Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

The sound of the hard-soled military boots when they step on the ground is like a war drum, constantly beating people's hearts and minds. The neat footsteps sound like a single order. Thousands of people seem to have condensed into one person, making people feel the trembling of the earth. . Coupled with the resolute and indifferent faces of the German soldiers, people feel that they are not facing a group of flesh-and-blood people, but a group of war machines that have no thoughts of their own.

The uniform leather boots stepped on the ground of the square, as if they were stepping on the heart of backward and decadent France.

Goose step is a method of marching in a team, mainly used by soldiers during military parades and other ceremonial occasions. At the same time, it is also a display of the strength of an army and an important means to boost military prestige and morale. Its history is almost as long as the army.

In the 1790s, the military genius Napoleon was in power in the First Republic of France. At that time, France's military strength was at its peak, and it was invincible in every battle and invincible in every attack.

According to convention, after a victory, there must be a national celebration to show glory, and a military parade is naturally indispensable. It is said that at the military parade, the cavalry and artillery formations of the French army looked majestic and fierce against the backdrop of tall horses and steel artillery carriages. Coupled with the deafening cheers and shouts of the audience, the genius of the generation - Emperor Napoleon The pride and excitement arose spontaneously.

After the cavalry and artillery formations passed, the infantry formations followed. However, since hundreds of soldiers on foot marched through the reviewing stand in unison, they looked weak and listless compared to the cavalry and artillery.

Napoleon, who was in a state of excitement, immediately showed displeasure after seeing the performance of the infantry squadron, and was very angry at the invisible and lackluster performance of the infantry. After the military parade, Napoleon convened a meeting with his generals in his apartment. After a severe reprimand, he gave them a deadline to find ways to make the infantry more powerful during the military parade next year.

This is indeed a problem, what should we do? The generals racked their brains and thought hard, but they were still unable to solve this problem.

Later, by chance, they suddenly discovered that there was an animal that walked very proudly and looked very majestic. This was the goose that "sung to the sky".

Because the goose walks with its head held high and its knees unbent, it gives people a very uplifting feeling. These French generals who were good at fighting were inspired by this, so they strictly required the soldiers in the queue not to "step" out when stretching their legs, but to "kick" out without bending their knees, and to raise their legs as high as possible. Smash the soles of your feet to the ground hard while swinging your arms vigorously. Hard work pays off, after a period of hard practice. The mental outlook of the infantry squadron was truly renewed and majestic. This made the generals very happy because they could finally "cross over". ?

It’s military parade time again. Although the cavalry and artillery formations were still heroic, they were old-fashioned and lacked new ideas. When the infantry formations passed the reviewing stand with a sonorous and powerful new pace, Napoleon's eyes lit up and he was attracted by this new pace. Infected, excited, praised repeatedly, and satisfied beyond words. When he happily asked what kind of pace it was, the generals had an idea and said in unison that it was "goose step", which is called goose step in English. Since then, the "goose step" has become the standard name for the infantry formation, and the "goose step" during the military parade has gradually evolved into the "goose step". As Napoleon's army swept across Europe, becoming invincible, the concept of "goose-stepping" quickly spread throughout Europe.

What is ridiculous is that when Napoleon was finally defeated and exiled, the French army's goose step was also canceled as Napoleon's "remnant poison". However, goose-stepping was promoted in many other countries in Europe, especially Prussia, France's biggest enemy at the time, which made it the focus of training for its soldiers.

However, in the early goose step, the arms do not swing. When walking forward, keep your arms close to the seams of your trousers and raise your steps stiffly. In this way, there may be some alternative beauty, but the most beautiful and natural hand waving movement during walking has been sacrificed.

Fortunately, the Germans discovered that it was unscientific not to wave their hands. Around World War I, the German army determined the goose step as swinging the arms at the elbow, which was obviously more suitable for human body mechanics.

After that, this kind of goose step was promoted all over the world and became the pace of military parades in many countries. Even China’s goose step was learned from Germany. It started with the Huai Army (jokingly called the "Duck Step" at the time) and was carried forward by Yuan Shikai's newly built Army. Yuan Shikai was a huge fan of Germany. He hired German consultants to train the newly-established army using German methods. Goose-stepping has since become a standard course for basic individual training.

Accompanied by the magnificent "Imperial March" and the slowly advancing black army, Yannick was so excited that he wanted to howl in the sky. "The Force is with me, I am with the Force!!"

But if he really shouted out, he might be regarded as a lunatic by Petain next to him.

Yannick stopped chatting with Marshal Pétain, stood up, straightened his clothes, stretched his right hand diagonally toward the sky, and saluted the phalanx passing by under the stage. Wow, the senior military officials behind him also stood up and raised their hands in salute.

"My honor is loyalty!"

"My honor is loyalty!"

Marshal Pétain looked at the enthusiasm in the eyes of the soldiers passing by the audience, and felt that now that Yannick asked them to die immediately, they would execute it without hesitation.

Each row of these phalanxes happens to be one squad, and you can clearly see the weapons configuration of these Guards squads.

One MG3 machine gun, four 98Ks, three G43s, one MP44, and one MP40 submachine gun; no one in the current European battlefield can catch up with the German army in terms of squad vitality density. But Yanik still didn't dare to take it lightly, thinking that the Soviet RPK-47 squad machine gun was not the heavy barrel model of the AK-47. So if the MP44 was replaced with a heavy barrel, it could also become a squad machine gun, right? In this way, the muzzle velocity, bullet kinetic energy, and range will all be increased.

Perhaps he really suffered from the "fear of insufficient firepower", and Yannick even thought about building a belt-type submachine gun to deal with the Soviet Union's human wave tactics.

The "belt-type submachine gun", this imaginative thing was not his first creation. Later, the United States actually developed one: the FM9 police belt-type submachine gun. This is simply a rhythm that will beat the gangsters into a sieve. Carrying 10 kilograms of ammunition can definitely produce the effect of metal storm.

Just when Yannick was thinking about how to increase the firepower of the troops, three formations of the Guards had already passed the reviewing stand. The melody of the music suddenly became relaxed, and the band began to play the Wehrmacht military song Erika (Ellie). Card). Erica is a common flowering plant in Germany and belongs to the Heather family. The lyrics use anthropomorphic rhetoric to praise Erica like a beautiful woman, expressing a kind of love for hometown and motherland. The melody of the song is not as majestic and tragic as the old German military song "Prussian Military Song", but rather relaxed and romantic. It was one of the favorite songs of German soldiers during World War II. Yannick didn't let go of this song either, and the creator of this time and space became him.

When the infantrymen of the eight square formations passed by, they were followed by the armored troops. The engines of the Jackal tanks were rumbling, and the tracks were crushing the ground. The tank soldiers on the tanks were all looking at the parade platform with high spirits.

The tank engine roared, flanked by scouts and signalmen on motorcycles who were following up. They stopped from time to time to divert the crowd and keep the French citizens who were getting closer and bolder away from the dangerous German war machine.

One after another, the Jackal tanks rumbled past the Arc de Triomphe, and the German armored soldiers sang their war songs. The songs echoed over Paris, one wave after another. A French citizen sobbed sadly as he watched the national flag near his home being quietly lowered and replaced by a black, red and yellow German flag.