Right after the kick-off of the annul training of the new year, a mechanized division under the Shenyang Military Area Command (MAC) has brought all 31 self-developed IT results into training in order to test the effectiveness of the "grafted" scientific research achievements and the informationized fighting methods. Division Commander Zhou Hanjiang told the reporter that, in this drill, his division would carry out march and operation in the snow-covered area for 9 consecutive days and nights, during which his troops would keep close watch over combat environment and combat adversaries, at the same time several innovated training and fighting methods under the informationized conditions will be put to test under the close-to-real combat conditions.

　　By Han Guoxian and Cui Tieliang

　　(Jan.5, PLA Daily)