Chapter 406: The 10th Anniversary of the National Day

October 1, 2761 (1920), Hanking, China Square.

Today is China's National Day and the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. According to Chinese tradition, the celebration of "every tenth" is of great significance. Today is no exception, as the Chinese Government held a grand celebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and a celebration of world peace in the capital Hanjing.

The main venue of the celebration is still China Square, a landmark building in Hanking, located in the heart of Hanking, the largest urban center square in the world. It is larger than the Fuxing Square in Wuhan, 600 meters wide from east to west and 1,000 meters long from north to south, and the ground is all paved with light-colored granite strips treated by special technology.

The style of China Square is similar to that of Wuhan Fuxing Square, with the main building in the traditional style in the north, or this style has become a fixed style of the Chinese Capital Square. Its north side is the main building Zhonghua Gate City Tower, which is still a typical Chinese classical style city tower style antique building, the city gate is five que, the heavy building is nine wings, and the height is 36 meters.

On the white marble pedestal of exquisite carving, is the red and white pier platform of 12 meters high, on the pier platform is the splendid Chinese gate city tower, the city tower is red and white gold three main colors, red wall, gold tile, white railing. Under the castle tower is an artificial river, named "Venus River", and there are 9 beautifully carved white marble Venus bridges on the sparkling blue river. In front of the tower, four pairs of majestic stone lions and beautiful Huabiao skillfully match.

The Zhonghua Gate Tower sits in the north and faces south, with the square in front and the government district of Hanjing in the back, where the government and military departments are located. The gate of the Zhonghua Gate Tower is usually not opened, and if you want to go to the government affairs area from the square, you have to bypass the 360-meter-long Zhonghua Gate and pass from the side.

China's celebration has sent invitations to all countries in the world, and China is very different at this time, and it is still a little far from the world hegemon, but the Far Eastern hegemon is ironclad, recognized as one of the world's top powers. The invitation issued by such a country naturally wants to save face, and no matter whether it is good or not, it has to be represented by a person.

Needless to say, the member states of the People's Republic of Turkey, the People's Republic of Afghanistan, the Arab Socialist Republic, the Persian Socialist Republic, the Republic of Siam, and the Democratic Republic of Nepal are all heads of state.

The Turkish People's Republic officially joined the UPC in May this year after the war. Siam was originally a monarchy, and in July this year, King Rama VII (Zheng Quang) announced that he would respect the people's choice to abdicate, and in the same month, Siam officially abolished the monarchy and adopted a republic under the vote of the National Assembly. General Lin Aotian, the former chief of the general staff of the kingdom, retired from active duty and served as the first president, well, by the way, President Lin is the father of Lieutenant General Lin Shenhe, deputy commander of the Chinese Air Force. In August, it officially became the seventh member of the UHRP (previously an observer state).

In addition, there are two vassal states, Bhutan and Sikkim, which were also monarchies before, and their monarchs have also announced their abdication in accordance with the will of the people from last year to this year, and changed to a republic. As a vassal state, the suzerainty wants to hold Daqing, and their heads of state naturally all come.

Bhutan and Sikkim are not "voluntarily" incorporated into China, nor are they members of the UHRC, which is also a face-saving gesture for the UK, as a buffer state between China and India, but their domestic economies are already completely controlled by China. According to the agreement between China and Britain, there are no armies in these two countries, only police.

Zheng Guang, the former king of Siam, moved to Hanjing with his family after his abdication, and Zheng Guang himself is currently a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The former monarchs of Bhutan and Sikkim were also treated similarly, and like Zheng Guang, he served as a duke in Hanjing, and he also took the title of "CPPCC member".

President Wilson of the United States suffered a stroke at the end of last year and has lost his ability to act, so it is Vice President Marshall and Secretary of State Colby who have come. Japan came with the regent Crown Prince Hirohito, and the military and political representatives of the country.

The rest of the Entente also came, the British crown prince Prince Edward (the abdicated Duke of Windsor in the original time and space), the French Prime Minister Clemenceau attended the celebration on behalf of Britain and France, the bosses went, and of course smaller countries such as Belgium and Portugal also came.

And the relationship between China and the Allies was also good, and the countries led by Germany and Austria also sent people, but this time it was not Germany, but Emperor Ferdinand of the Austrian Empire, and his son, King Mysimilian I of Ukraine. Germany only had one foreign minister this time, Hahausen, because a revolution had broken out in their country, Wei Er was seriously injured in assassination, and the country was in chaos.

Because of the loss of the East Indies, the Netherlands hated China so much that of course they would not send any important people to save face, so they only let the ambassador to China attend to deal with the matter.

