Defense Area Drill - Civil Defense: Fighting off enemy attacks on the village

Within the framework of the Nghe An Province Civil Defense - Defense Area Exercise 2022, on the morning of August 31, the Exercise Steering Committee organized a live combat situation "Fighting the enemy attacking villages and communes". The combat location was hamlet 4, Hung Yen Nam commune, Hung Nguyen district.

Provincial leaders monitored and directed the exercise. Photo: Tien Hung

Attending and directing the exercise on the side of Military Region 4 was Major General Le Van Vy - Deputy Chief of Staff of Military Region 4.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for the drill; comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department. Also attending were representatives of the Provincial Border Guard Command, Provincial Police, departments, branches and leaders of Hung Nguyen district.

The exercise scenario assumes the enemy attacks Hung Yen Nam commune. Photo: Tien Hung

“Fighting against enemy attacks on villages and communes” is one of the important contents in the 2022 Nghe An Province Civil Defense - Defense Area exercise. The exercise assumes that after occupying some neighboring localities, the enemy enters Hung Yen Nam commune.

Meanwhile, the army and people of Hung Yen Nam commune built a system of solid, interconnected village and commune battle fortifications; coordinated with the armed forces of Hung Yen Bac commune, Hung Trung commune and other localities and friendly units to organize to prevent, wear down, and destroy the enemy attacking the area. Created conditions for superiors to counterattack and destroy the enemy, holding the area firmly...

The fighting process was based on the superiors' combat plan, the village and commune battle formation was proactively prepared; the material facilities for fighting in the area were interconnected and solid. Strengthening observation, grasping the situation, flexibly applying tactical forms, destroying domestic reactionaries. Close coordination between friendly forces and units, using firepower and obstacles, resolutely preventing and destroying the enemy right from the edge of the village. When the enemy occupied a part of the area, using many plans, quickly counterattacking, defeating enemy attacks, and holding the area.

Leaders of Military Region 4, Nghe An province and Hung Nguyen district presented gifts and encouraged the forces participating in the exercise. Photo: Tien Hung

The exercise was assessed to have been successful, good, and closely followed reality. Through these exercises, the Exercise Steering Committee will draw experience as a basis to build and supplement combat plans of local armed forces, build a strong national defense, effectively prevent all plots and tricks of hostile forces, and build an increasingly solid defense area.