Information about National Day

1in June, 949, the preparatory meeting of China People's Political Consultative Conference decided that the founding ceremony would be held in Tiananmen Square, Beiping in June.

The Central Committee established the Preparatory Committee for founding ceremony, with Zhou Enlai as the director, Zhu Deren as Parade Leader and Nie Ren, and Yang Chengwu, commander of the 20th Corps, as the military parade command post.

The military parade in founding ceremony was organized according to the military parade and discrete procedures. The military parade was held in a static way, and all the troops under review lined up on the East-West Chang 'an Avenue with Tiananmen Gate as the center, and were reviewed by Parade Leader. The military parade was carried out in a marching state, and the troops under review passed through Tiananmen Gate from east to west in turn. The reading units are grouped in the order of navy, army and air force. The first naval detachment consists of personnel selected by the Northeast Naval School and the East China Naval Fleet. The army team consists of infantry division 199 and independent 207th division 6 19, with artillery division 4, chariot division 3 and cavalry division 3 temporarily. A mixed flight echelon of the Air Force consists of P-5 1 fighter squadron, mosquito bomber squad and PT- 19, L-5 trainer squad under the jurisdiction of the Aviation Department of North China Military Region. There are more than * * * 16400 readers. Weapons and equipment are grouped in a unified and centralized manner according to types, from light to heavy.

At the end of July, the troops under study were organized and stationed in the suburbs of Beiping. The training time of this parade is relatively short. The basic training of the trekking troops is less than one month, and the motorized and mechanized troops only have more than 20 motorcycle hours. In order to make people and horses stand steady and run neatly, the officers and men of the cavalry units under study rolled around with the horses from morning till night.

At 3pm, Mao Zedong, the newly-appointed leader of People's Republic of China (PRC) and chairman of the Central People's Government, boarded the Tiananmen Gate. Master of ceremonies and Lin, Secretary General of the Central People's Government, declared the meeting open. Mao Zedong solemnly announced that People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Central People's Government were established today! He pressed the March button in the voice of the volunteers and raised the first five-star red flag.

The military parade began. Accompanied by Nie, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De, dressed in military uniform, took a review car to review the naval representative units and the army infantry division, artillery division, chariot division and cavalry division arranged on East Chang 'an Avenue.

Then, the parade began. First of all, the young people's navy team passed through Tiananmen Square. Then, the infantry division conducted a review with submachine guns, light machine guns, communications, heavy machine guns, light mortars, heavy mortars, anti-war guns and mountain guns of three formed infantry regiments and 1 battalion. The artillery division was inspected by 75mm field guns,105mm howitzers and 37mm and 75mm anti-aircraft guns. From low to high, it is pulled by medium-sized trucks or ten-wheeled trucks, which is quite spectacular. The chariot division consists of motorized infantry, armored infantry and tank soldiers. When the chariot division entered Tiananmen Square, the air force flew over in batches with two or three planes, echoing the chariot troops on the ground. The cavalry division followed the chariot troops. Three cavalry regiments are in front, followed by one. The officers and men on horseback are dressed in grass-green military uniforms, with steel guns in their hands and combat knives pinned to their waists.

The military parade lasted for two and a half hours, and the scene was spectacular. The China People's Liberation Army showed itself to the people of China with a magnificent lineup, which not only presented a generous gift to founding ceremony in new China, but also shocked the world.