lol, I think Chinese ships should just share rations with Philippines marines, I mean damn. Trapped there is really a cruel and unusual punishment.
Does the Philippines have a better plan than what hippies do which is lying on the ground motionless while police drag them away.
I thought Chinese frontier marines had it hard.....
Also why does everyone say they will defend. Against what? 130mm rounds? I don't think guns work in this scenario.
The moment Chinese military fires on the Filipino marines, it will initiate the Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States.
You have a war not just with the Philippines, but the United States.
If the United States is attacked, we, their ally, have the moral responsibility to come in their defense.
That means, you fire on Filipino marines = United States and Japan comes in.
That would be, in my conservative opinion, poor Chinese strategic calculus.