Chinese Military Videos

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The DF-41 (East Wind-41) is a solid-fueled mobile intercontinental ballistic missile with operational range of 15,000 kilometres (9,300 mi) with a speed of mach 25 (or about 20,000 miles per hour). It can hit anywhere in the continental USA within 30 min with precision guided (nuclear as well) missiles that fly at around 25x the speed of sound and are also highly maneuverable making it extremely difficult to near impossible to intercept.

 

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The grueling training regime of a PLA heavy machine gun unit in Tibet ... the group has to walk 5 kilometers daily carrying very heavy equipment in unfavorable terrain at altitudes between 3000 to 4000 meters.

 

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Chinese PLA military base

 

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The grueling training regime of a PLA heavy machine gun unit in Tibet ... the group has to walk 5 kilometers daily carrying very heavy equipment in unfavorable terrain at altitudes between 3000 to 4000 meters.

I hope one day the technology advancement will provide assistance to relieve the weight loads from the soldiers, reduce the heavy loads esp. those in highlands such as the new exoskeleton, lighter weaponry and so on.

And for folks coming from the lowlands, breathing at altitude of 3,300 meters above sea level and higher is taxing... at 4,000m it's really a struggle due to the thin oxygen level. In 2013 I visited Lhasa (altitude of around 3,300m), then moved to Gyantse by bus taking the long, old road, on the way passed some high points up to 4,500~4,700m, felt very dizzy to down the bus to see the beautiful lake along the way when the bus stopped a while, just too tough such altitude for lowlanders, even to just carry one's own body weight. Best to visit plateau when one is still young and fitness is still in prime state yet the highlands are very beautiful and you won't see them elsewhere...

 

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Jiaolong Commandos is an elite force unit of the PLA Navy,
specializing underwater operations

Jiaolong Commandos, aka. "Sea Dragon", is an elite force unit of the PLA Navy, specializing underwater operations. Here is the exclusive training footage of this mysterious force unit.

 

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https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1mr4y1c7mj

 

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抗美援朝最后一战！《金刚川》背后是怎样的故事？抗美援朝始末（终章）【列国志23】_哔哩哔哩 -bilibili

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1na4y1s77U

(footage on Korean War; no Engsub)

The Story of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea -- The Final Battle

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中国为什么一定要参与朝鲜战争？
汉朝就有一句话，叫做“守在四夷”，意思是尽可能前推国防线，把遭遇敌人的警戒线放到境外蛮夷的土地上去，这样打起来也只是在这种荒无人烟的地方打，不会影响到汉族主要聚居的农耕区域，减少对生产和社会的影响。
举个离现在近的例子，如果抗战能把战线稳定在朝鲜半岛，而不是让日寇侵略我国东北、华北、华东、华中大片地区，损失是不是会减少很多？抗美援朝就是这个考虑。
如果放弃了所谓的“蛮夷之地”，结果如何？宋朝司马光丢掉兰州，结果西夏马上就跟吐蕃连成一线，差点又不可制；明代丢掉漠南和河套，结果动不动京师戒严，山西汾河谷地被大掠，整个华北都没法搞建设和稳定生产。相比之下，贯彻了“守在四夷”的汉唐清的国防压力就比宋明小得多。
从现实来看，美国为什么要跨越大洋控制欧洲和日韩？就是要将太平洋和大西洋变成自己的内湖，压缩对手的活动空间，一旦打起来可以确保自己的本土不受波及。
即使中国有跟美国一样的军力，但有日韩和第一岛链堵在中国家门口，就算打起来美国也完全不怕，反正美国本土在大洋的另一头，要死也是日韩死。而且打起来肯定会波及中国的核心区，让中国投鼠忌器，不敢轻言战端。
当我们的对手用“守在四夷”这一招对付我们的时候，我们才能真正认识到它的威力。
抗美援朝使得中国的安全边界没有锁定在鸭绿江，而是锁定在朝鲜半岛的“三八线”，一举将国防警戒线远远推到“三八线”以南。想象一下，如果不打抗美援朝，没有朝鲜作为缓冲国，东北地区直接面对美国势力的威胁，那么东北地区还谈什么建设呢？事实上朝鲜战争还没结束，国内就已经开始了轰轰烈烈的“一五计划”，而且建设重点还放在了东北。建国后的经济建设完全没有受到战争的影响，同一时期甚至还有足够的兵力参与全国剿匪，以及进军广大西北地区。
中国参与朝鲜战争，就是“守在四夷”这一军事方针在现代的最佳诠释。如果看不到这一层，就没有资格谈论朝鲜战争的意义。把朝鲜战争当做“别人家的战争”，普通人和伟大的政治家军事家的差距或许就在于此吧。

Why did China have to participate in the Korean War?

