Approved For Release 2000/8871 1°°CIA-RDP96-00792R000400260001-5 PAGE: 0022 IN WARTIME, THE PLA CREATED NUMEROUS COMBINATION MODES UNDER ALL KINDS OF SPECIAL CONDITIONS, SUCH AS THE RENOWNED RAILWAY GUERRILLA BRIGADE, THE ARMED WORKING TEAM IN ENEMY-OCCUPIED AREAS, AND THE SHAO JIANBO-STYLE DETACHMENTS IN "IMMENSE FOREST AND SNOWFIELD ((LINHAI XUEYUAN))." THE UNIT, WHICH HAS INHERITED THE PLA'S TRADITIONS AND USES THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED EXPERIENCE OF TROOPS OF OTHER COUNTRIES, WILL DEFINITELY BECOME THE PLA'S SPECIALLY KEEN STEEL KNIFE. WHEN THE REPORTERS CAME TO THE UNIT'S TRAINING FIELD, THE SOLDIERS, WERE UNDERTAKING BASIC PHYSICAL TRAINING. THE LESSONS WERE MARTIAL ARTS, WRESTLING AND BRICK- BREAKING WITH QIGONG. THE HEIGHT OF ALL THESE YOUNG WARRIORS IS 1.7 ~WETERS OR MORE, AND THEY ARE ROBUST AND STRONG. THE SQUADRON HEAD, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING, SAID: THE SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY SELECTED, ONE FROM AMONG A HUNDRED FROM VARIOUS MILITARY UNITS. /*#**** BEGINNING OF TAKE 002 ###%#%/ REF: HK1912153090 BEIJING LIAQWANG CHINESE NO 49, 3 DEC///VARIOUS MILITARY UNITS. TEXT: ((TEXT)) ({PARAGRAPH CONTINUES)) IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIRED IDEOLOGICAL, POLITICAL, AND PHYSICAL QUALITIES, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH VARIOUS TESTS, INCLUDING RIGOROUS PHYSICAL AGILITY, MILITARY SKILLS, AND INTELLIGENCE TESTS, BEFORE THEY ARE SELECTED. HERE CADRES AT AND ABOVE THE LEVEL OF PLATOON LEADER ARE ALL OUTSTANDING GRADUATES FROM ARMY ACADEMIES. THE UNIT RECEIVES MUCH MORE RIGOROUS TRAINING THAN ORDINARY UNITS. THEY DO A 10-KM CROSS-COUNTRY EXERCISE CARRYING WEAPONS EARLY IN THE MORNING, IN ADDITION TO THE EIGHT-HOUR ORDINARY TRAINING. BEFORE CLASS BEGINS IN THE MORNING, THEY RUN, CARRYING BRICKS IN THEIR ARMS, TWO CIRCUITS OF THE BARRACKS. IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY PRACTICE BOXING FOR HALF AN HOUR. BEFORE CLASS BEGINS IN. THE AFTERNOON, THEY DO 150 PUSHUPS, 100 SQUATS WHILE CARRYING WEIGHTS, AND 300 METERS OF FROG JUMPING. BEFORE GOING TO BED AT NIGHT, THEY HIT SANDBAGS OR THE WALL 100 TIMES WITH THEIR HEADS, ELBOWS, KNEES, PALMS, FISTS, AND LEGS, AND DO 200 PUSHUPS. YIN DAQQING, VICE SQUAD LEADER AND CORPORAL OF THE 11TH CLASS OF THE FIFTH DETACHMENT SAID: "AT THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL, I WAS THE STRONGEST AMONG MY FRIENDS. BUT HERE, I NEED TO DO MY BEST, OTHERWISE [I WILL LAG BEHIND." IN ORDER TO TRAIN THE HEAD'S RESISTANCE TO BLOWS, THE WARRIORS BEGIN BY HITTING THEIR HEADS WITH THEIR HANDS AND SANDBAGS AND THEN HIT THEIR HEADS AGAINST TREES AND WALLS. AFTER TWO TO THREE MONTHS OF TRAINING, THEY BREAK BRICKS, WINE JARS, STOOLS, AND EVEN WATER VATS WITH THEIR HEADS. NOW ALL SOLDIERS ARE ABLE TO BREAK JARS WITH. THEIR HEADS. ONE CAN IMAGINE THE