C3038 A night of farce

The sky had already begun to darken. The farce in the Bourbon's palace continued, and the commune continued to issue orders, regardless of whether there were any responses.

Of course, it was also within reason that there was no response. Blanqui and the others did not expect that these people would turn their heads and support them.

But Blanqui was confident, he knew that at the moment, all they needed was military victory, this was what he was betting on. As long as he could win an exciting victory in Paris under the leadership of the commune, then even if it was a reorganisation of the government that had no effect on the law, they would still gain a lot of respect.

Victory! Victory! The commune was betting on a military victory!

However, their fate was really unlucky. After seven in the evening, General Trochu, who had fainted due to the high blood pressure, actually woke up in a certain army camp.

The old general could feel his temples dancing non-stop, his heart thumping like a drum!

"What's the situation outside?"

"Also …" Fortunately … "General, you need to rest now …"

"Tell me the truth! "This is an order!" Trochu shouted with an ashen face.

"Yes!" Paris Commune initiated a rebellion, assaulted Bourbon's palace, and announced his dissolution of Interim Defence Government on his own accord. He also declared the taking over of authority … "

"At this moment …" At this moment, they were issuing notices all over the city. They were also sending official letters to all government departments to take over power... They even said that they would break out of the siege in three days, and have our garrison unit listen to their orders! "

"Bastard!" Trochu patted on the bed and struggled to sit up, "They are all bastards! Interim Government is the only legal government, who would dare to dissolve it? "

"You don't even put the National Assembly in your eyes anymore?"

"Immediately dispatch troops to suppress them …" Capture Blanqui and the others and release the Bourbon's palace first! "

"Yes!" "Completing the mission with full determination!"

After all, the army was the army. This place paid a lot of attention to high-ranking inheritance, and soldiers would naturally follow the orders of their familiar commanders. With just a single command from Trochu, 50,000 Paris garrison s rushed to the streets.

Four of them started to block the connection between Montmartre plateau and the other one, while the other one was aimed straight at the Bourbon's palace.

The mobilization of tens of thousands of soldiers had scared the citizens of Paris silly. A torrent of steel and steel was running down the streets in an orderly fashion. Those who had been shouting their slogans turned their heads and dived into the alleyway.

The houses of the small houses on both sides of the road were closed. Nobody knew how many people were going to die tonight.

When the ten thousand regular soldiers saw the main gate of the Bourbon's palace, the members of the commune couldn't believe their eyes at first, and then they saw the regular soldiers begin to stab them with their bayonets.

"This is bad!" Trochu has sent troops to kill us... Flee! "

It was already ten-thirty at night. Due to the lack of response from the army when the commune had announced that they would take over, the citizens of over a hundred thousand parades thought that the situation had been resolved peacefully.

In the evening, these tired and hungry citizens scattered out to their homes to rest. At around 10 o'clock, there were no more than 2000 people working in and out of Bourbon's palace.

This number was not enough to fend off the ten thousand regular soldiers who were armed to the teeth. When the commanding officer gave the order to charge, the group of commune members immediately scattered away.

The streets were littered with fleeing workers. Soldiers rushed forward and knocked over one after another with the butts of their guns, then tied their hands and feet with coarse hemp rope and threw them aside like animals.

The Bourbon's palace was quickly liberated, and the tricolor flag started to fly again. Soon after, the Paris garrison began to search the area around the Bourbon's palace.

"Capture Blanqui... Catch Luo Shenfuer... Grab these leftists... They can't escape! "

"Reporting, Sir, there is no trace of any left faction officials in Bourbon's palace!"

"Continue to expand the scope of the search!" "With such a large scale rebellion, it's impossible that they weren't in command. Furthermore, they couldn't possibly be too far away …"

"They are around us, they must be!"

Bang bang bang … The houses around Bourbon's palace were smashed open one after another. Amidst the screams of the crowd, the soldiers rushed into the houses to search.

The French Commander did not guess wrong. Blanqui and the rest were currently inside a house fifty metres away from the Bourbon's palace, directing the operation.

When they saw the soldiers begin to search along the street, they thought it was not good and quickly climbed onto the roof to retreat.

These working class did indeed have a lot of fighting experience. They traversed the maze of Paris City as if they were walking on flat ground. Sometimes they would sprint on the rooftops, and sometimes they would walk into the attics of unknown families.

There were even some secret tunnels that led to another street area, and then through the basement, sewer system … Only after a full hour had passed did they finally break away from the pursuit of the army.

At the most dangerous moment, Blanqui and the rest were carefully walking on the roof of a house, and on the street below them were hundreds of regular troops.

If these soldiers had raised their heads slightly, they would have been able to see these fugitives in the darkness!

In the darkness of the night, the sounds of guns could be heard, it was a part of the bloodied Self-Defence Force that started to attack the regular army, while the Paris garrison did not want to show any weakness and quickly counterattacked, causing the number of bloodshed to increase.

However, it was also the distant sounds of gunfire that attracted the attention of the soldiers below them. Just as Blanqui was about to be discovered, the soldiers suddenly rushed towards the direction of the sounds of gunfire.

Until the sun shined brightly, only then did Blanqui and the others use the underground system to escape to Montmartre plateau!

At this time, Montmartre plateau had already become a murderous hedgehog!

Layer upon layer of the streets were filled with sandbag wall s, hiding Napoleon's cannons that were seized one after another. The black muzzles of the cannons were aimed straight at the French army outside.

On the streets, there were National Guard soldiers who were prepared for battle. This was a very mixed army, all of them were around forty to fifty years old, some were young and tender faced, and there were even figures of women inside …

These warriors, who had firm looks in their eyes, looked at the ferocious French army without any fear.

"Bastard!" "Your guns are aimed not at the Prussian invaders outside the city, but at your own people. You really are in cahoots with the traitors!"

"Ba Zan has surrendered. Are you going to slaughter the people of Paris again? To your German master? Go to hell... "Bah!"

At the moment, 40,000 regular soldiers had blocked the four most important districts, lining up to attack. After all, it was a trained regular army. It didn't respond to provocation or curses, only waiting for orders from its superior!

When Gan Bida returned to the tavern in the headquarters, he said with lingering fear, "Trochu's ability to control the army has exceeded our expectations. Yesterday's operation was too risky … …"

Just then, someone ran in from outside. "Sir!" Representative Thiers is here. He said that he is here to mediate the conflict … "

"Oh? He came … Let him in... Remember to be polite! "