Before the shoulder-to-shoulder exercise between the United States and the Philippines ended, the Philippine side could not wait to come to Scarborough Shoal to find trouble, presumably in an attempt to take advantage of the US military's military flexion to show off its might, but the result was different from what the Philippine side thought.
On the morning of April 30, the Philippine Coast Guard patrol vessel 4410 and the fishery administration vessel 3004 trespassed into the entrance to the scarborough shoal lagoon. At that time, the mainland's 5303 and 3305 coast guard ships directly stopped at the entrance and prevented them from entering.
Not only that, the 5303 and 3305 ships formed an encirclement, stopped the Philippine ships 4410 and 3004 in the middle, and fired water cannons. In the face of the Chinese coast guard's water cannon attack, the "old friend" 4410 patrol vessel stayed where it was, not daring to make any counterattacks.
However, the 3004 fishery administration ship seemed to have a lot of temper, and even increased its horsepower and collided with the 3305 ship on the mainland. It is estimated that the people on the ship are trying to scare the 3305 ship in this way and make it take the initiative to avoid it. In this way, the 3004 ship can easily complete the orders of the superior and break into Scarborough Shoal.
But the result was that the 3305 ship did not move at all, and the 3004 ship was directly frightened and quickly used the anti-collision pontoon. But the Philippine ships are too rubbish, even with the protection of anti-collision pontoons, the side railings are still seriously deformed, and it is estimated that they will have to be overhauled when they go back, while the 3305 ships on the mainland are unscathed.
As for the 4410 patrol boat, it is not much better, in the past, when the Chinese coast guard fired water cannons, it was aimed at the cockpit or below, but this time it was directly aimed at important facilities such as radar.
At that time, the radar of the Philippine ship was played as a "windmill", and under the impact of the strong current, it turned in circles vigorously, and the radome had long been shot away, and it was missing. In this regard, the Filipino crew has been shouting "STOP" in distress. According to the China Coast Guard, all these important facilities have to be replaced, and they cannot be repaired.
The Philippines has once again pretended to be a "victim" and even has plans to go to war
In addition to Philippine crew members and journalists, the Philippine ship also brought more than 20 Western media reporters. When the Chinese Coast Guard's water cannons opened fire on the Philippine vessel, the ship's canopy was also washed away, and the reporters standing on the boat were all lost without exception. While being beaten by water cannons in a very exaggerated posture, they played themselves with a role, muttering some pitiful things in their mouths, probably wanting to go back and maliciously edit, fake the Philippines and themselves as "victims", and trumpeting that China bullies the weak with the strong, so as to gain international sympathy and make China feel the pressure of public opinion.
It is worth noting that this time the Filipino crew members all wore fireproof suits, which was unprecedented in the past. What does it mean to wear fireproof clothing? Simply put, it's standard for preparing for battle.
Now that Philippine ships are conducting joint exercises with the United States in the South China Sea, perhaps these ships are ready to open fire, after all, the distance is not far, and it is simply too easy to fire. Once fired, these fire-resistant suits could reduce injuries to the crews of Philippine patrol vessels 4410 and 3004. Therefore, it is very likely that the Philippines wants to take the opportunity of this invasion of Scarborough Shoal to start a war with China, after all, the US warships are still in the South China Sea, and if they can really use this opportunity to start a war, they can directly draw the US military down. However, what the Philippine side didn't expect was that this time he lost his wife and soldiers.
The US side watched from the sidelines, not only because it was "besieged" by Chinese warships, but also because it did not want to
In the face of the Philippine ship being bullied by the Chinese coast guard ship, the US warship did not react at all, but had a lively posture. I have been watching from the sidelines, and I don't have any intention of interfering to help the Philippines. Since the U.S. military doesn't want to intervene, the Philippines won't really open fire, after all, if there is no U.S. military, they will be directly bombed into scum by the Chinese side.
The reason why the US military does not intervene is simply because it cannot be defeated. If nothing else, let's just say that Chinese warships and military planes have been circling around US warships in the past few days.
On 27 April, the 815 electronic reconnaissance ship stayed almost face-to-face at a place less than 2 nautical miles from the US warship to "watch" the whole process, from morning to dark. In the face of 815's action of collecting data from the US-Philippine exercise, the US military did not dare to have any reaction, after all, this is our territory.
On April 28, the mainland sent another 054A frigate into the U.S. and Philippine fleet. At the same time, the mainland's Wuzhen-7 is also conducting reconnaissance in the air not far from the Philippine mainland. Seeing China's actions, the "Roosevelt" aircraft carrier, which was supposed to participate in the exercise, sailed directly out of the South China Sea and ran 1,600 kilometers in three days, which is simply the speed of escaping.
The Chinese Navy has not done anything yet, and the US military is frightened like this, so how can it possibly intervene in the Sino-Philippine conflict near Scarborough Shoal? There is no doubt that if the US military had really intervened in the conflict at that time, it would not have been the high-pressure water cannon aimed at the US military, but the mainland's main artillery.
According to the old and dilapidated warships of the US military participating in the "Shoulder to Shoulder-24" sortie this time, they could not stop our artillery shells at all, and the final result was to sink into the sea. And if other U.S. troops want to rush to support, at the door of China, is it really a decoration for "Dongfeng Express"?
The US side is well aware of this truth, so it has always hoped to let the Philippines stand in front of it and directly confront China. Since the United States is playing this spectrum, how can the US military come to the aid of the Philippines in the current Scarborough Shoal conflict? Therefore, Marcos Jr.'s plan to bully others is doomed to fail, and if China and the Philippines start fighting, the US military will not come out to help the Philippines, and the Philippines is destined to end up worse than Ukraine.