Chapter 152 The Founding Ceremony
On October 1, 261, the 26th year of the Republic of China (1910 AD), Wuchang, Fuxing Square.
Fuxing Square is a newly built landmark building in Wuchang. It is located in the south of Wuchang City, southwest of Shahu, and adjacent to the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge. The square covers an area of 40 hectares, is 60 meters wide from east to west and 80 meters long from north to south. The ground is all paved with light-colored granite strips processed by special technology.
Today's founding ceremony is held here.
To the north of the square is the main building Fuxingmen. This is a tower-style antique building with strong traditional characteristics. The city gate has five gusts, nine heavy buildings and 3 meters high. On the exquisitely carved white marble base, there are red and white piers more than 10 meters high. On the pier is the magnificent Fuxingmen Tower. The city tower has three main colors: red and white gold, red walls, golden tiles and white railings. Below the city tower is a river that is manually excavated, leading from Shahu to Han River, called "Yudai River". There are 9 exquisitely carved white marble golden water bridges on the rippling river. The four pairs of vigorous stone lions and elegant Huabiao cleverly cooperate.
At this time, more than 300,000 people watching the ceremony from all over the country had gathered in the square. These people were workers, farmers, students, Yumen, citizens, and troops from all over the country. They all raised the temporary five-star red flags and other red flags, red lanterns and colorful small flags, especially five-pointed star lanterns of different sizes pasted with red silk. The entire square became a world of red flags and red lanterns. More than ten folk bands around were playing traditional festive music together, such as "Xiyangyang", "Golden Snake Dance", etc., one after another, laughing crowds and flags, colorful silks, flowers, and lighting, forming a festive and beautiful ocean of brocade.
At 2 pm, the founding ceremony officially began. The whole square was cheering. Amid the heat of the masses, Wen Desi, who had just taken office as President of the Central Government of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China, was the first to climb the Fuxingmen Tower. Vice President and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Tao Chengzhang, First Vice Chairman and Chief of General Staff Xin Jie, Premier Zhang Lizheng, Premier of the State Council, Luo Xi, Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Army... More than a hundred senior leaders of the Party and the country followed Wen Desi to climb the Fuxingmen Tower.
When the celebration host Zhang Lizheng announced the start, the senior leaders took their place amid the music of the national anthem "March of the Volunteers". President Wen Desi solemnly announced: "Comrades, the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was established today!" This loud voice shocked Wuchang City, the whole country, the whole world, and created a new century for the Chinese people.
Afterwards, a flag-raising ceremony was held. A team of majestic flag squad officers and soldiers walked neatly to escort the national flag to the flag stage. The military band next to the flag stage immediately played the "March of the Volunteers". After the first sound sign sounded, the flag-protecting officer immediately made a beautiful flag-throwing action. The first five-star red flag floated in the air. Wen Desi then pressed the button with his own hand, and then rose slowly in Fuxingmen Square with the accompaniment of the national anthem.
At the same time, 10Rl cannons representing 10B provincial administrative regions, military regions and central ministries and commissions fired 70 times together, like thunder echoing between heaven and earth. This marked the beginning of the First Opium War in 1840. The Chinese people fought bravely for 70 years and finally achieved the final victory in anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism.
After the flag-raising, Wen Desi, President of the Chinese Central Government, Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China, and Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Scientific Socialist Party, read out the "Announcement of the Central People's Government". At the end of the announcement, he announced loudly: "My fellow citizens, we have a common feeling, this is that our work will be written in the history of mankind. It will show that the Chinese people, who account for one-quarter of the total number of mankind, have stood up from now on."
This sentence immediately caused great responses among more than 300,000 people, and storm-like applause and passionate cheers resounded throughout the audience.
"The Chinese people stand up"
"Long live President Wen"
"Long live Chairman Wen"
"Long live the Wen Zong"
"Long live the People's Republic of China"
For a moment, people's cheers seemed to fill the entire world.
At this time, on the foreign guests' viewing platform opposite the Fuxingmen, a group of "international friends" changed their faces by the scene. The Japanese ambassador to China was so scared that his face was pale and his whole body was trembling. The Dutch minister, who was standing watching the fun, was frightened and his legs were weak, and he sat back on the chair.
