China News Agency Donghai Nanchang guided missile destroyer, October 23 (Reporter Sun Zifa) After the Sino-Russian "Sea Joint-2021" joint military exercise ended on the 17th local time in the waters near Peter the Great Bay in Russia, the two sides immediately transferred to the joint maritime cruise mission. , China and Russia, each with 5 ships, 10 warships and 6 carrier-borne helicopters, formed a joint formation that crossed the Sea of Japan and sailed all the way to the Western Pacific. It split sails in the eastern waters of the East China Sea on the 23rd, successfully completing the first maritime union between China and Russia. cruise.
During the joint cruise, the Sino-Russian fleet of ships crossed the Tsugaru Strait and the Osumi Strait in a single column. The entire formation stretched for more than 10 nautical miles.
During the joint cruise, Japanese ships and aircraft tracked all the way, and the joint Chinese and Russian naval formations responded effectively.
The Sino-Russian joint formation is cruising and training. The ships of the two sides have jointly completed exercises in multiple subjects such as joint maneuvering, joint navigation, and actual use of weapons. This will further strengthen the cooperation and mutual trust between the two parties and push the Sino-Russian joint maritime exercise to a new height. Maintaining a high level of operation of the relationship plays an important role in promoting.
Since the Sino-Russian maritime joint exercises and joint cruise operations have been carried out for more than 10 days, the two navies have carried out joint confrontation exercises that closely follow actual combat in a high degree of mutual trust and deep integration with the topic of "maintaining the security of strategic maritime channels."
At the separation ceremony that day, Rear Admiral Bai Yaoping, the Chinese director and deputy commander of the PLA Northern Theater Navy, said that the joint exercise and joint cruise are another successful practice of the Chinese and Russian navies’ joint maritime military operations, which has further developed China. Russia’s comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era has effectively enhanced the joint action capabilities of both parties and is conducive to jointly maintaining international and regional strategic stability.
Naval Colonel Li Lie, the commander of the Chinese naval fleet, said that through exercises and patrols, China and Russia have a deeper understanding of deepening military cooperation, safeguarding regional security and maritime security in the future, and also have a broader space for cooperation.
Naval Colonel Zhang Yong, commander of the Chinese naval fleet, pointed out that in this Sino-Russian joint naval exercise and joint cruise, the participating forces of the two sides have jointly withstood the baptism of strong winds and waves, and jointly experienced the test of joint training and war. Sincere cooperation, the successful completion of the maritime joint exercise and the first joint cruise stage of various tasks, effectively improving the capability of the joint operations of the Chinese and Russian navies.
In the opinion of Captain Zhou Minghui, the captain of the Chinese command ship Nanchang, the Nanchang 10,000-ton destroyer not only participated in the Sino-Russian "Joint Maritime-2021" exercise and joint cruise operations in this open sea mission, it also conducted actual combat training in the open sea. , "We sailed all the way, trained all the way, focused on actual combat, and tempered and improved the ability and tenacious will of the officers and soldiers in continuous operations in the open sea."
Naval Colonel Chen Weigong, political commissar of the Nanchang Ship, said that China and Russia have jointly completed joint naval exercises and joint cruises this time. The tacit understanding of cooperation has been deepened, and it is believed that the cooperation between the two parties will become more and more happier and smoother in the future.
The Sino-Russian "Maritime Joint-2021" joint exercise and the first joint cruise division ceremony were brief and solemn. The ships of the two sides hung the flags of the two countries and implemented the special naval etiquette. Wave goodbye to the opposing ship.
As the directors of the two sides jointly announced the successful conclusion of the Sino-Russian "Joint Maritime-2021" joint military exercise and the joint maritime cruise, the whistle of the division of navigation broke through the sea and the sky, and the formation of the dissolution and division ceremony of the ships of the two sides, each full of friendship and harvest, returned home country.
It is understood that after the separation ceremony, the Chinese ships Nanchang, Kunming, Binzhou, Liuzhou, and Dongpinghu also returned to their respective military ports.
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