The truth about Chinese destroyer, submarine, J20 and amphibious landing

Hi, welcome to Lei's Real Talk. I'm Lei. The People's Liberation Army of China released six promo videos called Quenching to show off its combat capabilities. A military commentator, Shen Zhou, analyzed the videos and pointed out the PLA's weaknesses. I compiled some of his analysis in a video called PLA's Weaknesses Exposed, which was released on November 11. Today, we'll delve deeper into Mr. Shen's analysis, uncovering more of the PLA's fake combat capabilities, as revealed by the CCP's promotional videos. Episode 6 shows the Chinese Navy's Yan'an destroyer and Shandong aircraft carrier conducting exercises east of Taiwan in April 2023. The Yan'an, which is China's latest Type 055 destroyer, quickly runs into trouble as its radar struggles to track unidentified targets. It detects multiple aerial targets, but then loses track, prompting commands to increase radar power and prepare for electronic warfare. Mr. Shen said that the PLA's most advanced destroyer fails to maintain stable radar contact. It's worse when the video admits they needed carrier-based aircraft to go forward for verification because the destroyer couldn't handle the situation. Destroyers are tasked with protecting the aircraft carrier, but the Chinese destroyer featured in the video can't even protect itself. The PLA's electronic warfare capability is clearly lacking, and the video acknowledges this. Shen said that in a real combat scenario, the Chinese vessels wouldn't even have time to react before being hit. The fourth episode promotes the Changsha ship, which is a 052D destroyer and the current main destroyer of the Chinese Navy. The voiceover says, Face-to-face competition with foreign ships at sea. Sometimes it is a competition of technology, but more of a competition of willpower. The visual then shows foreign aircraft flying close to the warship. The voiceover comes with instructions. The foreign aircraft is already visible to the naked eye as the Chinese destroyer responds. In actual combat, it's likely the destroyer would have already been hit by anti-ship missiles or precision bombs. Anyway, the filmmaker was trying to make a different point here. At this time, the voiceover says, Then the screen shows a PLA soldier writing anti-corruption in a notebook. The Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Navy from over a hundred years ago was defeated by the Japanese Navy in the First Sino-Japanese War. Corruption was one of the reasons for its defeat. Compared with the corruption of today's PLA, however, it's nothing. The voiceover says, No matter when and where, we must not change our nature in the face of corruption, and we must not lose our integrity in the face of temptation of interests. Promote political training with the spirit of rectification. The videos have reviewed Chinese destroyer's problems and indirectly admit that corruption and fraud have hindered its Navy's combat capabilities, probably due to poorly constructed naval vessels. Episode 4 of the PLA's promo videos shows a combat drill by a submarine unit of the Chinese Navy. Please take a look at the clip first. The captain of The launch signal of the launch team is sent to the launch pad. I heard the familiar wolf howl again. It is the challenge letter sent by the opponent. It is also our hard-to-defeat Cui Zhenggu. Start the low-altitude cruise. Yes, start the low-altitude cruise. Two-way two-turning, find the target. Yes, decide. Yes, or decide. Depth 180. Shortly after that, we hear a crew member order our launch tube to be ready. It sounds like the Chinese Navy has a serious concern of its sailors not following orders and not being disciplined. But the video oddly shows the submarine surfacing, and there's no picture of anything related to torpedo or missile launch. And the hype that's built up in the so-called actual combat exercise ends in a whimper. Mr. Shen asks, does the Chinese submarine need to surface to launch missiles or torpedoes? It's unclear whether it successfully destroyed the enemy's surface ship or was detected by the enemy, forcing them into engaging in a submarine offensive where anti-submarine warfare remains unanswered. The video leaves these questions unresolved. Episode 5 of the series shows the Chinese J-20 fighter jet conducting exercises. In the narration, the command center asks the pilot if he can take down an enemy jet. Dongyao, Tianjin. Dongyao, answer. Dongyao, there's a low-altitude cruise ship in your 085. It's expected to be launched in 19 minutes. Can you take it down? Yes, but I need to refuel first. Dongyao, there's no torpedoes. You go back first. Jiaoyouji, Liangguan. Tianye, Dongyao, jiayou. Get ready to launch. Dongyao, Tianye. The enemy's two stealth fighters have been launched. One minute, one minute, one minute. J-20, J-20. Aircraft guidance report. Dongyao has taken down the target aircraft. In the footage, the J-20 pilot opens his helmet visor and looks back, seeing an enemy aircraft directly overhead behind him as the alarm continues to sound. The audience want to see how the J-20 responds, but they don't see anything. The screen then shows the J-20 landing and returning to the base. The voiceover concludes, the J-20 shot down the target plane. So how did the J-20 eliminate the target aircraft when it was rear-ended by an enemy plane and had no machine gun? The video doesn't show or explain this at all, and people just celebrate the victory. The second episode of Cranching showcases the Chinese Marine Corps, which is said to have become a new quality combat force. The voiceover says, Landing combat is still the cruelest battle. If you want to break through in a difficult situation, you must be fully prepared. The video shows the CCP's landing exercise with helicopters, amphibious vehicles, hovercraft, and a large number of soldiers landing on the beach in small boats. Shen said that the CCP's ships are easy targets for airstrikes and land-based anti-ship missiles. Their helicopters cannot avoid individual anti-aircraft missiles. Amphibious vehicles and hovercraft are too fragile to handle strong firepower and anti-tank missiles on the beach. The PLA may be forced to rely on human wave tactics, which means that their soldiers' chances of survival will be very low. The PLA is certainly aware of the brutality of amphibious landing. A trainer of the Marines said this to prepare his soldiers. What? Teeth? Yikes! In the landing scene, a team of CCP Marines actually rushed in front of the armed vehicles, which Shen said is completely contrary to common sense. As soon as the amphibious assault vehicles reached the shore, soldiers hurriedly opened the doors, as we could see in the video, stepped into the water, crossed the beach, and charged forward blindly, leaving the amphibious vehicles behind them. Whether it's the PLA's Marine Corps or the Army's amphibious units, they all lack a basic understanding of amphibious landing, according to Mr. Shen. The PLA's Liaoning and Shandong carriers copied the former Soviet aircraft carriers. Now the Chinese Navy has fully turned to imitating American carriers. In the third episode of Quenching, a J-15 fighter jet takes off from the carrier Liaoning, and two crew members imitate the gestures of an American carrier-based aircraft takeoff from a catapult. Mr. Shen said this scene is super embarrassing because the Liaoning doesn't have a catapult, and its jets take off from the ski-jump deck. But the Chinese crew imitate the gestures of an American catapult takeoff. China's newest carrier, the Fujian, is equipped with a catapult. The video includes footage from the first sea trial of the Fujian on May 1, 2024. The person responsible for takeoff and landing tells other crew members that they can keep the old hand gestures from the old carriers. So the wrong hand gestures on one carrier conveniently became the correct ones on another carrier. And this is a unique characteristic of the Chinese Navy. The CCP's propaganda film Quenching is a big production, trying to promote the image of a strong Chinese military. But it inadvertently exposes many of the defects and problems of the Chinese PLA. Here's part one of the series. That's all for today. If you haven't liked and subscribed the video, please do so. Thank you for watching and I'll see you next time.