Pyongyang, July 28 (KCNA) -- The whole country is overflowing with joy and excitement of greeting the great holiday of war victory with the high pride of winning new victories of great importance to glorify the immortal honour and dignity of the heroic Korea, which the first defenders of the Republic imposingly raised as a great power in an eastern part of the earth, and heroic people.
A ceremonial parade of the columns symbolic of the units that fought in the Fatherland Liberation War was held in Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK, on the evening of July 27 to mark the 73rd anniversary of war victory, unfolding historic scenes demonstrating the tradition of victory which has been firmly carried forward as the bloodline of the Korean revolution and the indomitable heroic spirit which has been displayed to the full century after century.
The plaza before the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium and its surroundings were crowded with citizens who gathered with the great pride of celebrating the unprecedented legendary victory won by the two-year-old state, a new-born country in a cradle, and the two-year-old army which fought against the imperialist allied forces to defend the inviolable sovereignty and prevent the ravages of a new world war.
To the tune of the vibrant song of the revolutionary army, the columns of paraders in military uniforms like the ones the soldiers wore during the war, and with rifles in their hands which vividly show the traces of hand-to-hand fight entered the plaza.
Prior to the parade, a combined military band depicted the heroic course of Juche Korea which has firmly defended and added luster to the glory of July 27 through colorful formation changes and light rhythmic movements.
When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, appeared on the platform, the participants broke into stormy cheers of "hurrah!" and gorgeous fireworks were displayed in the sky over the capital city.
Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly acknowledged the enthusiastically cheering participants.
Leading officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs and the commanders of the large combined units of the Korean People's Army took their seats on the platform together with war veterans.
Present there on invitation were diplomatic envoys of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation staying in the DPRK.
Seen in the auditorium were war veterans, persons of wartime merits, officials of the Party Central Committee, senior officials of ministries and national institutions, service personnel of the People's Army, officials and lecturers engaged in the administration of revolutionary relics associated with the victorious war, Pyongyang citizens including descendants of war heroes, students of revolutionary schools and other youth and students.
No Kwang Chol, minister of National Defense of the DPRK, made a speech.
Saying that the celebrations of the Day of Victory reaches the climax with tonight's ceremonial parade arranged to keep the memory of and pride in the past history and incite the complete succession to the great tradition and the declaration of a fresh victory, the speaker noted that today's march of the columns represents the heroic advance during the days in the flames of fierce battles and vividly shows the tradition of victory running through the past annals.
The victorious wartime generation are still standing before us as an exemplar of the persons leading a patriotic life with the motherland and a respectful teacher encouraging the descendants to engage in the heroic struggle and perform feats by exciting their mental world, he said, adding that we will forever thank and respect the great generation who won the most disastrous war to ensure the most beautiful future and made this country strong by devoting their passionate youth and all their valuable things.
The speaker noted that our army will as ever open up in the van the unprecedented era of a power with transparent faith and through the unexampled struggle, stressing that the successors will continue to march forward year after year with the indomitable heroism, displayed by the defenders of the motherland in the 1950s in their struggle, and the mission of the class and their grandiose advance and courageous spirit immortalize the honour of our state.
All the paraders burst into cheers of "hurrah!" in expression of their militant enthusiasm for determinedly making strides to inherit the honour of war victory achieved at the dear cost and winning a greater victory in the van of the gigantic struggle to build a prosperous and powerful country.
Then there was a review of the preparations for the parade.
KPA Marshal Pak Jong Chon reviewed the columns of the parade units.
He courteously reported to Comrade Kim Jong Un on the completion of the preparations for the parade.
The commander of the parade gave the order to start the ceremonial parade.
The column symbolic of the bodyguard company marched at the head of the parade units, holding high the ennobling image of General Kim Il Sung, the iron-willed commander in those days over 70 years ago. It eloquently proved what is the source of all victories of the great Korean revolution and where is the irresistible might of our ever-victorious army.
And shining like a group of loyal stars in the column were the portraits of the first generation bodyguards of our army who became a bulletproof wall to defend the supreme headquarters in the hard-fought and fateful years with a firm faith that it is possible to ensure the war victory, destiny of the motherland and happiness and future of the people when they defend the leader at the cost of their lives.
The columns symbolic of the legendary guards divisions entered the plaza, flying high their glorious colours which demonstrate their military exploits of annihilating the U.S. imperialists' ill-famed "undefeated divisions", "elite divisions" in the three years of the fierce war when the soldiers had to step on empty cartridges more than the soil on mountains and killed more enemies with bayonets than they did with rifles.
