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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