Actual maneuvers for attack and defence between large combined units of the
Korean People's Army (KPA) were staged in three directions at the same time.
In the maneuvers a defence task was carried out by units of the KPA 91st
Metropolitan Defense Corps and an attack task by units of the KPA 105th Tank
Division and 425th and 815th Motorized Infantry Divisions.
Kim Jong Un, supreme commander of the KPA, guided the maneuvers at the
third direction forward command post, learning about them in other two
directions through a display.
The maneuvers were aimed to further round off the operational preparedness
for reliably defending Pyongyang, the capital of the revolution, from any enemy
attack by confirming the offensive and defensive operation capability through a
drill for laying and overcoming obstacles between units and taking relevant
steps.
After receiving a report on the maneuvers plan at an observation post, the
Supreme Commander guided the maneuvers.
He referred to the merits and demerits of the maneuvers and advanced
important tasks that would serve as guidelines in further strengthening the KPA
into ever-victorious revolutionary armed forces by intensifying training the
way the anti-Japanese guerrillas did in Mt. Paektu.
The maneuvers proved again that, in order to cope with a fierce, severe and
cruel war, it is useless to conduct any drill unrelated to war and unfit for
war environment, a drill of formalism, stereotyped pattern and stylish manner,
he said, stressing: Commanding personnel and officers of the staff should turn
all military trainings into practical and actual drills and practical brain
drills with the unshakable Juche-based stand and attitude towards war.
He indicated one by one such principled matters arising in rounding off the
combat readiness as enhancing the initiative, independence and creativity of
commanding personnel and officers of the staff so that they can skillfully
command operations and combats in keeping with the demand and conditions of
modern warfare and the characters for carrying out their units' combat duty,
bringing the party political work close to war environment so as to arouse
soldiers to victory in combats, enhancing the responsibility and role of
training reviewers to ensure drills under battle conditions, giving the same
strict review of drills as that of combats, and making preparations in advance
to take up a strong defensive position in any lines by making an effective use
of natural and geographical conditions of the country.
He expressed belief that all the men and officers of the KPA would perform
great merits in defending the socialist country, deeply aware that they should
ensure the security of the country and its people's happiness with arms.
He was greeted at the drill ground by Army General Pak Yong Sik, minister
of the People's Armed Forces, Army General Ri Myong Su, chief of the KPA
General Staff, Army Lieut. Gen. Rim Kwang Il, first vice-chief of the KPA
General Staff and director of its General Operation Bureau, Army Lieut. Gen. Jo
Nam Jin, vice-director of the Organizational Department of the KPA General
Political Bureau, Army Lieut. Gen. Pang Kwan Bok, vice-chief of the KPA General
Staff and director of its Combat Drill Department, Lieut. Gen. Kim Myong Nam,
commander of the KPA 91st Metropolitan Defense Corps, Maj. Gen. Kim To Un, its
political commissar, Lieut. Gen. Ko Myong Su, commander of the KPA 815th
Motorized Infantry Division, and Maj. Gen. Ju Song Nam, its political
commissar.
Watching the drill were executive members of the KPA Committee of the
Workers' Party of Korea, engineer commanding officers and instructors of the
military academies at all levels.
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