Among them were the columns symbolic of the Kang Kon Guards 2nd Infantry Division, the Seoul Kim Chaek Guards 4th Infantry Division and other units bearing the names of anti-Japanese generals, fighters who rendered distinguished services in founding the army and performed indelible exploits in the great history of war victory. The paraders marched, holding high portraits of the commanding officers of anti-Japanese guerrilla background who implemented the operational plans of the leader with absolute faith and distinguished military qualifications.
The spectators paid high tribute to the greatest loyalists and heroes as they set the living example of genuine loyalty to President Kim Il Sung, who led Korea to victory with his unique military ideas and strategy and tactics hard to find in any other military theories in the world, which should be regarded by all the generations of the Republic as a textbook.
The columns marched in fine array, making the spectators recall numerous legendary feats performed in the operation of liberating Seoul, a world-startling miracle created in 72 hours, the operation of liberating Taejon, a brilliant example of a contemporary battle of encirclement, the battle for defending Height 1211, a trap valley which heralded the destruction of the enemies, and others during the Fatherland Liberation War.
Fireworks were displayed as a sign of victory and celebration to wonderfully decorate the nocturnal sky of the Day of Victory. And the columns symbolic of the Guards Second Torpedo Boat Squadron and the Guards 56th Hero Kim Ji Sang Pursuit Plane Regiment marched past the plaza. They were telling about the feats performed by the heroic seamen, who created the miracle of Jumunjin and the myth on Wolmi Islet to be specially recorded in the world history of naval battles, and the pilots who became human bombs to reduce the air superiority of the U.S. imperialists to the leaves falling in the autumn wind.
Comrade Kim Jong Un sent warm greetings to the columns dynamically passing through the plaza, flying the flag of the Guards associated with the heroic fighting spirit, matchless bravery and spirit of annihilating the enemy of the victorious wartime generation.
The portraits of the immortal fighters, who annihilated the invaders with the love for their native home and parents and siblings and the hatred of the enemies and became human bombs to destroy the enemies' pillboxes and tanks while crying for "long live the leader" as they are the generation deeply moved by benevolence shown by the leader who put forward them as the master of the country, factory and land, were seen in the columns symbolic of the guard regiments.
Among the columns were those of the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Railways which produced known or unknown heroes who fought for war victory on the front or in the rear during the three-year war.
The foot columns were followed by those of combined mechanized carriages and motorcycles, symbols of the mechanized units engaged in the Fatherland Liberation War.
The columns made the participants recollect the merits of the victors in the great years who proved the truth that if the ideas and tactics are great, it is possible to defeat any formidable enemy with inferior arms, by winning the most brilliant victory despite the most rigorous ordeals.
The plaza was full of reverence for the masters of the heroic times who made a legendary history of resistance at the cost of their warm blood, firmly cemented the foundations of the Republic with the victory they won at the cost of their lives and opened up the rosy future of the Korean revolution.
Appeared at the plaza were the columns of the three services of the Korean People's Army, demonstrating the features of the dignified revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK which incomparably became strong.
Sky-high was the spirit of the guards of the new generation who firmly defend the inviolable territorial lands, waters and air of our state with absolute defence capability while steadily and invariably inheriting the tradition of loyalty, patriotism and victory created in the flames of the war and adding luster to the history of Juche Korea wining victory after victory.
Comrade Kim Jong Un extended warm militant encouragement to the invincible elite ranks and representatives of the matchless army who newly defined the concept of the strong army and the law of victory and placed the absolute might of the revolutionary armed forces at the peak of honour with loyalty to the Party and the country, ardent patriotism, mass heroism and indomitable fighting spirit peculiar to the army.
The paraders marched past the plaza with the firm pledge to charge absolute weaponry, the strongest in the world, with the revolutionary idea of the Workers' Party of Korea and fully display the honour of our generation with the miraculous merits and fresh legendary about victory surpassing heroism displayed in the annals of history.
At the end of the parade, the stormy cheers of excitement were broken and fireworks displayed in the nocturnal sky to commemorate the V-Day.
Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly waved back to the enthusiastically cheering masses.
The parade fully demonstrated once again the firm faith and fighting spirit of the generation of successors to add great victories to the immortal feats of the victorious wartime generation under the leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un, the banner of all victories, and usher in the era of building a prosperous power unprecedented in history. -0-