IN THE HAN DYNASTY, there was a saying that "Defending the Si-Yi or Four Foreign Soils of Barbarians", which meant pushing forward the national defense line as far as possible and putting the warning line of the enemy on the barbarian soil outside the country. In this way, the fighting would only be carried out in such desolate and uninhabited areas, which would not affect the farming areas mainly inhabited by the Han people and reduce the impact on production and society. [IMO in modern times the "Si-Yi" may be interpreted as the bordering sphere of influence.]

For example, if the War Of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression had been able to stabilize the front line on the Korean Peninsula, instead of allowing the Japanese aggressors to invade large areas of Northeast, North, East and central China, would the losses have been much reduced? This is the consideration of resisting the United States and aiding the North Korea.

WHAT HAPPENS if you give up the so-called "the Si-Yi lands"? Sima Guang lost Lanzhou in Song Dynasty. As a result, Tangut immediately linked up with the Tubo, which was otherwise almost impossible to achieve. The Ming Dynasty abandoned the Monan and Hetao regions. As a result, its capital city was under martial law, and Fen River Valley in Shanxi Province was plundered, and the whole North China was unable to carry out development and stable production. In contrast, the national defense pressure of the Han, Tang and Qing Dynasties, which carried out "guarding the Si-Yi", was much smaller than that faced by the Song and Ming Dynasties.

IN REALITY, WHY would the US cross the oceans to control Europe and Japan and South Korea? The idea is to turn the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans into their own giant lakes, squeezing rivals' space so that if they fight they can ensure that their own mainland [CONUS] is not affected.

Even if China has the comparable military might as the US, but there are Japan and South Korea and the First Island Chain blocking China's doorstep, even if the US is not afraid of a fight. Anyway, the US is on the other side of the ocean, Japan and South Korea will suffer destructions first if they want to engage in war. And fight will certainly spread to the core areas of China, thus it will suppress China to not dare to talk about war. When the opponent uses "Defending the Si-Yi" to deal with China, then China will really realize its power.

As a result of resisting the US and aiding the North Korea, China's security border is not locked in the Yalu River but in the "38th Parallel Line" of the Korean Peninsula, pushing the national defense cordon far to the south of the "38th Parallel". Imagine if China were not fighting against the US and aiding North Korea, if there were no North Korea as a buffer state, and if China's Northeast regions were directly facing the threat of US power, then what development will northeast China talk about? In fact, even before the end of the Korean War, China had begun a vigorous "Five-year Plan", and the construction focus was also on the northeast. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the economic development was not affected by the war at all. At the same time, there were even enough troops to fight against bandits in the whole country and march into the vast northwest region.

China's participation in the Korean War is the best modern interpretation of the military policy of "Defending the Si-Yi". If you don't see that, you're not in a position to talk about the significance of the Korean War. For those to think of the Korean War as "Other people's war", is simply showing a simple minded folk unable to comprehend strategy.

 

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Enemy on the doorstep: China's involvement in the Korean War

A 50-minute documentary style footage explaining WHY China decided to get involved into the Korean War

As many in the outside world may never realize, the Chinese leaders back then thought very deeply back and forth about China's involvement into that war with all its consequences... finally they decided that for China the "costs of war is smaller than the costs of staying away!"

Enemy on the doorstep: China's involvement in the Korean War | CGTN 2020-10-25

Enemy on the doorstep: China's involvement in the Korean War

news.cgtn.com

On October 1, 1950, a large crowd filled Tiananmen Square in Beijing. They were celebrating the first anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. However, the nascent state received letters from the leaders of two of its neighbors on the day – leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Il Sung and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, asking for military assistance. How did this come about? CGTN's documentary "Enemy on the Doorstep: China's Involvement in the Korean War" shows you what was behind the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, which defined history.

 

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【第三次世界大战】第20集（2）：美军闯入演习区域！055驱逐舰正义反击，拦截B-1b轰炸机和阿利伯克发射的反舰导弹
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2020-10-27 09:10:21

https://www.bilibili.com/video/bv1N54y1r7rR/

WW3 Episode 20 -- a cool, high-quality CG animated serial (tho w/o subs)