Respectfully

A military parade is a concentrated display of a country's armed forces, which has existed since ancient times.

Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, there has been a military parade whenever the army went out to conquer and returned triumphantly, and there was often a prisoner offering ceremony after the triumphant return.There were military parades in ancient Egypt and ancient Rome. Looking back at the legions that swept across Europe in ancient Rome, and looking at today's Italy, people will have an indescribable feeling.

Since World War I, Italy has been lackluster since it abandoned its neutrality and turned its back on the Allies to join the Allied Powers.Except for occasionally bombarding the Austro-Hungarian Empire along the coastline to show a sense of presence, it doesn't make any sense.

In contrast, the Tsarist Russian army, which had almost completed the soil work, showed the most powerful combat effectiveness before the collapse of the empire.Under the command of Brusilov, the excavation work of the Tsarist Russian army is about to be completed, and a large-scale offensive is about to begin.

Even after the Battle of the Dardanelles, Bulgaria, which joined the Allies, and Serbia, where the king took the gun to the battlefield, showed far more bravery and tenacity than Italy.

Escaping is always more active than attacking, and pitting allies is always the highest purpose.

Facing today's Italy, even if Caesar and Octavian were reborn, they would still be wet with tears.Great passion to revive the prestige of the empire?Maybe it would be easier to shoot yourself to death and reincarnate.

Regardless of Italy's performance on the battlefield, it is an indisputable fact that one-fifth of the orders received by Ned Firm since its opening came from this peninsula country.

Every time he saw Ned's telegram, Li Jinyan would sigh, no matter what, Italy is still quite powerful when it comes to spending money on things.

Not just Italy, as can be seen from the recent increase in orders, especially food and medicine orders, Europeans are getting more and more difficult.When Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare, life on the European continent will only be more difficult. By then, he will not only be able to earn gold and silver.

Li Jinyan intends to rent a few more merchant ships through John, and the price offered by the British is quite high. If there is no other way, Li Jinyan will never send it to John Niuzai.Before the Dalian shipyard was completed, he could only hold his nose and give money.Let the British have fun for the time being, whoever can have the last laugh will be the biggest winner!

On May [-]th, the day before the military parade, the viewing stand in front of the Tiananmen Tower was completed.After the inter-provincial troops entered Beijing, they received orders, and each group of phalanxes, led by officers, walked through the gate tower and the viewing platform to receive inspection.

Before the military parade, what the soldiers practiced the most was standing at attention and walking in unison. When walking in the barracks, in addition to the officer's whistle, the most frequently heard passwords were "one, two, one" and "left, right, left".

It’s not that there are straw sandals and cloth shoes, but the troops that entered Beijing this time are almost all elite. Many of the officers who lead the team have overseas backgrounds, and they practice hard. By the day of NO. , There are only two words to describe it, heroic and majestic!

Many reporters went to "step on the spot" early to find the best photo location.Due to limited conditions and the crowds that will appear, it is impossible for them to start off with their cameras in their hands, so they can only reserve seats in advance.As a result, I found out that there are not a few people who have the same thoughts, and there are many foreign counterparts among them.

Those who paid attention to this military parade were not only in China, but also the European countries that were fighting lively, the United States, which made a lot of money from the European war, and Japan, which was so poor that it borrowed money everywhere, all focused their attention on the capital of China.

Except for Japan and Russia, no country has really seen China's current military strength.Britain and France, which have dealt with Southwest soldiers, can only be regarded as a sideline.No matter how strong the combat capability of the Southwest soldiers is, their equipment is not as good as that of the six northern provinces.The main armies of Britain and France are in Europe, and the Huaxia soldiers punched only a group of pineapple heads under their command.

Neither side has shown the strongest strength, and this kind of confrontation cannot be used as the ultimate criterion for judging the combat effectiveness of the other side.

A second lieutenant of the British army who had a brief exchange of fire with the Southwest soldiers wrote in his combat report: "They used the rifles of the last century to fight us. Even so, the troops I led were defeated in an unforgivable time. , most of this is due to the cowardice and disobedience of the Indians. But for a British soldier, this is still a lifelong shame... I must be realistic, if we give the Chinese people more advanced weapons, we will suffer Casualties will be several times what they are now."

The British second lieutenant's report was not taken seriously, but Whitehall changed his mind after receiving a classified cable from Jurdian.

"It is said that China has a new type of weapon." A man who appeared to be a reporter but was actually a British spy asked a Chinese reporter in his unproficient Chinese language, "It is said that it is a chariot?"

"I don't know much about this either." Huaxia reporter smiled at him friendly and shrugged his shoulders, "I should know by tomorrow."

The Englishman nodded, thinking there was nothing to ask from him, and turned to another reporter.He didn't notice that just after turning around, the reporter who was questioned by him before had a strange expression on his face.

Grand Presidential Palace

Song Zhou and his son visited together.Vice President Song had business affairs to discuss with President Lou Da, while the reception of Wu Song was left to Marshal Lou and Li Jinyan.

The 500 sets of new military uniforms he brought had all been sent out by Li Jinyan, and [-] of them were taken by the troops from the six southern provinces, or Song Wu took the initiative.The number of troops participating in the military parade in the six southern provinces was the same as that in the six northern provinces, with [-] troops. Calculated, at least half of the people in tomorrow's military parade will wear the new military uniforms of the six northern provinces.

Although Song Wu is not as tall as Marshal Lou, he is also tall and has long legs. Wearing the military uniform of the six northern provinces, with a big-brimmed hat, a palm-wide belt and military boots, it can make people blush and heartbeat.

When Li Jinyan asked Song Wu why he wanted these [-] sets of military uniforms, Song Wu only said one sentence: "Although there are differences between the north and the south, we are also Chinese soldiers."

Before leaving the Marshal's Mansion, Song Wu gave Li Jinyan another dagger, still with an ivory handle, inlaid with precious stones, "I heard that my cousin will be crowned this year, this is a gift."

Marshal Lou accepted the gift on Li Jinyan's behalf, Song Wu smiled, said nothing more, and left with Song Zhou.

At the same time, Admiral Jellicoe, commander of the main fleet of the British Navy, received top-secret information from London that the largest naval battle in World War I, the Battle of Jutland, was about to kick off.