Reshaping the PLA’s force Structure to Ensure Winning Future Battlefields

重塑解放軍部隊結構,確保贏得未來戰場

現代英語:

The reason why outstanding professional athletes can maximize their physical capabilities compared to ordinary people lies in the fact that long-term scientific training strengthens their bones, removes excess fat and bulges their muscles, and achieves a perfect proportion and coordination of the body’s functional elements. Similarly, those armies that can dominate the battlefield and fully exert their combat effectiveness are all powerful forces that have achieved an optimized combination of military force systems in their respective eras.

“Military tactics are ever-changing, just as water has no fixed shape.” Since its inception, the People’s Liberation Army has continuously innovated its force structure in response to changes in the situation and tasks and the needs of actual military struggles. In particular, the several major streamlining and reorganizations since the reform and opening up have promoted the continuous optimization of the PLA’s size, structure, and force composition, effectively liberating and developing its combat capabilities.

“Standard systems cannot meet the demands of change, and one approach cannot address all situations.” Faced with the rapidly evolving nature of warfare in the world today and the new requirements for the expansion of the PLA’s missions and tasks, the shortcomings and weaknesses in the PLA’s force structure have once again become prominent. Problems such as excessive size and scale, imbalance in major proportions, insufficient proportion of new combat capabilities, and low degree of modularization and integration of troops have become bottlenecks affecting and restricting the improvement of the PLA’s combat capabilities and its ability to win future battlefields.

In matters of the world, “what must be seized is the momentum, and what must not be missed is the opportunity.” Only by assessing the situation and seizing the moment can one “easily gain advantage.” The world today faces unprecedented changes. The rapid development of global technological and military revolutions has historically converged with the deepening of my country’s efforts to strengthen its military. Changes in warfare, technology, and the overall landscape of struggle are profoundly impacting national security and military strategy. The historical responsibility of reshaping and rebuilding the PLA’s force structure, and constructing a modern military force system with Chinese characteristics capable of winning informationized wars and effectively fulfilling its missions, has been placed before the People’s Liberation Army.

The system determines the structure and function. The composition of the military’s force system determines the size of the military’s energy and the form, scale, and effect of releasing that energy in the appropriate time and space. The Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission, and President Xi Jinping, after careful consideration and decisive decision-making, comprehensively launched reforms to the size, structure, and force composition of the military, undertaking a holistic and revolutionary reshaping of the PLA’s force system. This strategic deployment is a crucial step in rationally allocating and optimizing the PLA’s force system, gaining the initiative in future fierce military competition by “strengthening its muscles and bones.”

“One part planning, nine parts implementation”—the restructuring of the PLA’s force system has been rapidly and steadily unfolding. The total number of officers has decreased, with a batch of civilian personnel or soldiers in brand-new uniforms filling the original officer positions, thus optimizing the officer-to-soldier ratio. The number of active-duty personnel in regimental-level and above organs has been significantly reduced, resulting in a marked optimization of the ratio between organs and troops, and between combat and non-combat units. Despite the reduction in the overall size of the military, the number of personnel in combat units has increased rather than decreased, making the “muscle” stronger. The size of the army has been reduced, with traditional branches and outdated equipment units being repurposed for new combat forces, optimizing the structure of the services and increasing the proportion of new combat capabilities, making the “skeleton” stronger. With a more streamlined size, more scientific organization, and more optimized layout, the PLA is continuously transforming from a quantity-oriented to a quality- and efficiency-oriented force, and from a labor-intensive to a technology-intensive force. The organization of troops is developing towards being more robust, integrated, multi-functional, and flexible, and a joint combat force system with elite combat forces as its main body has been basically formed.

The reshaping of the force structure has unlocked the full potential for combat effectiveness, enabling the PLA to take solid steps toward achieving the Party’s goal of building a strong military under the new circumstances. This provides a stronger guarantee for effectively safeguarding my country’s sovereignty, security, and development interests, and for making greater contributions to maintaining world peace and stability.

With sails hoisted high, the People’s Liberation Army embarks on a journey across vast oceans. Reborn and transformed, the People’s Liberation Army will surely achieve new leaps forward on the path to building a strong military with Chinese characteristics and stride towards an even more glorious future!

