Project Sword
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The Filipinos, who have been defeated repeatedly, have come to "touch" China again.
According to Reuters on March 6, a few days ago,The Philippine Coast Guard once again dispatched a number of vessels to carry out an "incursion" into the waters of China's Second Thomas Shoal. On the same day, two Philippine coast guard ships departed from Bulyan Harbor on the southern tip of Palawan Island, and after joining up with two Philippine supply ships, they formed a formation and headed for the waters of Ren'ai Jiao -- their mission this time was to deliver supplies to the landing ship "Sierra Madre" stranded on Ren'ai Jiao, so that it could continue to "forcibly occupy Chinese territory" there.
The Philippine patrol boat was intercepted by the Chinese Coast Guard).
This is not the first time the Philippines has done such a thing, and the Chinese coast guard has been prepared for a long time, and soon successfully intercepted a Philippine ship trying to invade Chinese waters in the waters of Ren'ai Jiao. At 6:30 a.m. on the same day, the Philippine patrol ship "Sindangan", which was carrying out a supply mission, was intercepted by the Chinese coast guard ship No. 21555. At one point, the Philippine ship tried to forcibly break into the blockade line of the Chinese Coast Guard and maliciously collided with the Chinese Coast Guard shipBut the China Coast Guard has not flinched. After a slight collision between the two ships, the Philippine ship could only temporarily suspend its supply mission and withdraw from the waters of Ren'ai Jiao under the warning of the Chinese Coast Guard.
The Philippine patrol boat deliberately collided with a Chinese coast guard vessel).
At 8:15 a.m., about two hours after the collision between Chinese and Philippine ships, the Philippine Navy supply ship "Unaza" slipped into the waters of Ren'ai Jiao again in an attempt to continue the replenishment mission. The Chinese Coast Guard, well aware of the Philippine methods, responded quickly, and two coast guard vessels, including the 5201 ship, quickly intercepted the "Unaiza". ButThe Philippine side ignored China's shouts and warnings, tried to seize the shipping route many times, and "touched" the Chinese Coast Guard, forcing the Chinese Coast Guard ship to use high-pressure water cannons, "shelling" the wheelhouse of the Philippine supply ship, and shattering the glass windshield of the Philippine supply ship, resulting in the injury of four Philippine sailorsIn the end, the Philippine ship could only leave the waters of Ren'ai Jiao in ashes.
Chinese coast guard ship "shelled" Philippine supply ship)
What's funnier is that the Philippine side was "violently beaten" by the Chinese coast guard for provoking China's sovereigntyThe U.S. Navy, which had previously vowed to "support Philippine maritime operations," was "watching" from the sidelines throughout the whole process, mainly watching from the sidelines.
At the time, CNN reportedA reporter from a patrol ship stationed in the Philippines found that the US Navy's Independence-class littoral combat ship "Mobile" (LCS-26) was "lounging" in the waters near Ren'ai Jiao at that time. The reporter said that the ship "watched" the Philippine ship being intercepted and driven away by the Chinese coast guard during the whole process, but it did not take any action at all, and did not even approach.
The reporter photographed the Mobile being nearby at the time).
The Mobile is a serious **, but why can't it come to "support" or even "support" the Philippines? Because it didn't dare.
The firepower of the Chinese Coast Guard ship is certainly not as strong as that of the Mobile, but what is standing behind the Chinese Coast Guard? That's the Chinese Navy.
It is reported thatAt that time, three large landing ships under the Southern Theater of Operations, represented by the Danxiashan, were also exercising in the South China Sea, not far from the waters of Ren'ai Jiao. If the U.S. ships really come to help the Philippines, then these three large ** ships will definitely come over to "help", and it will definitely be the United States and the Philippines that will fall behind in the confrontation in the end.
At that time, three large ** ships of the Chinese Navy were training nearby)
Moreover, even if the Chinese Navy ** was not nearby at that time, would the Americans dare to come and mix it up? Of course, I still don't dare. The fundamental goal of the United States in encouraging the Philippines to provoke China in the South China Sea is to allow the Philippines to contain China's military power in the South China Sea and reduce the security risks of the US Navy itself. If the US Navy personally "ends" on the South China Sea issue, it will directly lead to a significant increase in the risk of a military confrontation at sea between China and the United States, which is completely contrary to the current US strategy in the South China Sea -- the US Navy does not dare to and does not want to engage in a "cold confrontation" with the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea at all, because they know very well that China's huge superiority in the South China Sea and the East China Sea is something that the United States cannot catch up with at all, and once a conflict breaks out, it will only be the United States itself that suffers.