Holy Roman Empire

While the Russian commanders were discussing their plans for riches, the situation in Paris was completely falling apart. The revolutionary government showed great impotence in the face of the constant influx of refugees.

The old order was being broken and a new order was being established, and this period coincided with the most chaotic of times. If the revolutionary government in Paris had been strong enough, it could still have resorted to thunderbolts to shake people up. Unfortunately, this happened to be exactly what the revolutionary government did not have.

There was no way around it, who let the revolutionary government's world not be beaten down? It's not even a coup! What appeared to be an armed seizure of power was actually delivered to them on Napoleon IV's own initiative.

Even the revolutionary army, which was not even a rabble, could not be saved and was disbanded in the political struggle that followed.

The government army was nominally under the command of the central government, but in reality it wasn't that at all. Napoleon IV ran away on his own initiative, and arrangements were made before the evacuation, and the main generals in the army had long since been replaced by first cousins.

With the Bonaparte dynasty in exile, it was unknown how loyal these officers were to the emperor, and they certainly didn't feel good about the revolutionary government anyway.

According to the normal rhythm, the new government should have come to power and slowly purged the army of Bonaparte elements, then replaced them with their own line of people.

Very unfortunately, the revolutionary government in Paris didn't have that time, and the Anti-French Alliance came in as soon as they came to power.

By the time the main Allied forces were pulling out, the reputation of the revolutionary government was stinking on the street. At this time it was too late to stabilize the army, let alone purge it.

Without force in hand, the revolutionary government naturally couldn't be strong. A weak government could neither deter the bureaucrats nor the capitalists.

The government's relief orders were useless down below, and even if they were barely carried out, most of the supplies were drifted away. Together with the capitalists' looting, the ordinary people, not to mention the refugees, couldn't even make ends meet.

Before the Paris Revolution, although life was bitter, everyone could still get by, at least there was no problem filling their stomachs.

On the contrary, after the success of the revolution, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, not only the powerful French Empire was gone, but even feeding the people became a problem.

Popular support was gone, and there was a split within the revolutionary party. The radicals, led by the Socialist Party, believed that the Paris government had betrayed the revolution by collaborating with the capitalists internally and selling out the interests of France externally.

As the situation in Paris worsened, calls for a second revolution grew louder and louder. More and more people, who realized that the revolutionary government of Paris could not save France, wanted to overthrow the Parisian government and establish an "ideal country" of their own.

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Affected by the influx of refugees, Paris in the evening is the most frightening, theft, robbery, murder... all kinds of crimes are constantly being committed in the city. Not to mention ordinary people, even the police are afraid to go out on the streets alone.

In order to save money on electricity bills, the once nocturnal city is now pitch black. The darkness provided convenience for crime, and likewise for....

"Is everything ready?"

"Don't worry, two hundred volunteers are already in position, and all one hundred and thirty-seven long and short guns have been distributed. We're just waiting for the order from headquarters to be issued, and we'll attack the arsenal!"

"The more times like this, the more careful and vigilant we must be. Recently, the reactionary government has not only expanded its police force, but also added a Public Security Surveillance Bureau, which is specifically designed to eliminate dissenters.

If word leaks out in advance, it's all over for nothing. They've never been soft on opponents."

"Thud, thud, thud..."

A knock sounded on the door, interrupting the conversation between the two. A young man casually responded, "Who is it, what's the random knocking in the middle of the night?"

"Open the door, check!"

The two men looked at each other and realized they were going to suffer. If the police were trying so hard to be out on duty for most of the night, the security in Paris wouldn't be so bad.

"What's the point of checking if you don't sleep for half the year? Do you have a court warrant? Are you trying to impersonate a police officer and burglarize a home?

I'm telling you, I've seen it all before, it's useless! Get the hell out of here if you're smart, or I'll give you a taste of bullets!"

As he spoke, the young man took out his gun and deliberately made the sound of it being loaded, and the atmosphere became tense.

The policeman who originally called the door also lost his temper, took two steps back and walked to the sheriff in charge, suggesting, "Sheriff, what should we do? The man in your face is treating us like robbers. Why don't we pull out and come back tomorrow with a warrant."

The owner of a private home in France is entitled to be shot outright, and not even the police can enter a private home without a court warrant.

The situation changed after the revolutionary government came to power, but it was still legally so. Even though the higher-ups would not be held accountable, the clerks below were still deeply affected.

After all, their lives were their own, and if they were shot by the owner of the house, it wouldn't be a good idea.

The middle-aged sheriff shook his head, "No, we received a tip-off that there is a rebel joint in the area, they must be uncovered."

"Everyone inside listen up, the police are arresting felons now, open the door immediately for inspection or we'll force our way in!"

The two men indoors looked at each other and saw the young man take out a gong from under the table, banging it as he shouted loudly, "Robbers posing as police officers are robbing, come out and help!"

