The biggest contradiction between China and the Philippines now is Ren'ai Jiao, to be precise, the wrecked ship on the reef. If it weren't for the ship's illegal "beaching" on the islands and reefs, the Philippine side would not have had a chance to land on the reef at all.
Now the Philippines wants to repeat its old trick by sailing a patrol ship named "Teresa Magbanua" to Senbin Reef in the South China Sea, claiming to be anchoring. Such a move is very similar to the scene when the "Sierra Madre" landed on Ren'ai Jiao, which shows that the Philippine side wants to achieve the goal of illegally occupying Xianbin Jiao for a long time through the same means.
However, if we suffer a loss once, how can we eat a second time? At present, China has sent more than 40 civilian ships, coast guard ships and warships to Xianbin Reef to surround the Philippine warship. In addition, the H-6K on Woody Island and the 055 drive on Mischief Island are also sitting in the South China Sea, but if any foreign forces dare to interfere, don't blame the People's Liberation Army for being polite!
In addition to sending ships to surround the Philippine warships, the Chinese side has also made a big move.
China wants to reclaim the sea and build islands, and the Philippines condemns China's move for destroying the marine ecology
According to Philippine divers, they found a large number of broken corals on the bottom of the reef and on the sandbar. Military fans who are familiar with the process of reclamation should know that crushed coral is part of reclamation.
Not only that, the Philippine warship also found that there were one or two small ships near Xianbin Reef, which were different from ordinary civilian ships, coast guard ships or PLA warships, but scientific research ships, which should be the "Hai Survey 3301" survey ship and the 20027 and 20030 fishery guidance vessels.
The Philippine ship has been at Xianbin Reef for more than 20 days, during which time the crew of the ship has been observing China's activities at Xianbin Reef. According to their observations, three research ships are sending different types of instruments and divers to the bottom of the sea these days, presumably in preparation for reclamation and island building.
On May 11, Brigadier General Tariera, a spokesman for the Philippine Coast Guard Western Command, said that China is now preparing for the reclamation of the island at Sembin Reef, and that the Philippines has strongly condemned this action, and that China is the main culprit for the "destruction of marine ecology".
The geographical location of Xianbin Reef is special, only about 135 kilometers away from the Philippine Palawan Island, so the Philippine side has been trying to occupy Xianbin Reef since the 90s of the last century. However, the Chinese side has already suffered a loss, and has already defended Xianbin Jiao to the death, and has not given the Philippines any chance to illegally occupy it.
Judging from this operation, the Philippines has never given up the idea of occupying Xianbin Reef, after all, it is very close to the Philippine mainland. Once it becomes a military base for China, the threat to the Philippine mainland is too great.
The reason why China has not reclaimed the reef as an island since it mastered the technology of reclamation also has a lot to do with the Philippines. Although the relationship between China and the Philippines was not close before, it was not as tense as this. If the island is reclaimed from the sea and used as a military base, it is too politically sensitive and is likely to undermine China-Philippines relations.
In addition, the Philippines has not made any excessive moves near Sembin Reef, so China has been slow to do anything about this reef. But now it's different, the Philippines has repeatedly provoked China, and even drove warships to Xianbin Reef, which can't bear it.
The construction of Xianbin Reef as an island is of great significance, and China should act as soon as possible
Although the US "Roosevelt" aircraft carrier has been circling the South China Sea, the mainland is not worried that the Philippines will take advantage of the US aircraft carrier to provoke trouble with the PLA. Because the mainland has already deployed a large number of weapons and equipment in the three directions of the South China Sea, especially the 055 drive, H-6K, J-20, etc. With all this, the US aircraft carrier does not dare to act rashly.
As for the Philippines' naval strength, the mainland's coast guard ships can completely deal with it, but it really can't and there is 052DL.
Xianbin Reef is the fourth largest reef in the Nansha Islands of the mainland, with a length of 23 kilometers, a width of 1-7 kilometers, and a reef area of about 84.2 square kilometers. If it were to be reclaimed from the sea and turned into an island from Senbin Reef to Senbin Island, the overall area would be larger than Mischief Island, almost 15 square kilometers.
The deployment of a military base here means that the PLA will have a larger military base in Nansha. The strategic significance is not limited to this, the Sembin Reef is very close to the reef and is a must for the Philippines to enter the reef. By deploying military equipment and troops here, it is easy to intercept and cut off the Philippine side's delivery of materials to the broken ship at Ren'ai Jiao, and there is no need for the coast guard to go back and forth.
More importantly, after the completion of "Xianbin Island", it will be possible to prevent certain countries from entering the Lile Basin to steal oil to the greatest extent, because Xianbin Reef is only more than 40 kilometers away from the Lile Basin, and for the coast guard stationed on "Xianbin Island", it is a matter of stepping on the accelerator.
Therefore, the reclamation of the island at Xianbin Reef is of great significance, which will greatly facilitate the deployment and defense of our military in the South China Sea. If the Xianbin Reef is built into an island, it will also greatly deal a blow to the Philippines' ambition to occupy the mainland's islands and reefs, and at the same time provide an opportunity for the mainland to completely control Ren'ai Jiao.
Therefore, this island and reef must be filled, and it must be filled in while the Philippine ship is "anchored" at Xianbin Reef. What's more, after the mainland's reclamation and island building is over, it should immediately deploy relevant military equipment to enter Xianbin Island, completely convict the Philippine warship of staying at the mainland's military base, and justifiably destroy it. Once destroyed, the Philippine army, which is already short of ships, will be hit hard, and you must know that this patrol ship is currently the largest warship in the Philippines.