On November 2, General Trochu suddenly ordered his army to break through to the Champigny area. This little-known town on the map suddenly became the focus of the battlefield.
This order was issued very suddenly, and the old general gave the army no time to prepare at all. From the time the order was issued to the bloody battle, the preparation time was less than twelve hours.
For a major battle involving more than 100,000 people, the preparation time is only twelve hours. This is considered a serious violation of any country's military regulations.
But the old general had no choice. The security work in Paris was really riddled with holes. Zeppelin airships could often be seen in the sky, and the mobilization of troops on the ground could not escape the eyes of the sky.
Even if the north wind howls in the past few days and the airship cannot reach the sky, the old general cannot guarantee the security of intelligence in this huge city. There are too many Prussian spies.
As a last resort, the old general could only order a forced breakout. They wanted to use their overwhelming superiority to create a gap through Champigny before the Prussians could react.
As much as you can break through is enough. Paris can no longer hold on. Now it can only retain its strength and join forces with Minister Gambetta to open a second front to save the country in the south of France.
"Break out! Take the Provisional Government of the Republic and march towards Orleans!"
Trochu gave an order, and at four o'clock in the morning before dawn, the French army in the small town of Champigny suddenly launched a wave-like charge towards the Prussian army's position, and the whole land was filled with shouts of killing.
The old general secretly mobilized 100,000 of the 180,000 garrison troops. The gaps in other defense lines were actually filled by soldiers of the National Guard on the Montmartre Heights.
One hundred thousand elites gathered here, plus two National Guardsmen with a total of 60,000 troops. The 160,000 army suddenly launched an attack on the Prussian army along a nine-kilometer-long front.
In the darkness before dawn, when the Prussian army was sleeping most soundly, the sudden earthquake and the sound of killing woke up many soldiers in their sleep, "There's an earthquake, is there an earthquake..."
"Asshole, get up and fight...the French are starting to break through, the French are breaking through..."
The entire tunnel was filled with the shrill roars of officers at all levels, and the soldiers hurriedly grabbed their rifles and poked their heads out from the edge of the trench.
This was an incredible sight. This was a density of assault that I had never seen before. In the darkness on the opposite side, I could vaguely see dancing figures, and they were rushing over like a mountain of darkness.
"Open fire...free fire...heavy machine gun fire..."
Bang bang... Mauser's tongues of fire spread across the battlefield, and the charging French troops were mopped down in droves, followed by the firing of Gatling and captured French machine guns.
Chug tug tug... tug tug tug... The high-speed bullets were like the scythe of death, mowing down the French army on the opposite side like wheat. In the darkness, there were miserable roars from the French army everywhere.
But the French really spent a lot of money this time. 160,000 people launched an assault from a nine-kilometer position. This was purely because they wanted to use the density of soldiers to overcome the density of the enemy's firepower network. After surviving the initial killing, as long as Entering into positional hand-to-hand combat, the strength advantage will become apparent.
Countries that have been baptized by nationalism have really different morale among their military and civilians. Especially in anti-aggression wars, such countries can always show extremely strong resilience.
Even if they are beaten to death, they will not surrender, and they will fight to the death. Often when the front shouts "Long live France", there will be thousands of young men who are not afraid of death, fighting for the national flag.
With such killing and such a casualty rate, the charging wave did not slow down at all. In just ten minutes, the leading troops penetrated the Prussian position like a bayonet.
The Prussian position was set up in the small town of Champigny. The Prussian army made full use of buildings and trenches to build a very three-dimensional defense.
A cross fire network was built between different buildings, and the solid stone walls blocked the French army from breaking through.
But this time the French gave a death order. The first soldiers to charge all carried pickaxes on their backs. They had already made a battle plan. Some of them used their lives to lure the Prussian firepower, while others went up. Just start tearing down the walls.
The pickaxe flew up and down, and sparks shot out when it hit the stone wall. The soldiers behind carried tables, chairs and benches that they found somewhere and built a shooting platform behind the stone wall.
The soldiers with good marksmanship jumped on the table, set up their rifles and started shooting at the Prussian troops behind them. The Prussian medical team was caught off guard.
"Gouge... attack..."
The soldier's mouth was cracked when he swung the pickaxe, and blood spattered everywhere, but he didn't know the pain. He looked at the one-meter-high gap in the stone wall and ducked through it.
Behind the stone wall was the area where the Prussian army was weak. The French army that broke through threw several bombs. Amidst the roaring explosions, there was a scream in a Prussian army bunker.
More and more soldiers broke through this solid stone wall, and the flanks of the 200-meter-long Prussian position came under tremendous pressure!
In the northern French army's position headquarters, General Trochu's hands were sweating. He was excited when he saw that the leading troops had torn a gap in the stone wall and opened a thirty-meter gap in the Prussian defense line. A punch hit the wooden post.
"Great! Expand the results and let our soldiers continue the attack!"
"When the gap expands to 500 meters, immediately cover the MPs to break out..."
This breakout was really important to the Provisional National Defense Government. Trochu risked his life and death to force the entire army to attack. The purpose was to take away all the French MPs and take them to the south.
The most important government department of the Republic is the Parliament. Only the Grand Assembly has the power to appoint the president and prime minister, and only the Assembly can dissolve or reorganize the government.
Because the members are elected from all over the country, each of them represents a city or a province, and their statements indirectly represent the rights of people everywhere!
Wherever the Assembly is, there is the French Republic!
General Trochu's goal today is to break out of the encirclement with all members of the Parliament. Even if there are losses, at least 80% of the members must leave Paris together.
The Parliament retreated to the south, and then took a hundred thousand elites with it. As for Paris... let's leave it to the lunatics of the Commune to guard it. They were always clamoring for street fighting anyway!
The darkness before dawn was really perfect for a surprise attack. In just twenty minutes, a stone wall in the small town of Champigny was breached, and a thirty-meter-wide breach was opened in the Prussian defense line.
The swarming French troops fought all the way out from the breach, and rolled up to the left and right to harass the Prussian flanks, thus widening the gap.
At this time, Old Moltke and the others also woke up from their brief panic, and the Prussian cannon began to roar!
