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The Chinese servicemen narrated that Gulf of Aden escorts: Once suffered 18 pirate ships to besiege

http://www.sina.com.cn on October 10, 2009 07:32 BTV “World Discussed Daily”

Material chart: Attacks my merchant’s suspicious pirate ships premeditated

　　BTV “World Discussed Daily”

　　”World Discussed Daily” on October 9 broadcast: The Chinese servicemen narrated that was escorting for 142 days in Gulf of Aden, the following is the program factual record

　　Management: Luo Xu

　　Honored guests: The “Liberation Army Daily” second batch of escort formation along with ship reporter Xia Hong Ping

　　Segment: The “Liberation Army Daily” third batch of escort formation along with ship reporter Judah

　　Screenwriter-directors: Chen Li generation of

　　Broadcasting: Beijing satellite TV on October 9 13:05

　　Directors: The world discussed daily that under chatted daily. Hello, I am Luo Xu, welcome to watch today’s program. The Somalian pirates still are very at present rampant, now has been divided into more than 30 pirates to organize, facing such intense situation, our country has sent out three batch of convoy fleets to escort for various countries’ ships. Everybody certainly wants to know, our convoy fleets carry out the task in Gulf of Aden time, which rarely known stories had, which soul-stirring scenes also has, today we welcome for you to one of escort experiencing, “Liberation Army Daily” reporter Xia Hong Ping, welcome Xia Hong Ping.

　　Xia Hong Ping: Hello Luo Xu.

　　Directors: This is Hong Ping in the shipboard glorious image, what now recalls is felt?

　　The escort experiences the life to be unforgettable

　　Xia Hong Ping: You saw in my picture wears this shoulder patch, this indicated I have worked as 142 day-long navy, these 142 days my for a lifetime possibly this time, but I am lifelong unforgettable.

　　Directors: Today Xia Hong Ping has also brought very rich video frequency and phantom material to us, we had a look at Xia Hong first together Pinghe the second batch of escort formation these 142 day-long escort experiences.

　　Experiences the second batch to escort for 142 days

　　On April 2, 2009, the Chinese Navy second batch of escort formation embarked from Zhanjiang, navigates 4600 nautical miles, replaced the first batch escort formation to carry out the escort mission on April 16 in Gulf of Aden. Xia Hong Ping as one along with the ship reporter, witnesses the escort officers and Somalian pirates repeatedly fights the wisdom to fight bravely, the entire journey short distance observation drives away the process of pirate; Not only during the Gulf of Aden monsoon, he must under the bad sea condition, overcome the psychological and body’s withstanding limit, but must hold the post , to continue to the domestic sending back newest report.

　　142 day and night, the second batch of escort formation, altogether escort ships 45 batch of 393, rescues to be attacked foreign merchant 4, meets protects release foreign country merchant 1, warned that and drove away the suspicious ships to reach more than 200, obtained is protected the ships and personnels 100% safe outstanding result. Xia Hong Ping has recorded this each one significant instant with massive writing and picture, first sends back the home through the marine satellite, reported the escort tendency timely.

　　Escorts the 16th minute warning to sound

　　Directors: When arrives at the Somalian sea area, first time runs into the pirate to sound the warning, did you also remember scene then?

　　Xia Hong Ping: We just the 16th minute which packed off the first batch of escort formation, we have served a meal, I just sat down in the dining hall, has not taken up the chopsticks, the bell has made a sound, the first-level counter-pirate deployed, I at that time quickly ran down, worked on the camera to run toward the cab, because we had the position, each reporter had the position, my position was in the port, was open-air, at that time I did not have any Wu Bei, did not have the helmet.

　　Directors: You have not worn the helmet, aren’t you worried?

　　Xia Hong Ping: First time, truly was a little worried.

　　Directors: What felt at heart?

　　Directors: At that time thought in, to the first line has also thought that many did anything.

　　Directors: Before do you to sounding this warning have the preparation?

