2023-06-06 11:01:02
At the 20th Asian Security Conference “Shangri-La Dialogue”, China rejected the request of the US Secretary of Defense to meet. The United States sent American and Canadian troops under the situation of losing face, ignoring China’s request to pass through the Taiwan Strait in a harmless manner, “without permission” Using “free navigation” as an excuse to forcibly pass through to deter, the two sides confronted each other at sea and air, and even dispatched helicopters.
Unexpectedly, it encountered interception when it entered the Taiwan Strait from the South China Sea. When the Burke-class “Zhong Yun” almost collided with a PLA warship, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued a statement saying that it was confirmed that it was the Chinese Navy’s Type 052D 132 “Suzhou” ship that intercepted it. “Destroyer”, the distance between the two sides is only 137 meters. In order to avoid being hit, the US ship can only reduce its speed to less than 10 knots, and at the same time adjust its course to avoid conflicts.
However, after the destroyer “Suzhou” passed the US warship at high speed, when it was about 1,828 meters away from the US ship, it suddenly turned around and headed towards the left side of the US destroyer again at high speed. The two consecutive strong interceptions by Chinese warships also surprised the US military.
The captain of the Canadian frigate, Paul Mumford, said the Chinese navy had radioed a warning saying: “You are entering Chinese territorial waters.” However, the U.S. and Canadian navies did not take the warning seriously. After the Chinese warning was invalidated, the destroyer “Suzhou” sailed out from the left side of the U.S. ship at high speed and crossed the bow of the U.S. destroyer “Zhong Yun”. The two sides were already very close. If no evasive action is taken, there will be a high probability of collision.
After Mumford noticed that the “Suzhou” ship had changed its course, he immediately called the US destroyer to warn. Remind the U.S. commander to change the route, otherwise a collision will occur soon, but the U.S. commander not only did not take it seriously, but also asked the destroyer “Suzhou” to stay away from him. When the U.S. ship saw the destroyer “Suzhou” suddenly crossing directly, it hurriedly slowed down and changed its course to avoid directly triggering a sea conflict.
The accompanying Canadian “Montreal” claimed that it was not intercepted by the Chinese side, but there was also a Type 056 frigate following and monitoring, and it also approached more than 900 meters away from the Canadian frigate. Although no further action was taken.
The People’s Liberation Warship frightened the American and Canadian warships in two close-to-hand “hand-to-hand combat”. The United States announced the first-person perspective. The high-speed cross-cutting of the “Suzhou” destroyer is high-risk. If the US ship directly collides, the side armor of the “Suzhou” destroyer is definitely not as strong as the bow. It is likely to be cut in half by the destroyer “Zhong Yun”.
When it entered the Taiwan Strait from the South China Sea, it was intercepted. When the Burke-class “Zhong Yun” was almost crashed into the seabed, the US Indo-Pacific Command issued a statement saying that it was confirmed that it was the Chinese Navy’s Type 052D 132 “Suzhou” destroyer. , the distance between the two sides is only 137 meters.
In the “Shangri-La Dialogue”, China rejected the request of the US Defense Secretary to meet. The US sent American and Canadian troops under the situation of losing face, ignoring China’s request to pass through the Taiwan Strait in a harmless manner. Under the pretext of forcibly passing through for deterrence, the two sides faced off at sea and air, and even dispatched helicopters.
Canadian frigate Captain Paul Mumford.Picture: Taken from the Third Uncle Hedong
The US Burke-class battleship “Zhong Yun”. Picture: Recapped from US Navy
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