After the conclusion of the "shoulder-to-shoulder" joint military exercise between the United States and the Philippines, the Philippines has not stopped its provocative behavior, but has become more arrogant in its activities in the South China Sea.
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In this military exercise, the warships dispatched by the Philippines are all antique-class, and the shabby of the Philippine Navy can be seen directly. However, the Philippines is not strong, but its ambitions are very great, and it knows that it is very different from China's strength, but it has repeatedly caused trouble in the South China Sea, and in addition to the support of the United States behind its back, the Philippines itself will also adopt unconventional methods, after all, if it blindly relies on the United States, it will definitely be looked down upon.
However, if a small country like the Philippines wants to rely on military confrontation to confront China, it will definitely not work. Therefore, the Philippines came up with a "porcelain touching tactic", which is to allow Filipino fishermen to carry weapons into the South China Sea, so that the usual fishing boat will be transformed into an armed fishing boat.
Currently, civilians are allowed to legally possess firearms in the Philippines, most of which are 5.56 mm rifles and 7.62 mm semi-automatic rifles. Although these weapons are not advanced, they are very troublesome, because they face international moral problems. If Filipino fishermen open fire on China in the South China Sea, how will China respond?
React normally, and if the enemy opens fire on us, then it is necessary to resolutely counterattack and completely destroy it. However, the target of this firing is Philippine civilians, after all, the two countries are not currently in a state of war, even if the Philippine fishermen open fire, it is difficult for our side to fight back, because once it counterattacks, it means that the Chinese Navy will fire at Philippine civilians, and such fire is not supported in the international community. Consider Palestine and Israel, where Palestinian civilians repeatedly opened fire on Israeli soldiers before the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but Israel would be labelled "shooting civilians" if they retaliated. But Israel is not an ordinary person, and it does not care about these shameless acts.
However, China has always attached great importance to its international image, and once the foreign media does not distinguish between right and wrong, takes things out of context, and puts such a hat on China, then it will be in a passive position, and at that time, perhaps the United States will use this as an excuse to increase the pace of encircling China, such as increasing the stationing of troops in the Philippines and redeploying a military base in the Pacific. At that time, the United States was able to use a bottle of so-called "laundry detergent" as a weapon of mass destruction as a pretext for invading Iraq. Now it will also make a big fuss in the South China Sea under the guise of maintaining regional peace.
But if China doesn't strike at it, then it will give the Philippines an inch. On the 26th of this month, the Philippines gathered hundreds of fishing boats to the South China Sea, which the Philippines claimed was the so-called "West Philippine Sea" and demonstrated its so-called "sovereignty" in the South China Sea through this large-scale build-up.
Moreover, this is not the first time such an act, in the last 12 years, the Philippine side again organized more than 40 fishing boats to forcibly enter the South China Sea, trying to send supplies to the old "Sierra Madre", but they were intercepted by the Chinese side in time.
Now the Philippines is repeating its old tricks, that is, it is expected that China will not dare to fire the first shot, and at the same time, it is inseparable from the instigation of the United States behind its back. But China is not going to let the Philippines do anything about it, and while these armed fishing boats may be armed with guns, they are far larger and more tonnage than Philippine vessels, both Chinese coast guard and navy warships.
At present, in response to such rude behavior by the Philippines, Chinese coast guard ships have repeatedly launched water cannon attacks to drive away these armed fishing boats. Even in the confrontation with the Philippine Coast Guard vessels, they "inflicted heavy damage" on the other side, shattered the windshield of the Philippine ships and injured two Philippine soldiers.
However, this does not mean that China can blindly tolerate it, and if the Philippines does not come to its senses, it will be a real artillery attack in the future.