The launch of the Fujian aircraft carrier last month is undoubtedly a very happy event for those who care about the construction and development of the People's Navy. After all, no matter from every aspect, it is a huge increase in the strength of the navy. But aside from the launch of the Fujian, last month was another embarrassing month for our aircraft carrier fleet. The Liaoning has just completed a round of long-sea navigation training and is in the process of rest. The Shandong ship has returned to Dalian's hometown for docking maintenance. , our army, which has two aircraft carriers, temporarily fell into a state where no aircraft carriers could be dispatched.
It only lasted a few days. In these two days, the Shandong ship had completed all the docking work, re-layed the deck layer, painted the deck markings and then left the dock. Some media had already taken photos. Here are the photos of the brand new Shandong ship docked on the embankment after undocking. Judging from the photos, there are generally no major changes in the Shandong that has just been renovated. In addition to the completely new appearance of the ship, it is worth mentioning that a small horizontal platform is welded on both sides of the sliding deck, which can be regarded as learning from the Liaoning experience; and there are two more full-scale model aircraft on the deck, probably doing necessary tests.
Because the newly welded platform is on the close defense platform and protrudes from the flight deck, it can be recognized at a glance; although there seems to have never been any public information that can be used to infer the two small platforms on the left and right. What role does it play, but judging from the layout of the markings on the deck, it can be confirmed that these two positions should have a lot to do with the operation of the carrier aircraft . From the top view, these two combat positions are just on both sides of the cross mark at the end of the sliding deck, and these two cross marks are mainly used for temporary shutdown during the recovery operation of the carrier-based aircraft; so these two This position should be related to the deck maneuver command of carrier-based aircraft. We all know that the J-15 is a tall and long carrier-based aircraft. The addition of this small platform should be used by deck dispatchers to improve deck dispatching efficiency.
You can see a small platform floating out above the Haihongqi-10 platform.
If you carefully observe the photos of our military aircraft carriers in recent years, you can find that every time the aircraft carrier is docked for maintenance, there will be some major or minor changes after undocking. The small platform newly welded on the Shandong ship this time has been welded on during a certain maintenance work on the and Liaoning ship . It should be popularized after being verified and found to be useful and practical; this can also reflect the fact that our military In the past few years, aircraft carriers have actually accumulated a lot of experience and skills that could not be found on paper before; these small and inconspicuous parts have actually greatly improved the deck mobilization efficiency of the aircraft carrier, and the carrier-based aircraft Important performance such as take-off and landing sorties capabilities, etc.
The several new models that appeared on the aircraft carrier deck are also quite interesting. Whether it is the missing canards or the structural appearance of the aircraft body, it is clear that these are two aircraft used for deck operation training. The same-scale model used in the test appears on the deck today after the Shandong ship has been in service for a long time. This also shows that after the Shandong ship docks this time, there may be some changes in the logic of aviation operations such as deck parking and dispatching. Changes, the model machine is probably also testing some modifications and optimizations that we have seen or not seen, whether they are done properly, and whether the effect is good or not.
In addition to the slight changes in the deck layout, the most interesting thing after the Shandong ship undocking this time is that the 901 integrated supply ship Hulun Lake has also arrived at Dalian , and is working with the newly launched aircraft carrier Parked side by side, I don't know if they are also here for simple return to the factory for maintenance, or whether they are here specifically to take the Shandong ship back to the base. If it is the latter, it would be very interesting. As we all know, aircraft carriers actually do not lack range because of their large hull size and large fuel capacity. If the Shandong ship returns directly to its home port in Hainan after completing maintenance, this ferry The distance does not require a large comprehensive supply ship to come for support, unless there are other long-term or short-term maritime missions to be performed after leaving Dalian and before returning to Hainan.
Some people were curious before about how the Shandong ship's carrier-based aircraft force would deal with this problem when it was docked for large-scale maintenance. It must be explained that the relationship between our army's carrier-based aircraft units and aircraft carriers is similar to that of other countries; the basic unit of our army's carrier-based aircraft units, namely carrier-based air wing , is of the same level as the aircraft carrier The division-level unit is not affiliated with the aircraft carrier, but is only deployed on the aircraft carrier when performing missions. Not to mention the docking maintenance back to the factory, even at the port, the carrier-based aircraft units are also returned to the shore. The base will not remain on the aircraft carrier.
So a certain carrier aviation wing of the Navy in the Southern Theater Command that works with the Shandong ship on a daily basis is still conducting daily training missions at a station in Hainan; but if the 901 ship came here on a special trip, it means that the Shandong ship may be completing maintenance After that, they will not return directly to Hong Kong, but will conduct some exercises and training activities with the forces of the theater navy. Then a certain carrier aviation wing of the southern theater navy will probably fly over specifically to rendezvous with the aircraft carrier and launch a new round of aircraft carrier deployment. Mission; conduct the first joint exercise after this maintenance upgrade.
If this scene comes true, it will be the first time that our military's aircraft carrier receives its own carrier-based aircraft units across the sea. It is still a small and meaningful step. Before each deployment of our military's aircraft carrier, They all go out after receiving their own carrier-based aircraft units. Not counting the various short-term tests conducted in the Bohai and Yellow Seas in the early days of the Liaoning ship's service, the scene of the J-15's long-distance return to the ship across sea areas has never been staged. .
In short, after the Shandong has completed docking this time, there are still a series of developments that are worthy of attention, such as what new capabilities, new modes, and new missions will be tested for running-in, such as when the first will be launched after the full combat effectiveness is formed. Island chain is the first offshore deployment mission since it entered service; for example, can it further extend the annual time at sea, achieve twice a year normalized ocean training, and achieve a deployment intensity of 100 or more dozens of days at sea each year, etc.
