Jiang Feng’s article: On April 3, a formation of the Chinese Communist Party ship Liaoning, three destroyers, a frigate and a supply ship crossed the Miyako Strait north of Taiwan and headed for the Pacific Ocean. The USS Roosevelt carrier strike group entered the South China Sea via the Strait of Malacca on April 4. According to the official Chinese media, the two forces met at sea. But the Liaoning did not meet the USS Roosevelt as many exuberant fans expected, but a pair of shoes. –Jiang Feng
A photo of a “leisurely pose” stimulates Hu Xijin’s acidity
Last Sunday (April 11), the U.S. Navy released a photo showing two servicemen from the destroyer USS Muscatine on the side observation deck of the command deck, leisurely watching the Liaoning not far away. The two service members are wearing nautical caps with the DDG-89 designation, the serial number of the USS Muscatine’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer; the other two have caps with CO and XO written on them. The XO is not the XO, it represents the executive commander, Lieutenant Commander Richard Slye, who is standing leisurely with his hands clasped to his chest, while the captain, Lieutenant Commander Briggs, is half lying down, relaxing with his feet cocked on the side of the ship, one shoe clearly pointing to the Liaoning. “The photo was a great stimulus to Hu. This photo has greatly stimulated Hu Xijin and the Chinese Communist Party media.
Hu Xijin said on Weibo on the 12th that the photo was a message from the US to back up its allies. He also said the CCP could “drive U.S. troops 1,500 kilometers away from the coastline in the event of war.” CCTV also released a video of the naval live-fire exercises of the Communist Party’s “three major war zones” on the afternoon of the 11th, calling out the so-called “intensive practice” and “full firepower. The 1,500 kilometers that Hu Xijin mentioned refers to the CCP’s 4,000-kilometer-range, medium-range missile, the Dongfeng 26, which can be launched from the northwest and has four confirmed mobile missile brigades of no more than 200 pieces. In August last year, in protest against the U.S. military’s U2 reconnaissance planes, which are old Cold War planes, that came close to reconnoitering the CCP’s military exercises, with a heavy sense of ridicule, the CCP retaliated by test firing four missiles into the South China Sea, with two landing on mainland territory. Not to mention the quality of these missile products, and regardless of what means the U.S. military will use to interfere, intercept, and knock out, war is definitely not a circle you take a circle, the missile range to draw a circle, is your kingdom of pleasure.
If you follow that logic of Hu Xijin, as long as the missile coverage to the place, you can drive away the U.S. military. Then with the intercontinental missiles covered by the Chinese Communist Party around the world, the US and all the imperialists should have been driven to the moon long ago? Why did the captain of the USS Muscatine get a pair of shoes? How is he not afraid of upsetting the “organized Chinese people”?
The photo carries important information warfare connotations
“As the primary strike force of the U.S. Navy’s surface ships, what is the role and strength of the USS Muscatine in the conflict facing the Taiwan Strait?
Hu Xijin is right about one thing: the U.S. military is backing up its allies by releasing this photo of the USS Muscatine destroyer. Andrei Chang, editor-in-chief of the Canada-based Kanwa Defence Review, said the photo is a “warning to the Chinese Communist forces” that the U.S. has a thorough understanding of the Liaoning strike group. “strike group. This is part of a hostile nation’s military tactics, part of information warfare.
The first is that the U.S. military questioned the actual maritime combat capabilities of the Chinese Communist forces. The U.S. forces were traveling parallel to the two ships of the Liaoning, and you could not see the few close bodyguards of the Liaoning formation, the escorts were not there, or had no ability to block the approach of the U.S. forces. At this distance of 4,000 yards, the advantage of the carriers, the aircraft on board became decorative, and the carriers were in gun range. In fact, the U.S. military has not yet made the photos of the submarine public, according to the usual practice, even if the “Muscatine” did not pose here to brush their presence, the U.S. military submarines will certainly follow the shadow. From the current level of naval technology in the world, only the U.S. Navy’s Seawolf-class submarines can detect the presence of rival submarines for their carriers in advance, while any opponent can barely detect the threat of the world’s quietest Seawolf-class submarines underwater.
Secondly, the posture of the two captains of the USS Muscatine, which deliberately revealed that the U.S. military despises the Chinese Communist forces, is not only a tactical military gesture to demoralize the opponent, but also can be extended into a political and diplomatic tug-of-war dynamic between the two sides. Hu Xijin’s reference to “cheering on allies” is surprisingly a sensitive word, as it is not convenient to say who the allies are. In terms of the current conflict front, the most important ones are the Philippines and Taiwan.
