More than a dozen Chinese vessels shadowed and attempted to block two Philippine wooden boats bringing supplies to troops stationed at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Wednesday, Oct. 4.br br The National Task Force for West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), however, said that the rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Western Command (AFP-WesCom) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) was deemed "successful.