To say who in the world is most concerned about the development status of the Chinese Navy, the US media is naturally the first to be the first. Recently, the U.S. Navy News published a new article titled "Plans in Action: An Overview of the Chinese Navy's 2021 Service."
In the article, the authors detailed the deployment of Chinese ships launched last year, summing it up as "the tonnage of ships launched in just one year has surpassed that of the Royal Navy and far more than any country in the Pacific."
However, they soon discovered a puzzling phenomenon, that is, the East China Sea Fleet, as the "first navy of the republic", did not seem to be valued by the Chinese leadership, so that there was an absence.
As we all know, the 055/075 level is the continent's unyielding weapon. However, none of the eight 055-class, 2 075-class, one 094-class nuclear submarine, and even the two aircraft carriers installed in the front of the mainland last year were allocated to the East China Sea Fleet.
These operations made the Americans wonder in an instant, they looked at the several "Modern-class" destroyers that were already "slightly embarrassed" by the East China Sea Fleet, and carefully recalled the repeated statements made by China last year on the current situation in the Taiwan Strait.
The Americans can't understand why the mainland has repeatedly emphasized the interests of the Taiwan Strait, but "doesn't care much" about the East China Sea Fleet, which is mainly responsible for operations in the Taiwan Strait region.
From the changes in the strength of the three major fleets, analyze why the East China Sea Fleet did not eat dumplings
Although mainland netizens compared the loading speed of our new ship to "dumplings", the East China Sea Fleet seems to have been unable to catch up with the hot dumplings to eat.
In fact, this is inseparable from the continent's overall maritime strategy of rapidly changing under the international situation that has turned upside down since the beginning of the 21 st century.
The reason why it is now called "a change that has not occurred in a hundred years" is that on the one hand, the objective factor is actually part of the reason why China's own development speed has exceeded the estimation of the leadership stage.
The pace of strategic adjustment at sea has become faster and faster, and this strategic change can be accurately reflected from the change in the strength of the republic's three major fleets.
At present, the mainland has three major fleets, namely the North Sea Fleet, the East China Sea Fleet, and the South China Sea Fleet. The headquarters of the three fleets are located in Qingdao, Shandong, Ningbo, Zhejiang, and Zhanjiang, Guangdong.
From the detailed division of administrative regions, it can be intuitively seen that the North Sea Fleet is responsible for guarding the key areas of Gyeonggi, and in this direction, it mainly gathers the forces of the United States, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Russia, and other parties, and most of the large number of military bases and logistics supply ports of the United States in Japan and South Korea are distributed here, which needs to be focused on guarding.
Strategically, the North Sea Fleet is both the spear of the Republic and the shield of the Republic, mainly to deter certain malicious extraterritorial forces.
Therefore, the North Sea Fleet was the most powerful of the three major fleets on the mainland from 2010 to 2016. According to the national strategy at that time, the first aircraft carrier of the mainland, the Liaoning, was directly assigned to the North Sea Fleet as soon as it was unveiled.
Look at the South China Sea Fleet, which is mainly responsible for the escort of the entire South China Sea. Due to China's previous lack of maritime strength, coupled with the wanton arching of some extraterritorial forces, the South China Sea region has been unstable for a period of time.
Countries, including Vietnam and the Philippines, have long occupied islands and reefs in the South China Sea, triggering multiple sovereignty conflicts. It is precisely for this reason that at present, among the three major fleets on the mainland, only the South China Sea Fleet is a naval force that has truly undergone actual combat exercises, and the central authorities have always attached great importance to it.
Since 2017, the United States has repeatedly provoked the so-called "second island chain" in the South China Sea, and the burden on the shoulders of the mainland's South China Sea Fleet has become heavier.
Fortunately, with the official entry of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier, advanced ships, including 055, 075, have also been preferentially assigned to the South China Sea Fleet in recent years.
It not only alleviated this anxiety at the strategic level, but also made the South China Sea Fleet the strongest of the three fleets.
Since then, the maritime strategic significance of the South China Sea Fleet for China's new era has also been expanded, which is a historic attempt by the Republic to "go from light blue to deep blue".
The South China Sea Fleet's mission ranged from terrorizing the entire South China Sea to maintaining the maritime lifeblood of the Malacca Sea lanes to defending the stability of the ASEAN framework of the RCEP.
This pot of water in the direction of Southeast Asia must not be disturbed by the United States. From all angles, the mission of the South China Sea Fleet is a landmark "pioneering spirit".
Speaking of this, everyone should understand why the East China Sea Fleet, which was China's strongest fleet until the beginning of the century or so, would gradually become the weakest of the three fleets on paper.
After all, the direction for which the East China Sea Fleet is responsible is basically within the first island chain, and the most important goal is to maintain stability in the Taiwan Strait.
However, in recent years, not only has the military strength of the two sides of the strait been greatly disparityed, but even the US forces have completely retreated to the second island chain. At present, there is no substantial enemy in the rear area of Taiwan Island, and its main threat comes from both the north and the south.
Whether it is Japan, which cries for "defending Taiwan", or Australia, which has a very hard head, their possible offensive routes are likely to need to pass through the jurisdiction of the other two major fleets.
Although the East China Sea Fleet did not eat "dumplings" on the surface, the strategic significance of the East China Sea Fleet has been like a "pocket", in line with the mainland's initiative to give priority to the development of the North Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet, as well as the world's most well-stocked "land-based short- and medium-range ballistic missile strike sequence", much like the "pocket offensive" used in the thinking of the mainland army.
