In late autumn, officers and men from a division of the Beijing Military Area Command conducted a full-range counter exercise to practice both attack and defense. Facing the well-equipped "blue army", commanders of the "red army" behaved calmly and achieved victory in the maneuver.

　　The counter exercise directed by the upper level had a strong smell of gunpowder from the beginning. The "red army" met "enemies" continuously when they had just left the barracks. The "blue army" sometimes attacked from the sky, sometimes harassed, or sent a small group to outflank the "red army". All commanders of the "red army" stared, with knit eyebrows, at map showing the battlefield situation, and adjusted the deployment of the troops according to battlefield changes. The "red army" countermined various attempts of the "blue army". According to the information they got and the actual situation, they put anti-tank firearms in the front and frustrated the attacks of the "enemy" many times. Just before the "enemy" had enforced their foothold, the "red army" launched in-depth fighting. They took full advantage of the fast speed and mobility of armored troops and the shock action of the aviation arm, and brought the integrated power of joint air-ground action into full play. They counterattacked from left, right and in depth. The decisive battle fought from 6:00 am till 4:00 pm when the "red army" wiped out the "blue army" completely.

　　To increase the difficulty, intensity and danger of this counter exercise, and highlight the real battle atmosphere, they conducted tactical live ammunition shooting for all firearms they used this time. Meanwhile, the division also paid attention to applying the results of scientific research for military training to military training. They have organized maneuver in "quick response" for artillery, "dynamic anti-aircraft" for anit-aircraft artillery, long-distance attack for tanks, destroying the enemy in a far-away place, shooting blockhouse, shooting armored target, and firing at armed helicopters. They have also developed a set of new fighting tactics through full-range counter exercise such as attack-defense confrontation, electronic confrontation and air-ground confrontation. In this way, they have not only tempered their competent combat spirit but also improved the overall combat effectiveness of the troops.

　　By Zhao Yingbo and Wu Chao

　　(November 13, PLA Daily)