A combat-readiness patrol and high-sea training taskforce under the South China Sea Fleet of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried out beach-seizing and landing training in the waters of the South China Sea on March 21, 2012.The officers and men in assault landing boats are going to land under the cover of an armed helicopter. (chinamil.com.cn/Qian Xiaohu, Song Xin Gao Yi and Gan Jun)