Chapter 119: The Birth of the Chinese Empire (Part II)
When it comes to the founding ceremony, it is easy for the people to think of the famous words of the chairman of [***]: "The Chinese people have stood up since then." However, this sentence was not spoken by [***] upstairs, but in the opening speech of the CPPCC on September 21 before that. The original text reads: "Delegates and gentlemen, we have a common feeling that our work will be written in the history of mankind, and it will show that the Chinese, who make up a quarter of the total number of mankind, have since stood up." "Shareholders, we have a common feeling that our work will be written in the history of mankind, and it will show that the Chinese, who account for a quarter of the total number of human beings, have entered a new era. Of course, this era is a new era in which the leaders of the East have become global leaders, a feudal era in which chaos has risen and replaced dynasties, and an era of imperialism that dominates the destiny of all nations in the world.
After the emperor read out the proclamation, the parade began. The commander of the parade is Wang Xinyu, Minister of Defense of the Chinese Empire (and the commander-in-chief of the military parade, so that this war maniac who is destined to only be a cabinet member for one term is addicted), and the commander-in-chief of the parade is Wan Xiang.
First of all, Wan Xiang accompanied Wang Xinyu to take the open-top carriage to start the review. After the review, Wang Xinyu returned to the rostrum of the city tower and read out the "Order of the Imperial Ministry of Defense", the most important content of the order was "resolutely carry out all the orders of the imperial political axe and the emperor, quickly eliminate the remnants of the reactionary army of the Zhao and Song dynasties, maintain the new order in all the country, and at the same time eliminate the bandits and all other reactionary bandits, and suppress all their resistance and troublemaking." "Because at this time, the Central Plains and Shandong, Hebei and other areas where the old forces were relatively strong, had not yet realized the formation of a transitional political axe or the smooth transfer of various rights of the old era, although the Daimyofu announced a peaceful defection, the emperor [***] had not yet reached the capital city, not to mention the inland areas such as Shanxi, so Wang Xinyu's order was targeted. After the order is announced, the column is carried out. The troops under review were led by two platoons of the Navy, followed by an infantry division, the Northwest Army Military Academy, an artillery division, and a cavalry division. A total of 120 Air Force airships, fighter planes, Mosquito planes, and trainer planes flew from east to west over the entire field. It lasted 3 hours.
After the entire parade, the mass parade began. Groups of people were eager to go to the city tower and see the heartfelt and beloved emperor. It was quickly dark, and the lights on the Chengtian Gate Tower suddenly lit up, with a string of reddish-orange lights on top and three pink and cyan lights below
Electric rainbow lights, coupled with huge searchlights (although the whole of the East has not yet entered an industrial revolution, it is still possible to pass through the electrification equipment and lighting fixtures produced in small batches) shine into the audience, and the lights sparkle like waves. Fireworks are set off in three places near Chengtianmen, which are colorful and come and go. The paper lamps and yarn lamps held by the masses were also lit, and the square was a sea of lights.
It was not until more than eight o'clock that the team of seven or eight thousand people of Chenji Academy moved after Taixue. The team slowly approached the Jinshui Bridge, only to hear the sound of "long live" and "long live" coming from the loudspeaker on the castle tower (prepared at the same time as the searchlight), and only then did they know that it was Li Hao who was responding to the cheers of Chen Ji's classmates. Many students from Shenjing Middle School and Primary School followed closely across the Jinshui Bridge, shouting loudly "Long live Your Majesty", only then did they see Li Hao's burly body in front of the palace lamp on the city tower, he did not wear the imperial crown, waved his hand and shouted "Long live" in the accent of his hometown, and sometimes shouted "Long live the empire", at this time the students felt that the emperor saw them, and the slogan shouted more vigorously, and the blood was boiling. They also saw Li Ji and others, and when they saw the beautiful woman beside him, they guessed that it must be **. They raised their hands above their heads and applauded, as did the members of the podium.
This was followed by a mass march. At the head of the procession were craftsmen and craftsmen who passed through the various factories under their ranks, followed by farmers on the outskirts of Beijing. Behind it was a procession of technical officials and wealthy businessmen who crossed the crowd.
