China People's Liberation Army Special Forces (PLA) is a special combat force established by various services and arms of China People's Liberation Army for specific operational purposes under the leadership of the Central Military Commission (CMC) (CMC) in People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Central Military Commission (CMC) (CMC) in China.
The Special Forces of China People's Liberation Army is one of the elite and new units of China People's Liberation Army, and its predecessor was the scout troops during the Eighth Route Army and the Volunteer Army.
The task of the special forces of the China People's Liberation Army is to carry out special operations such as battlefield reconnaissance, surprise attack, smashing important enemy military, political and economic targets and anti-terrorism. Members of special forces have the most valuable spirit of all mankind to learn: unity, cooperation, tenacity, challenging the limits, full of sense of responsibility and mission. The spirit of the special forces can be summed up in one sentence as the slogan in the "Sirius Commando" camp: "fearless, extremely loyal, invincible, invincible."
Soldiers of the special forces are selected from the field forces of major arms. As for the specific selection conditions, different arms and different tasks will have different standards. It is not easy to become a member of the special forces called "military elite", and all countries have extremely strict standards when selecting members of the special forces; China People's Liberation Army Special Forces is no exception. Generally speaking, the standards are mainly in the following aspects:
Loyalty is not the only thing.
Because the nature of the activities of the special forces is a secret armed organization that performs some very complicated special political tasks on behalf of its own country, loyalty to its own country and nation is the primary condition for every member of the special forces to be selected; This is also the ideological basis of the spirit of China Special Forces, which is not afraid of hardship, sacrifice, bravery, and death. Only with it can the special forces always put the national interests first when performing their tasks.
Military elite
Special forces members who undertake special tasks must be "one in a hundred" military elites when selecting. If they want to become a member of the special forces, they must first become a soldier with the quality of a professional soldier. The special forces of the China People's Liberation Army are almost all selected from the best combat troops, and they will have a certain number of years of military life experience before entering the special forces; But also to master the necessary military professional skills, and some even require actual combat experience. Of course, special forces with different special operations tasks also have their own professional priorities when selecting players. According to media reports, most of the members of the "Dragonfly" special brigade of China Army were selected from scouts.
A strong physique
Geographically, the stormy deep sea, towering peaks, endless open plains, dry and hot loess deserts, and unpredictable primitive dense forests may all be the battlefield environment that members of special forces have to face when fighting; Judging from the climatic conditions, special warfare players should be able to fight day and night in the heat and winter, snow and lightning; In terms of operational skills, special warfare players should be able to adapt to operational requirements such as airborne, airborne, swimming and wading on foot; From the perspective of living environment, members of special forces should be able to ensure their survival through rational use of local resources in an isolated environment without food and water. These extremely harsh living environments put forward high requirements for the physical quality of special forces players; This requires that special forces members must have strong physique, strong perseverance and lasting endurance, and be able to adapt to different operational environments to the maximum extent.
The selection method of China People's Liberation Army Special Forces begins with recruits, so the height requirement is very strict, and it is required that it should not exceed 1.8m when being recruited, with 1.7- 1.8m as the best standard. The most fundamental reason for this lies in the particularity of the PLA special forces profession. The task of special forces is often lurking, ambush and so on. If the body is too high, it is easy to expose the target, while the general body is around 1.7, which is often relatively easy to hide. Moreover, when skydiving, because tall people tend to be heavier and have greater impact when landing, it is easy to hurt people. Also, when performing small vehicle assault missions, tall people will take up more space.
Superb intelligence
Because special forces members often have to stay in the hinterland of the enemy for short-term and high-risk combat tasks according to orders, they often face military and psychological pressures unimaginable to ordinary people; If the members of the special forces do not have extraordinary intelligence to face the above pressure, it will be difficult to successfully carry out combat tasks. Therefore, a special warfare player should not only learn shooting, fighting, assassination and blasting techniques, but also learn technical and tactical skills such as photography, eavesdropping, communication, swimming, skiing, climbing, skydiving, vigilance, reconnaissance, search, arrest and rescue. It is also necessary to master the prevention and treatment of some diseases, distinguish the knowledge of eating wild animals and plants, and book the language and customs of the combat area, which are difficult to do without good cultural level and understanding.
The above are just the initial entry requirements for joining the special forces; After entering the special forces, all the players will face more rigorous training and still face the possibility of being eliminated.