China News Service, Beijing, May 9th. According to Chinese military media on the 9th, according to the annual training plan, on the morning of the 8th local time, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theater Naval Open Sea Training Formation held a sea mission with the Indonesian Navy in the waters near Jakarta, Indonesia. Joint exercise.
According to the report, the content of the exercise includes subjects such as formation communication exercises, joint search and rescue, and formation sports.
The Chinese ships participating in the exercise are the guided missile frigates Liuzhou and Suqian.
The participating ships of the Indonesian Navy are the guided missile frigate Usman Harun and the guided missile boat Harassan Yang.
The command of the exercises will be performed by the participating ships of both sides in turn.
At about 9:30, the ships of the two sides assembled in the agreed sea area in accordance with the drill formation.
Before the drill began, the naval fleet in the southern theater sounded a long whistle, and officers and soldiers lined up to express their deep condolences for the victims of the Indonesian Navy’s "Nangala" submarine crash.
The Liuzhou Ship organized the two sides to participate in the exercise with the Indonesian navy ships as the benchmark, forming a double column, and the joint maritime exercise officially began.
The first is the formation communication exercise, which includes light communication and VHF communication.
The entire formation communication exercise was smooth and efficient, which tested the communication capabilities of both parties.
The joint search and rescue exercise then began.
The Liuzhou ship went forward to the joint search and rescue exercise area at high speed, and randomly dropped dummies upon arrival to simulate the situation of nearby merchant crews falling into the water.
The Indonesian Navy Usman Harun took the baton and directed the participating ships to search and rescue their respective areas.
The Suqian Ship Watch of the Chinese Navy was the first to spot the "person in the water". After the report was immediately reported, under the organization of the Indonesian navy command ship, the boat was lifted before the rescue, and the "person in the water" was successfully rescued.
After completing the joint search and rescue exercise, the formation movement exercise began.
According to the agreed rules, under the command of the Liuzhou Ship of the Chinese Navy, the warships of the two participating parties used the double-column as the initial formation, and successively changed and maintained various formations such as the single-column and the azimuth team.
In the formation movement, the ships of the two sides communicated closely and cooperated in a tacit understanding.
After successfully completing all the content of the exercise, the ships of the two sides held a separation ceremony.
Mei Guoqiang, head of the command group of the Southern Theater Naval Open Sea Training Formation Command Post, said that the exercise further improved the coordination capabilities of the ships of both sides, promoted professional exchanges between the two sides, enhanced mutual trust and cooperation, and jointly demonstrated the maintenance of regional peace and stability and the promotion of construction. Practical actions of a community of marine destiny.
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