[Delivery depth] Aden Bay escorted the Chinese Navy's advanced blue blue over the years

[Global Times reporter Guo Yuandan Global Times special reporter Wang Jian Xu Wei] This year is the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. State Councilor and Minister of Defense Wei Fenghe pointed out at the conference at the 19th Shangri -La dialogue that the Chinese people who had experienced countless suffering loved peace and cherished peace than anyone else. "China has sent more than 41 batches of more than 120 ships to escort more than 7,000 Chinese and foreign vessels. The development of the Chinese army has always been the growth of world peace." "Global Times" reporters interviewed several batches of escort officers and soldiers, listening to how they told the people's navy to prove that the Chinese army was a community of human destiny, the builders, maintenanceers and contributors of the marine destiny community.

On May 3, 2020, the 35th batch of air protection formations were supplied at sea. Zhong Kui Run Photo

On May 2, 2020, the 35th batch of air protection formations were conducting targeted training such as anti -pirates and rescue dangerous vessels. Zhong Kui Run Photo

From July 14th to 16th, 2010, the 6th batch of air protection formations were escorting. Zhong Kui Run Photo

For national interests, ships will be reached

In early July, the 41st batch of nursing formations that were performing escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and Somalia successfully navigated multiple Chinese and foreign ships. Essence

"Long live the motherland", "thank you for escorting the Chinese navy", "proud of the Chinese navy" banners, and other banners have continued to appear in this sea since January 2009. In 2008, the pirate activities of the Somali waters were upgraded, which seriously threatened the safety of navigation in the area. In accordance with the arrangements of the UN Security Council's arrangements and the request of the Somali transition government, China sent the first batch of escort formations to the Gulf of Aden and Somali on December 26 of that year to perform a new journey of the people's navy's normality deployment.

Zhang Shengjie, the captain of the Changsha Ship Ship, recalled that on April 23, 2021, the Naval Day, the Changsha and Honghu ship escorted five Chinese ships to the target waters. "When we were about to meet with the escort fleet, a merchant ship in the fleet hung out the" thanks to the motherland navy to escort me 'and' proud of the Chinese Navy '. The escort of Aden Bay for the fleet of the motherland has really felt the profound meaning of effectively defending the security interests of the motherland and the people. "

Zhang Shengjie said that the Chinese Navy's escort formation must be in need of the protection of Chinese and foreign ships, to do its best to ensure the safety of the ship guards, and provide the medical rescue and equipment repair guarantee that can be reached, which effectively protects the safety of the international channel. The concept of the concept of human destiny and the concept of the community of marine destiny advocated.

The Binzhou Ship has participated in the 29th batch of nursing missions. In the memory of the captain Shao Jianpeng, there is always a picture lingering. "When the two batches of escort formations are handed over, they will generally carry out joint escort. A number of Chinese navy modern ships formed large formations to sail in waters other than the motherland to protect the safety of domestic and foreign ships. It will clearly jump out of the mind: the ship as the land of flow, which is the symbol of our overseas interests. When the national interest is here, the ship's track will be reached. "

Witches for 14 years to witness the transformation and development of the People's Navy

The escort task in 2021 was Zhang Shengjie's second time to the Gulf and Somali waters. At that time, his inner emotions were full of emotions: this vast sea area was a witness to the growth of the Chinese navy, and witnessed the extraordinary achievements of the people's navy construction in more than ten years.

"In 2008, I participated in the first batch of escort operations as a branch captain who had just graduated for two years. At that time, don't talk about the detachment, that is, the entire fleet can really get the ship, and two hands can basically count." Zhang Shengjie recalled Said, not only that, from Yalong Bay to Aden Gulf, strange channels, complex sea conditions, how to successfully complete the task ... All let the escort officers feel at the bottom.

