In the past two days, the Philippines has provoked Ren'ai Jiao in the South China Sea, I believe everyone has also heard about it. Unlike the last time a Chinese coast guard ship fired a water cannon at a Philippine vessel, this time, the Philippine ship took the initiative to ram a Chinese vessel.
Moreover, according to the Global Daily, there were still two collisions, once when the Chinese coast guard ship intercepted it, they forcibly rubbed it; Another time, it was their coast guard boats that were stronger and deliberately rubbed Chinese fishing boats.
The nature of this time is very bad, the ship interception and fighter interception we saw before, even if it is serious, I have the impression that there seems to be no precedent for direct collision. At most, that is, sending water cannons, fighters injecting oil, etc.
The meaning of this provocation has risen more than one level. How to develop in the follow-up and how China will fight back, I believe that the official will give a satisfactory answer.
And there is another question, which everyone should also be interested in, that is, the Philippines this time, secretly sending "supplies" when the sky is not dawn in the morning, did it repair the stranded warship?
According to the Philippine "GMA News Network", before this time, the Philippines began to carry out surface repairs on the "Sierra Madre" stranded at Ren'ai Reef, and the repair materials have also been delivered.
It is equivalent to saying that China intercepted it for half a day, and as a result, people have long been "dark and old", our efforts have been in vain, and this "broken ship" will continue to stay on China's territory for 5, 10, or even longer.
The situation, is this really the case? I don't see it that way. There are three reasons for this:
First of all, the official has said that the Philippines is sending maintenance materials this time, and since it is still secretly sending materials, it means that their "broken ship" has not actually begun to repair;
Secondly, after the incident, the Philippine government, military and other circles, the EU ambassador, the US and Canadian embassies in the Philippines, etc., all jumped out to condemn China for the first time.
Externally, the performance of all parties inside is obviously angry and corrupted. It will be like this, most likely they did not expect it, deliberately chose such a time point, in the early morning when people are sleepiest and least alert; The international community, including China, has also attracted attention to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the South China Sea is relatively unnoticeable.
As a result, it still failed to "steal the chicken" successfully. This means that China has never let down its vigilance, the defense is airtight, and in the future, they will never have the opportunity to send repair materials up. When the "broken ship" cannot hold on, they must leave even if they are reluctant. The plan to "sit on the beach" by using the stranded warship to occupy Ren'ai Jiao has completely gone bankrupt.
In addition, recall that in recent months, the Philippines has sent "supplies" to Second Thomas Reef more and more frequently. Logically, under normal circumstances, it should be replenished every two months; But now, in the same two months, the Philippines has sent four supplies.
Why is that? There is only one reason, the "broken ship" cannot hold up, but the maintenance materials cannot be delivered, and the Philippine side has only tried a few more times to see if it can "steal chickens" or find loopholes in the Chinese defense. It is clear that they failed.
Therefore, judging from these indications, the Philippines has not built a stranded warship, and as for the news reported by their media, it is likely to comfort the Filipino people.