王卫东、林铎
By Wang Weidong and Lin Duo
北京8月9日电 -- “国际军事比赛-2021”将于8月22日至9月4日展开，连日来，中国人民解放军各出国参赛队在各自集结地出征，赴俄罗斯、白俄罗斯、乌兹别克斯坦、伊朗等国参赛。
BEIJING, Aug. 9 -- The International Army Games (IAG) 2021 will be held from August 22 to September 4 as scheduled. In the past few days, the participating teams from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) have set off to Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Iran and other countries respectively.
7日，参加“国际军事比赛-2021”“北极星”特种分队比赛的中方参赛人员和装备搭乘空军运输机飞赴白俄罗斯明斯克。这是我军参赛分队首次参加“北极星”特种分队比赛。
On August 7, the Chinese participants to join the "Polaris" Special Operations Teams event of the IAG 2021 flew to Minsk, Belarus by an Air Force transport aircraft, together with their equipment. This marks the first time for the Chinese military to get involved in the "Polaris" Special Operations Teams event.
8日，从我军联勤保障部队抽组参加“国际军事比赛-2021”“汽车能手”与“军事拉力”比赛项目的中方参赛队员抵达俄罗斯。据悉，这是联勤保障部队成立以来首次派出参赛队出征国际赛场。
On August 8, the Chinese participating troops from the PLA joint logistic support force (JLSF) arrived in Russia to participate in the “Masters of Armored Vehicles” and "Military Rally “events of the IAG 2021. It is learned that this is the first time for the PLA JLSF to send a team to participate in an international military game since its establishment.
其中，“北极星”特种分队比赛将以特战小队敌后破袭、清剿敌重要目标为行动背景，涵盖秘密渗透、作战实施、转移撤离等29个竞赛课目。中方参赛分队由第74集团军某特战旅抽组侦察、特战力量编成。综合考验和提高参赛队员水、陆、空三栖渗透能力。
The "Polaris" Special Operations Teams event covers 29 competition events such as secret infiltration, combat implementation, and transfer and evacuation, aiming to comprehensively test and improve the water, land, and air penetration capabilities of the participants. The Chinese participating team is composed of reconnaissance and special operations troops selected from a special operations brigade of the PLA 74th Group Army.
“汽车能手”项目比赛主要包括单车赛、修理车组比赛、队长赛和接力赛，参赛队员将使用5种车型展开竞技；“军事拉力”项目比赛分为单车赛、追逐赛、火力赛、团体赛和野战炊事赛，届时我军官兵将与俄罗斯等其他7个国家队员逐鹿赛场。
The “Masters of Armored Vehicles” event mainly includes the cycling race, vehicle repairing contest, captain contest, and relay race with 5 types of vehicles involved. The "Military Rally" event includes the cycling race, chasing race, fire race, team race and field cooking competition, in which the Chinese participants will compete with counterparts from other 7 countries including Russia.
