After the joint ship formation anchored at Sanya Harbor for a day and carried out material replenishment, the three fleets began to conduct confrontational exercises. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet form a joint fleet as the red side, and the South China Sea Fleet dispatches all forces as the blue side.

The exercise was first carried out in the waters of the Xisha Islands, and then to the Zhongsha Islands and Nansha Islands.

Historically, the Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands, and Nansha Islands are China's inherent territory, and China was the first to discover, occupy, control, and govern.

However, from the thirties and forties of the last century, some islands and reefs in the Nansha were occupied by France and country R respectively, until 1946, in accordance with the "Cairo Declaration" and the "Potsdam Proclamation", the then Chinese government sent personnel to take over the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands, and erected sovereignty monuments on the islands.

In 1947, the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China renamed a total of 159 names of all islands, reefs and beaches in Nanhai Zhudao, including the Nansha Islands, and promulgated them for implementation.

In 1983, the Geographical Names Committee of the People's Republic of China authorized the publication of standard geographical names of Nanhai Zhudao, including Nansha Islands.

There are many large and small islands in the Nansha Islands, which are currently occupied by Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and other countries.

At present, the People's Republic of China claims to occupy 50 islands in the Nansha Islands, seven of which have actual troops, namely Yongju Reef, Chigua Reef, Dongmen Reef, Gaven Reef, Subi Reef, Huayang Reef, and Mischief Reef. The seven reefs garrisoned by China are small in size and have a small number of garrisons.

Taiwan actually owns only one Taiping Island, but it is the largest of the archipelago and the only island with freshwater resources. There are military camps and an airfield on it.

Prior to 1974, North Vietnam officially recognized the Paracel and Spratly Islands as Chinese territory. After the reunification of the north and the south, it claimed full sovereignty over the Xisha and Nansha islands. Their so-called basis is that after 1933, the state inherited the sovereignty of France and South Vietnam over the Spratly Islands.

There are currently 29 islands garrisoned by North Vietnam: Hongxu Island, Spratly Island, Jinghong Island, Nanzi Island, Dunqian Sandbank, An Bo Sandbank, Dye Thanh Sandbank, Middle Reef, Bisheng Reef, Bai Reef, West Reef, Wu Qi Reef, Riji Reef, Daxian Reef, Liumen Reef, East Reef, Nanhua Reef, Bolan Reef, Nairo Reef, Ghost Shout Reef, Qiong Reef, Quang Ya Beach, Peng Bo Fort, Wan'an Beach, and Saiwei Beach.

North Vietnam established the central stronghold of Spratly Island in the Spratly Island.

In 1978, Malaysia sent a small fleet to some islands and reefs at the southern tip of the Spratly Islands to operate in West Asia and erected a "sovereignty monument". In 1979, Malaysia published a new map that included the islands and reefs and the 270,000 square kilometers of the Spratly Islands. In 1980, the Malaysian government unilaterally declared a 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.

They claim to base themselves on the fact that the Spratly Islands are located on Malaysia's continental shelf and that their sovereignty is consistent with the 1958 Geneva Conventions and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

At present, there are a total of 5 garrison islands, namely Danwan Reef, Guangxingzi Reef, South China Sea Reef, Yuya Dark Sand, and Dustpan Reef.

At present, the Philippines has a total of 8 islands, namely Mahuan Island, Nankey Island, Central Asia Island, Xiyue Island, Beizi Island, Feixin Island, Caosha Island, and Commander Reef.

Their so-called basis is that these islands were originally "terra nullius", which are the closest to the Philippines and are vital to the country's national security and economic development.

Thitu Island in the Spratly Islands, which was occupied by the Philippines, is the second largest island in the Spratly Islands, and the island has an airport and the largest number of troops.

Brunei has no actual military presence in the Spratlys, but Brunei has declared a 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone and issued a new map showing the extent of its maritime jurisdiction. Brunei claims sovereignty over Nantong Reef and divides 3,000 square kilometers of Spratly waters.

Indonesia has no actual presence in the Spratly Islands, but since 1966 it has designated "treaty development zones" in the sea, and in October 1969 Indonesia signed a continental shelf agreement with Malaysia, claiming 50,000 square kilometers of Spratly waters. In March 1980, Indonesia unilaterally announced the establishment of a 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.

In fact, as far as a single island is concerned, there is no value in defending, because no island or reef can withstand a wave of attacks by naval forces.

Unless, your army, navy, and air force can maintain a presence twenty-four hours a day.

And the strength of our country, at present, it cannot be done.

We can only send some troops to garrison the islands and reefs we have seized, and the maritime surveillance and fishery administration ships will patrol regularly.

However, the occupied islands and reefs cannot be cleared, because even if they are cleared, they cannot be effectively occupied.

This is the price of the weakness of our navy and air force.

If we can maintain a strong naval and air force presence in the South China Sea 24 hours a day, then the South China Sea problem may not be as difficult to solve as it is now.

In terms of naval strength, none of the small countries around the South China Sea is our opponent.

However, in order to safeguard the overall situation of peace and stability and the general environment of reform and opening up, we must never lightly talk about going to war.

According to Yang Wenbin's view, in addition to participating in confrontational exercises in the South China Sea, the meaning of declaring military strength and sovereignty is stronger.

The Xisha Islands are located about 330 kilometers southeast of Hainan Island and are composed of Xuande Island, Yongle Islands and other islands and reefs. Among them, the Yongle Islands are composed of Ganquan, Coral, Jinyin, Chenhang, Jinqing and other islands.

Due to its strategic location between the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, it is geographically important and rich in natural resources.

In the waters of the Paracel Islands, the North China Sea and East China Sea Fleets play an offensive role, and the South China Sea Fleet plays a defensive role.

From discovering and identifying targets to locking on targets and destroying targets, all ships in the fleet conducted simulated drills in accordance with their assigned targets.

In the seventies, in this sea area, our army carried out counterattack operations with South Vietnamese warships. At that time, the four warships of South Vietnam had a total tonnage of about 6,000 and were armed with about 50 guns of caliber below 127 mm. The total tonnage of the four ships of our Navy is only 1,600 tons, the number of artillery is small, and the caliber is also small.

However, our warships made full use of the advantages of flexibility and maneuverability, approached the enemy ships at high speed, held on tightly, and brought into play the power of the small-caliber guns with a fast rate of fire.

Now, compared with the South Vietnamese ships, our ships are much more qualitative, and in the event of an engagement, they have a greater advantage.

The warship formation advanced from Xisha and Zhongsha to Nansha.

After going to the Nansha waters, Yang Wenbin found that in addition to Taiping Island and Nanwei Island, there are stilt houses and cement bunkers all over the place.

As an army, from the perspective of attack, every island and reef is vulnerable.

Moreover, the defensive strength is all at the company and platoon level.

So, here, the two formations carried out offensive and defensive drills, destroying the imaginary enemy and targets set up with intensive naval artillery fire.

The purpose is to deter the defending enemy and want to destroy you, just like a play, every minute.

However, our army is facing the same embarrassment.

In the Nansha Islands, although there are not many islands and reefs where our troops are stationed, they all go deep into the hinterland of the enemy.

Fiery Cross Reef is triangular in shape with Mischief Reef and Subi Reef, and can support each other as horns.

It's a pity that the islands and reefs are still too small, and if they are bigger and send some artillery and planes, then the entire Nansha will simply be in our pocket.