Thu,Nov 7,2013
ZHENGZHOU, November 6 (ChinaMil) -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) organized foreign military attaches to China as well as foreign military observers to observe the actual-troop exercise held by the Jinan Military Area Command (MAC) under the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on November 5, 2013.
A total of 65 foreign military attaches to China from 52 countries together with the military observers from 6 countries, including Australia, Italy, Germany, France and so on, were invited to observe the exercise. About 270 foreign officer students from 3 military academies and colleges were also there to observe together.
The "Queshan Vanguard - 2013B" exercise is a routine training and exercise organized by the Jinan MAC in accordance with the annual military training plan of the PLA.
The exercise took up the combat against mobile enemy on the defense as the basic subject with emphases on the drill of tactical operations such as long-distance maneuvering, combined combat planning, nighttime combat preparation, combined combat implementation and so on. The major purpose of the drill is to improve the combined tactical troops' capability to carry out operation tasks.
The participating forces of the exercise include two services, that is, the PLA Army (PLAA) and the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), and 12 arms, such as the infantry, armored force, artillery, army aviation force, electronic confrontation force and so forth.
The observation activity started from the afternoon of November 5 and lasted for a day and a half.
During the activity, the observation group will have a full-range observation of the actual-troop drill subjects and visit the deployment area of the armed helicopters as well as the position of the vehicle-mounted 122-mm howitzers.
At the end of the observation, 11 foreign military observers will hold military academic exchange with officers and men of the PLA.
It is learned that in order to deepen the foreign military attaches' understanding of the national conditions and military conditions of China, the MND has organized the foreign military attaches on yearly basis in recent years to listen to the briefings on China's national defense policy, military construction and the like, visit related military units, and observe exercises and training.
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