Thirteen years later, Zhang Shengjie voyated to this sea as the captain's identity, and his heart was full of confidence. "At the time of the first batch of escort, we have a few new types of warships. Now, the new 052D and 055 missile destroyers have been entered into service. Domestic aircraft carriers and amphibious attack ships have also joined the people's navy sequences. The power of sea and air has also changed a lot. "Zhang Shengjie said," The level of navy equipment has also been tested in actual combat. With the continuous development of technology, the stability and reliability of ship equipment have been greatly improved. "

With the replacement of equipment updates, the ability of the Chinese Navy to perform diversified military tasks has improved significantly. Zhang Shengjie said that each batch of escort formations must carry out targeted intensive training before the departure of the escort formation. "During the mission, we also continued to organize a number of courses related to the task of counter -terrorism and anti -pirates, and continued to explore and summarize the results of practical training experience in strange and complex waters in the training to effectively improve the ability of the mission mission. In addition, The escort formation is close to the actual escort reality, carry out targeted drills, tactical technical basic training and combat application training to comprehensively improve the ability to respond to various security threats in the sea. "At the same time, the Chinese Navy’ s long -term guarantee capabilities have also continued to improve. On August 1, 2017, the ceremony of entering the camp area of ​​the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Djibouti Security Base was held, which marked China's first overseas security base. He Lei, the former deputy dean of the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences, said, "In the establishment of a guarantee base in Djibouti, the Chinese escort formation can be better supplemented and rest here to better fulfill the tasks given by the United Nations. Development can also drive the development of Djibouti peripheral countries. "

The "circle of friends" of the People's Navy is getting bigger and bigger

As an international military, the Chinese Navy is always active on the stage of the world navy, and Chinese warships galloping on the Gulf of Aden and Somali have become the "window" of the international community to understand China. In the past 14 years, the Chinese Navy's escort formation has successively established the information sharing mechanism and commander's meeting system with multiple national ships or formations, and carried out joint escort and joint drills. Non -traditional security areas include traditional security fields such as anti -submarine, air defense, anti -ship and landing operations.

The captain of the Changchun Ship Zhao Lei remembered that in the 19th batch of nursing mission, there were three exchange activities with foreign troops in mid -July in mid -July alone. During a joint anti -pirate exercise with a foreign army, the Changchun Ship won the premium score in the main gun and won the unanimous praise from the other party. The foreign army personnel who served as the liaison officer said amazing: "Your main gun firing is great, leaving me a deep impression." After the exercise, the other party also sent an email to the formation commander. Writing, "the Chinese Navy's Changchun and Chaohu Ship showed a proud professional combat capability that is proud of the art and navigation skills and high levels." The other party also quoted a German proverb: "This world is actually a small town", and said, "Maybe we will meet again somewhere in this 'small town', I will be very happy."

After the Chinese Navy's escort formation performs the escort task of the Gulf of Aden, it usually conducts two months of foreign visits. During this time, a joint exercise with foreign troops will be conducted to conduct friendly interviews in many countries. The image of peace division.

Shao Jianpeng, the captain of Binzhou Ship, who participated in the 29th batch of nursing missions, recalled that in 2018, after the 29th batch of nursing tasks was performed, the Binzhou Ship participated in many activities such as the International Maritime Comprehensive Skills Competition and the Youth Officer Exchange Conference, and organized it. The ship's open day and deck recruitment. He said, "With the increasing batch of escort, more and more officers and soldiers have experienced overseas execution tasks and access to other countries. Enhanced. These invisible 'soft power' lay the foundation for the complex diversified military tasks in the future. "

As a variety of nationwide escort ships resting and supplied, there is a "naval wall" on the Djibouti Wharf. When the Chinese and foreign navigation ships are stopped, they will draw wall paintings with their own and their ships as a memorial. On this wall, one of the Chinese ships and national treasure pandas appeared on the wall, which became interesting with the commemorative paintings of other navy navy. Shao Jianpeng said, "This wall is like a symbol that symbolizes the internationalization of the people's navy, and steps towards building a world -class navy to strode forward."

The exchanges between the escort formation and the navy of other countries have made the Chinese Navy's circle of friends greater and bigger, and also allows the international community to better understand the determination and desire of the Chinese Navy's peaceful development and maintenance. Zhao Lei said that in the interaction with foreign troops, they generally fully affirmed the important role of the Chinese Navy's good role in maintaining marine security and the good relationship between the openness, mutual trust, and cooperation that kept the escort of the escort.

Foreign merchant ships take the initiative to seek asylum of the Chinese Navy

As of June, China has sent 41 batches of air protection formations to the Gulf of Aden and Somalia to complete more than 1500 batches of more than 7,000 Chinese and foreign ship escort tasks, which has made important contributions to ensuring the security of important international trade channels and maintaining world peace and stability.

