50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 604 Three-Stage Spear-Splitting March

Ordinary people are not allowed to visit this city gate now. It will not be officially opened to the public until the start of the "Tourism Year" in three years.

I heard that when it first opened to the public, the ticket price was set at 10 yuan, which was not cheap at the time.

At that time, an ordinary worker's monthly income was no more than 100 yuan, but in the first year, it still attracted 600,000 Chinese and foreign tourists to visit.

Later, as the number of tourists gradually increased, the city gate received two to three million people every year.

He remembered there was a surprise on the first day it opened.

The first ordinary tourist to buy a ticket and climb the city wall will receive a cloisonné vase and a certificate from the tourism bureau.

If he remembers this incident years later, he will definitely bring his wife to snatch the Easter egg.

Of course, he wouldn't tell you beforehand that there was a gift; he wanted to present it as a surprise.

A happy life requires careful management after material abundance. Surprising people every now and then can add fun to life. He and Tong Jiajia have now reached this stage.

Guests gradually filled up around Sun Zhiwei, and a reporter stood a step behind him.

Sun Zhiwei stopped avoiding people and started chatting with them casually, but he didn't introduce his identity in detail.

With so many people around, time flies by. Under the glow of the morning sun in the east, a red sun leaps over the horizon and rises from the east.

The crowds in the square were fully revealed under the rising sun. The square was a sea of ​​flowers, filled with floating balloons and smiling faces.

Suddenly, applause came from the middle of the city gate tower. Sun Zhiwei immediately turned his head to look in the direction of the sound and saw that the main hall in the middle of the city gate tower had its doors wide open and the leaders walked out of the doors.

Upon seeing the commotion on the city gate tower, the crowd in the square immediately erupted in enthusiastic applause and cheers.

At 10:00 AM sharp, the 35th anniversary celebration began.

A 1200-strong military band played the national anthem, 28 gun salutes resounded through the sky, and the bright red flag rose slowly in the morning sun.

Millions stood at attention, heads bowed, to pay their respects to the national flag. Sun Zhiwei watched the flags in the square, humming along to the music.

After the flag-raising ceremony, the stirring strains of the inspection march resounded across the square.

At this moment, a black convertible Hongqi sedan drove out of the city gate, and the parade began.

Soon, the resounding shouts of "Serve the people!" echoed from afar, rising and falling continuously, moving from one formation to another, lingering in the air above the square.

Just as Sun Zhiwei was feeling excited, the inspection ended and the leader began to speak.

In such an open meeting room, with many people and a lot of noise, he didn't actually hear the leader's speech clearly.

However, I did hear some key words; the speech covered a wide range of topics and was concise, but it ended in just a few minutes.

At 10:23, the host then announced: "The parade begins."

The first formation was the honor guard of the army, navy and air force carrying the national flag. Accompanied by the majestic melody of "March", the honor guard escorted the military flag and led the way past the city gate.

Those handsome and upright figures, full of charm, with their firm and powerful steps, drew cheers and applause from the spectators along the route.

No wonder that when the honor guard visited foreign countries, foreign women would chase after them in the street calling them "husband"—the selection criteria for this honor guard were truly outrageous. Just look at their core selection criteria:

First, height must be between 188 and 192 centimeters. Being taller or shorter is not acceptable; this is a strict standard, and anyone exceeding this range will be immediately disqualified.

Secondly, a weight of 70-80 kg, regular facial features, a calm temperament, and no scars, tattoos, flat feet, bowlegs, or knock-knees. In short, "handsome".

Third, they were steadfast in their stance and loyal to the people for three generations.

Soldiers selected according to this standard are truly one in a million; each one is a handsome and heroic man, just like Di Yong, the son of Di Qing of the Song Dynasty, who was known as "a man of exceptional appearance."

Therefore, when this group of 156 honor guard soldiers appeared, every young woman and married woman along the way couldn't help but have their eyes light up.

The Chaoyang aunties who gathered on the street to watch the spectacle were all eager to rush up and snatch one of them to take home and marry their daughters.

After the honor guard, the infantry formations of each branch of the armed forces will take their place.

This year's marching formations are most notable for two firsts: the first appearance of the female soldiers' formation and the first debut of the three-section spear-wielding goose-step.

(Unfortunately, I can't post GIFs. There's a bonus chapter at the end of this one, which is a montage of the 84 military parade. Remember to watch it.)
He had already met the female soldiers a few days ago. He almost wronged them and even sent 100 roast ducks to their training base, causing chaos in their training camp.

Nobody knows he was the one who delivered the roast duck yet, but soon people will find out.

Although he no longer needs to attend every organizational meeting, he still has to submit a monthly ideological report.

He did this openly and honestly, and there was no need to hide it, so he still had to include it in his report and do a self-criticism to avoid being found out later, which would be bad.

The 'three-stage spear-splitting march' is quite interesting.

Some people in later generations say that the menacing marching and spear-wielding in the 84 military parade was because the participants were all veterans who had just returned from the battlefield in the southwest.

The truth is, there are veterans, but certainly not all of them are veterans.

This parade includes ten of our elite troops. Is it really necessary to send them all out to fight a monkey? We don't bully people like that.

Therefore, only a portion of the soldiers had served in the Southwest battlefield, and even then, they weren't fresh off the battlefield. They had been undergoing intensive training around Beijing since January or February; they weren't fresh off the battlefield at all.

The so-called murderous aura is nothing more than the envy of later generations of young people for the soldiers of this era.

Although we are not materially wealthy or militarily powerful in this era, the people's spirit is far stronger than that of later generations.

Moreover, we're currently disciplining the monkeys, and this is the last war before decades of peace in our family.

The new generation of soldiers are so frustrated by the phrase "the army requires patience" that they are so envious of and idealize the soldiers of this era.

Before Sun Zhiwei transmigrated here, he had a similar mindset, with a wandering gaze and the feeling of wanting to take a bite out of anyone he could catch.

But at that time, the clowns around them, just like in the Han and Tang dynasties, became timid, stopped acting, stopped provoking, and became friendly neighbors.

The only remaining large one was riddled with holes and outwardly strong but inwardly weak, corrupted by internal and external troubles. It felt like there was no need to fight; we could simply wait for it to self-destruct and win without a battle.

Although the video footage from later generations was dubbed, Sun Zhiwei was still deeply moved by the 'three-stage spear-spear marching' he witnessed on site today.

(End of this chapter)