Chapter 2994 But We Will Never Give Up

"What on earth are the Russians trying to do? Are they trying to scare us with today's military parade? What the hell are these things?"

At this point in the military parade, something was not right, at least the Americans and the British felt that it was not right.

The powerful and oppressive super tanks, the self-propelled artillery that made people forget to breathe, and the kind of steel monster that could instantly turn a group of US military attachés into "military blinds". A bunch of people stood here, stared, and stared, but no one could tell what kind of car it was and how to use it.

The shock of three consecutive hits almost left people speechless.

In addition to "showing off military power" and "military coercion", the US military officers present could not think of any other purpose of the Russians, who could actually display so many powerful and invincible heavy equipment.

There were even US military officers at the scene who were discussing whether they should submit a diplomatic protest to the Soviet Union on this matter.

They said they called everyone to watch the military parade, but in fact it turned into a military intimidation. This is not okay! We must protest!

When your fist is big enough, the most unreasonable person in the past will suddenly become "well-behaved" and even take the initiative to put himself in a weak position to make it seem like you are bullying him.

It may sound a little unbelievable, but it is true.

The situation on the viewing platform is getting worse and worse, but the parade troops of the leader army still have heavy equipment to come, so it is not over yet.

When groups of BMP-43 infantry fighting vehicles came, a group of US military attachés who did not yet have the concept of infantry fighting vehicles, as well as British, French, Australian and Canadian people came to watch the show.

Just watching the cover on the rear of the BMP-43 vehicle open, the infantry leaning out of it, all with AKs hanging on their chests, and the commander on the front turret standing tall, there are as many as 7 people exposed on the vehicle.

The US military attachés, whose cognition has been refreshed again, have become a little numb, feeling that it doesn't matter whether they say it or not, or what they say at this time.

I have heard about the Russians' use of an infantry combat vehicle before, but the information was still vague at that time, and I didn't know how the Russians would use it specifically and how it was designed.

Now it seems that the Russians have created a vehicle that can fit an entire infantry squad into the vehicle, and the chassis is directly compatible with medium tanks. It can carry infantry to accompany highly mobile heavy armored forces to coordinate assaults, and fight together on the battlefield to provide direct anti-personnel\light armored firepower support.

The days when infantrymen ran barefoot behind the buttocks of tanks to charge positions are gone.

This means that facing such an enemy of a mechanized synthetic corps, the time for effectively exerting defensive firepower will be greatly compressed.

The two-footed soldiers that drag down tactical mobility no longer exist. Now the infantry will be able to keep up with the tanks and run as fast as they can.

The professional American Army attachés can certainly think of what this means.

The Russians, who are known for their cluster assaults, are extremely good at large-scale armored warfare. They are "masters" of the level that even the Germans have to kneel down and sing "conquer".

Now you say that the Russians have come up with a way to basically bring the comprehensive strength and tactical mobility of infantry to the same level as tanks.

What is this? Telling a ghost story? You wouldn't even play this in your nightmares!

Even before this, the US military had specially discussed the tactic of "letting tanks go and attacking infantry" to knock out the "guardian angel" of Russian tanks in a targeted manner. Even if the tank assault cluster rushed over, it would have little destructive power and its power would be greatly reduced, and the Russians' "usual tricks" would be self-defeating.

But now the situation is different. The new thing that the Russians have come up with has completely overturned all the previous research projects and war game simulations of the US military. All efforts have been wasted. Now everything has to be torn down and started all over again.

For this reason alone, this is undoubtedly a revolutionary equipment that can subvert the coordinated tactics of infantry and tanks.

"Oh my god, I've had enough. I now feel that I was right to come here today, but I shouldn't have come. The Russians clearly wanted to shatter our eyes and leave us here."

"How did we do our intelligence work before? Are those intelligence people good-for-nothings? Why did their so-called "infantry hitchhiker", which was not much better than a troop transport truck, turn out to be a medium tank that could fit an entire infantry squad!? What kind of April Fool's joke is this!?"

