Chapter 803: Victorious Division
The convoy stretched for several kilometers. It seems that there is no end in sight. Standing in front of this armored convoy, one can't help but admire the powerful creativity of modern industry.
At the head of the convoy were dozens of tanks, followed by dozens of tracked armored vehicles, followed by armored vehicles with four wheels, and behind by more than 100 trucks full of heavily armed infantry. All vehicles, regardless of style or model, are uniformly painted olive green. Under the street lamps glowing with paint, and also emitting the smell of paint, the bullet marks covered by the paint not only did not affect the overall appearance of the car body in the slightest, but further increased the strong military color and war atmosphere This huge convoy is about to participate in today's victory parade, and now, they are all in place, along the Xuanwumen South Street, stretching for several kilometers to the south, and behind the convoy, there is also a longer infantry queue and artillery queue, The reference unit that is really responsible for the rear of the palace is actually the cavalry, and a whole cavalry brigade is already ready to wait, just waiting for the parade command to give an order.
As one of the senior commanders of the Chinese armored forces. The Ministry of Prison will be responsible for directing the leading armored detachment to pass through the review stand first, and there is no doubt that he will be the focal point of the entire parade. He was very proud and a little nervous.
Now, he was standing beside a tracked armored car, with one foot on the wooden box, so that the shoe-shining teenager could polish his well-made tank boots, which he could have sat on. But he didn't sit down, he felt that it was better to stand, and standing could also stabilize his nervousness.
According to the arrangement of the parade headquarters, the parade troops will enter the Xuanwu Gate after the sun rises, and then the rising sun will march along the South Street to the Zhengyi Gate, that is, the front gate, when they arrive at the Zhengyang Gate, the sky is full of golden light, and after a short rest, the troops will march north along the Zhengyangmen Street, pass through the Dongjiaomin Lane and advance in the direction of the Forbidden City, and pass through the Zhonghua Gate. Walk up Xinhua Street, then turn west, pass through Xinhua Gate, and head towards the Presidential Palace. And just in front of the presidential palace, on the review stand built by the engineers, the president will lead the main officials of various government ministries to take the stage to inspect the reference troops, after that, the reference troops will continue to advance westward, and turn north at the intersection of West Chang'an Avenue and West Sipailou Street, and then advance to the northernmost Desheng Gate, after leaving the Desheng Gate, the entire military parade is completed.
In addition to the Army, the Air Force will also participate in the parade, and the Navy, although it cannot move warships to land to participate in the parade, will also send marines to participate in the parade, considering that the Marine Corps basically did not appear in this operation against Japan, therefore, the Navy will also specially organize a naval school parade phalanx, and specially incorporate the cadets of the Submarine Command College into it.
This was a military parade on a huge scale and long distance, and it was also the most magnificent military parade since the republican era, and what is even more commendable is that most of the troops participating in the parade had participated in the war against Japan and were truly victorious divisions.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the entire military parade, some sections of the city will be subject to military control; in fact, the area around Xuanwumen is already under military control, and traffic is temporarily suspended, and civilians can only stand on the side of the road and look curiously at the troops.
In fact, in addition to some curious foreigners and civilians, there were also many reporters in the crowd watching the roadside at this time, both Chinese and foreign. Although they have set up cameras. However, because of the light, it is indeed not a good time to take pictures, but despite this, the lights of the chin lights still burst from time to time on the side of the road. Journalists can't wait to expose the armored convoy in front of them to the public eye.
Although the battle reports from the front line did not shy away from the existence of armored troops, between those words, most people really could not guess what kind of force this force was. And what do the rumored tanks and armored vehicles look like?
Now, the mystery has finally been revealed, and in front of the reporters' eyes, it is those armored combat vehicles that are invincible and invincible on the battlefield. It was these weapons that made a lot of noise in this Liaodong operation, so that many legends were created. Since the Ming War, there has never been a perfect combination of armor, firepower, and mobility in an army weapon. Until the advent of these armored combat vehicles.
As one of the senior commanders of the armored corps, the Ministry of Prison does have the right to be proud of as one. The brand-new branch of the armed forces, the armored corps, did play a mainstay role in this war against Japan. Without the armored corps, the land campaign would not have ended so quickly, Gao Runjiao believes that the parade command will put the armored corps at the forefront of all the reference troops. It is indeed very reasonable to be reviewed by the president first, which is enough to prove the value of the armored corps.
