Military engineering is a general term for various engineering buildings used for military purposes and engineering and technical measures taken to support military operations. It is part of military technology. Engineering construction refers to both the objects of military engineering construction and the technical activities of engineering reconnaissance, survey, design, construction, maintenance, and the selection of engineering materials and equipment throughout the construction process.
Military engineering can be roughly divided into position engineering, command engineering, military communication engineering, national defense transportation engineering, river crossing engineering, military blasting engineering, camouflage engineering, water supply engineering, naval base engineering, military airport engineering, weapons and equipment test base engineering, military training base engineering, logistics base engineering, military oil pipeline engineering, and obstacle engineering, etc. It includes existing defense position engineering, urban defense position engineering, strategic missile position engineering, which are mainly built on the frontier defense, coastal defense front and deep strategic locations, and field position engineering temporarily built in combat areas during wartime. It includes the following projects of the headquarters, theater (or major military region, front army): underground permanent command post projects and military communication hub projects, military electric (optical) cable projects, military satellite communication earth station projects and engineering facilities for electronic countermeasure equipment. It includes national defense highways and military special highways built in peacetime, military road network projects, military railway projects, military bridge projects, inland waterway projects, etc. built by the army in the combat area during wartime. It includes basic crossings and reserve crossings pre-selected and constructed on the basis of engineering reconnaissance of rivers in peacetime, various crossings built in wartime to ensure the army's crossing of rivers and various river crossing operations organized, etc. It includes blasting operations for the construction of military engineering facilities, opening up passages through obstacles by blasting methods and destructive operations by blasting methods. It includes engineering camouflage measures taken for various military facilities that have been built and are under construction, the deployment and actions of the army in peacetime and wartime. It includes field water supply and water supply projects for the defense of solid positions. The main contents include: water source reconnaissance for the defense zone and the military combat activity area, engineering operations for opening up and expanding water sources, construction of permanent and field water supply stations, water distribution stations, water pipelines and ground and underground water storage facilities. It mainly includes garrison projects such as military ports, berths, and airports, base command and communication projects, base technical support and logistics support projects, and coastal defense projects. It mainly includes flight field engineering facilities for military aircraft takeoff, landing, and parking, facilities for aviation engineering support, airport road traffic engineering and logistics support engineering facilities, airport defense projects, etc. It includes test sites for conventional weapons, technical equipment, strategic missiles, nuclear weapons, and other new weapons and equipment. Its engineering facilities mainly include engineering facilities for observation, command, testing, and measurement control systems, and engineering facilities for transportation, repair, and other technical service support. It mainly includes engineering facilities, classrooms, and barracks for various training grounds, work fields, and shooting ranges. It mainly refers to logistics base projects above the theater and logistics base projects of various services and arms. Including various ground warehouses, underground caves and engineering facilities dedicated to medical and repair systems, engineering facilities for base road transportation systems, and engineering facilities for command, control, and monitoring systems. Special fuel pipeline projects built by the military. Including oil pipelines laid from national oil depots to troops (or military bases, defense zones, positions), as well as oil pumping stations, military oil depots, and gas stations. Obstacle systems built to block enemy attacks, occupations, and destruction of targets. Including obstacle projects and other projects set up in various position projects, as well as various artificial obstacles on the ground, in the water, and in the air around the target.