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Armed police unit wraps up military exercise with no accident

  

  At the daybreak of Jan. 17, upon getting the order, more than 1,000 officers and men of the Armed Police No. 8662 Unit rushed to the destination of emergency-dealing to conduct hunting-down exercise after hiding for more than 8 hours in a snowy area in the northern part of the Tianshan Mountains. By then, the unit had already had 20 fighting methods tested under severe cold conditions.

  Since the urgent set-off on Jan. 12, more than 1,000 officers and men of the unit had been out on an emergency mission despite the severe cold of -30℃,with nearly 100 vehicles racing to the snow-covered deserts and mountains. In order to do well in the exercise, the unit either introduced in or innovated more than 20 sets of appliances including the smart low-temperature starter and the wheel anti-skid device, thus solving the difficulties of getting vehicles started rapidly and having them rolling on snow-covered field and icy road in frigid climate, and improving the troop's capability of long-distance maneuver under sever cold conditions. In the exercise lasted for five consecutive days and nights, none of the nearly 100 vehicles was paralyzed with cold damage and no a single one of the 1,000 officers and men suffered frostbite, and for that matter, effectively upgrading the troop's capability for emergency-dealing.

  By Yang Haoyu and Shu Chunping

  (Jan.18, PLA Daily)