The Philippines is currently being bullied in the South China Sea by 200 armed Chinese fishing boats that have gathered near Whitsun Reef, about 320 kilometers west of Palawan Island in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. Even President Rodrigo Duterte, who has always been pro-communist, has stated that sovereignty is non-negotiable and that he will not give up a single inch. Now that the aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea from Malacca and the captain of the USS Muscatine has put his foot up, Duterte has clearly hardened his tone. The Philippines has not been kind to the U.S. on port issues over the past few decades, and suspended a visiting forces agreement with the U.S. early last year. The Chinese Communist Party’s frenzied expansion is likely to push the Philippines, a traditional U.S. ally, back into the arms of the U.S. Once the Philippines’ Subic Bay naval base is used by U.S. forces, it will greatly curb the Chinese Communist Party’s operations in the South China Sea. Another ally is Taiwan.
China and the United States are 3,000 yards apart and 100 years apart
This is a good opportunity to introduce the USS Muscatine and to show you that the U.S. military’s overall combat capability can be seen from the basic combat forces of the U.S. military, instead of talking about aircraft carriers when talking about confrontation in the Western Pacific.
“The USS Mastin was named after the Mastin family, a naval family that served the United States. The elder Mastin’s son and grandson both served as admirals. The elder Mustin, the father of U.S. naval aviation, invented the aircraft catapult for aircraft carriers. This catapult is not available on the USS Liaoning today. Not only did he invent the catapult, but he himself flew the first aircraft from a warship in 1915, which became the originator of carrier operations in the modern sense.
So, if we look at the photo and understand the meaning of the photo, we will understand more about the U.S. Navy using the captain of the USS Mastin to watch the Liaoning with his feet crossed, watching a Chinese communist aircraft carrier that does not have a catapult in 2021, but claiming to challenge the basic technology of carrier operations that existed 100 years ago. The irony of watching a Chinese carrier that will not have a catapult by 2021, but will claim to challenge the U.S. military, which has the basic technology and combat skills to operate a carrier a hundred years ago, is much more profound.
“The USS Muscatine is an improved version of the U.S. Navy’s Ari Burke class destroyer, which is part of the Seventh Fleet in the Pacific based in Yokosuka, Japan. (I may start a new column on the topic of Taiwan’s military and military strategy and weaponry in the game of great power, I think I’ll expand on that when I get around to it. Because the situation in the Taiwan Strait is now tense, the Chinese Communist Party always deceive the Chinese people, the introduction of weapons and military technology are off, not to let people like the Korean War willing to do cannon fodder it, Lin Biao and other Chinese Communist Party generals, which does not know is an egg on the stone, they are sick not to lead the troops, but tricked the country’s millions of young people to die. The same is true now.
The new automated Aegis all-weather system is designed to intercept what the Chinese call the “10,000 arrows”
The Ali Burke class destroyer, most notably, is equipped with the Aegis combat system.
We all know that the Chinese mainland has a saying now, including Hu Xijin, which is clamoring for the “Ten Thousand Arrows”, a form of saturation bombing with thousands of missiles against the U.S. aircraft carriers or military bases in Japan and Guam. The mainland is accustomed to mass movements, campaigning on a swarm of all on the war is also the sea of people tactics, and regardless of the Chinese Communist Party’s medium-range missile arsenal of 3,000 will be the top, a base according to the number of launchers launch vehicles about more than 300, a third is a base, can only launch more than 100 missiles, which is the actual number of the country.
If you have an impression, Trump met with Xi Jinping at the Sea Lake estate in April 2017, and Xi was eating a chocolate cake, which he loves, and just then Trump suddenly said to Xi Jinping, I ordered the bombing of Syria. Xi Jinping, that cake in his mouth for a full ten seconds before he said, Syria like civilians launch chemical weapons, should be hit. Trump later said, “Xi Jinping agreed with me on this attack, and it seems that dealing with those that use chemical and biological weapons like civilians, it’s time to fight, right?” That’s an interesting statement, later on.
So the U.S. airstrike on Syria, the U.S. cruise missile launchers, the two Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers, the brothers of the USS Muscatine. How many were fired? The two ships fired 59. Do you see the combat power? Even with their bragging about “10,000 arrows”, that’s a base of a hundred or so. The U.S. carrier fleet is standard with two Tikandegara cruisers and three Arleigh Burke destroyers. We can figure out who is “10,000 arrows”.
