As of noon on August 26, the Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine Fisheries Administration have dispatched three vessels, which are currently drifting within 1-3 nautical miles east of the Second Thomas Shoal, with speeds only ranging from 1 to 5 knots, apparently circling in place, during which they were repelled by Chinese maritime police vessels. Obviously, this time, it was expected that the Philippine authorities and the Philippine Coast Guard would challenge the Scarborough Shoal, but instead, the Philippine authorities and the Philippine Coast Guard went to the more distant Second Thomas Shoal, demonstrating the cunning of the Philippine authorities and military. At 8:00 a.m. on the 26th, the Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine Fisheries Administration dispatched three vessels, which were expected to head directly for the Scarborough Shoal, but instead suddenly changed course and headed for the Second Thomas Shoal. These vessels of the Philippine authorities were deployed at 11 p.m. on the night of August 25, including the largest Philippine Coast Guard patrol ship "Meycauwan Aquino" (97 meters), the 44-meter Japanese-built patrol ship "Bagacay" and "Malapascua", and the 50-meter fisheries administration ship "Francisco Dagohoy" and the armored boat "Lapu-Lapu" from Manila, among other vessels. The Philippine authorities' vessels secretly left the port at night, but after sailing less than two hours, they encountered the persistent Chinese maritime police and were directly monitored and intercepted.
Currently confirmed is that the "Meycauwan Aquino", "Bagacay", and "Francisco Dagohoy" directly headed for the Second Thomas Shoal, while the "Malapascua" and the "Lapu-Lapu" armored boat and other vessels are unknown where they went. It is not ruled out that the Philippine authorities hope to provoke at the Second Thomas Shoal and then use the Second Thomas Shoal to attract Chinese vessels, and then conduct a surprise attack on the Scarborough Shoal to provide supplies for the illegally grounded Philippine Navy landing ship.
This time, we must severely strike. If they want to collide, we should decide to sink the Philippine vessels. Water cannons should also be used, and if necessary, weapons should be used for warning shots! In terms of firepower, our maritime police vessels are equipped with 76mm guns and six-barrel 30mm machine guns, while the Philippine maritime police only have 12.7mm machine guns. The Philippine maritime police dare not fire the first shot. The Philippine Navy landing ship that has been illegally grounded at the Scarborough Shoal has not received any supplies for more than three months. Therefore, if the Philippine authorities come to challenge, a year ago, we almost starved the Philippine Coast Guard personnel who entered the Spratly Islands, forcing them to escape back to the Philippine port, and many of the Philippine Coast Guard personnel were carried off the ship on stretchers.
This time, we are determined to starve out the Philippine Marine Corps personnel on the landing ship. Last week, some of the Philippine Marine Corps personnel on the landing ship tried to flee by small boats, but were blocked by the encircling Chinese maritime police, and it is strictly not allowed for the Philippine Marines to reduce the number of personnel to save food, water, and other supplies. Let's see if we can completely starve and drive out these Philippine Marine Corps personnel this time. The Philippine authorities may finally try to drop supplies by plane. They successfully did so once before, which will test our ability to repel aircraft.
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