Exercises Internal Security

Flood Season Approaches: Watch How People's Armed Police Officers and Soldiers Forge Hard Skills in Water Rescue

汛期来临，看武警官兵如何锤炼水上救援硬功

PLA Daily (解放军报) 30 May 2026

Summary

The PAP Jiangxi General Corps Shangrao Detachment conducted multi-day flood-season pre-positioning training in its garrison area, running unannounced assembly drills, assault-boat formation maneuvers in open water, and sandbag-filling exercises, with instructors integrating UAV-and-watercraft coordinated search-and-rescue tactics. This is standard annual pre-flood readiness training; it documents the detachment's preparation cycle and the institutionalization of drone-watercraft coordination at the sub-unit level, but provides no basis for assessing changed posture or capability beyond what PAP flood-response units routinely field.

Translation

As flood season draws near, the People's Armed Police (PAP) Jiangxi General Corps Shangrao Detachment has, over consecutive days, kept a close eye on the characteristics of water bodies in its garrison area and the disaster risks of the flood season, rapidly organizing officers and soldiers to conduct specialized flood-control and emergency-rescue training, comprehensively forging water rescue and embankment emergency-response capabilities.

Officers and soldiers deploy rapidly. Photo by Chen Quansheng.

"Emergency assembly!" As the urgent sound of a whistle pierced the garrison area, officers and soldiers quickly donned their gear, loaded up, formed up, and deployed with high efficiency. The detachment employed an unannounced, on-the-spot command-and-control method to test the unit's emergency response capability.

"When leaving the bank, watch the current carefully; when approaching the bank, slow down in advance and find the right angle!" In open-water areas, assault-boat intensive training was in full swing. Instructors, drawing on representative cases, explained one by one the boat-handling techniques and key points for avoiding danger in complex currents, hidden reefs, and treacherous shoals. Multiple assault boats flexibly shifted formations—advancing in a line, arraying in a triangle—while simultaneously exploring coordinated tactical drills combining "unmanned aerial vehicles + watercraft," effectively improving search-and-rescue efficiency.

Water rescue subject training. Photo by Chen Quansheng.

Formation advance. Photo by Chen Quansheng.

Advancing in a triangular formation search. Photo by Chen Quansheng.

Assault-boat circular driving training. Photo by Chen Quansheng.

Filling sandbags. Photo by Chen Quansheng.

Passing sandbags. Photo by Chen Quansheng.

This training comprehensively tested officers' and soldiers' rapid-response and coordinated-response capabilities, and cultivated a core group of personnel proficient in watercraft operation and embankment emergency response.

Original Chinese

汛期临近，连日来，武警江西总队上饶支队紧盯驻地水域特点和汛期灾害风险，迅速组织官兵开展抗洪抢险专项训练，全面锻造水上救援和堤坝抢险能力。官兵快速出动。陈铨胜摄 “紧急集合！”随着急促的哨音划破营区，官兵快速穿戴、装载编队、高效出动。该支队以不打招呼、临机导调的方式，检验部队应急响应能力。 “离岸注意观察水流，靠岸提前减速找准角度！”在野外水域，冲锋舟集训正在火热展开。教员结合典型案例按照复杂水流、暗礁险滩的操舟技巧与避险要点逐一讲解。多艘冲锋舟灵活变换队形，一字开进、三角列阵，同时探索“无人机+舟艇”协同战法演练，有效提升搜索救援效率。水上救援课目训练。陈铨胜摄编队前进。陈铨胜摄以三角队形展开编队搜索前进。陈铨胜摄冲锋舟环形驾驶训练。陈铨胜摄填充沙袋。陈铨胜摄传递沙袋。陈铨胜摄此次训练全面检验了官兵快速响应、协同处置能力，培养了一批精通舟艇操作与堤坝抢险的骨干力量。