The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has always been invincible in the minds of the people.
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But we must also know that no matter how powerful they are, their team is also composed of one individual, since they are people, where can they not make mistakes?
On May 10, the "People's Liberation Army Daily" reported a news:
A brigade of the 72nd Group Army made a low-level mistake in the process of training, which led to their training score being 0, and it was criticized in the newspaper.
Some people say, isn't it just a mistake? Why are the consequences so severe?
The original article was published in the People's Liberation Army Daily on May 10, 2024 on "A typical case of a brigade of the 72nd Group Army failing in the review and assessment, and the actual combat consciousness has been firmly established".
But there are also those who say that if this low-level mistake happened on the battlefield, it was likely to cause serious casualties.
Is it really that serious? What happened during training?
Low-level mistakes have serious consequences
This would have been a very ordinary live-fire test.
A brigade of the 72nd Group Army of the People's Liberation Army conducted a drill as usual, but unexpectedly, just when the combat training was at a critical point, a mistake occurred.
In the muddy path, the various PLA brigades of the 72nd Group Army did not relax in their posts, wanting to win the best results in the assessment in one fell swoop.
However, as time goes on, the road conditions and weather get worse and worse, which means that the assessment becomes more and more difficult.
With a loud "snap", the unexpected happened.
The combat vehicle driven by a brigade of the 72nd Group Army suddenly derailed and stopped motionless, and the soldiers immediately stepped forward to check it.
Only then did it find that the track on the left side of the vehicle was derailed and needed to be repaired immediately, otherwise it would mean that the assessment failed.
This was originally simple for the soldiers, and in the past training, repair courses were also one of them.
Dealing with the derailment of a combat vehicle is an indispensable skill, and almost every soldier has learned this skill, and with the help of each other, it is not a problem to repair it quickly.
But fatally, they didn't even bring all the repairers, which led to them staying where they were for a long time, waiting for others to rescue.
Although in the end the chariot was restarted, but it was in vain for a lot of time.
There is no doubt that in this assessment, a brigade of the 72nd Group Army scored zero points, which is simply a shame in the assessment.
It wasn't long before their sibling unit made another low-level mistake.
It was a night operation, but when carrying out a simple flatbed trailer of armored vehicles, there turned out to be an error of deviance.
In the end, he turned to his superiors for help, and only then did he redeem his mistake.
However, this mistake occurred because the luminous baton was not full of power, and the brightness of the lighting was reduced during use, which led to deviations in the trailer.
If the glowing baton had been fully charged in time, or if a backup glowing baton had been prepared, such a low-level mistake might not have occurred.
Although the occurrence of these two low-level mistakes was only a small accident in the course of the exercise, if it happened in the course of a war, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Whether it is the lack of power of the luminous baton or the lack of emergency repair equipment, it will provide opportunities for the enemy in a real war, and it is also the reason why the sense of actual combat is not strong enough.
During the May 10 review, the fighters reflected on these mistakes and promised to correct them.
However, the higher-level department still decided to make public the accident that occurred during this training to alert every soldier and further enhance their awareness of actual combat.
In fact, in comparison, our fighters are rigorous enough, and their training is rigorous enough.
Not long ago, the US Air Force unit was killed because of a mistake!
The mistake of the American trainer aircraft
On May 13, 2024, U.S. Air Force pilot instructors boarded the T-6A Texas 2 trainer as usual and prepared to train as usual.
But what he didn't expect was that death beckoned to him right ahead, and his life had already entered the countdown.
The original article was published in Jiemian News on May 15, 2024 on the report of "The ejection seat was started by mistake, and a pilot instructor of the US Air Force died".
Not long after the pilot instructor sat on the training plane, he was pushed up by a "mysterious force", and Rao was experienced and had no chance to react.
It turned out that I don't know who inadvertently touched the ejection system, and the seat immediately ejected the pilot instructor on it.
Since the canopy was not opened, the pilot's head slammed straight into the canopy, and by the time people found him, he had passed out.
They immediately called an ambulance to take the person to the hospital, but unfortunately, the injuries were so severe that the pilot instructor would never wake up.
The next day, the matter was exposed.
In fact, this is not a problem with this kind of trainer aircraft, as early as 2022, someone proposed to discontinue this kind of trainer aircraft.
The reason for this is that the trainer aircraft has a latent defect in the seat ejection system, which is likely to malfunction during the flight, causing irreparable damage.
As for why this training aircraft is still in normal use in 2024, and whether it is really the accidental touch of this pilot instructor, perhaps only insiders know.
Therefore, the reason why soldiers need to train is to try to find problems in the process of training, so as not to make big mistakes on the battlefield.
Every exercise counts
Why is everyone so happy? In fact, it is the countless soldiers and the strong national defense that carry the burden for us.
Therefore, in everyone's hearts, the dear soldiers of the People's Liberation Army are like "gods", always saving the people from fire and water when they are in danger.
It is under this stereotype that everyone seems to regard "soldiers do not make mistakes" as a normal thing.
In fact, no matter how well-trained a soldier is, mistakes will occasionally occur.
However, because the mainland team is well-trained, the chance of making a mistake is very small, but others are not so lucky.
On the afternoon of August 9, 2023, a certain unit in Taiwan was carrying out a bomb dropping mission, although it was using a 2,000-pound general-purpose bomb, but it was within a safe range.
However, due to a miscalculation, after dropping the bomb, it deviated from the correct trajectory and was some distance from the target.
I only heard a loud "bang" to announce the failure of the mission.
The original article was published on China News Network on August 15, 2023 on "The Taiwan Army's live-fire training had another accident and blew up the wrong ......"
You said that Taiwan's "strawberry soldiers" were accidental, but on March 14, 2024, such an incident happened.
US media reported that 16 members of the US special forces were seriously injured during training.
The original article was published on Guangming.com on March 14, 2023 on "At least 16 people were injured in a sudden explosion during training of US special forces".
That's the American special forces, what caused such a large number of casualties?
It turned out that there was a mistake in the bomb disposal training, which led to the explosion of the bomb, and the specific information was not disclosed by the US side.
In this comparison, our warriors were only delayed for a while, which was still better
However, our army has always been strict in administering the army, and being strict is responsible for the country, the people, and even more so the lives of the soldiers.
Therefore, it is not a harsh thing to report what went wrong, but a self-examination and warning, and every training session must mention the spirit of 120,000 points!
epilogue
At present, the situation in the world is not calm.
Russia-Ukraine, Palestinian-Israeli relations, and even Sino-US relations are all predicting that there may be major changes in the international arena in the near future.
The training of the fighters is also getting more and more intense day by day, which is all about preparing for the future.
We have high respect for every soldier who defends the country.