On 22 March, at the invitation of Li Guangming, member of the Central Military Commission and chief of the General Staff, Peter Perth, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the M country, began a four-day official visit to China.

The purpose of the visit to Perth is to promote greater understanding between the two countries and strengthen cooperation between the two militaries.

Li Guangming, member of the Central Military Commission and chief of the General Staff, held a welcoming ceremony at the 1 August Building of the Central Military Commission Headquarters in Beijing, accompanied him to inspect the guard of honor of the three armed services, and welcomed Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the M Army, on his visit to China.

On the same day, Peter Perth was invited to visit the Bayi Building of the Military Commission Headquarters, which demonstrated the close relationship and trust between the two militaries.

Subsequently, in the reception room of the Bayi Building, the deputy director of the Central Military Commission met with Peter Perth and his party.

The next day, Peter Perth visited the Eastern Theater of Operations and met with officials from the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On the 24th, Peter Perth and his entourage flew to Shencheng and were entertained by the Northeast Military Region.

Yang Wenbin heard that in the morning, Peter Perth met with the pilots of the 101st Air Force Division at the Coal Capital Air Base.

As a step toward openness, Chinese military officials invited Peter Perth, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to inspect China's top fighter jets---- Chinese-assembled Su-27 fighters, and to communicate with pilots and ground crews at the base.

Subsequently, Peter Perth and his entourage flew to the Bincheng Comprehensive Training Base of the Military Region to observe the military exercises of the 149th Army of the Chinese Army.

Due to the heavy fog in Ben Thanh these days, the visibility is not good.

After the meteorological conditions were reported to the military region and the general headquarters, the chief instructed that if the fog persisted, he had no choice but to cancel the observation exercise.

This morning, the fog in Ben Thanh seems to be heavier than everyday.

Yang Wenbin, like most officers and soldiers, prayed to heaven that by noon, the fog would clear.

Otherwise, the hardships and sins suffered by the officers and men for so many days would have been in vain, and they would not even have the opportunity to show them in front of foreign troops.

It's really a good idea. By ten o'clock in the morning, the fog had slowly cleared, and the sun had a smiling face from the clouds.

The conditions are met.

The meteorological conditions were transmitted to Headquarters through the relevant channels, and Headquarters decided to proceed with the original plan.

After visiting the Coal Capital Air Base, Peter Perth and his entourage took a plane to the Bincheng Comprehensive Training Base of the Military Region to observe the exercise subjects of the Ninth Company of Sharpshooters.

For lunch, Peter Perth and his entourage ate at Jiulian. In the field tent in the company's canteen, Peter Perth and his entourage had lunch together with the chief of staff, corps commander, and division commander of the military region who accompanied them.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Pace and his entourage boarded the viewing platform to prepare to observe the exercise.

Regiment Commander Lu Jiangong first announced: "Mr. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the subject of our demonstration is to strengthen the mechanized armored infantry company to attack and fight against the enemy in the fortified position, please see the demonstration!" ”

After the interpreter translated the contents of the drill into English, Regiment Commander Lu Jiangong gave the order to "start the drill."

Three red flares were raised from the top of the viewing platform, and the radio issued the command "drill begins".

Then the cannon fired.

The 152nd howitzer of the division first demonstrated its power, firing artillery salvos and shells, all of which accurately hit the enemy's positions and destroyed most of the enemy's armored targets.

Then, the anti-tank cement cones in the forward positions were bulldozed, and part of the minefield and barbed wire were destroyed.

Then the attack helicopters of the army aviation, attacking important targets in the enemy's depth, fired rockets and destroyed the targets.

Then the artillery fire shifted to the depth of the enemy position.

The Type 89 armored transport vehicles of the 9th Company of the Sharpshooters, together with the Type 99 tanks of the 13th Armored Division Armored Regiment, formed an armored assault detachment.

Tanks and armored vehicles, marching quickly, kicked up dust all over the sky.

In less than five minutes, after the tank and armored vehicles arrived at the enemy's forward positions in four directions, the armored vehicles gave way to the area of the firing route, and the tanks fired intermittently, destroying several targets that the artillery had not yet completely destroyed.

Suddenly, from behind the enemy's circular defensive position, several more tanks took advantage of the terrain and condescendingly opened fire on us to block the attack of our detachment.

At this time, the Red Arrow 8 anti-tank missiles attached to the division came in handy, the vehicle immediately moved forward, the shooter aimed at the position of the enemy tank, and with a few "whoosh" sounds, the rocket was launched, accurately destroying the target.

At this time, there seemed to be an accident, and there was an armored target standing there, but the tank seemed to have completed its task and stopped firing.

At this critical moment, I saw two soldiers jumping out of the back door of the armored vehicle of the main attack detachment, carrying 100 rocket launchers on their shoulders, quickly kneeling and aiming at the target, and the rockets accurately hit the remaining targets and destroyed the targets.

Then, the main attack detachment broke through the enemy's position in an area of 500 meters in front of the 489.1 heights and developed an offensive in depth to the enemy's position.

The assist detachment broke through the enemy's position in an area of 800 meters on the east side of the 489.1 heights, and cooperated with the main attack detachment to develop an attack in depth to the enemy's position.

The reserve team followed up after the main attack detachment, and the feeding machine launched an attack to ensure the completion of the attack mission.

The landing detachment flew over the head of the viewing platform in a transport helicopter in a roar. After landing in depth of the enemy's position and occupying the landing site, the landing field should be consolidated and echoed with the attacking detachment from afar, thus forming a situation of internal and external cooperation and mutual cooperation.

The armored infantry dismounted, carrying light weapons and covering each other, and launched an attack on Heights 489.1 in alternate cover along the path opened by the sappers and artillery.

Although fog enveloped the exercise area from time to time, the exercise unfolded smoothly, with the latest T99 tank rumbling into view of Perth, showing good performance, and even the screeching of tracks as the tank moved.

For Peter Perth, who was an experienced observer of the exercise, the sights, the noise, the smell and the sound of commands coming from the radio network, he was accustomed to it. One difference is that the M Army refers to friendly forces as "Blue Army" during military exercises, while the Chinese Army refers to friendly forces as "Red Army".

After the exercise, Peter Perth struck up a conversation with the commander through an interpreter.

At this time, according to the plan, the officers and men participating in the exercise took their equipment and lined up at the foot of the mountain below the visiting platform, waiting for the inspection of friendly troops.

Yang Wenbin was busy in the team.

Peter Perth and his entourage got off the podium and met with the officers and men participating in the exercise.

Peter Perth first boarded Yang Wenbin's armored car, saw Yang Wenbin's rank of major, stretched out his hand to Yang Wenbin approvingly, and said HELLO, Yang Wenbin hurriedly stretched out his hand, shook his hand with him, shook it vigorously, and said "Hello!" ”。

Yang Wenbin knows that on this kind of occasion, even if he knows English, he must speak Chinese, because this is a diplomatic occasion and represents the national character, let the translator translate.

Peter Perth then climbed aboard China's newest Type 99 tank to see its internal structure and learn about its performance.

Subsequently, Li Dongsheng, commander of the 149th Army, on behalf of the officers and soldiers of the 149th Army, presented Peter Perth with a gift of a scaled-down model of China's latest Type 99 tank.

Peter Perth happily accepted the gift and thanked the soldiers who had worked so hard to ensure the success of the exercise.

At the same time, Peter Perth presented the Medal of Honor of Army M to some of the officers and soldiers present as a return gift.

Peter Perth said it was a great honor to communicate with the officers and soldiers. He also said that the free and frank exchange of ideas among professional soldiers can promote world peace.