Taiwan Holds Han Kuang Military Exercise 漢光演習登場 民間車輛協助載運戰備物資

On the first day of the annual Han Kuang military exercise, the 10th Army Command commandeered private vehicles to transport supplies to the front line. Reservists trained under the new system also took part in the exercise for the first time.

Sixteen trucks stop at the checkpoint and the IDs of the drivers are checked. The trucks' lights and tire pressure are also inspected. The 38th Han Kuang military exercise debuted on the 25th, simulating a PRC attack on Taiwan. The 10th Army Command commandeered private vehicles to transport supplies including food, water and barbed wire. The 302nd Infantry Brigade retrained 307 reservists for the exercise. The Army says the exercise would show stronger combat abilities by soldiers and incorporate the seizure of private resources during wartime. One of the soldiers retired from the Military Police Special Services Company and was participating in an exercise as a reservist for the first time.

Chuang Tai-hsiang, Reservist: “Coming back here, I've learned how to use a firearm. You have to familiarize yourself with combat environments and be mentally and psychologically prepared to be on a battlefield.”

Chou Yu-chen, Army 302nd Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion Head: “The current reservist program follows the new system, so there's a lot of explaining that needs to be done. We ask the reservists to accommodate us. These supplies and vehicles will be transported to the front line for the exercise.”

Troops across the island took part on the first day of the exercise, with six Indigenous Defense Fighters flying between Taitung and Tainan and an F-16V flying between Chiayi and Taitung. Missile launchers with military police escorts were also spotted making their way to the Bainan River estuary to protect Chihhang Air Base. Meanwhile, a naval research vessel was seen in the waters between Taitung's Beinan River estuary and Green Island.

16輛大小貨車開進報到地點，官兵確認駕駛身分後，安排實施篩檢，接著檢查車輛車燈、胎壓是否正常。漢光38號演習今日登場，模擬共軍犯台，陸軍第10軍團上午徵收民用車輛，活用民力，實施車輛編組，分別載運軍用口糧、飲用水、以及刺絲網等戰備物資。教召員正協助搬運刺絲網，而這也是國軍實施新制教召後，首批有後備部隊加入漢光演習。陸軍302旅後備部隊有307人在教召期間，配合漢光演習，實施同心演習，陸軍指出，這次操演強化基層部隊戰力，也驗證戰時如何充分運用民間資源，有教召員是憲兵特勤隊退伍，第一次以教召員身分參加演習。

教召員莊泰祥表示：「回到這邊，就是了解到槍枝怎麼使用，怎麼去調教它，他必須要去接受並熟悉到戰場上的環境，他有針對這個做戰場抗壓的一些心理素質的課程。」

陸軍302旅步一營戰支連連長周妤蓁指出：「本次教召是新制教召，很多部分我們會引導召員會實施說明，請這些召員協助我們配合，這些物資及車輛會配合本次演習運送到前線，實施阻絕架設作業。」

漢光演習期間，全台部隊動起來，6架IDF經國號戰機陸續飛抵空軍台東志航基地，空軍模擬遭共軍襲擊，下令IDF從台南基地起飛，往東部移轉進行戰力保存，原本駐守嘉義基地的F16V戰機，同樣移轉到空軍台東志航基地。此外，飛彈車一早展開機動部署，由憲兵戒護，在道路上奔馳，從東海岸移轉到白南溪出海口，保全志航基地安全，至於東部外海，一艘海軍的測量艦現蹤台東卑南溪出海口和綠島之間海域，參與演訓，保衛家園。