On August 13, 2021, China and Russia invested more than 10,000 people in the Qingtongxia contract tactical training base to carry out joint land and air operations, which marked the "Western•Joint-2021" exercise has entered the stage of joint land and air operations. .

The exercise focused on jointly maintaining regional security and stability, taking joint counter-terrorism operations between the two militaries as the basic format, focusing on countering traditional security threats, and using new qualitative forces and asymmetric combat methods to form a powerful joint attack on the "enemy". ability. During the exercise, Chinese and Russian commanders jointly studied and judged, determined targets on the fly, and commanded UAVs to perform precision strikes in real time, fully demonstrating that the joint combat capabilities of the two militaries have reached a new height.

It is understood that the new weapons and equipment invested in this exercise accounted for 81.6%, and the operation was carried out at a range of 6 kilometers in the front and 7 kilometers in depth. The height of the assault at the same time, within 45 minutes, 265 tons of ammunition were projected, the firepower density averaged 228 rounds per minute, and the peak firepower peaked at 364 rounds per minute.

Lieutenant General Nosulev, deputy commander of the joint command of the exercise and deputy commander of the Russian Eastern Military Region: We train and exercise together, plan together, and carry out a devastating attack on the imaginary enemy. By participating in this exercise, we came to a conclusion that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldiers have a high level of combat training and are capable of countering various threats in the world today, including international terrorism.

Wu Yanan, director of the Sino-Russian joint exercise and deputy chief of staff of the Military Commission’s Joint Staff, said: “This exercise is the first time that the Russian military has come to China to participate in our military’s strategic campaign exercise. It fully reflects the new level of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Russia in the new era, and demonstrates the ability and determination of both sides to jointly respond to security threats and maintain regional peace and stability." Editor/Tian Zengpeng