Wild North America 1846

Chapter 566 The Elegy of the Times

Author: Portuguese toothless

Chapter 566 The Elegy of the Times

There were faint cheers, mixed with intermittent gunshots, echoing in the sky, exuding a strong smell of battlefield.

His Highness Don-Li Kun received the report immediately; the Versailles army broke through the Fortress of Issy, and the armed citizens of Paris retreated with heavy casualties.

"Great, God bless. We finally defeated these damn mud-legged people. We should hold a grand banquet today to celebrate."

The Crown Prince of Saxony cheered, stretched out his hand, and high-fived His Highness Tang Likun, with a look of joy on his face.

It is said that the European aristocrats are one family, and the same is true for the French and German aristocrats. They marry each other frequently. France has traditional influence in the northern states of the German Empire. The common enemy is dangerous social activists, commonly known as "Mud Legs"

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Limited by his background, His Highness Tang Li Kun sympathized with the Paris Commune, but it was difficult for him to truly stand in the other party's camp and share the same fate. That would mean betrayal to the royal family of the Tang Empire.

"Opening the door to Paris is just a good start..." Seeing Prince Albert's don't-disappoint expression, Tang Li Kun spread his hands helplessly and said; "Okay, this

It’s a great proposal, and I will attend the dinner on time.”

"Hey, remember to ask your officers to help, we need to make some unique and delicious food."

"Okay, Your Highness the Crown Prince, but my pet beast will not show up." His Highness Tang Li Kun emphasized.

Prince Albert just shrugged regretfully and did not express any objection.

The companion beast of His Highness the Seventh Prince has now grown into a majestic beast that ordinary people cannot get close to.

At a dinner not long ago, a German lieutenant colonel who had drunk too much wine insisted on touching it, but was slapped down, causing his arm and four ribs to be fractured. He is still lying in bed recuperating.

It is said that this lieutenant colonel is still a viscount, so unlucky!

After a while

The Versailles army that captured the Fortress of Issy cleared the battlefield, brutally inflicted wounds on the wounded armed citizens one by one, and sent them to see God. They also gathered all the prisoners for screening, eliminating hidden dangers on the battlefield.

until this time

Members of the military observation groups from various countries boarded the Isi Fortress one after another. They looked around with solemn expressions, looking at the battle flags flying on the dilapidated ruins. They didn't know what they felt in their hearts.

These members of the Paris Commune who sacrificed their lives shed blood on the battlefield. Every one of them loved France. When the emperor and the upper levels of the government all surrendered to foreign countries, there was no one to rely on. Resistance would have no other result than sacrifice.

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Even so

Still willing to die generously without hesitation, just for the dream of equality, freedom and liberation in my heart.

Tang Li Kun suddenly felt his nose was a little sore. He stood up straight with a solemn expression and saluted these members of the Paris Commune who died for their ideals.

This scene

A lieutenant colonel commander of the Versailles army not far away saw it. There was a look of hostility in his eyes, but he was dragged away by the discerning officer beside him.

Today's France is breaking the drum and beating everyone, so it is better not to make trouble over nothing.

His Royal Highness Tang Richard, the seventh prince, also noticed the hostility of the French lieutenant colonel. He frowned slightly at the provocation of this little insect and didn't take it to heart.

Instead, Prince Albert came over curiously and asked, "Why?"

"Whether they are right or wrong, those patriots who fell in pursuit of their ideals are worthy of admiration. Everyone knew that the Paris Commune would definitely lose, but they still did it, just for the belief in their hearts."

"God! This sounds like the argument of Blanquism or liberal republicans. They talk about their ideals and beliefs all day long, but what they want to subvert is our traditional way of life. It seems that I should be wary of you...

…Dear Your Highness, are you one of them?”

"No, I am an imperialist of the Tang Dynasty, and it is my duty to spread the glory of the empire. I am now, I will be in the future... and it will not change at the last moment of my life." His Highness Tang Li Kun replied proudly.

"As far as I know, the territory of the Tang Empire has surpassed that of France and the Qing Dynasty. You almost occupy the best territory in America. This is really enviable." Prince Albert couldn't help rolling his eyes and holding the valuables in his hands.

Hanging his cane on his arm, he took out a silk handkerchief and put it on his nose and continued;

"And our great German Empire can only be trapped in Europe, watching you colonize the whole world, but unable to take the steps to follow. This is really frustrating!

Let's get out of here. The French are going to turn this place into a slaughterhouse. They will kill their own people more cruelly than the Germans.

But I wouldn’t be surprised, because these French guys once sent their own emperor to the guillotine, so what can’t they do?”

in European countries

"Regicide" is a taboo topic, and it is also a sinful act that arouses the common hostility of all kingdoms and all nobles. Once it leaves a stain, it will not be washed away for hundreds or thousands of years.