PRICE THEY HAVE PAID FOR THIS. ALMOST ALL THE SOLDIERS HAVE TWO OR THREE WHITE BALD SCARS ON THEIR HEADS, THE RESULT OF THEIR HITTING THEIR HEADS AGAINST WALLS AND. WINE JARS. MANY SOLDIERS ARE WORRIED THEY WILL BE DISFIGURED AND WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING GIRL FRIENDS. IN THE FUTURE. IN SPITE OF THIS, THE: WARRIORS. PRIDE THEMSELVES ON. RECEIVING THE UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400260001-5
Approved For Release 2000/08/11"? CIA-RDP96-00792R000400260001-5 | | PAGE: 0023 TOUGH TRAINING. ONE DAY, WHEN MORE THAN 20 WARRIORS WERE RECEIVING TRAINING, THEY HIT A WALL WITH THEIR HEADS WITH A LOUD "AI....." SUDDENLY, WITH A GREAT RUMBLING, THEY SMASHED MORE THAN 20 COLORFUL CEMENT WINDOWS ((NI HUA CHUANG 3136 5363 4514)) ON THE WALL. AT THE SIGHT OF THIS, THE COMMANDING OFFICER WAS SURPRISED AND FELT PAIN IN HIS HEART. | HIGHLY DEMANDING MILITARY TRAINING GOES ON HERE: WHEN THE FULLY ARMED WARRIORS ARE RIDING ON MOTORCYCLES AT HIGH SPEED, THEY CHANGE HANDS IN DRIVING MOTORCYCLES, JEEPS, AND TRUCKS. ‘THEY THEN JUMP ONTO ARMORED CARS OR TANKS, AND CONTINUE TO DRIVE. ‘THE MACHINE GUNS IN THE ARMORED CARS FIRE A NUMBER OF SHOTS. ALL HIT THE TARGETS. THE TANKS' FOUR CANNON ALSO HIT FOUR OBJECTS. UNDER COVER OF ARMORED CARS AND TANKS, 12 WARRIORS FIRE FOUR TYPES OF PISTOL, FOUR TYPES OF SUBMACHINE GUN, AND TWO TYPES OF LIGHT AND HEAVY MACHINE GUN, WITH SOME LYING, SOME KNEELING, AND OTHERS STANDING. THE BULLETS HIT ALL THE TARGETS. THEY THEN SHOOT WITH RECOILLESS GUNS, MORTARS, ROCKET LAUNCHERS, AND SO ON. ‘HEY HAVE DONE WELL ONCE AGAIN. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN WARFARE DEMANDS THAT ALL ARMS OF THE SERVICES BE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED, WHILE QUICK-REACTION UNITS BE MULTIFUNCTIONAL. STRENGTHENING MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRAINING, AND LEARNING TO USE VARIOUS TYPES OF WEAPONS, INCLUDING THE ENEMY'S WEAPONS, IS A MAJOR- CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TRAINING FOR THIS UNIT. IT IS SAID THAT ON THE BASIS OF EXTENSIVELY ABSORBING THE PLA'S TRAINING RESULTS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF FOREIGN TROOPS, THE UNIT HAS EXPLORED AND FORMULATED THE PLA'S FIRST SET OF TRAINING OUTLINES. IN KEEPING WITH THE DEMAND THAT THEY SHOULD SPECIALIZE IN ONE SKILL WHILE MASTERING OTHERS, ALL THE OFFICERS AND MEN RECEIVE HIGHLY INTENSE AND ALL-DIRECTIONAL TRAINING, INCLUDING BASIC TRAINING IN REGULATIONS AND ORDERS, FORMATION DRILLING, AND PHYSICAL TRAINING; TRAINING IN SKILLS, INCLUDING THE USE OF ALL TYPES OF WEAPONS, BOMB THROWING, SETTING EXPLOSIVES, WRESTLING, CLIMBING, MINE DETECTION, PHOTOGRAPHY, PARACHUTING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MAP READING, RIVER CROSSING, AND CAMOUFLAGE; TACTICAL TRAINING, INCLUDING INFILTRATION TACTICS, ATTACK, AMBUSH, ATTACK PREVENTION; AND