Chapter 1596: Up and down

There is no doubt that the South China Sea Fleet is currently the most powerful of China's current three fleets.
Among the sub-squadrons under this fleet, the First Squadron stationed in Sanya is undoubtedly the leader of the entire South China Sea Fleet.
Composed of the "Jiangnan" aircraft carrier, the "Ningdu" cruiser, the "Hanyang" destroyer, the "Wenzhou" and "Yonggang" frigates, the "Great Wall 0311" conventional submarine and the "Taihu" ocean-going integrated supply ship The First Squadron of the South China Sea Fleet not only has an integrated sea, air and submarine combat system, but also has a certain degree of regional air defense capability, and is unique in all of Asia.
Moreover, these seven ships are all from the heritage of the former Soviet Union, so the system is fully compatible, and there are no obstacles to communication, data exchange, and command information transmission. This will undoubtedly help China to obtain these warships at the fastest speed. The formation of combat capability has laid a good hardware foundation.
With hardware, software support is naturally needed. Of course, this is also easy to solve. With the help of Tan Zhenhua’s secret manipulation... With the help of Uklan’s former prime minister Kuchma successfully won the 1994 national election held ahead of schedule. Ascended to the throne of the president and completely mastered the power of Uklan, Tan Zhenhua therefore fulfilled that major promise to Kuchma.
To be honest, Tan Er thinks that some countries adopt a one-person-one-vote universal suffrage system. Well, it's super cheap to buy Ukker ballots. On average, one vote doesn't even cost a dollar.
Feeling Tan Zhenhua’s good credit for never breaking his words after he promised, and to express his gratitude for the great help he provided, President Kuchma reciprocated, and instructed the Black Sea Fleet to send a powerful training team to help China quickly master these battleships. The use and maintenance skills of For the vast number of Black Sea Fleet officers and soldiers who are already too poor at this time, to have the opportunity to travel to China to "earn foreign exchange", it is simply the best in the world, so teach It's hard work.
The teacher is like this, the students are naturally more attentive, and besides, the most important thing in China is spirits and good wine, right?
In this squadron, the most difficult, time-consuming and time-consuming one is undoubtedly the "Jiangnan" aircraft carrier, and the biggest difficulty is the take-off and landing of fighter aircraft on the aircraft carrier-but for China, This did not cause much trouble.
Because since 1987, China has always had a special naval aviation seed unit flying "Sea Harrier" fighters. This unit has also undertaken the air patrol missions carried out throughout the year in Jiuzhang Qunjiao, only limited by objective conditions. At that time, they could only operate the Sea Harrier in a vertical take-off and landing manner on a modified freighter "Zheng He", but now they need to take off at a short distance from the "Jiangnan" flight deck tilted 12 degrees. The "Sea Harrier" is operated in the same way, but the landing is still the traditional vertical take-off and landing method.
Don’t underestimate this little change, because the take-off and landing of fighter planes on aircraft carriers has always been hailed as
dancing on the tip of a knife
. The requirements for pilots are extremely high. After all, aircraft carriers can provide pilots compared to land-based airports. The take-off and landing space is too small, and a little carelessness can lead to extremely serious consequences.
For this reason, HNA has specially established a simulated runway with an upturned arc on land. After numerous simulation trainings, it was transferred from the best-skilled pilot to the "Jiangnan" for testing, and it was finally completed. This is a challenging and difficult training subject.
There is actually a bit of trickery here, because the two actions of take-off and landing on an aircraft carrier are not the same in difficulty. In comparison, take-off is simpler. Whether it is vertical take-off, sliding take-off or catapult take-off, yes. The challenge is not too big for the experienced old Fei, the most difficult is actually landing-you can imagine aiming at a flight deck that looks only the size of a postage stamp in the sky, and aiming at the centerline of the runway to descend. It feels like this, and this stamp has always been running at high speed... However, compared to the method of stopping the rope landing, the difficulty of vertical landing is another level lower, and the Chinese pilots of this subject have already flown. It's been more than 7 years, and it is definitely rich experience.
It should be noted here that the predecessor of "Jiangnan", "Minsk", did not have an upturned flight deck. This deck was modified by Ningdu "Jinling Shipyard" after the ship was delivered to China. Rumor has it that the chief engineer of the plant, Mr. Makarov, cried loudly when he saw the ship entering the ship’s dock...
By mid-1994, the "Jiangnan" was refitted and delivered to the South China Sea Fleet to enter the first squadron. The squadron finally completed its goal of formation and was fully loaded. Then, after more than one year of training in various subjects, the First Squadron finally formed an initial combat capability and became the true No. 1 fleet of the China Navy.
Since it is the top-brand fleet, it is natural to assume the responsibility of the top-brand. Weapons and equipment are to be used, and the battlefield is its home. The Chinese soldiers have their mission to defend their homes and the country. Therefore, the key to such a turbulent strait At that moment, the South China Sea Fleet Headquarters successively received countless petitions written by the soldiers of the First Squadron, including blood books!
Just as the so-called "gas can be blown but not vented", the morale of the First Squadron of the South China Sea Fleet is like this.
However, the soldiers can inspire passion and disregard, but the commander must remain calm, and the more complex and critical the situation, the more calm!
Because war is a cruel art, only the best commander can write a brilliant victory chapter with wisdom as his pen and soldiers' blood as ink!
China has never lacked great war artists. This is especially true of New China, which has reshaped the nation’s soul with a single shot. Even if the group of brilliant generals and stars in the early years of the founding of the People’s Republic of China have grown old, some of them have even grown old. Withered, but there are still some who are still old and ambitious, and have aspirations for thousands of miles, and the successor is already on the way!
On March 18, 1996, the First Squadron of the South China Sea Fleet arrived in the scheduled sea area and held a massive air, sea and land land and island seizure exercise with the Air Force, Naval Aviation, Marine Corps, and Army Aviation Helicopter Brigade. This exercise was also Chinese. The aircraft carrier took part in the public exercise for the first time, and 12 "Sea Harrier" fighters played an important supporting role in the landing. Compared with slow-flying helicopters, fixed-wing fighters obviously have great advantages, and their combat effectiveness in battlefield interception is extremely high. Comparable to non-helicopters.
On March 22, the First Squadron withdrew from the exercise site in advance and returned to the home port of Sanya for replenishment and repair. The US intelligence department, which has been following the movements of this fleet, interpreted it as China’s first use of aircraft carriers to perform missions. There were many problems. , It can only end in a hasty, some Wandao media even began to laugh at the combat effectiveness of the "Jiangnan", believing that this second-hand ship is actually quite vulnerable.
On March 25, all the exercises ended, and all participating troops withdrew and returned to their own bases.
On March 26, the first squadron's replenishment work was completed and the latest order was received, and went to Xisha Yongxing Island to stand by. At the same time as the order, there was also a 072III-class medium-sized landing ship "Emeishan" with ship number 991. The ship had just withdrawn from the exercise site, but it did not return to Yulin’s home port. Instead, it received an order to rush to Yongxing Island to join the First Squadron, and the ship immediately joined the formation.
At 7:30 pm on March 27, the latest order was issued, and the fleet set off under the cover of night!
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At the end of March, the capital is full of spring, and the air is full of the sweet smell of flowers of various colors competing to bloom.
Standing in front of the large French window, Admiral Liu looked towards the south with his hands folded, his back straight, motionless, like a statue.
After a long time, he suddenly asked: "Can we win this battle?"
Behind him, Tan Zhenhua replied solemnly: "Those who have the same desire up and down will win!"