China Taiwan Net, August 3rd. The Chinese People's Liberation Army announced on the 2nd that it will hold military exercises in the sea and airspace around Taiwan Island from 12:00 on the 4th to 12:00 on the 7th, and organize live ammunition. According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network" report, Four senior Taiwanese retired generals said in interviews that the situation in the Taiwan Strait this time is more serious than the "Taiwan Strait Crisis" in 1996.

One of the retired generals bluntly stated that in the "Taiwan Strait Crisis" in 1996, the United States sent two aircraft carriers to the Taiwan Strait to "protect Taiwan", and this time the US military sent an aircraft carrier battle group to protect the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Pelosi, not for "" Protect Taiwan".

　　The retired Taiwan military general also said that the US sent two aircraft carriers in the "Taiwan Strait Crisis" in 1996, and the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier even crossed the Taiwan Strait directly, and the aircraft carrier from the US military this time, even the "first island chain" They didn't even enter, just to protect Pelosi. He predicted that as soon as Pelosi left, the U.S. aircraft carrier would also retreat. The Chinese People's Liberation Army is conducting military exercises at this time, and the U.S. aircraft carrier will not enter the so-called "first island chain" again. Protect Taiwan".

　　Another retired military general pointed out that the "Taiwan Strait Crisis" in 1996 was aimed at Lee Teng-hui's "visit to the United States." At that time, there was still communication between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, so the crisis was easy to control, but the difference this time was that there were no channels for communication between the two sides of the Strait. Danger of misfire.

　　There are also retired generals from the Taiwan Army who said that the PLA's exercises were more extensive and serious than those in 1996, which fully demonstrated that the PLA's military strength has not been what it used to be.

However, the retired general of the Taiwan Army analyzed that the pressure of the PLA's military exercise on the surrounding islands of Taiwan Island is no less than the "Taiwan Strait Crisis" in 1996, because the PLA already has the strength to block the island of Taiwan, and there is no need to target the surrounding small islands.

　　The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council issued several statements today in response to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, among which it is rare to directly name Tsai Ing-wen.

Spokesman Ma Xiaoguang warned Tsai Ing-wen and the DPP authorities in a statement to collude with external forces to carry out "independence" provocations, in order to achieve one's own selfishness and one party's selfishness, which will ultimately only accelerate its own destruction and push Taiwan into the abyss of disaster.

History has and will continue to prove that separatism for "Taiwan independence" will never succeed, and betraying the interests of the country and the nation will be a complete failure.

No one or any force should underestimate the strong determination, firm will, and powerful ability of the Chinese people to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity!

(Editor/Reviewer Zhang Ling/Li Botao)