first!The three army of the People's Liberation Army went to Russia to participate in the "Oriental" exercise at the same time, and expert interpretation

[Global Times reporter Guo Yuandan] On the 25th, the Ministry of National Defense held a monthly routine press conference. A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense Tan Kefei said that some soldiers of the PLA team went to Russia to participate in the "Oriental-20122" exercise. According to the information released by the Ministry of National Defense, the PLA went to Russia to participate in troops, including the power of the three Army of the land, sea, and air. This is the first time that the PLA's land and air and air forces have participated in the Russian organization at the same time.

According to the annual cooperation plan of the Chinese and Russian armies and the consensus between the two sides, the Chinese People's Liberation Army recently made some troops to Russia to participate in the "Oriental-20122" exercise. Tan Kefei introduced, "Chinese land and air participation forces have reached the designated area, successively completed military assembly, field camps, and ground surveys, etc., and successively carried out adaptive flight training. Communication and other courses exercises. "

Tan Kefei emphasized that the Chinese army went to Russia to participate in the "Oriental-20122" exercise, aiming to deepen and participate in pragmatic and friendly cooperation between the army of various countries, enhance the level of strategic collaboration participating in all parties, and enhance the ability to jointly respond to multiple security threats.

In late August 2018, the Chinese army went to Russia for the first time to participate in the "Oriental-2018" strategic exercise, sending about 3,200 people, more than 900 various types of weapons and equipment, 30 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to participate. Compared with the last time, the PLA participated in the "Oriental-20122" exercise to dispatch the power of the maritime. This will be the first time that the PLA's land, sea and air forces have participated in the Russian organization at the same time.

On August 21, the "International Military Competition-20122" and "Suvolov Assault" project relay race was held in the Korlay area of ​​China. During the relay match, Chinese participants drove the walking car through the barrier to cross the barrier. Zhang Yongjin Photo

Russia is scheduled to hold a strategic exercise of the "Oriental-20122" headquarters of the Eastern Military Region from August 30th to September 5th. The exercise will be commanded by the Chief of Staff of the Russian Army. The "Oriental-20122" actual soldiers exercise will be conducted at 13 training grounds in the eastern Military Region of Russia. In addition, it also includes training grounds located on the South Thousand Islands (Japan's Four Islands). In addition to the Eastern Military Region forces, Russian airborne soldiers, remote aviation, military transport aviation forces and some foreign soldiers will also participate in this exercise. India, Belarus, Tajikistan, Mongolia and other countries have also sent troops to participate.

In order to test the level of combat reserve and battle plan for the four strategic directions, Russia will take turns to hold a strategic exercise code -named "Oriental", "Western", "Gaoco", and "Central", and China has participated in strategic exercises in the three directions of Russia. Since 2018, China has successively sent troops to participate in the three strategic exercises of Russia's "Oriental-2018", "Central-2019" and "Gaoco-20120". In August 2021, the Russian Federal Armed Forces participated in the "West · Union -2021" exercise held in China.

Military expert Zhang Xuefeng said in an interview with the Global Times reporter on the 25th that the PLA participated in the Russian military series of exercises, which will improve the level of strategic collaboration with relevant countries and enhance the ability to respond to various security threats. For the first time the PLA's land, sea and air forces participated in the Russian organization's exercise for the first time, Zhang Xuefeng believed that "this indicates that the Chinese army can not be disturbed by the external situation, according to their own safety needs and related training arrangements, when the time, who, what to participate in, what to participate in, what to participate in Sample exercise. "

Military expert Song Zhongping believes that the first exercise of the PLA's land, sea and air forces for the first time is the continuous deepening of Sino -Russian military cooperation at the same time. He told the Global Times reporter that in recent years, China and Russia have deepened exchanges in various fields such as politics, economy, and military. "The cooperation between China and Russia in the military field is mainly to maintain regional peace and stability. From the upper -cooperation framework, combined with counter -terrorism exercises to China -Russia maritime co -performances, sea and air strategic cruise, etc. "".

Song Zhongping said, "China -Russia joint training is on the one hand to learn from each other. The Russian army and the PLA have their own advantages and can learn each other's advantages and strengths in military training. On the other hand, China and Russia are in the world. For important influential military powers, the military cooperation between the two countries will help to maintain regional peace and stability, especially to deter some of the unsatisfactory external forces and opposition to hegemonism, which will bring help, which is also a display of determination and will. "

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