At that time, the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier was ready to go, and the next day it was about to participate in the US-Philippine maritime cruise, and in the following two months, the Philippines also made clear the true attitude of the US military, so it tore up the agreement when it was replenished in March.
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Regarding the "new mode of transportation and replenishment" of Ren'ai Jiao, I will talk about this matter today, and we will go through the process of the incident first. On May 8, a section of the agreement reached between the Philippines and us on the transportation and replenishment of Second Thomas Shoal was made public, the main content of the agreement is that Vice Admiral Carlos, commander of the Western Philippine Military District, said that the entire command system of the Philippine military has agreed to use a 1+1 model to provide food and fresh water to the personnel on the landing ship.
Photo interpretation: Vice Admiral Carlos, commander of the Western Philippine Military District
The so-called 1+1 model is a Philippine coast guard ship, which is a 300-ton ship, made in Japan, and composed of a supply ship, which cannot transport building materials. The agreement, known as the new mode of transportation and replenishment, was reached on January 3, 2024. This timing is important because it has to do with why the Philippine military has reached an agreement with us.
After reaching an agreement, on February 2, the Philippines implemented a supply according to the 1+1 model, and there was no conflict, but on March 5, pay attention to the time, and a month later, when the Philippines implemented the supply again, it reversed itself and sent two coast guard ships, which is equivalent to suddenly not recognizing the 1+1 model.
The core question here is why the Philippines reached a 1+1 model with us on January 3, and why did the Philippines suddenly not recognize the agreement when the supply came in March, and what happened in these two months? If you follow me regularly and watch my videos, you should understand that this agreement is actually a delaying tactic by the Philippines.
The Philippines and the United States only carried out the first joint maritime patrol in November last year, and at the beginning of 2024, at this time in January, the joint maritime patrol mechanism between the Philippines and the United States is not yet mature, and for the Philippines, it also wants to examine whether the US government is really willing to support the Philippines.
On January 4, the day after the 1+1 model agreement was reached, the United States and the Philippines carried out a joint cruise at sea, which was of great significance and could be said to be a major turning point.
So from this point of view, looking at the 1+1 model signed on January 3, the Philippines still reached an agreement with us even though it already knew that the US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson would participate in the US-Philippine cruise, which is actually a delaying tactic. The Philippines mainly wants to ease the tension at Ren'ai Jiao before clarifying the attitude of the United States. After fully confirming the attitude of the United States, as well as the attitude of Japan, Australia, and even Vietnam, they began to turn around in the replenishment carried out in March.
Therefore, in the past two months, the Philippines has actually only done one thing, which is to clarify how many countries support it and whether the US military is really willing to assist the Philippines.
Therefore, on January 4, during the joint cruise of the United States and the Philippines, the US military used the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier to participate, making it clear that the US military firmly supports the attitude of the Philippines. In addition, the Philippines and Vietnam signed a maritime security cooperation agreement to ease disputes over maritime interests with Vietnam and jointly deal with the same adversary. Marcos also reached an agreement with Indonesia to strengthen security cooperation, trying to establish a four-nation code of conduct for the Philippines, Vietnam, India and Malaysia.
The United States and the Philippines also started the militarization process of the Batanes Islands, and carried out joint patrols again in February, through these actions, the Philippines has made it clear in March that the US military will help defend the Philippines, so the Philippines tore up the agreement in the March replenishment. So we saw that our coast guard ship immediately counterattacked, using a high-pressure water cannon to penetrate the front shield glass of the Philippine supply ship.
At that time, the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier was ready to go, and the next day it was about to participate in the US-Philippine maritime cruise, and in the following two months, the Philippines also made clear the true attitude of the US military, so it tore up the agreement when it was replenished in March. This article was first published exclusively by @川陀智库 and is not reproduced in any form. #文章首发挑战赛#