On September 12, Navy spokesman Colonel Leng Guowei introduced that recently, my country's third aircraft carrier, Fujian ship, went to relevant waters of the South China Sea to carry out scientific research and testing tasks through the Taiwan Strait.
It is said that few words are not the same. Indeed, multiple keywords can be extracted from this short news - the Fujian ship, the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, as well as scientific research experiments and training tasks. After reviewing past public reports, this is the first time that the Fujian ship has launched a long voyage in more than three years since it was launched. Is it a good thing that is approaching the "three aircraft carrier era"? How complete is the aircraft carrier combat system built for the Fujian ship?
Fujian Ship (Data photo)
The Fujian ship has its own aura and is watched when it goes to sea
On September 8, the Shanghai Maritime Bureau issued a navigation warning, predicting that ships will pass the "large ship deep water channel exit" on the 10th of this month, with the time between 14:30 and 16:30 pm. At that time, some analysts believed that this seemed to be a signal that the Fujian ship would leave the port again.
At noon the next day, the Japanese Self-Defense Force of the "People's Liberation Army Royal Photographer" discovered that the Fujian ship and two destroyers appeared in the waters about 200 kilometers northwest of the Diaoyu Islands. The Japanese side said that this was the first time that the Fujian ship had been observed to appear in the relevant waters. This not only confirms the outside world's speculation that the Fujian ship went to sea, but also the farthest voyage since the Fujian ship was launched.
According to the tracks, the Fujian ship was heading towards the north exit of the Taiwan Strait, accompanied by two destroyers. But as of the time, the outside world was not clear where the Fujian ship's destination was.
The timeline has come to this day, everything has finally been clear. The official made a very clear explanation of the course of the Fujian ship's trip, the area of the route, and the purpose of the trip, and emphasized that "the organization of cross-regional test training for Fujian ships this time is a normal arrangement in the construction of the aircraft carrier and does not target any specific targets."
Director News believes that the advanced technology and strong strength of the Fujian ship have made its actions attract much attention and high focus in every action. The recent geopolitical situation in East Asia is complicated, and Japan attempts to incite "diplomatic boycott" to China's 93rd military parade has been set. This time, the Fujian ship's first long voyage will inevitably be inspected by Japan with a "magnifying glass" and even take the opportunity to create public opinion. In addition, the Philippines has recently gathered multiple foreign countries to carry out so-called "joint cruises" in the South China Sea with the support of the United States. Canada and Australia participated in it even further sent warships across the Taiwan Strait to provoke trouble, which also made the keywords such as "Taiwan Strait" and "South China Sea-related waters" in the Fujian ship's operation more eye-catching.
The Chinese military releases authoritative information in a timely manner not only a military transparency measure, but also a way for those who try to take the opportunity to hype it as soon as possible.
On September 12, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian also answered reporters' questions on the "Fujian Ship" through the Taiwan Strait. Lin Jian said that my country's third aircraft carrier, Fujian, went to relevant waters in the South China Sea through the Taiwan Strait to carry out scientific research and training tasks. This cross-regional test training is a normal arrangement during the construction of the aircraft carrier and does not target any specific targets. The only thing to point out is that the activities of Chinese warships in the relevant waters are fully in line with China's domestic and international law.
The era of the "three aircraft carriers" is coming soon?
For this long voyage of the Fujian ship, some observations believe that this is an important step for its upcoming army. Since the Fujian ship first went to sea in May last year, it has conducted at least 8 sea trials, and verification of the hull and various systems has been basically completed.
Especially as China's first direct-deck catapult aircraft carrier, the use of electromagnetic catapults and blocking devices is undoubtedly crucial to the service and combat effectiveness of Fujian ships. In September last year, the test footage of the Fujian ship catapult system was released for the first time in the ideological interpretation integrated media film "Quination" broadcasted on CCTV. Although it is not fully presented how the fighter jet is ejected and taken off, the moment the "ejection" button is pressed in the film is still meaningful.
In August this year, the relevant documentary broadcast by CCTV mentioned that the Fujian ship had entered the final stage before service.
When reading the news released by Navy spokesperson Leng Guowei today, the Fujian ship "passes the Taiwan Strait to carry out scientific research and testing tasks in related waters in the South China Sea." This is surprisingly similar to the scene before the Shandong ship was officially listed six years ago.