Except for the Yankees who were so handsome and deliberately showed a "reserved" smile to the surroundings, the "friends" from other countries all looked blue and white.
"Haha, it seems that people in this country are awake," the British minister wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with an ugly expression.
Although the climate in Wuhan is not hot at all and is even a little cool today, the Minister was still so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
No matter who sees this kind of scene of unity, he will be deeply shocked. Further, this is a big country with a population of 4.6 billion, a big country that can mobilize millions or even tens of millions of troops, and anyone will be trembling.
The French minister murmured in a low voice: "Did... have the prophecy of Napoleon the Great finally come true?"
The ambassadors of Germany and Austria to China also had a serious expression at the beginning, but soon calmed down. They looked at each other with interest and looked at the faces of the diplomats around them from the agreement.
After Wen Desi finished reading the announcement, the military parade began. The inspection commander was the chairman of the Central Military Commission of China, Wen Desi, commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the commander-in-chief of the military parade was Minister of National Defense Rossi. First, Rossi accompanied General Wen in a convertible to start the inspection.
The troops being paraded were selected from the national troops, among which the First Infantry Division, First Heavy Artillery Brigade, First Navy Land Brigade and other elite troops were all selected for reorganization.
"Hello, comrades." Wen Desi waved to the officers and soldiers in the car, and the amplification system spread throughout the audience clearly delivered his greetings to every officer and soldier.
"Hello, Chief," the officers and soldiers responded in unison.
"Thank you for your hard work, comrades." Wen Desi looked at the officers and soldiers who stood as straight as the javelin, and his blood was pouring in his heart. The lines originally read the script also contained a strong emotion.
"Serve the people"
More than ten minutes later, Chief Wen reviewed nearly 70,000 people and returned to the rostrum of the city tower.
Then, Premier Zhang Lizheng announced the beginning of the dichotomy.
The troops who were parade were led by the military academy phalanx. More than 406 students from Southwest Military University (formerly Xingke Security School), China Military University (formerly Wuchang Revolutionary Army Command College), Sichuan Flight Academy, Guangzhou Huangpu Naval Academy, PLA Engineering Academy, Chongqing Artillery Academy and other colleges formed four phalanxes, passing through the rostrum from east to west.
Next was a 6 hiking phalanx dominated by the First Infantry Division, the First Land Combat Brigade, and the Navy Sailors. These 10 hiking phalanxes were all equipped with all UU-style rifles 1903 Springfield NK. When they passed through the rostrum, they all made a mighty spear-slashing action.
Next is the military vehicle phalanx. More than 30 off-road vehicles are equipped with heavy machine guns, mortars, recoil-free cannons and other weapons. They are divided into 4 square arrays and slowly pass through the square.
"Baga, the Chinese people actually have so many cars." The Japanese military officers in China were beating in their hearts and their eyes turned red. The infantry phalanx just now was fine, but although it could be seen that it was an elite army, the dense military vehicles in front of them were even more shocking.
Not only him, but also his "friends" from other countries also had serious expressions, and officers from several countries began to take out small notebooks to record.
Next is the artillery phalanx. All artillery is pulled by military vehicles. The artillery is formed from small to large. The front air defense artillery is mainly composed of 2Um-connected anti-aircraft guns, 40mm dual-connected anti-aircraft guns, 6mm and 75mm anti-aircraft guns. Then there are infantry guns and howitzers. The caliber from 75mm to 15m are the finale of two terrifying heavy artillery, 15m heavy cannons, and 210mm heavy howitzers. When these two square arrays pass, the heavy artillery rumbles the ground in the square, and everyone feels a violent shock.
The cheers of the masses suddenly became enthusiastic. A group of students and military fans cried with excitement, and they shouted in a crying voice.
"Look, that's our heavy artillery"
“Great, this is the modern god of war”
"Dear sirs, these heavy artillery are our Skoda technology," the diplomat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire announced proudly.
