Basic training's a blast! Navy instructor saves new recruit from an exploding grenade after he fails to throw it far enough

A naval instructor saved a trainee with seconds to spare after the new recruit accidentally threw a grenade too close to the group. 

A team of trainees from China's Naval Aviation University were being shown how to throw grenades when one of them threw a grenade into a bunker by mistake. 

Footage shows the the team's instructor instinctively reacting and saving the trainee by dragging him into a foxhole seconds before the grenade explodes. 

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After the trainee soldier fails to throw the grenade far enough (grenade circled in red) the instructor from China 's Naval Aviation University drags the soldier away 

The instructor pulls the trainee onto the ground and rolls him into a foxhole seconds before the grenade explodes

The Chinese navy published the footage showing the hapless soldier throwing the grenade towards a training wall. 

But the grenade tumbles down the wall on the same side as the trainees and into a bunker only a few feet away from them.  

The instructor reacts instantly and grabs the trainee's arms to pull him away from the explosion. 

After they run a few steps away from the bunker the instructor pushes the trainee down the ground and rolls them both into a foxhole.

The grenade explodes within seconds of them reaching safety. 

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The grenade explodes (pictured) when the solider and his instructor are safely in the foxhole