C3311 The ongoing collapse of the situation (1/2)

Xiao Letian's idea of investing in Duke Qi Bolin's airship was indeed laughed at by a group of conservative officers in Prussia at the beginning.

However, when the first Führer Qi Bolin appeared on the battlefield, his tactics shocked the entire Prussian upper echelons.

It would be nonsense to say that the airship had any strategic significance now, but in terms of tactics, the airship was extremely useful.

Humans had long used hot air balloons to scout enemy forces. Now that the airships had their own power, the hot air balloons were kicked to the side as soon as they appeared.

High altitude investigation, partial aerial bombardment, fixed point blasting of strongholds... It could even carry a small number of special forces to conduct infiltrating combat operations from behind the enemy lines.

At that time, they already gave Qi Bolin 20 orders!

However, the airship was still new to production and was far from having the ability to be mass-produced. It was only due to the immense industrial base of Prussia that more than ten airships had been built in the past six months.

The Fiihrer took four of them, and the rest he handed over to the German military.

In this Paris civil war, the Chinese and German airship groups had different roles to play. Xiao Letian ordered the airships to forcefully transport medical supplies, and the German airships to become Thiers's spies.

Although Raoult Rigo's internal cleansing had resulted in countless of misdemeanors, it had dealt a huge blow to the royalist party's spy network. All of the exposed spies were killed, and the remaining ones who had not been exposed did not dare to act rashly.

The artillery of the government couldn't get the support of the internal intelligence, so Thiers had no choice but to ask Germany for help.

Xiao Letian never thought that Bismark would actually agree to the Frenchman's request and send the most advanced scout weapon, Qi Bolin's airship.

Once these terrifying battlefield patrols appeared, the Paris Commune's City Defense Map would no longer be a secret. All of the Commune member's movements on the street would not be able to escape the hawk's eyes in the sky.

The French artillery once again showed off their might. The accurate bombardment destroyed the lines of defense of the commune. Those permanent strongholds on the streets immediately became isolated islands in the vast sea.

”Bomb, bomb, continue to bomb!” Use our steel to submerge the enemy! ”

”Make the perfect combination of the cannons and bring out the courage you had in Crimea!”

Marshal McMahon was going all out, he risked his life to enter the front lines, using the artillery on both sides to fire passionate speeches to boost the morale of the government troops.

Thiers did his best to send out the strictest order to the various provinces of France for the allocation of materials. Any incompetent government officials were dismissed.

The resources in the south of France had been completely mobilized, the resources they squeezed out was ten times more than during the Franco-Prussian War!

The Paris front was torn apart, and almost every day lines were destroyed by enemy fire and pierced through by the army's commandos.

The large-scale street fighting continued from morning until late at night. The commune had received a devastating blow!

Three days later, an even more terrifying scene appeared. The commune warrior that could not stop the government army began to burn the city down. They had to use a raging fire to force the enemy to retreat.

Raging flames burst forth from the pier of the yacht on the Seine and the vicinity of the Bessy Bridge. The retreating commune warrior ignited all the supplies and buildings that could be ignited.

The black smoke that rose to the sky blocked the attack of a regiment of government soldiers. Only by doing this could the stuck National Guard retreat safely.