Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 309: Military Parade (Japanese Ambassador)
It starts from where it ends. When the first line of soldiers kicked the German-style forward and passed through the tall Brandenburg gate, for the German people, this represented a war, and even an era. Officially ended.
In 1939, Hitler held an equally spectacular military parade in Berlin, which was essentially an armed demonstration, not only against the Western countries, but also against the people of his own country.
The Nazi Party is showing off to the world the "results of governing the country" for more than ten years. The steel tracks running over the asphalt road, the heavy artillery towed by the Krupp tractor, the steel nails on the bottom of the marching boots rattle, like The phalanx of infantry was cast like a mountain of iron, and hundreds of thousands of German citizens raised their right arms and cheered enthusiastically.
At that time, the parade stand where Hitler was on was facing Charlottenburg Palace, which was the starting point of this victory parade.
When Brausic made his suggestion, Xu Jun had already seen through the marshal's careful thoughts. He also wanted to use this military parade to show his authority to the world and at the same time draw a beautiful end to the Hitler era.
The New Year’s parade is almost a replica of the March 9th parade. It’s just that the destination and place of departure were reversed. The route was slightly changed. The Führer deleted the route from Berlin Avenue to Charlottenburg Avenue. He Order the troops to turn directly onto Charlottenburg Street from Gongqian Street. Although the distance is a bit detour, it can walk out a beautiful right angle (Xu Jun: I have obsessive-compulsive disorder? There is absolutely no such thing, this is The most shameless slander.).
The scene of this military parade is more ambitious than the military parade in 1949. From the perspective of the identity and status of the invited guests and the number of participating countries, in the geopolitical atmosphere of the 1940s, it is enough to be global Have a huge impact.
Of course, this requires the joint efforts of the media of all countries, and it also takes time to ferment and brew.
The most similar place between this military parade and that in 1949 is that the reference troops have been trained in a long queue before. In history, the victory parade in 1940 was because of too hasty preparations, and the troops froze in the street. The upper reaches out of the snake shape, but the victor is not to be blamed. At that time, the whole country was celebrating the victory on the Western Front, so no one would care about such a small problem. Anyway, the German army won, right?
Charlottenburg Avenue reaches the Brandenburg Gate. After this gate, the street is renamed Under the Linden Tree. This is a six-lane main road with one lane wide in the middle. In the isolation zone, at least half of the entire street traverses Teal Park, and the roadside is full of towering trees and shrubs over ten meters high.
When marching on Charlottenburg Street, the infantry phalanx only used the three lanes on the right. The left lane was reserved for news media and documentary filming teams. A group of vehicles carrying various video equipment, like The fish in the stream usually shuttled back and forth on the street. The reporters and photographers greedily captured all the images they thought necessary to keep, and saved this memorable day on reels of film and steel wire video tapes.
The military parade was broadcast live on Deutsche TV. They set up more than a dozen fixed shooting spots along the way. Goebbels called out all the TV cameras. This kind of expensive equipment at the time was installed in the main venue. There are as many as nine stations, trying to show the grand occasion of this military parade to the whole country and the world from various angles.
The infantry queue is almost endless. A phalanx is an infantry battalion. Except for the Greater German Regiment, which has been a model for many years, all the rest are field troops. What they have in common is that all of them are outstanding, and from beginning to end. Finished the whole war.
These soldiers once bathed in the French battlefields. Many of them participated in the siege of Dunkirk and Paris. They also walked onto the British coast with waist-deep seawater, fighting with the British army among the low bushes. Fighting fiercely, they verified a series of miraculous and glorious victories of the new head of state and watched the motherland re-emerge on the top of the continent.
These soldiers are the hardest supporters of the empire’s heads of state. The soldiers’ thinking is very simple. They only hope that someone will lead them to victory and win every war they participated in. If they can bring most of them back alive, That's enough to be respected as a military god.
"Military god." Hiroshi Oshima also looked at the steel phalanx passing by under the stands with a feverish expression. This is what he admires most about Germany. This country has the best commander in the world, leading this The best soldiers in the world.
Today is Hiroshi Oshima’s first chance to have close contact with the German head of state in the past ten weeks. The Germans’ cold attitude made the pro-German Japanese ambassador a little sad, but he didn’t want to Blame the Germans for their ruthlessness, because in a series of recent conflicts, every time it is Japan's wrongdoing.
