The Sino-foreign joint training league has embarked on the track of institutional normalization
Our army has "opened its doors to train troops" to improve its actual combat skills
During the "Western Joint-2021" exercise, Chinese troops launched a charge. (File photo) Photo by Chen Lichun
Reporters Luo Zheng and Feng Sheng reported: "The Joint Formation of China and Pakistan is divided! On the afternoon of July 13, in the waters east of Zhoushan, with the order of the commander, the ships of the two countries participating in the China-Pakistan "Ocean Guardian-2" maritime joint exercise bid farewell and returned home. The four-day exercise was conducted by China and Pakistan in nine subjects, including joint sea strikes, joint anti-submarine warfare, and joint air defense and anti-missile.
Time flies, and the years fly by. Just like the blossoming waves of Chinese and Pakistani warships ploughing above the ocean, the joint exercise and joint training league, the Chinese army's innovative practice of "opening the door to train troops" has been constantly rushing forward, becoming more and more rich and perfect, and gradually maturing, which has become an important way to test and enhance the combat effectiveness of our army.
To build a world-class army, we must go to the world and understand the world. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, President Xi Jinping has focused on the great cause of strengthening the military in the new era and personally drawn up a blueprint for international military cooperation, including the Sino-foreign joint exercise and joint training league. In May 2014, President Xi Jinping pointed out during his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Chinese and Russian militaries should deepen cooperation in joint exercises, military technology, and counter-terrorism, and jointly do a good job in the Sino-Russian maritime joint military exercise and the joint anti-terrorism exercise of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. In July 2017, President Xi Jinping issued a video congratulating the opening of the "International Military Competition-2017", stressing the hope that the Chinese armed forces and the militaries of relevant countries will strengthen exchanges and cooperation, continuously achieve new achievements in international military cooperation, and make new contributions to safeguarding world peace.
Commander-in-chief orders, three military scenery from. Over the past 10 years, the Chinese military has become more proactive in organizing and participating in bilateral or multilateral joint training exercises. As more and more Chinese soldiers embark on the international military field, records are constantly being refreshed, and the Sino-foreign joint training league embarks on the track of mechanization and normalization, and continues to improve quality and upgrade.
The content element is becoming more and more complete, and the number of partners is increasing. 17 in 2013, 24 in 2015, more than 30 in 2018... From 2012 until the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, the Chinese military held more than 100 joint exercises and training activities with the militaries of more than 30 countries. While the number is rising, the connotation of the Sino-foreign joint training league has also been continuously enriched: the content of the exercise has been extended from counter-terrorism and disaster relief to peacekeeping, escort, defense, security, special operations and other fields, the exercise area has been extended from China's periphery to the open sea and ocean, the participating forces have expanded from the army to the navy, air force and the joint operations of the three services, and the joint training objects have expanded from the neighboring countries to The countries of Europe, the Americas, Africa and Oceania.
The level of actual combat is getting higher and higher, and the role of the "whetstone" of the joint training league is constantly prominent. In the past 10 years, the direction of the Sino-foreign joint training league focusing on preparing for war has become clearer. In particular, the four strategic exercises of "Orient-2018", "Central-2019", "Caucasus-2020" and "Western Union-2021" held from 2018 to 2021 provide an important platform for improving our military's core military capabilities. The "Dongfang-2018" exercise tested the effectiveness of our military's reform and joint combat capability in actual combat, and the "Western United-2021" exercise tested the use of our new quality combat force. In the "Western United-2021" exercise, new equipment accounted for more than 80 percent, air police-500 early warning aircraft, J-20, Y-20, J-16 and other fighters were concentrated on the appearance, the detection and combat of integrated unmanned aerial vehicles, bee swarm attack unmanned aerial vehicles, reconnaissance and surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles combined use, new armed helicopters, armored assault wheel attacks. The "international military competition" initiated by the Russian Ministry of Defense is also a multilateral military training and exchange activity that our military has regularly participated in in recent years. This annual series of events closely follows the design of the battlefield, highlights the confrontation between real troops and real equipment, and has achieved remarkable results in the training and testing of the actual combat ability of the troops.
Highlight the theme of "peace" and continuously contribute to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. The "Common Destiny-2021" exercise held in September last year was the first time that the Chinese military has organized an international peacekeeping multilateral live-action exercise, demonstrating the Chinese military's firm determination to maintain world peace. Over the past 10 years, many Sino-foreign joint training exercises have included the word "peace" in their code names: the series of "Peace Missions" exercises under the framework of the SCO have effectively enhanced the joint counter-terrorism capabilities of member states and played an important role in maintaining regional security and stability; Joint exercises such as "Peace and Friendship" and "Peaceful Rescue" have laid a good foundation for the Chinese armed forces to cooperate with the armed forces of neighboring countries in carrying out humanitarian rescue operations. Whether it is to fight terrorism side by side or to rescue them hand in hand, the Chinese soldiers who have stepped onto the international military field have proved again and again with their actions that the Chinese military has always been a firm force for safeguarding world peace.
Hand in hand to drill troops, the momentum is like a rainbow; Joint drills are getting better. Less than a week after the end of the China-Pakistan "Ocean Guardian-2" maritime joint exercise, officers and men of our army who went to Laos to participate in the "Peace Train-2022" humanitarian medical rescue joint exercise and medical service activities arrived in Vientiane. Immediately after, the "International Military Competition-2022" is about to be unveiled. Looking forward to the future, Chinese servicemen who have heroically gone abroad and gone to the world will write a more wonderful chapter on the broad stage of "opening the door to train troops."
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Eight sides of the wind to blow sails
■ Luo Zheng
Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our army has not only carried out vigorous and vigorous training in actual combat internally, but also persisted in "training troops at the open door" and actively adopted the method of inviting in and going out to carry out joint exercises with the armies of various countries in the world. At present, the Sino-foreign joint training league has embarked on a mechanized and normalized development track, which has become a major highlight of the International Military Cooperation carried out by the Chinese armed forces.
The level of combat effectiveness of an army cannot only rely on self-guidance and self-evaluation, but should be included in the coordinate system of the world army for reference. Through competing on the same stage with foreign militaries, exchanging and exchanging ideas, broadening international vision, perceiving the advanced concepts of the world, learning from the strengths and strengths of others, and making up for their own shortcomings and weaknesses, we can continuously enhance our military's actual ability to fight and win wars.
Open the door to train the troops to increase their skills, and the wind and drums from all sides to recruit sails. The Chinese armed forces not only shoulder the sacred mission of safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, but also are a firm force for safeguarding world peace. The chinese armed forces have joined hands with different countries to carry out exercises and exercises, including counter-terrorism and stability maintenance, peacekeeping escort, disaster relief, etc., precisely in order to enhance our military's core military capabilities and ability to carry out non-war military operations, so as to better fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of major countries and militaries to defend world peace, and make greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind.
Source: People's Liberation Army Daily