Recently, the current Philippine government has a tendency to completely turn its face with China, and the "gentlemen's agreement" reached between China and the Philippines, internal understanding, and the "new model" of Ren'ai Jiao supply have all been overturned by the Philippine side one by one, and the Philippine side has become an "ally and partner" of the United States, and can run rampant and hegemonic on the South China Sea issue.
Twenty-five years ago, taking advantage of China's attention to NATO's bombing of the Yugoslav Embassy, the Philippine side sent the warship "Sierra Madre" to suddenly intrude into Ren'ai Jiao, and stranded there on the pretext that the warship was leaking and needed to be repaired. The then president of the Philippines promised to leave as soon as it was repaired, and the Chinese side believed and agreed, but it did not come to pass, and the broken ship would be relied on for 25 years.
Last year, Marcos publicly denied on television that he had promised to drag him away, and clamored that even if he had made such a promise, he would not do anything about it. Recently, Philippine National Security Adviser Año, Secretary of Defense Teodoro and the Philippine Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued separate statements, directly denying that China and the Philippines have reached a "new model" for the management of Ren'ai Jiao, and also tearing up the "gentlemen's agreement" reached between the Duterte administration and China. If we include Article 5 of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, the Philippines has reversed four commitments to China in a row.
The Philippine side's sudden attitude became arrogant, unreasonable and radical, which was related to the conflict between China and the Philippines at the end of April. On the same day, two Philippine warships tried to force their way into Ren'ai Jiao, but unsurprisingly, they were once again defeated by the power of China's water cannons. Earlier, the commander of the Western Military Region of the Philippines revealed that the Philippines is running out of supply ships that can be used now, and how can the Philippine side not jump to its feet when Philippine supply ships are constantly scrapped by China's water artillery attacks.
However, the Philippine side only cares about the supply ships, but forgets to see whether the strength of its own navy can support the Philippine provocation against China. On the 7th, CCTV officially released a video to count the strength of the Philippine Navy. The content shows that the latest warships of the Philippine Navy are two South Korean-made "Jose Rizal" class frigates, with a full load displacement of only 2,600 tons, and the largest tonnage warships are two Indonesian-made "Talak" class dock landing ships, with a full load displacement of 11,000 tons, which is quite acceptable.
The above four ships are already all the "platoons" of the Philippine Navy, and almost all of the rest are "old and dilapidated" retired ships from the United States, Britain, South Korea and other countries. The intention of CCTV to release this video is obvious, which is to remind the Philippines not to forget how many pounds and taels it weighs.
In early April, the Southern Theater released information that a certain warship formation was conducting a drill to strike at an "enemy" armed fishing boat, and the PLA not only gave a verbal warning, but also practiced day and night in lieu of warfare, so as to be hit with one blow if necessary. Now, the Chinese side has directly and publicly taken stock of the Philippine Navy's military strength, sending an extremely strong signal that "Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a cloud, "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is one victory in a hundred battles". The Ministry of National Defense has repeatedly warned and stressed that it will not sit idly by and ignore the malicious provocations of the Philippine side, which has already implied an "ultimatum"; once the Philippine side forces the PLA to take action, the Philippine side will definitely not end well in the face of the powerful Chinese navy.
It is also worth mentioning that CCTV gave this video a mocking name - "How strong is the Philippine Navy?" Let's see if it scares you." Originally, the Philippine Navy also had a Chinese-made supply ship called the "Lake Carilaya," but during the current US-Philippine joint exercise, the Philippine side specially used it as a target ship simulating an "enemy ship" to practice "sinking" the subject, which was extremely aimed at and provoked.
Twenty-five years ago and today, China has fully taken into account the humanitarian needs of the Philippines and reached a "new model" with the Philippines on the management and control of the reef in accordance with local conditions. The Philippine side has crossed the 12-nautical-mile red line at Scarborough Shoal, and China has exercised maximum restraint and has not really taken action.