China News Service, Beijing, August 5th. According to a report by CCTV's "News Network" on August 5th, the Eastern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army continued on the 5th as planned to conduct actual combat-based joint exercises in the sea and airspaces of the northern, southwestern and eastern Taiwan Island. Test the joint combat capability of theater forces.
On the same day, the Air Force of the Eastern Theater Command continued to dispatch fighters, bombers, early warning aircraft, electronic reconnaissance aircraft and other types of fighters to carry out actual combat exercises such as air superiority operations, support and cover, air strikes, reconnaissance and early warning around Taiwan Island.
Hou Hong, a pilot of a brigade of the Air Force in the Eastern Theater Command, said that he and his comrades were ordered to carry out the task of approaching and deterring pressure on the same day, and overlooking the coastline and central mountain range of Taiwan, Treasure Island, from the air, the sense of mission and honor as a soldier came spontaneously. The determination to safeguard the territorial integrity of the motherland has become stronger.
"We will continue to strengthen military training and preparations to ensure that we can deal with all crisis situations."
In the waters around Taiwan Island, more than 10 destroyers and escorts of the navy in the Eastern Theater Command approached from different directions to carry out containment and control operations.
During the period, each ship continuously organized day and night simulated land strikes, comprehensive attack and defense, joint anti-submarine and other practical subject drills to improve the core combat capabilities of the ships.
Zu Guanghong, the captain of a certain naval ship in the Eastern Theater Command, said that the purpose of the drill is to test the core combat capability and maintain a high alert state of being ready to fight all the time and ready to fight at any time.
"We have the determination and ability to fight head-on and show no mercy to all invading enemies that undermine the unity of the motherland."
On the coasts of eastern Zhejiang, Fujian and eastern Guangdong, many frigates, missile speedboats and multiple mobile shore-guided firepower units maintained high alert, continued to carry out firepower tracking and simulated assaults on important targets at sea, and tempered the troops' ability to attack the sea.
The Eastern Theater Army's Far Box Fire and the Rocket Army's conventional missile task force continued to organize response operations.
Jiang Xiaodong, a company commander of an artillery brigade in the Eastern Theater Command, said: "We will continue to dig deep into the performance of our equipment, practice our skills to win battles, and resolutely be prepared to stand by, obey orders, and live up to our mission." (End)