The "Winter Training" of the Rockets! The missile force came with the "Heaven Sword"
Every winter, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Army begins its annual regular winter training.
Since its official establishment on December 31, 2015, the Rocket Army, a new service, has been receiving extensive attention.
How are their current drills different from before?
The multi-dimensional anti-missile force in the three-dimensional battlefield comes with a sword
The cold of March 9th, the white mountains and black waters breathed into ice, and the forest and snowfields, which should have been silent, were fiercely clamored by the Rocket Army's winter confrontation exercises.
Every year in the winter training season, a group of strong missile teams will "carry their swords" and arrive at the Red-Blue confrontation drill site known as the "quasi-battlefield" of the Rocket Army's missile units.
Often from the moment they entered the drill area, they crashed into the net of the sky and the earth laid down by the professional blue army.
Three-dimensional battlefield, multi-dimensional confrontation, invisible space, exchanges and contests.
This is an actual combat exploration conducted by them as a large-scale missile force.
There is no familiar environment and no background to refer to. At the beginning of the drill, the Blues set up various "obstacles."
In this confrontation, drills under practical conditions such as precision strikes and network disconnection continued to be presented. It was in such an environment close to actual combat that the officers and soldiers of the Dongfeng First Brigade simulated the launch of more than a dozen missiles.
A few minutes later, there was good news of "accurately hit the target" at the shooting range.
This marks a breakthrough in the optimization of a certain type of missile process, which has established a new missile launch process and shortened the effective time of combat for rapid strikes.
Red and blue confrontation exercises have become the main content of rocket military exercises
In recent years, red-blue confrontation exercises like this have become the main content of the Rocket Army exercises. In order to better temper the troops, the Rocket Army’s Blue Army units have devoted themselves to research and warfare. According to the characteristics of various types of missile units’ functions and tasks, combined with various new equipment. , Successively explored and innovated more than 30 new tactics, and "tailored" more than 100 types of complex battlefield environments, aerospace threats and high-pressure situations throughout the exercise for different missile units. A complete and reliable exercise system has been formed. A systematic, informatized, and professional blue army with a similar appearance, anti-inspection unity, capable and effective.
Red and blue confrontation exercises have also changed from element confrontation to system confrontation, from simulation confrontation to actual confrontation, and from single confrontation to joint confrontation. In the dense forests and desert Gobi of the South, special operations, electronic reconnaissance, aerial reconnaissance, wireless interference, Comprehensive strikes and other joint forces tempered the missile force, and successfully completed more than 100 actual combat operations.
"Winter training" has many benefits as a traditional training
War is not divided into seasons, and training is not divided into cold or warm. Every winter, the Rocket Army conducts training. It can be said that winter training has become a regular training of the Rocket Army.
So why does the Rockets attach so much importance to winter training?
For a special service like the Rocket Army, what kind of special features does its winter training have?
Yan Xiaodong, former deputy director of the Editing and Research Office of the Political Department of the Second Artillery Force: Our army has a tradition of winter training.
I think there are three main ones.
The first winter is the slack season for agriculture, so we conduct military training. It does not disturb the people. This is one thing.
The second is to use the extreme winter environment of winter training to conduct wrestling training for our troops.
It has many advantages for cultivating the fighting style of the troops.
What we often say is called winter training for thirty-nine and summer training. This is also our tradition.
The third is that the troops use the beginning and end of the year to conduct a systematic training in winter.
We will make a good start and take a good step towards the work of the troops throughout the year.
Expert opinion 1: Extreme weather conditions test the limits of personnel and equipment
Military expert Shao Yongling: The focus of the current winter training is actually to pull out the troops and bring out the equipment.
Under such extreme weather conditions, such as severe cold, heavy snow, and strong winds, our normal launch activities are not only for our personnel, but also for officers and soldiers. .
In addition to the pressure to ensure the daily supply of the troops, I think the issue of equipment is even more important.
