A week after passing through the Osumi Strait and circling Japan, the comprehensive CCTV Military News reported on October 23 that on October 23, the Sino-Russian "Maritime Joint-2021" exercise and the first joint maritime cruise were successfully concluded in the eastern waters of the East China Sea, and the ships of the two sides lined up at sea to jointly hold a separation ceremony.
On October 23, the CCTV National Defense Military Channel released a picture of the ceremony of the separation ceremony of the Chinese and Russian warship formations, in which the Japanese and American ships and planes can be seen tracking all the way, and the joint formations of the Chinese and Russian navies have effectively responded.
Suspected Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force "Gao bo" destroyer accompanied by surveillance of our Type 052D "Kunming" guided missile destroyer Source: Military report
Monitor the foreign warships of the Chinese and Russian fleets on the periphery of the separation ceremony
Japanese warships tracking our fleet, behind the Russian 1155 large anti-submarine ships Image source: Military report
Japanese military aircraft tracking our fleet Image source: CCTV military
According to reports, a total of 10 warships and 6 carrier-based helicopters from 5 ships between China and Russia formed a joint formation, crossed the Sea of Japan, sailed south to the western Pacific Ocean, and sailed separately in the eastern waters of the East China Sea on the 23rd, successfully completing the first joint maritime cruise between China and Russia. According to China News Network, after the separation ceremony, the Chinese ships Nanchang, Kunming, Binzhou, Liuzhou and Dongpinghu also returned to their respective military ports.
At the ceremony of the separation of the voyage on the same day, Rear Admiral Bai Yaoping, director of the Chinese side and deputy commander of the Navy of the Northern Theater of operations of the People's Liberation Army, said in his speech that the joint exercise and joint cruise are another successful practice of the Sino-Russian Navy's joint maritime military operations, which have further developed the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination between China and Russia in the new era, effectively enhanced the joint operational capabilities of the two sides, and are conducive to jointly safeguarding international and regional strategic stability.
Daniel Zhang Naval Colonel, commander of the Chinese ship formation, pointed out that in this Sino-Russian joint naval exercise and joint cruise, the troops participating in the exercise jointly withstood the baptism of strong winds and waves, and jointly experienced the test of joint training and joint combat.
In the view of Admiral Zhou Minghui, captain of the Chinese command ship Nanchang, in this far-sea mission, the 10,000-ton nanchang warship not only participated in the Sino-Russian "Maritime Joint-2021" exercise and joint cruise operation, but also conducted real combat training in the far seas.
Naval Colonel Chen Weigong, political commissar of the Nanchang warship, said: After the level of the Nanchang warship, it is necessary to break into the ocean, shoulder heavy burdens, and make meritorious achievements. China and Russia jointly completed joint maritime exercises and joint cruises this time, many of which were carried out under the conditions of heavy winds and waves, the officers and men of both sides have withstood the test and dealt with the challenges together, and the comrades-in-arms of the Chinese and Russian navies have also deepened the tacit understanding of cooperation, and I believe that the cooperation between the two sides will become more and more pleasant and smoother in the future.
Source: CCTV
Earlier, the Japanese Ministry of Defense's Unified Staff Supervision Department reported on the 23rd that at about 1 p.m. local time on October 22, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force found that the Chinese and Russian naval ship formations appeared in the sea about 180 kilometers south of Cape Azuchi in Kochi Prefecture and were sailing westward. The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force dispatched the "Yamagami" training ship (formerly the "Asagyu" class "Yamagami" guided missile destroyer) and the "Gaobo" destroyer to accompany the surveillance.
According to the Ministry of Unity and Supervision, the Japanese Navy's self-confirmed ship formation includes the Chinese Navy's Type 055 guided-missile destroyer "Nanchang", the Type 052D "Kunming" guided missile destroyer, the Type 054A "Binzhou", the "Liuzhou" guided missile frigate and the "Dongpinghu" comprehensive supply ship, the Russian Navy's Type 1155 large anti-submarine ship "Admiral Pandeleev", the "Admiral Tributs", the 1914.1 electronic reconnaissance ship "Marshal Krylov", the Type 20380 corvette "Loud" and "Hero of the Russian Federation, Ardar Zidenzapov".
Id photo issued by the Supervision Department of the Unified Staff
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