After receiving the exact news of the Russian Expeditionary Fleet, Li Yongji was completely relieved and decided to hold a military parade in Nanjing on 1 May as planned.

For this Nanjing military parade, the imperial government began to secretly prepare for this military parade two months ago, which means that the relevant troops had already arrived in the suburbs of Nanjing and conducted two months of assault training for the military parade.

In addition to the well-known Praetorian Guard, the National Guard, and the National Guard, there are also militia self-defense regiments, women's detachments, young pioneer regiments, armed police units, ordinary police units, and other unconventional troops, and the participating services include the army, navy, and air force, with a total of 30,000 people.

It can be said that in addition to the special forces, women's frogman units, submarine units, heavy artillery units, shore artillery units, and other special units that have not yet seen the light, almost all branches of the Chinese Imperial Army have sent representatives to participate.

On May 1st, the weather was very good, the sun was shining, the sky was cloudless, the temperature in the morning was about 18 degrees, and the wind was level 2, which can be said to be the most suitable temperature for going out.

Due to the relatively large scale, the parade platform was selected in the outer city of the old Tianwang Mansion, the main gate of the Sun City, the Tianchao Gate, of course, because of the original attack on Tianjing, the Tianchao Gate was damaged, so the current Tianchao Gate is a new gate that has been renovated.

At this time, outside the gate of the Celestial Empire, the Tianwang Mansion deliberately vacated a large open space for safety reasons, and residents were not allowed to live nearby, but now it seems that it is enough to be used as a large square for military parades.

Of course, those who can go up to the gate of the Celestial Empire to watch the military parade, in addition to the emperor and the royal family, are all important ministers and veterans in the military and political circles or special guests.

For example, the commanders of the three major military regions, except for Zhou Da, who did not dare to leave Beijing because of his heavy responsibilities, the other two commanders came, and cabinet members and ministers at all levels were also present. Even the Emperor and the Queen Mother followed. As for the foreign guests, only the British minister, the French minister, and the American minister were invited, and there was not a single other foreigner.

In addition to these veterans and ministers of the Chinese Empire and the ministers of Britain, France and the United States, there were also some people who were also above the Celestial Empire, and these people were the representatives of warlords from other places outside the Qing court.

Like Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guoquan, representatives of Zeng Guofan, the leaders of the Hunan army; Tang Yougeng, the former governor of Sichuan and the representative of Luo Bingzhang, the leader of the Sichuan army; Hu Linyi, the former governor of Hubei, and Zuo Zongtang, the representative of the Chu army; Zhang Qiguang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the representative of Qingrui, the leader of the Zhejiang army.

In addition to these somewhat famous representatives, there are also representatives of Lao Chongguang, the former governor of Guangdong and the governor of Liangguang, and the leader of the Guangdong army. The representatives of the former governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, the former governor of Henan, and the representatives of Lin Yangzu, the former governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, all came, but these people were some unknown people.

It can be said that with the exception of a few remote areas such as Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Northeast China, the giants of all China responded to Li Yongji's call to jointly resist Russia and took advantage of this military parade to discuss further plans for peaceful reunification.

To put it simply, Li Yongji's recent appearance is too strong. There is a dominant trend, everyone has to come to explore the virtual reality, if it is really that strong, then talk about the conditions from the beginning. It's not impossible, if it's strong outside, then drag it out and see what changes will happen in the future.

Of course. There are also people who sincerely hope that a result can be negotiated and that they can really be peacefully reunified, such as Zuo Zongtang. He has a very strong sense of unification, but Li Yongji's rise is too fast, and he is not familiar with everyone before, so he really needs to come over first to find out.

All in all, the newly renovated Celestial Empire Gate is full of Chinese celebrities at this time, in case of a bomb explosion, there can be a serious accident casually, which will have a serious impact on the course of Chinese history, plus this is the place where the emperor is going to appear, so the security measures are of course the strictest.

Above the Celestial Gate, all guests, except for the emperor and the guards, were not allowed to carry weapons, and all other guests, including foreigners, were to be examined three times in detail to see if they were armed.

Not only that, but all the guests will be accompanied by one or two service personnel, who are ostensibly service personnel, but are actually people from the Secret Service Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the purpose of which is to monitor their every move, and if there is a malicious attempt, they can react at the first time, or even kill them on the spot.

At half past eight o'clock in the morning, His Majesty Li Yongji, the founding emperor of the Chinese Empire, dressed in civilian clothes, boarded the gate of the Celestial Empire in a crowd, first greeted the personnel of all parties one by one, and then walked to the lounge behind his exclusive review platform to rest, waiting for the final moment of martial arts.

At 8:55 a.m., Li Yongji rearranged his robes, and then officially walked up to the review stand, standing solemnly in front of the microphone.

Finally, at nine o'clock, the bell rang, accompanied by the bell ringing, it was the rise of a total of 20,000 colorful hydrogen balloons on both sides of the Tianchao Gate, and at the same time, the 50,000 spectators arranged in advance around the parade square in accordance with the requirements rehearsed in advance, at the same time raised their right fists over their heads, while raising their fists, while shouting Wan Sheng, a total of three times, chanting three Wan Sheng, instantly ignited the atmosphere.

