Throughout history, the Yellow Sea has had a great influence on the history of China, and even changed the course of China's history. China is a traditional maritime power and human power, which initiated the history of brilliant naval battles in China for thousands of years, that is, the Yellow Sea naval battle between Wu and Qi in the late Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. In 485 BC, the first naval battle in the history of China broke out between Wu and Qi, and Qi won, which directly curbed the expansion and hegemony of Wu in the northern region.
The naval battle of Baijiang Village, which broke out in the Yellow Sea in 663 AD, was the first war in the history of Sino-Japanese relations. As a result, Japan was defeated and forced to stop its expansion on the Korean peninsula. Since then, no soldiers have been used on the Korean peninsula in recent 1000 years. Japan is also aware of its own shortcomings, actively learning advanced culture from the Tang Dynasty and consolidating its innovation achievements. On the other hand, China established and consolidated the tributary system in East Asia, making it a model of international relations in the region for a long time.
A.D. 1598 The exposed beam naval battle in the Yellow Sea was a decisive battle in the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea and expel Japan. Under the command of Chen Lin, the naval general of the Ming Dynasty, the allied forces of China and North Korea defeated Konishi Yukinaga, the most elite Japanese soldier, in the exposed waters of the Yellow Sea. Li Shunchen, a famous North Korean navy, and Deng Zilong, a naval general of the Ming Dynasty, died in this battle. The victory of the naval battle in Lvliang marked the success of China's war to resist US aggression and aid Korea and expel Japanese. Japan's attempt to expand to North Korea once again suffered a serious setback. However, due to the staggering military expenditure and casualties, it was called one of the "three major signs" in the late Ming Dynasty, so the national strength of the Ming Empire was exhausted and the contradictions intensified, leading to the dilemma of the peasant uprising before and the rise of the Jin Dynasty, which eventually led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
1894 The victory of the Dadonggou naval battle in the Yellow Sea finally made Japan's dream of expanding to the Asian continent come true. As a result, the Chinese nation fell into the abyss of eternal ruin: the Qing empire fell into the humiliation of semi-colony, and the resulting problem of Taiwan Province Province has been affecting the present.
According to the data, China was invaded 84 times from the sea in the past 100 years, and 26 times from the Yellow Sea alone. After the founding of New China, the North Sea Fleet was established to deal with the security threats in the direction of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea. Because it is well-equipped and heavily guarded, it is called the "Maritime Guard". During the Cold War, the North Sea Fleet once owned all destroyers (the largest surface combat ship of the navy at that time) and nuclear submarines in China, which was the most powerful and arduous task among the three fleets.
After the Cold War, the Yellow Sea is still not peaceful. 1994 The USS Kitty Hawk followed our nuclear submarine in the Yellow Sea; On 20 10, the Cheonan incident occurred again in the Yellow Sea, causing regional tension. The United States and South Korea took this opportunity to try to hold military exercises in the Yellow Sea, but they temporarily gave up after strong protests from China. China is so strongly opposed to the US-South Korea military exercise in the Yellow Sea. In addition to the humiliation and disaster brought by the Yellow Sea in history, China maintains a high degree of vigilance against the military actions of other big countries in the Yellow Sea, and also has realistic considerations:
First, the location of the Yellow Sea is too sensitive. It is not only adjacent to China's economically developed Jiangsu and Shandong provinces, but also the maritime gateway of important cities such as Beijing and Tianjin. The military exercises of the United States and South Korea Coalition forces here can bring all the above areas into the operational radius of carrier aircraft and the range of ship-borne cruise missiles, which poses a serious threat to China's national security.
Second, if the United States and South Korea Coalition forces conduct military exercises in the Yellow Sea, they can take the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the geological and hydrological conditions in the sea area. In the event of war in the future, the United States can take the opportunity to deploy troops here and block the most elite submarine force of the China Navy in the coastal shoal, which will greatly reduce its battlefield survivability and assault capability, thus being passively beaten. At the same time, the United States can also deploy its Aegis warships in the region to intercept China's ballistic missiles, thus reducing China's nuclear deterrent capability.
Third, the United States and South Korea coalition forces are conducting military exercises in the Yellow Sea, and they can also approach and reconnoiter China's coastal areas and inland areas through shipboard or airborne reconnaissance equipment. This behavior will seriously damage the national security of China.
However, the Yellow Sea means more than military security to China. Today, with the accelerating trend of global economic integration, the economic circle around the Yellow Sea has begun to take shape. This economic circle including China, Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hebei, Liaoning, Kyushu Island, Jeollanam-do, Jeollabuk-do, Chungcheongnam-do, Gyeonggi-do, Busan, Daejeon and Incheon has a population of over 300 million, and its trade volume and GDP exceed that of ASEAN Free Trade Area. At the same time, the Yellow Sea has become a maritime logistics center in Northeast Asia, and three of the world's 30 major ports are in the Yellow Sea. It can be said that the security situation in the Yellow Sea is related to the security of the whole Northeast Asia.