Recently, the Philippines has become restless again at Ren'ai Jiao, and this time it has gone so far as to use airplanes to airdrop supplies to the landing ship on Ren'ai Jiao, and some netizens believe that the Philippines has become more and more arrogant in everything from the supply of surface ships to the airdrops by airplanes, and is it possible that our strategy at Ren'ai Jiao has been further challenged? In fact, everyone has thought too much, and the airdrop by airplane just proves that the Philippines is poor in donkey skills and a victory in China's strategy at Ren'ai Jiao.
As early as 2014, the Philippines used small planes to drop them on Second Thomas Shoal
First of all, this is not the first time that the Philippines has used aircraft to resupply landing ships at Ren'ai Jiao, in the past, when the Chinese coast guard strictly controlled and Philippine ships could not get close to Ren'ai Jiao, they would use small propeller aircraft to airdrop supplies. The answer, of course, is that the transport ship is so large, and the precise airdrop by aircraft must meet three conditions: flying slowly, flying low, and dropping lightly.
These three conditions are indispensable, otherwise they will be thrown directly into the water or broken on the deck, the water depth of the reef is very shallow, and the airdrop materials may fall apart if they fall directly into the water, and how to hang the deck several meters high is also a problem. The most important thing is that the weight limit of airdrop supplies by plane is very strict, and only personnel and materials such as food and fresh water can be delivered, and construction materials such as reinforced concrete cannot be delivered at all, in fact, this is what the Philippines really wants to send to the landing ship.
Filipino soldiers on the landing ship salvaged airdrop supplies, and small packages could be seen
So the Philippines will not opt for small aircraft drops if there is the slightest possibility of using transport ships to resupply, even though the Chinese coast guard has severely restricted the delivery of supplies to Second Thomas Shoal. However, we cannot watch the No. 12 Philippine Marines starve to death (in fact, they are not starving to death, they have long stored a lot of fresh water and food on board), and in order to prevent the Philippines from selling miserably in the name of humanitarianism, Philippine ships are still allowed to deliver humanitarian supplies to Ren'ai Jiao from time to time.
Although these so-called humanitarian material carriers will be inspected by Chinese ships, such as not transporting large construction materials or covering the cabins, it is difficult to determine what kind of supplies they are carrying without boarding the ship for inspection. To tell the truth, the Philippines must have taken advantage of the supply of personnel and materials to steal some building materials, but the number is just a quantity, and if they really want to completely cut off the Philippines' attempt to strengthen the hull, they can only prohibit them from using ships to send supplies to Ren'ai Jiao.
Pay attention to the steel pillars near the waterline of the landing ship at Ren'ai Jiao, there are many such reinforcements
Therefore, from the perspective of restricting the smuggling of building reinforcement materials from the Philippines to Ren'ai Jiao, the airdrop method is undoubtedly a victory for China at Ren'ai Jiao. Only by making it more difficult for the Philippines to replenish Ren'ai Jiao can they reduce their determination to rely on Ren'ai Jiao and completely recover Ren'ai Jiao by more effective and rapid means in the future. There is a gradual process in everything, and Ren'ai Jiao is related to our South China Sea strategy and even the entire national fortune, and it must be steadily promoted.
In fact, if we stretch the timeline farther, our brand-new South China Sea strategy has already begun with the reclamation and island building project more than 10 years ago, first establishing a strong fulcrum, then strengthening the control of the surrounding areas and reefs of the occupied islands, and finally establishing a huge system from space to the sky, ocean, islands and reefs in the South China Sea, and comprehensively winning sea and air supremacy in the South China Sea. In fact, the real goal of our South China Sea strategy is to control the entire South China Sea, and only with the South China Sea can we talk about breaking out of the island chain and into the sea of stars.
Two large Chinese coast guard ships intercepted Philippine ships with water cannons
The Philippines airdropped planes on Ren'ai Jiao, and perhaps the planes will be intercepted and expelled, and perhaps the Filipino soldiers on the landing ship at Ren'ai Jiao can continue to hold on, but once the time is ripe, we will definitely take decisive measures, and they will have to leave if they don't go!