The troops of the four countries being reviewed, the 248th Red Flag Infantry Division, the French 2nd Infantry Division, the British 131st Infantry Brigade and the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army, under the watchful eyes of more than 20,000 Berlin citizens, marched from the Reichstag.
The grand military parade from the building to the Brandenburg Gate begins.
The parade of infantry squares began with Soviet soldiers. On the rostrum, Marshal Zhukov of the Soviet Union, Field Marshal Montgomery of the United Kingdom, General Eisenhower of the United States, and General Delatre de Tarsini of France represented the high standards of the Allied Forces.
The commanders stood side by side.
Accompanied by the vigorous military music, Soviet soldiers walked past the rostrum one by one. On the wall not far away were giant portraits of the Big Three of the Allies, Churchill, Truman and Stalin. Reporters from various countries held cameras.
, taking pictures of the parade, although Alan Wilson did not have a camera in his hand, his eyes did not leave the array. Whether he admits it or not, when it comes to the military parade, compared with the socialist countries, Britain, the United States and France are indeed not very good.
If there was no military parade of Soviet Red Army soldiers, the junior commissioner would be too lazy to come, so it would be better to watch the mass parade.
Sure enough, after the Soviet soldiers walked past the rostrum with dignity, the French phalanx appeared and looked inferior.
"The French military parade formation doesn't seem too serious!" Alfort, the vanguard of French humiliation, muttered in a low voice.
"We are allies!" Alan Wilson reminded softly, but who maliciously arranged the order of the Soviet Union followed by France. Such a comparison does make the French soldiers seem incompetent.
Of course, this is only a one-sided understanding of the two diplomats. Any national phalanx that appears has murdered a lot of film, and there is no lack of applause. You cannot be biased just because it is a French phalanx.
After the foot phalanx was completed, the heavy weapons phalanx began with the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union made its final appearance. The British troops participating in the parade came from Field Marshal Montgomery's 7th Armored Division, which was the British ace unit that had been famous since the North African Campaign.
, he was greeted with cheers from all the British people present as soon as he came out.
The finale weapon pulled out by the 7th Armored Division for the military parade was the Comet cruise tank. On the North African battlefield, British tanks did not have artillery that could destroy German tanks. This was one of the reasons why the British army suffered consecutive defeats. For this reason, the British Defense
The Ministry decided to develop a cruise tank with more powerful firepower based on the Cromwell cruise tank. This is the origin of the Comet tank.
The main gun of the Comet cruise tank is a seventeen-pounder gun known as the most powerful tank gun of the Allied Forces on the Western Front. Although Alan Wilson, the commissioner of Hyderabad, has been thinking of ways to sell this tank to the Indians, since
He is his own child, so naturally he has all the advantages, and Alan Wilson also joined in the cheers.
He certainly has reason to cheer. The Sherman tank of the US military is no better than the Comet cruise tank. In some indicators, it is not as good as the Comet tank. It is not compared with the Soviet and German beasts. Compared with the US military, the British in 1945
The military is not inferior at all. If it can't compare with good, then it can't be compared with bad. This is a world where you can't compare with bad.
As the heavy weapons phalanxes of France and the United States were reviewed, the heavy tank regiment of the Soviet Second Guards Tank Army, the finale of the heavy weapons phalanx, appeared.
"What is that?" General Eisenhower stared at the Soviet tank that appeared. This is a Soviet tank that has never been seen before and has not been mastered by the US military. However, from the terrifying appearance, it can be seen that this Soviet tank, British and American
The tanks currently in service are no match. The huge main gun seems to have the power to destroy everything.
Compared with Marshal Montgomery who was simply curious about the performance of weapons, General Eisenhower was obviously more concerned about the underlying issue. Is this the Soviet Union's demonstration of military power to deter the United States, Britain and France through this military parade?
The generals and officers of various countries present were all talking about it. This was a new type of tank they had never seen before. Its round turret and unique body shape left a deep impression on the Allied generals.
Two rows of IS-3 heavy tanks slowly passed in front of the rostrum, causing a burst of discussion. Marshal Zhukov looked complacent, which was in sharp contrast to the officers of other countries.
Eisenhower also discovered this. Just when he was about to speak silently to avoid being laughed at by the Soviets, a staff officer quickly came to Eisenhower's side and whispered something very fast.
"What?" General Eisenhower lost his voice. Obviously, this incident made him lose his temper even more than the Soviet heavy tank just now.
Eisenhower's gaffe caused a lot of eyebrows, because the Soviet tank had just passed by, and many people thought it was a new Soviet weapon, which frightened the commander-in-chief of the US military.
Eisenhower had no time to think about these things. The news that had just been delivered was more important than the Soviet tanks in front of him. He directly whispered an order to his staff, "Have they already poured into Austria now? Why don't you stop them?"
"Austria's only force capable of guarding its borders is the Soviet army. We do not have any troops in our area of occupation." The staff officer smiled bitterly. "The armies of the United States, Britain and France have not officially entered Austria yet. They only have nominal forces. They were supposed to start soon.
This matter was discussed in the meeting.”
Eisenhower's head was buzzing. It was indeed an oversight that had such serious consequences.
The problem is that he cannot solve this problem at all. This is not something that he or Marshal Zhukov can decide. Only the current leaders of each country can decide when to enter Austria and carry out the four-nation occupation.
"General Eisenhower, the marshal asked me to ask, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" Before General Eisenhower could think of a solution, a Soviet officer came over and greeted him in proficient English.
The huge refugee team, after marching throughout the night, has approached the border between Germany and Austria. Stimulated by the desire to survive, these refugees approaching the German border step by step not only show no signs of fatigue.
Women and children were in the front, and adult men were in the back. Full of desire to survive, they maintained a marching speed throughout the night.
General Eisenhower, who was still in the military parade in Berlin, finally insisted on finishing the military parade and immediately asked his staff to contact the American agency in Austria to find out the current status of this group of refugees and where their destination was, and at the same time informed the British representatives.
Movements in border areas.
In fact, Alan Wilson also learned about this news after the military parade. Who told him that he was the liaison officer who dealt with this matter before? Although he knew it well, Alan Wilson also knew that this matter must not be done.
It's not enough to be clever and conceal it, so he quickly went to the residence of Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges to report.