Raising his hand and touching the tracked armored car behind him, Gao Runxian sighed a little, this armored car nicknamed "Yellow Dog" is actually not a special military vehicle, it is actually modified from that kind of tracked agricultural tractor, although the background is not good, but the performance on the battlefield
、Very surprised,It doesn't have enough fire and not enough armor Xiao Mu "The multi-purpose performance makes this armored car trusted by soldiers,As long as you are smart enough and have strong hands-on ability,You can turn this armored car into the combat vehicle you need at any time,It can be a flamethrower-carrying vehicle,It can also be an ammunition delivery vehicle。 In short, as long as you can think of the use, you can take the "yellow dog" to give it a try, enough internal space, a strong power system, excellent adaptability to the road, enough to ensure the versatility of this armored vehicle, perhaps, the original design of this alternative armored vehicle did not think of this flexible battlefield use.
However, this kind of substitute armored vehicle is not specially designed for combat after all, so Gao Runxian still insists that the tank is the main weapon of the future armored army, and he will also take a tank, command the armored column, and drive up West Chang'an Avenue to be reviewed by the president and all the people.
Looking back on the past, Gao Runxian was indeed a little lucky, in fact, when the center planned to transfer him to the armored unit as a commander, he also had an opinion, compared to the steel monster armored train. The armored combat vehicles equipped by the armored forces are too "small", and in terms of size, they are inferior to the armored Yin vehicles. In terms of the number of cannons, it is not as good as an armored train, driving such a vehicle that can only hold a few soldiers to fight. How awkward to think.
However, the war finally proved the value of the armored forces, Gao Runjiao has now decided to stay in the armored forces, no matter what, he will not leave, he wants to witness the growth of the Chinese armored forces, and he also wants to command this invincible and invincible new army to fight for more interests for this and the country.
"Sir, your boots are polished."
Just when Gao Runjiao was distracted, the young man who was cleaning his boots had already stood up and looked at the "yellow dog" armored car behind the department, in fact, when he was polishing his boots just now, the young man was constantly looking at the armored combat vehicles that smelled of paint, for a shoe-shiner who deals with leather shoes all day long, the armored monster in front of him is indeed worth a few more glances.
Good paste. Giving, taking. ”
The ministry was in a good mood and took out a handful of change. He gave it to the boy, then patted him on the head, pointed to the side of the road, and told the boy to leave the street, for the parade was about to begin.
Just as Gao Runyi climbed onto a tank and stepped on the tank's motive hatch with his shiny tank boots, two partial three-wheeled motorcycles drove over "suddenly", and in addition to the driver, there were also two staff officers sitting in the car. It was the two staff officers of the parade command.
A motorcycle stopped next to a tank in Gao Run's prison. A staff officer of the parade command jumped off his motorcycle and handed over an order to the ministry. The other motorcycle continued to drive towards the back of the convoy, and the staff officer shouted along the way for the soldiers to get ready and move the vehicle.
"Now you can enter the Xuanwu Gate."
The staff officer, who was standing next to the tank, shouted at the ministry, then raised his hand and pointed
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He looked up to the east, where bright light was already showing, and the sun would soon appear on the horizon, and it was clear that it was a good day.
"Follow me!"
The staff officer jumped on the motorcycle again, but the motorcycle only turned around and did not immediately move towards Xuanwumen, until another motorcycle came up from the back of the convoy, and the two motorcycles sent by the parade headquarters "suddenly" moved north along Xuanwumen Street.
"Forward!"
Since the tank had already moved, Gao Runxian gave an order, and his leading tank immediately "rumbled" forward, and quickly turned onto the road built next to Xuanwu Gate. Caught up with those two motorcycles.
As soon as the leading tanks moved, the tanks and armored vehicles that had been notified also took action, and the entire Xuanwumen Street was suddenly filled with the noise of diesel and gasoline engines running, and the air was also filled with the pungent smell of oil and exhaust gas. The soldiers who were maintaining order on the side of the road raised their heads and followed the armored vehicles, looking enviously at the commanders who were sticking their bodies out of the hatches, and the crowd standing on the side of the road was also excited again, many of them ran north with the convoy, making noise, but their noise was completely muffled by the roar of the motive, and the reporters took pictures in time. Then immediately carry the camera and video camera. Xun followed the convoy towards Xuanwu Gate. Some reporters will follow the convoy all the way to Zhengyangmen. Other reporters will head north, rushing to the presidential palace ahead of schedule to await the arrival of the parade troops.
Because the infantry units following the armored units used marching columns, and the artillery units also used trucks and horses to drag the artillery, so the advance was very fast, and did not slow down the progress of the entire army, when the sun was completely exposed to the horizon, all the troops participating in the victory parade had arrived in front of Zhengyang Gate on time, behind them was the majestic textile building, and in front of them was the quiet and pretty Dongjiaomin Lane embassy area.
Looking at the silent Dongjiaomin Lane, Bu Runxian grinned, he wanted to know how the diplomats from all countries in the embassy area of Dongjiaomin Lane felt in front of the steel assault cluster of the Victorious Division.