Project Sword
For the first time, the United States and Japan listed China as an "imaginary enemy" in the exercise, revealing their true thoughts.
Japan's Kyodo News Agency has obtained an inside intelligence that the United States and Japan are conducting an eight-day computer simulation exercise behind closed doors. The exercise envisaged the emergence of a so-called "emergency" in the Taiwan Strait, and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the US military listed China as an "imaginary enemy" for the first time in a joint command post exercise.
Not only that, but the United States and Japan have often used virtual maps for simulation in the past, and this is the first time that the unmodified real version of the map has been used. Since 1986, the United States and Japan have held a "blade" and "sword" joint exercises about every two years, after Biden took office, the scale of this joint military exercise has been further expanded, Australia, the Philippines and other countries have joined the ranks of the United States and Japan, although it is not as directly aimed at China as this time, but it has also been repeatedly proclaimed in response to the rising situation in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
Japan began to increase its interference in the Taiwan Strait issue since Yoshihide Suga**, and the notorious "Taiwan incident theory" appeared frequently at that time, and after Fumio Kishida came to power, he focused on breaking through constitutional restrictions and realizing the "normalization" of the country and the restoration of militarism. At the end of last year, Kishida officially extended his hand to the South China Sea, not only personally sending coastal monitoring radar to the Philippines, but also upgrading defense cooperation with the Philippines.
Japan's moves are actually the moves of the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy, from the Taiwan Strait to the South China Sea, and even the East China Sea, the U.S. "long-arm jurisdiction" over China is all-round. Earlier, the Chinese side expressed its firm opposition to the United States' connivance with Japan's arms build-up, and urged the Japanese side to deeply reflect on history and be cautious in its words and deeds in the field of military security. Japan still owes the Chinese people a heavy blood debt that has not been repaid; the United States and Japan know that the wounds of the Chinese people have never healed, and now they are still spouring salt in the hearts of the Chinese people with all kinds of provocative acts; the United States is constantly supporting Japan's "constitutional amendment" and building up its military strength, enhancing its confrontation capability with China, and rapidly expanding Japan's ambitions for foreign aggression and expansion.
No matter what the United States and Japan plan to do next, the PLA is ahead of the curve. In January, the Eastern Theater welcomed six unusual guests one after another, namely, Yin Hong, secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, Ye Jianchun, governor of Jiangxi Province, Zhou Zuyi, secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, Zhao Long, governor of Fujian Province, Han Jun, secretary of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, and Wang Qingxian, governor of Anhui Province. The strategic position of the Eastern Theater is quite important; it faces the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and Taiwan across the sea; it undertakes the heavy task of defending Chinese mainland's maritime security and maintaining strategic deterrence; it is the main force in Chinese mainland's preparations for military operations against Taiwan, and is responsible for leading and commanding the armed forces of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, and Jiangxi.
These six leaders and the Eastern Theater complement each other, one is responsible for defending the homeland and the other is responsible for national peace and security, and they unanimously put forward the need to go all out to serve the training and preparation for war, improve and improve the support system, focus on consolidating and improving the integrated national strategic system and capabilities, focus on the urgency of the troops in preparing for war and winning wars and the expectations of officers and men, and pay close attention to the preparations for military struggle and national defense mobilization. Zhou Zuyi, secretary of the Fujian Provincial CPC Committee, made an additional statement, saying that he hoped that the Eastern Theater would strive to make greater contributions to the accomplishment of the great cause of the motherland's reunification.
The most important leadership election in Taiwan, China, is over, and 2024 is a critical year for the trend of the situation in the Taiwan Strait. The United States and Japan do not say that they regard China as an "imaginary enemy", even if there is a real showdown, what is the fear of the Chinese people?