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Author: ▶ Lao Li Qushi
Edited ▶ by Lao Li Qushi
Marcos Jr. openly "died", the Philippine army raised the national flag at Xianbin Reef, and the mainland decisively sent three 055 ships to the South China Sea.
The Philippine warship has been staying at Xianbin Reef for more than 50 days, and has the intention of making the warship a "reef seat," and has even raised the Philippine flag on the warship to declare its sovereignty.
This is a blatant violation of China's sovereignty, and China immediately imposed a semi-encirclement and monitoring of Philippine vessels, but the Philippines has not been afraid and continues to provoke China.
Regarding the attitude of the Philippine side, we directly sent three 055 ships to the South China Sea, and at this time, the Philippines was clamoring that it would never back down.
The second Mercy Reef
In recent years, the Philippines has been making small moves in the South China Sea, and it has a great desire to spy on the South China Sea, especially now that the United States is supporting it, and the Philippines is becoming more and more ambitious, and even wants to wrestle with China.
On April 27, the Philippines dispatched the USS Magbanua, a coast guard ship that intruded into the waters of Xianbin Reef in the South China Sea.
It can be said that the Philippines has made full preparations this time, and we received the news as soon as the Philippine ship entered Xianbin Reef, but we did not see the intention of the Philippine side.
Because when the Philippine Coast Guard ship sailed in the waters inside the Senbin Reef, it drew an extremely standardized movement trajectory, showing a rectangular movement trajectory.
This is obviously not a normal sailing maneuver, because the ship will be affected and disturbed to some extent while sailing, so the route will generally not be in a straight line.
This makes the Chinese side confused for a while, what exactly does the Philippines want to do? Is it surveying and salvage work being carried out? Or is it the Philippines' new strategy of occupying the island?
This can't help but remind us of more than 20 years ago, when the Philippines drove its warship to the vicinity of Ren'ai Jiao, under the pretext that the warship ran aground, and this treatment was more than 20 years, which gave us quite a headache.
Could it be that the Philippines wants to occupy Xianbin Reef again?
The Chinese Coast Guard has begun to operate frequently near Second Thomas Shoal, making it difficult for Philippine supplies to reach the stranded warship.
Even the Philippines used planes and warships to run supplies, but each time it was found by China, and the two sides clashed over this issue.
On the other hand, several Philippine crew members pointed guns at the Chinese coast police, and the Philippine side is still insisting on Ren'ai Jiao, but the frequent activities of the Chinese coast guard have also caused panic among Philippine personnel.
Now the situation of Ren'ai Jiao in the Philippines can be described as living like a year, do you still want to invade Xianbin Jiao and build a second Ren'ai Jiao?
Ambitious
The Philippines' ambitions were fully exposed on June 12, when they held a flag-raising ceremony on board a coast guard ship, and in the face of the Philippines' red line stamping, China sent a number of coast guard ships to operate near Sembin Reef to insist on it.
The Philippines really doesn't have a long memory, it is understood that the supply of the coast guard ships sent by the Philippines this time can only last about 15 days, and if we intercept their supply ships, they will only starve to death.
The Philippines has now spent more than 50 days at Xianbin Reef, and China's new Regulations on Administrative Enforcement Procedures for Coast Guard Agencies is about to come into effect, which gives the coast guard more law enforcement powers.
At the same time, foreigners who have intruded into China's territorial waters can also be illegally detained for up to 60 days.
The landing ship "Sierra Madre" at Ren'ai Jiao, which has been stranded for 20 years, has been cut off from supplies by the Chinese side for more than 20 days.
And how many days can the "Magbanua" hold out on Sembin Reef?
In particular, China has launched regular patrols in the South China Sea, and the Philippines has been helpless.
Marcos Jr. even urgently went to the Meljo de la Cruz camp to shout to the Philippine troops in the camp, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.
Meljo de la Cruz Camp is one of the US military camps in the Philippines, and Marcos Jr.'s intention to shout here is also obvious.
In order to get the big brother of the United States to take action, Marcos Jr. even sided with Lai Qingde, claiming that he would play an important role in the Taiwan issue in the future, accusing China of being an "external threat".
A series of behaviors of the Filipino brother finally moved the United States.
On June 7, the United States was holding a military exercise codenamed "Heroic Shield" in the Asia-Pacific region, and the military exercise originally scheduled for the vicinity of Japanese waters gradually moved closer to the South China Sea due to the Philippines' request for help.
This military exercise is the largest and most combat-oriented exercise in the Asia-Pacific region, and the United States has even called Japan over and set the exercise site in the South China Sea.
Two US aircraft carriers and Japanese warships continue to sail into the waters of Scarborough Shoal, and the United States has supported the Philippines so vigorously this time, leaving aside the Philippines, the essence of which is a game between China and the United States, and the Philippines is just a pawn.
Marcos Jr. is even more "leading by example", and even released cruel words: "China and the Philippines need to deal with all kinds of unknown things at all times after the conflict at Sembin Reef", is this a warning to China?
The Philippine attitude has pushed the relationship between China and the Philippines to a very dangerous point, after China made great concessions in order to maintain peace in the South China Sea, and signed a "gentlemen's agreement" with the Philippines.
However, this time, the Philippines seriously provoked China's territory and frantically trampled on China's red lines, so China decided to strike hard and be ready to meet it at any time.
Chinese military exercises
China's Southern Theater has dispatched three Type 055 missile destroyers and one Type 052C missile destroyer to form a joint formation into the South China Sea.
Since the Philippines has ignored China's conduct in the South China Sea, it has demonstrated its military strength to deter.
This is also the first time that the Chinese Southern Theater has dispatched three large drives, and a Type 071 dock landing ship of the People's Liberation Army has arrived near Xianbin Reef for multi-tasking, high-intensity combat training, during which the Type 071 dock landing ship used 77mm naval guns to conduct live firing.
China's dispatch of the 071 fleet is also based on two considerations: first, although the 071 is a large ship that can operate for a long time in the South China Sea, it can also carry a variety of combat weapons such as helicopters and air beds.
Philippine vessels can even be boarded for temporary inspections when necessary.
Originally, the Philippines wanted to quickly seize Xianbin Reef before the PLA reacted.
But now the PLA has cut off the shipping routes around Xianbin Reef, and the "Magbanua" in Xianbin Reef has been isolated and helpless, and even supplies have become a problem.
The Philippines' flag-raising at Xianbin Reef is also considered by foreign media to be a "sense of existence", and all this is done to show the United States.
The Philippines' provocation is also giving China a chance to counteract, and China has a headache in the South China Sea, but now the Philippines has given us a chance.
In order to maintain peace and defend the territory in the South China Sea, we have had to send warships to patrol and even establish military bases.
This time, Marcos Jr. was fooled by the United States miserably, in fact, he blindly believed in the United States, and the United States has not really fought for that little brother.
Marcos Jr.'s "big dream of spring and autumn" is also time to wake up, and if he continues to do things at Xianbin Reef and Ren'ai Shoal, the Philippines will not be greeted by warnings from the Chinese Foreign Ministry but artillery fire.
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