As night fell, the whole day's continuous fighting finally came to an end. Only sporadic gunshots could be heard in the streets. This might be that the commune members were arresting the informants of the government forces.
From the very beginning, the city of Paris has been a situation where you have me and you, and although the Commune is very powerful now, it has not been able to control the entire city.
Government troops have placed barracks dotted around the city since the empire. The emperor's imperial guards and imperial guards were first stationed to defend the capital. After the collapse of the empire, the provisional government took over these fortresses.
These military camps and fortresses have not been allowed to be taken over by the Paris Commune since the Provisional Government of Trochu, because from the bottom of their hearts no republican government trusts these people.
However, during the gap between the dissolution of the provisional government and the establishment of the new Thiers government, Blanqui's men took advantage of the government forces being caught off guard and seized several military camps, but most of them were on the right bank!
The Left Bank of Paris, especially around the Palais Bourbon, is still an area controlled by government forces. Gradually, the city has developed a confrontation across the river.
It's a pity that this situation is too loose and has too many loopholes. The overall situation of you being among me and me being among you has never changed!
No matter how fierce the battle is, people still have to eat. There is no food in the world. There is no water or rice for a whole day. The physical strength of the soldiers on both sides has been exhausted. Many tired soldiers cannot get up from sitting on the ground. Breathing heavily.
The left bank has now become a large military camp. Wounded soldiers and commanders can still take shelter in the military camp, while more soldiers can only seize private houses or sleep directly on the street.
No one expected such a result. When the battle plan was formulated yesterday, everyone thought that it was just a matter of snatching a batch of cannons, and that the temporary conflict would not expand.
The Staff Headquarters and the Logistics Department basically prepared supplies based on the strength of 20 battalions. Not to mention ammunition, even food was only prepared for 20 battalions. No one expected that the final scale would become five. Compiler.
The Thiers government was originally a newly established government. The work of various departments was not functioning at all, and many departments even did not even have a basic personnel structure.
Such a big change happened all of a sudden, and everyone was in a hurry. Just preparing meals for these five divisions was an extremely huge project!
Everything was in chaos. How could the food for the five divisions be prepared so easily? Where was the food collected, where was it processed, how was it transported to the city, and how was it distributed to the soldiers?
To put it bluntly, the troops were in disarray, and it was difficult for the logistics officers to find a dedicated camp for the battalion!
Just because of this dinner, Thiers has smashed his office twice, and even his own dinner... Although Thiers is not a soldier, his current fate is completely related to the army.
Without victory, there would be no presidential career for him, let alone the long-term goal of restoring the empire and rewarding nobles in the future!
His own life, his own wealth, and even his family's future! Everything is tied to victory. If the army wins the battle, then everything is possible. If it cannot win the battle, all its efforts will be in vain!
The president has blown the pot. He ordered the logistics department to ensure that the soldiers have food at all costs. If the soldiers still can't have dinner before nine o'clock in the evening, then all the officials of the staff and logistics department will be punished!
Under the iron order, no matter how lazy and procrastinating the bureaucrats were, they did not dare to neglect. All government departments were mobilized, and there was a continuous flow of horse-drawn carriages transporting supplies to the city.
They really gave away whatever they had, sausages, fresh meat, bread...even raw oats and barley!
Before the troops could figure out how to process these raw ingredients, ten more carriages brought in firewood and charcoal, which meant that the soldiers could just make do with some barbecue.
What a chaotic dinner this was. On the chaotic Left Bank of Paris, some troops could only stand in a daze with a cart of raw meat and wood, but some troops were actually given a cart of cheese, but without any dry food.
What's even more ridiculous is that the 3rd Battalion of Grenadiers was actually assigned a cart of red wine. The large oak barrels were filled with Bordeaux red wine that had been aged for more than three years.
The battalion commander was dumbfounded, "Um...my soldiers have been hungry all day, why do you have to give them some bread and sausages? I'm not saying that red wine is bad, but these guys are not hungry!"
The logistics officer almost burst into tears, "My friend, please be considerate and considerate... We really can't get food. Our purchasing staff has already gone to a warehouse 40 kilometers away to transport it..."
"You just have to make do with it first, and I guarantee that you will have some oatmeal for breakfast!"
The soldiers of a battalion were dumbfounded when they looked at a cart of red wine with hungry stomachs. The battalion commander sighed, "Drink! It's better than nothing! A drink will solve a thousand worries..."
During the noisy dinner, all the troops became merchants. You exchange a piece of meat with me, I exchange you for a bottle of wine, and then exchange him for a piece of bread... It seems to be very rich, but the total amount provided is far from five Used by reinstallers.
The food distributed to each soldier was actually pitiful!
Thiers, who was worried about the situation on the front line, finally couldn't sit still. He ordered the guards to prepare carriages. He wanted to go to the city in person to see the soldiers in person!
"None of you should stop me! Get out of my way...I must share the hardships with the soldiers!"
"The peace of the Republic ultimately depends on these soldiers... I can't charge to the front line, so why can't I still visit the wounded soldiers?"
"We're blocking the road, so we're not ready to go with the carriage!"
In the end, the president's guards couldn't hold him back. A whole company of elite cavalry guards escorted Thiers' carriage into Paris!
The unusual movements in Thiers also shocked the German troops besieging the city. A regimental commander on the front line dispatched a company of German troops to accompany and protect him without asking for instructions!
More than two hundred people finally gave Thiers some sense of security, and the team quickly moved towards the Palais Bourbon!
But as soon as he entered the city, Thiers' heart felt cold!
The whole city was in chaos, strange sounds were everywhere, and there were brief exchanges of fire a few blocks away.
As we were moving forward, a carriage overturned on the street blocked the road. The injured soldiers were wailing on the roadside asking for help, "Help me...Brother, please help me..."
"I was delivering bread to the front line...but all the bread was taken away by thugs from the commune..."
"More than a hundred soldiers with guns in the dark mass killed my comrades, broke my legs...and stole a cart of bread!"
"Sir...Master...save me...send me out of the city..."
Before the guards could come forward to rescue him, a large group of figures rushed out from a small alley in the ten o'clock direction!
