As we all know, our first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, recently did another big thing, and when the situation in the South China Sea was particularly tense, our Shandong ship directly approached the Philippine coast and stayed here for a day!
Some people think that the Shandong ship's southward movement is to deter the Philippines enough to make them dare not take action in the South China Sea, and some people think that the Shandong ship's activities in the Philippine coastal waters this time are to demonstrate to the United States, which is conducting the RIMPAC 2024 military exercise!
But what everyone could not have imagined was that in just 72 hours, the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong actually simulated a combat drill to strike at the Philippine mainland!
This move not only put the Philippines in a huge panic, but also through this operation, the PLA also showed our tough attitude in the South China Sea, the simulated attack behavior of the Shandong ship, just shows that the PLA is ready to fight in the direction of the South China Sea, whether it is the Philippines or the United States, as long as you dare to come, we dare to fight!
But according to the current situation in the South China Sea, China has deployed many large ships such as 055, 071 and 075 here, and the Shandong ship has a posture of killing chickens with knives in this simulated strike, so what is the purpose of the PLA? How will China's policy in the South China Sea change?
The Shandong ship simulated a strike on the Philippine mainland
After all, according to the current size and combat effectiveness of the Philippines, China does not need to use aircraft carriers to fight with it, and according to the configuration of China's South China Sea Navy is completely sufficient!
The Shandong ship left the port this time, and the escort fleet attached to it was only 1 052D and 2 054A. Obviously, this is not the complete body of the aircraft carrier formation of the Chinese Navy, and it can only be said that this should be half of the aircraft carrier formation of the Shandong ship!
The Shandong ship entered the South China Sea after leaving the port, and just when everyone thought that it would enter the western Pacific waters along the northern part of the Philippines, the Shandong ship actually stopped at a position 200 nautical miles from Luzon Island in the northern part of the Philippines, and stayed here for almost a whole day!
After that, it took two more days to draw a big triangle between the South China Sea and Hainan Island before returning to Hainan Port! For a while, many foreign media had different opinions about the operation of the Shandong ship, and even many media speculated that the action of the Shandong ship was to specifically deter the Philippines that was about to move!
After that, many military experts analyzed a series of actions of the Shandong ship, and they found that in this short period of 72 hours, the Shandong ship actually simulated a raid on the Philippine mainland!
In fact, the location of the Shandong ship in the Philippine waters is very particular, the sea area where it is anchored is 360 kilometers away from the Philippines, and the range of the BrahMos anti-ship missiles deployed by the Philippines today is 300 kilometers, and the Shandong ship is in a position that it cannot hit!
The standard 6 anti-aircraft missiles deployed by the American Typhon medium-range missile system today have enough range, but they do not have the ability to attack ships against seas, so the distance of the Shandong ship is very perfect! And most of the military bases in the entire Philippines happen to be covered by the combat radius of the Shandong ship!
The Shandong ship is not aimed at the Philippines
The Shandong ship stayed in the waters near the Philippines for a day, and then completed the entire process of simulating an attack on the Philippines, but our military experts also said very kindly that the Shandong ship's move was not aimed at the Philippines!
Some people think that we are a bit self-deceiving when we say this, after all, we are all simulating an attack on the Philippines and saying that it is not aimed at the Philippines, which is somewhat inconsistent! But this is really the case, if you really look at the real strength of China and the Philippines, even if there is a fierce maritime conflict between the two countries, there is no need for China to use aircraft carriers!
The current forces in the South China Sea and the cooperation of the naval police can completely repel the invading enemy in the direction of the Philippines, and China, which has always loved peace, has never had such a plan for such a thing as attacking the Philippine mainland or occupying the Philippines!
The reason why the Shandong ship will do a simulated attack on the Philippines is actually to practice the ability of the aircraft carrier battle group to fight on land, and it just so happens that the relationship between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea is not particularly good, and pulling the Shandong ship over can not only practice the combat system of the entire aircraft carrier battle group, but also bring a little deterrence to the Philippines by the way, reminding them not to act rashly in the South China Sea!
In fact, according to some informed military experts, the main purpose of China's aircraft carrier tactical drill is to deter the Philippines instead of taking advantage of the trend, that is to say, if the target of the drill is not the Philippines, but islands in other directions, the Shandong ship will also conduct a tactical drill in this way, and it has nothing to do with whether the target is the Philippines or not!
Perhaps this is the greatest sorrow for a small country like the Philippines, they don't even have a chance to become China's opponent, don't look at the Philippines in the South China Sea, now China has officially put the South China Sea affairs on the agenda, and in the future, after the South China Sea means are gradually toughened, whether it is the Philippines or the United States, it is difficult to set off any waves in this sea area!