In March 2014, the 052C missile destroyer Changchun Ship, which was included in only a year, set off for the Changchun Ship of Changchun, went to the Indian Ocean Sea to search for the Marine Airlines passenger plane. After that, he went to the Gulf of Aden and Somali to perform the 17th batch of nursing missions.

The captain of the Changchun Ship Zhao Lei said that the escort task has been more than 200 days, and a total of 43 batches of 115 Chinese and foreign ship escort tasks have been completed, and special escorts are implemented for 17 ships. "During the escort we escorted a ship for a World Grain Program and participated in the rescue of the Italian fire business ships."

Although in the past many years, Zhao Lei still clearly remembers the scene of rescue the Italian fire commercial ship at the time: "The incident happened in the early morning, and the Italian" Alatina 'Mall of the Formation was on fire. Immediately start the emergency plan and order the Chaohu Ship to send two boats to respond. 16 crew members on the merchant ship were safely transferred to the Chaohu Ship under the guidance of the small boat, and the safe transfer of the other day to the other responded another day. On the Italian merchant ship, the destroyer with the Italian "Mingbei" that night completed the mission of the mission. "The Chinese Navy gradually became a trusted in nearby sea areas and local trusted with high efficient escort methods, responsible attitudes and excellent qualities. A peaceful force, more and more foreign merchant ships take the initiative to seek the shelter of the Chinese Navy. On April 8, 2017, the 25th batch of air protection formations received a notification from the British Maritime Trade Organization: Tuvaru's OS35 cargo ship was hijacked by pirates in the northwestern waters of the northwest of Sonkutra, Aden, and the number of pirates was unknown. The special war players took the boat to the OS35 to launch the rescue operation under the aircraft of our carrier -based aircraft, and rescued 19 crew members out of the safety cabin.

Shao Jianpeng, the captain of Binzhou Ship Ship, believes that during the escort process, the Chinese Navy's escort formation was flexible and efficient. It adopted the method of escort and regional escort, emergency escort and extension escort to fully ensure the safe sailing of past merchant ships in the Gulf of Aden.

The Chinese Navy has contributed to the country's overseas interests in the Gulf of Aden and Somali for 14 consecutive years. Shao Jianpeng said, "With the development of the economy, China has more and more interests in overseas. In the process of practicing the concept of the community of marine destiny, we played an increasingly important role. During the escort process, we actively communicated with foreign ships, developed military cooperation through military cooperation, and extensively carried out international military and international security cooperation to use our own actions. Practice the concept of community of marine destiny. "

Real effect: Somali pirates show a downward trend

Under the strong deterrence of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy and other international forces, the pirate attacks in the Somali waters have declined in recent years, making the "most dangerous sea" in the world of Aden Gulf a "golden channel". At present, the nesting of the Chinese Navy's escort formation is still extending, and the security of the Gulf of Aden and the surrounding waters has been continuously extended.

After the escort of the Chinese Navy in the Gulf and Somali waters entered the normalization, the outside world, including the public, is declining. This cooling is based on the "zero breakthrough" foundation built by the people's navy in the implementation of the escort task. On the top, it included "the first support for thousands of miles to take over the pirate attack ship", "the first force rescue of the pirates to be attacked by pirates," "for the first time to evacuate the escort of the ship of the Chinese trapped persons in overseas", "the first time to evacuate Chinese and foreign citizens in Yemen".

Zhang Shengjie did not feel lost about the reduction of the Chinese naval ships after the normalization of the Chinese naval ships. He believes that this is actually a progress. "It just shows that the people's navy's escort operation has achieved real results. On the one hand, after the joint efforts of the escort formations, including the Chinese Navy, the Gulf and Somali waters are heavy. Pirates, pirate activities have decreased year by year, and the safety of the important international channel of Aden Gulf has been effectively guaranteed. On the other hand, the normalization of escort operations is a great country that China actively fulfills international obligations and responsibilities, providing security services for security services in the international community to produce practical results in security services. At the same time, it also truly achieves important goals to maintain national strategic channel security. "

Zhang Shengjie said that the increasingly powerful Chinese navy not only defends the motherland's sea and air, but also makes important contributions to the peace of the world.

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