The threat of Emperor Napoleon across Europe was so great that the anti-French alliance led by Britain did not even think about regicide. Instead, they simply exiled him to a desert island overseas because they were afraid of suffering the notoriety of regicide.

His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince also saw the French lieutenant colonel walking down the dilapidated fortress aggressively, and then ordered the soldiers to bring out some captured Paris Commune members and line them up in a row, preparing to execute them.

Such private executions without trial were common, as Versailles soldiers vented their rage on prisoners, the most barbaric form of killing.

His Highness Tang Li Kun, the Seventh Prince, frowned in disgust, turned around and followed the British General Mace and others who left together and walked down the fortress stairs. Soon he heard the "crackling" bursts of gunshots, and the smell of blood became even stronger.

A bit more intense.

He was unable to stop the massacre of the Paris Commune by the Versailles Army, which may have been inspired by the superiors and occurred widely across the battlefield.

Fearing the series of radical policies of the Paris Commune, the Thiers government adopted a bloody policy of large-scale suppression. There were numerous organized executions without judgment, and they could not control them at all.

Capturing the Fortress of Issy opened the door to Paris.

It is completely foreseeable how tragic the upcoming siege of Paris will be?

The "National Guard" composed of armed citizens lacked training, strong command and support, lacked artillery fire, and lacked all logistics. Most of them relied on nearby barricades to fight against the Versailles Army, trying to prevent government troops from entering Paris.

Tang-Li Kun knows;

This kind of mantis blocking the car is just a waste of time. The unorganized army of more than 300,000 is like scattered sand. The number looks scary, but the actual combat effectiveness is almost child's play.

They will be defeated one by one by the concentrated superior strength and artillery fire of the Versailles Army with rich combat experience, and they will not be able to hold out for too long.

The members of the Paris Commune were too naive. Paris was in urgent need of all supplies and was so financially tight that they could not even afford food rations to fill their stomachs. However, they did not know that the Bank of France, which was just around the corner, was urgently requisitioned to meet their urgent needs.

In the Bank of France, there are gold and banknotes worth billions of francs, but no one dares to get their hands on them. It is really naive.

As a native Parisian, who doesn’t know that there are mountains of gold and cash in the Bank of France?

As long as you have money, what supplies can't be bought?

A group of people left the Fortress of Isi, and the sound of gunshots from behind them could still be heard from time to time. In the beginning of May 1871, when the weather was getting warmer, it still brought a bone-chilling chill.

From early May to May 21

For nearly three weeks, the rearmed Versailles Army launched a large-scale siege of Paris. This ancient and beautiful European city was plunged into unprecedented bloody battles, with the sound of gunfire day and night.

Although the National Guards were basically civilians and were short of weapons and ammunition from beginning to end, their will to resist was resolute. Citizens in many neighborhoods organized themselves voluntarily and fought a bloody battle with the Versailles Army with the help of barricades.

Unfortunately, there was no unified command, and the citizens of Paris had very little cooperation and support from each other. The Versailles Army concentrated its superior forces and defeated them one by one.

In this way, various neighborhoods of Paris were lost one after another, the Seine River was filled with floating corpses, and tens of thousands of resisters died in the battle.

On May 25, Louis Charles Delecluze, a member of the Paris Commune and the last commander of the Self-Defense Forces, was killed in a street fight. Most of the barricades in Paris fell, and complete failure was a foregone conclusion.

On the afternoon of May 27, after repeated bloody battles, the last artillery position of the Self-Defense Forces, the Butchaumont Heights, was captured by the First Regiment of the French Foreign Legion.

At 6 pm that day, the Lachaise Cemetery, a stronghold guarded by 200 self-defense troops, was captured by the Versailles Army. The 150 wounded self-defense troops who were still alive at the time were massacred beside the outer wall of the cemetery. This situation occurred in various places in Paris.

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Gunfire broke out in Paris, and Versailles troops were everywhere chasing the resistance. The massacre without trial continued for a long time.

In just a few days of the last "bloody weeks", Versailles generals said that the number of resistance fighters killed in Paris reached more than 17,000.

According to observers' estimates, this number should be doubled, ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 people. The final accurate number will never be known.

After the failure of the Paris Commune, the French government, dominated by the Orleans faction, arrested possible revolutionaries. Subsequently, about 20,000 people were executed after trial, more than 7,500 were imprisoned, and many more were exiled or fled.

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The social unrest lasted until the end of 1871, when it gradually stabilized.

After the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War

France was forced to cede Alsace and Lorraine, and shouldered huge war compensation of up to 5 billion francs. This amount of money made the newly born German Empire rich overnight, and began to develop rapidly along the road of industrialization, truly starting a new era.

The era of industrialization.

(End of chapter)