General Trochu was also stunned by the bombing. His breakout headquarters was placed very concealed. Not to mention that the artillery observation post could not be directly discovered by visual inspection. Even the watchtower on the front line of the Prussian army had difficulty discovering this hidden abandoned pasture.
The chosen breakout time is the darkest moment before dawn. At this time, the world is dark and the enemy and we are engaged in a chaotic battle. The Zeppelin in the sky is also on holiday... In fact, even during the day, the Zeppelin is still in danger due to the continuous north Unable to fly due to wind.
The right time, right place, right people, it can be said that this breakout was too secretive, and the temporary headquarters was even more top-secret. This location was actually temporarily selected by Trochu four hours before the breakout, and only a few senior officials knew the location.
Why were you so careless and your location exposed? Wait, it seems that there was no exposure. So many shells exploded around the ranch. Only four or five shells penetrated into the ranch, killing several members of the congressman's entourage.
Is it just a coincidence? It doesn't look like it, why is the firepower so fast? Without the fixed-range bombing of dozens of cannons, it would be impossible to have such a density!
Old General Trochu didn't know that Bismarck really gave Trochu a face. When the artillery revised their shooting at Zhu Yuan, they consciously deviated from their position.
The shells were concentrated on the south side of the ranch. To put it bluntly, the meaning of intimidation far exceeded the killing!
The Prussian army's goal has been achieved. How have these civilian officials ever seen such a scene? Only one-third of the hundreds of congressmen had military experience, and that was many years ago.
The romance of Paris has softened their bones, and all the courage they usually put on during life-and-death situations was thrown into the trash can.
"Run! Let's go back to the city... This breakout has failed, failed!"
Seeing their entourage being blown into pieces, many of the pampered congressmen peed their pants in fear. They jumped on their horses or carriages and turned around and fled, frantically trying to leave this terrifying place.
General Trochu could not stop him at all. Hundreds of deputies and a large body of their entourage fled towards Paris against the charging crowd.
"Everyone, stop...don't run away...we are just about to break out...don't leave!"
The vanguard team in front had broken through to the last line of defense of the Prussian army, and they could tear a gap to the south just before their eyes. However, at the most critical moment, this group of weaklings came like this.
"Oh God! Oh God! What's the use of me escaping? If I can't take the parliament and government agencies with me, what else does my provisional government have? Should I go to Orleans with an empty shell?"
Trochu felt dizzy, and his blood pressure soared again!
The Prussian artillery was firing non-stop, pouring firepower into the abandoned pasture. The congressmen and senior officials fled like rabbits, and the pasture was completely empty in more than ten minutes.
It will take some time for the chaos in the rear to spread to the front. The brave French troops at the front are still fighting forward, but all the Prussian troops standing in front of them are crushed to pieces alive!
The city of Paris released such a group of murderous gods. When the last line of defense was completely torn apart, the vanguard troops that rushed out were already a group of bloody men.
Everyone had injuries on their bodies, and the blood flowed out and dried into scabs, which then broke open and fresh blood flowed out. However, everyone no longer knew the pain, and their hearts were filled with the joy of victory.
"Send a signal to the general... Our troops have successfully broken through. We are now defending on the spot, waiting for the general and the parliament to break out..."
"Hurry up, hurry up... we don't have much time, we can't hold them back for long, let them hurry up..."
This is the breakthrough point that the soldiers paid for with their lives. God knows whether they can hold on for ten minutes or twenty minutes. The Prussian reinforcements can already be seen in the distance.
The tired French army, which was almost out of strength, deployed a defensive formation on the spot. Although their tired hands were shaking, no one had a flinching expression on their face.
The soldiers who regarded death as if they were home gently wiped their rifles, and the soldiers who had used up all the bullets wiped the blood on their bayonets. The defensive position behind them became thicker and thicker. Thousands of brothers poured out from the gap and gathered behind them. The strongest backing.
In less than ten minutes, more than 20,000 French troops had formed their formations in the east-west direction and were about to engage in a firefight with the Prussian reinforcements. However, there was no sign of the senior parliamentary officials they had been calling for.
"What's going on? What are they waiting for? There is no time..."
Amidst the urging, some people started to curse directly, but the next second, shocking news came.
"Report... report... members of Congress and government officials... were bombarded..."
"They all turned around and fled back to the city! They were all gone, no one escaped..."
"What? Bastard!" The entire breakout force was shocked. "No breakout? We tore through the defense line with all our lives, but not one of them came out?"
"Oh God! Do these corrupt officials still have a heart? Bastards who will go to hell!"
The saddest thing in life is this. What you fight for with your life is thrown away without mercy. Thousands of lives are lost in vain, but no one feels the slightest apology!
"Son of a bitch...we have killed so many people, are they not even willing to take the risk of a shelling?"
"This is a war! You bastards! This is a war, not for you to go hunting in the city!"
"Take the old general and let's go on our own! Save the old general and leave Paris. We won't care about them anymore..."
But can Trochu leave? After abandoning all government officials and members of parliament, the provisional government will no longer exist. If he breaks out of the city at this time, his nature will change!
At this moment, his breakthrough can only be characterized as an escape!
At the last moment, the old general issued an order to these breakout troops: "All soldiers march toward Orleans, leave me alone, you break out!"
"I will stay in this city and live and die with the national defense government..."
The breakout began at four o'clock in the morning, and it was already eight o'clock in the morning. The 30,000 French troops who had successfully broken through looked at the old general's order and felt sad.
"Oh God! What on earth has happened to our country? What on earth has happened to this..." The officers and soldiers shed tears of cowardice.
"Let's go! There's no time...break out to Orleans, live as long as you can!"
The Champigny Breakout was the largest battle organized by France in the entire Battle of Paris. A total of 160,000 elites were mobilized for this battle, and there were more than 300,000 troops to support it.
After four hours of bloody fighting, more than 40,000 of the 160,000 elite troops were lost, and 30,000 troops were finally able to break through!
The most regrettable thing is that the Provisional Defense Government and the National Assembly did not succeed in breaking through. The Prussian artillery blocked their way to break out.
Thirty thousand Paris garrison troops began an arduous journey. Under the protection of local guerrillas and the people, they continued to engage in bloody battles with the encircling Prussian troops.
From Paris to the Loire River, a distance of just a few hundred kilometers, it took 30,000 people a full week to walk, until Gambetta saw this remnant army.
The number of breakout troops is only 18,000!
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