I haven't watched military dramas for years, so I have no comparison with current trends, only with the classics I grew up on. For me, AT has all the qualities to become a new classic. Military drama is a specific genre in which the main role is not played by people but by ideology. Ideology which in some respects is the same everywhere - let's protect our homeland, comrades-in-arms and civilians. I have a professional soldier in my family, so although the system in my country is different from that in China, the slogans sound almost identical.
In my opinion, the scriptwriter deserves special recognition. Some dialogues are not only inspiring but very well written and clever, which does not happen very often. The directors took care to make some episodes and scenes very emotional, which made it impossible for most viewers to pass by without crying out loud. Some scenes are simply heartbreaking. But it is good, because we, civilians, mostly living in a world without war, do not realize the greatest sacrifice our brothers make.
The drama really kept me interested. I wasn't entirely convinced about the characters at first, but at some point the boring Gu Yiye stole my heart. No spoilers. Anyone who has seen it knows what I'm talking about.
The drama is shot well and I look forward to each new episode. As time went on, I got interested in more plots and now I'm actually rooting for every character. It took me a while, but I support every character.
Finally, a few words about realism. The real soldiers did their best to look good in the movie and the actors are a little bit off when it comes to the fight scenes, but overall it's cool and compared to wuxia it's perfect.
A big fat ten from me. The drama isn't perfect, but for me a few episodes were just priceless.

I finished watching the drama and I'm fully satisfied. Unfortunately some of the characters were not developed and played well until the end, but others more than make up for it so I'm still satisfied :)