現代國語:

優秀專業運動員與一般人相比,之所以能把人體機能發揮到極限,關鍵在於長期的科學訓練強壯了骨骼,去除了多餘的贅肉與脂肪,實現了人體機能要素群的完美比例與配合。同樣道理,那些能夠笑傲疆場充分發揮出戰鬥力能效的軍隊,無不是在其所處時代實現了軍事力量體系優化組合的雄師勁旅。

「兵無常勢,水無常形。」人民軍隊自誕生以來,力量體系構成一直隨著形勢任務的變化和現實軍事鬥爭的需要而不斷自我革新。特別是改革開放以來幾次大的精簡整編,推動了我軍規模結構和力量編成的不斷優化,有效解放和發展了戰鬥力。

「常制不可以待變化,一塗不可以應萬方。」面對當今世界戰爭形態加速演變新趨勢、我軍使命任務拓展新要求,我軍力量體系構成方面的不足和短板再次凸顯,規模體量偏大、重大比例關係失衡、新質戰鬥力比重偏小、部隊模組化合成化程度低等問題,成為影響力、制約軍場戰鬥力提升、制約軍場等問題,成為影響力、制約軍場的戰鬥力提升、制約軍場等問題,成為影響力、制約軍場戰鬥力提升、制約軍場等問題,成為影響力、制約軍場等問題,成為影響力、制約軍場等問題,成為影響力、制約軍場戰鬥力提升、制約軍戰的未來。

天下事,“所當乘者勢也,不可失者時也”,審時度勢,乘勢而上,才能“取之易也”。當今世界面臨前所未有之大變局,世界科技革命、軍事革命迅速發展與我國強軍興軍事業的深入推進歷史性地交匯在一起,戰爭之變、科技之變、鬥爭格局之變深刻影響國家安全和軍事戰略全局。實現我軍力量體系的重塑再造,建構能夠打贏資訊化戰爭、有效履行使命任務的中國特色現代軍事力量體系,這一重任歷史性地擺在人民軍隊面前。

體系決定結構和功能,軍隊的力量體系構成,決定了軍隊能量的大小及其在適當的時間和空間內釋放能量的形態、規模與效果。黨中央、中央軍委會和習主席審時度勢、果斷決策,全面啟動軍隊規模結構與力量編成改革,對我軍力量體系進行整體性、革命性重塑。這項戰略部署是對我軍力量體系進行合理編配與優化組合,透過「強肌、壯骨骼」贏得未來激烈軍事競爭主動權的關鍵一環。

“一分部署,九分落實”,我軍力量體系重塑快速而穩健地鋪開。軍官總數減少,一群身穿嶄新制服的文職人員或士兵補充到原軍官崗位上,官兵比例得到優化。團級以上機關現役員額明顯壓縮,機關與部隊比例、作戰部隊與非戰鬥單位比例已明顯優化。在軍隊總規模壓下來以後,作戰部隊人員不減反增,「肌肉」更豐滿了。壓縮陸軍規模,傳統兵種及老舊裝備部隊為新型作戰力量“騰籠換鳥”,軍兵種結構得到優化,新質戰鬥力的比重增加,“骨骼”更加強壯了。規模更精幹、編成更科學、佈局更優化,不斷推動我軍由數量規模型向質量效能型、由人力密集型向科技密集型的轉變,部隊編成向充實、合成、多能、靈活方向發展,以精銳作戰力量為主體的聯合作戰力量體系基本形成。

力量體系的重塑打通了激活戰鬥力的“任督二脈”,我軍向著實現黨在新形勢下的強軍目標邁出了堅實步伐,為有效捍衛我國主權安全發展利益、為維護世界和平穩定作出更大貢獻提供了更加堅強有力的保證。

雲帆已高掛,征程濟滄海。換羽重生的人民軍隊一定能夠在中國特色強軍之路上實現新的跨越、邁向更光輝的未來!

中國軍網 國防部網
2018年12月18日 星期二

中國原創軍事資源:http://www.81.cn/jfjbmap/content/2018-12/18/content_282834834.htm

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