Squad Leader Corporal Xiao Shuo executes obstacles training with Type-95 rifle as his teammates cheer for him during a Company-wide competition. All the squad members tried their best, but they lost the competion after all. (81.cn/ Zhao Cong, Wang Lei)

Soldiers assigned to the armored infantry squad assault mock enemies with Type 88 5.8mm general purpose machine guns and Type PF98 120mm anti-tank rocket launcher systems during the squad confrontation competation. The squad is attached to an armored brigade of the PLA 12th Group Army stationed in Xuzhou City of China's Jiangsu Province. (81.cn/ Zhao Cong, Wang Lei)

Corporal Xiao Shuo (L), leader of an armored infantry squad, and Corporal Guo Chao (R), deputy squad leader, are sulking after their squad loses a squad confrontation competition in routine training exercise. The squad is attached to an armored brigade of the PLA 12th Group Army stationed in Xuzhou City of China's Jiangsu Province. (81.cn/ Zhao Cong, Wang Lei)

Soldiers assigned to the armored infantry squad load bullets into their Type 88 5.8mm general purpose machine guns before storming target areas during the squad confrontation competation. The squad is attached to an armored brigade of the PLA 12th Group Army stationed in Xuzhou City of China's Jiangsu Province. (81.cn/ Zhao Cong, Wang Lei)

Squad Leader Corporal Xiao Shuo (Front) and his teammates all feel very upset about their lose in the squad confrontation competation. The squad is attached to an armored brigade of the PLA 12th Group Army stationed in Xuzhou City of China's Jiangsu Province. (81.cn/ Zhao Cong, Wang Lei)

Staff Sergeant Zhuo Hongwen, commander of a Type 86A Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) under the armored infantry squad, conducts targets detection inside the narrow cabin of his IFV during the squad confrontaton competation. (81.cn/ Zhao Cong, Wang Lei)

Soldiers assigned to the armored infantry squad rush to board an advancing military vehicle successively during the squad confrontation competation. The squad is attached to an armored brigade of the PLA 12th Group Army stationed in Xuzhou City of China's Jiangsu Province. (81.cn/ Zhao Cong, Wang Lei)

Corporal Wang Shuai (R), an artilleryman assigned to the armored infantry squad, carefully wiped down his Type 88 5.8mm general purpose machine gun with diesel oil after the squad confrontation competation. The squad is attached to an armored brigade of the PLA 12th Group Army stationed in Xuzhou City of China's Jiangsu Province. (81.cn/ Zhao Cong, Wang Lei)

Corporal Yi Yingjie, driver of a Type 86A Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) assigned to the armored infantry squad, tries his best to remove an unserviceable component out of the narrow engine room of a IFV after the squad confrontation competation. The squad is attached to an armored brigade of the PLA 12th Group Army stationed in Xuzhou City of China's Jiangsu Province. (81.cn/ Zhao Cong, Wang Lei)