Recently, the Philippines is still very uncomfortable, and Bloomberg in the United States exposed the content of the "gentlemen's agreement" between the Philippine military personnel and China, which completely slapped the Philippines in the face. But from another point of view, why did the American media take action this time, and wouldn't we publish it ourselves if we needed to? Obviously, through this incident, the doves within the Philippine military have been pushed to the forefront, and it is estimated that in the future, the Philippine military will turn to the United States in an all-round way and tend to be tough, which is not a good thing. Of course, we are no longer tolerant and too lazy to play cat and mouse games with the United States and the Philippines, which may start a new round of reclamation and island building, completely changing the rules of the game.
According to the Philippine Coast Guard, they recently spotted a vessel dumping coral near Sembin Reef, speculating that the move may be in preparation for reclamation on the reef. To that end, the Philippine Coast Guard sent a ship to Sembin Reef to monitor the construction of the so-called "artificial island" and said it would be stationed at the site.
According to the relevant information, Xianbin Reef is a bit interesting, very close to Ren'ai Reef, it is a general term for reefs distributed on an atoll, and there is also a structure that is suspected to be a small sandbar, and it is also a place that is very suitable for land reclamation and land expansion. If this place completes land reclamation, then it will be a nail under the nose of the Philippines, and the other party will be very uncomfortable. At the same time, starting from here, you can quickly reach Ren'ai Jiao, and you can completely control this place with high intensity, and it will be even more difficult for the Philippine side to make small moves in the future.
And according to the news released by CCTV on the 8th, the Southern Theater has two 10,000-ton large-drive Zunyi ships and Haikou ships, two 055 large drives, and a number of 052D destroyers gathered in the South China Sea, what is the scale? After all, there are only 8 055 ships in total, and there are only 4 ships in the entire South China Sea Fleet, and there are 2 ships here, and half of the South China Sea Fleet is cheering. In addition to dealing with the "shoulder-to-shoulder" exercise, it is difficult to say whether this move is also for the purpose of reclamation and island building, and with this fleet staying here for a period of time, the fact of island reclamation can be completely formed, and the United States and the Philippines will swallow the bitter fruit.
Of course, it is not entirely certain that we are going to reclaim the sea, after all, the Philippines has only seen the dumping of broken corals. But if a new round of land reclamation is carried out, then it will be difficult for the Philippines to ride the tiger, after all, they do not dare to directly stop this behavior, and they cannot even start land reclamation like Vietnam, so it can be said that they cannot deal with it. The only way may be to turn to the United States for help.
Recently, there were pictures showing the 8th Fighter Wing of the U.S. Army at Gunsan Air Base in South Korea, where so-called experts are studying countering China in the South China Sea, and the big screen of the meeting not only shows their targets in the area, but also marks the range of a large number of domestic long-range weapons, including but not limited to. DF26/21A/21CD, DF-17, etc., as well as YH-12, YJ-62 and CJ-10, etc., it seems that the United States has not studied us for a day or two, not very clear, but probably what killer features are still clear. Although I don't know what the final outcome of the meeting will be, I can probably only study it first, but will this life-saving straw in the hands of the Philippines work? And a question mark.
According to satellite images, we still have a large number of maritime vessels deployed in various islands and reefs close to the Philippines in the South China Sea, including 16 ships on Thitu Island, 8 ships on Mischief Reef, 14 ships on Ren'ai Reef, and 4 ships on Xianbin Reef. This kind of force is probably much stronger than that of the Philippine Coast Guard, and if it continues to be consumed so hard, the Philippine side really has no benefit at all, harming others and not benefiting itself, and I don't know why the Philippines has the strength to keep going, it can only be said that there are some off-the-field and irrational reasons to manipulate it.
Once a new round of land reclamation begins, the Philippines will have no bargaining chips at all, and the so-called "gentlemen's agreement" has saved them a little face, which is acceptable to both sides. Well, now that the United States has come in to stir up the situation, we will no longer tolerate it, and in fact, it has also made other countries in Southeast Asia see a little clearly, and mixing with the US military will definitely hurt China's interests, but it will never benefit us at all, so why bother? Looking at Vietnam, now that it is moving internally, it does not dare to get too close to the West, and it can only be said that the United States plays the Philippines as a chess move, and it may not really be the United States itself that benefits in the end.