We often say that the Korean War was the founding war of China, and the Vietnam War allowed China to once again prove the strength of its military to the outside world.
In the subsequent Sino-Indian border self-defense counterattack , and self-defense counterattack against Vietnam , the performance of Chinese soldiers completely convinced the world.
These wars that Chinese soldiers participated in shocked the world. Facing the United States and its Western allies, a world power whose weapons and equipment far exceeded its own, the Chinese People's Liberation Army showed strong combat effectiveness and bought China dozens of years of opportunities for peaceful development.
However, China has not fought a war for 40 years since the counterattack against Vietnam. Many people are worried that these Chinese soldiers will forget how to fight? Without the baptism of actual combat for a long time, will China's military strength be greatly reduced?
I can tell you clearly here that a country’s comprehensive military strength cannot be completely equated with the number of actual combat operations. So far, the Chinese military’s combat strength is still very strong. At least no country on this earth dares to take the initiative. Provoke a war with the People's Liberation Army.
Actual combat can indeed temper an army well, but we must also clearly understand how actual combat improves the combat capabilities of the army.
As we all know, the most valuable part of actual combat is that soldiers on the battlefield can face various emergencies and test whether new tactics and weapons are effective.
But on the other hand, during peacetime, wouldn’t the People’s Liberation Army have such an opportunity to exercise? of course not.
In peacetime, we can use high-intensity military training, large-scale military exercises, and multi-party confrontations to simulate the real environment of the battlefield.
In addition, we can also pull our troops out and continuously conduct various joint military exercises with other friendly countries. These exercises are unscripted, that is, facing unknown enemies, unknown tactics, and unknown weapons and equipment. , the People's Liberation Army will receive training equivalent to actual combat.
To be more specific, for example, in large-scale military exercises, we can adopt high-intensity combat training methods and artificially create a strong electromagnetic environment. This can be close to the battlefield environment of modern warfare and allow troops to complete operations despite numerous difficulties. Task.
Of course, an important symbol of modern warfare is joint operations. After decades of development, the People's Liberation Army has made great progress in this aspect.
Especially between and within the army, navy and air force, it has completely broken the restrictions of the services and turned into a military region command model.
In addition, during the exercise, various emergencies can also train the People's Liberation Army's actual combat capabilities, especially allowing front-line combat troops to find loopholes in their own tactics, weapons and equipment, and combat thinking. If you don’t believe me, we can give you a few examples.
During a military exercise, the Red Army command post suddenly lost power. No one expected this.
After careful investigation, we found that it was because the command headquarters used air conditioners during the battle, which caused a short circuit in the circuit.
Another example is that during a military exercise, the Red Army was discovered by the Blue Army even though it was well disguised, and carried out a precise strike. When reviewing afterwards, it was discovered that it was the cooking class located at the rear of the battlefield. The vehicle produced thermal radiation, causing the opponent to find the location of the troops.
For another example, in a positional raid, the Red Army had already dug a bunker and the gunner had entered a fixed position, but was informed by the command that the gunner had been "dead in action."
It turned out that due to the small size of the trench, part of the gunner's head was exposed above the horizon and he was "killed" by the opponent.
The above actual situations will definitely bring adverse consequences if they reach the battlefield.
However, these problems discovered on the training ground and the countermeasures found after analyzing the problems can all be used to improve the actual combat capabilities of combat troops, just like in actual combat.
Not only that, current military exercises have completely departed from the script, and sometimes, the command headquarters will give one of the two combatants a great innate advantage.
In this way, when facing a completely unequal opponent, the other side must perform beyond its level in order to win.
will give you a few more examples: In a red-blue confrontation, the command headquarters gave the blue army a strong combat advantage.
If the Red Army tank is hit once by the Blue Army, it will be declared dead. However, if the Red Army wants to kill the Blue Army tank, it must hit it at least 10 times in a row.
Another example: Once, the headquarters announced that the Red Army had no ammunition. After receiving this news, the Blue Army decisively adopted surprise tactics, and a large number of tanks marched towards the Blue Army.
However, at this moment, the Blue Army magically summoned many bombers and wiped out all the Red Army tanks at once.
An exercise setting like this, which is completely unequal between the two sides, is for the headquarters to hone the various coping capabilities of combat officers and soldiers when encountering severe challenges, including both the counterattack ability in terms of tactics and the capabilities required by officers and soldiers for continuous operations. Strong mental abilities.
In addition, in peacetime, we can also pull our troops out of the country and conduct joint military exercises with other friendly countries. For example, China has conducted military exercises with Thailand, Pakistan , Russia and other countries many times, including many real troops and live ammunition. exercise.
