Naval vessels complete far-sea joint training mission

在太平洋上航行的大连舰。杨云翔 摄

The guided-missile destroyer Dalian (Hull 105) attached to the PLA Southern Theater Command sails during a far-sea joint training drill in early April, 2023. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Yang Yunxiang)

北京，5月22日 -- 近日，南部战区海军远海联合训练编队圆满完成南海、西太平洋海域远海联合训练任务，返回三亚某军港。

训练编队由导弹驱逐舰大连舰、导弹护卫舰黄山舰、舰载直升机等兵力组成。4月上旬，编队在三亚某军港解缆起航，历时28天，航程8000余海里。

任务期间，编队在大洋深处，择机与各军兵种展开了多项联合对抗训练，先后完成了战时补给、防空反导、舰机协同反潜等20余项课题研练。积极探索新质作战力量在广域新域下作战效能发挥，有效检验新装备效能边界，系统性验证了新战法训法的实际运用。

BEIJING, May 22 -- A far-sea joint training task unit with the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command, returned to a military port in Sanya in recent days, after completing the far-sea joint training mission in the South China Sea and the Western Pacific.

The task unit consists of guided-missile destroyer Dalian, frigate Huangshan, ship-borne helicopters, etc. Since setting sail in early April, it has sailed over 8,000 nautical miles in 28 days.

During the voyage, the troops have conducted various joint force-on-force drills involving multiple services and arms on more than 20 subjects, including wartime replenishment, air defense and missile defense, and collaborative anti-submarine warfare by ships and aircraft, in a bid to test the equipment performance and improve tactics and training methods.