The South China Sea Fleet undertakes the important task of maintaining sovereignty throughout the South China Sea and military struggle. The security situation faced is complex, and every move involves regional peace and stability. There are also many opponents, but except for th

Naval three fleets each have their own tasks, and the main combat opponents they face and the defense environment they are in are also very different. For example, as the maritime force that my country protects the Gyeonggi and is responsible for the defense of the Yellow Sea, the North Sea Fleet faces mainly South Korea, as well as the US Navy and Japan who occasionally enter the Yellow Sea to make trouble, but the overall pressure is still relatively small. The South China Sea Fleet is responsible for the sovereignty maintenance and military struggle in the entire region of South China Sea . The security situation faced is complex, and every move involves regional peace and stability. There are also many opponents. However, except for the US Navy, other opponents are basically the navy of some small countries such as Vietnam, Philippines , Indonesia , etc.

As for East China Sea Fleet , this is a "potential stock" that is considered by the outside world to be most likely to advance into the depths of the Pacific Ocean. It is also the main fleet shouldering the great cause of national reunification. In addition to the "Taiwan Navy", the enemies it faces also have two "strong players" of the US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . More importantly, since the United States and Japan already have huge core interests in the East China Sea waters, the US Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Taiwan Navy can be said to have a competitive situation for the East China Sea Fleet at the same time, so the East China Sea Fleet is under great pressure.

So, facing such huge defense pressure and shouldering the earnest trust of the motherland and the people, is the current comprehensive strength of the East China Sea Fleet enough to resist foreign enemies and protect territorial integrity? The answer is of course. Next, Xiaosheng will briefly introduce the equipment status of the East China Sea Fleet in combat ships. First of all, in terms of destroyers, the East China Sea Fleet has equipped 8 052D series "Chinese ASCHEU" destroyers, 4 052C "Chinese ASCHEU" destroyers, 4 Modern-class destroyers, 12 054/054A ocean frigates and about 15 056A light anti-submarine frigates, with a complete range of types, advanced performance and considerable scale. And unlike the North Sea Fleet and the South Sea Fleet, there are other sporadic warships, the East Sea Fleet's destroyers and frigate are all installed in batches, making it easier to form large-scale and systematic combat power.

In the field of amphibious combat , amphibious landing and island capture have always been one of the core tasks of the East China Sea Fleet, so the amphibious fleet of the East China Sea Fleet is quite strong. At present, the East China Sea Fleet has served one 075 amphibious assault ship (hull number 32), three 071 dock landing ships (988 Yimeng Mountain ship, 986 Siming Mountain ship and 980 Longhu Mountain ship), 16 072 series tank landing ships and some 2,000-ton medium tank landing ships. In this regard, foreign media once speculated that once there was war in the Taiwan Strait, the amphibious ship formation of the East China Sea Fleet alone could send 1.5 marine brigades to carry out beach landings. More importantly, since the 075 amphibious assault ship has a second batch of renewal plans, it is certain that the scale of the amphibious ship group of the East China Sea Fleet will be expanded in the near future.

Finally, the underwater combat power of the East China Sea Fleet and the underwater combat power of the mine-sweeping are not weak either. Although the East China Sea Fleet is not suitable for equipping with strategic missile nuclear submarine and attack nuclear submarine, thanks to long-term rigorous training, frequent confrontations with foreign troops, as well as advanced equipment such as the Kilo-class and 039 series, the conventional submarine troops of the East China Sea Fleet are very combat-effective and are known as the "trump card" of the East China Sea Fleet. Due to the special geographical environment and mission needs, the East China Sea Fleet's mine sweeping combat power is also very strong; after all, the other side attaches great importance to mine wars , and in its anti-login combat plan, the deployment of mine is regarded as one of the important means of anti-login. So much so that the minesweepers of the East China Sea Fleet often practice this subject: "actual sweeping of mines", that is, when training, it does not use simulated bombs, but rather eliminates real mines.

In comparison, the main ships of the Taiwan Navy are all four Kid-class destroyers, 6 Kangding class frigates, 10 Chenggong class frigates, 6 Jiyang class frigates, and 2 "Saidfish" class submarines introduced from Dutch (the frequency of missions is very low). Among the above-mentioned Taiwanese ships, the service time was mainly concentrated in the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the ships had a age of more than 30 years, and even the Jiyang-class frigates had a age of 50 years. The only "youngest" success-class frigate, the Tiandan, was put into service in 2004. The ship is also the only post-00 frigate in the Taiwan Navy . So needless to say, the Taiwan navy is not in front of the East China Sea Fleet.

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