Chapter 1477: Insist on the military parade
"Now coming to us is the 465th Division from the Far East, a meritorious unit that once dealt a heavy blow to the invaders in the Battle of Nomenkan."
With the narrator's report, in the midst of the majestic and powerful band playing, this meritorious unit came up.
They carried all Mosin Nagant rifles on their shoulders, and the rifles were loaded with bayonets, forming a forest of bayonets, which from a distance was very dazzling, but these bayonets were in a mess and not at all neat.
The soldiers had a childish look on their faces, their clothes were sloppy, they had just come off the train, their heads were still dizzy, and they were brought here, and even some of the soldiers did not know how to kick the right step.
"Let's go!" When the officer leading the team shouted at the front, some of the soldiers began to kick the right step, and some of them still took small steps, and as a result, the scene became even more chaotic.
"Ouch." Some of the soldiers couldn't help but scream, his shoes had been stepped on, and he wanted to bend down to pick up his shoes, but was immediately stopped by the officer: "Damn, Andrey, what are you doing?" Quick, kick the right step! Yes, didn't I teach you? ”
So, the troops, who left countless shoes, walked in front of Red Square, walked in front of Lenin's tomb, tilted their heads and looked at the rostrum, where the leaders of the Soviets were waving to them.
Finally, the infantry was finished, and on Red Square, there were hundreds of shoes that were trampled on, and Stalin still had a stiff face and a serious expression, this was the most solemn time, and he turned a blind eye to those shoes.
Finally, it's the turn of the mechanized troops!
The first to come were the motorcycle troops, who rode three-wheeled motorcycles, and on the sideboards of the cars, they were all equipped with machine guns, and their quality was higher than that of the infantry, but from their flushed faces, from their constantly undulating chests, it could be guessed that they had just performed manual labor.
After receiving the news of the early military parade, they had to quickly push these motorcycles all the way from the barracks to Red Square, and in the fuel tanks of the motorcycles, there were only less than 2 liters of fuel, just enough for them to drive through Red Square.
There is no oil left in the troops, and this oil is reserved for the parade, and when the review is completed, they need to push it back.
At this time, on the streets of Red Square, a kilometer away, there were a large number of horses, old cows, who were dragging tanks over.
The shortage of oil in the USSR has reached a terrible level.
Stalin didn't care, this military parade was of great significance, and he had already prepared a speech, intending to make a speech before the parade was over to encourage the people.
Not to mention anything else, at least when the troops walked by, you could see the look in the eyes of the people around you, with firmness, this is the effect that Stalin wanted, don't look at the current situation in the war, but the Soviets will definitely not lose!
No one can conquer the Soviets!
Just as the motorcycle team was walking by, next to Stalin, Artemyev, the commander of the Moscow Military District, quietly walked up and whispered to Stalin: "Comrade Stalin, the German bombers are flying towards us, and they will fly above in about twenty minutes, they are all jet bombers, and we can't stop them." ”
Fifty or so, jet bombers!
Stalin already knew that the Germans had a bomber that could fly high and make it impossible for them to intercept it, but it is said that this type of aircraft had not yet entered service in large quantities, and the Germans had not seen such bombers used.
Who knows, now there are fifty!
Twenty minutes will come, and now, the parade is only halfway underway, and there are still tank units behind that have not been reviewed!
With the devastation of Germany, tanks have become a terrible battlefield killer, and it is through the review of tank units that the confidence of the population can be inspired. And now, seeing that the tank troops have not come up yet, how can they stop?
If it had stopped now, it would have made this parade a joke, it was supposed to boost morale, but it turned out to be an advertisement for the Germans, and in the face of the bombing of the Germans, they had to dodge?
Of course not!
It will take another twenty minutes to review the tank troops, and then Stalin's speech, even if it is compressed, will take ten minutes, and Stalin continues to look at the motorcycle troops walking below, while his mind is thinking rapidly.
Can't stop!
"The emergency plan was activated, and the parade continued." Stalin said.
Moscow had long been deployed to fight the German bombing, so what if its own fighters could not intercept those bombers?
This is, of course, the release of smoke!
There are many ways of air defense, when the dive bomber is in charge, the use of anti-air balloons is the best way, the balloon is not the main force, the main force is the steel cable under the balloon, as long as the pilot hits it, it will definitely be finished.
This is low-level air defense, middle-level air defense, with artillery of various calibers is the most effective, anti-aircraft artillery constantly fires shells up, forming a terrible barrage, for every aircraft is a warning, don't come, otherwise you will die!
But there is really no good way to protect against high altitudes, no matter how large the caliber of anti-aircraft guns, it is impossible to hit the sky of 10,000 meters, and 15,000 is even more useless.
Because of the long time, such a long distance, the shell will fly in the sky for a long time, and during this time, the target will also fly far away, and this error is enough to make any cannonball fly.
Unless the fighter goes up to intercept, if the fighter can't intercept, then it's useless.
Only in the most passive way.
Artemyev quickly went down, and with his hand, he cranked the phone and issued an order to the officers of all ranks below: "Immediately activate the emergency plan, ignite the fire!" ”
Ignition!
In the block east of Red Square, after hearing the order, one soldier after another, carrying the bucket in his hand, lined up along the entire street, and in their bucket was an extremely sticky thing.
"Ignition!" The commander shouted, holding a torch in his hand, first lit it, and then, put the torch in the barrel, and it took a full minute for the contents of the barrel to ignite.
When the things were burning, the flames were not big, but the smoke was billowing upwards from the inside, and soon it began to rise over the streets, and under the action of the east wind, it began to flutter towards the Red Square, where the military was being paraded.
Yes, it's smoke covering, it's the easiest way!
Bombing needs to be targeted, and if the entire Red Square and nearby neighborhoods are covered in smoke, then the other side will not be able to aim and drop the bombs, unless they use some terrible weapon that destroys the entire city, they will definitely not be able to do anything to protect the entire Red Square.
If you want to talk about the shortcomings, this thing smells bad!