Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 190 Six: It's On Fire

The military parade is over, but the impact of the military parade has just begun.This time, the No.40 Army has completely shocked both China and Japan with its powerful lineup. There are 6 infantry phalanxes, 1 cavalry phalanx and 5 equipment phalanxes. The effect of taking such a trip is not much smaller than fighting a beautiful battle of annihilation.

Great battles are nothing new in this year. Now most of China is at war, from the vast forests in the northeast to the grasslands and deserts in the northwest, from the coast to the inland of the motherland, from the Yellow River Basin to the Yangtze River Basin, from the middle of the Yangtze River From the lower plains to the Shandong hills and then to the Shanxi plateau, there seemed to be battlefields everywhere.The sound of rumbling guns seems to completely destroy the 5000-year civilization, and even tear the hundreds of millions of Chinese people to pieces.

Big battles and small battles, victories and defeats, true and false, false and false, the common people can no longer tell whether it is true or false.The government's radio station just said that the defenders in a certain place beat the Japanese invaders to the ground and wiped out countless enemies.But news soon came that the area had just been captured by the Japanese army and the defenders were wiped out.Therefore, the common people's nerves have been tempered quite tough, and they are even completely immune to some government announcements. Because of this, it is difficult for some ordinary victories to arouse the excitement of the common people, because they don't know the news from the government. Is true or false.

But the military parade is different, the encouragement of a military parade to a country and a nation is immeasurable, Chen Feng knows this better than anyone else.For example, during the Soviet-German War, the Soviet army braved artillery fire to hold the military parade on Red Square.It can be said that the military parade saved the Soviet Union.

At that time, the situation between the Soviet Union and Germany was almost a replica of the current situation between China and Japan. Due to insufficient preparation, the Soviet army was always passive at the beginning of the war. In just half a year, the Soviet Union lost all the industrial areas in the west. The serious thing is that millions of troops were annihilated or captured by the German army. The whole country is in a precarious state and may be destroyed by Germany at any time. It is not much better than China now.In front of the brutal and fast-advancing German army, the resistance of the Soviet military and civilians was so weak.Despite paying a heavy price, it still couldn't stop the German offensive.Until the "Battle of Moscow".At the critical moment when the Soviet-German War entered into a fever and won, Moscow was facing the fall and the frenzied attack by the German Nazi army. In November 1941, during the critical period of the Battle of Moscow, there were more than 11 million German troops. More than 180 tanks. More than 1700 aircraft. More than 1390 cannons have already arrived at the city of Moscow.The German vanguard mechanized unit is only 14000 kilometers away from Moscow.In order to boost the morale of the Soviet soldiers, Stalin and other top Soviet leaders resolutely decided that the traditional October Revolution Day military parade will be held as usual.

November 1941, 11.The German army approached the city and continued to attack Moscow. "The enemy's siege is tens of thousands", but the people of the Soviet capital braved the enemy's artillery fire and held a grand celebration of the 6th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution at the Mayakovsky Station of the underground railway.Stalin made a report on the 24th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.Stalin pointed out that the reserves of the German army were about to be exhausted, while the reserves of the Soviet Union had only just been fully expanded, and Germany was much weaker than the Soviet Union.The blitzkrieg launched by German fascists against the Soviet Union has been completely bankrupt, and German imperialism and its armies are bound to perish. In the early morning of the 24th, a heavy snowstorm dyed all the streets of Moscow white.The army and civilians of the capital held a grand and unique military parade on the 7th anniversary of the October Revolution in Red Square in the early winter mist with snowflakes.

At that time, the Nazi German army had arrived near Moscow, but Stalin decided to hold a military parade as usual and delivered a famous speech at the military parade.This is the first and only live-ammunition military parade in the world. All the troops receiving the parade were given real ammunition, and they went directly to the battlefield after the military parade.On the way from the parade square to the Red Square, many soldiers had dusty faces and sloppy clothes, and they didn't even know where they were going.The military parade site was also quite chaotic, and due to various reasons, the foot formations were also extremely irregular.But this is a "miracle in one winter" created by the Soviet military and civilians.The entire military parade was carried out in the snow, tanks, artillery and cars were covered, and the shoulders and backs of the solemnly standing commanders and fighters were covered with snow.The fully armed Soviet Red Army troops walked past Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square with vigorous steps, accepted the review of the supreme commanders, and then went directly to the front line from Red Square.