　　Xia Hong Ping: We have trained, no matter you in making anything, even if you are going to bathroom, you must mention the pants toward overshooting, goes to your position, you to your position are not your dereliction of duty, but trains after all trains, now pirate nearby you, moreover is fully-armed. At that time thinks is grasps down the first news, is really this. At that time our directors were very calm, the direction special member started to admonish, starts to launch the engine knock ball, drove away the pirate, we at that time the entire ship’s heart raised in the pit of the stomach, why? After all has not bumped into the pirate, does not know any appearance, now looks like the pirate to us is very frightened, he saw we take the action to them, stopped immediately down, the key was this time, we just the Matushita one breath, the starboard had discovered the goal, that day was linking several waves, altogether I remembered that was 6 batch of 19, was the wolve tactic, did not stop the harassment you, our times were very successful driving away. But afterward the director specially gave us several reporters to hold a meeting, because has not worn the helmet completely, said “once, if the matter, is unfair to you really”.

　　Directors: Xia Hong put down you at that time was on the command ship.

　　Xia Hong Ping: Right, Shenzhen shipboard.

　　Directors: Our second batch of escort formations altogether have three warships, we understand with the viewer friend first together.

　　The second batch of escort formation “three ship guests”

　　The second batch of escort formation including three naval vessels, 2 ship-based helicopters and part scs members, entire formation altogether 800 people. The Shenzhen destroyer equipment has the modernized antiship missile, ship-to-air missile and so on advanced weapons, since the service, has completed 8 important military exercises, and visits repeatedly, is honored as “diplomatic star ship”. Mt. Huangshan is the new-type missile escort ship, primary equipment anti-ship and air defense weapon system. Participated in the first batch escort the Weishan Lake synthesis supplies ship has also joined the second batch of escort formation, Weishan Lake set the record of Chinese Navy to voyage continuously 239 day-long record! These 3 warships are our country indigenously design the manufacture, the weaponry performance is advanced.

　　Directors: Hong puts down you are first time arrives at our studios today, but if did not remember incorrectly, actually you are the old honored guest of our program.

　　Xia Hong Ping: The third time.

　　Directors: Previous we have made the segment, at that time is in June I remembered, along with May and June’s arrival, I knew that Gulf of Aden that place’s meteorological condition becomes specially not good.

　　The Gulf of Aden monsoon time meets the bad sea condition

　　Xia Hong Ping: Sand storm.

　　Directors: Sand storm? Does the sea have the sand storm?

　　Xia Hong Ping: The sea has the sand storm, yes, others to me said that I do not believe that because afterward I had known, this southwest monsoon blows, the four sides sand runs toward the middle, in June, second time with our segment that one time, I sits in the starboard deck, holds the notebook to chat with you, at that time chatted had 20 minutes, I said to you, after having ended, in my notebook was ash, usually I generally do not dare to take the notebook to exit, the ash was too heavy.

　　Directors: Thank you to the vigorous support of our program, thanked.

　　Xia Hong Ping: Should. One is storm specially is big, at that time to which kind of degree? Some 9 merchants applied to escort with us, then 8 gave up on own initiative, marine wind speed close 22 meters, wave high 5 to 6 meters, what did I at that time stand on the ship feel? Is this deck you feel is, for example I walk from here, just started the possible downhill to walk, possibly walks to turn uphill walks. Our ship can incline to 25 degrees, 25 degrees were on the table have not been able to put the thing, after we came ashore, everybody ate meal also has a custom, the hand grasps the bowl to eat meal, afterward they said that came ashore, did not need to hold the bowl to eat, everybody was suddenly enlighted, ha smiled.

　　Xia Hong Ping: That day had 5 meters waves quickly, I am an army serviceman, I am the seasickness person, 10 clocks embark, 10:05 I have spat, because must send a manuscript, I clench teeth the computer to support, then issues after the draft, directly lies on the bed spits.

　　Xia Hong Ping: Then cannot have a good sleep, because you on ship, this ship always swing you, you just the side came, it swings you here, here you lean to arrive, it swings you here, one you cannot have a good sleep in any case in the evening, likely on the train you do not rest steadfastly, a while awakes, a while awakes, we sleep also to tie the safety belt generally.

