“Why is China keen on studying the Nairobi naval battle?†Recently, a scholar from the US Naval War College issued a document pointing out his “discoveryâ€. According to his understanding, studying the Battle of Midway will help Chinese strategic planners learn lessons and study the use of aircraft carriers in naval battles. Foreign media once once deduced that the Chinese and American navies carried out a "carrier battle" in the South China Sea. China is studying the midway war in Midway? Recently, Goldstein, an associate professor at the China Maritime Research Institute of the US Naval War College, wrote an article in the American media to commemorate the Battle of Midway. However, the article entitled "How China's Military Strategists See the Battle of Midway" directly points to China. The article said that today, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the battle of Midway seems to have become a popular research topic for the contemporary Chinese navy. The article said that the Chinese navy magazine "Modern Ship" is very interested in this article. The article in the magazine entitled "The Road to Midway" focuses on tactics, technology or heroism, but is strictly limited to Japan. The strategic choice of military leaders in the spring of 1942. According to the article, the reason why Japan failed in Midway was mainly the lack of “strategic insightâ€, which caused Japan to quickly lose its military advantage. In addition, the US media published an article entitled "Why China has been studying the Battle of Midway". In addition to the article published in "Modern Ship", it also mentioned a researcher of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences in the Chinese military magazine. An article published in Military History. Foreign media articles believe that China's aircraft carrier is maturing, and in the past five years, China's naval publications have published a large number of articles on aircraft carrier operations research. On the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Midway Naval Battle, the US military magazine read in detail the Chinese article on this battle to understand China's evolving thinking about the aircraft carrier doctrine in the current and future naval battles. Related topics have been hyped many times It is reported that the scholar of the US Naval War College seems to be extremely keen on the topic of "China's research on the Middle Island Naval Battle". It has been published several times in the past two years to explain "whether China is keen on this" from different angles. Last year around the Midway War Memorial Day, Goldstein wrote in the US media that China is studying the Battle of Midway, the article titled "What did China learn from the biggest maritime victory in the United States during World War II?" The text is almost the same as the one published this year. So, is China really keen to study the Battle of Midway? A Chinese military expert who did not want to be named said that the midway war is not a hot spot in the academic world. "Modern Ship" is not a publication of the Chinese Navy, nor an academic publication. It obviously does not represent the attitude of the Navy. "Military History" as a historical academic journal, using an article to analyze the Midway War battle is normal, and did not see any enthusiasm. Chinese experts said that at least from the perspective of the future battle of the aircraft carrier, the refereeing of the Midway Island warfare is limited. The composition of the modern aircraft carrier battle group, the combat weapons, and the tactics have all undergone earth-shaking changes. Even if China needs to learn from the US military to conduct aircraft carrier operations, it is probably not necessary to take an outdated case to study. In addition, from a strategic point of view, China's limited articles on the study of the Middle East Naval Warfare may not be based on the starting point of "when the US military battle is launched with the United States, how to learn from Japan." In fact, the American scholar's view that "China is keen to study the Battle of Midway" is a pseudo-proposition, so there is no reliable conclusion. Foreign media deduction of Sino-US aircraft carrier "war" in the South China Sea It is hard to say how much China’s research on the Midway Naval Battle can bring to the aircraft carrier’s operations. However, foreign media has been keen to speculate on the “carrier battle†between China and the United States. With the launch of the Chinese-made aircraft carrier in April this year, this speculation has moved to another peak. It is speculated that China and the United States are most likely to explode in the South China Sea. The US media said that with the formation of the Chinese aircraft carrier's combat capability, in the South China Sea, the Chinese and American aircraft carriers will stage the first "collision." The foreign media believes that with the "assisting ability" of the South Island Reef, the Chinese aircraft carrier will not fall into the wind when fighting against the US aircraft carrier. According to US media reports, with the current configuration of the Chinese aircraft carrier and its carrier-based aircraft wing, it is difficult to achieve long-range combat power projection even if it mobilizes all capabilities. Its current most suitable role is to provide air defense and air cover for fleets far from the coast. However, the US media believes that the Chinese aircraft carrier can get strong support from the South Island reef base group. China has repeatedly stressed that the newly built South Island reef base focuses on defense, and China has not deployed a large number of attack weapons on the island reef. Despite this, the Chinese island reef base is still a threat to the US aircraft carrier. The US aircraft carrier battle group confronts the Chinese aircraft carrier battle group, and must pay attention to the "stereoscopic combat system" behind it - the combat force composed of the aircraft carrier formation, the island reef base group and the land-based fighter aircraft. This is the "home advantage" of the Chinese aircraft carrier. . The troops on the island reef base will be the first to support the Chinese aircraft carrier fighting in the open sea. Western experts speculate that in the South China Sea, Chinese aircraft carriers can continue to fight against the US aircraft carrier battle group. This is because the Chinese aircraft carrier has a “base†in the South China Sea – the Hainan Island Naval Base has been expanded and successfully upgraded to a comprehensive aircraft carrier logistics base. If there is operational demand, the Chinese aircraft carrier can stay in the South China Sea for a long time – the Hainan Island base is enough to provide real combat protection. The Sanya aircraft carrier base in Hainan Island was built, so that the Chinese aircraft carrier could not rush to the South China Sea by the Qingdao base before the war, but could attack directly from Hainan Island. From the voyage point of view, whether it is the disputed waters in the South China Sea or the Pacific Ocean or the Indian Ocean, the Chinese aircraft carrier will save several weeks from Sanya, which greatly guarantees the mobility of the Chinese aircraft carrier. Having a base in the South China Sea means that the Chinese aircraft carrier can deploy in advance to the "South China Sea Theater", and then wait for the US military carrier battle group to maximize the advantage of the South China Sea home. Although the Chinese aircraft carrier does not currently have a fixed-wing early warning aircraft, this does not mean that "the Chinese aircraft carrier's combat power cannot be extended too far", because the unique advantages of the Hainan Island base group make up for the above shortcomings. Foreign media speculated that China has deployed more than 100 combat aircraft, including the Air Herald-200 Early Warning Aircraft, Electronic Warfare Aircraft, J-11B Fighter, and JH-7A, on Hainan Island, and its strength exceeds that of any country around the South China Sea. In order to protect these military aircraft, the "Red Flag-9" air defense missile and the "Eagle-62" land-based anti-ship missile system are also deployed around the Hainan Island aviation base. Shenzhen Kaixuanye Technology Co., Ltd. , https://www.icoilne.com
