Liaoning aircraft carrier breakthrough the "second island chain", a 160,000-ton formation crossed beyond Guam, launching carrier-based aircraft.

According to the notification of Japan's Ministry of Defense on June 8, China's Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group entered the sea area near South Bird Island in the western Pacific and conducted takeoffs and landings of carrier-based aircraft. However, the Japanese side did not disclose the number of carrier-based aircraft takeoffs and landings. This is the first time that the Japanese side has confirmed that China's aircraft carrier battle group has broken through the so-called "second island chain" and arrived at a position east of Guam.

Moreover, according to the Japanese side's statement, they monitored that the total displacement of the aircraft carrier battle group exceeded 160,000 tons - apart from the Liaoning aircraft carrier, there were also two Type 055 ten-thousand-ton destroyers, Nanchang and Wuxi, two Type 052D destroyers, Qiqihar and Tangshan, Type 054A frigate Yantai, Type 901 comprehensive replenishment ship Huolunhu, and Type 903 comprehensive replenishment ship Kekexili Lake.

Such a large-scale aircraft carrier fleet crossing beyond Guam into the sea area near South Bird Island, the easternmost island of Japan, clearly made the Japanese highly nervous, and it would also make the Americans uneasy about their food and sleep. In recent years, although the Americans have been talking loudly, they have started to withdraw forces such as the US troops stationed in Japan to what they call the "second island chain". They probably realized that they could not withstand the Chinese People's Liberation Army in what they called the "first island chain", so they began to retreat. Now that our aircraft carrier battle group has also broken through the so-called "second island chain", the American "rear" will become the frontline again. This time, they might have to retreat further to places like Hawaii in what they call the "third island chain".

And this long-distance voyage of Liaoning may also have explored a new model for the training of China's aircraft carrier battle groups. In the future, with Shandong becoming increasingly mature and Fujian entering service soon, China's aircraft carriers are likely to appear more and more frequently in distant oceans.

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