The bell rang by Michel marked the complete break between the Paris Commune and the French Third Republic, and the civil war finally began.
But this civil war was full of comedic effects at the beginning, which puzzled countless historians!
Because there was no serious conflict from the beginning of the war, for more than three hours after Leconte's vanguard was exposed, neither side fired a single shot.
The whole battle seemed not to be a war, but a street demonstration that was common in later generations. Those soldiers only knew how to fight against the people with their bodies, and no one used their killing weapons.
Alarm bells sounded from various areas of Paris. Basically, all artillery positions in Montmartre and the Bellevue industrial area were attacked by government troops.
Trochu invested a full 20 battalions for this plan, with the number approaching more than 13,000. Of course, sneak attacks with so many people were also the key to easy exposure.
All sneak attack plans went bankrupt. Michelle's alarm bell woke up the citizens of the city, followed by more bells ringing, and all the citizens got up and took to the streets.
Before the National Guard took action, the angry Paris citizens took the lead in taking to the streets to confront the soldiers. They used their bodies to block the soldiers' progress, yelling and spitting all over the sky.
Of course, this chaos also awakened the German and Chinese troops besieging the city. The Porte de Chapelle has always been a guard place for the Chinese troops. Xiao Letian has not lived in Versailles these days, but lives outside the Porte de Chapelle. inside the train station.
When the city was ablaze, the head of state put on his military coat, climbed directly to the tower and looked into Paris!
"Hey... the whole city is mobilized! The noise in Thiers is really quite big..."
But it was quite significant, especially on the right bank of Paris, the main battlefield of the attack. Fire had begun to light up the sky. Of course, this was not because someone set fire to the city, but because the bonfires on the defense lines set up by the communes were lit.
Of course, night battles must be illuminated by fire. There was no electricity in that era, so night lighting relied on combustion, and burning kerosene lamps on the battlefield was obviously not enough.
The most primitive and most effective ones are torches and bonfires!
Piles of bonfires were lit, and there were bonfires at almost all intersections. The torches in people's hands were buzzing, and the hot pine oil was falling down, and people didn't know the pain when it was burned on their arms.
People's emotions have become excited. The burning flames coupled with their anger are really the best atmosphere catalyst on the battlefield. The bare-handed people use their chests to block the soldiers' bayonets.
The officers behind the army gave orders to fire again and again, but no soldiers obeyed the orders!
The chaotic situation in the entire city was reported in batches by spies. Xiao Letian was on the tower as if he was on the front line.
Luo Huo was stunned. "There was such a big movement and there was no fighting? No shots were fired from both sides? They just fired into the sky occasionally? Are you trying to scare people?"
Many people couldn't understand the situation in front of them. Even Sima Yun and Wang Ju said in confusion, "Didn't the commune and Trochu's men kill fiercely before?"
"While we were looting the Tuileries Palace and the Louvre, the Commune and government troops faced off along the Seine. The two sides shot at each other, and many people died..."
"How come within a few months, both parties have turned into sheep eating grass? Neither of them took action?"
Xiao Letian put down the telescope and rubbed his eyes, "I can't see anything clearly, my eyes are so tired... Stop guessing. I taught you how I taught you before. In any confrontation, don't look at the name, but look at the main body that makes up the name." !”
"Are Trochu's government the same thing as Thiers' government? Is the composition of the army the same? It was called the Provisional Government before, but now it is the real Third French Republic!"
Xiao Letian tightened the woolen military coat on his shoulders, and his soldiers handed over a cup of hot tea. Everyone braved the cold wind at one or two o'clock in the morning to watch the battle on the city wall.
"The previous exchange of fire between the Provisional Government and the Commune did not break out in one day. When the Provisional Government was first established, the two sides also cooperated... Don't forget that each member of the National Guard in the hands of the Commune also received military pay every day. Woolen cloth!"
"But as we besieged the city, the contradictions between them gradually came to light, and the differences in ideas between the two sides eventually led to huge conflicts... It is no longer known who fired the first shot, but after the first shot, hatred It spreads, and the war is started!"
"But it's different now. After several months of truce, the cold snow and cold wind of this winter have made both of them less angry, and their hatred has faded a little..."
"More importantly, the main soldiers who make up the French government army have changed!"
"It used to be a war between communes and the Paris garrison, but after Thiers' reorganization, many new armies from the south of France joined in!"
"This is interesting! You should study France carefully. Their people woke up early and are full of romantic sentiments. It is very easy to be obsessed with ideals, fairness, justice, truth, conscience...etc. And confused by the concept of emptiness!"
"To be honest, the South has never experienced the painful experience of one's own people killing one's own people. Their soldiers are more sympathetic to the poor in their consciousness!"
"To be honest, the slogans and ideas of the Commune are very popular in France... because the gap between rich and poor is there, and the country's weakness is also obvious!"
"Will such an army kill its own people? Is this psychological hurdle so easy to overcome?"
Xiao Letian's rhetorical question made the generals present fall into deep thought. Noheira frowned and said, "Don't they know that military orders are like mountains? Do they still dare to disobey military orders?"
Sima Yun let out a long sigh, "That's not what you said. Military orders depend on what the soldiers are like. Our soldiers have all gone through very rigorous recruit training, and they have all experienced the baptism of war!"
"Have these soldiers experienced this? Haha... they are just some patriotic young people gathered by Gambetta in the south!"
"The new recruits probably don't even have three months of training. They are sent to the battlefield as soon as they can shoot... These people fight purely out of patriotism!"
"They are cute and respectable...but they are not a real army! The army should not be like this..."
Luo Huo scratched his head, "Haha, the master won his bet again... Thiers will definitely lose... I think the master can open a casino in the future, just for luck, there is no reason to lose money!"
Xiao Letian grinned, "Okay! I'll do it when I get back to China. I'll build a big casino where all the Chinese people can play together... How about calling it sports lottery? Or how about welfare lottery?"
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