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The Spratly Island, which Vietnam invaded, became the Spratly Command Center after the illegal expansion, can it be taken back?

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There are always some countries that are not as good as those that are not as good as those in the South China Sea on the mainland, not only illegally occupying our islands, but also expanding them on the islands with great fanfare, and the pearl of the South China Sea, Nanwei Island, was illegally occupied by Vietnam, not only that, but also built a command center on Spratly Island. This is a great violation of the sovereignty of the mainland!

The Spratly Island, which Vietnam invaded, became the Spratly Command Center after the illegal expansion, can it be taken back?

Spratly Island is strategically located as the throat of the South China Sea Route. If Nanwei Island and the nearby Danganu Island are connected in a straight line, plus Qiongtai Island and Vanguard Island, the four islands form an island chain, which can easily form the first line of defense of coastal defense in the South China Sea on the mainland, and its strategic significance is self-evident.

Spratly Island has been our territory since ancient times and is a fishing ground for Nansha residents. It is rich in tropical fish. According to modern scientific exploration, the seabed near Spratly Island also contains large amounts of oil and gas.

The Spratly Island, which Vietnam invaded, became the Spratly Command Center after the illegal expansion, can it be taken back?

Records of Nanwei Island date back to the Han Dynasty, when the ancient Chinese called the island full of seabirds Bird Boy Zhi, which became an extremely important coordinate for navigation at that time, and fishermen often used the island as a basis for fishing around.

After that, no matter how the Central Plains dynasty changed? It has always been under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains Dynasty and is an integral part of Chinese territory.

The Spratly Island, which Vietnam invaded, became the Spratly Command Center after the illegal expansion, can it be taken back?

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, China became the target of competition by Western powers, and Nanwei Island was also occupied by the great powers, becoming a stronghold for the great powers to control the South China Sea. In 1939, the Japanese invaders occupied the Nansha Islands and renamed the island "Nishitori Island". After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese forces withdrew from the South China Sea Islands, and the Nationalist Government successively sent ships to receive the Xisha Nansha Islands. In order to commemorate the hardships of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the name of the island was changed to "Nanwei Island", from which Nanwei Island got its name.

The Spratly Island, which Vietnam invaded, became the Spratly Command Center after the illegal expansion, can it be taken back?

But this treasure island is now stolen by the Vietnamese for themselves, and our fishermen who want to go fishing nearby will be driven by the Vietnamese side, forcing mainland fishermen to give up the near and far and take a detour to fish!

Spratly Island is extremely rare in the South China Sea archipelago, due to the deep ocean, the tidal effect is obvious, many small islands will be submerged below the surface of the water due to the tide, only Spratly Island can be exposed to the surface all year round, although its area is only 0.15 square kilometers, but because of its proximity to the South China Sea channel, this pocket island has become a place for soldiers, but also attracted Vietnam's covetousness.

The Spratly Island, which Vietnam invaded, became the Spratly Command Center after the illegal expansion, can it be taken back?

Vietnam took the opportunity to occupy the island, began to frantically reclaim land, and more than doubled the island area, now the area of Spratly Island has reached 0.48 square kilometers, the island's airport has also expanded, the length of the runway has been expanded from 600 meters to 1200 meters.

The small Spratly Island was turned into a pocket fortress deep in the South China Sea by Vietnam, with missile positions, artillery positions, radar stations and other military facilities on the island, not only that, but also built docks, hospitals, schools and other civilian facilities on the island, and also set up an administrative agency again, naming it "Changsha Island County".

The Spratly Island, which Vietnam invaded, became the Spratly Command Center after the illegal expansion, can it be taken back?

However, history can be so tampered with, there is a century-old well on the west of Nanwei Island, and the Chinese characters carved on it have long gone through thousands of years, proving that the mainland has absolute sovereignty over it. However, the late Qing dynasty, which was weak, lost power and humiliated the country, and in the First Sino-Japanese War, the entire Beiyang Naval Division was destroyed, and the huge imperial court no longer had the capital to compete with people at sea. The South China Sea Islands have become coveted by the great powers and neighboring countries, and a large number of islands have been annexed by other countries! In 1933, French Indochina troops occupied nine islands on the mainland, including Spratly Island and Taiping Island. However, at that time, our naval strength was weak, and we were unable to confront France at sea, and could only watch the islands fall into enemy hands.

The Spratly Island, which Vietnam invaded, became the Spratly Command Center after the illegal expansion, can it be taken back?

During the Liberation War, Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan and devoted the main naval forces to the defense of the Taiwan Strait, and the defense of the South China Sea was completely abandoned. Although the PLA has a weak navy, it has not completely renounced its sovereignty in the South China Sea. In 1946, a Kuomintang naval colonel who had retreated to Taiwan led troops to take over the South China Sea Islands. In 1956, the mainland re-erected a stone monument on Spratly Island, declaring to the world that Spratly Island was an inalienable part of the mainland's territory.

Unfortunately, the mainland's naval strength was still very weak at that time. Although sovereignty is declared to the world, in practice control over the islands is very weak. There is simply no real control over the South China Sea Islands.

The Spratly Island, which Vietnam invaded, became the Spratly Command Center after the illegal expansion, can it be taken back?

In 1973, the South Vietnamese regime seized Spratly Island with U.S. support. Since then, Spratly Island has been separated from the embrace of the motherland and effectively controlled by Vietnam. In 1975, South Vietnam collapsed, and although the mainland solemnly urged the NATO regime to return Spratly Island through diplomatic means, North Vietnam ignored the mainland's warning, sent troops to land on the island to take over, and intensified the construction of military bases on the island, adding more than 500 troops to garrison.

In 1974, the mainland recaptured the three islands from the Vietnamese in the Xisha self-defense counterattack and effectively controlled the surrounding waters. But the South China Sea dispute was far from over, and in 1988, the Vietnamese army took the lead in attacking our navy, and the People's Liberation Army launched a counterattack, sinking the Vietnamese warship at the cost of one casualty, and taking advantage of the situation to regain real control of more than 40 islands from Vietnam.

The Spratly Island, which Vietnam invaded, became the Spratly Command Center after the illegal expansion, can it be taken back?

In 2016, Vietnam illegally reclaimed the land on Spratly Island, expanding the area to 0.48 square kilometers. The expanded airfield can take off and land reconnaissance and transport aircraft. However, according to the latest footage of the Spratly Island Air Force exposed by Vietnam, Vietnam's radars on the island use old equipment that is about to be eliminated.

Compared with the mainland's rapidly developing naval forces, Vietnam's seemingly complete defense has long been full of holes in the face of our powerful navy, and its military level is far inferior to that of the mainland. Although the mainland has not completely recovered the illegally occupied islands in Nansha, the Dongsha, Xisha and Zhongsha Islands are already under the actual control of the mainland, and the development of naval strength and the blessing of infrastructure madness have made the mainland's exercise of sovereignty in the South China Sea more diverse, and also added great confidence for the mainland to recover the islands illegally occupied by other countries.

The Spratly Island, which Vietnam invaded, became the Spratly Command Center after the illegal expansion, can it be taken back?

As of 2019, the mainland has actually controlled 27 islands and reefs in the South China Sea with an area of more than 0.03 square kilometers, including Dongsha Island and Taiping Island, and the actual control number has exceeded half. In addition, the 2.8 square kilometers artificial island created by the mainland on Fiery Cross Reef has become the largest artificial island in the South China Sea, and the 3,000-meter runway airport and medium-sized airport built on the island can fully cover only 140 kilometers of Nanwei Island.

The recovery of Spratly Island and the regain of the throat of the South China Sea Route is just around the corner!

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