Chapter 380: The Dragon is Showing Off (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
At the end of Cinco de Julio Avenue, on the edge of the city and the suburbs.
There was a huge army on the road, and you couldn't see the end of it.
As the airship took to the air, when it lowered to an altitude of only 300 meters, the roar of the engine was heard.
"Everyone... Troops forward!"
The commander of the machine gun carriage shouted loudly while standing on the carriage. The riders sitting on the steel gun carriage raised their arms high and then pulled the reins down in a dashing manner.
"drive……"
The powerful move only caused a commotion among the onlookers on both sides of July 5th Avenue. They all looked at the carriages and the Gatling guns on them with envy and surprise.
The Nanhua army that participated in the entry ceremony totaled more than 16,000 people, from infantry to cavalry, to artillery and airships. It was a complete display of force. The reason why all three armies were present was actually to show the overwhelming momentum of the army.
As an occupying force, or invader and future ruler, South China needs to suppress the ruled party, that is, the Argentines, in all aspects to strike a comprehensive blow to their morale and psychology.
It is necessary to instill in them the subconscious idea that the South China Army is invincible. Only in this way can we ensure that they will not dare to resist in the future.
If it weren't for the fact that the city now has a population of only 200,000 and the city's area is very limited, Zhu Xianhai even thought about holding a ceremony of 100,000 people entering the city. Of course, this is just a thought. If 100,000 soldiers really rushed in, it is not known whether it would cause a psychological blow to the people here, but it would definitely be an organizational disaster.
To this end, after careful preparation, the most elite soldiers were selected from various infantry regiments to form a multi-service mixed corps of more than 10,000 people to participate in the entry ceremony. In the end, 16,000 elite soldiers from the Nanhua Army stood out.
"Here they come, look, they are coming!"
Although, in the past ten days or so, they had long been accustomed to seeing South China soldiers appearing on the streets, this time when this army entered the city on an organized scale, it still brought an unprecedented shock to people.
On July 5th, people who were watching on both sides of the street stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance. The first sound that came into their ears was a faint roar coming from afar.
Sixteen huge airships were the main characters of the entry ceremony. They were arranged in a neat inverted "V" formation less than three hundred meters in the air and flew over like that.
When the airships were in the air, their shadows even blocked the sunlight, making people feel as if there were dark clouds pressing down on their heads.
He is coming...
Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath. The low roar coming from the sky seemed like the horn of death, blowing again and again in the air. The heart-shaking sound of the horn made everyone's heart clench into a fist.
At this moment, suddenly a rapid and rhythmic sound of horse hooves was heard!
The distinct rhythmic sound of horse hooves made the people who were originally suppressed and even afraid to breathe by the sound of the airship in the sky finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"Look, it's Nanhua's cavalry!"
"Yes, it's the cavalry!"
"No, it's a carriage, a machine gun carriage!"
Following a burst of exclamations, people saw a row of machine gun carriages, three in a row, driven by crossbowmen. When the machine gun carriages approached, the men's expressions became extremely complicated as they looked at the Gatling machine guns on the carriages.
machine gun!
Machine gun after machine gun!
It came into their sight mounted on a horse-drawn carriage. The sunlight shone on the cold barrel of the machine gun. They seemed to see how the brave Argentines fell in front of these machine guns on the battlefield.
As hundreds of machine gun carriages drove past, a mighty cavalry team appeared in people's sight.
Before the people of Buenos Aires could recover from the impact of airships and machine guns, this cavalry team appeared in people's sight in neat rows and in a superior posture.
This cavalry team consisted of a total of 600 people. They were dressed in neat gray-green uniforms. The medals on their chests shone brightly in the sun, and the handles of the sabers hanging in front of the saddles also shone silver in the sun.
The war horses marched forward in almost unison. Even people who didn't know the goods could tell at a glance that these cavalrymen were riding Andalusian horses, famous horses originating in Spain and also the most common horses in South America.
What surprised them even more was that this cavalry was not only composed of Chinese and Mapuche people, but there were even some Gauchos among them.
No one would have thought that they would see the familiar gaucho cavalry here. Although no Argentine looked down on the gauchos, when their figures appeared in sight, people always felt a little bit of intimacy. At least, the gauchos were familiar.
"Look, there are gauchos among them. It seems that they are not barbarians after all."
"Barbarians? Do you still think so? They are the most gentlemanly of all..."
"Yes, not only do they behave like gentlemen, but have you noticed that they are all very handsome..."
A woman said to her companion next to her.
"And it looks strong!"
"I didn't expect it, they seem to be stronger and more spirited than the gauchos."
Just as people were talking to each other, the infantry phalanx over there came into people's sight.
"Look, it's the infantry. They're coming."
The next moment, the infantry phalanx had already stepped onto the cobblestone road of July 5th Street.
The square formation composed of 5,000 infantrymen marched in neat steps, their eyes fixed firmly on the front. As soon as the neat square formation appeared, it brought people an unprecedented sense of oppression.
This sense of oppression and impact was even far greater than that of the cavalry. The infantrymen marched in the Chinese goose step brought by Zhu Xianhai. The copper nails of five thousand pairs of hard-soled military boots made only a roar when they stepped on the stone slabs.
“Da, da…”
The iron boots stepped on the earth, even making the earth tremble.
The citizens of Buenos Aires standing on the roadside even took a step back involuntarily. They could feel the ground beneath their feet shaking and groaning.
In the eyes of the citizens of Buenos Aires, these infantrymen all looked the same, behaved with the same solemnity, were equally majestic, and marched in the same steps.
Five thousand pairs of iron boots marched forward with the same pace, step by step, and each step was like a heavy hammer, bringing an unprecedented impact to people.
"No wonder the army couldn't stop them. How could such a powerful army be stopped?"
“It’s completely different from what was rumored.”
"Yes, have you noticed that they are all very handsome? Compared with them, the army in Buenos Aires is like a group of beggars."
"Don't forget that those beggar-like troops are the ones who protect us..."
"But it still failed..."
Although the airships, machine gun carriages, and cavalry all brought an unprecedented shock to the people of Buenos Aires that day, these mighty infantry phalanxes brought another kind of shock to the people.
A whole new kind of shock!
The impact that this mighty and strong infantry phalanx brought to people was more of a psychological and will-based impact, which made each of them firmly believe that the South Chinese were stronger than they had imagined. To be more precise, it should be a subversion, a complete subversion of their stereotyped understanding of the Chinese, because what was presented before them was an army composed of strong men.
All stereotypes have undergone fundamental changes at this moment.
"Did you see that?"
Standing by the window, looking at the army outside, Henry Hanks said to Fox beside him.
"We are witnessing the birth of an empire!"
“We are also witnessing the demise of a country.”
When they said this, their expressions were complicated. Whether they were willing to face it or not, everything was changed on this day.
A new and powerful empire has emerged on this land. What kind of changes will this bring to this land?
No one knows, but both the diplomats and ordinary citizens know it very clearly.
They are witnessing history and the birth of an empire.
And this day is a glorious one for the empire.
On this day, the dragon is showing off, showing off on this land...
(End of this chapter)
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