In times of crisis, even though the artillery of the invaders was thundering, even if the positions exchanged by the Soviet soldiers on the front line were still frequently changing hands in repeated battles, even if the footsteps of the invaders were not far from the Red Square, the heroic and tenacious Soviet Union The soldiers and civilians still swaggered through the Red Square military parade to the front battlefield. The Moscow Red Square military parade undoubtedly used the gesture of contempt for the aggressors to inspire the morale of the Soviet soldiers through the military parade. At the most critical moment of the Soviet army, whether the Soviet Union can resist the aggression At this moment, all the soldiers who participated in the military parade were injected with strong morale, and it was with this strong and fearless morale that they inspired the polar bear-like perseverance and fighting spirit of the Slavic nation, and fought desperately with the German invaders.The inspirational effect of the military parade on the troops and people of the Soviet Red Army cannot be underestimated.Regarding this military parade, the British "News Chronicle" reported at the time: "The battle leading to Moscow is in full swing, but Moscow organizes an annual traditional military parade. This is an example of bravery and fearlessness."

Like the Soviet Union at that time, China at this time also faced the unprecedented challenge of being a strong neighbor to Japan, which seriously threatened the survival of the Chinese nation.In this context, holding a large-scale military parade will greatly enhance the confidence of the people across the country to overcome the crisis and overcome difficulties.It will play a positive and extensive role in enhancing national cohesion and combat effectiveness. The thunderous and imposing military power will surely stop those with ulterior motives from making small moves, and make the Japanese army also dare not act rashly.

Chen Feng did it. After the military parade was over, Chen Cheng, Fu Zuoyi and others quickly made detailed reports to their superiors. The 40th Group Army bid farewell and had to return to Peiping overnight to report to General Shou in the temple.

Whether it's Chen Cheng, Fu Zuoyi or Hei Musen, their reports are full of adjectives such as powerful, shocking, and incredible.

At the same time, after obtaining Chen Feng's consent, Claire sent some of the photos taken at the military parade and the manuscript she wrote back to the Shanghai branch of the Washington Post, and then sent them to the US headquarters through there.

The next day, an article titled "The Great General" appeared on the front page of the Washington Post. It was an article dedicated to introducing Chen Feng, and the author was Claire.At the beginning of the article, as a bystander, she described what she saw and heard in China in the past few months. She did not deliberately vilify the Japanese, but wrote about what she saw in Shanghai and Nanjing and other occupied areas. out.

Then she described the power comparison between China and Japan in the tone of a war critic, analyzed from various aspects such as politics, military, economy, culture and national quality, and came to a seemingly normal conclusion that China must Death.

But then there was a big turning point, she mentioned Chen Feng's Xinghe security regiment, and then listed the magnificent transformation of the security regiment from an infantry regiment with more than a thousand people to a large army with more than [-] troops.In her writing, Chen Feng is an omnipotent general, and even more a wise man. He strategizes and decides to win thousands of miles away.

At the same time, this article sent a lot of photos, and the editor-in-chief of the Washington Post took care of Claire. On this day, the post vacated more than half of the page, dedicated to Claire's article. Of course, this It's all because the editor-in-chief of the Washington Post knows Claire's tough identity.

At the same time when foreign media reported, domestic newspapers and magazines were not far behind. Whether it was the Central Daily of the Nationalist Government or the Xinhua Daily of the Communist Party of China, they reported this matter in the highest form of news.

Chen Feng became angry, and the No.40 group became angry. For a while, he was given the reputation of "elite" and "tiger army".Affected by the grand military parade of the No.40 Army Group, a large-scale anti-Japanese upsurge broke out among the people across the country again, and various phenomena such as joining the army and donating money were staged in major cities in the rear.The common people were not far behind, they donated food and materials if they had no money, and if there were too many males in the family, they let him join the army. This phenomenon was most prominent in Zhangjiakou.

Soon after the military parade ended, there was a long queue at the conscription station of the No.40 Army in Zhangjiakou, which made the head of the armed forces responsible for the conscription both painful and happy.

The military parade also greatly increased the arms business of the No.40 Group Army. Chen Cheng said that night that the committee hoped that Chen Feng could conduct a second transaction with Chen Feng's troops as soon as possible, especially artillery.Last time, due to the limited number of vehicles and the first transaction between the two parties, guns and ammunition were mainly used, and the heavy artillery was only traded for less than one artillery battalion.

After the artillery was transported back to Wuhan, Lao Jiang realized that Chen Feng had not lied to him. All of the 150mm large-caliber heavy cannons were the main equipment of the Japanese field heavy artillery brigades. Even if they were as strong as the Japanese army, they only equipped six brigades. It shows the value of this kind of equipment, so Lao Jiang can't wait to get back all the remaining 6 cannons.

The World War II zone and the CCP also strongly demanded an arms deal with the No.40 Army as soon as possible. The two parties even promised to pay on delivery and never default.After learning about the situation, several other warlords also placed orders with Chen Feng one after another, ranging from one regiment to as many as a division. Chen Feng was also surprised by their popularity. (To be continued..)