Battalion commander Han Gonglian of an armored regiment has been leading his men to combine research with training. They have been constantly striving for making innovations through trial and error for the sake of improving the quality of the human resources and deepening the reform of the methods of training and operation. As a result, the time of turning new equipment into fighting capabilities has been shortened.

　　By special correspondent Zhu Min

　　(Mar.29, PLA Daily)