Now the Prussians have understood that the passenger on this balloon is Gambetta, and only such a big man can make the French Loire Corps so crazy.
The French have gathered 250,000 troops on the south bank and west of the city, and this number is still growing. If 250,000 people are going crazy for a balloon, isn't the answer obvious?
"The one above your head is Ganbitha! He can't escape, he must be captured alive..."
"That's the French Minister of the Interior...catch him...capture him alive..."
The more than 100,000 Prussian troops in the city went crazy. The soldiers around the balloon moved quickly around Gambida on the ground. No matter where he landed, he could not escape the heavy siege of the Prussian troops.
At this time, Gambetta had no other choice. He could only pray devoutly for God's blessing and give him a gust of wind to move his balloon further south, as close as possible to his regiment.
The balloon operator next to him turned pale with fear. All the fuel in the furnace had burned out three hours ago, and now it was just floating on the last remaining hot air inside the balloon.
With no other choice, he could only kneel in the pod and pray to the Holy Cross Cathedral in the distance, hoping that God would send a miracle!
Gambida really shouldn't die. Destiny has destined him to do a bigger career. He will never die here!
The hot air balloon had landed less than ten meters from the ground, but at this moment, the northwest wind suddenly strengthened, and a strong northwest cold wind blew the balloon sideways.
The hot air balloon suddenly accelerated and drifted straight towards the embankment on the north bank of the Loire River!
The Prussian troops were dumbfounded, but the French legions were as powerful as a rainbow!
"Kill! Kill him...I am invincible!"
"Assault...pierce the enemy's position..."
The artillery fire rumbled on the Prussian army's position, and the heavy machine guns made a sound like tearing cloth, but they still could not stop these crazy southern regiments.
Corpses were strewn all over the ground, and the follow-up troops stepped on the corpses of their comrades and rushed forward. At that moment, the density of the charging crowd had exceeded the density of firepower!
"Breakthrough! Breakthrough again! Charge..."
Boom... the pod of the hot air balloon hit the attic of a building. The limp air bag could no longer hold up, and the last of the hot air leaked out, spreading on the roof of the building like a curtain.
The Prussian troops downstairs cheered excitedly, and then they broke open the door and windows and started rushing in!
Gambida also tried his best. He took off his bulky fur, pulled out two guns full of bullets from his waist, and stared at the attic window.
The praying operator also pulled the bolt of the rifle he carried and looked around vigilantly!
There was a crisp sound, and a gun smashed the glass of the attic window, and then a Prussian soldier came out. The pointed helmet was a typical Prussian army style.
Gambida's eyes were full of rage and he did not hesitate to pull the trigger. The bullet shattered the enemy's forehead with a bang, and the body was blocked directly in the attic window.
"Minister, be careful, I will protect you... Damn barbarians, if you want to capture the minister alive, just step on my body!"
When the trigger of the rifle was pulled, a French soldier who climbed onto the roof in the distance was hit, screamed and turned over and fell from the roof.
Fortunately, the Prussian army issued an order to capture Gambetta alive, so these two men were able to barely hold on to the roof. However, the gunfire of their resistance became the French army's final charge call.
"The Minister of the Interior of France is fighting personally! How can the warriors of the motherland hesitate to advance!"
"The motherland is under your feet... don't give in even an inch!"
Among the charging crowd, the officers bravely encouraged the young soldiers to rush forward. These recruits, who had only been trained for three or four months, burst out with the momentum of veterans of hundreds of battles. Dozens of charging arrows pierced through the city. line of defense, heading straight for the Minister of the Interior.
It seems that the strength of the Prussian army has really been drained. Prince Karl's vanguard was already a little unable to attack Orleans.
These regiments who had fought all the way from Berlin in the far north were already very tired, and their numbers were really not superior. In this battle of the Loire, they actually lost at the beginning.
All ten pontoon bridges were successfully built, and ten beachheads were opened on the north bank. Ten assault troops, totaling more than 12,000 people, rushed into the Prussian encirclement and rescued Senator Gambit at the most dangerous moment.
The minister's eyes filled with excitement. He looked at the swarming French soldiers on the roof and excitedly raised his arms and shouted, "The Southern Corps is reliable! The French warriors are still fierce and brave!"
"The motherland is proud of you! Long live the Republic!"
"Long live!" Hundreds of French troops defeated the Prussian troops surrounding the minister, and the streets were covered with corpses three layers thick.
The French army rushed into the attic and escorted the two heroes who broke out from Paris to retreat. In the distance, the Prussian army, unwilling to fail, fired desperately and kept attacking with its tail biting!
The brave French soldiers risked their lives to block the enemy's bullets, and the regiment protecting the minister was peeled off layer by layer like an onion.
"Increase troops! Continue to increase troops..." The senior officials of the Loire Corps have gone crazy. They continue to send troops to the north bank.
Ninety percent of the French Southern Corps are new recruits, and the key figures in forming these new recruits are Gambetta's men!
Gambetta was a die-hard republican, and he and the emperor never went together. During the war, Queen Eugénie, in order to keep her eyes clean, would not let him cause trouble in Paris, so she gave him a task of preparing for war in the south and sent him out directly.
The empire gave Gambida very high authority. It can be said that he unified the deployment and command of materials and recruits in all places in southern France.
Gambetta sent out all his subordinates and colleagues, and in just half a year, his power completely penetrated into every city in the south!
In this war, Thiers and Gambetta took completely different routes. Thiers concentrated all his political resources in Paris, and his direct descendants almost controlled the French Parliament!
Gambida, on the other hand, followed the strategy of surrounding the inner line with external lines. All his direct factions were moved to the south, and half of France was now his sphere of influence!
One controls Paris, the other controls half of France!
Two political strongmen have completely emerged in this war!
Gambetta is back, and all his direct descendants are crazy with worry. They don't care about casualties and losses. They fight tooth and nail to save their commander!
When Gambetta landed on the land on the south bank, the entire Loire Army cheered, and the sound shook the surrounding areas. The overwhelming 100,000 Prussian troops shuddered!
But people never expected that Gambetta, who had just been safe, did not order to stop fighting, but instead looked at the north bank on the river embankment and shouted loudly!
"This is the decisive battle! The Loire Corps continues to attack!"
"Liberate Orleans! Use our victory to inspire our motherland!"
"Inspire France!"
"Order all southern France to continue preparing for war, and concentrate all resources on Orleans...Fight to the bitter end!"
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