Recently, at the critical moment of the "election campaign," a number of ** people on the island of Taiwan have reported a "espionage case" involving a Taiwan pilot, which has attracted people's attention.
It has been learned that the case includes a number of episodes, such as "a pilot of the Taiwan military," "commander of the mainland army," "meetings with foreign countries," "bargaining," "a reward of up to $15 million," and "defection and landing on the aircraft carrier Shandong."
However, is the plot of this "espionage case" credible?Why did the Taiwan authorities throw out this "little story" at this time?
It has been learned that in June this year, a retired officer of the Taiwan military conveyed to Pilot Xie the so-called "instructions" of the "other side," hoping that Pilot Xie would be able to fly the CH-47 heavy aircraft carrier at low altitude along the coastline when the Shandong aircraft carrier approached Taiwan Island for military exercises, and it would take only five minutes to land on the deck of the Shandong aircraft carrier.
However, Pilot Xie considered the risk too high and did not agree to the mission.
However, the "other side" promised that as long as the pilot Xie successfully completed the mission, he would be able to receive a reward of about $15 million.
And once the mission is confirmed, a deposit of $1 million to $2 million will be paid to the pilot in advance.
At the same time, in order to increase the success rate, the "other side" will also conduct a military exercise on the north side of the island to lure away fighter planes from Taichung and Tainan, so as to gain more than 20 minutes of "defection" time for Pilot Xie.
It can be seen that the "protagonist" of this "story" - CH-47 is a kind of heavy *** aircraft equipped by the US military since the 60s of the last century, which has a strong carrying capacity and a twin-propeller design installed in series at the front and rear, not only has the fastest flight speed at that time, but also can carry about 12 tons of cargo or built-in 33-44 soldiers.
In 2000, Taiwan purchased 9 CH-47SD (Super D) types, with a contract value of up to 4$8.6 billion, which was delivered in 2003, is fully deployed in the Tainan area.
However, during training, a CH-47SD was forced to land in the mountains from an altitude of 50 meters due to engine failure and was decommissioned due to serious damage.
Pilot Xie, on the other hand, has a long experience of flying the CH-47SD.
However, we should be cautious about such information and not be fooled by over-exaggerated headlines.
This "little story" seems to be a sensational report written by the Taiwan authorities for the so-called "election" victory, and its authenticity is questionable.
Opposite shore"Painstakingly obtained a CH-47SD heavy *** claiming that the PLA urgently needed this model, and the mainland was technologically backward and could not develop it on its own, so it planned to reverse engineer.
However, many military experts are interested in this so-called"Espionage case"Be skeptical that there are many loopholes.
First of all, there was no mention of the incident on the island before it broke out in July.
The Taiwanese army was also not right"Defected in flight"Notification or precautionary measures are taken when they may occur.
Secondly, the real value of the CH-47SD to China is limited, and even in the 80s of the last century, the United States sold its civilian version of the B-234 to China, but without success.
Therefore, there is simply no need for China to bother to acquire an obsolete *** on the island
In addition, to successfully fly the CH-47 Heavy *** on an aircraft carrier and land, a lot of training is required, and this is one"Difficult to achieve"tasks.
Although"Turn the tiger away from the mountain"may be able to divert the Tainan fighter jets, but this means that the entire island will inevitably be put into combat readiness, and the non-combat-capable CH-47SD will also be banned from taking off.
Piloting and landing on the aft apron with narrow and complex terrain is an extremely dangerous process.
Even landing on the Shandong, which has a wide deck, is undoubtedly a risk for Taiwanese CH-47SD pilots who have never received such training, not to mention that they also need to dodge pursuers or missile attacks.
At present, people have begun to pay close attention to the abnormal take-off behavior of the CH-47SD.
And this kind of *** requires three people to maneuver, so it is doubtful how Pilot Xie can convince the other two companions who did not benefit to participate in the defection operation.
Therefore, this absurd and nonsensical "fictional story" appears to be groundless after being professionally scrutinized.
However, the authorities on the island are currently hyping up this "espionage case", which may be for the purpose of deliberately promoting the "mainland threat".
They hope to influence the outcome of the election by pulling voters to the hard-line side at a critical moment when the current election is at stake.
After all, on the afternoon of March 19, 2004, "Green Frog A-bian" won re-election by virtue of the "help" of two bullets.
So now who can guarantee that the "green frogs" will not use such dirty means again, both to guarantee their election and to discredit the mainland?