At 9:30 p.m., countless colorful fireworks were launched around the square. The soldiers and civilians of Shenjing sang and danced to the fullest to celebrate the first night of the Chinese Empire.
The founding ceremony announced the birth of the Chinese Empire! The rebirth of the Han nationality was announced!
When the bright national flag was raised for the first time in Chengtianmen Square, 300,000 people in the square took off their hats and stood solemnly and looked up to look at the five-star red flag.
At this time, the earth shook, and the artillery group roared, and it sounded 99 times in unison. The sound of the salute is like the thunder of spring, echoing and stirring in the sky, shaking everyone's heart, and further pushing the great, solemn and united atmosphere of the founding ceremony to the top.
On December 15, 12 years of Yuan You, Wang Xinyu, on behalf of the Ministry of National Defense, awarded the first military flag to the First Artillery Division. In order to demonstrate national strength and technology, why did the traversers who created the era of hot weapons ring 99 in the founding ceremony?
It turned out that the 13 cannons indicated that there were 13 ethnic groups in China at that time, and the 99-gun salute indicated that the people had led the empire since 1940 and permanently implanted their ideology into this new empire in the transition period. From then on, the empire under the leadership of the Han people would continue to prosper and prosper, and the masses would live happily ever after.
This was first proposed by Li Hao. At a session of the Senate Parliament, a delegate questioned: "What is a salute?" "No one responded at the time.
During the break of the meeting, Li Hao saw Wang Neng, who was in charge of the preparations for the founding ceremony, and the topic quickly entered the question of the salute of the founding ceremony. ”
Wang Neng was an old fritter, he immediately understood Li Hao's intentions, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, let me draft a note on the 99 shots of the salute." ”
At the founding ceremony, the salute team consisted of 104 mountain cannons, divided into 8 groups, 4 assembled and filled, 4 groups fired, and worked in turns to shorten the interval between each sound. Therefore, it is still customary to call the 13 salutes.
The 104 salutes are placed in a zigzag shape, leaning against Chengtianmen Square, leaning against an ancient wall, and located near the front door. Within two and a half minutes, all 99 headless air cannons were sent into the air.
After accepting the task, 104 mountain artillery pieces were selected and transferred from various units stationed in Beijing to form a salute artillery team. The commanders of the guns were all composed of companies. Battalion cadres are served, and gunners are squad and platoon cadres. Began the arduous and rigorous training at Xiannongtan Stadium. According to the requirements, the salute 28 must be fired with the raising of the national flag. The national anthem was played synchronously, and a total of 198 seconds were played at intervals of 2 seconds. In order to achieve this goal, the officers and men completed their tasks on time and in a hoarse voice.
The first salute of the Empire was performed at 7 p.m. on the 21st day of the lunar month of the previous year. Wang Xinyu led staff officer Zeng Xin and the salute team into Zhongnanhai. Nine salutes lined up on the edge of Zhongnanhai, facing east, to fire a salute for the opening ceremony of the first meeting of the Council for Political Participation held in Huairen Hall.
In the early morning of January 1, in order to carry out the task at the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, the salute team set off for Chengtianmen, and in front of the public security department, 104 salute guns rushed south and lined up to the east. In accordance with the principle of artillery operational command, the main post is in the forward command post, and the deputy post is responsible for the rear position. The salute command post is located under the three gates on the east side of Chengtianmen, and there is a direct telephone with the Chengtianmen Parade Headquarters (internal special supply), and the artillery of the First Division receives orders from the Chengtianmen Parade Headquarters here.
The solemn and sacred moment has finally arrived! Li Hao announced, "The Central Political Axe of the Chinese Empire has been established!" With the order of the parade headquarters in the microphone, the division commander waved the red flag and issued a "put!" to the position. The salute was fired. 99 rings start and end at the same time as the national flag is raised and the national anthem is played. The Salute team successfully completed this historical mission.
On the second day of the founding ceremony, the leaders of the state (the emperor and the cabinet) hosted a banquet at the Shenjing Hotel for people from all walks of life attending the founding ceremony. Including the commanders of the units under review.