C2951 The First Battle of Self Guard (1/2)
Blanqui and the other leaders of the left wing were also qualified to attend the meeting. Hearing the words of their opponent, they naturally wanted to criticize him. Is the information very clear? Two thousand Chinese Army s, and a single Charge was enough to disperse more than a thousand of the regular French troops? ”
”It's said that they haven't even fired an effective shot yet, and they've already turned into a bunch of cowardly ducks …”
General Trochu was so angry that his face darkened. He picked up his wooden mallet and smashed it onto the ground, ”Gentlemen, pay attention to your words! The listener is not allowed to speak! ”
Then, Trochu turned to Thiers and asked, ”Mr. Representative, do you have any suggestions?”
My god, Blanqui is so angry, you just said you're not allowed to speak, and now you want Trochu to speak up.
Thiers laughed coldly: ”Respected General, since someone has questioned the fighting strength of the regular army, I think their team must be really good at fighting …”
”Since you are very confident, I suggest that the National Guard take the field and eat these invaders who dared to invade Paris!”
With a hong sound, all of the representatives of the left faction present exploded in anger, ”What are you planning to do with one hundred and eighty thousand garrison unit s? If the kingdom comes to the head, will you all be watching from the sidelines? ”
”Unfair, unreasonable!”
Thiers stood up and tit for tat as he shouted, ”Justice? Reasonable? Could it be that your Self Guard wants to eat and not work for nothing? ”
”A million francs had just been paid at noon, and now they're retreating from two thousand enemies?” ”If you don't have the guts to fight, return the pay and disband the troops!”
Thiers turned his head to look at General Trochu. ”Members of the committee, currently, one hundred and eighty thousand soldiers are in chaos because of the formation of a new government which had toppled the empire …”
”A lot of loyal officers of the French Emperor had left their posts, and some of the officers who were afraid of being cleared had temporarily escaped the military camp. Right now, their morale is extremely unstable …”
”Although the troops had issued a notice stating that they would not hold the remaining military officers of the empire accountable, it would still take time for them to regain their morale … Is what I said right? ”
General Trochu understood immediately and nodded his head, ”Indeed, the current situation in the army is still a bit chaotic, we need some time to let the military officers return to the army …”
This time, Thiers found an opportunity. ”In the process of the political collapse of the empire, the National Guard's system did not change much. Your command is still very stable …”
”If you don't come out to fight now, do you want to hide in the city and fight for power?”
With that sentence, all of the representatives of the left wing were speechless, how could they be angry with their red faces? At this moment, Blanqui stood up and said, ”Workers and Self Guard s are never for show, our love for our country is higher than anyone else's!”
”Since you want us to fight, then please give us the Arms and ammunition. As long as the ammunition is in place, we can start the battle tomorrow!”
”Good!” Thank you for your loyalty to your country... I propose that the Committee replenish the two armoury around the Shabelle Gate to the National Guard … ”
Thiers was truly cunning, the Shabelle Sect was close to the Montmartre plateau, this place had always been the base of the left faction, the two armory were almost taken away by the Self Guard.
But these words could not be said on the surface. Blanqui could not possibly say that the nation's armory was already empty, so why don't you open up two other places for me?
If that was the case, then the things that everyone agreed on would have to be explained on the surface!