President Lai’s video of thanks was played on the Taiwanese team’s flight back to Taiwan after winning the top 12 tournament (video) – Lai Ching-te – Current Affairs Focus – – Watch China Net

The Taiwanese team in the World’s Top 12 Baseball Tournament triumphed with the world champion. The players arrived at Taoyuan Airport by plane on the evening of the 25th, and Vice President Hsiao Meiqin (front 6 from left) also personally went to pick them up.

[Watch China, November 25, 2024]Taiwan will win the 2024 World Top 12 Baseball Championship, and the delegation will return to Taiwan tonight. On the flight back to Taiwan, “veteran fan” President Lai Ching-te used a pre-recorded video to welcome the delegation back to the country and thank Taiwan’s heroes for fighting for the country.

副总统萧美琴到桃园机场接机，合影时与牛棚教练王建民（左）、总教练曾豪驹（左3起）、队长陈杰宪、投手教练林岳平一同在胸前比划一个框。手势代表“我们是来自台湾的选手”。

The delegation returned to China on the evening of the 25th, and Taiwan team Huang Zipeng (front from left), Zhang Yi, Chen Baiqing, and Jiang Guohao were interviewed.

The Taiwanese team that won the top 12 tournament played President Lai’s thank you video on their flight back to Taiwan.

The Taiwanese team won the historic championship of the top 12 baseball tournament in the world. The players took a flight back to Taiwan tonight. President Lai Ching-te specially arranged for four F-16Vs to fly with them and fired thermal bombs to greet them. The flight arrived at Taoyuan Airport at 8:47 pm. Vice President Hsiao Meiqin made a special trip to pick her up, and the Taoyuan International Airport Company also planned a Watergate ceremony to welcome Taiwan’s heroes back home.

President Lai also pre-recorded a video and played it on the flight back to Taiwan to express his sincere thanks to the members of the delegation. According to the video provided by the Presidential Office, President Lai said that he is a senior fan. He congratulated the players for achieving Taiwan’s best results in the top 12 baseball championships in the world and for returning home with great honors. They are the pride of Taiwan.

He said that everyone used 100% of their strength and tried their best, “fully searching, resolutely dispatching, sharp pitching, hot hitting, full base running, and excellent fielding”, which made the Chinese people go crazy and made other countries admire Taiwan.

President Lai thanked all the players, coaching staff, logistics team and intelligence team for working hard and fighting to the end, using baseball to inspire the people and unite the country. “I believe we will meet again soon, thank you.”

At the end of the video, President Lai holds a blue “Taiwan Shang Yong” support towel and shouts “Taiwan Shang Yong! Team Taiwan!”

The team members took a flight back to Taiwan on the evening of the 25th, and the Taoyuan International Airport Company also planned to dispatch fire trucks to perform a Watergate ceremony to welcome Taiwan’s heroes when the flight turned into the tarmac.

The Taiwanese team returned to Taiwan for the top 12 competition, accompanied by F-16Vs and launched thermal bombs to greet them.

The Air Force today dispatched F-16V fighter jets to welcome the heroes of the Taiwanese team that won the world’s top 12 baseball championship back to Taiwan. The Military News Agency announced the preparation process for loading thermal bombs, and the pilots received flight instructions in advance, dressed up, went to the aircraft fortress, and conducted inspections on the fighter jets. Check the picture 360 ​​degrees, then ignite the afterburner and fly towards the target airspace.

The Taiwanese team won the historic championship of the top 12 baseball tournament in the world. The players returned to Taiwan by flight tonight. President Lai Ching-te specially arranged for four F-16Vs to fly with them and launch thermal bombs. The flight arrived at Taoyuan Airport at 8:47 pm. President Hsiao Meiqin made a special trip to pick her up, and the Taoyuan International Airport Company also planned a Watergate ceremony to welcome Taiwan’s heroes back home.

In the evening, the Presidential Palace also released footage of the F-16V’s preparations taken by the Military News Agency. At the beginning of the video, officers from the Chiayi Base of the Air Force gave pre-flight warnings to the F-16V pilots. Then the pilots began to dress, went to the aircraft fort, and conducted a 360-degree visual inspection of the fighter aircraft with a flashlight to ensure flight safety. At this time, the pilots slipped. After leaving the runway and preparing to take off, the F-16V’s afterburner flames illuminated the airport runway, preparing to head to the tactical area to meet the heroes of the Taiwanese team.

In addition, the military news agency also disclosed the process and footage of ground crews loading the thermal bombs, and using professional tools to lock the red-looking thermal device on the fuselage.

In fact, the use of thermal bombs is not limited to welcoming players who are bringing glory to the country. Its function as a target lure is also life-saving in the actual practice of aerial combat.

Thermal bomb is an active decoy and one of the main self-defense devices of military aircraft. The thermal bombs of the airborne infrared decoy system are filled with magnesium and other metal components that can burn violently as combustibles. After being released, they will produce higher heat than the fighter engine nozzle and high-intensity infrared traces. These high-temperature targets will interfere with tracking. The heat-seeking missile seeker confuses its judgment and helps the fighter jets escape the threat of missile attack.

The top 12 heroes returned to Taiwan and were greeted by more than a thousand fans at the airport. Aviation police station: scale rarely seen in 20 years

The Aviation Police Department stated that people at the immigration hall had been gathering since the afternoon, and by 8 p.m., it was initially estimated that the crowd at the scene had exceeded 1,000 people. A senior aviation police officer said that after working at Taoyuan Airport for more than 20 years, he has almost never seen such a crowd. Even before the epidemic, there was no such grand occasion. When the Taiwanese team returned to Taiwan after achieving good results in the Olympics, such a crowd never happened. The crowd was even more impressive, and he even said with admiration, “The Taiwanese team really brings Taiwanese people together.”

The emotions of the fans at the scene were quite high. Sometimes they cheered with posters held high, and sometimes they sang support songs together. Although they were not familiar with each other, at this moment, everyone was connected to each other through the Taiwan team.

Fan Weiwei said that after the Taiwanese team won the championship last night, a group of 7 or 8 of their friends discussed in the group about coming to pick up the plane today. Everyone who works in the insurance industry specially asked for half a day off, and at about 2 p.m. We arrived at the Peach Machine. Although everyone was originally a fan of Lotte Peach Machine, this time it was “Team Taiwan”, so everyone supported today’s airport pick-up event and also brought “Team Taiwan” flags, etc. The company boss knew Later was also very supportive.

The fan book said that the Taiwanese team’s performance is really “impeccable”. This is the best result in more than 30 years. It is really impeccable to see the Taiwanese team win a great world championship in this life. I hope it can get better and better. It may not be possible to win gold medals every time, but at least let people know that Taiwan’s baseball team is a very strong team. I hope it can remain in the top four in the future; for those who can beat Japan I am really surprised that the Taiwanese team achieved such results.

Fan Lin Shuping said that he picked up Taiwan captain Chen Jiexian at the airport because Chen Jiexian can keep smiling no matter what situation he encounters, which really motivates him. He can also imitate the life attitude of Taiwan captain leading the team in other matters. He is very happy for Taiwan The team has such a good captain, and I hope that I can continue to lead Taiwanese baseball to continue to shine in the future. As a fitness instructor, he took special leave today to pick up the plane. He even believed that today should be designated as a “national baseball holiday” and he would not miss tomorrow’s parade.

Fans waved big flags at the scene, preparing to welcome the Taiwanese heroes.

On the evening of the 25th, a large number of fans poured into the Taoyuan International Airport to pick up the airport, holding high various support items to welcome the championship team back to the country. (The above pictures are all from Central News Agency)