Several days ago, a division of the Xinjiang Military Area Command took its troops with full equipment and in full strength to an unfamiliar area to conduct an exercise in order to temper them into rapid-response crack units with "smart head" and "iron-fist". The picture shows a scene of a joint drill conducted by the armored regiment of the division and an army aviation regiment deep in the Tianshan Mountains.

　　By Wang Ning

　　(Sept 8, PLA Daily)