China News Agency Peter the Great Bay Nanchang guided missile destroyer, October 15 (Reporter Sun Zifa) The Sino-Russian "Maritime Joint-2021" joint military exercise entered the second day on October 15 and the two sides were in the waters near Peter the Great Bay in Russia. "Real Gun" launched a real-soldier exercise and successfully completed the exercises on seven subjects including "Formation air defense during the voyage" and "Shooting at sea targets". The whole process was compact and efficient.

　　The weather in the Bay of Peter the Great at high latitudes was fine that day, with waves churning under the blue sky and white clouds.

The Chinese and Russian fleets set off from the anchorage in the early morning, marched into the sea area of ​​the exercise, and returned to the anchorage in the evening. The formation communication was completed as scheduled throughout the day, the formation passed through the mine threat zone, the elimination of floating mines, and the formation of air defense, helicopters, A total of 7 subjects were drilled for shooting at sea targets and joint maneuvering.

　　Due to the relationship of "old friends" between the Chinese and Russian navies, the formation communication exercise is relatively simple. After the two sides communicated and exchanged, they quickly carried out the formation through the mine threat zone exercise. After clearing the simulated mines, the participating ships of China and Russia maintained their formation, and then sailed in the safe channel opened up.

　　After eliminating the threat of mines and eliminating floating mines, as the piercing siren of the "exercise combat alert" sounded, the formation air defense exercises began immediately during the thrilling flight. Many Russian fighters played the role of the blue army and used "wolves to fight the tigers". "The momentum is approaching the surface ships quickly from different directions and different heights.

The Chinese and Russian naval fleet quickly formed an air defense formation, weaved a tight air defense net, and successfully fought many batches of air targets.

Captain Zhou Huaqing, the deputy commander of the Nanchang ship’s air defense operations, said that with the close cooperation of neighboring ships, the Nanchang ship performed well in this air defense project.

　　In the helicopter exercise, the Chinese and Russian carrier-borne helicopters took off from their respective warships. After completing the aerial exercises, they hovered to simulate the landing on the landing platform of each other.

　　At about 4:30 pm local time, the most ornamental and exciting exercise for ordinary people-shooting at sea targets officially debuted. The Chinese and Russian ships marched in a column, and the participating ships used their main guns in turn. Firepower strikes against targets on the sea. During the exercise, guns roared and smoke billowed on the sea.

　　Naval Colonel Chen Weigong, political commissar of the Nanchang ship, said that in the sea shooting, the Nanchang ship’s test shot directly hit the target, and the subsequent shots also hit the target continuously. It was a good start to the actual application of weapons in the Sino-Russian joint exercise, which fully reflects the solidity of the Nanchang ship in the early stage. The result of training and unity of all officers and soldiers on the ship.

　　After the extremely shocking sea shooting exercise, the Sino-Russian "Sea Joint-2021" joint exercise entered the last joint maneuvering exercise of the day, and returned to anchorage after it was successfully completed.

　　On the way back to the anchorage of the Nanchang ship, the Chinese formation command post also reviewed the exercises for the day.

Naval Colonel Li Lie, the commander of the Chinese formation, pointed out that the seven exercises that have been completed are a typical "operational process." The process of the ship from sailing to the mission sea area after the exercise is simulated one by one and connected organically through the exercises. , Which is closer to actual combat, "what is the state of the battlefield in the future, and what is the state of the exercise."

　　"Today's 7 exercises are rich in content, tightly paced, and smoothly connected." Naval Colonel Zhang Yong, commander of the Chinese formation, said that this shows that the Chinese and Russian navies have a good understanding of command coordination and joint operations. The ability of both parties to jointly respond to maritime threats.

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