Chapter 890 Military Parade (1)
The viewing platform built next to the Berlin Palace was filled with senior military officials and heads of state, and the surrounding streets and alleys were also crowded with onlookers.
With the sound of salutes, the military parade officially began, and infantry formations slowly walked towards the viewing platform from a distance.
Because the purpose of this military parade was purely to deter, or to scare people, there was no fancy prelude, and soldiers who had returned from the front line for vacation were directly arranged. These soldiers had charged in the Polish battlefield, fought bloody battles in the French battlefield, and walked to the British coast in waist-deep sea water, fighting with the elite British army in the low bushes.
The long-term killing made their eyes full of hostility, and they exuded a chilling momentum, which made ordinary people on both sides of the road feel weak in their legs. After being amazed and shocked, they suddenly remembered that this army belonged to the empire and was their patron saint. With such an army, why worry about the country not being strong and the nation not being prosperous!
So, their shock instantly turned into strong excitement and excitement. They waved their arms vigorously, cheered loudly to salute these soldiers, and wanted to reach out to the center of the field to shake hands and salute the warriors of the empire. The faces of the heads of state sitting on the viewing platform were a little unnatural, and even a little pale. When have they ever seen such a murderous and ambitious army? The neat footsteps accompanied by the sound of military drums seemed to step on their hearts, making their hearts tremble. While being amazed, the reporters and military attachés desperately pressed the shutter of the camera, trying to record the demeanor of the army in front of them.
As the first infantry phalanx approached the viewing platform, Yannick stood up, straightened his clothes, stretched his right hand diagonally to the sky, and saluted the phalanx passing by the stage. Wow, a group of senior military officials behind him also stood up and raised their hands to salute together.
The soldiers had resolute faces, their chins slightly raised, and walked through the avenue under the viewing platform with pride and murderous intent. The leading officer raised his saber high, and the drum beat changed. The soldiers of the regiment behind him also changed their pace. Everyone turned their faces to the viewing platform and shouted in unison. "Long live Germany! Long live His Highness! Long live Germany! Long live His Highness!" Although they should have shouted "Long live His Majesty", although Yannick was the Crown Prince, he led them all the way to this day in this war, so they preferred to shout "Long live His Highness".
These shouts that seemed to burst out of the sky made some timid guys on the viewing platform take out handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat from their faces, and they didn't even hear the unit number said by the commentator next to them.
When the tenth infantry square passed by, a dull roar came from a distance, and everyone felt the ground shaking slightly.
One after another, steel behemoths drove over from a distance, with a thick and long gun barrel raised in front of them, and a large-caliber dual-purpose machine gun on the roof that was equally chilling.
"This is an upgraded version of the Jackal tank that was first put into service by the Imperial Armored Forces. It is equipped with a 75mm kwk40L/48 tank gun, which can easily penetrate 170mm frontal armor at a distance of 1,000 meters." Of course, the penetration data reported by the commentator is still somewhat different from the actual penetration, but the entire military parade is used to scare people, so it's okay to exaggerate a little. As for the protection of the tank, there is no need to elaborate.
After four square formations of 100 Jackal tanks drove by, the next to appear was the main tank of the German armored forces today, the Leopard tank. When the commentator said that the 88mm KWK 36L/56 tank gun equipped on these Leopard tanks could penetrate 180mm frontal armor at a distance of 2,000 meters, the people on the viewing platform couldn't help but gasp.
What a terrible armor-piercing ability! !
But before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, they suddenly saw a new tank formation behind the Leopard tank formation!
These tanks looked fatter than the previous Leopard tanks, especially the black tank guns, which seemed to have a caliber of 100mm!
"Oh my God!" Are these Germans crazy? The Leopard tanks equipped with 88mm tank guns can already sweep across the world, and they actually developed a new type of tank? ! Are they going to let others live? !
"..." Everyone's eyes were focused on the commentator, and they all wanted to hear about the performance of this tank, even though it only had the performance of the tank gun. Living up to everyone's expectations, the commentator explained with a little pride. "This is a new type of tank that will soon be put into service, codenamed Tiger, equipped with a 105mm L/56 tank gun, which can penetrate 300mm thick homogeneous armor at a distance of 2,500 meters."
Looking at the shocked expressions on everyone's faces, Yannick couldn't help but sigh that the British Empire is indeed a veteran empire. Even though it has declined, its heritage is still not to be underestimated. Take this tank gun developed in the late 1950s as an example. Even in the 21st century, the L7 artillery family is still active all over the world.
Soon after the British in the original time and space installed the first L7 105 tank gun on the Centurion MK5 in 1959, this gun made its debut in the Middle East. As Israel faced huge pressure from a large number of Soviet-made tanks in Arab countries, Britain sold more than 380 Centurion tanks equipped with L7 guns to Israel for its own interests.
Since then, the Middle East battlefield has become a place of grievances between L7 and the five pairs of Soviet-made wheels. The Israelis, who are good at magic modification, have installed the L7 they have on all tanks that can install it, including the original Centurion, the American M48, the homemade Merkava MK1/2, and even combined it with five pairs of wheels to form the Tiran 4 /Type 5 tank.
In the previous Middle East wars since 1967, these tanks and the Soviet tank armies of Egypt and Syria fought against each other on the Sinai Peninsula, achieving a considerable battle loss ratio. The Arab coalition forces that once fought abandoned their armor and helped Israel has gained a firm foothold amid the Arab siege.
L7's outstanding performance in the Middle East battlefield has undoubtedly given itself a dazzling signature. For decades before the M256 120mm smoothbore gun was put into service, the Americans had been using L7's self-produced M68 to equip their main battles. Tanks, including M48A5, M60, and M1.
When Germany, another tank powerhouse, developed its first main battle tank, the Leopard 1, it did not hesitate to adopt the L7A3 main gun. During the most tense years of the Cold War between the East and West, the NATO main battle tanks carrying the L7 became the mainstay in blocking the torrent of Soviet steel.
Of course, the main purpose of displaying this tank is also to scare people, so only 30 tanks participated in this parade, but this has been the entire production in the past few months, and even one of them was an emergency vehicle that engineers spent one night It was restored just in time for this military parade.