突发! Intense standoff occurs in the southwestern part of the island! The US strategic drone rushes into the Penghu airspace, and the "Aegis" warship intentionally lingers at the southern entrance of the Taiwan Strait. Next moment, it gets hit hard. On April 24th, according to local media reports, on April 23rd, the US Navy's USS "William P. Lawrence", an Aegis-class destroyer, suddenly turned on its AIS ship positioning signal around 2:10 am, openly entering the strait for so-called transit operations. During the transit process, the warship kept its AIS signal on and passed through the relevant strait at a cruising speed of 16 knots. By 6:16 pm on the 23rd, the warship had reached an area about 90 kilometers west of the Penghu Islands. Although the warship remained honest during the transit, this was just its smokescreen to the outside world. Around 7:00 pm on the evening of the 23rd, the warship anchored near Qimei Island in the Penghu Islands. At the same time, a US MQ-4C "Triton" strategic drone flying from east to west over the Bashi Channel happened to enter the airspace over the southern part of the island for prolonged loitering flights. During this period, the strategic drone directly approached about 100 kilometers off the coast of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and intruded into the airspace of the Penghu Islands for prolonged loitering flights. It also conducted maritime-air coordination communications with the "William P. Lawrence" guided-missile destroyer temporarily docked near Qimei Island. According to FLIGHT RADAR 24 flight information system, this MQ-4C "Triton" strategic drone belonging to the US Navy was still loitering in the nearby airspace at 10:30 pm. This is the first time the US military has dispatched ships and aircraft to provoke at the southern entrance of the Taiwan Strait in a "stationary" manner. It is worth noting that this drone had been circling in the air for a long time waiting to meet the warship before the "William P. Lawrence" entered the waters near Qimei Island. This is the first time the US military has carried out such sea-air cooperation, which deserves high attention. It is worth mentioning that while the US warships and aircraft were provoking in the Penghu Islands, according to local media reports, multiple warships and aircraft entered the relevant sea and airspace of the Penghu Islands shortly after, engaging in intense confrontations with the US military. From 5:00 pm on the 23rd to 6:00 am on the 24th, at least 10 sorties of various fighter jets and drones entered the relevant sea and airspace to monitor the US drone. On the evening of the 23rd, several helicopters and fighter jets also entered the outer sea of Penghu to conduct high-pressure monitoring of the US warship, strongly suppressing its arrogance. By midnight on the 24th, the US aircraft had no choice but to withdraw from the relevant airspace and return to the western mouth of the Bashi Channel. [Images] Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1830248649886731/ Disclaimer: The article solely represents the author's personal views.