Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Joint Military Parade

At midnight on June 23, the long-dormant Austrian border was boiling like a volcano, and the soldiers of the Yugoslav Fatherland Army and their families rushed to the road of freedom under the dark curtain of not being able to see their fingers.

In the midst of the men's shouts, the women and children got on the carts, or marched directly north on foot, such a big movement was unknown to the British, but the Croats and Slovenes near the Serb camp could not have been unaware.

Soon the news spread, and the Croats and Slovenes were moved, although they did not know what the situation was, but instinct drove them to follow the actions of the Serbs.

This brings us to the history of Yugoslavia, which can be summarized as the history of Serbia establishing Greater Yugoslavia and trying to annex and integrate other peoples but failed.

In Yugoslavia, the Serb population was only the majority among the individual ethnic groups, but it was far from half. First, the name of Yugoslavia at the time of its establishment "Serb-Croat-Slovenian Kingdom" illustrates the nature of this country, which is a union of different Yugoslav peoples, the Serbs are only the majority of the population, but the number of ethnic groups in other regions is much larger than the Serbian population.

Although the Serbs are not the main ethnic group, in the short history of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Serbs did occupy a dominant position, and had the ability to influence other peoples, and this ability was subtle.

Whether it is a Croatian or a Slovenian, although hostile to the Serbs, they subconsciously act with the Serbs as the standard, and at midnight on this day, this psychological manifestation is vividly and vividly.

The movement of the Serb camp was known to the neighboring Croats, although they did not know what the purpose of the Serbs was, but under Tito's high pressure, the Croats and the predominantly Serb Fatherland Army were in an environment to report to the group for warmth.

As for this mentality, when the Serbs move north, the Croats instinctively follow, and then the Slovenes, and the domino effect appears.

At midnight, the Austrian border is as bustling as a busy city, with torches and people moving north.

If anyone can open God's perspective and notice the details of this move, they will be very surprised to find that the movement involving 200,000 people has perfectly avoided the camp where the occupation army is located.

Of course, this is also reasonable, after all, the situation in Austria is special now, the British army has only two battalions in the British occupation zone of Austria, and the occupation areas of the United States and France are similar, Austria is actually under the control of the Soviet army, but for the sake of the overall situation, the Soviet Red Army is in the Soviet occupation zone, giving the United States, Britain and France courtesy.

This loophole, which even the parties concerned would not notice, became a fatal oversight at this time, and became a footnote to this escape that shocked the world.

The fugitives moving north, their bodies full of strength, their lives ahead, all the exhaustion and anxiety disappeared. North, north, north, and north are their only purpose now.

At this time, there were no Serbs, no Croats, no Slovenes, they were all a kind of people, people who avoided being repatriated and waiting for Tito's liquidation.

At night, a long army of torches woke Austria from its calm, but it was nothing to Europe, which had been at war for years.

Hundreds of kilometers away in Berlin, a victory celebration is being held, unlike history, this time the victory parade was three months earlier, the comradeship that had just won the joint victory over Germany was still there, and the expected Potsdam Conference would be held in a few days, and the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France were trying their best to create an atmosphere of unity.

Everyone knows that the war is not over yet, Japan is still dying, and the British and American troops on the Pacific front line are still fighting a fierce war with the Japanese army, and it is very important to persuade the Soviet Union to plunge into the war against Japan at this time.

Before the meeting began, in fact, everything could only be regarded as unknown, and as far as Alan Wilson understood, on the eve of Japan's defeat, there were already some signs of rushing to the hospital, and even put hope in the Soviet Union.

It was hoped that the Soviet Union would mediate the United States, which was approaching step by step, and conditionally withdraw from the war. This is not incomprehensible, in fact, just as the Germans wanted to surrender to the Western Front, the Germans knew very well in their hearts that they were doing something immoral on the Eastern Front, so they avoided falling into the hands of the Soviets.

The psychology of the Japanese is just the opposite, and it is also very normal for the Japanese to have the psychology of pinning their hopes on the USSR and avoiding being picked up by the Americans.

At eight o'clock in the morning, at the parade site in Berlin, the soldiers of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France had already made preparations for the parade, and at the same time, the Soviet Union's victory parade in Moscow's Red Square followed the same steps. Marshal Rokossovsky served as the commander-in-chief of the parade on Red Square, while the commander-in-chief of the joint military parade in Berlin was held by Marshal Zhukov.

Rokossovsky appeared on Red Square with the bell of the Kremlin bell tower, after the command "Stand upright, the parade begins", the bell rang ten times, the military band played Glinka's famous song "Glory - Russian People", Marshal Rokossovsky rode a white war horse through the Spassky Gate into Red Square, the commander-in-chief of the parade, Marshal Rokossovsky, reported to Stalin: "Comrade Stalin, the ranks of active troops, naval forces and Moscow garrison troops participating in the parade have been formed, please review!" ”

Alan Wilson, the "...... of Ulla", naturally could not hear Moscow's angry cheers, but at the joint military parade in Berlin, Soviet soldiers chanted Ula to Marshal Zhukov, which also made the participants of other countries look sideways.

Even Eisenhower and Marshal Montgomery were very impressed with the mental state displayed by the Soviet soldiers.

"What I saw was the brave faces of the warriors tempered by the fire of war and the eyes that showed joy; It was the newly made military uniforms worn by the soldiers, and the medals and medals sparkled on the uniforms. Marshal Zhukov addressed the soldiers on review, "People all over the world who cherish peace are grateful in their hearts for the contributions of brave soldiers, including the Soviet Union, as well as other allies such as the United States, Great Britain, France, and other allies." Today, on this day of great celebration, we would like to pay great and high tribute to them, and the glory belongs to all the heroes who died for this war. ”

"Ulla!" After Zhukov's speech, the Soviet soldiers at the joint parade chanted again.

General Eisenhower glanced at Field Marshal Montgomery with an inexplicable glance, and he felt that he should speak to the British.