You see, our country's People's Liberation Army has a heavily armed synthetic brigade, and I heard that it is a powerful existence! After the army reform that began in 2016, the number of China's army group armies has been reduced to only 13, which seems to have become smaller in size, but its strength has increased instead of decreasing. Do you know? Even though our army is not as large as before, we are still the world's largest army in terms of combat effectiveness, and compared with the armies of other countries, our strength is simply a world apart!
But have you ever seen our military conduct a group-level exercise? Even the Zhu Ri and Red and Blue confrontation exercises were mostly only at the composite brigade level, and usually only one brigade-level unit participated, even as part of the Blue Army. Do you know? The area of the Zhurihe tactical training base is 1,000 square kilometers, but our army only uses space for two or three composite brigades during regular exercises. It's not that the base isn't big enough, it's because the scale of equipment needed for one of our synthetic brigades is just too large!
In particular, our heavy composite brigade, I heard that if it were placed on a global scale, it could easily defeat the armies of most countries. You see, although the number of people in this composite brigade is not large, about 6,000 people, the focus is on the advanced equipment and the ability to integrate the information of the combat system.
You know, to build a reloaded synthetic brigade, it will cost about 20 billion yuan. This money is mainly spent on equipment, our heavy composite brigade has about 120 of the latest 99A heavy main battle tanks, while the British Army has only about 220 Challenger 2 tanks, and even less than 100 are ready for battle. This is the strength of the equipment of our army!
In addition, our heavy composite brigade has about 100 04A infantry combat vehicles, nearly 20 Type 05 155mm self-propelled howitzers, nearly 10 122mm modular rocket launchers, as well as a large number of anti-aircraft missiles, anti-aircraft artillery and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.
What is the actual combat capability of such a 20 billion heavy synthetic brigade? It is said that even the Russian army was caught off guard by us! Some people call our heavy synthetic brigade a "local tyrant brigade", because all types of firepower and protective equipment we have are top-notch, which can be called a model of full mechanization.
However, if you want to truly understand the strength of this force, you can't just talk about it, you have to fight in real battles to see it. In a joint Sino-Russian exercise in 2018, we sent a heavy synthetic brigade that surprised the Russian army. It is said that we sent only one synthetic battalion and in just 40 minutes crushed a Russian infantry regiment. Do you know? A heavy composite brigade also has 9 composite battalions, and a complete unit can even fight against a division of the entire Russian army!
This is not only because of our strong armament, but also because our combat system and information-based command capability are unmatched. Whether it is the deployment of combat vehicles, the movement of soldiers, or even the accurate hit of artillery shells, unified command and intelligence sharing can be achieved through our information network.
So, do you understand? The reason why our army rarely holds exercises at the military level is because our strength is too strong! Imagine if our two armies held a confrontational exercise, it would be a large-scale battle of 24 brigades! This kind of strength makes people sigh that the power of the squadron is really unbeatable!