After the balloon was released and Wan Sheng finished exhaling, Li Yongji spoke into the microphone and began to say solemnly: "Dear citizens, distinguished guests, for the glory of the Chinese Empire, for the rise of the Chinese nation, and for the sake of boosting the morale of the people, I, Li Yongji, hereby solemnly announce in the name of the emperor of the Chinese Empire that the first military parade since the founding of the Chinese Empire has officially begun!" ”

After saying the first two words, a roaring cannon sounded, and then, the large power amplifier that had been placed in advance sounded the deafening "Review March" at the same time, and along with the review march, it was the first row of national flag phalanx.

At the head of the phalanx of state-owned enterprises are three colonel-level officers wearing different colors of clothing, respectively, white, blue and green, representing the navy, land and air force, and the clothing style is the appearance of the Nazi SS with a slight change of simplicity, but they all wear big caps and white gloves, which looks capable.

Behind the three officers of the navy, army, and air force who were walking in unison was a huge five-star red flag spread out, and at the four corners of the five-star red flag were three soldiers wearing the uniforms of the navy, army, and air force, carefully carrying the national flag and walking in unison with neat steps.

Behind the flag phalanx, the distance is about five meters. It is an 8 by 30 phalanx, all of which are the main force of the Praetorian Guard wearing four-color camouflage uniforms, M56 steel helmets, and Sharps rifles.

Behind this phalanx, there are three identical phalanxes in a row, representing the troops of the Praetorian Guard, the Jingwu Army, the Shangwu Army, and the Mighty Army, all of which basically look the same, except that the cockades are slightly different, and the military flags are also different.

That's right, the three branches of the Praetorian Guard can have their own unique military flags. For example, the Jingwu Army is a red phoenix, the Shangwu Army is a unicorn, and the Weiwu Army is a white tiger with wings.

Behind the three infantry squares were the artillery phalanx of three horse-drawn adapted Napoleonic guns, also belonging to the main forces of the three Praetorian Guards.

In the same way, after the artillery left, there were three cavalry units, the same cavalry units belonging to different armies.

The common denominator of these units is that the soldiers are particularly tall and majestic. The clothes are particularly good-looking, they are very clean, and the weapons are all early models of the Jingwu Army, such as Sharps rifles or revolvers. This, of course, does not correspond to reality.

You must know that the three armies of the Praetorian Guard have all been reequipped with 56 semi-automatic and 56 submachine guns a long time ago, and the use of old goods is just to look good and confuse people.

After the three armies of the Praetorian Guard, it was naturally the Wehrmacht. The Wehrmacht formation was basically the same as the Praetorian Guard in front, except that the clothing was slightly worse, not camouflage. There is no steel helmet either, but a green Type 65 military uniform from another time and space.

The advantage of this kind of clothing is that it is simple, cheap, and sufficient, not only can a large number of cheap clothes be obtained in modern times, but even China in this time and space can be imitated in the folk, at most there is no modern version of the good-looking and durable.

These soldiers also used all Sharps rifles, and the number of phalanxes far exceeded that of the Praetorian Guards, after all, the Wehrmacht had many more sequences, and there were no large armies, only divisions, so each division sent representatives, so naturally there were more.

In fact, just seeing here, seeing the endless phalanx and the endless Sharps rifles, many people changed color, not to mention the representatives of other warlords, and even the faces of the ministers of Britain, France and the United States also changed.

Because they roughly calculated, there were more than 10,000 soldiers who walked by, and all of them had infantry artillery and cavalry, and all of them were equipped with thermal weapons, and they all looked very sophisticated, not like impostors.

The excellence of the Sharps rifle, others don't know, but the ministers of the three countries do, especially the American ministers and the British ministers, for example, the United Kingdom only ordered 6,000 Sharps, but the production capacity is limited, and the price is too expensive, so it is impossible to equip them in large quantities, but look here, at least there are more than 10,000 pieces!

And artillery, the artillery of the past seems to be 12-pounder guns, roughly calculated, there are more than 100 guns, this is simply terrifying!

Cavalry, by the way, those cavalry have exceeded three thousand, and they are all tall horses, all of them are well-trained, and they don't look easy to mess with. 、

The traditional infantry artillery is available, and the Chinese Imperial Army is indeed strong enough.

As soon as they thought of this, the first row of national flag teams had already passed by the review stand, and they kept moving, but at the same time they turned their heads to salute Li Yongji on the review stand, and shouted three times at the same time while saluting!

When they shouted Wan Sheng, Li Yongji also began to salute on the rostrum, watching the troops leave.

Immediately afterwards, the infantry team behind did the same, and while walking in unison, they shouted to Li Yongji three times Wansheng!

In this way, one by one, the phalanx began to pass by the review stand, and the phalanx behind seemed to be endless.

Soon, the phalanx of the Praetorian Guard and the Wehrmacht stepped forward, and a phalanx of infantry of another color appeared behind them.

These infantry wore cyan horse coats with a traditional taste, which were slightly loose and less spiritual than the previous two troops, but unlike the traditional horse coats, their collars were vertical collars, and they wore the hats of the previous Qing army on their heads, but the hats were slightly smaller and dyed cyan.