"Haha, that's not necessarily..." The American gave him a blank look and said disdainfully.
Next, the cavalry phalanx was entered. These cavalry were divided into five phalanxes according to the color of the war horses, and entered the stadium in order of red, black, white, golden and blue gray. The cavalry was a new branch of the People's Liberation Army. In the past, although each unit was equipped with war horses, no formal establishment cavalry was established. It was not until the People's Liberation Army marched into the northwest and Mongolian Plateau that it began to formally establish a cavalry brigade.
The cavalry participating in the parade were selected from this cavalry brigade, with a total of 310 war horses. Although they were recruits, they walked very well, and the team was neat and majestic, with people like tigers and horses like dragons. They strutted through the square with their heads held high.
Amid the sound of the horse's hoof, several "international friends" were confused.
"What kind of breed of Chinese horses is? Why have I never seen them before?" The Russian military officer looked over with a telescope. After looking at them for a long time, he couldn't recognize what horses it was. Although he was confused, his expression was eager to try and his saliva was almost flowing out.
There is no way, these horses are so beautiful. Each one is tall and mighty, with smooth fur. As long as you understand horses, there is no reason to let it go.
Several French officers were also discussing: "It's strange? These horses are the same breed. Why have I never seen this breed before? This is not the most common Mongolian horse in China. They are much taller and have a shoulder height of about 7 meters..."
"It's a bit like an Arabian horse, but its limbs are much stronger. It's a bit like a Don hippo, but its hips are different..."
"God, is it a new breed cultivated by the Chinese?"
"International friends" looked at the cavalry formation with envious and jealous eyes. A few guys have decided that after the ceremony, they must find relevant Chinese departments to buy horses. Even if they cannot buy in large quantities, at least they can buy one for themselves to play with. There is no way. Many of the officers of this era are horse fans, even if they are not from cavalry.
"Hey, what is that?" Suddenly, the German military officer pointed to the square formation that was about to enter the field and made a surprise sound.
At this time, the sound of explanation sounded again in the surrounding loudspeakers. In order to allow the audience in front of the radio to feel the atmosphere of the celebration, the founding ceremony was equipped with a full-process explanation, and each step was explained by the commentator in detail. Moreover, on the foreign guest viewing platform, a group of simultaneous interpreters were also provided to translate and interpret the commentary to "friends" from various countries.
"... Dear compatriots, guests, and friends, the troops that are about to enter the venue for parade are our armored combat vehicles and the First Brigade of the chariots. This force is a brand new force and is also the only unit in the world at present... The armored combat vehicles participating in the division this time are divided into three square arrays, namely the Type 6 armored reconnaissance vehicle, Type 09 armored combat vehicles, and Type 10 armored combat vehicles, totaling 2B. The ones walking in the front are armored reconnaissance vehicles, double-axle four-wheeled, equipped with an Rmm heavy machine gun, and the crew is followed by the Type 09 armored combat vehicles. This type of combat vehicle has three-axle six-wheeled anti-aircraft machine gun, and the crew can carry 10 infantrymen..."
"It's indeed an armored combat vehicle. It was done by Italians a few years ago, but there was no large-scale equipment. Unexpectedly, the Chinese were the first to have large-scale equipment..." a German officer said thoughtfully.
The Italians have the most wonderful expressions. Yes, they were invented as armored vehicles, but they thought it was not easy to use, so they built dozens of vehicles and stopped. However, they did not expect that the flowers bloomed inside and outside the walls were fragrant. The Chinese turned this thing into standard equipment and created three models. Moreover, from the appearance alone, these three armored vehicles are much more mature than their similar products-
A chariot formation thundered by, crushing the high-ranking mentality of the "international friends". The masses waved the flags in their hands and cheered to the convoy desperately, their voices were hoarse, and the atmosphere at the scene reached another climax.
Just as the rear wheel of the last armored combat vehicle was pressing across the center line of the square, the roar of the engine sounded from the sky.
The voice of the commentary sounded: "Dear fellow citizens, guests, and friends, the troops that are about to enter the parade are our air force, and they are from the Air Force, Naval Air Force and Army Air Force... The first one to enter the air force's J-2 fighter formation..."
