The direction of the peninsula was not good, the DPRK and the ROK shelled each other, and the DPRK fired more than 200 coastal artillery shots in a row, which was full of warning. Yoon Suk-yeol was named North Korea's "special meritorious hero", and the ROK and the DPRK refused to give in to each other and began to prepare for war
One is the South China Sea, where the Philippines is still unwilling to stop despite China's repeated warnings and careful deployments in the South China SeaThe other is in the direction of the peninsula, where the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse in recent times, which has made all sides feel deeply uncomfortable.
According to the Beijing News, the South Korean side released news last Friday that at about 3 p.m. that day, the South Korean army used tanks and guns to hold sea shooting training on Yeonpyeong Island and Baeknyeong Island.
It should be noted that this is the first time since the signing of the military agreement between the ROK and the DPRK in September 2018 that the ROK has deployed troops deployed on the northwest islands to start a shooting exercise at sea.
The ROK military's rare resumption of a maritime firing exercise must be related to a "big move" recently made by the DPRK. A few days ago, the United States and South Korea launched a week-long joint military exercise, which was code-named "Fight Tonight" against North Korea. This move by the United States and South Korea is tantamount to taking the lead in "declaring war," and the DPRK will not swallow its anger.
The next day, that is, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. last Friday, according to information disclosed by relevant South Korean departments, the North Korean army fired a large number of coastal artillery pieces north of Yeonpyeong Island and Baeknyeong Island, with the number reaching more than 200.
Fortunately, the coastal artillery fired by the DPRK finally fell into the ROK-DPRK maritime buffer zone and did not cause losses to the ROK, but because the agreement between the two countries clearly stipulates, if the shelling is carried out in the maritime buffer zone, the agreement will be violated.
Now that North Korea is not bound by military agreements, training in the buffer zone is seen as a naked provocation by South Korea. Yin Xiyue** couldn't bear it for a second, and immediately organized a sea shooting training that day to respond.
As the situation on the peninsula continues to deteriorate, inter-Korean relations have also fallen to a freezing point, and Kim Jong-un has even defined South Korea as the "main enemy" of the North Korean side.
Kim Jong-un called on the armed forces to respond to possible nuclear crises at any time, and to use nuclear weapons in case of emergencies. And when Yoon Suk-yeol inspected the troops a while ago, he also told the soldiers very clearly that once they were attacked by the enemy, they would fight first and then report to their superiors.
Relations between the two Koreas are so bad that Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, could not help but sigh that even if there is a conflict on the peninsula now, it will not be surprising.
According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), in his speech in the "New Year's Letter to South Korea", Kim Yo-jong also ridiculed Yoon Suk-yeol for making great "contributions" to the development of North Korea's military strength, and he must be given the "reputation" of "special meritorious hero".
South Korea and North Korea shelled each other to show their determination not to back down. Although the military exercises conducted by the two sides one after the other did not cause any losses to the other side, this move is sufficient to reflect the tense level of the situation on the peninsula and highlights the signs that the local situation has changed completely.