C3299 It was a glorious day (1/2)

A battalion of cavalrymen had paid a heavy price to attack the hidden artillery position within the Sorbonne. Although the artillery position was not destroyed by the cavalrymen, these cavalrymen had used their most brutal assault to completely destroy the morale of the common defense army.

The artillery of the commune had the quality of an amateur. It was simply impossible for them to effectively operate the cannons under the interference of the cavalry assault. Whether it was the frequency of shooting or the accuracy of shooting, it could be said to be appalling.

In other words, these cavalrymen had used their own lives in exchange for the reduction of the casualty rate of their allies. If it were not for their sudden interference, these twelve cannons might have reaped the lives of more than a thousand government soldiers!

After destroying the enemy's morale, they had to interfere with the enemy artillery's shooting. At the same time, they had to use this kind of sacrificial spirit to infect their own comrades!

There were more than three to four thousand veterans charging out from the streets. They were charging out from all over the south!

They were all veterans on the battlefield. With just one look, one could tell what had happened. The miserable deaths of their comrades had caused them great grief and indignation!

”Revenge!” ”Avenge!”

”Cavalry Brothers, use your lives to cover us! Charge and kill these bastards!”

”Kill …”

Looking around, the whole of Pantheon and the surroundings of Sorbonne were filled with the sound of red-pants government troops, gunshots and metal clashing of bayonets were everywhere!

The defense of the Commune could no longer hold out. Under the assault of the enemy's superior forces, they began to retreat, and even lost all their cannons.

The Empire's veterans turned their cannons around and started firing at the fleeing Commune member. Their slow firing frequency immediately became faster in the hands of these experienced veterans.

Twelve cannons took turns to fire, blowing up the defenders of St. Michel's Street until they wailed like ghosts and howled like wolves!

Without the support of the cannons, Third Division of Algeria who was the main attacker began to attack again. The 4th street was instantly captured, and right after that was the 5th street.

From five in the morning until three in the afternoon, St. Michel's Street and the surrounding four blocks were under the control of government forces. The entire city was filled with bodies and buildings.

The veterans who had killed the red-eyed old men swept the buildings one by one, killing the stubborn members of the club one by one. The civilians who had escaped were also tied up and escorted to the back.

Time passed minute by minute, and the sky gradually darkened. At this time, good news came from all directions in Paris. The battle plan for the entire day went smoothly!

The victory on St. Michel's Street was the most glorious. It could be said that once one controlled this street, they could split the left bank of Paris in half!

Adding on the other teammates who were cooperating in the battle, McMahon could guarantee that he would completely control the left bank of Paris in three days.

The left bank's victory was glorious, but the right bank's progress was also not small. The Mayo Gate Government Army's artillery bombardment caused over a thousand Commune member's casualties, and those defending troops were forced to retreat to the Triumph Gate's line of defense.

The entire community around the Santa Cruz Gate was annihilated. Government troops used large amounts of kerosene to burn down buildings. The number of civilians and soldiers burned to death that day was close to fifteen hundred.

All the remaining military forces in the Bois de Boulogne had been swept clean in one day!

The attack on the southern and western front of the army that surrounded Paris was very successful. Only the eastern and northern front had achieved little success today!

The Shabelle School was located at the northern border, and Xiao Letian's Military restricted area made both sides avoid shooting at them. However, the eastern front was the traditional sphere of influence of the commune, and the barricades here were denser as well as more troops.

And since they were close to the Montmartre plateau, they could get more support from the communes!

McMahon's generals, after a few probing attacks, discovered that there were more casualties, so they immediately changed their tactics and started to concentrate on firing.

Although the commune hadn't lost a single inch of land in one day, the casualty rate was the highest, especially since many of the hospitals could no longer hold the wounded at night. The entire street was filled with the wails and screams of wounded soldiers!