China News Service, Qingdao, October 24 (Reporter Sun Zifa) After the Sino-Russian "Maritime Joint-2021" joint military exercise and the first joint maritime cruise in the eastern waters of the East China Sea were successfully concluded, the Chinese command ship Nanchang sailed at high speed day and night on the 24th. In the afternoon, he returned home in triumph and berthed at Qingdao Military Port.
During the Sino-Russian maritime joint exercise, the main guns of the Nanchang ship fired at the sea.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sun Zifa
As the first ship of the 055-type 10,000-ton destroyer independently developed by China, the Nanchang ship, named after the birthplace of the People’s Liberation Army and inherited the first destroyer of the New Chinese Navy, is the No. 101 Nanchang. What is the combat strength, what are the characteristics of the culture, what are the living conditions... During the interview with the ship, a reporter from China News Agency visited this 10,000-ton heavy-duty ship.
Positioning the fourth-generation destroyer has five major characteristics
Naval colonel Zhou Minghui, the captain of the Nanchang ship, said that the development of the Nanchang ship has broken through a series of key technologies such as the overall design of large ships, information integration, and general assembly construction. It is equipped with new air defense, anti-missile, anti-ship, and anti-submarine weapons. Information perception, air defense, anti-missile, and sea strike capabilities.
Nanchang Captain Zhou Minghui (left) communicated with the officers and soldiers on duty in the cockpit.
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In April 2019, the Nanchang ship participated in the maritime parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Navy. It was officially listed in January 2020. So far, it has successfully performed a number of major tasks.
The Nanchang ship is positioned as the fourth-generation destroyer, which mainly has five major characteristics: large-scale platform, network integration, universal launch, strong power, and integrated appearance.
Chen Weigong, political commissar of the Nanchang ship, awarded a commemorative card to the newly boarded soldiers.
Photograph by Sun Jingang
In terms of the large-scale platform, the tonnage and volume of the Nanchang ship have increased significantly, and the destroyer ranks among the top in the world. This is reflected in the increase in bomb load, fuel load, food reserve, endurance + self-sufficiency, seaworthiness, etc., and is better able to adapt to harsh sea conditions. Realize long-term anti-wind and wave navigation, and provide more platform space for subsequent retrofitting and retrofitting.
The female soldiers of the Nanchang ship are more valued in the cockpit.
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In terms of network integration, multiple networks such as shipboard command and control are integrated into a fiber-optic ring network to realize information intercommunication and sharing, rapid transmission, faster response and stronger capabilities.
In terms of launching generalization, ship-based weapon launch systems such as sea, air, land, and underwater are multi-purpose, and the combat efficiency is higher.
In terms of power enhancement, the Nanchang ship achieves stronger and longer-lasting power, can achieve rapid acceleration and speed conversion as needed, greatly improved maneuverability, and has the ability to "bike" with other surface ships on the ocean.
In terms of design integration, the shipboard radar antenna array is close to the hull, the appearance is clean and tidy, the stealth performance is greatly improved, the detection ability is higher, and it is more adaptable to the complex electromagnetic environment.
Part-time barbers of the officers and soldiers of the Nanchang ship provide haircuts for their comrades.
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Zhou Minghui said that on this basis, the Nanchang ship has achieved a substantial increase in four abilities of ocean navigation, target detection, fire strike, and command and control, including longer ocean navigation and longer stay; sea and air targets can be seen farther and clearer. ; Stronger fire strike capability, more accurate and ruthless combat; stronger command and control capability, and formation of command posts can be set up on the ship.
Heroic culture promotes the co-prosperity and symbiosis of officers, soldiers and warships
An advanced combat platform needs the support and guidance of advanced culture.
Naval Colonel Chen Weigong, political commissar of the Nanchang Ship, said that Nanchang is the place where the August 1st flag was raised and the birthplace of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. , The first gun, the first ship, the first person" as the theme, to create a heroic culture.
Up to now, on the basis of singing the "Heroic Warship" ship song, the ship has established three main positions: Hero Express, Hero Voice, and Hero Online. Through the introduction of hero channel culture, the creation of hero group songs, and the formation of hero rhythm strike bands , Selection and awarding of a series of distinctive and colorful heroic cultural activities such as the "Heroic Shipman's Home" plaque, training officers and soldiers to live up to the hero city, forging heroic ships, fighting to be heroic soldiers and "one-day heroic crew, a hero for a lifetime." "Natural" collective identity.
In terms of talent training, the Nanchang ship has been honed by major missions such as ocean voyages and Jiangong Deep Blue. With the 10,000-ton large drive platform as the stage, the hero culture becomes a multiplier for the generation of combat effectiveness of the entire ship, and fully explores the technical and tactical qualities and potential of the officers and soldiers. , To cultivate sailors that meet the needs of the future battlefield, are politically firm, and have superb skills and tactics.
