0314 Military Parade: Vicissitudes of Life

The cavalry division followed the chariot troops.

At the front were three cavalry regiments, followed by a battalion of 75-mm field artillery towed by mules and horses. The coat color of the military horses of each echelon is uniform, or all red, or all white, or all black, and the three colors are alternate; The commanders and fighters on horseback, dressed in grass-green military uniforms, held steel spears in their hands, and carried swords at their waists.

For two and a half hours, the Chinese People's Liberation Army displayed a mighty and majestic lineup in front of the people, presenting a generous gift to the founding ceremony of New China, which shocked the world.

Declare: China is no longer the country that was bullied and humiliated before, and the Chinese people have stood up!

Standing in Tiananmen Square, Wang Liang can recall every military parade that has been held here.

Because of the military parades that were once held here, Wang Liang participated in almost all of them.

After the founding of New China, according to the decision of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, military parades were listed as an important part of the National Day ceremony.

From the founding ceremony in 1949 to the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1959, New China held a large-scale National Day military parade in Tiananmen Square every year.

In 1950, the most spectacular scene of the National Day parade was the cavalry unit driving 1,900 white horses through Tiananmen Square in a six-way column.

In 1951, a militia brigade appeared in the National Day parade, and they were all representatives of the militia of the old liberated areas of North China.

In 1952, the National Day Parade was first referred to by the public security forces.

The most distinctive feature of this military parade is that the members of the militia brigade come from the Han nationality and many ethnic minorities, they wear colorful national costumes and hold new combat weapons in their hands.

The motorized infantry squad was not riding in cars, but in 160 motorcycles, domineering and leaking.

"I was not able to attend the military parade in 1952 because I was fighting the American army on the Korean battlefield as a Chinese volunteer army. At this year's National Day parade, the air echelon and the ground troops formed a powerful three-dimensional parade lineup, demonstrating the continuous enhancement of China's national defense strength and providing a more solid guarantee for resisting foreign aggression. Wang Liang said.

The vicissitudes of life, the changes in the world, Wang Liang sighed.

The era of a generation has passed, and youth is gone!

Until the National Day military parade in 1953, Zhu De served as the top executive of the parade.

In 1953, the National Day Parade rocket artillery team appeared in the parade for the first time, using the Soviet Katyusha rocket artillery.

"Katyusha rocket artillery can be described as shining on the Korean battlefield. In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Katyusha rocket artillery equipment was given to the artillery of our Volunteer Army, and eight Katyusha rocket artillery regiments participated in the war under the unified command of the 21st Division of the Volunteer Army. ”

Speaking of Katyusha, Wang Liang couldn't help but want to say a few more words.

"I remember it was dusk on October 30, 1952......"

Sangganryeong, a small village at the southern foot of Gosungsan Mountain, Gimhwa County, Gangwon Province, central Korean Peninsula.

The fifth battle took place here in 1951, when the artillery fire from both sides leveled almost the entire village into ruins due to a rather tragic tug-of-war at the time.

The entire inhabitants of the area had left before the battle, rendering the small village itself of no value to the battle.

The twilight is vast and the cold wind hits.

Since the volunteers often chose to attack at dusk, the South Korean army called the time period from 5 to 8 p.m. every day a nightmare.

After eight o'clock, the wind is calm, which basically means that you can finally get off work and have a good rest.

That day was no exception, the South Korean officer pinched his watch, and when the stopwatch hand crossed twelve, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's Christmas Eve again." ”

The soldiers of the South Korean Army have gone to the bunkers to keep warm, and it is a pleasant time, and there is always some way to have a pastime.

At the same time, Tang Wancheng, deputy commander of the 45th Division of the 15th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers, was standing in an artillery command post, waiting for the start of the counterattack.

Time passed second by second.

All the telephone switchboards, extensions, and walkie-talkies that connected the entire front were suddenly silent.

Nine o'clock sharp.

Deputy Division Commander Tang Wancheng picked up the intercom leading to the artillery groups and shouted: "Open the artillery!" ”

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

“……”

Within seconds, the order of division commander Tang Wancheng reached 100 artillery commanders at all levels.

Suddenly, the 15th Katyusha artillery of the 15th Army of the Volunteer Army suddenly roared, and the shells flew like rain towards the 597.9 heights and the enemy's artillery positions.

The powerful artillery fire lifted the enemy's bunker, and the small railroad tracks and steel plates used to build the fortifications were thrown into the air with the enemy's corpses in the air, and then smashed on the heads of the half-dead enemies.

After ten minutes of fierce firepower, the artillery of the Volunteer Army extended its firepower.

The South Korean soldiers who were sheltering from the rain of bullets in the bunker came out in a panic and staggered.

The South Korean officer yelled: "Don't panic! Don't panic! Prepare to stop the enemy's charge. ”

South Korean soldiers hiding on the side of the anticline also climbed the hill to provide support.

At this moment, the extended firepower of the Volunteer Army turned back and carried out a ten-minute fire attack on the original suppression target.

The South Korean soldiers who returned to their positions were blown to the ground on the spot.

It turned out that the artillery of the Volunteer Army carried out a false fire extension, and the South Korean troops on the positions were completely covered, and most of the fortifications were destroyed.

In the rapid fire attack, the 209th Regiment of the Volunteer Army rocket artillery carried out two one-time simultaneous firing of the whole regiment.

In an instant, countless Katyusha rockets dragging red tails swept through the air with a whistling sound.

Like the lightning chasing the lightning, the clouds over the entire Shangganling are reflected red, which is more vivid than the morning glow.

"By the time of the National Day parade in 1954, a paratrooper unit appeared in the paratrooper unit, but the paratrooper unit did not parachute. In 1954, it was also the last time that the cavalry unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was reviewed, and it withdrew from the stage of history. Wang Liang said nostalgically.

In 1955, it was the first military parade after the introduction of the rank system by the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the soldiers who had experienced the test of war wore their ranks and walked through Tianmen Square.

In 1956, it was the only time that the National Day parade was held in heavy rain.

In that year, the socialist transformation was basically completed, and the cars in which the parade troops rode were the first batch of domestically produced Jiefang cars to leave the factory.

Wang Liang recalled with emotion: "On October 1, 1956, because of a heavy rain, the superiors considered safety factors, and the domestic jet planes that the people were eager to see could not participate in the review as they wished, which became the biggest regret of that year. ”