What’s more interesting is that the Aegis system on the USS Mastin was designed to deal with the saturation missile bombardment of the former Soviet Union in the 1970s. At that time, the Soviet Union’s Glory-class cruisers could launch nearly 100 missiles in a row against U.S. aircraft carriers. This tactic, propagated by the Chinese Communist Party, was not at all new, following the Soviet Union and limited by military technology and military thinking. The Aegis system, invented to counter Soviet saturation missile attacks, is equipped with the AN/SPY-1A multifunctional phased-array radar system, capable of chasing up to 400 targets simultaneously and automatically tracking the most dangerous 100 of them for strikes. “The Standard-3 interceptor missile has an effective intercept altitude of 500 kilometers and is highly automated in all of its detection, tracking, analysis, judgment and attack steps, allowing it to intercept all targets without human intervention.
This is why Lieutenant Colonel Briggs crossed his legs and watched the Liaoning, the automated Aegis all-weather has woven a skynet, one can intercept hundreds of missiles, the mainland’s land-based missiles are not so many, even these destroyers with knife escort can not reach, how can you reach the aircraft carrier? “A destroyer like the Mastin, with its updated Aegis missiles, is very expensive, close to the cost of three British HMS Invincible aircraft carriers.
U.S. Department of State issues new guidance on interaction between U.S. and Taiwan officials: return to Twin Oaks honeymoon period
Hu Xijin said sourly that it was to “cheer up the allies”. In fact, such a military tactical information warfare, not only reflected in the military to combat the morale of the enemy, but also the use of political diplomacy, but also to improve the diplomatic posture of an important embodiment.
Hu Xijin expressed his dissatisfaction with the U.S. warships while also saying that he wanted to put some pressure on Taiwan. So the day before yesterday there was a new record of the most sorties by a Chinese Communist Party, 25 military aircraft disturbing Taiwan. Why? Because last Friday the U.S. State Department released updated guidance for U.S. executive branch agencies on their interactions with their counterparts in Taiwan. The new guidelines include: U.S. officials will be able to meet with Taiwanese officials at federal government offices and at de facto Taiwan embassies and consulates across the United States; one big change is that U.S. officials will be able to attend events at Twin Oaks. This is the same as the name of the destroyer “USS Muscatine” just mentioned, you have to read its history, you will understand its profound meaning thoroughly, Twin Oaks is the same.
In 1943, Soong Mei-ling went to the United States to speak to Congress, uniting the two countries as close allies in World War II, and also witnessed the signing of the U.S.-China Mutual Defense Treaty, and received a number of secretaries of state and heavyweight senators and representatives, including Dulles. 1978, President Carter announced without warning the break in diplomatic relations with the Republic of China, Twin Oaks was almost taken over by the Chinese Communist Party, but narrowly with the help of Senator Bailey Goward In 1978, President Carter announced the break with the Republic of China, and Twin Oaks was almost taken over by the Chinese Communist Party. Then the following year, the Taiwan Relations Act was able to adequately protect Taiwan’s living space before the property rights were returned to the Republic of China on Taiwan. So Twin Oaks became a symbol of U.S.-Taiwan friendship and U.S. defense of Taiwan.
Pompeo wisdom “general”, former senior officials group visit Taiwan; U.S. and Taiwan return to the era of U.S.-Taiwan cooperation against the Communist Party
In addition, former Secretary of State Pompeo also sent a photo, very interesting: he is holding Taiwan’s dried pineapple pastry fruit, playing international like chess. He tweeted, “As a freedom advocate, enjoy some dried Taiwanese pineapples, General!” I have to say, Trump praised Pompeo is worthy of West Point senior student ah, this emotional intelligence simply exploded! A simple sentence, revealing the Chinese Communist Party’s suppression of Taiwan pineapple ridicule, revealing the world situation a chess pattern, and finally “General!” Who do you think is the army of which? Pompeo in the last days before leaving office, breaking the official contact restrictions of the United States and Taiwan, the U.S. government management practices into practice.
Hu Xijin said to “put some pressure on Taiwan”, except for the 25 planes turned around, nothing new. Reuters today quoted a White House statement that former Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) led a delegation to Taiwan on the 13th at the request of President Joe Biden (D-CA) to convey the U.S. commitment to Taiwan and its democracy. The delegation included former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg. This is an instant return to the level of the pre-1970s, to the specifications of the pre-Kissinger visit to China.
It is clear that the entire international landscape has been turned upside down. Xi Jinping is also capable of getting what he asks for. He asks for a return to the Mao era, to be Mao’s second, and now this China-U.S.-Taiwan pattern has really returned to that era, the era when the U.S. and Taiwan joined forces to fight against communist expansion.
The question is, can Xi Jinping be a political powerhouse like Mao when the times are back? Seventy years of brutal deception have awakened the people, how many people are willing to be cannon fodder? “Protecting the country”, people have long seen the bad guys selling this country and destroying their own homes in the village and town party committees, in the municipal party buildings, in Zhongnanhai. Mao Zedong second, when you can not Mao Zedong, you can only be two.
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