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The Southern Theater needs to deal with two major campaign directions at the same time:
The South China Sea and the Indochina Peninsula have entered a period of high-risk conflict at about the same time, and the Kachin Independence Army in Myanmar has almost approached the China-Myanmar border, and the Philippines has invited the United States, Japan and Australia to conduct joint naval and air military exercises at the same time. The Southern Theater has just carried out live-fire exercises on the Chinese side of the China-Myanmar border and carried out joint naval and air patrols in the South China Sea.
With the main forces of the navy, air force, and land forces in the theater dispatched to the mission area at the same time, will the southern theater be able to deal with the threats in the two major campaign directions at the same time?
Direction of the Southern Theater Campaign
The J-10S fighter of a brigade of the Air Force in the Southern Theater is taking off for training
In light of our country's strategic environment and geopolitical characteristics, and in light of the strategic deployment of its main adversary, the PLA has set up theater command organs in different directions to deal with strategic threats.
After the military reform, our army has become five major theaters to deal with various strategic directions, the southern theater carries out strategic defense tasks in the southern direction of the territory, and the two major campaign directions are the South China Sea and the Indochina Peninsula.
Since the Indochina Peninsula borders on the mainland's land territory, the Southern Theater Army and Air Force are mainly responsible for carrying out defense tasks on the Indochina Peninsula, and our army has deployed a considerable number of border defense brigades on the front line to stabilize and control the border line, and in the depth of the second line of the territory, there are also a large number of light and highly mobile composite brigades, medium composite brigades, and heavy units under the Army Group Army of the Southern Theater to carry out mobile combat missions.
A bomber regiment in the Southern Theater of Operations took off to perform a mission with the H-6K
In the live-fire exercise on the China-Myanmar border, the main combat forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), including the medium-sized composite brigade, the light and high-altitude aircraft unit, and the artillery brigade, jointly appeared in the exercise to deter the relevant armed forces and the foreign forces behind them. The Air Force Aviation Unit dispatched J-10C fighters and H-6K bombers to carry out ground strikes and other missions.
Judging from the public news footage, the army of the southern theater is all new equipment, 08 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, PCL-161 vehicle-mounted howitzers, and "warrior" protective assault vehicles represent the mainstream equipment level of the PLA Army Composite Brigade, and compared with the previous live-fire exercises held on the Chinese side of the Sino-Burmese border, great progress has been made, and the PLA has appeared in a concentrated manner with new equipment and a new look.
The domestic J-10C fighter equipped by a certain brigade of the aviation force clearly indicates its identity on the fuselage
A certain air base in the Southern Theater is the main operational base of the Air Force facing the direction of the Indochina Peninsula, and it is the air force unit that was equipped with the J-10A earlier, and now it is equipped with a large number of J-10C fighters.
It is rumored that a certain aviation brigade has begun to replace the J-16 fighter with J-16 fighters and continues to expand the technological superiority of the Chinese Air Force.
Direction II of the Southern Theater of Operations campaign
The garrison units of our army on the Nansha islands and reefs are training
The South China Sea area covers an area of more than 300,000 square kilometers and a length of nearly 2,000 kilometers from north to south.
The navy of the Southern Theater, which inherited the main body of the South China Sea Fleet, has made tremendous progress in naval military reform, installing aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships for the first time, and forming aircraft carrier strike groups and amphibious assault groups subordinate to the theater navy respectively, and the navy of the southern theater has the capability to carry out mobile operations in the South China Sea for a long time and on a large scale.
Carrier-based fighters on an aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy are operating on the deck
Normally, our military has incorporated 0.55 million tons of large drive and 052D missile destroyers into the "Shandong" aircraft carrier battle group to strengthen the air defense and anti-ship capabilities of the aircraft carrier battle group. The amphibious assault ship "Hainan Ship" will be organized into an amphibious strike group with the 071 dock landing ship and the 072 tank landing ship to carry out combat readiness tasks against Taiwan and offensive and defensive tasks on islands and reefs in the South China Sea under the cover of the Navy's escort fleet.
After the military reform, the navy of the southern theater also reintegrated its coastal defense forces, established a number of frigate detachments subordinate to the naval operating base, and reequipped a large number of 056A frigates to strengthen coastal defense and anti-submarine capabilities in the South China Sea.
The Philippine Navy has noticed that the PLA's 056A corvettes and Type 22 missile boats have been deployed to the islands and reefs in the South China Sea, which has strengthened the defense system of the Nansha islands and reefs, and can effectively control the territorial waters around the islands and reefs.
Of course, the military construction of the Southern Theater in the direction of the South China Sea is not only embodied in the naval ship units, but also in the construction of naval aviation units, air force aviation units, marine corps, and other arms.
A certain air base in the Southern Theater (different from the air base mentioned above) carried out offensive and defensive tasks in the direction of the South China Sea, and a large number of heavy stealth fighters and multi-role fighters such as the J-20 and J-16 were replaced.
The former has greatly improved the quality of the air fleet of the Chinese Air Force, the air superiority combat capability and stealth capability of the J-20 stealth fighter exceed the tactical aircraft of the South China Sea countries without stealth capabilities, and the J-16 fighter is deployed in the direction of the South China Sea, relying on a large range, ultra-large bomb load and multi-purpose strike capability to make our army's sea strike system get a huge leap.
The Russian-made Su-30MKK fighters installed by a certain brigade of naval aviation are still exerting their residual heat
The Southern Theater Air Force is the first air force unit of the PLA to be equipped with Su-30MKK and Jian-16 fighters, and a large number of air force heroes and ace units, such as the "Nanbatian" and "Air Thunderbolt," have brought the combat power of heavy multi-role fighters into full play to the limit, greatly enhancing our army's campaign offensive capability in the direction of the South China Sea.
In the face of the severe environment in the direction of the South China Sea and the Indochina Peninsula, the navy, air force and army forces of the Southern Theater have the ability to deter all parties concerned, maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea and the Indochina Peninsula, and provide a strong security guarantee for the Belt and Road Initiative.
Part of the information source of the article: CCTV News: The Southern Theater organized a joint naval and air combat patrol
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