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| Type 071 Yuzhao class LPD (File Photo) |
A PLAN flotilla centered around a Type 071 LPD (Yuzhao-class Landing Platform Dock) has completed a two-day amphibious drill off the Paracel Islands (also called Xisha Islands in Chinese and Hoàng Sa Islands in Vietnamese) on Wednesday. The flotilla undertook a "three-dimensional" patrol of several islets, using surface vessels, Type 726 LCAC (Yuyi class) and Z-8 helicopters.
Marines with the flotilla conducted a 20-minute landing training on Wednesday. The training "attained its anticipated objectives", according to Hu Dehai, a deputy brigade commander.
Commander of the Nanhai Fleet Jiang Weilie, who also serves as the flotilla's commander, landed on the islands to greet the garrison troops.
The patrol and landing operations fall within the flotilla's annual schedule that include combat drills in the South China Sea, the West Pacific Ocean and the east Indian Ocean.
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