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WUHAN, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- After ten-hours exhausting militarytraining at an airborne camp in China's Central Hubei Province, XuZhongwei always falls instantly asleep.


"I'm even short of energy to send a WeChat message to mygirlfriend," he said.


Since being enrolled in January to take part in the airborneplatoon of the 2017 International Army Games (IAG), Xu and his twinbrother Shaowei have not returned home to Anhui Province,neighboring Hubei.


China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force is organizingtwo competitions from July 30 to August 12 as part of the IAG.


The Aviadarts competition is being held in northeast China'sJilin Province, while the airborne platoon competition, in whichbrothers Xu are engaged, is ongoing in Hubei.


The Chinese air force has been invited to take part in theInternational Army Games hosted by the Russian defense ministry forthree years. This is the first time for China to co-organize thegames and for the twin brothers to compete in them. They hope toachieve success.


In 2013 when finishing the college entrance exam, the17-year-old boys joined the PLA, dreaming of serving as soldiers.They were assigned to a scout troop attached to the airbornecamp.


They were determined as the best scouts. Military swimming,downhill races, obstacle crossing...the brothers fought togetherside by side in daily training over the following years.


Looking back to the first 1,000 meters military swimming, XuZhongwei remembers the feeling of almost being suffocated.


"How could I give up when my younger brother did not stop?" hesaid.


Three years later in 2016, the brothers Xu heard outstandingsoldiers were being selected to compete in the IAG. They appliedwithout hesitation.


Going through assessments from the regiment and division, untilselection in the whole army, the twins won tickets to the pre-gametraining team.


Their endurance was taken to the limit on multiple occasions,and they had only seven days off during six-months of highintensity training.


"We will be challenged by outstanding soldiers from othercountries," Xu Zhongwei said. "Thus we have to be strict enough onourselves."


The twin brothers continuously encourage each other.


They have devoted themselves to the training. Their parents oncecame to the camp in Hubei and stayed there for three days. But thetime the family spent together was only about two hours.


The airborne platoon games contain three main events: combat,non-combat vehicle and base jumping.


Brothers Xu are scheduled to take part in the non-combat vehicleevent with their 16 teammates.


Differing from games in previous years, the shooting distance in2017 increased to 300 meters from 100 meters in the non-combatvehicle event. And the cross-country distance increased from 19kilometers to 25 kilometers.


China dispatched 42 soldiers to the airborne platoon games thisyear. Such training intensity is common among Chinese soldiers whoattend the IAG.


"We are confident that Chinese soldiers have advantages inphysical agility, shooting skills and cooperative combat," XuShaowei said. "While we can learn combat effectiveness from othercountries."


Xu Zhongwei has made an appointment to meet his girlfriend inlate August.


"I believe that we will give her good news about our performancein the games," he said.


But unfortunately, during the parachuting training before thegames, the older brother got a wrist fracture. Thus he became asubstitute until his full recovery.


It is a huge pity for him. And the younger brother pledged tofight for him.


Shaowei is looking forward to his best performance, as well asexchanges with foreign participants from Iran, Kazakhstan, Morocco,Russia, South Africa and Venezuela.


During the non-combat vehicle event, Chinese soldiers will usedomestic weapons, which are also provided to soldiers from Iran,South Africa, and Venezuela.