The United States says every day that it wants to come to the Taiwan Strait for activities, do you think it really dares to come now? That's the biggest change.
The future planning of the East China Sea Fleet, is it really impossible to eat dumplings?
After analyzing so much above, as the East China Sea Fleet of the eldest son of the Republic, there is the North Sea Fleet as a flanker, the South China Sea Fleet as the support, and even behind his back, there is also the land support of the Nanjing Military Region as a guarantee, is it true that the dumplings of the East Sea Fleet really have no chance to eat?
At the beginning of the century, the East China Sea Fleet introduced four "Modern class" ships from Russia, and the purpose at that time was simply to defend the Taiwan Strait and conduct a taiwan strait denial operation against the possible invasion of the US Navy.
And Taiwan is not only a child who has been Chinese the hearts and minds of the people for more than 70 years, but also an important part of the country's core interests and a key node for China to connect the three major forces on the sea.
As long as you understand this, you know that the East China Sea Fleet must have dumplings to eat, and it is also the dumpling with the "largest filling".
It is not difficult to see from the many reports within the United States that the United States has lost its self-confidence in controlling the situation in the Taiwan Strait, and in the future they will more likely to disrupt the Taiwan Strait through military means.
After that, in the process of the mainland's liberation of Taiwan, there is a high probability that the US military will cooperate with the "Taiwan independence" elements and take the initiative to destroy important targets of value on the island.
Moreover, with regard to the political situation in the period after Taiwan's return to the mainland, the United States may also unite with various extraterritorial forces to carry out multi-faceted evolution of the situation on the island.
To this end, strengthening the strength of the East China Sea Fleet is a necessary step. The direction of strengthening the strength of the East China Sea Fleet will be different from that of the North Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet, and the tactics will mainly focus on "island landing operations and regional landing anti-refusal operations".
It can be predicted that the more advanced "Type 076 amphibious landing ship" will definitely take the lead in equipping the East China Sea Fleet, intending to rely on the strongest deterrent of the "Taiwan independence" forces that have been stubbornly resisting coastal defense construction for decades.
If the Electromagnetic Catapult Aircraft Carrier No. 003 is also in service with the East China Sea Fleet, it will effectively strengthen the airborne airborne aircraft load of the East Sea Fleet and the interception response speed of attacks outside the theater.
If we cooperate with the land forces of the Nanjing Military Region, the East China Sea Fleet will leap to become the backbone of the "three-dimensional anti-landing operation" of the mainland, land and sea.
Since then, with various miniaturized maritime troop carriers, the East China Sea Fleet is a rapid mobile force that guards Taiwan's treasure island and sticks to the eastern gate, which is enough to make any internal and external forces unable to start.
Moreover, behind Taiwan is the key to cooperate with the South China Sea Fleet to carry out deep-sea interspersed, and even reach the Hawaiian Islands, which the US military calls the "third island chain".
In the future, the East Sea Fleet will be like a sharp knife, which can be inserted into the heart of the enemy at any time, which is the dumpling exclusive to the East Sea Fleet, and the delicious food is never afraid of late.
Therefore, compared with the "throat rush" of the North Sea Fleet and the "Xiongguan Mandao" of the South China Sea Fleet, the East China Sea Fleet is the fleet that really wants to take the first step towards the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and we will not only give the East China Sea Fleet the most special equipment, but also create the most stable environment for it in the north-south direction.
Seeing the absence of the East China Sea Fleet, did the United States and Japan feel that they had a chance?
Recently, Japan and the United States launched a "new version of the 2+2 talks", during the talks between Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, they opened economic and military "two openings" in the direction of the East China Sea.
The United States and Japan not only wanted to contain China in terms of trade, but also established the idea of "including the Diaoyu Islands in the U.S.-Japan security treaty," and subsequently deployed new large-scale cha-ta drones in the East China Sea.
Although it is not yet known whether it is Biden's temporary adjustment of maritime strategy according to the deployment of the mainland after seeing the entry of China's navy in 2021.
But if the United States and Japan really believe that the East China Sea Fleet is "not enough" and can open a few openings against China in the East China Sea at will, then they are really very wrong.
First of all, the unilateral approach of the United States and Japan will lose the position of international public opinion, after all, this is an incident provoked by the United States and Japan first. For China, it is natural to "not say that it is unpredictable" or "retain the decision as appropriate".
Imposing military pressure on China in the East China Sea is a very tactically foolish act. Biden wanted to pick a soft persimmon pinch, but his hand wasn't necessarily long enough.
Once the United States and Japan want to illegally invade China's eastern waters, the first thing they have to face is the pressure exerted by the Platon's North-South Fleet. If the Dumplings are wrapped in the Chinese fleet here, then there is the "saturated missile rain" of China's land-based forces in the front, and the "truncated precision roll call" of Dongfeng Express, where should they go?
Under extreme circumstances, the United States and Japan will not even be able to see Taiwan Island from beginning to end, and even the face of the East China Sea Fleet.
It can only be said that the United States and Japan must not think that the absence of the East China Sea Fleet is the "negligence" of China's leaders, this phenomenon is actually China's self-confidence in maritime defense. The East China Sea Fleet is not our short board, and the United States and Japan have no chance at all in terms of tactics.