Tsarist Russia is now completely dependent on China's support, and their Tsar Alexei, of course, will also come to cheer on him, along with his father, the former Tsar Nicholas II. After the coronation of his son, Nicholas II did not stay in Russia, and China, in accordance with the agreement with Tsarist Russia, built a villa and sanatorium for them in Haikou City on Hainan Island, which was specially provided for the Russian magnates to live and recuperate, which was called the Russian Village by the locals. After the abdication, Ni and his wife have been living in the Russian village in Haikou for the past two years.

This time, the countries visited were very uniform, and sovereign countries all over the world sent people to participate, even Soviet Russia also came. Of course, they did not act as representatives of the state, because until now, only the Allies recognized them, neither the Entente nor China, nor did China. This time, they sent someone in the name of the Russian Communist Party, led by Stalin, the number three man in Soviet Russia.

Wen Desi and other central leaders and guests from various countries climbed the Zhonghua Gate Tower, government representatives from more than 30 sovereign countries and more than 20 regions, as well as representatives of nearly 50 political parties and international organizations. With so many and such high-profile foreign guests, the first row of the review stand in the city tower was full, and the staff had to beckon some Chinese leaders to evacuate to the platforms on both sides to avoid crowding together.

At 8 a.m. Hanjing time, the celebration officially began. 108 salutes were fired 10 times in unison to mark the 10th birthday of the People's Republic of China. The salute was followed by a flag-raising ceremony. Then Wen Desi took an open-top car out of the Zhonghua Gate, crossed the Venus Bridge, and after the military parade commander-in-chief, General Rossi, reported, the parade began, and Wen Desi took the car to review the teams in turn.

Then there's the much-anticipated column. This military parade is the fifth National Day military parade since the founding of New China, the first "10th National Day parade", and it is also the largest one ever since. A total of 18 phalanxes on foot, 3 on horseback, 44 on equipment, and 16 in air formations participated in the parade. The officers and men who were paraded this time were all selected from the units that had participated in actual combat.

The first to appear is the foot phalanx, these 18 foot phalanxes are composed of the army, navy and air force, the armed police and major military academies, all of which are equipped with the world's most advanced 1915 semi-automatic rifles, and they pass from east to west from the front of the Tiananmen Square review stand. When they were on the rostrum, they all made a mighty slashing gesture in unison.

Then there are three cavalry phalanxes, because the scale of China's cavalry is very small, even after the expansion of the army in World War I, there are only 8 cavalry brigades in the formation of cavalry, and the proportion in the army is getting smaller and smaller, and most of this group of cavalry is transferred to the armed police force after the war, so the scale of the cavalry phalanx in this parade is reduced to three, which are army cavalry, cavalry artillery and armed police cavalry.

However, although the Chinese cavalry was small, their equipment was not bad at all. Of course, the most attractive thing for the audience is their mount - Tianfu Horse. This new breed of war horse has long been famous all over the world, and the Tianfu horse is tall and strong, with a shoulder height of 1. More than 6 meters, the structure is symmetrical, the appearance is handsome, the appearance is not enough, the key is that their performance is extremely against the sky, whether it is explosive power, or endurance have completely exploded all breeds of war horses in the world, in these years of international horse racing, whether it is the outbreak of sprint or endurance competition, have pulled other horses down a big section, known as "Tianfu out, no horse in the world".

In this era, there were many cavalrymen and Hermes, especially in the upper class of Europe and the United States, almost everyone had horses. Therefore, as soon as the cavalry phalanx appeared, the eyes of many international friends lit up. For example, Comrade Stalin, the representative of Soviet Russia, could not take his eyes off it.

"This kind of horse is so good! If you make a cavalry out of this kind of horse......"

"Yes, the world's number one horse breed, but unfortunately there are less than 100 horses in our entire empire, and 4 of them are ...... from the Chinese government."

"We only have 72 ...... in Spain"

"The horses are very good, but the number is too small, I think we should ask China to supply more Tianfu horses to the international market, they only sell less than 300 horses a year at most, and in recent years because of the war, there are less than 100 horses a year, which is not enough to divide ......."

Although China does not prohibit the export of this kind of horse, because of the small scale of the Chinese cavalry, the number itself is not large, and only a small number flows out every year, and they are all geldings, stallions and mares are not sold. Because of this number limit, each horse was sold for a very high price.

The next thing is to equip the phalanx, which is what everyone is most concerned about compared to the infantry and cavalry just now. First of all, more than 300 motorcycles, off-road vehicles and wheeled carriers of various types of motorized infantry, equipped with machine guns, machine guns, howitzers, mortars, recoilless guns and other weapons, are divided into six phalanxes and slowly lead to Guò Square. Then there were towed artillery, which was towed by military vehicles, and the artillery was small to large, forming 8 phalanxes.