Chen Weigong revealed that in the future, the Nanchang ship will be based on the first-class battleship platform, focus on the needs of the future battlefield, keep a close eye on the strong enemy and high-end opponents, forge a hard sailor team, continue to complete various major tasks, continue to summarize experience, and promote the common growth of the crew team and the hero warship. , Co-prosperity and symbiosis.
The logistics support system covers all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation
The soldiers and horses have not moved, the food and grass go first.
Strong logistical support is the basis for warships to exert their powerful combat effectiveness.
According to Naval Colonel Qu Zhidong, deputy captain of the Nanchang ship, the logistics support system of the Nanchang ship covers financial management, budget management, fresh water oil supply, spare parts management, garbage disposal, and daily necessities, housing and transportation. , The space is wide, and the logistical support capability is stronger. The dry food storage, fruit and vegetable storage, meat storage, fish storage and other storage capacity of the staple food and non-staple food storage space have been greatly increased, which can provide diversified diet guarantee for the officers and soldiers on the ship, in addition to the normal three meals a day It also provides morning and afternoon light meals and supper according to the needs of mission implementation, so that the crew have sufficient physical strength to carry out sea work and life.
Before the Sino-Russian joint naval exercise and joint cruise mission set sail, the Nanchang ship carried out sufficient material reserves according to the sea area, season, sea conditions, specific tasks, and the physical condition of the crew, and adjusted the main and non-staple food, fruits and vegetables, and fish storage.
In terms of formulating recipes that are difficult to adjust, the shipboard carries out macro-control from the perspective of diet and health, and combines it with the personalized needs of the ship’s military committee, which is updated once a week.
Qu Zhidong specifically mentioned the garbage disposal work during the open sea mission and pointed out that the Nanchang ship implements strict classification of domestic garbage and scientific environmental protection treatment, while saving water and electricity, realizing normalized green ocean navigation, and showing the advanced environmental protection concepts of the Chinese Ocean Navy. High literacy level.
"The Detachment of Women" is a beautiful landscape on the ship
Walking through the Nanchang ship with a characteristic split-deck design, it is as if you are in a huge moving maze on the sea. The cabin conditions for officers and soldiers have been greatly improved compared with previous generations of destroyers, and they are becoming more and more comfortable.
"Deep Blue Book Bar for Party Members" book reading room, two restaurants and bars, multiple public washrooms, toilets, bathrooms, 24-hour hot water, drinking water supply, gym, barber room, laundry room, drying room, shoe drying room , Regularly open commissary, vending machines, all-ship local area network, TV sets, and optional hot-broadcasting film and television series...The implementation of all-in-one life on the ship meets the life and leisure needs of officers and soldiers after stressful work and protects their physical and mental health.
Among the many cabins in the Nanchang ship, the "women's living area" is a special area. There are currently 7 female officers and soldiers on the ship. This "woman army" is privately nicknamed the "Seven Fairies" of the Nanchang ship, and it has become a beautiful spot on the ship. Landscape.
Lieutenant Jiang Yaxin, deputy navigator of the Nanchang ship, is the only officer among the female soldiers. She said that the six female soldiers belonged to the ship’s navigation, communications, anti-submarine, medical and other departments. As the working and living conditions of the warship are getting better and better, Except for some battle positions that require heavy physical strength, there is no difference between female and male soldiers serving on ships. Nowadays, more women have been on the battleships of the Chinese Navy, and there will be more in the future.
Xu Wenqian, a female driver in the cockpit, also believes that there is no difference in the work of female and male soldiers on ships. Female soldiers can even do better than male soldiers in some aspects. Female soldiers can be more careful and considerate than the male soldiers on the ship. Form a very good complement.
She said that if there is a chance and the army needs it, she hopes that she can serve on the ship for a long time, "now I am looking forward to the next mission on the ship."
Wei Wanna, a female sonar soldier in the anti-submarine department, said that meticulous work such as data collection and sorting on the ship is more suitable for girls.
This is the first time she has gone abroad with a ship to participate in joint exercises and joint cruise missions with foreign troops. During the joint anti-submarine exercises, she worked with the squad leader on duty and learned, and gained a lot.
Zheng Ruirong, a female reporter from the communications department, also said that as a female soldier on the ship, her job is no worse than that of a boy, and she has certain advantages in some aspects.
During this Sino-Russian joint naval exercise and cruise, she especially hopes that her family and friends in her hometown will know through news reports that she has participated in such an important joint military exercise mission, and be proud of her.
Late autumn, harvest season.
At Qingdao Military Port, the heroic battleship Nanchang made a triumphant call at the port to wash away the dust from the Sino-Russian joint exercises and joint cruises, and then the next ocean deep blue mission will set sail again.
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