On July 1, China and Solomon Islands police cooperation training report performance was held at the training ground of the police headquarters in Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands. According to Solomon media reports, Solomon Prime Minister Sogavare watched the local After the police's kung fu and gun use performances, he said, "I feel safer." He also expressed his gratitude to the Chinese police advisory group in Solomon Islands.
In addition to police cooperation with the Solomon Islands, the Chinese navy also sent a fleet to the South Pacific during the Tonga volcanic eruption at the beginning of this year, sailing more than 10,000 kilometers to deliver much-needed humanitarian aid to the South Pacific island country Tonga. Aid. The combination of the two has allowed China's foreign cooperation to go further and further, which naturally raises a question: How far will the Chinese navy's power projection be achieved in the future?
Of course, in the new century, especially in the past 10 years, the strength of the Chinese navy has made great progress, which is mainly reflected in several aspects: First, there are more and more aircraft carriers . At present, our navy has equipped 2 aircraft carriers. It has also built the Fujian aircraft carrier with the capability of electromagnetic ejection of . The size of our navy's aircraft carrier fleet has reached the second position in the world; secondly, the size of the navy's main ships is getting larger and larger. At present, the Chinese navy only has the Aegis air defense destroyer. , it has equipped 8 055s, 25 052Ds, 6 052Cs and 2 051Cs, bringing the total to 41 ships. You must know that the US Navy only has 90 ships, of which 20 are already aging Tikans. level; third, the models of naval ships are becoming more and more complete. In addition to the traditional destroyers, frigates and submarines, the Chinese Navy also has nuclear submarines, large supply ships, electronic reconnaissance ships, and amphibious dock landing ships. There are also many achievements on new combat ships such as the amphibious assault ship .
All in all, the progress of the Chinese Navy in the past ten years is the greatest since the navy was founded, and each of us can naturally see it.
However, the hardware of the Chinese navy has improved, and the software is actually still far behind the traditional power projection: we all know that for any military service, you must have a service strategy. This is the service we build, and what exactly does it do? What tasks do we have to undertake? Only by clarifying this question can we understand how we use so many warships.
What is the service strategy of the Chinese Navy? In fact, it is quite conservative. According to the requirements for the Chinese Navy after the military reform, China's naval strategy is basically an upgraded version of the previous mid- and near-sea defense: offensive defense in the mid- and near-sea, and protection in the far sea. What is mid-offshore offensive defense? For example, if someone else's fleet comes to attack us, we will rely on the mainland and take the initiative to attack within the scope of the first and second island chains to defeat the fleet that comes to attack us. Knock it off, it looks like an offense, but it's actually a defense. As for the high-sea escort, in fact, this is mainly to supplement the Chinese Navy's escort in the Gulf of Aden. The Chinese Navy has been escorting in the Gulf of Aden for many years to combat pirates. Isn't this a form of high-sea escort?
This kind of military strategy cannot be said to be outdated, at least it is a bit conservative. After all, the form of naval warfare and the situation we are facing are changing: How has the form of naval warfare changed? The strike range is getting wider and wider, and the strike distance is getting farther and farther. If you still want to be in the middle and offshore seas, it is equivalent to intercepting other people's fleets at your doorstep. The problem is that other people's fleets may not even intend to come to your doorstep. For example, the U.S. Navy has been practicing how to launch attacks from far away places. It even plans to use a large number of tankers to conduct relay flights with the help of the autopilot system , so that the carrier-based aircraft can attack from Australia; at the same time, the U.S. Navy We are still developing the sea-based hypersonic aircraft and long-range cruise missiles. In the future, we don’t need to enter the second island chain at all. We can just fire on our homeland 3,000 kilometers away, which means we will hit farther and farther away.
Judging from the future situation, China's overseas interests are also rising rapidly. For example, as we talked about some time ago, pirates have also appeared in the Gulf of Guinea. This place is very close to Nigeria, and Nigeria is important to us. Overseas investment and raw material production areas. On the surface, these pirates are just a bunch of spirited young men running amok. Are they secretly under the instigation of other countries? Will they affect China's interests in Nigeria? If so, then our navy How about going over there to practice and open up a Nigerian escort?
There is also the Solomon Islands. Speaking of the Solomon Islands, this country basically places its wealth and life on China. Since it signed a police cooperation agreement with China, it has basically offended the Western world represented by Australia. All in all, Australia and the United States are currently aggressively preparing to launch a color revolution in the Solomon Islands because this country is "pro-China." In such a country, once the domestic situation changes suddenly, can we not help? If you don't help, your credibility will basically be lost. But once we want to help, how can we help? Of course, the navy still needs to take the lead.
Therefore, judging from the above two points, for a long time in the future, the power projection boundary of the Chinese Navy will be divided into at least two parts. We will not talk about the offshore sea. After all, the power projection in the middle and offshore seas is nothing more than how to To fire out more missiles , what the Chinese navy should pay most attention to in the future is ocean power projection, how to project the fleet and marines as far away as possible.
After all, for South Pacific countries like the Solomon Islands, if something goes wrong, we should at least have the ability to deploy the first Marine Battalion within 3 days, and the follow-up troops, such as a reorganized Marine Brigade, would be best Deployed within 15 days. Calculated based on the 7,000-kilometer voyage to the Solomon Islands, it will take at least 350 hours of sailing time. This requires our naval fleet, especially the task force heading south, to have at least 2 to 3 large amphibious landing ships. The ship has the ability to be dispatched immediately. It will be ready to go as soon as the chaos in the Solomon Islands begins. Our Marine Corps will rush to the scene as soon as the chaos breaks out. At the same time, the naval landing force will be loaded and set off. In 15 days Arriving at the scene in the Solomon Islands within a certain time, we completed the operation to suppress the riots and help restore order.
For another example, in the direction of Nigeria, we should at least have the ability to maintain a convoy fleet. This convoy fleet should have at least 1 destroyer, 1 frigate and 1 supply ship . It is best to bring a naval special The battalion or company of the troops, this squadron, like the Gulf of Aden escort fleet, is enough to suppress pirates who dare to do evil in the local area.
More importantly, because the Gulf of Guinea is too far away from us, we still need to maintain a relatively large naval presence in the Indian Ocean , such as in Pakistan , or Djibouti , and have two A naval base, the most important thing about this naval base is not only a dock, but the most important thing is that it must have a ship repair yard. After all, if you are a naval base, how can you call it a naval base if you can't repair ships? In this way, the two bases in Djibouti and Pakistan can serve as a transit point for the navy to the Gulf of Guinea, and can also serve as the navy's military presence in the Indian Ocean. Isn't it wonderful to be able to do two things at once?
In short, with the increase of China's overseas interests, there is no doubt that the scope of power projection of the Chinese navy will become wider and farther.
