With the Philippine government's comprehensive denial of the so-called "gentlemen's agreement" reached with China on the South China Sea issue, the confrontation between China and the Philippines on the South China Sea has entered a new climax, but this also means that the "finale" of the Philippines is not far off, because the national strength of the Philippines is not at all a grade compared with the mainland, so the "finale" we arrange for the Filipinos is certainly not the kind of "ending" they want to see.
(Chinese Coast Guard intercepts Philippine fishing boat off Scarborough Shoal)
Recently, the global network reported that according to the latest report released by the Guoguan think tank, the Philippines will deliver a total of 14 supplies to the warship "Sierra Madre" beached at Ren'ai Shoal in 2023, an increase of two from the previous year. However, it is worth noting that the Philippine side clearly violated its previous commitments and secretly delivered construction materials to the "Sierra Madre" landing ship, because judging from aerial photos, some of the ship's previously rusted and damaged hulls have been refilled. It is not difficult to see that the Philippine side is trying to continue to rely on Ren'ai Jiao.
(The Philippines secretly reinforced the "Sierra Madre" on Ren'ai Shoal)
The reason why the Filipinos are persistently trying to strengthen this broken ship is simply because they believe that this is a "pawn" for their intervention in the South China Sea, and that as long as there are still their broken ships on Ren'ai Jiao, then they can use Ren'ai Jiao to continue to cause trouble, and even encroach on the sovereignty of the Second Thomas Shoal. However, the Filipinos obviously miscalculated, China did not attack the "Sierra Madre" shipwreck, but not because the Chinese did not have that strength, let alone because there were Americans to support the Philippines, but we really do not want to use force to resolve the contradiction with the Philippines. After all, good-neighborliness and friendship are our basic national policy, but then again, when the Philippines insists on provocation, we certainly will not get used to it.
(The Philippines thought that it could overwhelm China with more boats, but it didn't know that this kind of canoe-like boat couldn't even catch a water cannon)
In fact, the confrontation between China and the Philippines has already begun: according to a report in Manila, Philippines, on May 15, Philippine non-governmental organizations have recently gathered more than 200 people, five fishing boats, and 100 canoes equipped with bamboo legs to set off in groups to try to break into the waters around Scarborough Shoal on the mainland. But they soon discovered that around Scarborough Shoal, a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy destroyer, eight Chinese coast guard vessels, and 34 Chinese fishing boats (known in the Philippines as "maritime militia boats") had been assembled, all of which were on standby. In the end, the Philippine fleet returned home 60 nautical miles away from Scarborough Shoal, and did not even have the courage to "touch" the Chinese fishing boat.
(The Filipinos consider themselves to be the biggest backers, the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier strike group, ran away)
Why did the Philippines deflated eggplants at the last moment? A very important reason is: the US aircraft carrier that supported the Philippines slipped away first! According to public reports, on 10 and 11 May, the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier strike group happened to be operating in the waters near Scarborough Shoal, so the Philippine side felt that with the support of the Americans, it would be confident and bold to send a civilian fleet to try to break into the waters near Scarborough Shoal. Because before that, the United States had emphasized the so-called "US-Philippines Security Treaty" to the Philippines, and said that as long as there were casualties in the Philippines, the treaty would be automatically triggered. But now, when the Filipinos really came to the door and wanted to compete with the Chinese Navy and Coast Guard, the US aircraft carrier slipped away as soon as possible. According to reports, by May 16, the US USS Roosevelt had arrived in Singapore, and all that was left was the Filipinos messy in the sea breeze.
(Philippine Coast Guard escorts its own vessels)
In fact, in terms of strategic posture, we do not need to react too aggressively to the Chinese islands and reefs that the Philippines is trying to touch, because China and the Philippines are not at the same level in terms of comprehensive national strength, and even the US military is not an opponent of the PLA in the waters of the South China Sea! So we see that the United States actually just wants the Philippines to provoke China and then reap the benefits, and will not fight a war with China for the Philippines at all.
(Don't accept it!) ）
For the provocation of the Philippines, in fact, we can refer to the Battle of Xisha in 1974, in that naval battle, the PLA not only defeated the Vietnamese Navy in a superior position with inferior equipment, but also organized dozens of ships and more than 100 aircraft in the subsequent battles, completely pocketing the Xisha Islands, where the South Vietnamese puppet army was entrenched! Therefore, as a major country, we are not in a hurry to compete with the Philippines for a reef or a broken ship, we are waiting for the right time, and once the right time comes, we will take back all the 10 Chinese islands and reefs occupied by the Philippines in one fell swoop, and completely drive the Philippines out of the South China Sea, so that they will never be able to confront China in the future. So we see that some time ago, mainland Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a shuttle visit to Southeast Asia, and now 9 of the 10 ASEAN countries are on China's side, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has also visited the mainland recently. The rear has been stabilized, friends have been contacted, and the US aircraft carriers, the "allies" of the Philippines, have also run away...... All that's left is to show the Philippines their "finale".