One day in mid-December, it was snowing heavily in an area to the north of the Great Wall. On the snow-covered plain, the officers and men of a motorized infantry brigade of the Beijing Military Area Command were on a long-range march with full armaments. This was an adaptability training conducted by the brigade to test its personnel as well as its armaments under frigid climate conditions.

　　In recent years, in light of some key operational training subjects, such as quick mobility, execution of command on the move, field encampment and food supply, the brigade focused its research and development on automatized field command system, which integrates monitoring, navigation, data communication and vocal communication. In terms of field support, it took pains to develop a new type of multi-purpose tent, which could be used for command, dining, maintenance and repair, medical treatment, material storage and field encampment. In field training, this new tent can be dismantled and transferred easily within a very short period of time. With the new cooking vehicle designed for company use, food for 100 persons can be prepared and served in less than half an hour. The multi-function rush-repair vehicle developed by the brigade ensures the regeneration of artillery in field operation and training.

　　Rush-repair of artillery in field operation is one of the key items to be tested in this training. Xu Shouren, director of the armaments department of the brigade, who was at the spot to organize artillery rush-repair, told the reporter that, due to constraints of various conditions in the past, it was difficult to repair and dismantle the large caliber artillery in the field. Now with the field artillery rush-repair platform, all the dismantling operations can be completed on the guided tracks, which made it possible to repair artillery in battlefield.

　　By Li Keqiang and Lu Zhenwei

　　(December 23, PLA Daily)