The four countries are vying to provide submarines, and the two Philippine ships will arrive close to Ren'ai Jiao, and within 24 hours, the Chinese side will launch rockets.
As soon as the Philippines announced that it would expand its navy, four countries rushed to provide equipment, and the Marcos Jr. authorities drifted again, and then sent ships to Ren'ai Jiao, and the Chinese side responded that rockets would be launched within 24 hours.
Recently, the domestic situation in the Philippines has attracted more attention, and Marcos Jr.'s movements have also become the focus of attention.
A turmoil over constitutional amendments has caused Duterte and Marcos Jr. to fall out. Duterte not only rebuked Marcos Jr. in public, but also revealed a lot of explosive news, and even took advantage of Marcos Jr.'s visit to Vietnam to declare that if Marcos Jr. continues to insist on going his own way, Mindanao will be "independent" from the Philippines.
Although Marcos Jr. is the president of the Philippines, his family power is not strong in the Philippines, and his father Marcos Jr. even has a certain "stain" in Philippine history.
In addition, during Duterte's tenure as president of the Philippines, he also had a certain amount of kindness to the Marcos Jr. family.
Therefore, in the face of Duterte's attack, Marcos Jr. had to be cautious, took the initiative to show weakness at a critical moment, and shook hands with Duterte's daughter Sarah.
You must know that after Marcos Jr. came to power, Sarah became his deputy, but the two had many disagreements about their political views, and there was even an "impeachment storm" against Sarah last year.
Now Marcos Jr. has taken the initiative to reconcile with Sarah, clearly sending a message to Duterte to bow his head, and the domestic turmoil has also eased somewhat.
However, Marcos Jr. was not at ease, and after the slightest easing of tensions at home, he could not wait to turn his attention to the South China Sea.
According to Reuters, in order to defend the so-called "sovereignty in the South China Sea", Marcos Jr. announced in a high-profile manner that the modernization of the Philippine military has entered the third stage, and approved a 2 trillion pesos arms expansion plan, ready to purchase naval equipment including submarines, radars, fighter jets, helicopters and frigates.
Marcos Jr.'s move can be called a big move, and with India's upcoming delivery of supersonic cruise missiles, the modernization process of the Philippine military can be said to have taken a big leap forward.
It is worth noting that the Philippines mainly upgraded its army equipment in the previous two stages, but this time it has turned to the navy, and its ambition to continue to disrupt the South China Sea is obvious.
Interestingly, although this arms expansion plan is still only a prototype, France, Italy, Spain, and South Korea, which have smelled business opportunities, have been unable to hold back and have joined the competition to sell submarines to the Philippines.
Perhaps infected by the enthusiasm of foreign countries for the Philippines to sell weapons, Marcos Jr. drifted away again, and immediately sent two ships to Ren'ai Jiao.
According to the "South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness" think tank on the 2nd, the patrol ships "Kabra" and "Sindangan", which are subordinate to the Philippine Coast Guard, attempted to approach Ren'ai Jiao for the so-called "supply mission".
On the 21st of last month, the Philippines had just sent supplies by small planes and ultra-low-altitude airdropped Yunza beaching ships, and seven days later it sent people to force their way into Scarborough Shoal.
It has only been a few days since the Philippines sent a patrol ship to Ren'ai Jiao, fearing that the delivery of supplies would be fake, and cooperating with the United States and the West to continue to disrupt the South China Sea is its real purpose.
The Philippines has a full view of the Philippines and has already taken countermeasures. The China Coast Guard recently announced that China will launch a rocket within 24 hours, and between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on February 3, the rocket wreckage will fall into a specific area of the South China Sea.
On the surface, China's rocket launch and the Philippines' provocation in the South China Sea seem to be two things that go hand in hand.
But savoring the "specific waters of South China" is actually the most blunt warning to the Philippines that the South China Sea is not an amusement park for foreign countries, it is China's sovereign waters.
If Marcos Jr. is smart, he should not gamble with the United States on the national fortunes of the Philippines, otherwise it will only be the Philippines that will suffer!
