There are so many islands and reefs in the South China Sea, and the reason why Ren'ai Jiao has become a hot spot is that there is always something going on here when the wind is blowing.
It can even be said that every time the wind blows, here is the most obvious grass that moves, in fact, it comes from this:
On May 9, 1999, the Philippines sent a ** tank landing ship 57 to the waters of Ren'ai Jiao in the Nansha Islands, and the tank landing ship No. 57 announced that it had lost power and could only run aground in the waters of Ren'ai Jiao because the ship ran aground at a low level.
There is no doubt that this move by the Philippines is a typical hooliganism, reaching a de facto "presence" on Second Thomas Shoal through a so-called "stranding".
If we want to say that the Philippines has done this act, it is still at the right time, because it coincided with the bombing of the Chinese embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Sino-US relations were tense. The Philippines took this opportunity to insert this thorn in Ren'ai Jiao, and I don't believe it to say that there is no shadow of certain countries behind this.
This broken ship has been stranded for more than 20 years, and the Philippines has been grounded on this ship, and has always had soldiers stationed on the ship, and even found an opportunity to gradually strengthen the ship for so many years, and this ship has become the fortress of the Philippines on Ren'ai Jiao in a certain fact.
With the gradual strengthening of China's control in the South China Sea, the vicinity of Ren'ai Jiao has long been China's actual control area.
Just a few dozen kilometers away from Ren'ai Reef is Mischief Reef, and of course, it is now Mischief Island, which has been fully constructed.
As a well-equipped base, Mischief Island has become an important fishing base for our country in the South China Sea.
Since it is a fishery base, it is naturally patrolled and protected by the fishery administration and coast guard.
In fact, at the beginning of the construction of Mischief Island, the Philippines also made a lot of small moves, but in the end it still failed.
As the de facto control of this area, in the spirit of humanitarianism, China allowed the Philippines to send supplies to the personnel stationed on the "stranded" ship, but the Philippines secretly delivered materials for repairing and reinforcing the ship on several occasions, which was solemnly warned by our side, and the coast guard ship also carried out many warnings to drive away.
In 2023, China set up a barrage at Second Thomas Shoal to prevent Filipino fishermen from sneaking into the lagoon, and for humanitarian reasons, we still allow basic daily necessities to enter.
However, the Philippines still does not give up, and often engages in some small actions, smuggling materials through transport ships, and taking the opportunity to have some friction and skirmishes with our coast guard ships, and then comes close to hyping up our country to obstruct the supply of basic materials for personnel, in a vain attempt to exert pressure on our country through the so-called international **.
In fact, this kind of small action itself is a manifestation of the lack of confidence under the lack of control ability, and the legitimate behavior of China's coast guard ships is naturally not afraid of small actions.
On the whole, the small actions of the Philippines are actually the behavior of frequently testing China's bottom line in the entire international situation.
Just such a small action by the Philippines, the coast guard ship will naturally deal with it, and there is no need to pay too much attention.
For these, in fact, we should pay more attention to the shadow of those countries behind it, and this is the task of the People's Navy.
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