Rebirth of India: Superior

Chapter 108: The Strange Indian Military Parade

The "military parade" is a symbol of deterrence. It is really unreasonable to use it as an excuse for "peace". The military parade can boost the morale of soldiers, enhance the determination and courage of the people to support the country's war actions, and deter enemies and opponents to achieve the goal of "defeating the enemy without fighting". This is the purpose of the military parade.

However, this solemn ceremony has changed its flavor in India, so before setting out to participate in this year's military parade, Shakru had to give his beautiful bodyguards a shot of prevention: "On January 26, 1950, India signed the Constitution and announced the establishment of the Republic of India. Since then, India has held a grand military parade ceremony every year on this day to celebrate this National Day. Today I will take you to visit this year's National Day military parade, but before you go, please be mentally prepared, because this military parade is different from the military parades of other countries, and the taste of entertainment is relatively strong, so please don't make a fuss too much at that time." Although Shakru seemed very serious, he actually had no idea in his heart, because he had never participated in this kind of military parade in person, and even the words he just said came from the memory of this body.

In fact, the military parade in India is indeed different from that in other countries. First of all, the audience who come to watch need to buy tickets to enter. In early December every year, the Indian Ministry of Defense will set up a ticket booth at the door to sell tickets publicly. The best seats are only 500 rupees, equivalent to 50 yuan, and the lowest is only 30 rupees.

Shakru naturally bought the best seat. Soon after he sat down, the celebration ceremony officially began. The beginning was naturally the leader’s speech, but the speech was not long, and the military parade performance began soon. In fact, every year, India’s National Day military parade will invite a foreign heavyweight guest to come, such as in 2016, but I really didn’t find out who came in 1992.

The first to appear were dozens of square formations of various colors. Although these soldiers all had serious expressions and neat steps, the strange thing was that their uniforms were all different. There were colorful and colorful ones. What was even more bizarre was their hats. Some looked like peacocks, some looked like cockscombs, and some looked like sunflowers, which were very colorful.

"Boss, why are their uniforms different, especially the hats? Can they fight with such hats?" Mustafina asked curiously.

Shakru cleared his throat and explained: "Because this is to reflect national characteristics, the uniforms in the military parade are not divided according to military branches, but according to nationalities, so they all wear extremely classical national uniforms, in order to reflect their respective cultural traditions and religious customs."

"Then, then is this still called a military parade?"

"So I said that the military parade in India is different from that in other countries, so that you can be mentally prepared in advance."

Sharapova suddenly interrupted the conversation between the two and said: "Hey, look, there are female soldiers in the square"

Although the proportion of female soldiers in the Indian army among paramilitary personnel is less than 2%, they have always been a highlight of the military parade, not only because female soldiers themselves are more attractive than male soldiers, but also because the uniforms of female soldiers are very formal, and they never wear any national uniforms. The only regret is that Indian female soldiers generally have dark faces, and those with high looks are very rare. In addition, most female soldiers apply to join the army for the purpose of fighting for the freedom of marriage, because once they join the army, their families cannot forcefully interfere with their marriage choices.

After these relatively normal columns, some columns with very Indian characteristics began to appear, such as the camel column that appears now. The camel cavalry column is an indispensable item in the Indian Republic Day parade. 1992 was the 43rd time that the camel cavalry column participated in the parade. The column consists of two parts: one is a cavalry unit consisting of 56 camels. In addition to the commander, 50 soldiers ride on camels, 5 people in each row, 10 rows in front and back, holding the reins in their left hands and light rifles in their right hands; next is the camel band including 34 camels, and the band members play military music while marching. According to the on-site commentary, each camel is decorated with 75 exquisite ornaments, and the uniform costumes of the column personnel constitute a beautiful landscape in the parade.

In India, camel cavalry has a long history that can be traced back to the early 15th century. 14 Ka used the armed forces of 100 camels to establish a kingdom in the Bikaner region of Rajasthan today. In 1880, Harajaganga privately created the Bikaner Camel Corps. After India, the camel cavalry troops in the Rajasthan region became part of the Indian Army and participated in the first and second Indo-Pakistani wars. In 1965, India established the Border Security Force under the central government, and soon received a large number of camels and trained them. The force is the largest paramilitary border defense force in India and the only armed force in India with camel cavalry. It is known as the "first line of defense" for India's border security. In 1971, the camel cavalry of the Border Security Force also participated in the third Indo-Pakistani war. In 1976, the camel cavalry phalanx of the Border Security Force officially participated in the Republic Day parade for the first time. In addition to participating in celebrations, these camels undertake important military tasks. Since the India-Pakistan border area is the vast Thar Desert, camels, known as the "ships of the desert", play an irreplaceable role in border patrols.

Pivoporova suddenly pointed to a group of people wearing blue uniforms and holding cleaning tools behind the camel formation and asked: "Boss, what do these people do?"

Shakru replied somewhat embarrassedly: "Well, they are responsible for cleaning camel feces. You have to know that no matter how good the camel rider is, there is no way to control the camels' behavior in this regard." Although this is unavoidable, it does destroy the glorious image of the camel cavalry when they appeared before.

"Boss, I heard that there were elephant cavalry in the Indian military parade before. Can we still see it this year?" Piivoporova asked.

Shakru glanced at the performance list in his hand, and then said: "There is no elephant cavalry this year, but this year a new project, motorcycle stunt performance, was added. It was selected by the Army Signal Corps. It is said to be very exciting, so it was placed at the end for the finale performance. In addition, everyone will be able to see the military dog ​​formation in a while, which is also a very distinctive performance."

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