On January 13, 2020, a unique commendation meeting was held in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, which was commended not for grassroots cadres or ordinary people, but for the group of fishermen who make a living from marine fishing.
And the reason why they can win this award is because of a batch of "mysterious devices" that they fished up at the bottom of the sea not long ago. It is worth noting that similar commendation meetings have been held in various coastal areas on several occasions, and they are the ones who have come to the stage to receive the award each time.
As a result, these fishermen are known as "China's second navy" by many countries.
China's commendation meeting is not the same as the United States' hatred of Chinese fishermen. Senior admirals of the U.S. Pacific Fleet have repeatedly said angrily: "China should strictly manage your 'unscrupulous' fishermen!"
They not only hampered the military operations of the US Navy, but also destroyed the equipment that we placed in the sea. "So, what exactly did the Chinese fishermen destroy that we have placed in our waters?
Why does our country repeatedly publicly commend fishermen for such actions? The espionage operation of the United States is the unity of the Chinese people. In 2002, a huge ship suddenly appeared in the waters of China's exclusive economic zone, and at first fishermen in the vicinity thought it was a patrol ship of the Chinese Navy, but when they got closer, they found that the ship was actually printed with a striking American flag.
In order to defend the sovereignty of the territorial waters of the motherland, one of our fishing boats rammed straight into the American vessel. Why, then, did the American ship appear in the territorial waters of our country?
What evil intentions do they have? The US ship that invaded China's waters was named "Bowditch," and it was a "pathfinder" class marine geological survey ship and one of the five marine geographic survey ships of the US Navy, which was subordinate to the US Navy's maritime supply command.
USS Bowditch", the name is derived from the famous American navigator Bowditch. Back in the last century, the first"USS Bowditch"It has already served, and even served as a reconnaissance mission in World War II, and carried out the American atomic bomb ** test.
However, due to the aging and severe damage of the engine, it was eventually decommissioned. On July 19, 1996, the second ship"USS Bowditch"It was officially put into use.
Despite the fact that this ship has a displacement of 5000 tons, it is highly valued in the United States. The United States has staffed the ship with a crew of 25 and has also formed a scientific research team of more than 30 naval intelligence experts.
On the face of it,"USS Bowditch"It is an ocean survey ship, but in fact it is a real spy ship, and its main task is to monitor the waters around our country.
In order to avoid people's attention, it often flaunts the banner of civilian vessels and uses the advanced intelligence and reconnaissance equipment installed on the ships to monitor the dynamics of China's coastal waters.
In the face of the provocative actions of the "Bowditch", our naval radar is always vigilant, and as soon as it detects the signal of its intrusion into our waters, it will immediately send a frigate to expel it.
However, the "Bowditch" often turned a blind eye to our warnings, and did not give up its temptation even when it was targeted by our shells. Such knowingly committed acts not only seriously infringe on China's sovereignty over territorial waters, but also pose a huge threat to China's security.
In 2002, the "Bowditch" once again swaggered into the waters of the Yellow Sea, less than 60 kilometers from China's waters, and put towed sonar into the sea.
We must not sit idly by and take effective measures to resolutely safeguard our maritime rights and interests.
In the face of the Bowditch's outrageous behavior, we acted swiftly by sending reconnaissance aircraft and ships to expel them. However, the crew of the Bowditch ignored it and continued to sail our offshore waters.
In the face of this vexatiousness, our Navy issued six warnings to the Bowditch through international channels, hoping that they would stop espionage activities in our waters.
However, the Bowditch fell on deaf ears, and even shamelessly quibbled: "We are just doing scientific mapping, and there is no espionage." "Although we know that the Bowditch is a spy ship, considering its public identity as a civilian vessel, a direct attack by our military could trigger adverse international ** repercussions.
So, when our frigate confronted the Bowditch, one of our fishing boats suddenly accelerated and crashed into the Bowditch. This sudden move made the Bowditch have no time to react, and was finally hit by a Chinese fishing boat and "seriously injured", and even the reconnaissance equipment on board was damaged.
In desperation, the Bowditch had no choice but to flee in a hurry and rushed to the US military base for maintenance.
The US side expressed its anger at the "collision incident", claiming that the "Bowditch" was only carrying out a maritime survey mission and sailing in international waters, and did not violate China's waters.
However, China's spokesperson Zhang Qiyue retorted in righteous words, pointing out that the "Bowditch" entered China's waters without China's consent, violating the international law of the sea and violating China's sovereignty in territorial waters.
In the face of our country's factual evidence, the United States is speechless.
Zhang Qiyue hoped that the US Navy would learn a lesson from this "collision incident," but she did not expect that the US espionage activities against China would not weaken in the slightest. Every "illegal" act of the United States has paid a huge price, but American espionage continues, and the conspiracy is broken again.
On 3 October 2008, the United States, in defiance of China's solemn representations, openly decided to provide Taiwan with equipment worth more than 6 billion yuan, including the "Patriot-3" anti-missile system, the "E-2T" early warning aircraft upgrade system, and the "Apache."
