April 2, 2025, the second day of the PLA's Taiwan Strait exercise, saw the PLA simulate using a 370mm super long-range rocket launcher to hypothetically strike the Yongan LNG receiving station and gas storage facility in Kaohsiung, Taiwan Province. Ground targets simulated six large gas storage tanks within the Yongan LNG receiving station at the Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan Province. Earlier, marines from the 99th Brigade of the Taiwanese Navy, along with Taiwanese paramilitary forces, police units, Coast Guard Administration, fire departments, and other organizations conducted a joint critical infrastructure protection drill at the Yongan LNG terminal in Kaohsiung Port. This indicates that the Taiwanese military places significant importance on the Kaohsiung LNG port, particularly the Yongan LNG plant. The Yongan LNG receiving station in Kaohsiung Port, Taiwan Province, began construction in 1984 and was completed in 1990. Currently, its annual import volume exceeds 11 million tons, making it the largest LNG receiving station in Taiwan Province. PLA simulates destruction of the Kaohsiung LNG port The PLA first simulated striking the LNG receiving station and gas storage facilities at the Kaohsiung Port in Yongan, Taiwan Province, using super-long-range rocket launchers. To ensure no single rocket launcher could fail to solve the entire issue, they decided to target each gas tank individually, as the cost per rocket is low. This means that once the unification begins, there will be no more Yongan LNG plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan Province; the PLA will simply obliterate it with long-range rocket launchers! Taiwanese military attaches great importance to the LNG receiving station and gas storage facilities at the Kaohsiung Port in Yongan, Taiwan Province. The Taiwanese military's perception of the LNG station battle: PLA frogmen infiltrate and carry out sabotage. However, the actual LNG station battle: the PLA's super-long-range rocket launcher ignites the facility! Each large storage tank at these facilities is equivalent to a large thermobaric bomb. If one of these tanks is hit and triggers an explosion, it is likely that all the large tanks on site will be affected. If the tanks contain gas, any explosion will result in no protruding structures remaining within a 1-kilometer radius. Although safety distances and blast walls may have been considered in the initial design of the LNG station in Taiwan Province, including emergency evacuation plans to prevent the ignition of flammable materials inside the tanks and explosion safety distances, these are civilian-level safety measures rather than military-grade ones, especially when facing the PLA's super-long-range rocket launchers and precision-guided bombs. Satellite image of the LNG receiving station and gas storage facilities at the Kaohsiung Port in Yongan, Taiwan Province. The target of the PLA's super-long-range rocket launcher simulation strike this time was the LNG station at the Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan Province. The PLA will definitely use rockets first, followed by armed drones to systematically destroy all LNG installations, leaving the authorities in Taiwan Province with no possibility of restoration. The volume of liquefied gas tanks cannot be hidden. From the combat situation of the US-made HIMARS rocket launcher in Ukraine, these box launchers do not require high阵地 requirements; as long as the target is determined, they can be fired from anywhere. This is an open strategy with no solution; even if we tell the Taiwanese military our tactics in advance, they can only watch us proceed according to the predetermined plan! Destroying this LNG station is to destroy Taiwan Province's ability to use natural gas. From the Ukrainian battlefield, given Russia's level of firepower delivery since the start of the war, it may indeed lack the capability to simultaneously attack key military and civilian targets. Even during the early stages of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia's Aerospace Forces did not deploy to protect Russian ground troops advancing, and Russia's military did not even destroy Ukraine's energy, power generation, transportation systems, etc. On one hand, this was due to Russia's inadequate preparation and strategic errors; on the other hand, it was also because Russia's capabilities were too limited. If they had sufficient firepower and manpower, they would not encounter such problems. The Russians truly believed that their armored divisions could march forward triumphantly, causing the enemy to surrender at the sight of them. Moreover, Russia's production of missiles, precision-guided bombs, and long-range rocket launchers was already pitifully low, so they lacked the ability to destroy everything. The PLA's long-range rocket launcher hitting these large fixed structures is absolutely accurate. From the perspective of the Russo-Ukrainian War, it serves as a reminder that China must not go easy on the authorities in Taiwan Province during the completion of the unification. In fact, there is no need to attack Taiwan Province's power plants; the island's grid and substation facilities are in poor condition, and they will definitely need to be rebuilt upon recovery. It doesn't matter if they are destroyed or bombed. In the event of a forced unification, the optimal solution is to systematically destroy Taiwan Province's island-wide power grid and power stations immediately. Such facilities as Taiwanese military radars, which are power-hungry, would need to rely on backup power sources without electricity. After destroying hydroelectric power, the next step is systematic strikes on oil storage facilities, including large factories. All military factories are stationary targets and unlikely to be fully covered by Taiwanese anti-missile systems. Destroying Taiwan Province's energy facilities and power plants is the right path. Otherwise, following Taiwan Province's authorities' logic, constantly questioning how much fuel reserves, natural gas, coal, and food supplies they have, we should aim to reduce them to zero at the start of the war! Destroying Taiwan Province's energy facilities, which lack the capacity to resist saturation attacks by rockets, bombs, and missiles, is crucial. Without energy, Taiwan Province's military and authorities will lose the idea of waging a protracted war. Original source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/7488782674019090959/ Disclaimer: This article solely represents the author's personal views. 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