Chapter 1002: Gunfire in Paris

  Chapter 982 – Gunfire in Paris

Just as the Russian army commanders were discussing their big plans to get rich, the situation in Paris was also completely heading towards collapse. In the face of the continuous influx of refugees, the revolutionary government showed great powerlessness.

The old order was broken and a new order was established, and this period happened to be the time when the hearts of the people were most in turmoil. If the revolutionary government in Paris had been strong enough, it could have taken thunderous measures to deter the people. Unfortunately, this was not the case with the revolutionary government.

There is no way, who let the revolutionary government’s world is not fought down? It wasn’t even a coup d’état! What appeared to be an armed seizure of power was actually sent to them by Napoleon IV of his own accord.

Even the revolutionary army, which wasn’t even a rabble, wasn’t able to keep it, and was disbanded in the political struggle that followed.

Nominally the government army was under the command of the central government, but in reality it was nothing of the sort. Napoleon IV ran away on his own initiative, and the arrangements were made before the evacuation, and the main generals in the army had long since been replaced by full-fledged ones.

The Bonaparte dynasty went into exile, and it is not known how loyal these officers were to the Emperor, but they certainly did not take kindly to the revolutionary government anyway.

According to the normal rhythm, it should be that the new government came to power and slowly cleansed the army of Bonaparte elements, and then replaced them with people from their own line.

Unfortunately, the revolutionary government in Paris didn’t have that kind of time, and the anti-French allies came in right after they came to power.

By the time the main force of the Allies withdrew one after another, the reputation of the revolutionary government had already been stigmatized. It was too late to stabilize the army, let alone to cleanse it.

Without force in hand, the revolutionary government could not be strong. A weak government can neither deter bureaucrats nor capitalists.

The government’s orders for relief were in vain, and even if they were barely carried out, most of the supplies were lost. The capitalists are taking advantage of the situation, and the ordinary people, not to mention the refugees, can no longer make ends meet.

There is no harm without comparison, before the Paris revolution everyone’s life was miserable but still got by, at least filling their stomachs was not a problem.

On the contrary, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse after the success of the revolution, not only was the powerful French Empire gone, even filling their stomachs became a problem.

With the loss of popular support, the revolutionaries were divided. The radicals led by the Socialist Party believed that the Paris government had betrayed the revolution by colluding with the capitalists internally and betraying the interests of France externally.

As the situation in Paris continued to deteriorate, the call for a second revolution grew louder and louder. More and more people realized that the revolutionary government in Paris could not save France and wanted to overthrow the Parisian government to establish an “ideal country” in their mind.

……

Affected by the influx of refugees, Paris in the evening is the most terrible, theft, robbery, murder …… all kinds of crime in the city constantly staged. Not to mention the ordinary people, even the police do not dare to go out on the street alone.

In order to save the electricity bill overhead, once the city that never sleeps, is now dark. Darkness provides convenience for crime, and likewise for ……

“Are they all ready?”

“Don’t worry, two hundred volunteers are already in place, and all one hundred and thirty-seven long and short guns have already been distributed. Just waiting for the order from headquarters to be issued, we’ll launch an attack on the armory!”

“The more times like this, the more careful and vigilant we must be. In recent times, the reactionary government has not only expanded the police force, but also added a Public Order Supervisory Bureau, specifically designed to remove dissidents.

If word leaks out in advance, then everything will be lost. They’ve never been soft on opponents.”

“Knock, knock, knock ……”

A knock on the door sounded, interrupting the conversation between the two. A young man casually responded, “Who’s there, what’s all the random knocking in the middle of the night?”

“Open the door, check!”

The two men looked at each other and realized that it was going to be bad. If the police worked this hard and were out on duty in the middle of the night, the security in Paris wouldn’t have deteriorated so much.

“What are you checking for in the middle of the night? Do you have a court warrant? Could it be that you want to impersonate a police officer and break into a house?

Let me tell you, I’ve seen this kind of ruse many times, it’s useless! Get lost if you’re smart, or I’ll let you taste the power of bullets!”

While saying this, the young man took out his gun and intentionally made the sound of loading, the atmosphere was immediately tense.

The policeman who originally called the door also lost his temper, and took two steps back to the sergeant who led the team, proposing: “Sergeant, what should we do? The people inside, they’re treating us like robbers. Why don’t we withdraw first and come back tomorrow with a warrant.”

In France trespassing owner has the right to be shot directly, before getting a search warrant from the court, even the police can’t enter a private residence without authorization.

Although the situation had changed after the revolutionary government came to power, the law still stated so. Even if the higher-ups would not be held accountable, the lower-level clerks were still deeply affected.

After all, a life was one’s own, and if they were shot by the owner of the house, it wouldn’t be worth it.

The middle-aged sheriff shook his head, “No, we’ve received a tip-off that there are rebel elements connecting in this area, we must uncover them.”

“People inside listen to me, the police are now arresting felons, open the door immediately to be inspected, or we’ll force our way in!”

The two people inside glanced at each other, only to see the young man take out a gong from under the table, and while banging on it, he shouted loudly, “Robbers posing as police officers have robbed the place, come out and help!”