A group of black planes flew over in the air. A whole wing of six J-2 fighters were divided into four-character formations, whizzing past the square at a cruise speed.
Next is a wing's J-L fighter, then a wing's coaching aircraft and a brigade's water reconnaissance aircraft...
After the aircraft formation, a group of behemoths appeared in the air, the Air Force Airship Force
/ The airship floats slowly across the square in order from small to large.
From the first reconnaissance airship, the high-speed contact airship, to the huge 3-ton airship behind. These giants brought the atmosphere to the climax. Countless people jumped up excitedly and threw the hats into the sky with hats.
When the huge figure of the "Cloud Ray-class" armed airship that was finally under the formation came into people's sight, the entire square suddenly became silent.
This is because the shock from the depths of the soul, no matter who it is, when he sees a monster with a length of more than 20 meters and a width of more than 40 meters, it will be like this when it comes to the sky.
The cloud rays are like huge beasts that emerge from prehistoric myths, patrolling their territory in the sky. Their huge figures make the light in the square darken.
The vivid shark mouth painted on the airship made them really live, as if they were scanning the ants on the ground with contemptuous eyes. The oppression and majesty that seemed to come from the top creatures made all the audience raise their hearts to their throats.
The audience on the ground stared at these giant beasts in the sky with their eyes mixed with shock, panic, and excitement.
"Cover... cover the sky and the sun, cover the sky and the sun..." An old master was very excited at the military parade just now, but he still held his own identity and maintained a considerable demeanor. But at this time, his demeanor was no longer available. He was kneeling on the ground with tears on his face, looking at the huge figure in the sky frantically, and shouting in a trembling voice: "This... is this my Chinese divine weapon in the sky? The Chinese saint has come out. With this divine weapon, why worry about not being able to revive China?"
The British minister's telescope fell from his hand, and he muttered in a different tone voice: "My God, Chinese, Chinese, and Chinese, and I said, they will definitely make such things... Those bastards in Congress are not good, I must pass this news to the Prime Minister immediately."
"God Amaterasu is here..." The Japanese minister's face was like a layer of white paint. After shouting this sentence, he was pinched by invisible fear. He used all his strength to grasp the railing in front of him, so he could barely collapse to the ground like the poor Dutch minister.
Now even the Americans couldn't laugh. They stared at these giant airships blankly and were shocked to the point where they completely lost their ability to speak.
It was not until the huge figures of the cloud rays disappeared into the skyline that the crowd came to their senses one after another. Then there was a shocking cheer.
"Long live the airship force"
"Long live President Wen"
"Mr. Wen, it looks very effective... The shocking power of this giant armed airship is indeed not comparable to any weapon..." Xin Jie whispered in Wen Desi's ear.
"Well, of course." Wen Desi nodded proudly and said, "Then let the iron be while it's hot. Let Xie Zantai take Yunyu to give a global speech this month. Everyone needs to have airships to have fun, haha..."
The parade ended with overwhelming cheers, and then the parade of the masses. All the mass teams were eager to walk to the city tower and see the sincerely beloved General Wen.
It soon darkened, and the lights on the Fuxingmen City Tower and on the square suddenly illuminated. There was a large area of neon lights on the city tower, and eight huge searchlights shot towards the whole venue, and the lights flashed like waves. Then fireworks began to be fired around the square, and countless colorful fireworks were fired out around the square.
The colorful fireworks hit the sky, and the first batch of fireworks formed the words "Long Live the People's Republic of China". Then various fireworks rose and fell, illuminating the night sky colorfully. At this time, the paper lanterns and gauze lanterns held in the hands of the masses were also lit up, and the square was filled with oceans of lights.
Afterwards, hundreds of fires were lit in the square, and military bands and hundreds of folk bands played "Golden Snake Dance" at the same time. Hundreds of thousands of people sang and danced around the fire, immersed in the deepest joy, and enjoyed the first night of the People's Republic of China.
It was not until midnight that the masses reluctantly left the scene under the persuasion of the staff.
Chapter completed!