In recent days, India has really made a splash, and in the Indian ocean, 1,400 nautical miles away from the coast of India, it has carried out a difficult joint sea and air operation to rescue a cargo ship from Somali pirates. But in the eyes of Chinese netizens, India's operation is handsome, but the degree of comical is not low at all.
Why?
Let's take a look at the whole process of India's rescue operation.
The rescued cargo ship "Rune" was hijacked by Somali pirates at the end of last year, and has been staying in Somali waters since then, until recently, when it was targeted by the Indian army in the process of moving to the high seas. The Indian army sent the destroyer "Calcutta" and the patrol ship "Sudebara" to keep an eye on it, while the Somali pirates fled in a panic. If China's naval fleet encounters such a situation, the easiest way to deal with it is to let the special operations forces on the warship take carrier-based helicopters and carry out rapid landing to carry out anti-hijacking missions, which is also a common practice of the navies of various countries. But the brain circuitry of Indians seems to be a little different.
I don't know if it was because there was no special operations unit deployed on the ship, or because it did not carry carrier-based helicopters, or for other reasons, the Indian Navy made the decision to ask for help from the Air Force. So a rescue operation that traveled thousands of miles kicked off.
On March 15, a C-17 transport plane of the Indian Air Force carrying several rubber assault boats, as well as an elite Indian Marine Corps commando, departed from the Indian mainland, across 1,400 nautical miles and arrived near the "Rune", using the most advanced "Firefly" precision airdrop unit imported from the United States, airdropped two rubber boats to the front of the freighter , drive a rubber boat to pounce on the Somali pirates and start a rescue operation.
In the face of the joint raid of the Indian Navy and Air Force, the Somali pirates, who only had a few dozen AKs in their hands, could only be captured, and finally the Indian army's thousand-mile rescue mission was a complete success.
From an objective point of view, although this wave of operations of the Indian army is very cool, many Indian netizens can't help but applaud, but it does feel like a "knife to kill chicken", giving people the feeling that they are deliberately showing off their skills, which is a bit excessive.
So why is the Indian army making such bells and whistles?
The Indian media gave the answer.
At a recent seminar, India's top military general, Chief of Defence Staff Chauhan, said that the rise of China and the Sino-Indian border dispute will be the biggest challenges for the Indian military in the future.
In addition, in a report by India's "Eurasian Times", Indians said that the rescue of the freighter demonstrated the Indian military's ability to integrate the sea and air, defeated those who "only publish flashy and propaganda videos", and showed China "who is the boss in the Indian Ocean".
You can see it, the reason why India wants to make a big fanfare and make it so cool is to vent its anger in front of China and prove that it is the boss.
From December 2008 to December 2023, the Chinese Navy has completed more than 1,600 batches of escort missions for more than 7,200 Chinese and foreign ships. The most effective anti-piracy action should start from the source, ensure the safety of the shipping lanes, so that pirates from all walks of life do not have the slightest chance of hijacking ships, and take measures to organize rescue after cargo ships are hijacked, which can only be said to be a remedial measure, and India should be clear about this.