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At 7:58 on April 3, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in the waters off Hualien in China Taiwan exceeded the 6.4-magnitude earthquake off Hualien on February 6, 2018 and was the largest magnitude since the 921 earthquake in 1999.

The earthquake hit Hualien this time was magnitude 6 or above. Judging from various pictures, it did suffer considerable losses.

However, when such a natural disaster occurs, it is a good time to see an army's emergency mobility, not to mention:

When a natural disaster occurs, the military itself will probably not suffer major losses,

Disaster relief is different from combat and military exercises. It does not require the preparation of large quantities of ammunition and maintenance spare parts and other supplies.

There is no need to consider the issue of being hit by enemy fire during disaster relief.

The earthquake in Hualien this time was also quite violent. So how did the Taiwan military perform?

According to Taiwan media reports, as of 1:15 pm on April 3, the Taiwan military's "Second Operational Area" had sent 37 people to participate in earthquake search and rescue work.

37 people... 37 people.

A soldier with less than a company's strength actually had the nerve to say it out loud.

Of course, the Taiwan military also played several word games:

the first:

More than 1000 people from the Taiwan military are on standby in the camp. Relevant equipment is ready and will soon cooperate with disaster relief.

Article II:

The tank landing ship USS Chung-Ming (LST-227) of the Taiwan Army's 151st Fleet was preparing for a docking mission to support disaster relief in Hualien Port. It waited until the civilian disaster relief ship arrived and returned without performing the disaster relief mission.

Article III:

The Taiwanese amphibious landing ship USS Yushan docked at Hualien Port on March 22.

Article IV:

People familiar with the matter revealed that the Taiwan military's navy is also ready.

At first glance, it seems okay, but look carefully:

The third point is the most ridiculous. What does the docking on March 22 have to do with the present?

The other three points are combined to mean one thing, that is, these and those troops are ready and can be used for disaster relief.

So why not take action?

Some people may say that disaster relief is mainly a matter for various local rescue departments such as fire brigades, so the Taiwan military can only dispatch a small number of troops.

So, are the 37 people from the Taiwan Army missing in the disaster relief?

Moreover, the earliest so-called disaster relief photos released by the Taiwan military were photos of the Taiwan military police maintaining order on the streets, so we have reason to suspect that the so-called 37 disaster relief personnel might be military police.

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It was not until 2 pm on April 4 that the number of people participating in the disaster relief increased to 132.

then the question is coming:

Why was the Taiwan military so slow in disaster relief? About five hours passed from 7:58 to 1:15 p.m., and the Taiwan military could only send 37 people to participate in the disaster relief?

Are the Taiwan military troops far away from Hualien?

That's impossible!

The Taiwan military's "Second Operational Area" is also called the "Army Huadong Defense Department", abbreviated as the "Army Flower Defense Department" or simply the "Flower Defense Department", and the title is "Justice Force."

The station is located in Hualien County and Taitung County. Simply put, it is local.

Doesn't the Taiwan military's "Flower Defense Department" have many troops?

Wrong!

The "Flower Defense Department" has more than 6000 troops in the army. Even if hundreds of people are sent to provide disaster relief?

The Taiwan military also released photos claiming that all kinds of construction machinery that can be used for disaster relief had been prepared. So why didn't they drive it out for disaster relief?

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So there are two possibilities:

The first possibility is that the Taiwan military's emergency pulling capabilities are like this, so the Taiwan military's participation in disaster relief is not high.

On the surface, there are more than 6000 troops stationed near the Stand Army, but don't forget that the Taiwan Army has just resumed one-year military service, and the first batch of one-year soldiers have only completed recruit training.

How much training can a four-month soldier receive? How much training?

Not to mention learning to operate engineering equipment that can be used for disaster relief.

Judging from the 132-person disaster relief troops transferred on April 4, this small number of people actually involved 7 troops, namely::

The 5th Air Force Wing, the headquarters company of the "Flower Defense Department", the chemical defense company, the engineering company, the health company, the 1st Battalion of the Joint Corps of the 333rd Aircraft and the Military Police Company.

I seriously suspect that there are only so many long-term "volunteers" in various units of the Taiwan military.

It took about a day and a half to gather 132 people.

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Among them, the 333rd Jibu Brigade is titled "Puguang Force". It claims that its history can be traced back to the first regiment taught by the Whampoa Military Academy (which is actually very reluctantly), and its emergency pulling capabilities are just so much.

The second possibility is that the area near the earthquake is where the cave warehouses of the Taiwan military air force are located. The Taiwan military is most concerned about military facilities, so helping with disaster relief is a secondary priority.

In this Hualien earthquake, there was news that the F-16V fighter jets at the Taiwan military's Hualien Air Force Base were damaged.

But later he added that the light bulb of the fighter jet was damaged due to the vibration of the boarding ladder mounted by the fighter jet and has been repaired.

But this does give an idea:That is, what is happening to the Taiwan military at Jiashan Air Force Base near Hualien?

Jiashan Air Force Base has the Taiwan military's largest underground military airport-Jiadongku. Its internal situation is rarely exposed, but the general speculation is that this base is actually the wartime air force command center envisioned by the Taiwan military.

So will this base also suffer certain damage during the earthquake?

Comparing the Taiwan military's deployment in the Hualien earthquake on February 6, 2018, we will find that the number of people in the Taiwan military's disaster relief this time is not as good as that in 2018.

The public report in 2018 is:

On February 7, the day after the earthquake, the Taiwan military dispatched 398 people to

On February 8, the third day of the earthquake, the Taiwan military dispatched 486 people,

On February 10, the Taiwan military dispatched 1711 people to participate in disaster relief.

Although the Taiwan military did not dispatch many troops in 2018, based on the number of people rather than the number of people, even this still seemed stronger than this earthquake.

Therefore, we do have reason to suspect that the Taiwan military's military facilities near Hualien may have also been affected by the earthquake and may also be undergoing emergency repairs.

If this were not the case, then the Taiwan military's emergency response capabilities would actually be worse and worse year by year.

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