Expert opinion 2: The Rocket Army’s “winter training” also tests the level of industrial technology
Military expert Shao Yongling: For example, your car, in such a snowy weather, can you move normally?
Will your mobility be affected?
And your missiles?
Then any weapon has a temperature problem.
For example, at -20℃, can your missile be launched normally?
So I think it tests not only the officers and soldiers of our Rocket Army, but also our defense industry.
Therefore, the winter training can be carried out, on the one hand, it shows that the actual combat training level of the Rocket Army is getting higher and higher.
At the same time, it also shows that the weapons made by our industrial sector are getting better.
This weapon can be used not only in very hot weather, but also in severe cold weather, including our missile launch vehicles.
"Heaven Sword" series of exercises enhance the rocket army's strategic strike capability
In recent years, the Rocket Army’s exercises and exercises have undergone great changes compared to the past. Actual combat has become the norm for the Rocket Army’s exercises. In recent years, the Rocket Army has organized a number of live fire launches and campaign exercises. The "Sky Sword" series of training activities has become a sword brand for the Rocket Army to enhance its strategic strike capabilities.
The "Heaven Sword" series of exercises are training activities that the Rocket Army has built in recent years to temper the rapid response, effective penetration and strategic deterrence capabilities of the troops. Many nuclear missile brigades have taken turns to advance into the Gobi desert and the dense forests of Northeast China. In the field of "missile warfare," officers and soldiers have withstood actual combat tests under complicated and difficult conditions.
In the dense forests of the southern country, a launch drill under actual combat conditions began.
In the case of personnel injuries and equipment damage, a certain missile brigade carried out rapid repairs while enabling backups. It operated with multiple jobs and reduced personnel, and successfully launched missiles at the time.
Such outstanding combat and confrontation are the characteristics of the "Heaven Sword" exercise.
In accordance with the strategic requirements of "both nuclear and standing forces and global deterrence", all participating missile brigades carry out full-range confrontation test training, entire brigade and entire regiment actual case training, and mission tasks conduct full confrontation verification training, entire brigade and entire regiment Practical training, mission topic specialization, specialization, intensive training, and intensive training of the chief agency command.
From a simple live ammunition launch to a complex battlefield environment launch, from a designated combat unit to multiple launch units at the same time to prepare for battle, from a fixed combat position to optimized formation and rapid maneuvering.
Each time the adjustment is made, the combat effectiveness of the troops is pushed forward.
During the exercise, the command post is located thousands of miles away. Multiple launch units of all participating new missile brigades enter the launch preparation at the same time. According to the needs of the battlefield, the director’s department randomly selects multiple launch units to perform cluster assaults or precision strikes. Training all types of continuous launch, brigade fire assault, joint fire strike and other combat skills.
Zhou Yongkun, commander of a missile brigade of the Rocket Army: The current confrontation has expanded in terms of content, methods, and methods.
For example, the basic command post and the reserve command post face back-to-back confrontation, various support groups face back-to-back confrontation, the special handling capability of the launching squad, the troop operation capability, and the actual installation operation capability. Through such confrontation, the generation period of combat effectiveness is greatly shortened. .
"Able to launch effective damage on time at any time"
With the accelerated development of the military’s strategic capabilities, the "Heaven Sword" exercise continues to expand and upgrade. A new type of "blue army" composed of multiple elite forces such as missile experts, technical reconnaissance, electronic countermeasures, and special warfare attacks, combines mission characteristics and comprehensive The use of new methods such as multi-dimensional surveillance and surveillance, full-time interference suppression, effective precision strikes, and mobile special warfare attacks have "forced" participating troops to continuously adapt to "new enemy conditions."
Since the "Sky Sword" series of training activities have been carried out for more than 8 years, most missile brigades have participated in the "Sky Sword" training missions, launched hundreds of missiles of various types, and completed joint exercises on various topics with the land, sea, and air force. Major breakthroughs have been achieved in many fields, and the core capabilities of "playing at any time, launching on time, and effectively destroying" have been continuously enhanced.