In November 2019, Xinhua News Agency announced that my country's second aircraft carrier successfully passed through the Taiwan Strait and went to relevant waters of the South China Sea to carry out scientific research experiments and routine training. A month later, the Shandong ship was officially enlisted in a military port in Sanya. This is also regarded by many as evidence that the Fujian ship's trip was "a trip to the military" by "a thousand miles away."
On December 17, 2019, the Navy Shandong aircraft carrier was officially enlisted in a military port in Sanya, Hainan. (Photo source: CCTV screenshot)
In the opinion of direct news, whether it is the first scientific research experiment and routine training in the long sea after multiple sea trials, or the similar situations before the service of the Shandong ship, it is not enough to "realize" the speculation that the Fujian ship will be in service. But this does not prevent us from paying close attention to the trends of the Fujian ship and looking at its first long voyage with a peaceful attitude. After all, "the aircraft carrier is not an 'otaku', and long voyage must be the norm."
"How does the Fujian ship do it?
In August this year, on the 98th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army of China, CCTV-interpretation of the ideological interpretation of the integrated media film "Brave into the New Domain", Fujian Ship Captain Tian Wei said this: "What is now conquering is whether it can be compatible with the seamless transition from sliding leap to ejection and takeoff, and optimize and shorten this time to the extreme, so that the new equipment can form combat power as soon as possible, and achieve combat power as soon as possible."
This means that once the Fujian ship is officially delivered, combat effectiveness will be formed immediately, which will undoubtedly create a new record in the speed of aircraft carrier combat effectiveness generation in the history of our army and even the world navy. Among them, not only are the solid and innovative scientific research and experiments of the military industry departments, which gradually verified the actual use and reliability of many new equipment of the Fujian ship; but also the hard work and efforts of the Fujian ship's officers and soldiers, and a lot of exploration and accumulation for the generation of aircraft carrier combat effectiveness.
More importantly, the idea of systematic development of military equipment has enabled the rapid generation of new combat forces and also helped aircraft carrier combat forces, including Fujian ships. At the just-concluded 93 military parade, the relevant results were fully demonstrated.
In the air echelon display at the parade, at least two echelons were closely related to the Fujian ship. The early warning command aircraft echelon is composed of a KJ-600 and 4 J-15Ts. This is also the first public debut of the KJ-600 carrier-based early warning aircraft. The entry of carrier-based early warning aircraft can enable the aircraft carrier formation to defend faster and fight more accurately. It can be said to be the "clifford" of the aircraft carrier formation.
The early warning command aircraft team was inspected at the 93rd military parade. (Photo source: Xinhua News Agency)
Rail-600 carrier-based early warning aircraft. (Screenshot of CCTV News)
"Aircraft carrier sword, sword-tip dancer". The J-15DH, J-15DT, J-35 and J-15T were organized into two wedge teams for inspection, from ski jump takeoff to ejection, from single aircraft to multiple aircraft coordination, China's carrier-based aircraft achieved leapfrog development. Among them, except for the J-15DH, the other models can be ejected and taken off by the Fujian ship to maximize combat effectiveness.
What's more gratifying is that the 93 military parade has many new equipment that has made "military fans blind" that may also become the backbone for the future aircraft carrier battle group to exert its combat effectiveness. The Haihongqi-9C missile and the LY-1 laser weapon that "like drum washing machine" can build a "shield" for the aircraft carrier battle group that is medium-range anti-missile to air defense and even drone defense; the Eagle Strike-15 missile and Eagle Strike-19, Eagle Strike-17, Eagle Strike-20 hypersonic missile, and the Eagle Strike-21, can make the "iron fist" of the aircraft carrier battle group hit farther, faster and more accurately; and the newly unveiled light torpedoes, flight assisted torpedoes, heavy torpedoes and unmanned submarines may also become the underwater attack and defense weapon of the aircraft carrier battle group.
93 Military Parade, the maritime combat group displayed multiple new quality combat equipment. (Photo source: Xinhua News Agency)
The official entry of the Fujian ship is believed to be in the near future. In the future, this first epoch-making direct-deck catapult aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy will bring us more surprises. But this is just the beginning of a new era.
Author丨Lin Xiao
Typeline丨Li Shuo
Editor丨Liu Ying
Review丨Zhang Sinan
Producer丨Wang Yunxia
