Fierce battle in Liutanli
In a group-army-level confrontation exercise in the early winter of 2016, Li Weiguo, acting chief of staff of the 356th Regiment of the 20th Group Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and Zhao Kailai, instructor of the military guard battalion, led a composite detachment to serve as bait.
This composite detachment consists of 10 Type 99 main battle tanks, 10 Type 09 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, 12 Hongqi 17 air defense missile system armored vehicles (2 are radar vehicles and electronic countermeasure vehicles), two logistics supply armored vehicles, one maintenance armored vehicle, and one armored command vehicle. The 20th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army is fighting fiercely with the US army in the Liutanli area of Changjin Lake....... The synthetic detachment that crossed to Changjin Lake quickly entered the battle under the leadership of Li Weiguo and Zhao Kailai........