In 2012, in order to stabilize the situation in the South China Sea, my country decided to "reclaim land" on Yongshu Reef in the South China Sea and turn Yongshu Reef into Yongshu Island. As soon as the news came out, the world attracted attention. Many Western media mocked our country, saying that we were wasting our efforts and transforming Yongshu Reef was a face-saving project, and mocked our country in the world.
Yongshu Island
But unexpectedly, after completing the "land reclamation", Yongshu Reef discovered a kind of precious resource, which made Western media collectively lose their voice, and even the United States envious. What exactly is this resource?
1. The origin of " Yongshu Island "
Yongshu Island is the full name of Yongshu Reef Southwest Island. It is an artificial island made by land reclamation of Yongshu Reef .
Yongshu Reef was originally an island with an area of less than a few square meters. Only when the sea water recedes, the reefs hidden underground will be exposed.
Yongshu Island
In the Republic of China period, Yongshu Reef was not called this name, but Cross Fire Reef or Northwest Survey Reef. It was not until 1947 that it was changed to "Yongshu Reef" by the then National Government and has been used to this day. The fishermen around have always been called "Tuwu" , and the meaning of this name is "city".
In 1987, my country's South China Sea was selected by the United Nations Ocean Commission as the site established by the 74th marine observation station in the world to observe changes in ocean currents and the impact of these ocean currents on the continent's climate.
In order to establish a good marine observatory, my country conducted a series of inspections on the South China Sea islands . After discussion, it was decided to establish an ocean observatory on Yongshu Reef.
In 1988, the marine observatory was established on Yongshu Reef by our country, and the marine observatory was named "Nansha Yongshu Reef Observatory".
Yongshu Island that is being filled with
At that time, although Yongshu Reef was still an island reef, it ushered in changes in the early 1990s.
At that time, Vietnam had been provoking the South China Sea and invading our country's territory. Many small islands in the South China Sea were invaded by Vietnam. In order to drive away Vietnam and maintain the integrity of our country's territory, our country sent troops to garrison them to various islands to fight against the Vietnamese army.
, and Yongshu Reef also welcomed garrison soldiers. Because of the small area, there were only a few people stationed. However, these soldiers successfully repelled Vietnam's three attacks with their unyielding invasion and provocations.
However, due to the number of people, the defense on Yongshu Reef became difficult. At this time of crisis, the warship , which was fighting against the Vietnamese army, also came to Yongshu Reef. Facing our warships, the Vietnamese army was unable to resist and could only escape in shame. Our country also won the victory of this conflict with the Vietnamese army.
But when we were reviewing the conflict later, our country realized the problem of empty defense in Yongshu Reef. In order to change this situation, our country decided to reclaim it, expand its area, and send more soldiers to station it, which was also its first land reclamation.
Yongju Reef under construction
At that time, due to underdeveloped technology, it was difficult for my country to transport large tools to Yongshu Reef, so it was decided to use the method of manpower to transport reclamation materials, although manual handling of materials was very difficult.
However, with the efforts of my country's land reclamation staff, in just one year, Yongshu Reef filled 1,000 square meters of coral slag land, giving the reinforcements sent by our country a place to settle down.
In the next 25 years, dozens of soldiers relied on this more than 1,000 square meters of land to fight away countless enemies that violated Yongshu Reef and protected Yongshu Reef for a full 25 years.
The second land reclamation time of Yongshu Reef was in 2012.
Huangyan Island
In 2012, with the support of the United States and other countries, Philippines invaded my country's Huangyan Island, seriously infringing on my country's sovereignty. Faced with this situation, my country immediately sent warships and troops to Huangyan Island to resist the Philippines.
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But when our warships arrived at Huangyan Island, the Philippine troops had already evacuated Huangyan Island and ran back to their own country, and our army was empty.
After defending on Huangyan Island for a period of time, our country saw that the Philippines did not provoke our country again, so we retreated the guardian army of Huangyan Island. However, we did not expect that the Philippines had just evacuated and the Philippines came again!
