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45 helicopters of our army's air assault brigade appeared at the training ground in the same frame
On 7 April, CCTV reported a news video of the training of a certain air assault brigade of the People's Liberation Army, and a new picture of the ground assault combat exercise of 45 helicopters of various types of our army's air assault brigade appeared.
Today, the strength of the PLA's ground and air assault forces has been greatly developed, and if it is engaged in a cross-sea landing operation in the direction of the Taiwan Strait, the air assault brigade will be able to reach Taiwan's airfield in one hour.
The air assault brigade was dispatched in large formations
The Z-10 helicopter gunship is mainly equipped with the helicopter gunship battalion of the Air Assault Brigade
The Air Assault Brigade is a new product of our army's military reform, an air assault brigade developed on the basis of the former Army Aviation Regiment, with ground force projection as the core and air-ground combined firepower to carry out air assault operations.
The Air Assault Brigade can play a tremendous role in cross-sea amphibious landing operations, seizing important battlefield node targets, military and civilian airports, ports, and landing sites where the enemy is stationed, and creating conditions for our army's airborne troops and the main force of the army to enter the battlefield.
The PLA Army has established new air assault brigades on the basis of the original army aviation brigades/regiments and infantry regiments, and a certain air assault brigade of the Central Theater Army and a certain air assault brigade of the Southern Theater Army, which often appear in news reports.
A certain air assault brigade of the Central Theater Army was reorganized on the basis of the former army aviation regiment and a certain regiment of the "Tiger Division." The cutting-edge air assault brigade that inherited the style of the old unit has already demonstrated a powerful air-ground joint combat capability.
The Air Force has set up an air assault brigade subordinate to the Air Force on the basis of the airborne troops and helicopter regiments, and the Navy has also set up an air assault battalion on the basis of carrier-based helicopter units and marines.
Judging from the news footage, 45 transport helicopters, general-purpose helicopters, and armed helicopters of a certain air assault brigade of the Central Theater Army formed a large formation to carry out ground assault operations, which shows the huge amount of equipment of the air assault brigade. Generally surpasses the traditional army aviation brigade of the PLA Army.
The subordinate detachments of our army's air assault brigade include several transport helicopter battalions, a number of armed helicopter battalions, and reconnaissance helicopter battalions.
The ground assault unit of the Air Assault Brigade consists of an assault infantry battalion, a fire company and a support company. The "Lynx" all-terrain vehicle is used to realize the battlefield maneuver of the air assault infantry, and the supporting firepower mainly comes from the Z-10 helicopter gunship and the various accompanying firearms installed in the fire company, such as mortars, heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.
At least 24 helicopter gunships appeared in the picture, which is roughly equivalent to two battalions of straight 10 helicopter gunships of our army, and the firepower is quite strong.
The use of the PLA Air Assault Brigade in the Taiwan Strait region
The straight-8L transport helicopter of the Air Assault Brigade of our army is equipped
The role of the formed air assault brigade in the cross-sea amphibious landing campaign is very obvious, which greatly enhances the suddenness of our army's landing campaign and shortens the time for our army's landing force to enter Taiwan Island.
From the time the air assault group takes off from the front-line airfield to the time when our assault troops land on the ground, it will generally not take more than one hour, or even less, and the garrison forces at Taiwan's airports, ports, and landing sites cannot effectively organize defense in a short period of time.
If a conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the air assault brigades belonging to other fraternal theaters will be reinforced to the troops in the eastern theater, and will use field airfields to deploy in front of them, and air assault operations will disrupt the enemy's strategic deployment and carry out attacks on important node targets.
As far as operations in the northern region of Taiwan are concerned, when our army's amphibious landing campaign was launched, under the cover of artillery brigades, aviation units, and ground guidance units, some troops of the PLA's air assault brigade carried out air assault operations against the Matsu Islands and Dongyi Islands under the control of the Taiwan authorities, quickly occupied the above-mentioned islands, established defensive positions, and monitored the airspace and sea areas of northern Taiwan, so as to create conditions for our army's landing in the northern Taiwan region.
The main forces of our army's air assault brigade and army aviation brigade carry out important attacks on Taiwan island with air assault infantry and special operations units, and their main operational objectives are: First, to seize Keelung Port, Taipei Port, and other important ports, protect the integrity of Taiwan's ports, and use them for our landing forces.
Second, the main force of the air assault force seized Taipei, Hsinchu, and other military and civilian airports to create favorable conditions for the landing of our army's large transport planes, or to guide firepower to carry out sabotage attacks on enemy airfield targets.
Third, it is necessary to infiltrate and reconnoiter important landing sites such as the Tamsui estuary, and monitor the enemy defending and reinforcing the enemy in front of them, so as to create favorable battlefield conditions for the landing of our army's main landing force at the Tamsui estuary.
When our army's air assault infantry was fighting, the armed helicopters of the air assault brigade carried out several batches of continuous fire strikes and cooperated with the air force aviation units to cover the air assault ground troops.
The Air Assault Battalion and the 075 Amphibious Assault Ship assigned to the Marine Corps coordinated operations to carry out cross-island operations east of Taiwan, focusing on attacking Taitung airfield targets such as the Taiwan Army's Zhihang and Hualien, and guiding the air force and ground guidance units to carry out precision strikes on the Taiwan military's cave facilities and restricting the Taiwan Air Force's interference with our military's operations.
epilogue
Today, thanks to the large number of domestic armed helicopters, general-purpose helicopters and transport helicopters delivered to the air assault brigade, the development of our army's air assault brigade has ushered in a golden age, the army already has two air assault brigades, one airborne air assault brigade has become an army, and the navy's many air assault battalions have fully equipped themselves with the ability to carry out cross-sea assaults.
With the blessing of modern weaponry, the PLA's ability to seize islands is not what it used to be, and it has laid a solid foundation for the smooth settlement of the Taiwan issue, and there is not much time left for the "Taiwan independence elements."
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Part of the information in the article: CCTV report: An air assault brigade of the 83rd Group Army of the Army accelerated its assault on the road of transformation