China has struck in both eastern and western directions, and in the South China Sea, it has laid a pocket array for the United States and the Philippines.
In the South China Sea, China's counter-encirclement of the United States and the Philippines has taken shape.
As everyone knows, Biden and Marcos Jr. recently tossed and made trouble in the South China Sea and staged a joint military exercise. The United States alone has brought out more than 10,000 soldiers to participate in this large-scale and long-lasting military exercise, and it will continue to practice for more than half a month. The US side has long said that this is the "strongest deterrent" exercise against China organized by the United States and the Philippines since the 90s of the last century.
Over the past year or so, for the sake of peace and stability in the South China Sea, China has been very tolerant of the United States and the Philippines for this kind of trouble-seeking behavior. But this time, Meifei went a little too far. The United States is clamoring to take the opportunity of this military exercise to deploy medium-range missiles in the Philippines, covering the range all the way to the vicinity of Shanghai. The Philippines simply brought in a target ship during the exercise, which was directly an oil tanker produced by China in 2007 and purchased by the Philippines at that time, completely treating China as an imaginary enemy.
Seeing that the United States and the Philippines are no longer pretending, China is completely unaccustomed to these two countries this time, and has taken decisive action.
In the South China Sea, China, made two moves, staged a wonderful encirclement and counter-encirclement in the South China Sea. If the United States wants to unite with the Philippines to contain China in the first island chain, China will use Cambodia and the Ryukyus to deploy a pincer offensive in the South China Sea, one east and one west, and completely trap the Philippines in the middle.
In the direction of Cambodia, according to the latest report from Nikkei Asia, satellite images show that two Chinese 056A frigates have entered the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia and have been on a "friendly visit" there for nearly half a year.
056A, is a sharp weapon of the PLA Navy, and the grade is on the same level as the Burke-class destroyers of the United States. Moreover, 056A is now a corvette in the hands of the PLA that specializes in dealing with low-intensity and small-scale conflicts, and China has put ships of this specification in Cambodia, which is to warn the Philippines on a clear card, I just want to deal with you, be careful.
And, as mentioned above, China put 056A in Cambodia this time, not for a short time and leave, but for a long time. This means that the provocation of the United States and the Philippines is temporary, but the deterrence measures prepared by China for the Philippines are permanent, and Marcos Jr. should not want to have a good life in the future.
In the direction of the Ryukyus, according to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, in the past few days when the U.S.-Philippine military exercise was the largest, the People's Liberation Army sent two 052Ds to directly pass through the waterways of Yonaguni Island and Taiwan Island Bracket Year, and then went around the Ryukyu waters, passing through the Amami Strait, and ending the mission.
If Cambodia's move is for the Philippines to see, then this move is for the United States and Japan. 052D's several positions in the Western Pacific this time are that once the conflict breaks out, the PLA will establish a "denial line" in the region, block the US aircraft carrier outside the first island chain, and close the door to Japan and the Philippines.
And, most crucially, this is not the first time that the PLA has cruised Ryukyu waters. According to the analysis of open source information, in more than a month, the PLA ship formation composed of 052C, 054A, and 052D has carried out at least three rounds of patrols in the waters, basically maintaining a normal presence in the waters.
China's current layout in the South China Sea is to stretch out two hands in the east and one west of the Philippines and establish an encirclement that can be closed at any time. There are two deployment positions in the Ryukyus and Cambodia, and the South China Sea is a bathtub.
The United States dragged the Philippines to make trouble, and as a result, it dragged the Philippines and jumped into the encirclement of the People's Liberation Army, causing itself to suffer.