Just when the U.S.-Philippine military exercises in the South China Sea were attracting global attention, the Philippine Coast Guard sent a ship to quietly intrude into the waters near the mainland's Sengbin Reef.
After the Philippines invaded Ren'ai Jiao one after another, Scarborough Shoal and Tie Wire Reef did not take advantage, the Philippine side started the idea of the mainland's Xianbin Jiao in the South China Sea!
After receiving the news, the Chinese Coast Guard immediately dispatched the Haijing 3303 ship to the nearby waters, and when the Western commercial satellites focused their eyes on the waters near Xianbin Reef, Zhenghai took pictures of a large number of Chinese ships rushing to the aid of Xianbin Reef!
At least 10 Chinese vessels of various types have come to the aid of the region, and while most of them are private fishing boats organized by fishermen, two coast guard vessels are engaged in a standoff with Filipino vessels in the area.
At present, the confrontation at Xianbin Reef is still ongoing, and neither side has released information on the specific situation of the sea area, and the outside world is not yet clear about the specific situation of Xianbin Reef! But there has been some speculation about the reason for the Philippine invasion of Sembin Reef and the purpose of the Philippine ships invading here!
The Philippines' invasion of Xianbin Reef has been premeditated!
The Philippine ship that invaded Xianbin Reef this time was the Teresa coast guard ship from Japan, although it was only a small ship of less than 3,000 tons, but it was already a relatively high-ranking ship in the Philippine Coast Guard!
The Philippine ship has been in the waters of Sembin Reef since April 27 and has not left until now! In order to respond to the provocation of Philippine ships, China sent two ships that were not weaker than the Philippines in tonnage and firepower, and at the same time, the Chinese people also organized 8 ships to spontaneously rush to the sea area to help!
It is not difficult to see from this phenomenon that the Philippines has always wanted to organize fishermen to form a maritime militia, but it has always had little effect. However, when the coast guard and navy were not so encouraged, the Chinese fishermen still rushed to the sea area of the incident as soon as the motherland's territory was violated!
Whether it is fishermen or ordinary people, China supports the security of the motherland and the unification of territorial waters from the bottom of their bones, and the Chinese do not need to mobilize when protecting the territory of the motherland!
It is not difficult to see from the satellite cloud images that the two Chinese ships confronted the Philippine ships in a triangular situation with their backs to the Senbin Reef, and the Chinese fishing boats were also dotted around the Xianbin Reef, with the purpose of stopping the invasion of Philippine ships!
In fact, the Philippines has long coveted Xianbin Reef, which is located between the Philippines and Ren'ai Jiao, which is closer to the Philippines than Ren'ai Jiao, and Mischief Island is 100 kilometers away, even if there are Chinese troops stationed there, it is a bit beyond the reach of the whip!
On the contrary, the Philippine military base Palawan Road is only 160 kilometers away, and it seems to be more suitable for the next battlefield of the Philippines than Ren'ai Jiao!
In fact, Xianbin Reef has been a Chinese-controlled island for a long time, and Chinese ships often dock at Xianbin Reef, as well as Chinese coast guard and navy vessels patrol the reef.
So what kind of strategy will the Philippines adopt at Sembin Reef? Will it send another wrecked ship over to illegally beached and run aground like Ren'ai Jiao?
What exactly is the Philippines' plan for Sembin Reef?
Although Senbin Reef is only an island that can be exposed at low tide, the underwater reef area of this reef is very large, and if it can be reclaimed from the sea, it will definitely be a strategically important island and reef!
Therefore, some people speculate that the Philippines is likely to turn Xianbin Reef into another Ren'ai Reef, and even after creating an illegal stranding situation, the Philippines will reclaim islands in Xianbin Reef under great pressure and make it a bridgehead for the Philippines to invade the South China Sea!
Obviously, although there is some truth to such a statement, it is difficult to achieve and does not correspond to the current reality! Now the ship sent by the Philippines is the Teresa, which is the largest tonnage ship in the Philippine Coast Guard, and the service time is also very short!
The Philippine Coast Guard ships are already stretched thin, and even if they wanted to send a ship to illegally run aground on Sembin Reef, they would not send such a new ship! Moreover, if the Philippines wants to replicate their actions on Ren'ai Jiao, it is basically impossible to achieve it when China's maritime law enforcement forces are prepared and vigilant!
Not to mention letting the Philippines reclaim islands on China's islands and reefs, looking at Ren'ai Jiao, it is now clear that China can't even send construction materials to the Philippines, so how can they send engineering ships to get close to Xianbin Jiao? So this is a completely whimsical idea, and it is simply impossible to implement it in concrete terms!
It is not difficult to see from the fact that the Teresa has invaded Xianbin Reef for a long time and the Philippine side has not sent ships to support, and it is very likely that the greater purpose of the Philippine side in sending this Theresa is likely to attract the attention of the Chinese coast guard!
Once the coast guard focuses most of its attention on Xianbin Reef, whether it is Ren'ai Jiao or Scarborough Shoal, the Philippines may take advantage of the situation, but it is clear that from the current situation, the Philippine conspiracy has not succeeded!
Of course, some people think that this may be the beginning of the Philippines' full-scale invasion of China's islands and reefs in the South China Sea, or that after the end of the US-Philippine joint military exercises, the Philippines will launch a full-scale invasion in the South China Sea!
But obviously such a move is basically impossible for the Philippines, whether it is the navy or the coast guard, China is more than a grade stronger than the Philippines, if the competition of a single island and reef does not take advantage of the Philippines, then expanding the front will only make the Philippines' disadvantage become bigger and bigger!
And now the Philippines has torn its face with China, and they will definitely not dare to carry out a larger-scale provocation! What do you think is the purpose of the Philippines' invasion of Sembin Reef?