The China Post
Date: August 25, 2016
By: Joseph Yeh
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan military on Wednesday closed for the first time a main artery connecting
Taiwanese soldiers take part in a drill inside Hsuehshan Tunnel (雪山隧道), as they simulate creating a barricade in the tunnel, Wednesday. (CNA)
the Greater Taipei area with northeastern Yilan County, to test the armed forces’ ability to defend the capital city from Chinese invasion.
As part of the nation’s annual Han Kuang military exercises, the Hsuehshan Tunnel (雪山隧道) was closed from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday for a military drill that simulated a potential Chinese invasion from Yilan.
According to the Defense Ministry, the drill is intended to simulate a scenario in which Chinese forces take advantage of the Hsuehshan Tunnel to enter Taipei after landing at Yilan’s Lanyang Plain (蘭陽平原).
The Yilan-based Lanyang Command (蘭陽指揮部) under the 6th Army Corps in Northern Taiwan made used of a number of objects to prevent troops from entering the tunnel, including wave-dissipating concrete blocks, fuel drums, abandoned vehicles, containers, concrete mixer trucks and Jersey barriers. [FULL STORY]
