Chinanews.com, Gulf of Aden, September 9th (Liu Piaojiangshan) On September 7, local time, the 35th navy escort fleet, which was performing escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters, organized the Taiyuan ship, Jingzhou ship, and Chaohu ship between missions. The ship conducts actual weapons training to test and temper the ability of formation command and control, battlefield perception, and firepower strikes to perform mission tasks.

　　"Combat alert! Battle alert!" At about 9:30 in the morning, the electronic scouts of the Taiyuan ship reported finding the "enemy" terminal guidance radar signal.

The ship immediately sounded the battle alarm, immediately implemented jamming and fired jamming bombs, and all weapon systems entered a combat state.

The Taiyuan ship launched a jamming bomb.

Photo by Jiang Shan

　　"The secondary artillery strikes the target XXXX batches, and simultaneously instructs the air."

　　"Radar and photoelectric tracking are good."

　　"Prepare, let go."

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　　The Taiyuan ship used radar, photoelectric equipment and other means to successfully lock the target.

After receiving the target instruction sent by the accusation, the main and secondary artillery commander immediately resolved the shooting elements, and the secondary artillery fired at the aerial target, destroying the attacking missile in one fell swoop.

　　According to Shi Lei, captain of the Taiyuan ship, this air combat training has further tested the rapid response capabilities of different rank-and-file officers, and at the same time has improved the emergency response capabilities of the officer-in-charge when our ship is attacked by the enemy.

　　On the same day, the Jingzhou ship and the Chaohu ship organized live ammunition training for light weapons and training for naval guns to shoot mines against the sea.

Escort all the way and train all the way.

Over the past four months of carrying out escort missions, the formation has continuously carried out ocean training under actual combat conditions. Through the simulation of actual combat backgrounds, various combat scenarios were randomly guided to test the organization, command and emergency response capabilities of commanders at all levels in the actual combat environment.

Taiyuan ship’s secondary artillery fired live ammunition against the air.

Photo by Liu Piao

　　"The Chinese navy escort formation is a peaceful Chinese force, shouldering the sacred mission of resolutely safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests." Formation commander Wang Mingyong said: "We must pass on and carry forward the great spirit of resistance to war, and we must increase our sense of crisis. Crisis awareness, war awareness, forged strong core capabilities, resolutely defend and maintain peace."

　　It is reported that as of September 7, local time, the Chinese navy escort fleet has completed the escort mission of 1,330 batches of 6,821 Chinese and foreign ships, and its safe and efficient escort operations have won the trust and recognition of merchant ships from all over the world.

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