"It's hard to say anything else, but I'm sure that after we go back today, everyone will run out of ink. I'm afraid only God knows how long we have to write for what we saw today."

The BMP-43 column did not stop after it passed, and one after another ISU-152A, Katyusha rocket launchers, and Andryusha rocket launchers competed to appear, roaring and roaring through the Red Square.

It was not until this time that some of the foreigners on the viewing platform who had good eyesight and observed meticulously noticed a rather abnormal problem.

"Guys, has anyone seen the towed artillery of this Russian leader? Did I miss it?"

""

In the dead silence, you looked at me, I looked at you, and everyone looked at each other in silence.

No one wanted to say the words that almost everyone could guess, but were so bad that no one wanted to be the first to speak.

In the end, it was Colonel Frank who led the team and played the role of a leader, saying the words that everyone knew even if they didn't say it.

"It seems that the so-called mechanized army of the Russians has thrown away even the ordinary towed artillery. They completely replaced the traditional towed artillery with self-propelled artillery and wheeled and tracked vehicle-mounted rocket launchers, which has unprecedentedly improved the mobility, combat flexibility, tactical ductility and battlefield survivability of the artillery."

"The premise is that the Russians did not play tricks on us. Maybe they just did not pull out the towed artillery, and deliberately scared us, Colonel. An entire army-level unit is all self-propelled artillery and vehicle-mounted rocket launchers. I can't imagine how much the Russians have to pay for the construction cost. These high-value heavy equipment are not rifles in the hands of infantry."

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For his subordinates' "reasoning rebuttal", Colonel Frank, who was already in a bad mood, was in no mood and didn't want to pay attention. Whatever he wanted to say and think, he was free to do.

Anyway, today must be the bleakest day in hundreds of days and nights in the two years and three months since he was transferred to the military attaché in Moscow.

The most powerful music of the Red Army came to an end, and the heavy equipment parade team of the leader army also successfully completed the task.

So far, this Red Square military parade that will surely go down in history has only the last finale to appear, but it is already on the way to stride.

A full 200 flags and battle flags of various Nazi troops were held upside down and formally came under the command of the first row leader Alsim.

There were a full 20 flags and battle flags in the first row, from the "Four Heroes of the SS" to the "No. 1 Elite of the Wehrmacht" that was destroyed twice. Each mottled and dilapidated Nazi flag is the best testimony of today's leader army and the former leader division, which killed the Nazi elites on the battlefield and made them cry and scream.

In the melody of the songs of the defenders of Moscow, under the salute of the leader comrade, and in the admiration and silent gaze on the viewing stand.

200 Nazi flags were held upside down and passed through the Red Square intact, and continued to move forward all the way until they walked through the end of the Red Square Parade Avenue and arrived in front of Lenin's Mausoleum. 200 carefully selected flag-bearing soldiers finally stood at attention under the leadership of Artim.

"To the tens of millions of compatriots who sacrificed their lives in the great Patriotic War, we finally won the final victory of this war! Let peace and beauty return to the motherland, your sacrifice and dedication will be remembered forever!"

The words fell, and the ceremony was over.

Artim, who put down his hands and arms, moved sideways, stepped back and stood beside the 200-man flag-bearing team, and the deafening command followed and blurted out.

"Ready--"

Hua La--

The first row of 20 representatives of the leader division soldiers stepped forward in unison upon hearing the order. Sulovichenko, who was standing closest to Artim, held the broken flagpole of the SS Guards Flag Division upside down with a firm look, facing Lenin's Mausoleum and waiting for the final order.

"Flag throwing——"

Swish, swish, swish——

Once cherished by Nazi militants, now thrown on the ground casually like a foot cloth, no less than the rags and rotten sticks in the waste pile.

After 20 Nazi flags, there are another 20, and the next row is still 20, and after throwing again and again, it finally came to the last 20.

The Nazi flags in front of Lenin's tomb have piled up like a mountain, just like the Nazi militants who were killed and their bodies were scattered all over the street.

