I feel like even in a Taiwan scenario PLAGF infantry would still be pretty low on the priority list. IMO the much better trained and equipped marine corps would be doing the heavy lifting in such a scenario with normal PLAGF infantry landing en masse only to maintain control after most of the high intensity conflicts are done.
Ukraine is struggling immensely because of several variables, and the lack of infantry is one of them. That is one of their major concerns as their span of control is incredibly limited. They can’t afford to assault and are struggling to defend due to the imbalance in manpower. Yes, they are trying to compensate with drones, but jammers are still effective as most drones are still wireless. Previously, infantry was considered to be outdated, but clearly that is not the case.
When it comes to planning, you want to have every tool in your kit ready to go. I can assure you that the Indians and Russians didn’t expect their plan to go sideways when they launched their respective operations. Plus, just marines doing the work isn’t enough, but that is off topic.
To be fair, the PLA infantry are adapting to the drone threat and utilizing drones much more effectively than their US counterparts are doing.
I think in the last 30 years, there has been a lot of back and forth as to the future of what infantry looks like.
I am really curious about how they view those conflicts. It seems that they just follow trends rather than anticipate them or even just understand them. To be fair, the US does the same, and that is why everyone, for the lack of a better term, shits on their generals.
This is Jai Hind level of delusion.
So delusional they had to reach out North Korea for help. That says a lot about how its going on. Ironically America supposedly the country with the best Army in the world ranked Russia the second best.
No serious military analyst would rate Russia as second best. At best, a very distant third. NK asked Russia for a chance to get combat experience and Russia obliged them, the NK troops are but a drop in the bucket. Despite all the issues and problems with the Russian military, it is the Ukranians that are losing and struggling much more. What good would leaving it to the Europeans do?