0316 Remember the year: 1959

"1959, 1959, 1959." Wang Liang repeated it three times in a row.

Anyone who knows a little bit about history knows that 1959 was a huge watershed moment.

Everything is quietly changing.

Wang Liang is a soldier.

Military is the term given to a member of the military who serves in the country's army.

Similar to samurai and knights in ancient times.

The duty of the military is to defend the national security, to defend and protect the national borders, to maintain the stability of the government regime, and to maintain social stability.

Politics, it has nothing to do with the military.

On October 1, 1959, at ten o'clock in the morning in Beiping.

With the announcement of the mayor of Beiping City: "The National Day Ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China begins!" ”

The grand parade began.

The officers and men on parade wore new-style costumes that were based on the Fifth Five-Year Plan and improved on the basis of the Five-Year Style, and they looked even more imposing.

Columnar start.

The heroic units of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army, Navy, and Air Force marched through Tiananmen Square in a majestic formation.

The August 1 military flag waving in the wind guides the ranks of military academies.

The first phalanx of cadets from the Military Academy to pass through Tiananmen Square.

Dressed in navy-blue army cadet uniforms, wearing golden epaulettes, and embroidered with military patterns on their lapels, the cadets marched neatly to be inspected by the party and the people.

They lined up in twenty-four columns, full of spirits, and marched forward in unison.

The cadet platoon of the infantry school, the artillery school, the engineering corps school, the tank school, the railway corps school, the air force school, and the naval school passed immediately after the cadet platoon of the military academy.

They were in a neat formation and had a powerful pace, and were warmly welcomed by the audience.

The troops under review are equipped with the latest automatic rifles, artillery, tanks, and fighter planes, all of which have been newly manufactured by our country.

The great motherland, which is making a leap toward industrialization, is equipped with all kinds of modern weapons of the People's Liberation Army.

Defenders of the motherland's 10,000-mile maritime frontier, naval officers and sailors marched through Tiananmen Square.

The commanders and fighters of the sailor squadron, dressed in white sailor uniforms, wearing epaulettes, black streamer sailor hats, holding domestic semi-automatic rifles with shining bayonets, are particularly eye-catching.

The People's Navy is already a strong coastal defense force composed of a large number of surface ships, underwater submarines, naval aviation, coastal artillery, and other arms.

"Since then, gone are the days when China had a sea without defense and the great powers could blast the country open with a few cannons!" Wang Liang said.

After the sailors passed through Tiananmen Square, there were six infantry columns.

The commanders and fighters wore steel helmets on their heads, armed with automatic rifles, and marched in a neat and powerful manner, showing their high level of training.

Each platoon consisted of twenty-four, ten platoons, and two other leaders, with a total of 242 soldiers in each platoon.

A well-equipped squadron of mechanized troops, such as motorized infantry and airborne troops, was carried by 72 Jiefang trucks and passed in front of the Jinshui Bridge in a strong formation amid the roar of motors.

The crews of the motorized infantry platoon are armed with submachine guns or automatic rifles and stand majestically on trucks.

The crew of the Airborne Forces, with a submachine gun diagonally on their chests and a parachute bag on their backs, stood on a truck for review.

"The 59-type tracked tractors and tanks dragging cannons, and the steel torrent they formed made a loud rumbling sound, drove into Tiananmen Square for reading. Seven artillery platoons, consisting of 144 artillery pieces of various calibers, passed through Tiananmen Square in waves. ”

That is the strength that the Chinese people have longed for for a long time, Wang Liang continued: "The artillery drove forward with long-range cannons of various calibers, and of the six types of artillery, five models were made in China, including powerful automatic anti-aircraft guns. ”

Among the artillery units that were reviewed, one was the earliest unit of the People's Liberation Army artillery unit to be established, and in the Liaoshen Campaign, they displayed their might, and in the campaign to liberate Hainan Island, they severely attacked enemy ships.

By 1959, this artillery unit was equipped with a new type of domestically produced large-caliber cannon and became an invincible modern artillery.

The parade consisted of ninety-nine tanks.

The first armored corps platoon to be paraded in front was equipped with Chinese-made Type 59 medium tanks.

"The Type 59 tank is the first generation of main battle tanks manufactured in China, with excellent performance, a variety of the latest technical equipment and powerful firepower, finalized that year, put into production that year, equipped troops and participated in the National Day parade that year."

"Type 59 tank, how many soldiers' feelings back then! Before the eighties of the last century, the Type 59 tank was the main equipment of the armored forces of our army. ”

There are always veterans in the comment area who have driven, ridden, or participated in the development of the Type 59 tank.

"Veterans don't die! Modified Type 59 tanks: You can even beat three generations of tanks! ”

"When I was in service, I drove a 59-style, and I miss it very much."

"The Type 59 medium tank has been the backbone of the Chinese Army's armored forces for quite some time. According to foreign publications, from March 1963 to the early eighties, China produced a total of more than 10,000 Type 59 medium tanks and their modifications, of which more than 6,000 were equipped with the armored forces of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Army, and the vast majority of these tanks are still in the PLA armored equipment sequence. ”

"In 86, the armored troops passed by, and I drove the Type 59C main battle tank and the Type 59-G main battle tank."

"I am an old military industrialist, the Type 59 medium tank has strong firepower, better armor protection and maneuverability, light weight, small size, simple structure, reliable work, and easy use and maintenance. Since 1968, we have received orders from Pakistan Railway. By around 1990, the Pakistani army had about 1,300 Type 59 tanks. ”

Wang Liang nodded with satisfaction and continued: "When the first team of armored troops passed through Tiananmen Square, and the crowd was waving and cheering at the roaring iron stream, the group of bombers and fighters of the People's Air Force suddenly appeared in the sky east of Tiananmen Square......

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

The pilot group flew over the square on time, followed by six air echelons, and finally flew over the square by an echelon composed of Chinese-made J-5 aircraft.

The war eagles of these heroes, lined up in a neat five-plane formation, like lightning, with a thunderous roar, galloped from east to west, making people dizzy.

These squadrons of 155 jet bombers and fighters, flying at an altitude of 350 to 500 meters, flew lightning over the square.

The new self-built supersonic jet fighter aircraft shined in the review, and they were piloted by one of the earliest divisions of the Air Force.

"Remember 1959, and you will miss it in the lonely days to come." Wang Liang said meaningfully.