The tragedy caused by the rough inspection of Fujian fishing boats has been spreading in the past few days, and as the Fujian Coast Guard dispatched "14608", "14513" and other coast guard ships to patrol near the sea area where the incident occurred, ** boiled again. Although the matter is not over at this stage, and everything is not conclusive, judging from past experience, the Chinese coast guard is likely to strike after the fact, relying on the strong strength of the world's first to turn the situation around in one fell swoop, which has been proven many times before.
Chinese Coast Guard vessels docked side by side.
In September 2012, the then Maritime Surveillance Bureau dispatched four maritime surveillance vessels to patrol the waters near the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, which caused a much bigger sensation at the time than the "14608" and "14513" coast guard ships. What is even less well known is that with the integration of domestic maritime patrol resources and the continuous expansion of the coast guard fleet through various means, it now has absolute control over the waters near the Diaoyu Islands. The Japan Coast Guard often organizes a four-ship formation to patrol the relevant waters in turn throughout the year, and the Japan Coast Guard has nothing to do about it. Compared with the historical situation in which many people have the impression that Japanese patrol ships have the upper hand, the diametrically opposed reality has received little attention, which is probably a true portrayal of the lack of outstanding achievements of good fighters.
The situation in the waters around the Diaoyu Islands may not be what many people think.
The Japan Coast Guard, which was once extremely vicious, has become the well-behaved it is now, of course, not because it has become kind, but because of the contrast in real strength. After the unified organization of the domestic coast guard, faced with the scarcity of available coast guard vessels, it began to build a large number of coast guard ships. With the Navy's export F-22P and self-use 054A as templates, the 2,000-ton Type 718B and the 4,000-ton Type 818 have been built successively, and a total of 15 military-standard coast guard ships are still the backbone of the General Administration of the Coast Guard. At the same time, more high-end 5,000-ton and 12,000-ton coast guard ships have also come out, and up to now, a total of 5,000-ton and 2 towering 10,000-ton coast guard ships are in service (and a 13,000-ton "Haixun 09", but it does not participate in coast guard missions).
The 12,000-ton "2901" coast guard ship.
In addition to the adjustment of the original patrol vessels, and the one-time transfer of 22 Type 056 frigates of more than 1,000 tons by the Navy a few years ago, the coast guard fleet has rapidly expanded into a huge team of various types and a total tonnage of nearly 200,000 tons in just 10 years. Not to mention that the patrol vessels of the Japan Coast Guard are the US Coast Guard, which is known as the "second navy", and its hard power is no longer as good as that of the Chinese Coast Guard. To put it bluntly, after 2010, China has the largest global shipbuilding capacity, which not only refers to civilian ships and military ships, but also the special existence of intermediate states such as coast guard ships.
056 has special significance for both the Navy and the Coast Guard.
This undoubted strength is the key to the overall stability of the surrounding waters in recent years. In terms of establishment, hundreds of coast guard ships of all sizes are divided into two types, one is directly under the General Administration, with a tonnage of more than 1,000 tons, and it uses a four-digit number, of which the first one refers to the sea area, for example, "2" is the East China Sea, and "3" is the South China Sea; The second place is the standard displacement (1,000 tons), like the two famous 10,000-ton coast guard ships, which are "2901" and "3901"; The last two digits are the serial number. The other is subordinate to the local coast guard, which uses a 5-digit number, of which the first two digits are the area code, like "14" is Fujian, the third digit is a bit complicated, "0" refers to less than 100 tons, "1-3" is still the standard displacement (1000 tons), "5" refers to 100-500 tons, "6" refers to 500-1000 tons, and the last two digits are serial numbers.
The five-digit numbering of the local coast guard is more complicated.
The sea area where the conflict occurred this time was relatively close to the shore, and the water was shallow and not suitable for large ships to pass, so the Fujian coast guard dispatched all coast guard ships of less than 1,000 tons, but there were quite a few before and after, and the situation was quickly stabilized. Judging from the experience of many disputes over the Diaoyu Islands and even in the South China Sea, China has a clear characteristic of being a latecomer, and it is often possible to quickly adjust and resolve unexpected problems that have not been anticipated in advance, and this time should be no exception. But it's worth mentioning that being good at being a late striker and being good at being a late striker are two different things. Take the southern blizzard before the Spring Festival as an example, after the weather warning, the outside world quickly associated with the southern snow disaster in 08, but in the end, the blizzard did not cause much chaos, the State Grid contributed a lot, but it was still a good fighter without great merit.
The lack of outstanding achievements of those who are good at fighting is a true portrayal of the coast guard fleet.
At the same time, when some occasional problems surface, resources can be quickly mobilized to solve them, but they are known to the outside world, ignoring those parts that have been prepared in advance and have not gone wrong, creating the illusion that they are always the last to strike, as is generally the case with the coast guard and even the navy in the surrounding waters. Since the Fujian Coast Guard Bureau has intervened this time and made its attitude clear, it will not give up halfway, and it is also appropriate to establish a mature patrol mechanism in the future to avoid the recurrence of the tragedy. However, just like the series of events that happened around the Diaoyu Islands in the first place, when the patrols of the Fujian Coast Guard are on the right track, everything will fall silent, just like the Diaoyu Islands that have been quiet for many years.