Chapter 164: Assassination (2)
Outside, Vice President Mubarak and Defence Minister Abu Ghazalah are already dressed and waiting nearby.
"Your Excellency, the intelligence services said that there may be someone in the parade who will be unfavorable to Your Excellency, so we would like to ask Your Excellency the President to cancel this military parade." Mubarak said.
"Cancel?" Sadat smiled: "As the president of the Egyptian people, I am not afraid of conspiracy and assassination, if the parade is temporarily canceled, won't it make others laugh?" "Especially those Arab brother countries, they must not be sneered at!
"As planned." Sadat said.
Victory Square was already crowded with people at this time.
The stands were already full of military and political dignitaries, people from all walks of life, reporters, etc., and under the stage, the troops being inspected in the distance were already neatly lined up and ready to start at any time.
Dressed in a brand-new marshal's uniform, with a green Sinai Star ribbon on his shoulders and shiny leather boots on his feet, Sadat walked slowly onto the parade platform.
Suddenly, there was shouting and boiling all around.
This is the Egyptian people, who are still loved by the people!
With a wave of his hand, Sadat quieted the crowd and stood in his place: on a semicircular parade platform just over twenty meters from the parade site.
Below the parade platform, every few meters, there was a guard, with a gun on his shoulder, watching vigilantly.
They are the most loyal and reliable troops that General Masri has put in place this time, and they are tasked with protecting the president, and each of them has been carefully screened to make sure there are no problems.
However, he is still not reassured.
"Let the guards in front of me get out of the way, they're blocking my view." President Sadat said.
Withdraw? Hearing the president's order, Masri frowned.
"Your Excellency, you should stay away from the troops on the parade, as this is prone to problems." Masri said that although he had carefully inspected the parade and was not carrying any live ammunition, he was still afraid that something would go wrong.
"They're all my children, what's wrong with me with them?" Sadat said.
Sadat came from the army, and it can be said that the army was his foundation, and he never doubted his army.
"Yes, Your Excellency." Masry had no choice but to remove the guards at the front of the parade stand.
Sadat looked at the clear sky, the Nile River sparkling in the sun in the distance, today is really a rare good weather!
Mubarak, who was sitting to his right, glanced at the president and began to worry a little about his safety.
Abu al-Jazarah, on the left, began to read the Koran solemnly, and the audience fell silent.
After the reading, he began to announce that the parade had officially begun!
"Now, the most elite army in our Arab countries, the brave Egyptian soldiers, are being inspected by our commander-in-chief, and the first to be at the forefront is the armored units that rushed to the Sinai Peninsula in the War of Atonement eight years ago, and you see, they are coming towards us."
Eight years ago, the amazing performance of the Egyptian army in the Sinai Peninsula made the countries of the world begin to respect this force, they did not retreat at the slightest contact, they marched forward bravely, not afraid of sacrifice, and made an example of the Arabs.
The huge T-62 tank began to rumble up, and suddenly, there was a cheer in the audience, and reporters from various countries began to press the shutter to record those wonderful moments.
Sadat stood up and watched as his lion slowly approached.
The upper body of the commander exposed the turret, and he solemnly saluted to the rostrum.
Sadat also raised his right hand in return, these are his troops!
Then, the infantry squad came over and saluted the rostrum in unison.
After the infantry platoon was over, it was followed by paratroopers, armored vehicles, and missile platoons.
"Behold, in heaven is our eagle of Egypt, and they have flown towards us!" The narrator said.
At this time, overhead, several Soviet-made MiG-23s flew over against the blue sky.
Although Sadat was born in the army, unlike Saddam, he also attached great importance to the air force, and his heart was full of joy when he saw the pride of the sky flying.
He stood up and beckoned to the sky.
As if he knew, the fighter pilots in the sky pulled out the three colors of red, white and blue, which were the colors of the Egyptian flag, and the scene suddenly became even more lively.
At this time, in the last artillery platoon, Lieutenant Karid's expression was a little nervous, he felt the grenade behind him and clenched the submachine gun in his hand.
Unlike the others, the grenade was not a trainer bullet, and his gun was not empty.
It's all real guys, he's been waiting for a long time, and he's finally waiting for this day!
Kalid is a religious extremist who believes that Israel has invaded the territory of its Palestinian brothers and driven out fellow Muslims, but he has signed a friendship agreement with the bitter Israel out of fear! And, it is also very humiliating that only sixty-nine percent of the territory of the Sinai Peninsula was returned!
This is simply a traitorous act, such a person is not worthy of being the leader of Egypt at all!
As the convoy slowly moved, the truck he was riding in was getting closer and closer to the parade platform.
Finally, through the car window, Calid saw the man on the parade platform that he hated so much.
Allah willing! He said a word silently in his heart and jumped out of the car without hesitation.
Behind him, there were three other companions, who jumped down together and rushed towards the parade platform.
Sadat and the others on the parade platform did not react when they saw this strange scene, and Sadat thought that these soldiers wanted to come and salute him, and he even stood up and waited to return the salute to the other party.
This is his army, absolutely loyal to him.
Karid pulled out a grenade from behind him and threw it towards the parade stand.
It was only then that the parade platform found out that these soldiers had come to assassinate the president!
Hafez, the secretary behind Sadat, was the first to react, shouting: "Assassin! Get down on your stomach, President! He ran over quickly, hoping to use his body to block the president's bullets.
Sadat remained motionless, and his heart was suddenly filled with sorrow.
After throwing the grenade, Karid then took out his submachine gun and fired fiercely at the rostrum.
At this point, everyone reacted, and the TV announcer who broadcast the parade live choked up and said, "Assassins, traitors, compatriots, Egyptian ......" At this point, the TV screen went pitch black.
Karid had rushed to the immediate vicinity of the review stand. At this moment, a reporter jumped out, desperately blocked his way, and shouted solemnly: "You traitor! ”
Without saying a word, Karid fired the daring fellow to the ground. The people next to him who still wanted to come over didn't dare to move anymore.
Looking at Sadat, who was close at hand, Kalid had a hideous smile on his face, and all the bullets poured over without hesitation...
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