Japanese warships intruded into China's territorial waters, Japanese media reveals new details: PLA fired warning shots after multiple warnings
About the incident last year where the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship "Suzukaze" intruded into China's territorial waters, on the 24th, Japanese media "Asahi Shimbun" revealed more new details: Before the PLA warship fired warning shots at the "Suzukaze", our military launched multiple signal flares and made radio calls to request the Japanese vessel to change course.
The Japanese media did not reveal whether the "Suzukaze" responded or noticed the Chinese signals, but combining with its previous report that the "Suzukaze" was warned by PLA gunfire, it can be inferred that the Japanese ship crew most likely did not respond.
Regarding this, Japanese Defense Agency officials still insisted that the "Suzukaze" action was just a "mistake," because the electronic nautical charts of the Japanese warship did not show the boundary line of China's territorial waters.
In addition, this defense official also tried to shift the blame, claiming that the situation at that time was "dangerous" and could lead to accidental conflicts.
However, this statement from Japan is simply ridiculous. From the previous reports by Japanese media, we know that before the "Suzukaze" entered our territorial waters, our military had already fired one shell as a warning, but the "Suzukaze" seemed to have no awareness, continued to sail into China's territorial waters, until our second shot was fired, the "Suzukaze" finally turned back and left.
The strange actions of the "Suzukaze" and its disregard for the PLA's warning shots make it difficult not to suspect what exactly happened on board the Japanese warship. Perhaps, as some speculations suggest, this may be a case of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's certain individuals' militaristic "independent thinking" coming back again.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1841332980815956/
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