The Philippine side's attempt to "sneak attack" China's Scarborough Shoal and its conspiracy to make trouble was discovered, and China has its own tricks! What measures has the Chinese side taken? Why does the Philippine side dare not fire the "first shot"?
The Philippines sent two more ships to circle around Scarborough Shoal, but this time when the Philippines invaded the waters adjacent to Scarborough Shoal, not only did it not take any advantage, but also caused a commotion. Why do you say this? It is not difficult to see that when the Philippine side illegally intruded into the waters of Scarborough Shoal, it could be said that it launched a premeditated and purposeful provocation. First, the Philippine ship carried many foreign journalists in an attempt to create material for hyping up the "China threat theory". Second, during the invasion, he took the initiative to "touch porcelain" and collided with our coast guard ship. Third, after being driven away by the Chinese Coast Guard in accordance with the law, the Philippine ships still did not intend to leave the waters of Scarborough Shoal, but stayed at a location not far from Scarborough Shoal until the early morning of May 1, urgently calling the Filipino fishermen to gather here and provide so-called "supplies and oil" in an attempt to summon these Filipino fishermen to force their way into Scarborough Shoal again.
The Philippine side thought that the plan was seamless and could cross the sea without concealment, but as everyone knows, the Chinese side has already seen through the Philippine conspiracy. Seeing that the Philippine vessel did not leave after being suppressed by the water cannons of the Chinese coast guard vessels, and was still preparing for the next round of provocations, the Chinese side urgently dispatched the Chinese coast guard ship 5305 to the waters of Scarborough Shoal to provide support, so as to deal with emergencies that may occur at any time. So what will be the result? It is conceivable that seeing that they could not take any advantage, the Philippine ships naturally had no choice but to leave in disgrace. The two Philippine ships began to turn around on the afternoon of the 1st, and by the evening of the same day, the two ships had urgently withdrawn to about 68 nautical miles east of Scarborough Shoal and continued to flee in the direction of the Philippine mainland. It can only be said how arrogant the Philippine side was when it launched a provocation and how disgraced it was when it fled. After all, this time the Philippine side launched a provocation, not only did it fail to enter Huangyan Dao, but the two ships were also damaged in various ways, including the radar was destroyed by the water cannons of our coast guard.
The most interesting thing is that when the two Philippine ships launched a provocation in the waters near Scarborough Shoal, in fact, three warships of the US Navy and two warships of the Philippine Navy were conducting military exercises in the nearby South China Sea. In fact, it is not that the US and Philippine warships are unwilling to support the Philippine ships, but that they have not moved from the beginning to the end, in fact, they dare not move. Because there was also a PLA 052D destroyer cruising in combat readiness near Huangyan Island that day, the ship can be equipped with YJ-18 sub-super combined long-range anti-ship missiles with a range of up to 600 kilometers. This is also the reason why the United States and the Philippines can take the opportunity to provoke a bigger dispute on Scarborough Shoal, but they never dare to fire the "first shot".
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) sent this 052D missile destroyer, in fact, to wait on the sidelines for the Philippine side to fire the "first shot" first, and then counter it. As a result, the Philippine side didn't even dare to take out its gun, so it walked away. It can be seen from this that even though the Philippines has the backing of the United States, it does not dare to really take the initiative to provoke a conflict in the South China Sea, after all, it can be seen from the performance of the US warship that the United States is not reliable at all. The Philippines is blindly creating trouble in the South China Sea, and if the provocation goes too far, then the Philippines itself will ultimately pay the bill, and the United States will probably just run away.