Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-06-18

Conduct Thorough Exercise and Training After-Action Reviews — Never Go to the Battlefield Still Carrying Problems

做好演训复盘，决不带着问题上战场

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近年来，全军各级组织的军事演训频度越来越高、强度越来越大，而且也更重视硝烟散去之后的复盘总结。通过复盘，可以深入知悉对手、做到知己知彼，可以弄清诸多制胜因素、优化选择路径；同时也可以知道“陷阱”在哪里、避免重犯错误，知道“短板”在何处、更好地扬长补短。然而从现实情况看，个别单位的复盘总结在成功经验列了几大条、矛盾问题找了一大堆之后就收尾打结，至于问题如何整改、何时整改则用力不够，结果“昨天的问题”今天依然如故，“去年的问题”今年仍然存在，最终留下隐患。历史上这方面的教训有不少。二战爆发前夕，法国一位名叫普雷塔拉的将军率部参加一次重要演习。演习探讨的问题是未来德军会不会从阿登山区进攻法国，进而让人们寄予厚望的马奇诺防线丧失作用。结果，普雷塔拉指挥的装甲师及步兵师数万人，成功突破法军在该地区的防守，用事实证明这一假设具有真实的可能性。可惜的是，法军一些高级将领事后认为这只是巧合，并未加以重视，更不用说采取防范措施了。而1940年5月导致法国投降的德军入侵，恰似当年普雷塔拉演习的翻版。这种在枪响之前，根本不把问题当问题、更不用说解决问题的惨痛教训，着实让人警醒。战争，从某种意义上讲就是一门“钻空子”的哲学，对手一旦发现你有缝隙、有漏洞、有弱处可钻，就会抓住机会给你致命一击。而诸如这些漏洞、弱处等问题，既有战局变化随之出现的，更有平时演训关注不够、解决不力留下的。军事演训作为战争的预实践，只要真抓实抗、真枪实弹，必然会遇到种种难以意料、超乎想象的问题，关键是如何看、怎么办。有人说“存在问题并不可怕”，但在你死我活的战场上，存在问题不是不可怕，而是极其可怕，它往往会让官兵付出鲜血甚至生命的代价；演训暴露出问题并不可怕，可怕的是把问题束之高阁直至带着问题上战场，在对手残酷无情的打击中才追悔莫及。兵战之道，自古有训。墨菲定律告诫我们，战争中一切可能发生的事情，迟早都会发生，越坏的情况越有可能发生，不管它听起来多么不可思议。生死之地有真理，战争最有发言权。对一支富有忧患意识的军队来讲，演训既是为了证明“我很行”，也要反思“我哪里不行”，平时演训发现的问题越多、越深刻，说明演训及复盘越有效，而演训之后解决问题越早、越彻底，对未来打仗就越有利。当年，国学大师王国维曾提出过著名的“人生三境界”。演训虽然有别于人生，但也有相同之处。探究来看，演训中的问题虽然各具情态，但整改起来也应区分“三个层级”：第一层，就问题改问题。急则治其标，缓则治其本。推进练兵备战时间不等人、问题不等人，如果不从一个个具体问题抓起、改起，必然会积重难返、无力回天。第二层，就问题改思维。世上一切问题从源头讲都是思维的问题。如果思维观念不合乎战争潮流，就会对问题苗头作出错误的反应，就会被问题牵着鼻子走。第三层，就问题改机制。制度机制带有根本性、稳定性、长期性。演训中的老大难问题之所以久拖不决，既有难度大的客观原因，更与督导激励不够、定责问责不力等息息相关。实践证明，从这“三个层级”入手，坚持把“主动性”与“强制性”、“当下改”与“长久立”有机结合起来，同时发力、综合用力，定能做实做好演训复盘之后问题整改这篇大文章。

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A PLA commentary published in military media argues that units across the force are failing to close the loop on after-action reviews — identifying problems during exercises but not tracking or enforcing their resolution, leaving the same deficiencies unaddressed year over year. The piece documents a recognized institutional dysfunction in the PLA's training system: the gap between problem identification and problem correction, which the author frames as a direct combat-readiness liability and illustrates with the 1940 French collapse through the Ardennes as a cautionary case. The proposed three-tier remediation framework — fix the specific problem, reform the underlying thinking, then reform the supervising mechanism — confirms that the PLA views this as a systemic accountability failure requiring structural fixes, not merely a matter of individual unit discipline.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "做好演训复盘，决不带着问题上战场." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-06-18. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16468127.html.

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