Cctv newsEvery time the carrier battle group is on duty, it has to wander at sea for several months. At this time, a comprehensive supply ship with large tonnage and high speed is needed to meet the massive material demand of the carrier formation.
Recently, the first ship of China Navy’s new integrated supply ship — — The Hulun Lake ship officially joined the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy sequence. The Hulun Lake ship, known as the "super wet nurse", will make the Chinese aircraft carrier formation go further.
Hulun Lake Ship No.965 is a new type of integrated supply ship independently developed by China and advanced in the world. Although the official did not disclose the specific information, some analysts believe that Hulun Lake Ship is a 901 integrated supply ship. This type of supply ship is the first 40,000-ton supply ship in China, which is twice as large as the Type 903 being built in batches, and its speed has also been greatly improved.
Hulun Lake Ship Completes the Last Short Board of Chinese Aircraft Carrier Battle Group
Previously, there were eight 903 large supply ships in China. The speed of the 903 integrated supply ship is less than 20 knots, while the speed of the carrier Liaoning ship is about 29 knots, and the speed of the 052D destroyer is about 32 knots. That is to say, the speed of the supply ship owned by China could not keep up with the speed of the entire aircraft carrier formation.
The Hulun Lake ship, with a speed of about 25 knots, can provide the naval carrier formation of China with accompanying supplies at sea, completing the last short board in the Chinese carrier battle group.
The power of the new supply ship has been strengthened, which has increased the rapid supply capacity.
Cao Weidong, a military expert, said that the integrated supply ship mainly provides oil, fresh water and ammunition to combat ships. In the past, the supply ship had small tonnage, less materials and poor wind and wave resistance. The speed of warships is relatively fast, and the speed of supply ships is relatively slow, which is easy to slow down.
Nowadays, after the power of the new integrated supply ship is strengthened, it can follow behind the combat ship quickly, so that it can sail together in a formation and increase the rapid supply capacity.
The new supply ship can realize vertical, horizontal and three-dimensional supply.
As mentioned in the public information, Hulun Lake Ship has broken through a series of key technologies, such as the development of new offshore replenishment devices and the overall design and construction of large-scale replenishment ships, with diverse replenishment methods and strong replenishment capabilities. So … How to understand "various replenishment methods"?
Cao Weidong pointed out that the new supply ship can supply vertically, horizontally and stereoscopically. In this way,The replenishment speed can be greatly increased, and several ships can be replenished at the same time, thus enhancing the ocean-going escort and combat capability of the China Navy.
If the supply ship is sunk, the sustained combat capability of the aircraft carrier formation will be reduced by at least 50%.
With the China Navy’s more and more frequent offshore training operations, it is essential to have enough supply ships. The so-called military forces have not moved, and food and grass are first. How important is replenishment for aircraft carriers?
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States carries 80 aircraft, and the average fuel consumption of each aircraft is 10 tons. Assuming that each aircraft is dispatched once a day, the fuel consumption is about 800 tons, while Nimitz-class aircraft carriers can generally carry 9000 tons of aviation fuel, and according to this fuel consumption, the operational demand can only be maintained for 8-12 days.If the supply ship is sunk, it is equivalent to a reduction of 50% or even 100% in the sustained combat capability of the aircraft carrier formation.
Type 901 integrated supply ship will make Chinese aircraft carrier go further.
The full-load displacement of the 901 integrated supply ship has reached 40,000 tons. Although the specific amount of materials carried has not been made public, for example, the supply-level fast combat support ship with similar tonnage of the US military can carry about 20,000 tons of various oils and dry goods.
Cao Weidong said: with the increase of our country’s guarding tasks in the open sea in the future,Supply ships must adapt to the new mode of China Navy’s offshore escort and ensure the logistics supply of combat ships, especially the supply of battle groups such as aircraft carriers.. After the formation of the aircraft carrier to the far sea, not only the aircraft carrier needs to be supplemented with raw materials, fresh water, food and ammunition, but also the surrounding ships need to be supplemented. soThe integrated supply ship in the aircraft carrier formation is indispensable, which can effectively provide corresponding logistics support for the aircraft carrier battle group to sail continuously, perform tasks continuously or fight continuously.
The future replenishment mode will be systematic, informative, precise and automatic.
At present, the world’s major naval powers are continuing to develop supply ships. From the perspective of rapid supply ships, the United States is still leading the world; Although Russia currently has only one aircraft carrier formation, the supply ships are also very complete, and Britain and France also have large-tonnage supply ships. China is also vigorously developing large-tonnage supply ships.Large-tonnage and high-speed supply ships have almost become the standard configuration of naval powers.
In addition to large tonnage and high speed, the informationization of future supply ships is also very important.Cao Weidong, a military expert, pointed out that in the future combat, warships emphasize systematic confrontation and informational confrontation, which is also applicable to supply ships.In the future, accurate replenishment, rapid replenishment, information-based cross-linking with other ships and improvement of automation will be the development direction of supply ships.