Lincuo Anti-Airborne Fortifications South Section (林厝反空降陣地南段)

Dàdù Plateau (大肚台地) is a geographic feature of great strategic importance to the defense of central Taiwan. It overlooks the coastal Qingshui Plain (清水平原) and occupies high ground on the westernmost edge of the Taichung Basin (台中盆地), home to the majority of the population of Taichung, the third most populous metropolitan area in the nation. The entire length of the plateau is peppered with military facilities from the massive Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (空軍清泉崗基地) in the north to Chénggōng Ridge (成功嶺) down south. In between one will find dozens of abandoned or disused bunkers, gun towers, and artillery emplacements. This entry focuses on a cluster of five anti-airborne fortifications located in the central part of the plateau around Taichung Metropolitan Park (台中都會公園) in Xitun. Coming around the hummock that obscures the entrance to the bunker beneath the No. 1 Anti-Airborne Fort. Here you can see the ochre soils of the plateau. You may be wondering: what exactly is an “anti-airborne…