[Network Media National Defense Bank] North Sea Fleet Aviation： Fighting for the motherland and the people
China Youth Daily Zhongqing Online Reporter Dong Zhicheng
In Qingdao in July, the sun is like fire. On the 23rd, a delegation from the online media National Defense Bank of "Building a Strong Military Dream Together" came to an independent regiment of the North Sea Fleet Aviation. It is reported that the regiment is the first ship-borne helicopter unit of the whole army, and the first emergency mobile combat unit determined by the Central Military Commission, which is mainly responsible for missions such as searching and attacking submarines, over-the-horizon guidance, attacking ships, fighting and transporting, and maritime rescue.
In the fighting spirit cultivation center, the reporter was shocked by a world map that marked dozens of major mission routes of the regiment: half a century’s stormy journey, generations of carrier-based aircraft people, driving Hawk to fly high into the deep blue, drew the glorious track of the first carrier-based aircraft unit of the China Navy.
Yu Zhigang, the "Antarctic Eagle": Braving the Antarctic Forbidden Zone
Antarctica has always been recognized as a "white death line" by the international aviation community. After 25 years of investigation in Antarctica by a developed country, more than 50 planes died in glaciers. In November, 1984, an independent regiment of the North Sea Fleet Air Force, Yu Zhigang, set sail for the Antarctic with the No.179 Super Hornet helicopter to carry out the Antarctic investigation and station building mission.
The climate in Antarctica is very bad, and every flight is a handshake with "Death". In this mission, 17 flight days were organized, 104 flights were safely taken off and landed, 39 tons of materials were lifted, and 1,050 people were carried, without any mistakes.
In the 12 escort missions, at the moment of taking care of the hostages, the picture shows the crew who took back the first flight jumping off the plane.
Cheng Wengang: Taking risks to take care of the 26 crew members of "Xufu No.1"
In July, 2012, during the 12th escort mission to Somalia in the Gulf of Aden, Cheng Wengang, a pilot of a ship-borne helicopter, was ordered to go deep into Somalia to take care of the crew of Taiwan Province Xufu No.1 who had been hijacked by pirates for more than 19 months. In the critical situation that the wind force was 8 and the wave height was 6 meters, and the two boats sent in the early stage were overturned and could not be approached, the helicopter took off beyond the conditions and went straight to the pirate’s lair at the risk of being attacked at any time at night.
"Report to the command post that the released crew members have been found and ask for help." After receiving the agreed reply from the command post, Cheng Wengang carefully manipulated the helicopter and began to look for the landing site.
A wet beach about 10 meters wide exposed after low tide caught Cheng Wengang’s attention. "It can be used as a landing site." He immediately used the method of hovering for half a meter and soft grounding on the right wheel, and flew six sorties successively to safely rescue 26 Chinese and foreign hijacked crew members.
Luo Dechang, an ordnance engineer who was on the helicopter at that time, told the China Youth Daily and Zhongqing Online reporter that the crew’s eyes were filled with tears and their mouths kept saying "thank you" when the hatch was opened.
Liu Peng: The real eagle is trained in fighting with wind and rain.
Liu Peng, the squadron leader of Flight 3, was carrying out the sixth batch of Somali escort mission in the Gulf of Aden when a suspicious speedboat suddenly appeared in the left front of the formation. The formation ordered the Liu Peng crew to take off urgently and drive away. The helicopter crew quickly approached the tracking target, and when it was less than 1 km away from the pirate speedboat, it quickly lowered its altitude and fired two shock bombs to warn it to drive away. However, the suspicious target did not stop and still approached the protected merchant ship.
Liu Peng decisively manipulated the helicopter to reduce the height to 100 meters, which was within the range of pirate weapons. Everyone’s heart suddenly hung up, and the special warfare players quickly stopped shooting at the pirates with machine guns. In the face-to-face confrontation with the pirates, the pirates finally turned around and disappeared into the vast sea under pressure.
According to reports, since its establishment, the regiment has successfully completed such major tasks as salvaging the launch vehicle data module, building an Antarctic scientific research station, aerial survey of submarine-launched missiles, Olympic security, multinational naval activities, ocean escort, etc. issued by the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, winning honor for the motherland and the people, and gaining the reputation of being a "pioneer in air and sea".