SPECIAL TRAINING INCLUDING FOREIGN LANGUAGES, GEOGRAPHY, METEOROLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE, DRIVING OF MAJOR TYPES OF TRUCKS, FIELD SURVIVAL SKILLS. THEY USE THE MODE OF GRADED TRAINING: IN GRADE ONE, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO FINISH BASIC TRAINING AND PARTIAL TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING. IN GRADE. TWO, THEY RECEIVE BASIC TRAINING IN TACTICS AND SKILLS. IN GRADE THREE, THEY RECEIVE TRAINING IN SPECIAL SUBJECTS. MOREOVER, THEY USE THE EXAMINATION SYSTEM, BY WHICH THEY ELIMINATE. INCOMPETENT TRAINEES IN DIFFERENT PROCESSES. IN ORDER TO FACILITATE TRAINING, BASIC STANDARDIZED TRAINING FACILITIES HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE BARRACKS, INCLUDING THE OPERATIONAL HALL, SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE TRAINING FIELD, PARACHUTE TRAINING FIELD, 400-METER HURDLE TRAINING FIELD, COMPREHENSIVE SHOOTING FIELD, TACTICS TRAINING FIELD, SPECIAL EXPLOSION AND FIRING TRAINING FIELD, FOREIGN-TROOPS: RESEARCH OFFICE, CLASSROOMS FOR GEOGRAPHY, METEOROLOGY, AND. MATHEMATICS, AND. TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAINING HALL. THE UNIT MAKES IT A PRINCIPLE TO-USE ADVANCED, EASILY OPERATED, LIGHT, AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL WEAPONS. THE REPORTERS WERE ALLOWED TO UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400260001-5
Approved For Release 2000/0814 1°" CIA-RDP96-00792R000400260001-5 — - PAGE:0024 VISIT THEIR WEAPONS WAREHOUSE. HERE THERE WERE ALL TYPES OF SPECIAL TRUCKS, SHOCK WEAPONS, SELF-DEFENSE WEAPONS, RECONNAISSANCE EQUIPMENT, SABOTAGE EQUIPMENT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEAPONS, AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT, CLIMBING EQUIPMENT, AND WARMING EQUIPMENT. THE KNIVES, KNIFED GUNS, PILOTLESS RECONNAISSANCE PLANES, GRENADE LAUNCHERS, AND IMAGE AND TELEVISION ((ZHAO. XIANG DIAN SHI 3564 0288 7193 6018)) RECONNAISSANCE TRUCK THAT CAN TAKE PICTURES OF AN OBJECT A HUNDRED LI AWAY WERE ALL NEW TO US. A SPECIALLY DESIGNED NECESSITY BACKPACK IS SUPPLIED TO EACH OF THEM. IN THE PAST, ON AN OPERATION, A SOLDIER HAD TO HANG A DOZEN THINGS ON HIS BODY. NOW THEY CAN PUT ALL WEAPONS AND OTHER DAILY NECESSITIES IN ONE PACK. A SOLDIER, CARRYING A COLORFUL BACKPACK OF THIS KIND, TOLD US: "IF THE BACKPACK WERE TO BE ADVERTIZED ON TELEVISION, IT WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE BIG SALES ACROSS THE COUNTRY." ADVANCED WEAPONS HAVE ADDED TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS MIRACULOUS UNIT. MAINTAIN AN ARMY. FOR A THOUSAND DAYS TO USE IT FOR AN HOUR. WE CAN SAY THAT BY BUILDING UP THIS UNIT, THE REPUBLIC HAS ADDED TO ITS NATIONAL DEFENSE ABILITY. ADMIN (ENDALL) GW121912.09E 3 DEC KS/WELLS/AN 19/1543Z DEC BT #6339 NNNN. UNCLASSIFIED. Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400260001-5