Chapter 1262 Doing Beautifully (1)
On a large fishing boat, Duterte is holding a media briefing.
A foreign media asked, "Mr. Duterte! The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea stipulates the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf system, which enables coastal countries to expand their sea area. If the boundary delineation is less than twice the distance between them, it needs to be resolved through negotiation between two or more parties.”
"This has enabled the sovereign state of small islands, which are often ignored by people, to have a 12 nautical mile contiguous zone and a 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone. I wonder if the Philippines started to fight for the rights to the islands because of this. ?”
Duterte straightened his back, listened to the question with a blank face, and said lightly, "This reporter's question is very good, and one of the words is also used very well-scramble! If you are familiar with the Convention on the Law of the Sea, You will know that the islands are given the same legal status as the land. The fishery resources around Ren'ai Reef are very rich, but it has become the exclusive fishing ground and shelter for the fishermen of country Z. This is extremely unfair to us and other coastal countries. of!"
"In this regard, we are resolutely implementing a tough attitude! Fighting for the rights that should belong to us! The Philippines will have the sole sovereignty over Second Thomas Shoal! Of course, the road will be very long, but our landing ship has successfully occupied that island , our soldiers successfully set foot on that Jiao Island!"
As if moved by Duterte's frustrating statement, the foreign media applauded.
Another person asked, "But Mr. Duterte, it is said that the navy and sea surveillance ships of country Z have been cruising in the waters of Ren'ai Reef. The main purpose is to prevent the Philippines from 'speculating' again and building a sea fortress in a surprise attack. What do you think of this? ?”
Duter was silent for a moment, and then said calmly, "The thief shouted, catch the thief."
The foreign media applauded this highly targeted comment again, and the applause was even more enthusiastic.
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From Wei Sheng's point of view, who should belong to the rich marine resources? This kind of contention existed before the South China Sea incident. I'm afraid that no legal code is useful, and fists are the hardest reason. To put it bluntly, if you are weak, I will bully you, and if you are strong, I will fear you.
Once the jackal has tasted the sweetness, it will only intensify and show its wolf nature.
Especially those other countries trying to control and incite wolves, carve up a piece of the pie that would never have fallen to them.
As soon as the boat arrived one sea mile away from Ren'ai Jiao, one could hear shouts from the island. The sound was as loud as thunder piercing through the ears, and one's blood boiled.
"It's our people who are conducting landing drills on the island!" Xu Liang's eyes lit up, staring at the island in the distance.
Wei Sheng squinted his eyes. As the ship approached, he could faintly see several ships confronting each other in front of Jiaodao. It seemed that it was his own ship that stopped the fishing boat that was trying to land.
"What's the use of mere drills? If you don't give them some strength, they will only use our drills as a show." Wei Sheng lowered his voice, as if responding to Xu Liang's words.
Xu Liang immediately withdrew his eyes, turned his head and stared at Wei Sheng, his face flushed red and his eyes snarled sharply, "What do you know! This is called deterring the enemy without using a single soldier! Which squad are you in!"
Wei Sheng hadn't reacted yet, but Sun Yong was startled by Xu Liang's roar, he quickly grabbed Wei Sheng's arm, and hurriedly said in a low voice, "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense! Don't quarrel with him, You don't know what's going on with us?"
After speaking, he quickly stood in front of Wei Sheng, covering Xu Liang's sight, and said, "Old Xu! This is a good little brother of mine. He is newly transferred and can't speak. Don't yell at her."
Xu Liang snorted coldly.
Wei Sheng stretched out his hand to cover his chest lazily and smiled, "Don't worry, I have injuries on my body, and I can't make a noise if I want to."
Sun Yong stared at her pretty face, opened his mouth, and then looked helpless. He was really starting to regret this ridiculous trip. This girl, looking at Wenwen quietly, seemed a little reticent.
He is obviously a college student, so it's fine if he's not excited or curious when he sees this scene, and it's fine if he doesn't pull him to ask questions, but standing here like a leader, he seems too calm.
As the ship docked, all soldiers were ordered to stand by on board.
The fishing boat that broke through the blockade had already arrived, but it was blocked in front of the sea area of Ren'ai Reef. The fishing boat wanted to go around and land from other locations throughout the telephoto, but in the end it was surrounded and shrunk by the navy of country Z in a triangular manner, and finally had to stop at Three hundred meters away from the sea.
The Z side ordered the fishing boat to leave the sea area in the form of a warning. The foreign media reporters on the ship were furious. The Philippine foreign spokesman Duterte shouted in person, but they were ignored. Tow away the fishing boat.
It wasn't until the Filipino soldiers on the fishing boat started to fight back that the two sides came to a stalemate.
Wei Sheng's boat also joined the siege of the fishing boat afterwards, and the bow of the boat was close to the right side of the bow of the Philippine fishing boat. Even in the cabin, the foreign media reporters' shouts and dissatisfaction could be heard.
The soldiers on board were ordered to stand by, as if they were waiting for someone.
With this effort, Wei Sheng saw the beaching ship on the Ren'ai Reef as he wished, and couldn't help but marvel at its huge size. At least he was sitting on this small warship, and he could only look up at the tall wall of the beaching ship. body.
Since it was put on the beach in 1999, it has been exposed to wind, sun, and rain. The white hull has long been rusted and looks eerie. There is a 57 printed on the ship, and the deck of the landing ship cannot even be seen from her perspective.
At most you can only see the towering buildings and elevated structures on the deck.
The hull of the landing ship is also quite long, so there is no problem in placing a large number of soldiers on it. Wei Sheng even suspects that the bow deck of his ship is the size of a football field.
This ship with a considerable tonnage was stranded in the shallows, and on the beach, a large number of soldiers were still shouting and conducting exercises.
At this time, a medium-sized warship was slowly approaching, and it was the diplomats from country Z who handled the landing of foreign media that had arrived at Ren'ai Reef.
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"The attitude of foreign media reporters is very tough, and the persuasion to leave is ineffective. Should they be forcibly dragged away?"
"Once the trend is dragged forcibly, it will definitely arouse international public opinion. We can't argue with our mouths, we are very passive, and it just gives the MR forces a chance to speak out."
"In my opinion, tell them to land, but I want to see what tricks they can do! The soldiers on the ship must control them, and they must not be asked to disembark. Only the media reporters and Duterte are allowed to go. This is also a declaration of sovereignty. The way."
"We are also very passive in asking foreign media to go ashore. No way, this is too weak! The Philippine side brought foreign media to the island for inspection? Once this kind of news gets out, where will we put our face? Isn't their purpose just to let the foreign media witness They landed on the island?"