Under normal circumstances, in the face of heavily armed “robbers”, ordinary people naturally avoided, but this is an abnormal area.

On the surface, it was a workers’ neighborhood, but in reality it was a secret stronghold of the Socialist Party, and in addition to the young men in charge of the joint, there was also the main force of the uprising.

The sound of gongs and drums was the agreed-upon signal, and regardless of whether the robbers outside were real or fake, the “residents” in the neighborhood all responded.

The sound of the gongs and drums clearly angered the police outside, and before they realized the danger, Sheriff James Lehane immediately ordered: “Ram the door, if anyone resists, shoot them on the spot!”

The most worthless thing in a chaotic world is human life. Things that one would not dare to do even if they said anything in the peace era, at this time, it became stress-free.

“Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang ……”

At the same time as the police slammed the door, gunshots began to ring out continuously. In the darkness of the night, the gas lamp in the police officer’s hand became the best point of reference, shadowing the direction for the gunman’s finger.

Seeing that people were constantly shot and fell, Sheriff Jaime Rayon, who realized something was wrong, hurriedly roared, “Quickly extinguish the lights and lie down!”

Obviously, it was too late to react at this time. The horn of the uprising was blown in advance, and then wanting to stop has become a luxury. The dozen or so policemen who blundered into the vortex of the uprising became the first sacrifices.

Confusion is contagious, especially under the cover of darkness, and no one knows how big the insurrectionary army is, which exacerbates this panic.

As in all the Paris uprisings, more people joined the insurgents in a daze, except for those who were disgruntled with the government who joined the insurgents on their own initiative.

There was chaos. The whole of Paris was in disarray. Everywhere there were shouts of murder, and everyone in the high houses, except children, were heavily armed.

If you look closely you will find that certain big noblemen’s houses even have Maxim machine guns and mortars, which are new weapons that the French army didn’t even have time to equip, have sprung up.

One can only marvel at the powerful network of the great nobles, the continental war which has only just ended, they have gotten equipment from the hands of the original enemy.

If it is not concerned about the impact, it is estimated that armored cars these people are able to get their hands on. After all, as soon as the war against France was over, the Vienna government opened the equipment sale. Only the object of the deal was the state, not the individual.

In the Presidential Palace, Baptiste was like an ant on a hot pan in a hurry.

Since taking office, he was also in charge of the day to day, and could be said to have done his best for France. How could he not help that the situation was still deteriorating, and eventually developed to this point.

Hurriedly rushed to the Prime Minister Michael, without any hesitation directly said: “His Excellency the President, the military refused to send troops to suppress the rebellion, the current situation crisis, I’m afraid that relying on the police alone can not solve the problem.

The only way to get through this right now is to ask the Russian army outside the city to step in.”

It was a difficult decision. During the period when the Antifa Allies were running France, the Allies naturally had no problem suppressing the rebellion.

Now that power had been handed over to the revolutionary government in Paris, to ask the Russians to do it again would be to ask “foreign troops to suppress a domestic rebellion”, which was of a completely different nature.

Once done, the already infamous revolutionary government of Paris will become even more infamous. The hat of “traitor” will never be taken off.

“Good, I will immediately call the Russian army abroad!”

At the critical moment, President Baptiste still showed his decisiveness. Sensei, no matter how serious the aftermath was, it was necessary to get through the current situation before saying anything.

If the rebels were allowed to become a climate, the end of the others was unknown, but anyway, he, the President of the Revolutionary Government, was dead.

……

The outbreak of chaos in the city of Paris, naturally, can not be hidden from the Russian army outside the city. In order to control the situation in time, the Russian command headquarters is still brightly lit.

Many Russian generals, including Admiral Evgeny, are watching the situation and preparing to choose a suitable entry point to intervene.

“Your Excellency Commander, a telegram from Allied Headquarters!”

Receiving the telegram and reading it carefully twice, Admiral Evgeny said helplessly, “Alright, now everyone can rest. No matter how chaotic the situation in Paris is tonight, it has nothing to do with us.”

If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, Admiral Evgeny couldn’t believe that the Allied headquarters had actually issued an order not to interfere.

However, a military order was a military order. Since the Allied Headquarters had already given the order, regardless of whether it was reasonable or not, they had no choice but to comply.

Disobey?

Admiral Evgeny hadn’t lived long enough to jump out and challenge the authority of the Allied Command, at least not before gaining the support of the Tsarist government.

Without much explanation, Evgeny directly passed the telegram in his hand to read. Understood or not, it was to be carried out anyway.

“His Excellency the Commander, the French President is on the phone.”

Admiral Yevgeny frowned and said without any good humor, “Tell President Baptiste that I’ve gone to sleep. I’m not answering anyone’s calls right now, so we’ll talk about anything tomorrow.”

Without thinking, Evgeny knew that this call from the French was a request for help.

It was estimated that at this moment the situation in Paris had collapsed to the limit, and the revolutionary government in Paris had to use external forces to stabilize the situation. It was a good opportunity to knock on the door, but now it had nothing to do with him anymore.

(End of chapter)