C3025 Mace surrendered (2/2)

The Mace City was finally completely controlled by the royalist party. Sang Sitan's death caused the last batch of loyal officers to see what it meant to despair.

Inside the warehouse of the railway station, forty officers were locked in. They climbed out of the windows and watched and listened to the chaos of the city.

There were bugle calls everywhere, and all the troops were gathering their own troops, many of which were directly pulled down from the defensive line.

There was an endless stream of convoys transporting supplies. Countless guns and bullets were locked up while the last batch of food was distributed on a large scale.

The entire city was in an uproar as loud noises could be heard everywhere. Some of the troops no longer had the will to fight, and when they heard that they could kill someone without fighting, they all cheered.

These soldiers who had endured for a few months finally knew that their lives were safe. They started a fire to make dinner, eating the last delicious meal in Mace City.

Of course, there were also those who were unresigned. Those who were still determined to fight and still believed in the unyielding nature of the nation began to clamor, and there were even some who tried to break into the headquarters to cause chaos.

However, they could no longer cause any trouble, because the high ranking officers of the garrison unit were all locked up, and all of the leaders of the regiment or higher were not present at the scene.

Expect some battalion units to rebel? The moment there was an uproar, the surrounding royalist party's troops immediately surrounded them like a tide. Often, a thousand people would surround a few hundred people, and then forcefully disarm them.

The disobedient troops were dismembered and divided into small squads one by one, and then dispersed into the armies of the royalist party, which meant that they were under guard.

Under such strong suppression, the entire Mace City quickly regained order!

The sun was setting in the west as the stars filled the sky!

Mace City's dinner time had ended. It was unknown which army had started it, but the empire's military song was constantly being sung. There were even people singing the forbidden song ”Marseille” at the same time!

The officers in formal uniforms shouted loudly in front of their own troops, ”Brothers!” ”The situation is already like this. If we don't surrender, we can only die …”

”For the sake of our brothers, we will not throw our lives away. For the sake of saving some vitality for the France … Therefore, the Marshal had no choice but to surrender! ”

”But! My guns can be handed over to the enemy, but our glory can never be handed over to the enemy! ”

”Our honorary flag cannot be left with the barbaric Prussian!”

”Light the bonfire!” Burning the military flag! Our name will be left in the France forever! ”

nineteenth century, the armies of the various countries of Europe all have a tradition of honorary battle. Their military flags, badges, uniforms, armors … and so

The flags of that era were different from those of the World War II era, they were not simple pieces of dyed cloth!

The flags of the France's second empire were all meticulously designed by the most outstanding designers. On them, complicated embroidery patterns were carried out with golden threads and various colored threads!

Every flag was given by the Emperor himself and preserved by the army for life, and only this one side was left in the world!

With the military flag, even if there was only one soldier left in this troop, the number would still remain!

If the military flag was burned down, it would prove that this unit had been completely annihilated. Even if there were more than ten thousand people left, it would only mean that the structure of this unit had been destroyed.

In such a situation, the only thing they could do was hope that the emperor would give them the flag again!

As long as this flag was captured by the enemy, then the title of this army would never be rebuilt, unless the army could take it back!

How could the pride of the French be trampled on by the Prussian? They would rather burn down their own military flag than leave it behind for the Prussian!