Although the People's Liberation Army has not participated in actual combat for a long time, don't forget that some countries that conduct joint training with China have always been in a state of war.
For example: Russia is highly prepared for war all year round and is fighting the Ukrainian army; Pakistan is always exchanging fire with India in border areas.
Troops from countries with actual combat experience will bring their experience gained on the battlefield to military exercises after they withdraw from the front line, allowing the People's Liberation Army to gain first-hand experience. After returning home, they can quickly summarize and improve own combat capabilities.
In addition, China also exports self-developed weapons and equipment to some countries and regions. Although these equipment are export-oriented, most of their combat functions are at the same level as those used by the domestic army.
When the purchasing country fights, the advantages and disadvantages of these equipment will be revealed, allowing the People's Liberation Army to quickly improve and enhance the actual combat capabilities of the equipment.
In addition, we should also know that modern warfare is no longer about fighting with bayonets, but about taking the lead in the battle for electromagnetic control before seizing air and sea control.
Therefore, in this regard, China has been and is engaged in high-intensity actual combat confrontation.
As we all know, the United States has suppressed China for a long time. In order to contain China's rise, it has repeatedly sent warships through sensitive waters around China and military reconnaissance aircraft to conduct close-in reconnaissance near China's coastal areas. In this process, the People's Liberation Army must have cooperated with them. There was a battle for electromagnetism.
Of course, we should not forget that in the computer age, network warfare should also be a mode of combat.
The United States is the country that launches the most cyber attacks in the world, so China and the United States must have been and will continue to have a "war" in this field.
Modern warfare tests not only the combat capabilities of the troops, but more importantly, the logistical support capabilities behind them.
laymen watch the fun, experts watch the door. Many military experts have said that a country's military capabilities mainly depend on logistical support.
What mainly plays a supporting role in logistics support capabilities is a country's manufacturing level.
China is the world's largest industrial manufacturing country and the world's largest single consumer and importing country. China can produce products in all industrial categories.
Therefore, China has a high level of industrialization and strong manufacturing capabilities, which even the United States cannot match.
Once the war begins, the People's Liberation Army's logistics supplies and equipment support will be very smooth, and we can provide a steady stream of supplies to the front-line combat troops.
Even if there is no war, we can still see the clues through some events.
In 2020, after the sudden outbreak of the new crown epidemic, Wuhan announced a lockdown. Just the day after this news was released, 450 PLA officers and soldiers rushed to Wuhan to aid.
2 days later, the Air Force has begun delivering medical supplies. After another six days, the PLA ground troops began to perform various transportation support tasks.
Between February 3 and 14, more than 6,000 medical staff arrived in Wuhan through various channels.
Another example: In the past few years, the situation on the Sino-Indian border suddenly became tense. Indian combat troops in the border area openly provoked our army and were beaten to a bloody head by our army. Finally, they retreated to the Indian Line of Control in despair. Invade our border again.
Many people feel that China has been too restrained in this process. Because we can often hear about India's troop surge in the news. Why did India, which has accumulated a large number of troops on the Sino-Indian border, eventually withdraw its troops? Why doesn't the People's Liberation Army join the Indian army in increasing its troops?
Behind these problems is the important role played by China's strong logistical support capabilities.
Our army has built a large amount of infrastructure within the Chinese Line of Control on the Sino-Indian border to ensure that when emergencies occur, we can quickly increase our troops in large numbers. Therefore, we do not need to put a large number of troops on the front line in peacetime.
On the other hand, India is not only still adopting the backward method of human sea tactics, hoping to exert great pressure on China, but also has to deploy all its combat forces to the front line due to a serious lack of logistical support capabilities in peacetime.
Since the Sino-Indian border is located in a plateau area, the temperature is very low, and winter is coming. If its troops do not retreat, I am afraid there will be a large number of non-combat attrition. Therefore, India will finally reduce its troops. The troops withdrew. This is a concrete manifestation of China's strong logistics capabilities.
Here, we would like to emphasize once again a very important point for everyone, that is, modern warfare focuses on information warfare, electronic stations, and network warfare, and these are caused by the provocation of the United States. The Chinese military has actually been in actual combat. In addition, In terms of logistics support capabilities, the most critical aspect of modern warfare, China has performed well.
In addition, China continues to make progress in the reform of military institutions and mechanisms, the construction of modern war command systems, weapons and equipment research and development and production, military professional training, tactical innovation, and personnel comprehensive quality training.
Therefore, we believe that although the People's Liberation Army has not fought a war in 40 years , but still powerful, and certainly more powerful than ever.
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