Even in the face of China's increasingly powerful naval and air strength and the increase in its actual control over the direction of the South China Sea, the Philippines still chooses to resist to the end in the face of these "fat meats" that have reached its mouth, and even does not hesitate to sell its sovereignty and interests to bring more US troops into the South China Sea, with the aim of completely muddying the waters of the South China Sea through the United States, so that it can fish in troubled waters and maintain its vested interests in the South China Sea!
Recent. The author noticed that in the three days from the 10th to the 12th, the Philippine Coast Guard dispatched relevant ships to drop five buoys dedicated to navigation in the waters near five islands and reefs: Faith Island, Fire Arth Reef, South Key Island, Double Yellow Sandbar and Oxbow Reef! From the picture, we can clearly see that the buoys dropped by the Philippine Coast Guard are also specially printed with the Philippine flag. Obviously, the Philippines wants to demonstrate its actual control and so-called sovereignty in the South China Sea through such means!
It is worth noting that the five sea areas where the Philippine Coast Guard dropped buoys are all Chinese islands and reefs! Let's take a brief look at these five reefs.
Feixin Island, even the name is named after the mainland Ming Dynasty navigator Fei Xinzhi, the specific location is southwest of Lile Beach in Nansha, the length of the island is about 230m from east to west, the area is 0.04 square kilometers, the water depth in the west is less than 9.1m, the water depth in the east is less than 14.6m, and the highest altitude is 12.5m. This has been our territory since ancient times!
Huoai Reef, located in the east of the Domins Reef, can be reached by sailing southwest from Xiyue Island about 17 nautical miles, and the reef here can be exposed to the sea at low tide, the overall length reaches 7km, the width is about 2km, and the name of this island and reef is also given by mainland fishermen, and it is also the inherent territory of the mainland!
South Key Island, this island is located on the southern edge of the Domins Reef, the overall shape of the island is a triangle, about 300m in diameter, and the total area is 0.08 square kilometers. It is also the lowest island in the Spratly Islands, only 1.8m above sea level, with year-round bush and coconut groves. There are still wells left over from Chinese on the island, as well as shrines built during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. For this island, the mainland has indisputable sovereignty!
Double yellow sandbar, which is also located in the mainland of the Spratly Islands, at the southwest end of the Domin Reef, when the sea retreats, it presents two coral reefs that emerge from the sea, because the shape is more similar to the double yellow, hence the name. In 1978 of the last century, the Philippines invaded this place by illegal means, but this still cannot change China's sovereignty over this sea area!
Oxbow Reef, is the island and reef of the mainland Nansha Islands, is a large reef at the northeast end of the Jiuzhang Reef, in the 90s of the last century, our country officially established a monument to swear sovereignty on the oxbow reef. In recent years, relevant sea areas, including islands and reefs, have been patrolled and even stationed by the Navy!
From the author's general introduction to these five islands and reefs and related sea areas, it is obvious that the Philippines chose to place buoys in these waters with sinister intentions.
Because once such buoys are placed in the relevant sea areas, the relevant personnel of the Philippines will conduct regular or even irregular patrols, and the Philippines obviously wants to slowly pull the relevant sea areas into its own hands through this means of strengthening control. The author personally believes that we should be vigilant against this behavior of the Philippines, if it is just a simple buoy, it is better to say that we have many fishing boats in the South China Sea, and when fishermen pass by in the relevant waters, they can be fished away.
However, if the purpose of the Philippines to drop the buoys is to carry out various cruise activities in the future, then it is very likely that contradictions or conflicts will break out with us in the relevant sea areas, and in view of what the Philippines has done in the South China Sea, we must resolutely counter this situation! I don't know if everyone agrees with the author's point of view?