The dilapidated Philippine warship stranded on Ren'ai Jiao has always made the Chinese people feel like a cattle in their throats, because it has been lying on Ren'ai Jiao for more than 20 years in an illegal way of "sitting on the beach". It was once rumored that it was going to be towed away, but now it seems that dealing with scoundrels will be able to treat their people in their own way, directly cutting off the Philippines' supply capacity to this broken warship, and without supplies, the personnel on board can only go hungry, and they will be forced to evacuate in the long run.
Sure enough, the Philippines soon couldn't sit still and sent two coast guard ships to storm Second Thomas Reef in an attempt to deliver supplies to the warships stranded there. On the one hand, the coast guard 4203 ship and a number of fishing boats divided into two ways, waiting for interception on both sides of Ren'ai Jiao, and on the other hand, after the coast guard 3103 ship finished its operation on Huangyan Dao, it rushed 650 nautical miles to aid Ren'ai Jiao, forming a nine-ship formation to surround the beach-sitting Philippine ships.
The Malapuscua and Malabrigo sent by the Philippines this time are already the "old faces" of forcibly breaking into Ren'ai Jiao, so it is difficult for these two coast guard ships to keep a low profile, and once again confronted the Chinese coast guard ship at Ren'ai Jiao. As for the result, everyone may have expected that, as always, they were stopped by our ships, and after a period of confrontation, the two Philippine ships knew that they could not take advantage, and it was futile to continue, so they had to withdraw from the relevant waters.
China has shown great restraint on the issue of Ren'ai Jiao, but in exchange for the Philippines has become more aggressive, constantly provoking at the instigation of the United States, carrying journalists from many countries to premeditately storm Ren'ai Jiao, and transporting reinforcement materials to repair the broken warship, trying to extend the beach time of the broken warship, so as to use this as a base to achieve the purpose of forcibly occupying Ren'ai Jiao. China's sovereignty and territorial integrity are at stake, and we will never allow such a scheme to succeed.
China's patience is also limited, the Philippines has repeatedly ignored China's warnings, provoked incidents on the South China Sea issue, resulting in the originally stable situation in the South China Sea, once again set off new waves, so inch, China really needs to knock it, otherwise "people are good to be deceived, horses are ridden", the Philippines really thought that with the support of the United States, it can do whatever it wants in the South China Sea, and when it is time to strike, the Philippines has sent ships several times to forcibly supply Ren'ai Jiao, all of which were strongly intercepted by Chinese coast guard ships.
And the attitude is getting tougher every time, which is due to the rapid growth of military strength, so that Chinese coast guard ships can also be more confident in the face of provocations. After all, today is different, in the past, most of the Chinese coast guard ships were small ships of several hundred tons, but now the tonnage is generally thousands of tons, and many are equipped with 76mm main guns, before the coast guard 5203 ship appeared near Thitu Island, it showed the bow of the 76mm naval gun, this move made the Philippines nervous.
The Philippines has been relying on it since 1999 when it grounded its US-made warship on Ren'ai Jiao. During this period, China repeatedly asked the Philippines to tow away the broken ship, but the Philippines chose to turn a deaf ear, and even sent personnel to station on the ship, obviously worried that it would provoke the Chinese side and directly tow the broken warship away. After years of wind and sun, this warship has long been dilapidated, and even if we do not start tugboats and cut off the supply of this Philippine ship, it will not last long to disintegrate.
Because it can be seen from the photos that the hull of the ship has been rusted and damaged in many places, the Philippines is in such a hurry and does not hesitate to take risks to resupply. But under such a tight Chinese defense, it was not easy for Philippine ships to resupply. Under this circumstance, the sudden news that the Philippine ship sitting on the beach of Ren'ai Reef has repaired the damaged place, which makes people wonder how the Philippines exploited the loophole, and it seems that it is really impossible to prevent.
This is also a wake-up call not to expect too much from the Philippines and think that it will leave obediently. At present, the Philippines is still not dead, and it still intends to attract external forces to disrupt the situation and seek personal interests on the South China Sea issue, which is worthy of vigilance!
Even former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte bluntly said not to be too naïve, believing that the United States will not deploy nuclear weapons in the Philippines, and once there is a military conflict between China and the United States, the Philippines will likely be involved, because the United States and the Philippines have close military ties, and there are many US military bases in the Philippines, so it is difficult to stay out of the matter.