Under normal circumstances, ordinary people would naturally shy away from heavily armed "robbers", but this is an abnormal area.

In fact, it is a secret stronghold of the Socialist Party, and in addition to the young men in charge of the meeting, there is also the main force of the uprising.

The sound of the gong is the agreed-upon signal, and regardless of whether the robbers outside are real or fake, the "residents" of the neighborhood respond.

The sound of the gong obviously enraged the police outside, not yet aware of the danger, Chief James Ryan immediately ordered: "Crash the door, if anyone resists, kill me on the spot!".

The most worthless thing in troubled times is human life. Things that one wouldn't dare to do in a time of peace, at this time, became stress-free.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang..."

At the same time as the police banged on the door, the sound of gunfire began to ring out. In the darkness of the night, the gas lamp in the cop's hand became the best reference point, shading the direction for the gunman.

Seeing that people kept getting shot and falling down, Sheriff James Ryan, who realized something was wrong, hastily yelled, "Put out the lights and get down!"

Obviously, it was too late to react at this point. The horn of the uprising had been blown early, and it had become an extravagant hope to stop any longer. The dozen or so policemen who had blundered into the vortex of the uprising became the first sacrifices.

The confusion was contagious, especially when the panic was exacerbated by the fact that under the cover of night, no one knew how large the insurgent army was.

As with all the Paris uprisings, many more people joined the insurgents in confusion, except those who were discontented with the government, who joined the insurgents voluntarily.

The whole of Paris was in disarray. There was shouting and killing everywhere, and everyone in the high doors was heavily armed except children.

If you look closely you will find that some of the great nobles' homes even had Maxim machine guns and mortars, new weapons that the French army hadn't even had time to equip, popped up.

One could only marvel at the powerful network of the great nobility, the European War had only just ended and they had gotten equipment from the original enemy.

If they weren't concerned about the impact, it was expected that the armored cars these people would be able to get their hands on. After all, as soon as the anti-French war ended, the Vienna government opened an equipment sale. Only the deal was with countries, not individuals.

In the presidential palace, Baptiste was like ants in a hot pan rushing around.

Since he took office, he had also been taking care of everything by the day, and could be said to be bowing and scraping for France. However, the situation continued to deteriorate and eventually developed to this point.

Chancellor Michael hurriedly arrived, without any hesitation, directly said: "Your Excellency President, the military refused to send troops to suppress the rebellion, the current situation, I'm afraid the police alone can not solve the problem.

The only way to get through this current situation is to ask the Russian army outside the city to take action."

It was a difficult decision. During the period when the Anti-French Alliance was in charge of France, the Allies naturally had no problem suppressing the rebellion.

Now that power had been handed over to the revolutionary government in Paris, to ask the Russians to do it again would be to invite "foreign troops to suppress a domestic rebellion," which was of an entirely different nature.

Once this is done, the already notorious Paris revolutionary government will become even more notorious. The label of "traitor to our country" will probably never come off.

"Good, I'll immediately call the Russian army abroad!"

At the crucial moment, President Baptiste still showed his determination. No matter how serious the aftermath may be, we have to get through the immediate aftermath.

If the rebels are allowed to become a climate, I don't know how the others will end up, but he's dead as president of the revolutionary government anyway.

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Chaos breaks out in Paris, but naturally the Russian army outside the city cannot hide it. In order to keep the situation under control, the Russian command remains illuminated at the moment.

Many Russian generals, including Admiral Yevgeny, were watching the situation unfold, ready to choose a suitable entry point to intervene.

"Your Excellency, Commander, a telegram has been sent from the Allied headquarters!"

After receiving the telegram and reading it carefully twice, Admiral Yevgeny said reluctantly, "Well, now we can all rest. No matter how chaotic the situation in Paris is tonight, it has nothing to do with us."

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Admiral Yevgeny wouldn't have believed that the Allied headquarters had actually issued an order not to interfere.

However, a military order was a military order. Since the Allied Headquarters had already issued an order, regardless of whether it was reasonable or not, they had no choice but to obey it.

Disobey orders?

Admiral Yevgeny hadn't lived long enough to want to jump in and challenge the authority of the Allied command, at least not until he had the support of the Tsarist government.

Without much explanation, Yevgeny passed the telegram in his hand directly to the crowd to read. Understanding or not, it was going to be carried out anyway.

"Your Excellency, Commander, telephone from the President of France."

Admiral Yevgeny's brow furrowed, and he said with no good grace, "Tell President Baptiste that I'm asleep. No one is answering anyone's calls right now, and we'll talk about what's going on tomorrow."

Evgeny knew without thinking that this call from the French was a call for help.

Estimating that the situation in Paris was crumbling to its limits at the moment, the revolutionary government in Paris had to resort to outside help in order to stabilize the situation. It would have been a good opportunity to knock on the door, but that had nothing to do with him now.