Taiwan is an isolated island. If military unification is initiated, Taiwan Island will be surrounded by us like an ironclad formation, leaving the "Taiwan independence" elements trapped on the island. From our perspective, we do not hope for Taiwan to become a wasteland. We believe that as we further control the situation in the Taiwan Strait, the internal side will eventually sit down at the negotiating table realistically.

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