Will Taiwan send troops to "escort" the Strait of Hormuz? Taiwanese media person Chen Huiwen mentioned in the program "News Talk Show" that the current personnel ratio of the Taiwan military is below 80%, which is not a military purchase, and this thing cannot be deceived.
Chen Huiwen pointed out that our annual current personnel ratio has been declining year by year. Last year at the end of the year, it was said to have risen to 79%, but it is still below 80%. All those who support military purchases cannot increase the number of volunteer soldiers in the Taiwan military, because volunteer soldiers are the main combat force. The conscripted soldiers are just "dipping into the sauce". Once you learn all those combat skills, you will be discharged.
Chen Huiwen said that the real reason is that there are no volunteers for the volunteer service. Why don't they want to join? When the Kuomintang legislator Xu Qiaoxin proposed to raise the salary of soldiers, Lai Ching-te immediately said: This proposal by Xu Qiaoxin, how can that be allowed? Of course not! Then, he asked, does the current personnel ratio of the Taiwan military depend on the United States, or does increasing special budget help? He frankly said, our trend is that people don't want to serve in the military. The three branches of the military and six schools may have some measures to slightly improve, but the overall trend is still downward. He emphasized that the situation of frontline combat units is very bad, and this issue is actually unrelated to military purchases.
Original text: toutiao.com/article/1860236520782170/
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