On 9 May 1999, the day after NATO brazenly bombed the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia, the Philippines dispatched the USS Sierra Madre, a US-made amphibious ship built during World War II, to illegally "beach" Ren'ai Jiao in a vain attempt to further steal the entire reef on this basis, and it has been nearly 25 years since then. It has to be said that the Philippines has a very accurate grasp of the "timing", but the Philippines has such "little cleverness" but does not have the "wisdom of a big country" in the real sense, and cannot see the serious consequences of deliberately provoking an incident in the South China Sea, and the final result can only be to shoot itself in the foot.
Everyone may think it is strange to see the fire here, how did the Filipino personnel on the "beach" Ren'ai Jiao have been able to hold on to the present? It turned out that, out of humanitarian principles, our side agreed with the Philippine side to supply the "Sierra Madre" with food, drinking water, etc., and this is the reason why the Filipino personnel on the "beached" Ren'ai Jiao have been able to hold out so far (of course, there are still personnel rotations in the middle).
However, what is outrageous is that our magnanimity has allowed the Philippines to find an "opportunity" to engage in "small actions." Because the "Sierra Madre" itself is an old ship that served during World War II, it is now close to falling apart after decades of wind and rain. Therefore, in recent years, the Philippines has repeatedly tried to secretly carry steel bars, plates and other construction materials in food supply ships, in order to reinforce the "Sierra Madre". In order to deal with the illegal acts of the Philippines, China has also deployed a large number of coast guard ships around Ren'ai Jiao, which makes it impossible for the Philippines to transport supplies to Ren'ai Jiao.
As a result, after being unable to transport supplies from the sea, the Philippine side did not give up, and came up with a new "moth", that is, to airdrop supplies from the air. According to relevant information not long ago, the Philippines dispatched a small transport plane to airdrop supplies to the Philippine ships "beached" at Ren'ai Jiao. In this case, our side dispatched coast guard ships to deal with it in accordance with the law, and according to the Philippine side, some of the supplies airdropped by the Philippine plane were intercepted by our side.
According to the photos that have now been released, after opening the Philippine supply package, we found that it was full of rice, biscuits, coffee, drinks, fruits, bottled water, bread and so on. It can be seen that it is basically some food.
In fact, since March 23, we have not seen any news of a Philippine supply ship forcibly invading Ren'ai Jiao for two months, which undoubtedly shows that under the normalization and strict handling of China's coast guard, the Philippines can no longer succeed in breaking through from the sea. And the Philippine personnel on the ship probably couldn't bear it, so the Philippines had to dispatch planes to airdrop supplies. However, on the one hand, the efficiency and transportation volume of airdrop supplies are far inferior to those of supply ships, and on the other hand, even if they are airdrops, our side will deal with them reasonably. If this continues, it is very likely that it will not be long before the Filipinos on the "Sierra Madre" at Ren'ai Jiao may have to fish nearby to make a living, staging a real version of "survival in the wilderness".
In fact, this is actually the Philippines' own fault. Since the incumbent Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. came to power, the Philippines has almost completely turned to the United States and has become a "pawn" of the United States to stir up the regional situation and undermine regional peace. Recently, Marcos Jr. made a lot of nonsense at the "incense party" held in Singapore, and publicly released inappropriate and untrue remarks many times, which is really outrageous. It is also worth noting that the Philippines is also vainly trying to reinforce the "Sierra Madre" and is preparing to continue to steal Ren'ai Jiao for a long time, which is even more unacceptable to our side. Therefore, under such circumstances, we have also had to strengthen the reasonable control of Ren'ai Jiao and its adjacent waters.
In the event that the Philippine airdrop does not have the desired effect, it is very likely that the Philippines will organize a fleet to force its way into Ren'ai Jiao, and we need to maintain a high degree of vigilance in this regard.