Philippine ships
After seeing the Philippines' operations, our country understood that the Philippines calculated that our country's military bases in the South China Sea had no transit, and the troops from the mainland could not keep up with its evacuation speed, so they used this "harassment" tactic.
After understanding the Philippines' plans, our country immediately realized that this was a shortcoming of our country's defense in the South China Sea and that this problem must be solved. After investigation, our country discovered the Yongshu Reef with a superior location and decided to reclaim it, so that it can dock its warships.
and its geographical location conditions are reflected in the following aspects.
11 There are no other large reefs around Yongshu Reef, and ships are safer to navigate and can quickly support other places.
The second is located in the middle of Taiping Island to Nanwei Island , located at the intersection of the South China Sea Central Route and the Nanhua Waterway. It is an important transportation route and has an important geographical location.
After deciding to reclaim Yongshu Reef, my country immediately began a series of surveys and material transportation, as well as the determination of land-making plans.
Yongshu Island under construction
Under the suggestion of our experts, my country decided to adopt the "sand blowing and sea reclamation" plan, circle the sea surface of a certain area with sandbags, and then use a pump to "blow" the sand on the seabed outside the circle and seawater into the circle. After the seawater flows out, the sand accumulated in the circle will be reinforced so that it can firmly be firmly secured on the reef and will not be blown away by the seawater.
Yongshu Island
With the full support of the Chinese government, in just three years, Yongshu Reef has become a Yongshu Island with an area of 2.8 square kilometers, and a port for the aircraft carrier docking was also built. A series of military facilities and logistics facilities have been built on the island, making this island an important military transit station and military base in the South China Sea region of my country.
2. Important resources
After the establishment of the Yongshu Island Military Base, my country often received ridicule from foreign media, mocking my country's land reclamation is a "face-saving project". It does not have much effect in practice, and it often transports fresh water, wasting money. This kind of ridicule has never stopped since my country's preparation for land reclamation on Yongshu Island until the end of land reclamation.
Yongshu Island
Although this is the consistent suppression of in Western countries, they have one point, but they say it well, that is, there is no fresh water on Yongshu Island. The domestic water used by thousands of soldiers on it is all transported by Hainan Province. Not only is the project large, but it also consumes a lot of funds, but the island's facilities maintenance is also a large expense.
But will our country really do such a thankless thing?
In fact, when land reclamation was carried out on Yongshu Island, our country had already thought of the freshwater problem and asked our experts to actually investigate on the island whether there is a way to solve freshwater. After the investigation, the experts also proposed a solution, which is to use the freshwater lens phenomenon, use the saltpeter gravel on the reef and the upper layer of the reef pan to make a water barrier and permeable layer, and build a natural water storage belt. Under the abundant precipitation of Yongshu Island, this water storage belt can store freshwater that tens of thousands of people have used for decades in just a few years.
It is precisely because of this solution to freshwater that our country decided to reclaim Yongshu Reef and turn it into Yongshu Island.
So later, Western countries were so surprised and envious after discovering that our country's Yongshu Island could produce fresh water.
Yongshu Island
Because once there is sufficient fresh water,Yongshu Island can perfectly leverage its advantages and will always exist as an important military base, which can greatly stabilize the stability of my country's South China Sea region.
In addition to freshwater, there are also a large amount of mineral resources under the sea area around Yongshu Island.
is mainly composed of dozens of metal elements such as iron, copper, nickel, lead, and zinc, which are mixed with non-metallic minerals such as zeolite , coral shell limestone , and there are also "hydrothermal deposits" hidden inside, and a large number of useful mineral accumulations have been formed.
It can be said that although Yongshu Island is not large in area, it contains very rich minerals. If it can be fully exploited, it will play a great role in my country's development.
Changes from Yongshu Reef to Yongshu Island
The existence of Yongshu Island has stabilized my country's management of the South China Sea area, making other countries dare not easily enter my country's South China Sea area.
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