Let’s hope it’s not our Charlie Brown against China’s Lucy.
I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near one of those Chinese vessels. They might have an accident like the submarine that vaporized itself in mid November. https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2019/10/16/chinese-nuclear-submarine-involved-in-incident-in-south-china-sea/#1900bb3291b7
That thing started as a fire and ended in a 20 kiloton underwater explosion that vaporized the boat and crew.
The US, Britain, Aussies, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Philippines and Vietnam need to establish a permanent allied fleet in the South China sea and constantly move about in international waters as they please similar to the way we did against the Japanese before WWII. This would be more of a thorn in the chicoms hides than the occasional freedom of navigation cruises.