The idiots of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the cabinet only know that they are constantly putting pressure on him, while the army and navy on the other side are still changing things. During this time, Oshima Hiroshi has been exhausted physically and mentally. Sometimes he I really want to get rid of the burden, but I am worried that doing so will defeat His Majesty's mighty grace.
After returning to China, it’s fine if Drunk Life Meng died in the countryside. If you are inexplicably killed by a red deer with a big brain, wouldn’t this big head be wasted?
The ambassador is determined to continue to bear the humiliation for the great cause of the imperial nation. Sometimes Oshima Hiroshi is moved by his own spirit. He is forced to eat the blood-stained pork leg steak of the Nanbarans, drinking various colors and A variety of intense, various flavors, but equally expensive Nanban drinks, holding those Nanban women with well-developed hair and strong body scent, haunting the sensual places in Berlin, dealing with these powerful diplomats, how is this? A sacrifice.
Well, Oshima Hiroshi was actually very good during this period of time, because the German head of state decided to let Japan go, but Tokyo was regarded as the special envoy for mediating credit, and his official rank was also improved. At the first level, by the way, he took a fourth-class sunburst medal as a reward for his dedication to the emperor in a foreign country.
Hiroshi Oshima has a very good friendship with the Germans. This has been recognized by the Japanese government and the public. If the relationship between Japan and Germany can be further developed, this ambassador will be reused. One day he will be the prime minister. This is not impossible.
After several crises in a row, each time the situation was reversed at the last moment. At least Tokyo sees it this way. Oshima Hiroshi will not deliberately expose the misunderstandings of his superiors. After all, he wants to be more personal to him. More favorable.
However, after every hangover, Hiroshi Oshima would feel a little worried. He could feel the change in Germany's attitude towards Japan. Although it is not very direct, anyone with a discerning eye should be able to see it.
Every time he thinks of the bad things during this period, he will swear at the red deer of the Tokyo Army and Navy. Anyway, he has retired to the reserve and is now a serious diplomat.
Especially when Oshima Hiroshi is drunk, he often locks himself in the study of the mansion, and then spends an hour or two there cursing the **** who trouble him.
At this time, he was unbiased. From the army Tojo to the navy Yoshida, he never missed one. However, the vulgar and rude language used during the period is a bit surprising. It is said that even in the Japanese countryside, it is the kind of unbearable kind. Where did the western-style education Oshima learn it? Many swear words could not even be translated by the German intelligence personnel in charge of monitoring, because the corresponding German vocabulary could not be found.
"After the military parade is over, Your Excellency the German head of state will attend the reception. We must seize this rare opportunity to meet." Hiroshi Oshima said to the newly appointed military attache Komatsu Mitsuhiko Osa.
"Heh! Your Excellency, this official will go all out."
"Don't go all out, Komatsu Osa, just follow your usual performance." Oshima Hiroshi patted the opponent on the knee.
The Dazuo is only forty-five years old now~IndoMTL.com~ Earlier, he served as a lieutenant at the grassroots level for three years. After graduating from the Army University, he only served as a squadron adjutant for two years. He basically has no experience in leading troops. This military attache in Germany spent most of his military career in the administration. He served as the secretary of the Secretary of the Army, also served as the instructor of the Army University, and served as the conscription section chief. Before being sent to Germany, he Already an adjutant in the Army Weapons Headquarters, the speed of promotion is fairly fast in the Army.
Sent him to Germany, in addition to this hard-core supporter of the Japan-German alliance theory, but also because he had spent two years in Germany to inspect the military, and he was able to speak fairly fluent German, and was familiar with German customs. Habits also have a certain understanding.
The army is finally getting a little better, knowing that sending a German to pass, not a red deer full of minds in the imperial army, finally relieved Oshima Hiroshi a lot of burden.
But I haven't waited for Oshima Hiroshi to express his emotion...
"Oh, look, your Excellency, that's an independent chariot unit!" The Komatsu Osamu, who made him feel calm and reliable, suddenly became excited.
ps: Thank you for your support. I'm sorry that today's second update will be delayed until tomorrow. The author's eyes are beginning to feel uncomfortable again. I hope you forgive me.