On April 7, the Southern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army organized a joint naval and air combat patrol in the South China Sea. The Southern Theater also said that it is under control of all military activities that disrupt the South China Sea and create hot spots.
This blockbuster military news was reported and hotly discussed by domestic and foreign media and netizens yesterday. The news released by the Southern Theater can be described as "a small number of words, a big matter", and in particular, the words "battle patrol," "disrupting the South China Sea," and "creating hot spots" have rarely appeared.
The reason why the Southern Theater wants to organize joint naval and air combat patrols in the South China Sea is that the United States, Australia, Japan, and the Philippines have assembled five surface warships and four military planes, and on 7 April, they held a joint military exercise codenamed "Australia-Japan-Philippines-United States Maritime Cooperation Activities" in the South China Sea off the northwest coast of Palawan Island in the Philippines.
According to public information obtained from the Internet, the US Navy dispatched the LCS-26 "Mobile," the de facto frigate; the Australian Navy dispatched the FFH-152 "Valamenga" frigate; the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force dispatched the DD-108 "Akebono" destroyer; and the Philippine Navy dispatched the PS-15 "Gregorio del Pilar" patrol ship and the PS-177 "Valentin Diaz" patrol ship.
Netizens with military knowledge know very well that judging from the lineup of five ships participating in the joint maritime exercise of the four countries that disrupted the South China Sea, the Philippines has produced two second-hand and dilapidated coastal patrol ships;
Littoral combat warships are absolutely "junk goods," and the old US Navy has long looked down on them, and they are all retiring from active service one after another; the other Australian and Japanese warships are not large in size, and their comprehensive combat performance is not very strong, and the level of the five warships of the four countries can be described as "scrap copper and rotten iron."
The Shikoku 5 warships, which are old and dilapidated and not very strong in combat, can be described as vulnerable in the face of the Type 052D air defense destroyers and Type 054AG missile frigates of the Southern Theater Navy, which are "strong and strong." If a naval battle breaks out at sea, it will really not be enough for our navy's destroyers.
Of course, the staff officers who planned the joint military exercise in the South China Sea are not fools, and naturally they all understand this truth. Needless to say, the exercise was dominated by the United States and the Philippines, one wanted to stir up the situation in the South China Sea, and the other was willing to act as Washington's "pawn". As a result, the "chess player" and the "chess piece" hit it off.
As for Japan and Australia, it was all made up by the United States and the United States. Japan and Australia each have their own little ninety-nine, and they all have dark psychology. Participated in joint exercises in the South China Sea, thinking that when dealing with China, they would have bargaining chips at hand and be able to overwhelm China and gain benefits from it.
In a joint statement issued on April 7, the defense ministers of the four countries declared that this was a landmark event and a collective commitment to support greater cooperation in the free and open Indo-Pacific.
This kind of joint military exercise of the four countries in the South China Sea poses no threat to a powerful China at all, but on the contrary, the Southern Theater has organized a joint naval and air combat patrol, which has a powerful deterrent effect on the five warships and four military planes of the four countries that are in concert.
"Combat patrols" mean that the ships and planes of the navy and air force of the Southern Theater are carrying live ammunition and are going to forcefully "watch" the joint exercises of five warships and four military planes of the four countries in the South China Sea, and they are ready to respond to emergencies at any time and take part in joint naval and air strike operations.
In recent years, Washington has spared no effort to implement the so-called "Indo-Pacific Strategy", organizing and advocating the establishment of various "small circles" and "small groups" that dazzle Chinese netizens. What is the "Quadrilateral Security Dialogue Alliance" between the United States, Japan, India and Australia, the "Triple Alliance" of the United States, Britain and Australia, namely AUKUS, the "New Indo-Pacific Trilateral Alliance" of the United States, Britain and Australia, the Asia-Pacific Economic Framework, NATO+, etc.
All of this is aimed at the great powers of the East in an attempt to curb the strong rise of the great powers. When these "small groups" and "small circles" were established, they were all exaggerated and continued to be hyped in the media, saying that they were to deal with China's so-called "threat" and attract the world's attention to the so-called "Indo-Pacific region".
So many alliances against China, what have they done, to tell the truth, many netizens really can't remember. This so-called "joint naval and air military exercise," in which five warships and four military planes of the four countries thundered heavily and rained little rain, deliberately created a big disturbance in the South China Sea and hyped up the significance of this military exercise in a high-profile manner.
Except for the burning of fuel and the wear and tear of mechanical parts by warships and aircraft, it is impossible for China to give up its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea in the face of the noise of the outside world.
In fact, China's development has become unstoppable, and against the backdrop of being militarily unable to deter China, engaging in a four-nation exercise in the South China Sea, which is useless to China, is to sincerely disgust China, endorse and stand for the Philippines, and induce it to continue to provoke China in the South China Sea.
As far as the navy and air force of the Southern Theater, which is "strong in troops and strong in horses," come to provoke and make trouble, they will not give up the opportunity to be vigorous and dispatch powerful warships and planes to "watch" in a crushing posture. "Battle patrol" and "control" are not casually said, what is reflected behind is strength.
Philippine Defense Secretary Teodoro said that the military exercise will be the first in a series of activities for the Philippines to build "individual and collective self-defense capabilities", and that it is ready to normalize such military exercises and achieve military exercises once a year as much as possible.
The Southern Theater used "battle patrols" to tell the outside world that it is the PLA's firm will and perseverance to defend territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea, and that the Philippines and foreign forces will not be able to shake our determination.
Relying on the support of external forces, the Philippines has frequently violated its rights and provoked incidents in the South China Sea, spread false information, misled the international community, and gone further and further down the dangerous road, and will eventually suffer defeat and shoot itself in the foot.