　　Directors: Is under that?

　　Xia Hong Ping: Right, do you see? Below is my safety belt, falls from above, if usually we pull it, sleeping time must clip on, is the same with airplane’s safety belt, wants not dead, but must inspect, otherwise, you want to fall to be possible from above to be serious. At that time often is inexplicable hurting, looked here blue, where at that time hit, table corner and bed corner ……At that time had not known that several days later will look here was blue, there was blue, was used.

　　Xia Hong Ping: What concept bumps into big storm? That their soldier there whish whish spitting, saw the mouse also runs, then the mouth spat the foam, the mouse has spat one, in jumped into the sea has gone, could not bear, did not live, was really, therefore I thought the human was better than it, although we were uncomfortable, but we had the will.

　　The monsoon time pirate moves still frequently

　　Directors: Monsoon time time, meteorological condition unusual is not good, what did pirate then move the situation is? Has weakening, has other changes?

　　Xia Hong Ping: At that time a situation, was Somalian anti-government force attacks the government, produced the massive refugees, had few people to integrate pirate’s troop, therefore the pirate troop expanded, they to survive to take risks, moreover his sphere of action expanded, toward western continuously thorough Red Sea, Bab-el-Mandeb, moreover he also hit the psychological station with us, if you once which day were lax, he attacked you to be unprepared.

　　Directors: Therefore this meteorological condition is so bad, the pirate is very rampant, is explains the pirate to locality’s geographical qualification and climate very familiar.

　　Xia Hong Ping: Very familiar.

　　Directors: Facing this kind of situation, international society has also carried out each kind of combined action.

　　9 country manifesto altogether imperial pirate

　　Facing the pirate rampant aspect, some 15 national more than 40 warships escort in the Gulf of Aden area at present. Other day, China, US, UK, Japan and other countries have jointly signed “New York Manifesto”, 9 country’s ships when encountering the attack will carry on rescue mutually, the manifesto said that will set up the fund to assist the Somalian government to resist the pirate. At present, the Somalian Navy first batch 500 students have graduated, this means that in June formed the navy to have the official member from Somalia.

　　Somalian pirate each faction, then held 3 day-long secret meeting, has established the Somalian pirate “action committee”, the unified command and coordinate action, are used in purchasing the massive ill-gotten moneies the speedboat, the automatic rifle, the GPS position finder and so on equipment. In January, 2009, the Somalian security forces once seized 10 antiaircraft launcher, showed that the pirate has equipped attack helicopter’s antiaircraft missile. The United States Navy indicated that the Somalian pirates opened fire on August 26 at the United States Navy helicopter, this was the Somalian pirates opens fire at the US military airplane for the first time.

　　The rampant pirate attacks the convoy ship

　　Directors: We saw a moment ago, the Somalian pirates open fire at the US military airplane for the first time.

　　Xia Hong Ping: The US military is very bad luck, this was the second time, first time has been pursued by the pirate more than one hours, why we wondered he not to counterattack very much, afterward heard that this ship a little looked like the merchant.

　　Directors: Previous our segment time, I remembered that you said the pirate once attempted to attack the fleet, what situation at that time is?

　　Xia Hong Ping: That one time is our single mount escorts in a big way one time, a ship has protected 15 merchants, 9 are the Chinese ships, 6 are the foreigners. I remembered that at that time had 18 goals to besiege us, because the helicopter set sail to have certain hazard factor in the evening, at that time the director did not say good, the helicopter took off immediately, because we, simultaneously our warships are the left catch up without enough time, the right caught up, the helicopter took off, the glare drove away, the first wave glare shone, after the pirate has run, we hit the engine knock ball, he has run, the second wave four goals came up, our airplane to his sky, he stopped down, he has not approached to us, but he has not walked away.

　　Directors: Eying covetously.

　　Xia Hong Ping: Right, is the same with the wolf, prepares to nip your meat at any time.

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