National Army’s Increasing Fuel Budget and Communist Army Surveillance: Key Updates and Concerns

2023-08-13 20:10:00

The national army monitors the aircraft and ships of the communist army, strengthens training and combat readiness, and the total fuel budget is set at a record high of more than 7 billion yuan. (File photo of this newspaper)

According to military sources, since President Tsai Ing-wen stopped in the United States at the end of March and early April and met with House Speaker McCarthy, the CCP has stepped up military exercises against Taiwan, and the number of CCP aircraft and ships operating around the Taiwan Strait has increased significantly. According to statistics, as of August, the military owed CNPC 4 billion yuan in oil money. It is expected that the arrears will increase by the end of the year. This year’s fuel demand is expected to exceed 10 billion yuan.

Next year’s national defense budget will be 440 billion yuan

The Executive Yuan is preparing the general budget of the central government for the next (113) year. The national defense budget is 440 billion yuan, an increase of 30 billion yuan from this year’s budget, ranking first in the annual budget of all ministries. Military officials said that next year’s defense budget will add fuel purchases to the maintenance budget.

It is understood that the Ministry of National Defense’s operation and maintenance expenses this year are 133.7 billion yuan, and the total fuel budget is more than 7 billion yuan, which is the highest in history, 1.3 billion yuan more than last year; The Air Force has to monitor it accordingly, resulting in insufficient fuel budget, and currently owes China Petroleum about 4 billion yuan. Military officials said that fortunately, China National Petroleum Corporation is a state-owned enterprise and can owe it. The Executive Yuan has been asked for coordination, and the Ministry of National Defense will keep a close eye on the budget and reserves to replenish enough fuel.

The number of arrears for fighter jet fuel will be even greater

Last October, when the National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan reviewed the defense budget, it discussed the fuel budget. Lieutenant General Xu Jinteng, who has now been transferred to the command of the Naval Education Quasi-Department, was the deputy logistics chief of the General Staff Headquarters at the time. Xu Jinteng explained that the amount of fuel purchased last year was mainly in two aspects. The first is to respond to the threat of the enemy. The inventory has not been adjusted since 2001. The second is to purchase the fuel consumption required for annual combat exercises and enemy situations.

The military compiled a fuel budget of nearly 6 billion yuan last year. Since it has supplemented its combat readiness of fuel, this year’s fuel budget of more than 7 billion yuan is used for combat exercises and to respond to the CCP’s aircraft and ship activities.

According to this year’s national defense budget, the JP-8 aviation fuel used by the Air Force’s fighter jets is listed at about 4.6 billion yuan, and it is estimated that 35.51 million gallons can be obtained; since the total fuel of the national army is listed at more than 7 billion yuan, it is estimated that the navy and the army The fuel budget is about 3 billion yuan. The total fuel is listed at more than 7 billion yuan, which is still less than 4 billion yuan. In other words, the current fuel demand of the national army has exceeded 10 billion yuan.

Gide’s one-day voyage cost more than 4 million yuan in fuel

In addition to the fierce use of oil by the Air Force fighter planes, the total number of ships used to be fixed around the Taiwan Strait every day. Since the CCP’s military exercise in April this year, the number has increased. I still adopt one-on-one monitoring. The German-class ship is said to be fully loaded with nearly 10,000 tons, and it will consume about 40,000 gallons of oil for one day of sailing, and the fuel cost is about 4 million yuan. The 4,000-ton Chenggong class ship costs about 2 million yuan for one day of sailing. Rafah Ye class ships are more fuel-efficient, but cost millions of dollars.

In addition, military officials revealed that in order to enable the frontline fighter planes and warships to be able to respond to the threat of the PLA aircraft and ships at any time, the Ministry of National Defense has ordered to adjust various fuel replenishment and component maintenance procedures. Military planes and warships must replenish fuel at any time. When maintenance needs are required, the principle of “immediate report, immediate repair, and ready-to-use” is adopted to avoid the time-consuming and time-consuming administrative procedures and the impact on combat readiness tasks.

China National Petroleum Corporation stated that it has a certain payment request and review mechanism with the military, and it will take 2 to 3 months. The fuel cost from April to June is about 2 billion yuan, which is still under review. As for the account in July, it has not yet been declared, and there is no specific information. number.

13 aircraft and ships were detected in the 2 days and 12 days of the PLA military exercise

When Vice President Lai Qingde set off to visit Paraguay on the 12th, the Mainland Maritime Safety Administration announced a two-day military exercise in the East China Sea. The Ministry of National Defense announced yesterday that from 6:00 a.m. on the 12th to 6:00 a.m. on the 13th, a total of 7 sorties and 6 ships were detected, and they continued to operate around the Taiwan Strait. Use mission aircraft, ships, and shore-mounted missile systems to closely monitor and respond.

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