Not long ago, the joint exercise conducted by the Sino-Russian combined fleet in the Sea of Japan became the focus of attention from the outside world. The two fleets sailed freely in Japan along the route of the American voyage, and almost blew up the lungs of the Japanese. Recently, the Chinese and Russian fleets, which almost circled Japan, have made a big move.
On October 23, the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force had spotted an unknown fleet the day before, at about 1 p.m. on October 22, about 180 kilometers south of Kochi Prefecture on The Japanese Island of Shikoku. Subsequently, the Japanese Sea sent patrol aircraft and frigates to the relevant waters to reconnoiter, and finally identified the fleet as a Sino-Russian joint fleet that was conducting joint maritime exercises.
Map of the voyage of the Sino-Russian combined fleet released by Japan
In the case of tailgating all the way, the Sea of Japan discovered that the Combined Sino-Russian Fleet sailed all the way through the "Osumi Strait" in the southern part of the Japanese island of Kyushu. This is the first time on record that China and Russia have crossed the Osumi Strait. Judging from the Description of this move by the Japanese media, it is simply that it shocked the Japanese government and the opposition, and the public opinion shouted and scolded continuously.
The author also followed the relevant records of the Japanese media and flipped through the map of the path of the Sino-Russian combined fleet, and it is no wonder that the Japanese want to jump their feet. The Osumi Strait, a waterway located south of the japanese island of Kyushu, separates kagoshima port from Nishinomomo Port, an important Japanese port, and Tanegashima on the north side is Japan's rocket launch center. If placed in the US strategic plan, it is an important strait that divides the first island chain, and it is an important maritime traffic between the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea and the ports on the east coast of Japan.
Footage taken in Japan
Like the Tsugaru Strait, it was actually Japan's coastal waters at the earliest, but in order to facilitate the entry and exit of Americans, the Tokyo authorities reserved only a territorial sea width of 3 nautical miles in the International Convention on the Sea, and the middle channel was classified as an international sea route. This is actually specially designed to facilitate the free navigation of the US military. As a result, this time, it was inserted by China and Russia. I don't know whether the Americans are embarrassed or the Japanese are embarrassed.
Interestingly, at about 10:00 a.m. on October 23, the Sea of Japan also discovered a somewhat connotative thing, the Sino-Russian combined fleet in the southeast direction of Nagasaki, carrying out take-off and landing training for carrier-based helicopters. And this direction, some sources suspect, may be the direction of action that US President Truman should have won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Some observers pointed out that behind the current SHIFT OF THE US strategic focus to East Asia and the sudden tension in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan has constantly provoked regional conflicts and geopolitical contradictions.
In addition, the geographical location of the Osumi Strait is very special, in that it is the connection point between Japan and the Ryukyu Islands, that is, the "Okinawa region" that the Japanese call the "Okinawa region" to the outside world, and the Passage of the Chinese and Russian fleets here is also a warning to Japan that after the end of World War II, according to international treaties, there is no Ryukyu Islands. Essentially, after World War II, in order to limit the Soviet Union and China, the United States privately placed the area under the jurisdiction of Tokyo, so that it could station its troops here to radiate the East Asian continent. Limited by the international situation, China and the Soviet Union turned a blind eye to this at that time, but if Japan had to insist on provoking war in East Asia, then it would be necessary for China and Russia to take out what they had signed in black and white. In any case, the Ryukyu Kingdom was also an important vassal state of China during the Ming and Qing dynasties. (Listen to the wind blowing the lotus)