Chapter 356 Paris Military Parade

February 15, sunny.

The blue sky is cloudless, which is a rare good weather.

On this day, the whole of Paris is very lively.

Over the past few years, France has been shrouded in dark clouds. Today, it is a rare good weather.

This year is also of commemorative significance. If in a few months, on July 14, the French Third Republic will usher in the 150th anniversary of the capture of the Bastille.

The French Republic was founded on the ashes of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and they survived the political upheaval of the nineteenth century, through the First World War, until 1939.

But now, the whole of France, the top is in turmoil.

Why has France continued to appease over the years? Because the French high-level, has always been in a state of division.

Especially in 1936, after the leftists united and ran for office, they issued a series of policies, which intensified the class contradictions in the country unprecedentedly.

And just this year, the French political scene is at the apex of division, and the left-wing Popular Front has basically fallen apart. The French section of the Workers' International has been squeezed out of the Radical Republican Party, and the French GC has also withdrawn from the coalition over the Munich agreement against appeasement.

France, under the dark clouds of political division and war, held a grand celebration and military parade today, and the theme of this celebration and military parade is to unite the country and defend the motherland.

On this day, Paris was very lively. The Palais de Chaillot was built for the 1937 Paris World Expo. This brand-new building welcomed countless crowds.

In the distance, is the famous Eiffel Tower, if you look at it from the tower. The pomp here can be clearly seen.

The banks of the Seine facing the Palais de Chaillot are full of soldiers of different skin colors from the French colonies, and children in pure white clothes are standing on both sides of the steps on the platform of the Palais de Chaillot from the river bank.

The square in front of Xia Le Palace is decorated with tricolor ribbons everywhere.

In the center of the square are three giant towers 30 meters high, symbolizing the freedom, equality and fraternity of the Republic.

In front of the three giant towers is the rostrum, and the facade of the rostrum is decorated with a huge tricolor badge pulled by a tricolor ribbon. Looking around, the entire venue becomes a sea of ​​red, white and blue.

The celebrations here are quite lively, while the Champs-Élysées a few streets away is solemn and solemn.

"Look, our army is here!" One of the participants raised his camera and looked at a team coming from a distance. This team, all riding tall horses, was the honor guard at the front of the review team.

In the back, there are various armed forces.

Tanks came up with a rumble, and the engines at the rear were emitting black smoke. They walked in front of the avenue. When they reached the rostrum, they saluted and greeted a burst of cheers.

tank! In this era, if the most outstanding, it is definitely the tank!

The audience watched the advancing tanks and felt the strength of their country.

The queue of tanks, one after another, British, French, light, medium, everything, just tanks, there are 350 vehicles!

The phalanx of the military parade marched from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde along the Champs-Élysées.

"Look, that's our plane!" The audience raised their heads and watched the fighter planes fly by in the clear sky.

This time, the United Kingdom and France are under the command. The ground troops dispatched 30,000 people. The French Air Force and the British Royal Air Force also dispatched a joint formation of 350 fighters for the flight demonstration.

The queues walked for an entire hour, and the roar of the planes in the air was almost constant!

All of this makes people imagine, similar grand military parades, I am afraid that only the victory parade in 1919 World War I can be compared.

Our country is strong and we are absolutely capable of defending our homeland!

After the celebration and the military parade were over, French Prime Minister Daladier delivered a speech at the Palais de Chaillot.

"This military parade shows that the entire French people have united under the banner of defending the country and demonstrated their determination to defend peace and freedom."

"We have the strongest army in Europe, we can protect our country and maintain order in Europe!"

"We will not watch the situation in Europe continue to deteriorate. Here, we warn Germany that if the iron shoe is not removed from Poland, we will declare war on Germany!"

Radadi's tone is quite severe. The French army, with three million, is the most powerful army in Europe. France has always wanted peace, but now, if Germany continues to go its own way, it can only be war!

"Today's military parade, including our French and British troops, will go to the Maginot Line. If Germany still does not repent, then we can only use war to let Germany know their mistakes!"

Must be tough!

France and the United Kingdom have always stood together. In the future, there will be a large number of British troops who will come to French soil to participate in this battle of punishment against Germany!

Britain and France will not back down.

Compared with Radadi's enthusiasm, the military is not so optimistic.

Just after the military parade ended, de Gaulle, Herbart and others jointly put forward an opinion on the equipment of armored troops.

The existing tanks have all fallen behind. If you want to attack Germany, the British and French Army must have more advanced tanks!

In the second half of last night, de Gaulle, Herbart and others discussed it until dawn. According to the performance of the German armored forces, they speculated on various data of German tanks, and then submitted a detailed report.

British and French tanks must reach a scale of 40 tons! The tank should be equipped with an engine of at least 500 horsepower and a long-barreled artillery with a caliber of more than 17 pounds, which completely restrains the German tanks.

This report took a lot of effort by de Gaulle and Herbart, but when the report was submitted, Radadi threw it aside.

"Continue to allocate funds and improve our Maginot line of defense!" Radadi looked at the map on the wall with emotion.

France, does not want to fight, or an offensive battle, for the French army, how advanced tanks are not urgent, the most important thing is to improve the Maginot line of defense!

This military parade, of course, was made to show the Germans, telling the Germans that Britain and France were already angry, and if the Germans did not stop, Britain and France would really declare war.

If a head of state is dead, you fight Poland for a few days, and that's enough. At most, according to the current occupied zone boundaries, let Poland cede some land to Germany, and that's fine.