Three dimensional cooperation between sea and air to jointly protect maritime security —— Witnessed the China Pakistan "ocean guard-2" maritime joint performance ■ Jiang Xia, Ren Wei, reporter of PLA Daily, Li Shurui By the Huangpu River, China and Pakistan battleships are arrayed; The East China Sea witnessed the cooperation between the two armies. In the early morning of July 12, the participating ships of the China Pakistan "maritime guard-2" maritime joint exercise successively lifted their cables and set sail, forming a joint formation from the Huangpu River to the scheduled sea area. Set sail and fight. The formation arrived at the sea area near the Yangtze Estuary, and the communication drill began immediately. As the formation command ship, Xiangtan ship took the lead in sending instructions to Shuozhou ship and the Pakistani frigate "Temur" with VHF. In an instant, Huang Jiaxing, the Xiangtan ship's Messenger, received replies from two ships. The Chinese and Pakistani naval vessels formed a formation for single column navigation. Photographed by wangguixian "The essence of joint operations is joint, and the key is command." Ding Xiao, the information support seat of the joint formation command post, introduced that efficient communication is the basis for realizing joint battle command, and both parties participating in the exercise need to fully understand and skillfully use the communication rules. While the ships in the formation were communicating through VHF, an early warning aircraft took off at an airport in eastern Zhejiang. At about 12 o'clock, Captain Yao Jianguo arrived in the mission airspace and built a chain with Xiangtan ships to push the sea and air situation. "One 'enemy ship' was found in the southeast of the formation!" After receiving the information, the atmosphere on board suddenly became tense. Xu Tao, the comprehensive planning director of the joint director department, told reporters that the situation information of the joint formation missile attack on the sea is completely provided by the early warning aircraft. The formation needs to reasonably determine the attack time and mode as soon as possible according to the performance of different missile weapon systems of each ship. Unified command and situation sharing. After receiving the target and missile attack plan issued by the commander, under the command of Captain Tahir, the frigate "Timur" worked synchronously with the Chinese ships to formulate its own attack plan and report it to the joint formation command post. After receiving the attack instruction, the three ships completed the missile simulation attack respectively. A few minutes later, the joint director department sent a message: the attack is effective! "The technical and tactical performances of the participating ships are different. Whether they can reasonably allocate tasks according to the battlefield situation, give full play to their respective strengths, and achieve the overall operational efficiency of the joint formation is a test of the joint level of the two armies." Just after the attack, the battle alarm sounded again. While observing the situation, the commander of the joint formation commanded to attack the "enemy" maritime targets. The Xiangtan ship launched the auxiliary gun fire. Photographed by Geng Haipeng At this time, the formation is in a single column, and the main guns of each ship point to the target with their heads raised, and the battle is imminent. "Start shooting!" After entering the shooting position, shells roared out of the ships, blowing up blobs of water on the sea, and the target was destroyed At about 14 o'clock, the radar battle position reported that a batch of two "enemy aircraft" arrived by skimming the sea. "All ships quickly organized resistance!" The formation forms an air defense formation, which makes comprehensive use of the radar performance of both sides to maintain stable tracking of the target. As soon as it entered the firing range, the Xiangtan ship took the lead in firing, and the auxiliary gun of the frigate "tymour" spewed flames, and the target plane immediately fell into the sea At 15:30, the Qiandao Lake ship arrived at the scheduled position and joined the joint supply. The frigate "Timur" quickly occupied the supply position and maintained the same direction and speed with the Qiandao Lake ship. A supply channel was immediately set up between the two ships. The two ships jumped up and down and fluctuated with the wave, and the horizontal supply was successfully completed. Subsequently, the formation also conducted joint tactical maneuvers. The red sun drooped to the west, and the sea was like a layer of broken gold. The joint warship formation cleaves the waves, keeps alert throughout the whole process, and is ready to fight for the peace and security of the sea. (outlook new era)