Chapter 775: The Fall of the Paris Commune

  Chapter 758 – The Fall of the Paris Commune

As the sun was setting, the sunlight in the sky shone on the earth, flashing an awkward red light.

The sound of artillery fire in Paris has ended, the government forces have attacked the city, and from time to time there are sporadic incoming gunfire, seems to tell you the revolutionaries are not willing.

Returned to Versailles again, Napoleon IV’s heart messed up. Formerly opulent palace, at the moment only left a broken wall.

For Napoleon IV, Versailles is not just a palace, but also the place where he was born and grew up. Suddenly home is gone, the pain of which only experienced people know.

Perhaps out of vengeance, the revolutionary government of Paris destroyed the palace, a symbol of imperial power, before it was destroyed, as if it wanted to use this way to swear the hatred between the two sides.

In a sense, they succeeded. Versailles is the symbol of the French monarchy, destroyed not only a palace, but also the supreme dignity of the royal power.

Face pale Napoleon IV, with a trembling voice asked: “The head of the rebellion caught yet?”

At this moment, Napoleon IV has only one idea, to destroy his “home” people arrested and thwarted, in order to vent the hatred of the heart.

Police Minister Ansorge replied with anxiety: “Not yet, it is said that on the third day after we launched the attack, the head of the rebel party ran away.”

The fact that Paris was captured so easily was directly related to the fact that the head of the revolutionaries ran away.

This was Paris, and there were too many buildings that made the government forces cower, and the heavy artillery simply didn’t dare to be used.

If not for the loss of leadership, the city’s troops are fighting separately, this “Paris offensive and defense” lasted a month or two is a small matter, a little more tenacious resistance may also be able to hold out for a year and a half years.

Good upbringing, in front of the cruel reality is not worth mentioning. Napoleon IV roared in anger: “did not catch people, you are still here for what?

Still hurry up and go arrest someone for me, if you can’t catch the head of the rebellion, you don’t come back!”

Only one word came to Ansorge’s mind, “settling scores”. As the Minister of Police, Ansorge was directly responsible for the revolution that affected the whole country.

As with previous revolutions, as long as the police were a bit more forceful, most of the time the situation would not develop to the worst.

The ineffectiveness of the police was dictated by the conditions of France, and it is not fair to simply blame the Minister of Police. But this world has never been fair, this pot Ansorge must take the blame.

The police’s ineffectiveness involved multiple reasons, and Napoleon IV had no way to change this state of affairs, even if it meant replacing the entire police system.

Before fighting back to Paris, the need to be in the same boat, the heart no matter how dissatisfied, Napoleon IV must also endure.

Should be in a period of time, such as the domestic situation is stabilized before settling scores. Now stimulated by the destruction of the Palace of Versailles, really can not help it, only to break out in advance.

Ansorge want to speak and stop, explain is to cover up, things have happened, no matter for what reason, the responsibility still can not run.

The arrest of the head of the rebel party is just an excuse to let him resign, if the French police have that much power, the revolutionary party has long gone up in smoke.

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

After saying that, Ansorge left without looking back.

Looking at this distant back, the hearts of the people sank, and the feeling of a rabbit dying was born.

Rebellion is the need for someone to be responsible for, made such a big mess, there must be someone in the government with enough weight to take responsibility, this person certainly can not be the emperor.

Napoleon IV is not yet in his prime, heirs are not, if the responsibility to abdicate, Bonaparte dynasty is finished.

A single police minister was obviously not enough, and Napoleon IV did not appoint a prime minister, which made things confusing again.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, the least responsible foreign minister, Terence Burgin, opened his mouth and persuaded, “Your Majesty, it’s getting late, it’s better to settle down first!”

The Palace of Versailles was in ruins and could not be repaired in a short period of time, and the Emperor needed a new palace to live in.

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While Napoleon IV was still looking for a new home, the British couldn’t help themselves. Having seen the French government suppress the Paris Revolution, the British government wanted to intervene in the Near East War.

At a cabinet meeting, Foreign Secretary George: “The Paris rebellion has been suppressed, the situation in France has stabilized, and the Italian independence organizations will not last long.

Our next diplomatic center of gravity is the Near East War. Judging from the current situation, the Ottomans are still doing very well.

Under the multi-line siege of the Anti-Turkish Alliance, they are still able to retreat in an organized manner, which has exceeded our prior expectations.

I propose to increase aid to the Sultan’s government to help them withstand the first wave of the Anti-Turkish Alliance’s offensive and crush the Austrian plot.”

Prime Minister Gladstone frowned in disbelief and asked, “My Foreign Minister, are you sure you are not wrong? With just the strength of the Ottomans, they are able to hold back the Anti-Turkish Alliance’s offensive?”

“The first wave of the offensive” was directly filtered by Gladstone into “offensive”, in Gladstone’s impression, in the face of the siege of the two empires, the Ottomans were able to survive, which was considered to be a superb performance.

Foreign Minister George replied confidently: “I can confirm that the news from the embassy is true.

The Ottomans are resisting very fiercely, and are now in full force, and the anti-Turkish alliance is advancing very painfully.

The Ottoman army has also defeated the Anti-Turkish Alliance several times in the Marmara Sea coastal area, and has achieved notable successes.

According to the current situation, as long as there were enough supplies, there was hope for the Ottoman Empire to hold out for two or three years.

With such a long period of time, the French were almost able to take a breather.

At that time we then unite the European countries together to pressure, forcing Austria to give up the plan to annex the Ottoman, the chances of success are very high.

No more, we will be able to force Austria to accept the fact that Germany and Prussia will merge to establish North Germany.”

The British Foreign Office has never been in the vanguard when it comes to maintaining the balance of continental Europe. It has maintained the fine tradition of “suppressing whichever country is the strongest on the European continent.”

After hesitating for a while, Gladstone waved his hand and said, “Since you are so confident, then go ahead and try.

I hope your plan can be successfully completed, and I look forward to your good news.

Still, the matter of supporting the Ottoman Empire needs to be invested cautiously, we have to consider the sunk costs.”

The lack of confidence did not stop Gladstone from accepting the plan. The British Empire was rich and powerful, and some supplies were simply out of the question.

Ten thousand rounds of ammunition, as long as it can wound, or kill an Austrian soldier, the London government is blood money.

(End of chapter)