The bloody battle first started on Avenue Saint-Michel, which was the most important position where the Commune was embedded in the Left Bank and a very famous street in Paris.
The rows of shops have long been transformed into fighting fortresses. Commune fighters experienced in street fighting have built at least six sandbag walls on the street. These are six mutually dependent defensive positions.
If the government troops wanted to attack Saint-Michel Street, they had to attack from the south to the north. Therefore, the Paris Commune specially set up twelve cannons and set up a small cannon in the north of the street near the Sorbonne University and the Panthéon. Ammunition Depot.
The troops are well-equipped and the National Guards guarding here are very confident. They firmly believe that no matter how many enemies come, they will never be able to rush through here.
But they never expected that what they encountered today was a crazy legion armed to the teeth!
The attack occurred when the commune was unprepared. This moment was also the darkest moment before dawn. In a quarter of an hour at most, the white fish belly would appear in the east. The long night had passed, and all the soldiers had relaxed.
There were even many commune soldiers dozing off against the sandbag wall!
The Algerian Third Division under the French Emperor, known as the North African ace unit, has quietly moved up. In the darkness, the grenadiers were strapped with grenades, and they were crawling in the dark shadow of the corner.
One by one, they lay on the ground and moved quietly like predatory lizards in the desert, approaching the enemy's position little by little!
When they were ten meters away from the first sandbag position, these veterans began to place the grenades on their waists one by one on the street, and even arranged the fuses.
Suddenly, the oldest veteran took the lead and threw the grenades, followed by hail-like bombs hitting the unsuspecting defenders.
Boom boom boom... The explosion woke up all the dozing soldiers, but before they could wake up, the vanguard troops had already rushed forward.
"Kill without mercy! Advance quickly!"
Bang bang bang... There was a loud sound of gunfire, and the unsuspecting defenders suffered countless casualties. These ferocious veterans supported each other with firepower. Whenever a squad began to charge forward, there must be other friendly forces behind to provide fire support.
The dense bullets were fired so accurately that the defenders couldn't even lift their heads!
"The veteran will not die! The empire will not perish! Fix the bayonet..."
The sharp bayonets danced on the street like a jungle, and the soldiers climbed over the half-man-high sandbag wall and charged directly into the belly of the first line of defense.
Those surviving commune soldiers were no match for these wolf-like veterans. The white soldiers attacked and were killed in just one encounter.
The experienced French army can push away the opponent's weapon with a flick of the bayonet. The snake-like bayonet can pierce the enemy's heart by thrusting forward an inch without much force.
More veterans pay attention to mutual cooperation. One person holds the enemy's weapon, and the other is fighting with a group of people. Just a bayonet, the sharp white blade penetrates directly through the gap in the ribs, and violently stirs the lungs!
The screaming soldier vomited blood and foam from his mouth, fell to the ground and kept twitching!
There is no pity, no sympathy, only the most efficient slaughter. These veterans kill like butchers slaughtering cattle and sheep for a lifetime. It has completely become an instinct!
In just a quarter of an hour, the first line of defense was breached. The corpses of more than 300 National Guardsmen were lying in disorder on the street, and more than 100 people were left in a hurry to escape to the north.
"Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack! Comrades, fight..."
At this moment, the bell of Notre Dame in the north was just ringing, and only then did all Paris know that the government forces had begun a general offensive.
The first position had been lost, and the second position was also in danger. Rows of muzzles finally appeared on the sandbag wall and began to counterattack the attacking French army.
Bang bang bang... Bullets were flying everywhere, but what I never expected was that those veterans miraculously disappeared!
When he looked carefully, he heard a gunshot from the opposite side, and the bullet blew out the head of this curious commune soldier.
At this time, people discovered that the government troops who had just rushed into the first blocking position did not waste a second at all, but quickly dispersed to find cover points.
There are buildings on both sides of the road, broken statues on the street, bomb craters filled with rainwater, and some people even temporarily pulled a few sandbags to build themselves a small individual shooting bunker!
"God, what kind of army is this? How come you react so quickly..." Before he could finish his words, another bullet flew past his head.
These imperial veterans who have fought all their lives, shooting is their breathing. All of them are equipped with the most advanced breech-loading rifles, allowing them to reload incredibly fast!
The marksmanship was extremely accurate, and the rate of fire was extremely fast... As a result, a company of French troops was able to overwhelm an opponent's entire battalion without even being able to raise their heads!
"Reinforcements! I need reinforcements!"
Amidst the continuous calls for help, bursts of noisy sounds suddenly sounded in the buildings on both sides of Saint-Michel Avenue. Then many windows were pushed open, the glass was smashed, and the commune soldiers began to shoot from above!
Due to the high altitude advantage, the casualties of the government troops began to increase, but this advantage did not last long at all. Soon, there were waves of dull explosions in the buildings on both sides!
"Haha, you still want to block my troops in this position?" The commander of the third division sneered and said, "The military headquarters has equipped you with three times the number of troops. What do you have to wait for now?"
Holding the gun produced by Nobel Company in his hand, the teacher sighed, "I didn't expect the Prussian gun technology to be so advanced!"
"It's powerful, there's less smoke and dust, and most importantly, it's safe... We won't lose this battle unjustly!"
In order to win this civil war, Thiers had already spent all his money. He could even cede the two provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, let alone buy some new weapons and weapons.
At this moment, the remaining stocks in the German arsenal are completely covered by France!
Facts have proved that McMahon's handover of power was very correct. He did not specify a specific battle plan, but only gave each unit goals to fight freely. This actually stimulated their battlefield creativity.
Facing the defenders' condescending counterattack relying on buildings, these veterans actually thought of the clever trick of using guns to blast forward inside the building!
Aren't you hiding in the house? Then I'll blow up the wall and walk through the building!
Boom...boom...boom...
The safety gun produced by Nobel Company can blast the hard iron ore in the mine, not to mention the masonry walls!
Big holes were blown into the walls, and the French soldiers with bayonets rushed in, fighting and stabbing the commune soldiers to death with bayonets!
When the fighting was at its peak, they even defiantly threw the disemboweled soldiers out of the third-floor window!
Blood and internal organs fell to the ground like rain, hitting the commune members all over their bodies!
