Strengthen combat readiness to win
wars: Top Chinese official
Amidst
escalating maritime disputes
between China and its neighbours, a top
Chinese military
official has called on the armed
forces to "strengthen combat
preparedness and ensure victories in
wars".
Fan Changlong, the vice
chairman of the Central Military
Commission (CMC), the apex military
body which controlled the
2.3 million strong military, made the
remarks during an
inspection tour of troops stationed in
east China's Jiangsu,
Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.
The army should always
maintain its readiness and
fighting abilities to ensure victory,
Fan said.
The CMC is headed by Chinese
President Xi Jinping.
Fan asked all military staff
to comprehend and implement
the key points conveyed by Xi asking
the military to be
absolutely to loyal to the ruling
Communist Party of China,
(CPC).
"Military officers and
soldiers must be absolutely loyal,
pure and reliable, and firmly follow
the directions of the
Central Committee of the CPC, Central
Military Commission and
chairman Xi," Fan said.
Fan, who is also a Political
Bureau member of the CPC
Central Committee, urged military
staff to step up training,
especially in complex situations
such as electromagnetic
environment and field operations.
Training must be strict and
targeted to meet real wartime
needs rather than a show, he said.
His comments came as China grappled
with escalating
tensions with Japan over the
disputed islands as well as other
South East Asian countries on the
sovereignty over the South
China Sea.
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