At present, the largest "shoulder-to-shoulder" naval exercise between the United States and the Philippines is being conducted 53 nautical miles west of Palawan Island in the southern Philippines.
The United States and the Philippines jointly dispatched more than 16,700 troops to participate in the exercise.
At the same time, the subjects of this exercise are extraordinary, including the simulation of "retaking an island occupied by hostile forces" and other scenarios.
Of course, the most sensitive is the location of the exercise, which for the first time is set up in an area outside Philippine territorial waters facing Taiwan and the South China Sea.
Although the Philippine military claimed that the exercise was "not clearly related to the actions of a specific country".
But at a tense time in the South China Sea, the United States and the Philippines are clearly showing off force in a show of force against China by holding large-scale military exercises.
In particular, before the US-Philippine military exercises, the US military also made a big announcement: "Intermediate-range missiles have been deployed on the Philippine island of Luzon."
This series of actions proves one thing, that is, the United States and the Philippines are aiming at China, and they are provoking China.
In the face of the joint provocations of the United States and the Philippines, China has not allowed the United States and the Philippines to act arbitrarily in the South China Sea.
On the one hand, PLA forces have drawn a no-navigation zone in the South China Sea.
On the other hand, when the US-Philippine joint military exercise entered the "maritime joint patrol stage", the Chinese People's Liberation Army troops also used a killer weapon.
That is, the Chinese Navy's No. 793 "Uranus" electronic reconnaissance ship appeared in the waters 50 nautical miles of Palawan Island, and it continued to approach the area of the US-Philippine military exercise to conduct electronic interception.
According to a briefing by the Philippine side, the Chinese Navy's No. 793 "Uranus" electronic reconnaissance ship was only 3 nautical miles away from the Philippine dock landing ship "Davao Sudvao."
Moreover, the Chinese Navy's 793 "Uranus" electronic reconnaissance ship has been listening on US and Philippine ships.
Although the Philippine side explained afterwards that although the Chinese Navy's electronic reconnaissance ship appeared near the waters of the US-Philippine joint military exercise, the Chinese ship did not affect the US-Philippine military exercise, so the ships of the two sides did not make a radio call.
In fact, it doesn't matter whether there is a radio call between China and the United States and the Philippines this time.
The attitude of the Chinese Navy this time is clear enough.
China opposes provocative military exercises in the South China Sea by any country or force.
In particular, in response to the large-scale joint naval exercise between the United States and the Philippines, China must not only take countermeasures, but also conduct close surveillance.
Moreover, judging from the actions of the Chinese Navy's No. 793 "Uranus" electronic reconnaissance ship, perhaps the Chinese side has already reconnoitred enough information about the US military.
This is of even greater significance for the further deployment of the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea in the future, and for the Chinese Navy in the face of military provocations by the US military in the future.
Therefore, don't look at the huge momentum of this US-Philippine military exercise in the South China Sea.
In fact, China has already got what it wants.
No matter how the United States and the Philippines make trouble, China still firmly controls the basic situation in the South China Sea, not to mention that with this monitoring, the Chinese Navy is also more confident and confident to face any emergencies that may be encountered in the South China Sea!