Finally, there are 3 types of heavy artillery, 210mm heavy cannon, 240mm heavy howitzer, and 280mm siege gun. Because these three guns were too heavy, they all used tracked chassis. When the three phalanxes were clear, the heavy artillery carriages rumbled on the ground of the square, and everyone felt a violent vibration.

At this time, the narrator on the live TV just said: "...... Our army is a civilized army, and it has always insisted on using the truth to persuade people......" The picture of "cooperation" is exactly this slippery and thick pipe.

This was followed by 10 self-propelled artillery phalanxes consisting of truck guns and tracked self-propelled guns, the last two of which were 210mm self-propelled howitzers and 240mm self-propelled howitzers with the largest caliber. The narrator said in due course: "...... We firmly believe that the truth is universal and applies to all human beings......"

"These big guys are indeed very truthful...... "An American military attache who can understand Chinese can't help but nod his head.

Then there are all kinds of armored vehicles and main battle combat vehicles, and there are not many new weapons in this parade, most of which have already shown their faces in the First World War. Bobcats, wolverines, red wolves...... and so on, the chariots that everyone has long been familiar with appeared one after another, and the "Zoo of Mr. Wen" roared in front of the 700,000 spectators at the scene. These rolling torrents of steel still made the adrenaline rush of the audience, and reporters and viewers from all over the world raised their cameras and camcorders to shoot violently.

The last phalanx of super-heavy tanks caused a sensation. There were only 16 of them, but the sensation was far greater than any of the previous steel torrents. When they reached the square Guò, the ground of the square shook the strongest in history.

"Oh my God, this is a prehistoric beast! It's a name that doesn't make a difference, it's a giant rhino!"

"Chinese multi-turret super-heavy tanks!Great Japanese Empire should also have ......" Hirohito's face flushed, his fists clenched tightly.

"Your Highness, this chariot is too expensive. You see, even the Chinese themselves took out only 16 vehicles. And the chariots in front of them are more than 100 vehicles, which means that even they themselves can't afford to equip much......" Shirakawa Yoshinori next to him whispered. Shirakawa-san, who is now Japan's chief chariot specialist, has come this time as Hirohito's attendant. Japan is full of interest in Chinese chariots, and now such an opportunity is very rare, of course, to bring this brick family.

"Giant Rhino Super Heavy Armored Fighting Vehicle!155mm main gun, four 40mm secondary guns, 8 machine guns, four tracks, five turrets......" Stalin couldn't help but gasp as he listened to the interpreter next to him explain the parameters of this thing. Then his eyes were filled with frenzy and surprise: "Monster......! Yes, this is it! This is what I dreamed of! This is the right weapon for the Soviets!"

"This thing looks awesome! I don't know if China is willing to sell it to us...... " Vice President Marshall said to Secretary of State Colby, who was next to him.

Colby shook his head slightly: "Mr. Vice President, I don't think there is much hope. There will not be too many such new weapons Chinese themselves, they will definitely not sell them, they are now refusing to sell even the red wolf. But it doesn't matter, with the strength of the United States, our engineers can definitely design something similar......"

The giant rhino formation is followed by various auxiliary vehicles, such as the bridge erection vehicles and obstacle breaking vehicles of the engineering troops, the vehicle rescue vehicles, combat vehicle maintenance vehicles, armored ambulances, water supply trucks, and food trucks of the joint logistics forces, the decontamination vehicles of the anti-chemical defense troops, as well as vehicle-mounted high-power searchlights, spray trains, and so on. Although these vehicles are not as eye-catching as the previous ones, they are also quite noteworthy for insiders from other countries.

After the ground forces were cleared, it consisted of the air force, navy, and army aviation aircraft formations and airship formations, and China's air power is currently recognized as the world's first, with hundreds of fighters of various types forming 12 formations and roaring through the air. The last of these formations was the helicopter that had only appeared in the war, and this new type of aircraft also aroused the interest of various countries, but only of interest, because in their opinion, such a thing was not very practical except for the ability to take off and land vertically.

Although the tiger skin of the "airship invincibility theory" has been punctured in the war, this does not prevent them from continuing to develop in transportation and early warning, and now China still maintains the largest and largest airship group in the world.

The parade ended when the last airship flew across the square to the cheers of the crowd.

Next is the mass procession phalanx, which consists of 100,000 people from all walks of life, more than 80 floats and 6 marching cultural performances leading to the central area of Guò Square. In the evening, there is a fireworks display, followed by a gala party with the theme of "Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the National Day and World Peace" in the square.

For these non-governmental activities, the "international friends" are not so interested. Most of them stayed in the hotel that night to discuss the day's military parade, and the telegram signals from the various embassies and consulates soared that day.

In addition to making the people of the whole country happy, the main purpose of this military parade is to sharpen their muscles. Many of the "international friends" who participated in the parade did not leave, because in a few days, it will be the Chinese Navy's ship parade, and they will finish this parade before leaving.