pappabearbooks Chapter 93: The attack failed, and Cao's self-defense army was defeated instead.
Chapter 93: The attack failed, and Cao's self-defense army was defeated instead.
I understand that Dipan was an uninformed member, which is why he has this concern.
Pietri, completely unfazed, simply nodded; Dipan saw no other expression on his face besides calm.
Dupin didn't know where this Paris police chief got his confidence from, but as the second-highest-ranking officer present, Dupin could only suppress his emotions and wait quietly for things to develop further.
The Guards corps commander might not know, but the Guards company commander certainly did. Royal knew that Pietre was now one of Eugène's most trusted subordinates.
This police commissioner knew every detail of the entire plan; he knew even more than Super Agent 007 Dremar.
"Colonel Dipan, just remember His Highness's orders: we only need to hold out until the green flare is raised. Until then, no matter how fierce the Republican attack is, we must hold this place."
Remember, fight hard, but don't scare them. Your Highness needs them to pour all their strength into this fight.
"clear."
I don't understand, but I can clearly sense that it was planned, and the other party's confidence is genuine.
Feeling that his military career seemed to be saved, Dipan didn't ask any more questions. He immediately gave a standard military salute, turned around and walked to his command post to arrange and give instructions.
Seeing that Dupin was sensible enough not to ask any more questions, and not wanting to waste his breath explaining, Pietre raised his binoculars again, his gaze falling on the direction of Place de la Concorde in the distance.
The Tuileries Palace is different from Versailles, which is far from Paris. Versailles was built by the Bourbon dynasty to better suppress the mobs in Paris.
The Bonaparte family, who did not choose to live there, resided in the Tuileries Palace, which, unlike the Palace of Versailles which was far from the city center, was located in the odd-numbered arrondissement of Paris, in what is known as the new city center of Paris.
Therefore, standing here, Pietre could even see Troch's conspicuous general's uniform, as well as the almost crazed expressions on the faces of many of the opposing soldiers.
Pietre simply sighed softly at these ignorant masses who were swept along by the tide to their deaths.
To command the entire Paris police force, as well as the intelligence network and the secret police, Pietry had seen plenty of torture techniques and even personally participated in them quite a few times.
Having developed a heart of stone, Pietre had no reason to feel sorry for the people rushing in from outside, eager to die.
He only felt sorrow for these foolish people who, even on their deathbeds, did not realize that they were merely pawns on the table.
As Pietree's thoughts raced, the fact that he could see these people, and even clearly their facial expressions, meant that they were not far from the Tuileries Palace.
Therefore, the first shot was fired very quickly. The first to launch the attack was not from the center, but from Louis Brown's unit on the left flank.
The 5000-strong National Guard had absolutely no tactics, let alone the advanced skirmish line attack model used in the Franco-Prussian War.
Just like the mistakes the French army made at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War, these National Guard members all charged toward the Porte de Carrousel with shouts.
The self-defense forces, fighting entirely on sheer fervor, fired bullets that flew in all directions, most of which hit the palace walls, causing brick fragments to scatter but having no other effect.
Without comparison, there is no harm. Compared to the disorganized self-defense forces, the Paris police, who have been well-fed, well-trained, and holed up behind the palace walls during this period, are completely different.
Seeing the swarming Self-Defense Forces approaching, most of the police were not intimidated by the scene. They calmly fought back and waited until the Republican Army was within 80 meters of the barricades before opening fire.
Close-range shooting had a significant effect. The Self-Defense Forces fired indiscriminately and didn't take anyone with them, while the Paris police on the first defensive position killed dozens of Self-Defense Force division commanders at the forefront with just one volley.
Da Da Da~
The Mitrayoz machine gun began to fire. Positioned in the center, the Mitrayoz machine gun was operated by five policemen. One of the policemen cranked the hand crank, and the 25 barrels began to spew fire.
With a rate of fire of 150 rounds per minute, in today's environment where rifles can only fire 3-4 rounds per minute, it is practically the most lethal weapon against infantry.
The overwhelming firepower directly suppressed the self-defense forces. After only three common-sense charges, costing no less than 300 men, they retreated behind various buildings and bunkers, no longer daring to raise their heads.
A young worker in a coarse cloth shirt, now a member of the self-defense force, had just mustered the courage to stick his head out and shoot.
However, because his shooting skills were poor and he took too long to aim, a bullet accurately found him.
With a sway, a thumb-sized hole appeared on the worker's forehead. Without uttering a sound, he fell straight down, his rifle falling to the ground.
The commotion startled his companion, who was cowering with his head in his hands and had only glanced at him briefly. The companion screamed in fright and scrambled to hide behind a marble statue further back.
Terrified, he didn't even dare to get up and fire a couple of shots randomly.
The poor communication infrastructure meant that the dire situation on the left flank couldn't be quickly relayed to the other two flanks, because they had agreed to attack at roughly the same time.
Upon hearing the gunshots from the left flank, Senucci's unit on the right flank also launched an attack, not to be outdone.
The right flank was slightly different from the left. Because the water gate along the Seine was situated at a lower elevation, its defenses were relatively weak. Therefore, Senucci personally led a thousand of his most fanatical workers' militia in an attempt to break through by water.
Unfortunately, both Pietre and Dipan were aware of this weakness. A defensive force of nearly 1 men was not like the Xialong Legion, which needed to defend the entire Meuse River and was severely understaffed; they only needed to guard the palace behind them.
The weakness is only relative, but on the Watergate side, Pietre still retains a fighting force of 1500 cannons.
Now Senucci was in deep trouble. This Jewish speculator, who wanted to show off that the bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish, had just led his team to the riverbank when they were met with a fierce attack from the water gate guards.
"Everyone, open fire!"
At the command of the police captain in charge of defending the water gate, the police, though outnumbered, were equipped with two machine guns and did not hesitate to use their ammunition.
The two machine guns roared as the soldiers shook them, unleashing a barrage of bullets that swept across the river like scythes, instantly killing anyone caught in their path.
The river was stained a murky red by a large amount of blood that gushed out in a short period of time, and dozens of corpses floated on the surface of the water, swaying slowly with the waves.
The Seine, being relatively calm, clearly lacks the ability to clean itself quickly. It is foreseeable that after this battle, in the coming days, people in Paris will be able to see a splash of blood in the Seine.