The decision led to a months-long break in military relations between China and the United States, and just as the two countries were struggling to resolve their conflicts, the "Flawless" incident occurred. In early March 2009, the United States sent the spy ship "Flawless" into China's coastal waters and released a 2,000-meter-long array of sonar in the waters south of Hainan Island in an attempt to collect relevant intelligence on China.
In order to stop the illegal behavior of the "Flawless", China immediately dispatched a fishery administration and maritime submarine to dissuade it.
The United States filed a complaint with China regarding the "Flawless Incident", saying that its maritime survey vessel was carrying out a normal international mission and did not pose any threat to China, but was "harassed" by China.
In this regard, China's spokesman Ma Zhaoxu responded that according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the 200-nautical-mile sea area near the sovereign state belongs to the country's exclusive economic zone, and ships from other countries can only pass through harmlessly, and the "Flawless" clearly violates this convention.
During his visit to the United States, China's minister held detailed consultations with the United States on the "Flawless Incident," and the United States expressed the hope that China and the United States can reduce tensions, strengthen dialogue, and avoid the recurrence of such incidents.
However, after the talks, the attitude of the United States changed abruptly, claiming that American ships have the right to sail freely in that area and that China has no right to interfere. In addition, the United States also sent the "Zhongyun" missile destroyer to escort the "Flawless", and even claimed that in an emergency, it would be against the Chinese ship**.
The US "Victory" oceanographic observation ship once again violated China's territorial waters, and two Chinese fishing boats stopped it. In addition, the US Navy Aegis ship USS John McCain was sailing off the coast of the Philippines when it attempted to approach China's waters, but it was damaged due to a collision with a Chinese submarine.
The United States** claims that U.S. vessels can navigate freely within the exclusive economic zones of any country in the world, ignoring the sovereignty of coastal states. However, China has always insisted on upholding its sovereignty, and the activities of American ships in China's exclusive economic zone are seen as provocations.
U.S. military vessels, which are unimpeded all over the world, have repeatedly hit a wall in China.
Although the United States has sent spy ships to collect intelligence in our exclusive economic zone, such an act is no longer feasible. However, they did not give up, but placed eavesdropping devices in the coastal waters of our country.
The US Navy often sends maritime reconnaissance planes and spy ships to quickly sail into China's waters, and then quickly sail away, placing a large number of eavesdropping and reconnaissance devices. However, the appearance of Chinese fishing boats shattered their conspiracy once again, and it became a nightmare for the Chinese navy.
In December 2016, the U.S. military's USS Bowditch stopped in the South China Sea for the purpose of two unmanned underwater vehicles they had recently placed.
Towards the end of the mission, a Chinese fishing boat approached quickly, and all the crew members of the "Bowditch" saw this scene, and the Chinese fishing boat took an unmanned underwater vehicle.
While the American crew repeatedly claimed that it was their property, the Chinese crew did not respond in any way.
Fishermen have become the first line of defense to protect our waters. During a fishing operation in 1978, our fishermen caught a mysterious piece of iron with strange English letters engraved on it.
When they handed over this piece of iron to the Navy, naval experts were shocked by this. Although this piece of iron did not bring abundant seafood, it revealed the existence of an American spy ship, the USS Bowditch, and its dangerous behavior of diving into our waters to gather intelligence.
Although the United States claims that the "Bowditch" is only a conventional tool used to measure ocean conditions, in fact, it is equipped with an advanced marine mapping system, underwater reconnaissance equipment, sonar system and intelligence vacuum cleaner, which enables it to clearly detect the situation on the seabed and collect important intelligence, posing a threat to China's naval deployment and submarine operation.
In a fishing, Chinese fishermen accidentally caught a new MK46 torpedo developed by the US Navy, which had a long range and high accuracy, and was one of the most advanced marine in the world at that time.
At that time, our country was relatively backward in torpedo research, and the most advanced marine ** was only anti-submarine rockets. And this unexpected gain not only saved China a lot of research costs, but also greatly accelerated the progress of China's torpedo research.
Soon after, 11 fishermen in Jiangsu Province again caught a number of underwater secret-stealing equipment while fishing, and after technical identification, these devices have the functions of identification, storage and investigation, and if they fall into the hands of the US military, they will pose a serious threat to China's maritime security.
In the process of going out to sea to fish, Chinese fishermen have repeatedly discovered mysterious foreign objects, including advanced ones"Wave glider"Secret theft devices and all kinds of underwater**, including even those that have just been put into the sea.
Although the fishermen are not soldiers and are not armed, their keen observation and resourceful actions have ensured the safety of our coastal waters. The actions of these fishermen have fully demonstrated the patriotic spirit and high sense of responsibility of our fishermen.
In just a few decades, China's fishing vessels have grown rapidly. And the prosperity of our country today stems from every Chinese who loves the motherland and the nation.
Our nation is incomparably resilient and our country is incomparably united, and such a country will surely have an even more brilliant future.