Recently, the Philippines has dragged the United States and Australia to conduct joint patrols in the South China Sea, and now even France has come to join in the patrol, claiming to patrol the South China Sea with the Philippines. It is also easy to guess the purpose of the Philippines' provocation in the South China Sea, which is to facilitate the introduction of these foreign countries, intervene in South China Sea affairs, and balance China's influence. As for the Philippines' continued provocations, China's counterattacks are relatively limited, artificially creating a passive situation, so the Philippines' provocations are even more vigorous.
On the 9th, three Philippine official ships forcibly invaded Scarborough Shoal, at a distance of 14-1.At 9 nautical miles, it was sprayed by the Chinese Coast Guard's water cannon, causing serious damage to the communications and navigation equipment of the Philippine official vessel. The Philippine side believes that China has used a long-range directional acoustic wave dispersion device, which has caused temporary severe discomfort and incapacitation of some Filipino crew members. At the same time, the Chinese coast guard deployed rigid inflatable boats to drive away Filipino fishing boats that were waiting for Philippine official vessels to issue fuel subsidies and food**. In addition, a small boat of the Chinese Coast Guard once again installed a floating barrier at the southeast entrance to Scarborough Shoal. It is still much tougher than before, and the statement this time mentions "control", not the previous expulsion and follow-up. In fact, the Philippine official ship intruded into China's territorial waters, and it was already very polite to use water cannons and directional sound wave dispersion devices, and it was reasonable and legal for us to use artillery shells to drive them away. And the Philippines brought reporters again this time, and unlike the current tense atmosphere, the crew and reporters are still giggling, as if they were on vacation, because they all know that "China will not do it".
It is precisely with this idea that on the second day, two Philippine coast guard ships, one official ship, and one replenishment ship again tried to transport construction materials to Ren'ai Jiao illegally beached**, during which the Philippine "Yunaza May" No. 1 boat deliberately collided with our coast guard boat 21556, and the Chinese coast guard controlled it in accordance with the law. Judging from the high-intensity provocations of the Philippines in the past few days, they really think that China will not make a move, so they dare to be so bold.
Here I have to mention the word "moral purity", just imagine, which country has allowed a broken ship to sit on the beach on its own islands and reefs for more than 20 years, and even let others send supplies up out of humanitarianism?Will Russia, will the United States, the answer don't even have to be thought. There is also a stereotype in China that China is not necessarily incapable of doing it, but it may have a moral cleanliness habit in this area. Morality is a tool of self-restraint, and in an orderly era, morality is conducive to social development. However, in an era of jungle struggle, excessive emphasis on morality will only become a tool to restrain oneself, which is not conducive to the struggle against the West at all. Especially now when the international situation is turbulent, it is time to let go of moral purity, not everything must be pursued by the principle of "no first shot", and there is no reason to talk about robbers, only a tooth for a tooth.