Chapter 64 Build a people's army that meets the needs of future security and the requirements of future wars

As a quasi-information war, the Iraq War has caused a strong shock to almost all countries, including military powers.Now the whole world is facing the most powerful, most aggressive, and most combat-experienced U.S. military in the world. This has given countries around the world a sense of security crisis and a sense of urgency for military reform.Therefore, after the Iraq War, all countries in the world, especially the major military powers, began to plan the future development of their own armed forces. Taking advantage of the torrent of new military changes in the world, they carried out military transformation one after another to establish a new type of army that meets the needs of future wars.Its pace is fast and its strength is great, which is worthy of attention.In view of this, peaceful development should not downplay the intention of "war". In order to deal with various threats and challenges and win future high-tech and information wars, create a security environment for peaceful development and remain invincible in the future world Therefore, we must focus on and surpass the development of the times, seek an optimized military structure, develop modern weapons and equipment, and create advanced military theories in order to build a people's army that meets future security needs and future war requirements.So far, to deal with warfare in the information age, we must clarify the nature of the threat and the direction of development of military policy, military strategy, military construction, and military doctrine.

In terms of military theory innovation, in future operations under the conditions of informationization, major changes have taken place in the situation of the enemy and ourselves, and the battlefield environment has also changed with time. It is urgent to innovate the combat theory that is related to it.So far, in the innovation of military theory, three thorough understandings must be achieved.That is: First, we must study the operational requirements thoroughly.That is to say, what kind of war we are going to fight, what kind of mission we will accomplish, and what kind of national defense tasks we will define. It determines the building and training of our armed forces.In this regard, it is necessary not only to study and grasp the overall needs of combat from a macro perspective, but also to analyze and demonstrate specific combat issues from a micro perspective, focusing on what kind of battles to fight, what kind of battles can be fought, and how to fight. Clear, so that the combat theory research has a clear direction.The second is to earnestly study the combat opponent thoroughly.Establish and improve the research system, give full play to the role of intelligence information, conduct in-depth and specific research in accordance with the requirements of seeking truth, truth, and detail, prevent superficial and generalization, and truly achieve the goal of deepening, refining, precise, and practical Require.The third is to thoroughly study key and difficult points.Conscientiously study various combat styles, combat operations, and problems that may be encountered in each combat phase. Through systematic analysis and comprehensive sorting, we can effectively identify the main contradictions and key points that affect the overall situation, organize research, and enable combat theory research to truly solve problems. Get real results.

In terms of military structure construction, in the era of information warfare in the future, to eliminate crises, prevent conflicts and win all kinds of wars, we must not only rely on advanced weapons and equipment, but also rely on a rationally structured army.In this regard, three requirements are to be fulfilled.That is: First, the structural construction of the military must be more convenient for rapid response and joint operations, and realize the integration and networking of concepts, operations, training, materials, equipment, and technology.In this regard, it is mainly to compress the basic combat organization and promote the transformation of the army from traditional synthesis to joint multi-functionality.

The main purpose is to increase the proportion of high-tech services and arms to generate new multi-dimensional combat capabilities.It is necessary to break the traditional boundaries of the military and form an "integrated" force composed of a mixture of various combat forces.In order to comprehensively use various combat forces, combat methods and strike methods, some countries are organizing "integrated" troops with tighter internal structures, more flexible synthesis methods, and stronger combat capabilities according to actual combat needs.The main measures include the integration of the various services, the integration of the internal services of the various services, and the integration of the reserve forces and the active forces.The direction of development is to form a "modular" force that can be flexibly combined and act quickly. "Modularization" means that the formation of the army is based on the principle of "multi-dimensional warfare", and gradually abolishes the division of divisions and overly specific functions. It organizes according to tasks, capabilities and needs, and implements the diversification of the composition of troops during wartime. Versatility and flexibility.This form of formation can implement a fast and flexible combination of combat elements according to different combat missions, operational scales, and threat levels, so as to adapt to the needs of combat missions of different regions, different intensities, and different scales.The second is that the structural construction of the military must firmly and effectively utilize the results of technological change.It is to use technology as a means and tactics as a basis to truly realize strategic decision-making, campaign command, and tactical action.Realize the rapid, real-time, and accurate acquisition, processing, and transmission of intelligence information, and provide a physical platform for the integrated command of joint operations.The third is to truly form a military structure construction system in which strategy, campaign, and tactics are vertically connected, and all services and arms are horizontally matched.In short, it is necessary to build the military into a new type of people capable of adapting to the ever-changing international situation and security environment, capable of facing various new threats and challenges, capable of rapidly conducting various military operations, and capable of winning future informationized wars. army.

In guiding future wars, we must insist on actively striving for victory on the established objective material basis.The established objective material basis refers to the existing weapons and equipment of our army.Actively striving for victory is to give full play to human subjective initiative, including command art and fighting spirit, and to maximize the effectiveness of existing weapons and equipment.Therefore, in terms of war preparation, it is to have a certain ability to maintain a peaceful environment and complete national unity, and to force the enemy to submit to unbearable losses.The most important thing in this regard is to adhere to the policy of "you develop yours and I develop mine" in the development of weapons and equipment.

In terms of military capacity building, China must have the national defense strength and strategic planning to defend national territorial sovereignty, stop secession and external interference, and make effective preparations for military struggle.It is to enable the military to have the ability to continuously adapt to various security threats, and it is to have the ability to respond to new national security needs in a timely manner.In order to adapt to this new situation, tasks and requirements, the national defense policy guidelines of the militaries of all countries in the world, especially the militaries of developed countries, require that the militaries must possess six capabilities, namely: integrated command capability, integrated intelligence acquisition and reconnaissance capability, Rapid maneuverability, precision strike capability, support and sustained combat capability, and reliable protection capability.As far as our army is concerned, only with these capabilities, scientific strategic planning, and adequate preparations for military struggles can the army be able to come when called, be able to fight, and be able to win when a major crisis arises.

In terms of combat methods, for a long period of development in the future, the situation that the enemy is superior and we are inferior will not change. Under such circumstances, our military must persist "You hit yours, I hit mine" combat policy and combat guidance.Just as a military theorist said: "No matter new weapons or old weapons, a good weapon is one that can kill or injure the enemy. Regardless of foreign methods or indigenous methods, one that can win battles is a good method of warfare." "Practice land, sea, air, air , electrical integration joint operations, the combination of joint operations and single service (arms) assault, combination of contact operations and non-contact operations, combination of short-range operations and long-range operations, combination of conventional operations and special operations, fire strikes and The combination of information warfare and psychological warfare, the combination of annihilating vital forces, destroying key targets, paralyzing the network, and disintegrating their resistance will. The highest goal of 'not fighting', 'stopping war' or winning the war is to achieve the goal of curbing wars and striving for and maintaining a peaceful environment or a longer period of peace."

Strengthening the training of military personnel is a long-term strategic task of the military, especially strengthening the training of joint combat personnel is an inevitable requirement of military reform with Chinese characteristics.When the waves of science and technology are surging around, what the army needs most are innovative minds, technological minds, and information minds.In order to win local wars under high-tech conditions in the future, we must pay attention to cultivating a group of talents who can win information wars.While focusing on cultivating and building a strong talent group, it is necessary to cultivate and select leaders who are imaginative, innovative and realistic. This is the main body to win future wars.