C3231 Military allegiance (2/2)
His prestige in the South was especially high. Thiers did not dream to receive Gan Bida's allegiance anymore, he only wished for Gan Bida to remain neutral.
Just as the two big shots were about to vent their anger, a burst of cheers and applause suddenly rang out from outside.
”General Trochu swore allegiance to the President... The representative of the Paris garrison declared her allegiance to the President! ”Hurry up and go take a look …”
The loyalty of an army was the foundation of all authority. France only had a total of three major military forces: the first was the Paris garrison, and the second was the elites of the northern POW camp.
The third was the Southern Legion that Gan Bida had single-handedly set up. These three sets of military forces were scattered and the rest were all small, unusable units.
Whoever could control these three violent groups, could control the entire French Military!
General Trochu had sworn his loyalty to him, which meant that one of the three great Military groups s had already accepted Thiers!
Just at this time, an officer in plain clothes ran into the tavern while gasping for breath. He looked around and finally found Gan Bida in the corner.
The plainclothes officer was so tired that his forehead was covered in white perspiration. He squeezed into the crowd of drunkards and subconsciously wanted to salute Gan Bida, but Fa Fuer quickly shook his hand.
Seeing the chaotic environment, the officer knew that it was inappropriate to reveal his identity, so he lowered his arm and walked over to Gan Bida's side and whispered in his ear, ”Mr. Representative …” Everyone... Is everyone waiting for you? Don't you have any orders? ”
While speaking, the officer was holding onto a large amount of representative Fa Fuer. Fa Fuer knew that he was feeling a little awkward and wanted to leave for the time being, but Gan Bida stopped him.
”Don't leave, if you leave, won't you really believe that I'm raising the private army?”
”Child, go and tell my warriors that I am a member of the France, I will always be loyal to this country, loyal to the Republic's council system!”
”Once the council elections have produced a legitimate president, you should unconditionally pledge your allegiance to him!”
”Just let me have a quiet drink, okay …” ”I'm very tired, really very tired. I need some rest …”
The plainclothes officer did not say anything. Fa Fuer's eyes turned red, he was truly proud of Gan Bida this time, only now did he understand, this man was truly willing to sacrifice his life for the Republic!
The plainclothes officer left and took Gan Bida's instructions with him. Fa Fuer knew that the Southern Legion would now swear loyalty to Thiers too, all the Military groups in France that could fight in the future had all gathered in the hands of the President.
”My God! This is truly a good start. I hope Thiers can quickly restore order … ”
Gan Bida smiled bitterly and shook his head, ”I don't think that's necessarily the case … I'm afraid the next step will be an even more brutal civil war! ”
As expected, after the generals of the Southern Legion declared their loyalty to the President, in the evening of the same day, Thiers issued a military assembly order.
He announced that the elites from the Southern Legion and the Paris garrison would be gathered in an army of two hundred thousand people to gather in Paris!
And his, Thiers's, office was located in Versailles City!