This is the National Guard, they look similar to the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army, except that they have no braids, their clothes are a little better material, and they have vertical collars, white leggings, and a wide cloth belt around their waists, plus the Sharps rifles they carry, and they are walking neatly. It also looks very energetic.

Just like when the national flag team appeared before, accompanied by the advance music, there is also the commentary of the commentator, so that everyone can clearly understand the nature and role of this unit.

And after hearing that these were just third-rate troops, except for the audience's unstoppable whining, there was no sound on the Chaotian Gate, and there was no more exchange of ears.

The National Guard's squad walked a large part again, followed by the militia self-defense units dressed in the same way as the National Guard, but without hats. The militia self-defense units finally stopped carrying Sharps rifles and carried machetes tied with red silk on their backs. Throwing off the big stride, with a not-so-neat square, quickly passed the review stand.

Behind the militia self-defense team were women's marchers, also wearing hats, off-white Type 65 uniforms, and black and white yin-yang charms on their cockades, all carrying holsters of Colt revolvers, as well as a cloth satchel embroidered with different symbols. There are black and white yin-yang fish symbols, as well as front symbols.

According to the note, although the women's team also had pistols, it was actually a logistics unit. He is mainly responsible for sewing and mending for the front-line soldiers, washing and cooking, taking care of the wounded, and even performing performances to boost morale. It is a combination of medical soldiers, logistics soldiers and art troupes.

Behind them, there is the armed police. The armed police are actually troops wearing the black police uniforms of the puppet army during the Anti-Japanese War and carrying Sharps rifles, as for the ordinary police forces in the back, the clothes are the same, but the equipment is different, all of them are batons and shields.

After the police, it's the Young Pioneers.

The Young Pioneers are a group of young men and women who wear revolvers, and they have two teams, one for boys and one for girls.

The boys and girls all wore black liberation hats, wearing black, similar to the placket uniforms worn by Japanese middle school students during the anti-Japanese period, but they were actually a modified version of the Zhongshan suit, wearing black leather shoes, and a red scarf around their necks, which looked particularly capable and full of vitality.

When these two teams passed by the review stand, most of them raised their right fists and shouted Wan Sheng, and the shouts also carried a hint of sharp children's voices, but the enthusiasm was even stronger.

When the square of the Young Pioneers has passed, the whole column will be over.

After that, Li Yongji personally got off the review stand, sat in a carriage, and began to conduct another review ceremony in front of the various review units that had already lined up and stood at the designated places in advance.

The carriage was open-air, followed by a guard of honor of the Royal Guards dressed in blue on tall horses with sheathed sabers in their arms, while Li Yongji stood in the open-air carriage, smiling and waving to the troops.

When passing by several phalanxes, Li Yongji used the microphone to shout "Hello to the people", and the unified voice of "Emperor Wansheng" with a tsunami of mountains and tsunamis sounded on the opposite side.

And when the other party shouts "Emperor Wansheng", Li Yongji will respond with a microphone "Long live the Chinese Empire!" ”

Immediately after this, all the phalanxes on the opposite side will continue to chant "Hurray, hooray, hooray!" ”

Every time there was a phalanx, almost all of them had to do this again, three times in a row, and the atmosphere was completely ignited, and not only the parade troops shouted, but even the people who came to watch followed suit.

In the end, Li Yongji came to the national flag stand, stood in front of the flagpole of the national flag stand, and personally took over the rope that had been prepared for raising the national flag, and wanted to raise the national flag in person.

At this time, a sweet-looking twelve-year-old girl wearing a red scarf, wearing a white and blue long skirt-style sailor suit, stepping on brown leather shoes, and combing two hemp braids on her head, walked to the flag-raising platform in front of the gate of the Celestial Empire, and gave a Young Pioneer salute to Li Yongji.

Since the collar has a hidden microphone and is connected to the amplifier, the sound can be heard by everyone.

Accompanied by the little girl's cappella, Li Yongji slowly raised the national flag, and when the little girl sang the last word of the short version of "Singing the Motherland", the national flag was raised to the top.

When the national flag was raised, Li Yongji began to face the soldiers and the masses, raised his right hand, clenched it into a fist and shouted: "All the citizens of the Chinese Empire, all the descendants of Yan and Huang who shed blood, today, under this dignified national flag, I formally tell you, in my capacity as the emperor of the Chinese Empire, that the Chinese people have stood up!" The Chinese nation has stood up! The Chinese Empire has awakened!

From now on, every Chinese will never allow the great powers to be bullied at will, every Chinese can live in dignity on this land, and every Chinese can gallop on the world stage! Whoever oppresses us, we knock them over, and whoever insults us, we knock them down!

The Chinese people cannot be bullied, and the Chinese Empire cannot be humiliated!

To this end, I, Li Yongji, once again solemnly swear under the solemn national flag, in front of all the people, in the name of the Emperor of the Chinese Empire: From now on, I will contribute my life to the rise of China, and let China's five-star red flag be planted in every corner of the world!

Finally, all the people, cheer for our rebirth, long live the Chinese Empire! (To be continued......)