In the dead of night in September, a combined combat group detachment of a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Area Command set off stealthily from an area in the heart of the Tianshan Mountain.

Clad in anti-infrared camouflage smock and equipped with dim-light and infrared night vision equipment, the officers and men conducted a night combat exercise under informationization conditions. In light of the characteristics of modern warfare, the regiment has, through exercises in actual combat environment, successfully worked out 13 night fighting tactics including camouflage personnel and equipment to guard against exposure, etc. and greatly boosted the night fighting capability of its troops.

(PLA Daily September 10, 2007)