Chapter 84: The October Revolution Military Parade
The October Revolution, a baptism before the establishment of the Great Soviets! Every year on November 7, a thunderous military parade is held. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
And this year's military parade should show the huge national strength of the Soviet Union!
On this day, the flags of sickles and axes fluttered high on Red Square, and all the troops under review quietly waited for that moment to come.
"Great Russia, a permanent union; Independent republic, formed by free association. The will of all nations, the establishment of the Soviet Union, unified and strong, for thousands of years! Free Motherland, you are incomparably glorious: a strong fortress of friendship among peoples! The red flag of the Soviets, the red flag of the people, leads from victory to victory! ”
"The sun of freedom shines on us; The great Lenin pointed out the future. Stalin taught to be loyal to the people; And inspire us to build up meritorious deeds. Free Motherland, you are incomparably glorious: a strong fortress of happiness for all peoples! The red flag of the Soviets, the red flag of the people, leads from victory to victory! ”
"Growing up in war, our Red Army, when the enemy comes to invade, it will be wiped out. In the struggle, it was decided that the fate of several generations would guide our motherland to advance towards glory! Free Motherland, you are incomparably glorious: a strong fortress of glory for all peoples! The red flag of the Soviets, the red flag of the people, leads from victory to victory! ”
With the sky over Red Square, high-pitched singing voices fluttered, the unbreakable alliance, and the parade officially began!
The phalanx, which came up first, holding aloft the head of Lenin, passed over Red Square, and no other sound could be heard, only the sound of footsteps.
On the review stand above Lenin's tomb, the top leaders of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev and others, were waving to the parade that came over.
When the Lenin Tomb was built, it was remodeled several times and had the function of review.
At the bottom of the shape of Lenin's tomb is a steady stone pedestal, followed by steps, which are gradually reduced upwards, and above which is a flat seat leading to the stone steps of the review platform; Further up are five steps of different heights and a colonnade made up of 36 columns; At the top, a two-tiered flat roof, this is the parade platform, where the processions and armed forces are paraded on national holidays.
The viewing platform is flanked by viewing platforms made of gray marble. At this time, in a corner of the viewing platform, the tall Andrei looked through the gap in the middle of someone else's portrait and watched the military parade outside.
Magnificent, spectacular! The military parade in the Soviet era is more majestic than the Chinese military parade in later generations!
To be able to come here to watch a military parade is the glory of a Soviet citizen's life! André, on the other hand, is now given such an opportunity, which makes him very excited.
"Ulla, Ulla!" The parade shouted and the voice resounded in the sky, this is the great Soviet, the unbreakable alliance!
When the infantry squad passed, the panzer squad also came, and watching the T-72 tank rumble over, Andrei seemed to see a rolling torrent of armor, bulldozing the whole of Europe, and to hell with capitalism!
The military parade during the day is still shaking in front of his eyes, Andrei is in a state of extreme excitement all day long, the national anthem is still echoing in his ears, and the unique melody can inspire generations of people.
And in the evening of that day, in the Kremlin, another grand banquet was held.
At this time, Brezhnev was not like the terminally ill old man in the early eighties, he was still in good spirits, as if the Soviet Union was in full swing, and was about to completely surpass the United States economically and become the world's largest power!
"Here, cheers!" Spectators in the stands of the daytime parade in the Kremlin's Georgiev Hall are celebrating the 58th anniversary of the victory of the October Revolution.
As a Soviet, vodka will always be a favorite, and only on this day, there is no distinction between superior and inferior, just hold a glass and find someone to do it.
Brezhnev also liked such occasions, and now, he is at the helm of this great country, he is the leader of the USSR!
Andrei hid in a corner, the people here, all of them were high-ranking and powerful, and it was already a great honor for him, a small lieutenant colonel, to be here, not to talk much, let alone talk as eloquently as in Andropov's house.
He was silently observing, and almost all of the people present were over sixty years old, the real gerontocracy.
Look at the one over there, the gray-haired one, it's Chernenko, this guy, once Andropov's nemesis, has been competing with Andropov in a vain attempt to become the helmsman of the Soviet Union after Brezhnev's death. Fortunately, life gave him a chance, he lived 13 months longer than Andropov, and also served as the general secretary of the USSR for 13 months.
This guy, now his hand holding the wine glass is a little trembling, and he is toasting the general secretary?
André turned his gaze away, seeing one face after another that would be familiar to later generations.
Ustinov, Gromyko, Tikhonov...
"Andrey, you're here too?" Just then, a voice came to my ear.
Andrei raised his head and saw a slightly excited face: "Comrade Simonov? ”
As an outstanding representative of the military-industrial complex, the Sukhoi Design Bureau also had a place in the stands, which was originally planned to be left to Sukhoi himself, but alas, Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi, the outstanding designer of Soviet aviation, died a few days earlier, and the deputy chief designer Simonov came here to participate in the celebration.
Andrei did not expect that Simonov's memory was so good, he only met the famous designer at the Sokolovka base, and the other party remembered him!
"Andrey, you flew a fighter plane, shot down the American Blackbird reconnaissance plane with two missiles, and protected the airspace of our motherland, which is really something worthy of the pride of our entire Soviet Union, and it is also a gift to the October Revolutionary Military Parade!" Simonov said: "Pravda has already reported all your deeds, and you have won glory for our Soviet aviation community!" ”
Andrei couldn't help but shake his head: "Comrade Simonov, do you think our missile performance can shoot down an aircraft with three times the speed of sound?" ”
Andrei also read Pravda, which reported that Andrei was shot down with two advanced medium-range missiles, and the description on it made Andrei admire the editor's imagination.
Confusing the Americans, Andrei knew that the way the Americans obtained information from inside the USSR was through such newspapers, magazines, etc., issued in the USSR.
If it is to others, it must be kept strictly secret, however, the person in front of you is different, and the person in front of you is an aircraft designer! Or the deputy chief designer of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, how to shoot down the enemy plane, he has every right to know.