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Major Release! "Winning" | Episode 2: "The Army's Transformation" (换羽之"陆")

重磅发布!制胜 | 第二集《换羽之“陆”》
PLA Daily (解放军报) 31 July 2026
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The CMC Political Work Department, the Cyberspace Administration of China, and China Media Group jointly released Episode 2 of 'Winning' (制胜) on CCTV-1 starting July 30, spotlighting PLA Army modernization through three featured formations: a long-range box-launched rocket (远箱火) unit of an Army brigade stationed at front-line positions for over four years, an amphibious force described as having moved beyond infantry-armor coordination (步坦协同) to multi-domain combined-arms operations, and an air assault brigade framed as the Army's primary assault force capable of three-dimensional vertical strikes (立体垂直打击). The episode documents the official messaging framework for Army transformation by anchoring doctrinal claims—expanded battlefield boundaries, UAV-enabled long-range precision strike, 'Infantry-plus' (步兵+) versatility—to a chronology of Eastern Theater exercises from August 2022 through 'Strait Thunder-2025A,' framing those exercises as the crucible that produced these capabilities; which specific brigade or group army the rocket unit belongs to is not identified.

What exactly is new about the new-type Army (新型陆军)?

What is new is that they are able to reach

anywhere they are needed—

the ground, the sky, the ocean.

The boundaries of the battlefield are the boundaries of the Army.

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Unmanned aerial vehicles have given the Army a pair of "eagle eyes,"

but being able to see far is not enough.

You also need to be able to strike far and strike with precision.

The growing importance of weapons and equipment

does not mean that human beings cease to play the decisive role.

Machines and algorithms can solve

ninety-nine percent of problems,

but the remaining one percent of situations that may arise

must be covered by human beings.

August 2022: combat-realistic joint exercise and training (实战化联合演训)

April 2023: "Joint Sword" exercise

2024: Eastern Theater Command "Joint Sword-2024A"

and "Joint Sword-2024B" exercises

2025: Eastern Theater Command "Strait Thunder-2025A" exercise

One after another, "dragon roars" (龙吟) swept across the sky,

deafening.

Officers and soldiers of an Army brigade's long-range box-launched rocket (远箱火) unit

have been stationed at front-line positions for more than four years.

In the smoke of training and redeployment,

under the test of major missions,

they have been tempered through hardship and grown ever stronger.

The four characters "East Sea Flying Dragon" (东海飞龙)

were earned by jumping from a thousand meters in the sky,

by feeling one's way up through the dark currents of the deep sea,

by fighting one's way out through a hail of bullets.

Live ammunition is used in combat—

live ammunition must also be used in training.

To forge the skill to defeat the enemy with a single blow,

daily training must be pushed to the absolute limit of approximating actual combat (实战).

Today's amphibious forces

have shed the old appearance of massed assault formations.

The iron torrent has transformed into flexible elite troops.

Multiple arms of service fight shoulder to shoulder,

galloping across land and sea battlefields in an entirely new form.

To become a qualified "Infantry-plus" (步兵+),

one must keep pace with the renewal of concepts,

the development of equipment, and the advancement of technology.

Amphibious landing operations today

have long since surpassed the binary integration of infantry-armor coordination (步坦协同).

The air assault brigade is an air-ground integrated,

all-domain mobile light combined-arms force (轻型合成力量).

They are not constrained by mountains or rivers.

They can launch three-dimensional vertical strikes (立体垂直打击) from any direction.

They are the first-use force for the Army's assault operations (突击作战).

They are like a thunderclap,

delivering a lethal blow to the enemy

at the moment the enemy least expects it.

They carry the mission of winning wars (胜战使命).

Rooted in one exercise and training ground after another, repeatedly forged,

they need only a single order

to hold the line, seize the objective, and win the fight.

They are ready at any moment to rush to the battlefield.

Approved by the Central Military Commission (中央军委),

jointly produced by the

Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission,

the Cyberspace Administration of China,

and China Media Group,

the ideological-interpretation integrated-media program (思想解读类融媒体片)

"Winning" (制胜)

premieres starting July 30

on CCTV-1, China Central Television's Comprehensive Channel,

at the 20:00 time slot,

with replays on the National Defense and Military Channel CCTV-7.

It will be simultaneously released on

the China Military (中国军号) client app,

China Military new-media platforms,

major central news websites and key portal websites,

and platforms including "CCTV News," "CCTV Video,"

"Xuexi Qiangguo" (学习强国), and "Xuexi Qiangjun" (学习强军).

Scan the QR code below

to download the China Military (中国军号) APP

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Original Chinese
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