Against the backdrop of tensions in the South China Sea, on the eve of the conclusion of the annual "shoulder to shoulder" joint military exercise between the United States and the Philippines, the U.S. Air Force dispatched B-52H strategic bombers to participate in the military exercise, which means that the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait will gradually break the former calm, and the most intuitive manifestation is that the US military is moving more and more frequently in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.
On 8 May, the US Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey illegally crossed the Taiwan Strait, and the PLA's Eastern Theater organized naval and air forces to monitor and guard the entire process of the US ship's transit, and dealt with it in accordance with laws and regulations. On 10 May, the US Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey illegally intruded into China's territorial waters in the Xisha Paracels without approval. According to the information released by the Southern Theater, the Southern Theater of the People's Liberation Army organized naval and air forces to track and monitor and warn them to leave in accordance with laws and regulations.
Obviously, the US Navy destroyers are provoking in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. At the same time, Chinese and US military planes clashed in the airspace east of Orchid Island on Taiwan Island, revealing that the pace of confrontation between Chinese and US military planes in the air will be accelerated. The hottest incident in the past two days was when Chinese and US military planes exchanged hands in the airspace east of Orchid Island on Taiwan Island, and the PLA military planes directly drove away the US military planes.
According to Taiwan media reports, it was reported that the PLA J-11 fighter was chasing the US B-52H strategic bomber and chased it all the way to the sea off Taitung, which directly caused the US military aircraft to lose face. In response to the interception of the US B-52H strategic bomber by the PLA J-11 fighter, Taiwan's retired major general Li Zhengjie said that this incident is very coincidental with the exposure on May 9 that Chinese and US military planes fought in the airspace of Lanyu in Taitung.
Li Zhengjie analyzed that during the US-Philippine military exercise, the US B-52H strategic bomber quietly flew into the South China Sea, wanting to reconnoiter China's military deployment and detect the latest developments of the Fujian ship, but it was unexpectedly discovered by the PLA, and the random J-11 fighter went to intercept it, chasing the US B-52H bomber and fleeing to the sea off Taitung in embarrassment.
The J-11 fighter is deployed at the airport on the islands and reefs in the South China Sea, and the base is deployed on Woody Island, which is located in Nansha and Xisha respectively along Mischief Island. As long as a US military plane intrudes, the PLA air force airfield on Woody Island can take off at any time to intercept it. Therefore, no matter how troublesome the Philippines or the United States is, the PLA has land-based planes in Xisha and Nansha that can take off at any time.
The US military aircraft will not take advantage of anything at all, and the final outcome will be disgraced. Li Zhengjie pointed out that it shows that the US-Philippine military exercise is huge, but in fact it is dumplings by the PLA, with Hainan Island to the north, and Type 055 destroyers are sent to Nansha to fight, and at the same time, there are Type 055 destroyers in the South China Sea, and the PLA Type 055 destroyers are on standby, such as Attack-11, J-11, and Wuzhen-7.
Just when the United States is extending its claws to the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. The bad news from the U.S. war games is that if a direct conflict breaks out between the U.S. and China, it faces the astonishing conclusion that even if there is no air war, it will lose as many as 90 percent of its fighters. The vulnerability of U.S. military bases in the Indo-Pacific region, coupled with the very limited interception capacity of airfields and the inadequate protection of bases, will face devastating blows.
U.S. Republican lawmakers have warned that China has sufficient weaponry to suppress the air defense and missile defense systems that protect U.S. bases, and that an attack on a U.S. military base would lead to dire consequences, such as the U.S. military will not be able to use military aircraft, logistical support, maintenance and other support tasks will become more difficult, and the result is that important U.S. air assets are vulnerable to Chinese attacks. Therefore, the US military's simulated conflict in the Taiwan Strait has come to the conclusion that 90 percent of the US military aircraft were lost on the ground, not because of air combat.
Obviously, the United States was happy too early and wanted to support the Philippines, but it did not expect that all its military bases were being attacked, and as long as the US military aircraft made any move in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, the PLA would make corresponding countermeasures. The J-11 fighter directly chased the US B-52H strategic bomber, which is a warning signal, but as long as the J-11 fighter launches a missile, it can easily shoot down the B-52H bomber, and the US military also knows the stakes.
Former legislator Guo Zhengliang on the island exploded the mystery behind the revelation, the US strategic bomber B-52 quietly flew into the South China Sea, and the PLA immediately sent J-11 to intercept it, indicating that Chinese mainland's action of drawing red lines is getting tougher and tougher.
Recently, China, the United States, and the Chinese and Australian military planes have clashed one after another. The Australian military aircraft flew near the Yellow Sea, provoked during the PLA military exercises, and was directly driven away by the PLA J-10 fighter with a flame bomb. The same is true for this US-Philippine military exercise, the PLA sent Type 055 destroyers to follow directly, and if the US and the Philippines enter the Xisha waters, it may not be polite.
With the rise of Chinese mainland, it is bound to push outward, and the United States is bound to do its best to prevent the rise of Chinese mainland, so the collision situation will continue to appear, which is to draw a new red line with strength in China and the United States.