The following is based on a translation of a report on a Chinese news site:
China’s major news site mil.huanqiu.com reports about the intensive training of a rocket artillery battalion in China’s Jinan Military Region.
In the second year after its equipment was replaced by a new-type long-range rocket artillery a few years ago, it has destroyed all the moving target vessels at sea in a live ammunition drill.
The report describes how hard the troops’ trained 14 hours a day for seven days a week without taking leave and were finally able to achieve a much higher hitting rate than required.
Jinan Military Region covers part of China’s eastern coast.
The long-range rocket artillery is expected to be used for long-range coastal defence against invading navy coming from the east.
Source: mil.huanqiu.com “China’s new-type rocket artillery destroys moving target vessels at sea: There was for a time difficulty in passing oral orders” (summary by Chan Kai Yee based on the report in Chinese)
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