Friends, the vicinity of Scarborough Shoal and Xianbin Reef has been very unquiet lately. According to the Philippine Coast Guard, at least 44 Chinese ships are currently in the vicinity of Xianbin Reef, including 3 frigates that have been reinforced, 2 054A frigates are Huangshan and Yixing, and 1 056A frigate Guang'an. There are also four coast guard vessels, three survey vessels, and another 34 fishing vessels. So there are at least 3 warships, and 41 other ships, so why is there such a big movement? It is speculated that it may be a "small trick" to blockade Scarborough Shoal and deal with the Philippines' brain-opening holes.
According to Bloomberg, more than 100 Filipino civilians are driving the civilian boat "Ading Island" to the vicinity of Scarborough Shoal. Organizers of more than 100 people said they would arrive between May 14 and 17 to deliver supplies to local so-called fishermen. In other words, a non-governmental organization in the Philippines launched a tactical charge of more than 100 people to drive a boat and a sea of people. What more is this than anyone? The Philippine Coast Guard said that the civilian operation was not approved, but that it would actively protect the safety of civilians.
In fact, when you see this, you can understand that this is probably the Philippines using civilians as a shield, which is to see that our coast guard will not be heavy-handed to civilians. If you take a little heavier, then the so-called international media on these ships will definitely have another "underworld" report. Although this routine is not new, it is still very disgusting to use our attitude towards civilians to attack Scarborough Shoal. If these Filipino civilians are allowed to clash with the blockade line, will they continue to engage in the way of running ships aground once they reach the island or around Scarborough Shoal, or will they simply play scoundrels and not leave? You need to prevent the other party from repeating the old tricks and playing this trick.
Of course, we are also prepared for this, the Philippine GMA reporter released the information provided by the coast guard spokesperson said that 44 Chinese ships are currently on standby near Xianbin Reef, because Xianbin Reef is not far from Scarborough Shoal, it is not ruled out that this is a large part of the interception of civilian fleet. Of course, the Philippine side also released news that Xianbin Reef may carry out small-scale island reclamation, but at present, we have not seen any large-scale cutter suction dredgers, or it may be that the Philippine side estimates that it wants to muddy the water, so as to make small moves on Scarborough Shoal.
At present, our interception force on various islands and reefs is still very strong, including the urgent reinforcement of three frigates, just to prevent the other side from playing tricks in the early stage. Among them, the 2 054A are close to 4,000 tons of warships, which are much larger than the main ships of the Philippine Navy, which can become a reassurance for the coast guard, allowing them to let go of their hands to intercept without worrying about follow-up problems. At present, the Philippines is no longer just targeting the problem of the shipwreck at Ren'ai Jiao, but is also attacking more and more in an attempt to involve a series of islands and reefs around Scarborough Shoal and Xianbin Jiao and expand the problem. In particular, the location of Sembin Reef is only 150 kilometers from the mainland of the Philippines and closer to Scarborough Shoal.
Now the Philippine side is completely a troublemaker, with all kinds of bad moves and bad moves one after another, and we are at your disposal, while I will not move and directly use hard power to take over. After all, our dozens of sea forces in the relevant sea areas are the confidence, if necessary, we can also make this number into hundreds in a short period of time, and now there are a large number of 054A coast guard ships under construction in the shipyard. Isn't that what it is meant for? It can be said that the more time passes, the stronger our ability to maintain sea power in the South China Sea, and it will be interesting to see what tricks are behind the Philippine clown.