Looking at this scene in front of Lenin's tomb from a distance, Colonel Frank witnessed the whole process with his own eyes, and slowly put down the telescope in his hand, only sighing.

"The Nazis are finished, and the Germans are also completely finished."

"They will never be able to threaten the Russians like they have in the past few years. What is thrown to the ground like a footcloth is not the flag, but the dignity, honor, and decency that the Germans have inherited for hundreds of years. Everything from Prussia to the present has come to an end."

The unprecedented and magnificent first Red Square military parade after the victory of the Great Patriotic War has come to a successful conclusion here.

After crossing the Red Square and commanding the heavy equipment column, they continued to advance in an orderly manner and withdraw from the main urban area of ​​Moscow in sequence as rehearsed in the military parade rehearsal.

Until they returned to the parade training ground outside Moscow along the street and returned to the place where they started from, Malashenko, who jumped off the turret, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well done, comrades! Everyone! We not only showed our military might and glory to the leader and the motherland, but also let some people with bad intentions see how powerful we are!"

"Only by being able to fight can we stop the war, and we should fear force rather than morality."

"Just like those Nazis who have been trampled under our feet, there will always be enemies who can only see artillery fire and destruction, and they only fear these."

"Then we will get what they want, and let them see what the real iron fist of the Red Army is! We will always be ready to fight! The final fate of the Nazis is a lesson for the enemy!"

Ura! ! !

Ura! ! !

In front of the neatly arranged various heavy equipment for review, all of them are the soldiers of the leader's army who have experienced the tempering of war and just returned from the parade ground with honors.

Malachenko's impromptu speech and summary of the parade once again boosted the morale of the whole audience, pushing the atmosphere that was still high after the parade to the highest point.

The motherland will remember this moment, history will remember it, and the world will remember it as well.

Just like the persistent struggle on the road of pursuing truth, there are always things in this world worth doing, defending, and fighting for as always.

The road to pursuing truth is long and obstructed, and there is bound to be a long way to go in the future, but we will never give up.

"One side is over, I guess, it's time to fly to Berlin next, right?"

The political commissar, who had just come down from the parade ground, but was unable to hold the flag and pole because of his disability, and could only hand over this honor to Kurbalov, actually followed the first infantry column of the leader army to review the field.

Wearing a uniform of an infantry major general, he stood behind Kurbalov and in front of the column, stepping forward directly under the victory flag.

Hearing the question from the political commissar, Malashenko, who signaled the soldiers to rest and go about their business, leaned against his command vehicle and smiled helplessly.

"I would like to go home and spend some time with Natalia, but unfortunately I can't stop. Sometimes I feel like I'm a clockwork machine."

"But it's okay. At least I didn't waste my time. I was busy and fulfilled. That's enough. I can hold back on the romance for now."

They looked at each other and smiled, as if they had never been so relaxed before. Malashenko, who was talking with a smile, also got the topic back on track.

"I don't plan to take Kulbarov's First Division with me. I'll leave it in Moscow. The General Staff has made other arrangements. I've already received the notice."

"The military parade in Berlin will be completely handed over to the Second Division in Valosha. They have enough troops and equipment. When the parade is over, come back with me, and you have to come with Lavrinenko."

"Hmm?"

The commissar heard that Malashenko was talking behind his back, and what it meant was obvious.

It seems that our comrade commander has been running back and forth these days, and he really has finalized this matter before leaving.

"What do you say? Are you going back to Berlin with me? If I were you, you should go back with me. It's lonely to be alone here. Besides, I can't bear to leave you, old man, huh?"

Indeed, he finished what he should do, met everyone he should meet, and visited all the places he should go.

Together with Malashenko, Iushkin, and the entire No. 177 crew, they went to the graves of Kirill's family to pay respects and bring the news of victory.

The political commissar's trip to Moscow was indeed without regrets.

The answer to Malashenko with a smile also came out.

"Comrade Commander has given the order, how dare an old man like me disobey? No doubt, I will resolutely carry out the order of the leader!"