Parisians are short of food, which is an urgent matter, but these foods are not provided by Bismarck. Even if the war is over, even if France completely surrenders, eating is your own business.
The landlords don’t have any surplus food, so they expect Bismarck to allocate military rations to the Paris citizens? Isn’t that a dream?
Opening the city gates means allowing other French provinces to support Paris. Except for weapons and ammunition, the Prussian army will no longer block it!
This news brought mixed feelings to the citizens of Paris. Fortunately, the siege was finally over and food from outside could finally be brought in.
But the shame is that this is not achieved by victory but by surrender and the charity of the enemy!
The gates of Paris were equipped with Prussian machine guns and cannons. The eager Prussian soldiers inspected every carriage, and no weapons or ammunition could be transported into Paris.
Bismarck was not interested in managing the security of Paris. He just let the army control all the walls and gates of Paris. As for the order in the city, the Prussian army was not interested.
At present, the situation in Paris has become very sensitive. The Paris Commune basically controls the city north of the Seine River, and even includes two neighborhoods on the south bank.
The troops left behind by General Trochu still control the remaining seven blocks on the south bank, and the two sides are facing each other like this!
Everyone is waiting to see the situation. Of course, the most important thing is to accumulate strength. You cannot fight when you are hungry. You must first solve the problem of eating.
Blanqui and others immediately telegraphed the country as soon as telegraph communication was restored. They reported their glorious 'results' to all major cities in France!
Half of Paris has fallen into the hands of the working class, the National Guard has expanded to half a million troops, and millions of citizens support the Paris Commune!
The royalists and capitulationists are almost driven out of Paris, and the working class will surely be able to restore the glory of the Republic!
Various loud slogans were shouted loudly, and then all parts of the country were asked to support Paris and the Paris Commune!
In the telegram, Porte de Chapelle and the surrounding train stations were the focus of receiving supplies for the Paris Commune. They implored patriotic citizens across France to support their just cause!
In the imagination of Blanqui and others, their victory will definitely inspire the whole of France, and patriotic citizens will definitely support the Paris Commune just like they supported Gambetta!
As long as the Paris Commune has a stable logistical supply line, all traitorous armies will become chickens and dogs, and victory must belong to the Commune!
The telegram has been sent, and Christmas is just around the corner. All that is left is to wait. At present, Xiao Letian can still survive for a while with the supplies secretly sold by Xiao Letian. The strict rationing system in the commune can keep people at the lowest level of survival. .
You won't starve to death, but you can't be full either. Even half-full is a luxury!
Hope is outside the city, just outside the Chapel Gate and on the railway tracks of the train stations. Every day, tens of thousands of people stay in the north and look forward to assistance from all provinces in France.
One day, two days, three days passed...a shocking scene appeared. There was no sign of any material transfer outside Chapelle's door.
Of course, it’s not that no one is sending food to the city. The provinces of Val-d’Oise, Seine-Marne, and Oise, which are closest to Paris, do have scattered farmers and workers delivering food to Paris.
But it was too rare, and there were no fiery scenes of horse-drawn carriages or steam trains at all. The food delivered was also very small and was not enough for the citizens to consume for a day.
In three days, only some people from the three nearest provinces came to deliver food, and no one from the more distant French provinces paid attention to them.
"Damn! What happened? Where are our reinforcements? Where are our supporters? Where are they..."
"We don't have supplies. What about the areas controlled by the provisional government in the south of the city? Are there supplies coming in?"
"No, we have been monitoring the movements in the south of the city. The amount of food they have sent in the past three days is slightly more than ours..."
Hearing this, the leaders of the commune felt a little relieved. "It should be like this. Northern France was the most severely affected by the war, and people's livelihood was in ruins. Materials were scarce, so there was a little less..."
"The south is not as well prepared for war supplies...but don't worry, a large amount of supplies must be on the way right now!"
But something went wrong on the fourth day. Just when the Paris Commune was all self-anesthetized, starting from the fourth day, a large number of material supply convoys suddenly appeared in the positions controlled by the provisional government in the south of the city.
The Southern Province finally took action and delivered the most precious grain to Paris before Christmas, but it was not given to the Commune but to the Provisional Government Army recognized by the capitalists!
At this moment, the whole city of Paris was in a sensation. The leaders of the Commune could not believe their eyes. They were all stunned when they looked at the empty north and the endless south of the horse-drawn carriage.
"Report! Report to the head of state..." The footsteps of messengers sounded in the Palace of Versailles, and the latest news was quickly sent to Xiao Letian's desk.
"Führer! As you expected, only the southern provinces of France have provided a large amount of food supplies. These supplies have all been given to the regular army. There is nothing around the Porte de Chapelle in the north!"
"Ah? Nothing!" Xiang Ying put down the newspaper in his hand and stood up and asked in disbelief, "Nothing at all?"
"Of course it's not that there's nothing left, it's very little. There are only a few hundred trucks of food sent by farmers from the surrounding provinces every day, which is simply not enough!"
"Not only did a carriage convoy appear in the south today, there was even a special food train arriving! All the supplies have been concentrated in the hands of the regular army!"
"The Zeppelin sent news that the citizens of the North City of Paris began to flee to the South City. They went to the regular army to get food!"
In the conference room, everyone looked at the head of state in shock, but Xiao Letian didn't even raise his head and just silently signed the document in his hand.
"Don't look at me like that. I'm not a ghost. Any judgment I make is based on countless intelligence analyses!"
"You need to study society! You need to dismantle France properly. As long as you understand the current situation of this country, you can also draw my judgment!"
"Hey! I hope this attack will wake up Blanqui and others... I hope they will adjust their strategies quickly. If they are still so confident, they still want to go all the way to carry out armed operations..."
"When the time comes, the consequences will be disastrous!"
"But just look at the fanaticism of those people, just look at the level of stubbornness of those people... It's really scary! It's really scary!"
Xiao Letian had a special feeling for the Paris Commune. Emotionally, he really didn't want these people to fail, or at least he didn't want these people to die miserably!
But he knows very well that some destined fates cannot be changed by him!
Class contradictions are irreconcilable!
All Xiao Letian can do at this moment is to try his best to explain to his subordinates the truth buried beneath the surface. He hopes that his officials can learn from these experiences!
Because of what Paris is suffering at the moment, sooner or later the Chinese will not be able to escape!
Learn more now and bleed less in the future!
