The two said a few more words, and the ceremony officially began.

First of all, of course, it was Russell who spoke. Russell first read out the Founding Proclamation, in which Russell proclaimed the establishment of the Republic of Ireland and announced that the Republic of Ireland would be modeled after the French form of government, with a ruling government and five parliaments. At the same time, it will establish its own judicial system, following the example of the French constitution and civil law. At the same time, Russell also announced that the Republic of Ireland will establish diplomatic relations with all countries willing to live with Ireland on an equal footing on the basis of mutual respect and cooperation, so as to promote friendship between the two peoples.

At the end of his speech, Russell solemnly declared: "The people of Ireland have stood up from now on!" ”

Following Russell's speech, Joseph spoke on behalf of France, as well as all the countries present that were willing to establish diplomatic relations with the Republic of Ireland on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, first congratulating the Republic of Ireland on its establishment and praising the heroic and indomitable spirit of the Irish people in winning independence. In closing, he expressed his best wishes to the Republic of Ireland and the Irish people:

"I believe that under the leadership of the Federation with Comrade Russell at the core, and with the united struggle of the people of the whole country, more miracles on earth will be created. Gentlemen, friends, think about it, in the process of winning freedom and independence, in the face of a formidable enemy, the people of Ireland have overcome so many difficulties and created so many impressive miracles on earth. So what kind of miracle on earth cannot be created after the freedom and independence that have been won, and after the universal support of the peace-loving and friendly nations of the whole of Europe? ”

After Joseph's speech, Pope Pius VII was the last to take the stage. His Holiness began by praising the piety of the Irish people and blessing the Republic of Ireland and the Irish people on behalf of God.

Then came the military parade. President Russell, ah, it should be Russell, who rode a white horse, came to the review ground. The first to pass was a phalanx of warriors who had fought in the Irish War of Independence, carrying the flags of various captured enemy troops (most of which were from the so-called "vigilantes", and to be honest, the flags of the authentic British army were not easily captured, especially when they were retreating with the "vigilante" guys). ）。

These battle heroes threw these captured flags on the ground. Next up were the cavalry units of the Independence Army.

Cavalry is a relatively expensive type of troops, and the cost of a war horse is far more than that of a soldier, even if it is a war horse of dragoons who mainly fight on horseback. So although the size of the Irish Independence Army is no longer small, there are not many cavalry units. Both the 1st and 2nd divisions had only one separate cavalry battalion. And the size of this independent cavalry battalion was placed on the side of the British, and most of them could only be called a reinforced company.

The Irish cavalry was actually a mounted infantry that could only fight dismounted, and they didn't even have a standard saber - they wouldn't use it anyway, and they wouldn't use it.

However, before the founding ceremony, when preparing for the military parade, some people still raised that if the cavalry did not hold a saber in their hands, it would really not look good. That's why I temporarily borrowed a batch of sabers from the French for pretending.

The cavalry rode war horses (the horses in the front row and on the side of the rostrum were all captured authentic war horses, and the back rows and the war horses that could not be seen clearly from the direction of the rostrum were basically originally used for farming. Trampling past the flags of the enemy troops who had been thrown to the ground, the crowd of onlookers burst into joyful laughter.

Next came the infantry ranks, and the Irish infantry ranks naturally could not compare with those in Napoleon's parade. Not to mention anything else, in terms of the size of the soldiers alone, the height of the infantrymen at the French parade is basically the same, and the height difference will not exceed five centimeters, but the Irish soldiers are different in this regard, the tall and short ones do not look neat.

But those who really know how to do it can still see at a glance that these soldiers in front of them, who don't look neat in terms of height, clothing and movements, are the real elite. Just like in later generations, the hairs who wore neat military uniforms, helmets, and brand-new rifles were ordinary hairs, and only the hairs that wore sea soul shirts, pants, no helmets, and AKM wrapped with tape in their hands were the real elite hairs.

And then it was the artillery that came out. The Irish artillery had made great progress in the war, but their artillery was still dominated by light artillery, and here they only dragged out a few small cannons and made two turns.

Then there is the division of the armies of friendly countries. Almost none of the invited countries sent a few people (in fact, there were too many to come, and Ireland could not receive them) only the French marines went ashore with some men to protect Joseph's safety. At this time, they participated in the parade as representatives of all friendly countries on an ad hoc basis.

The last item is the split type of warships, because here is by the sea, and the fleet at sea can be seen directly. The first to be inspected was the supercruiser USS Common Market, but by this time the ship had been presented to the Republic of Ireland as a congratulatory gift by the French government.

Of course, Ireland simply did not have enough seamen to control the ship at this time, and there was no one who knew naval warfare to be the captain of the ship, so the so-called "gift" was actually just a change of flag, and the captains and sailors on the warship were all French. It's just that they're now being sent to the "Irish Navy". The Irish Navy also handed over their only modern warship to the command of the Franco-Irish Combined Fleet in order to continue the fight against the British.

Behind this warship are warships from other countries participating in the parade. The most outstanding of these is naturally the French fleet. After all, other countries are basically without modern battleships and supercruisers. They only had a few armored cruisers. From this point of view, the Irish Navy suddenly became one of the few navies with supercruisers, and if you have to count it, it can immediately be regarded as a naval power.

After the parade, the whole ceremony ended.

Early the next morning, Joseph said goodbye to Russell. Then, together with His Holiness the Pope, they boarded the battleship "Caesar" amid the cheers of the crowd.