According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos recently ordered the government to strengthen maritime security coordination to deal with the "series of serious challenges" that will face the so-called territorial integrity and peace that will come next!
At the same time, Marcos also ordered the expansion and reorganization of the Philippine Maritime Commission, expanding the membership of the Philippine Maritime Commission from the original nine to 13 today, adding a series of government members to the commission, and also pulling the Philippine Navy into the commission.
In addition, according to the Russian Sputnik news agency, the Philippine president will hold a trilateral summit with the United States and Japan in April, when it will be announced that the three sides will carry out a joint naval cruise in the South China Sea at a later date.
At the same time, Japanese media revealed that relevant Japanese policy officials said that the United States and Japan had decided in previous military exercises that they would strengthen military cooperation with the Philippines, Australia, Britain and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region in the future, and increase joint training in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Philippines intends to escalate the situation in the South China Sea!
The roots of this series of reports are in fact the beginning of China's conflict with the South China Sea, with the Philippines frequently invading into Chinese waters in the South China Sea since the beginning of the new year, and even opening a third front against China's Wire Reef after repeated failures at Scarborough Shoal and Ren'ai Jiao.
However, after the Philippine side forcibly and successfully landed on China's iron line reef for the first time, it wanted to replicate its previous move for the second time, but was forcefully driven away by the Z-8 helicopter dispatched by China, and even the Philippine personnel who landed on the island were more or less frightened and slightly injured!
After failing to gain the upper hand in successive battles with the Chinese Coast Guard and Navy, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of National Defense have successively issued tough statements, but the Philippine side has not relented because of this.
The Philippine side's move to reorganize the Philippine Maritime Commission at home is a countermeasure to a series of disputes between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea and even an escalation of the situation.
In other words, in the future, the Philippine Coast Guard and the crews of a series of government law enforcement agencies will not be able to gain an advantage in the confrontation with the Chinese Coast Guard, and the Philippine side will send naval vessels to participate in the confrontation and conflict.
Then Chinese mainland, as one of the countries with the most powerful navy in the world, after the Philippine Navy participates in the confrontation conflict, the Chinese Navy must also send warships to achieve the same deterrent effect!
The confrontation between warships and the confrontation between the coast guard are two completely different concepts, after all, the two sides are only in a moment, if the warships of the two armies in the fierce conflict on the islands in the South China Sea, who can't help but fire the first shot, then the follow-up will inevitably be war!
The Philippines wants to pull external forces into the South China Sea!
Of course, even if the Navy and Coast Guard are all involved, the Philippines knows that their strength cannot compete with China, so if it wants to gain an advantage in the confrontation with China, the only way for the Philippines to gain an advantage is to pull external forces into the South China Sea!
The trilateral talks between the Philippines and the US President and the Japanese Prime Minister are in fact concrete measures taken by the Philippines, and the subsequent military exercises held by the United States, Japan, and the Philippines in the South China Sea are the concrete embodiment of the US and Japan giving the Philippines a team in the South China Sea.
Marcos believes that as long as the United States and Japan are involved in the South China Sea dispute, the Philippines will be able to gain an advantage in the next maritime conflict, but can it really do what he wants?
There are countless cases of joint patrols and military cooperation between the United States and the Philippines in the South China Sea, but does the United States really dare to conduct patrols in the sensitive waters of the confrontation between China and the Philippines? Will the Chinese Coast Guard and Navy really allow the alliance fleets of the United States, Japan, and the Philippines to enter the sensitive waters of the South China Sea?
Judging from various past cases, the routine cruises of the United States, Japan and the Philippines are usually more symbolic than practical, just like the United States' statement to the Philippines when it triggered the US-Philippines Joint Security Treaty, the Philippines can only activate the security treaty if the confrontation with China results in the death of Philippine soldiers!
Today's U.S. attitude toward the Philippine conflict in the South China Sea is: I can give you a platform for the Philippines on the South China Sea issue, but if the United States wants the United States to stand in front and lead the Philippines and Japan to provoke the Chinese navy, the United States will never take this risk, after all, the United States today cannot afford the huge cost of a direct war with China.
On the contrary, it is in the best interests of the United States to frequently provoke China and keep China's neighborhood in an unstable geopolitical state.
Therefore, the Philippines has now become the vanguard of the United States against China and against China. However, once a war really breaks out between China and the Philippines, then the United States will most likely stand behind it and be happy to see it happen, instead of taking the initiative to help the Philippines defeat a strong enemy! In the South China Sea conflict between China and the Philippines in those years, the United States almost met each other in arms, and the United States' last-minute escape is enough to explain everything!