Battle of the Third Reich

The first rays of the New Year’s dawn shone through the orange-red shattered clouds, illuminating the bronze chariot statue on the top of the Brandenburg Gate, and the goddess of victory holding the scepter as if wearing a golden war robe.

At this time, this Greek-style Arc de Triomphe, each gate post hung the Nazi swastika, which is the most common sight in the past decade, as long as it meets important anniversaries, the Berlin city government always decorates like this Some.

Citizens are already accustomed to this, and it would be a strange thing if there were no swastikas on the Brandenburg Gate at any ceremony or anniversary.

As usual, on the side of Paris Square, east of the Arc de Triomphe, the government built a tall viewing platform, which is close to the core political district of Berlin, similar to Trafalgar Square in the United Kingdom, and the surrounding circle is full of foreign embassies.

It is still early for the parade to start, but the scene is already heavily guarded. Some SS members holding military dogs are conducting unannounced searches of the surrounding buildings, and from now until the end of the ceremony, this inspection will be Will continue until the end.

These SSs are only responsible for the inner security tasks, and all the peripheral security work is handed over to the Army forces. Around the viewing platform is the scope of responsibility of the head of state guard flag team. Himmler even went to the scene to mark the security post.

The roof of the building around Paris Square has been blocked since last night. Every commanding height of the sniper may be guarded by a lively SS storm storm commando. The windows facing the square are temporarily nailed from the inside and hung at the same time. Red curtains were used as decoration.

From the Brandenburg Gate all the way to Museum Island, every street lamppost and flagpole have long strips of flags hung on them, and near the subjective reception desk, the black eagle flag is the capital of the head of state in platinum. Occupied.

After all, the legal national flag of Germany at this time is still a swastika. Before the head of state ordered it to be replaced, this flag was still a symbol of the Third Reich, especially after being shrouded in the halo of victory in the European War, even Xu Jun could not temporarily change this reality. .

The head of empire can only hope that the Iron Cross Black Eagle Banner will gradually erode the influence of the Wanzi Banner. As for forcing the Wanzi Banner to disappear from social activities, it seems that it is not very wise now.

The entire decoration style of the viewing platform is ancient Roman style, so I specially invited a designer from Italy. According to Badogrio, this is recommended by the Italian royal family. Emmanuel III has been trying to please this time. The head of empire, everything is for his grandson Prince Victor to succeed normally.

The disposal plan of the Italian King has been determined. He will abdicate on May 9, 1941. Before that, the King will no longer exercise his kingship, and all government affairs will be given to Prince Humberto.

After Emmanuel III abdicates, the Italian throne will be handed over to grandson Prince Victor to succeed Victor .. Emmanuel IV. Before the sixteen-year-old King officially went to power, his father Prince Humberto would serve as the regent of Italy, replacing him in national affairs.

Since Prince Victor is only three years old now, any accidents can happen before he becomes an adult, so he must find a strong enough backstage to ensure that the king can live safely in power.

The designer chose a white drapery with gold edges, embroidered with the imperial eagle emblem with gold silk, and also used a large number of laurel wreaths and oak leaf patterns. At the center of the viewing platform is a huge winged eagle emblem, which is elaborately made by fifty excellent woodworkers with light wood. The artisans also breaded a layer of gold foil to ensure that it can be irradiated by the sun. Dazzling.

A viewing platform with a height of five meters was also built directly in front of the viewing platform. Xu Jun would stand on this platform to review the German army. Six microphones for speech were installed on the table, and a gold-plated fence was surrounded on all sides. The top area was ten square meters, enough to accommodate the head of state and his followers.

The ceremony was scheduled to start at 10 am, but just after 7 am, the citizens of Berlin were already waiting on both sides of the parade route.

Since the Nazis came to power, a military parade or something will be carried out every three or five times. It started with a flag-bearing stormtrooper, and within two years it was replaced by a SS, and then the regular army also began to participate in parade celebrations on the streets. One of the most popular is the military band with gorgeous shoulder ornaments. It should be said that everything should be annoying for more than a decade, but in fact the Germans are very keen to participate in such activities, especially the military parade, and the citizens of Berlin can hardly be bored.

The military parade is the activity that best embodies the German national spirit. For this reason, they also invented the German forward step, and with the prosperity of the Prussian army, the army of various countries competed to follow suit.

It was originally decided in July that a victorious military parade was to be held in Berlin, just like the one held by Hitler in history, to celebrate Germany’s defeat of its old enemy France, and Germany to regain the lost glory and complete the first step of revenge.

The problem was that Xu Jun was still busy with British battles on the front line in Europe. If the head of state did not participate, no one dared to take the risk of crossing the surrogate. As a result, the military parade was changed to a mass march, and only some military bands and mounted police performed.

In the next few months, except for the period when the head of state returned to the country, there have been few major events in Berlin.

Germans in the 1940s did not lack entertainment, they always found something to make them happy. But what kind of activities can attract Berlin citizens more than a military parade this year? Apart from going to the Italian beach to bask in the sun, the second kind should not be found.

The preparations for the military parade under the name of "Peace" actually started as early as two months ago. I did not know how much manpower and material resources were mobilized, and I did not know how many plans were revised. This was a noisy talk, and it wasn't until the end of last month that Xu Jun finally made the final decision.

This military parade was regarded as a testament to the rise of Germany. At a show of national power, the military and the government spared no effort in this matter, because it was also an opportunity to show capabilities to the head of state.

All organizations and participants tightened their nerves, because if any link was messed up, the end would be almost foreseeable. Not to mention that the anger of the head of state is to be faced, that is, the pile of departments involved is enough to make the person's life and death dilemma.

The parade was visited not only by local citizens of Berlin, but also by civic representatives and tourists from all over the country and across Europe. Although the Berlin Police Department strictly controlled it, it passed the avenue of Bodhi Tree Street and Tier Park just after 8 o'clock. The number of people inside has easily exceeded one million.

This is also the reason why the public will rush to the scene when the sky is dawning. Those who arrive early can grab a forward position, and those who arrive late can only stand in the distance to see the hats of others.

At 9:20 in the morning, the leader car of the Head of State Flag Guard set off from the capital of the head of state and drove along the Albert Street towards the Brandenburg Gate.

Every fifteen meters on Albert Street stood a Berlin policeman wearing a grey ceremonial coat, wearing a leather Prussian police cap and a ceremonial saber around his waist. This street is the only way for the head of state to the Brandenburg Gate. Both sides of the street are now filled with Berliners dressed in festive costumes. Seeing the Mercedes-Benz pilot car with the flag of the head of the eagle emblem passing by, the crowd A noisy cheer suddenly sounded.

PS: Sorry, it is too late to go with relatives today. It is estimated to be this time tomorrow.

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