On March 5, the Philippines sent two patrol boats and two yachts acting as transport vessels to Second Thomas Shoal in an attempt to deliver building materials and supplies to the illegally beached wrecked ship. Among them, the Yunaza May 1 boat was responsible for transporting food and other supplies, and the Yunaza May 4 boat was responsible for transporting building materials.
Every move of the Philippines is under the control of our coast guard, and when their ships arrived in the waters of Ren'ai Jiao, they were intercepted by many ships such as our coast guard boats 21551 and 21555.
It is worth noting that in the course of this interception, there were two encounters! In one case, the Philippine MRRV-4407 ignored repeated warnings from the Chinese Coast Guard and deliberately made dangerous maneuvers, which eventually caused a minor collision between the ship and the 21555 boat, but the surface structure of the Philippine MRRV-4407 was damaged.
In the second confrontation, the 21551 and 21555 boats of the Chinese Coast Guard used water cannons to drive away the "Yunaza May" 4 boat!
The scene is shown below:
The first is a screenshot taken by the Philippine side of the collision between the two ships.
We saw that the small wrecked ship of the Philippines was really vulnerable under the attack of water cannons, and finally escaped!
After the incident, the Philippine side announced its own losses, and the high-pressure water of the Chinese coast guard smashed the windshield of the "Yunaza May" No. 4 boat, and four people from the Philippines were slightly injured, and the scene was a mess.
In the end, the result of this sea confrontation was that the Philippine ship was damaged and injured, and it gave up its plan to transport construction materials to Ren'ai Jiao, and fled back to the mainland in disarray. The other boat, Yunaza May, was allowed to send daily necessities to the wrecked ship under the temporary special arrangement of the China Coast Guard.
Previously, the Chinese coast guard was generally restrained, rarely spraying water cannons at the wheelhouses of Philippine vessels, but instead raising the angle and using a similar method to interfere with the navigation of Philippine vessels.
This time, the windshield of the Philippine ship was directly shattered by the high-pressure water column, but it also shows from the side that the Chinese coast guard should not have raised the angle this time, but directly hit the Philippine wheelhouse with a water cannon, which made the Philippines completely defeated in this confrontation!
The front windshield of a Philippine ship shattered by a column of high-pressure water.
This also shows that we in China have let go of our hands and feet this time and are not as patient as before! After suffering a big loss this time, the Philippines immediately summoned Chinese diplomats in the Philippines and expressed their demand that the Chinese ships leave the waters of Ren'ai Jiao immediately, but at the same time, their actions were also severely reprimanded by Chinese diplomats.
In addition to this, the United States is also on the scene this time. The US spokesperson claimed that China's actions were provocative, showing that China disregards the safety of Philippine personnel and international law, and stands with the Philippines in the face of similar dangerous and illegal actions.
At the same time, the US side also called on China to abide by the ruling of the so-called "South China Sea Arbitration" and stop its dangerous and destabilizing behavior. A Pentagon spokesman for the US Department of Defense also falsely claimed that China's dangerous actions caused injuries to Filipino crew members in defiance of international law.
As for the U.S. statement, I directly pointed out that the U.S. has ignored the facts, reversed black and white, unprovoked attacks and accused China of legitimate joint actions, threatened China with the fulfillment of the "U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty" at every turn, and endorsed and cheered up the Philippines' infringement and provocations, and China advises the U.S. not to use the Philippines as a pawn to stir up the situation in the South China Sea!
It can be seen that the Chinese side has stopped giving the Philippines any face, and has taken advantage of our strong coast guard force to gradually escalate the intensity of confrontation, and the Philippines will pay a heavy price for every illegal operation until it can no longer afford it. Unless the United States comes down in person, it can only do it on the sidelines.
And even if the United States personally sends a ship to help the Philippines, what is the Chinese side afraid of! In 2016, there was no showdown, and the US aircraft carrier fleet, which boasted of being powerful and invincible at that time, had not also withdrawn from this sea area in a hurry!
China and the Philippines are neighbors that cannot be moved. Whether the Philippine side wants to "fight a water fight", or play "bumper boats", or resort to other shameless and despicable means, China, which has a double advantage in morality and strength, will be accompanied to the end, and the Philippines will only bring humiliation on itself again and again!
Next, if the Philippines repeats this, maybe the next time the Chinese Coast Guard will not just attack with water cannons, but divide it by two, and simply tow away the broken Philippine ship, or start "land reclamation" to solve the problem once and for all! This is something we have been looking forward to, so let's wait and see!
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