Chapter 97: War of Attrition VI

"Fire !!" Casio's dry, dehydrated hoarse voice cried out as the remnants of the First Steps Reserve snapped the trigger. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

The white-uniformed National Guard, holding high the red, white and blue tricolor flag, fell on its back, and the distance between the two sides was only more than thirty steps at this time, which was also the last salvo of Casio and his party!

Immediately, boosted by the morale of Casio who was on the front line, he and the other retreating line infantry inserted bayonets with bloodletting slots, shouted and rushed forward, and collided with the crowd of the National Guard with high morale, and the bright red blood sprayed out on the contact surface of the two sides like a spring!

Scattered gunfire rang out in all directions, and the light infantry retreating to the Paris City Hall was providing better than nothing fire support, and even though people in the crowd of white uniforms kept falling, the pace of progress was consistent!

Because they are the new force that has just been replaced, they retain the morale that is not deterred by death, and the abundant physical strength that is fearless!

However, even though this National Guard was all a fresh force, it was still repelled by the retreating line infantry of the First Infantry Gang led by Casio on the outer defense line of the Paris City Hall after dozens of minutes of fierce fighting.

After the red, white and blue tricolor retreated in embarrassment again, Casio sat down on the dark red dirt floor, muttering: "Survived again, these French citizens are crazy, how many of them are there......"

Casio turned his head and looked at the First Infantry Corps, which numbered less than 300, and there were more than 2,000 veteran troops when it was first formed, and it was basically no different from rebuilding an infantry regiment......

Of course, the pride of the First Legion never fell, and they relied on factors such as terrain to kill at least three times as many enemies as themselves in street battles!

The main force of the National Guard cut off the Bastille and the Paris City Hall, annihilated a large number of line infantry, and expelled Casio and others all the way to the point of the Paris City Hall.

At this time, the timeline has turned to about 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 21st, and unlike the former National Guard, which has weak stamina, the main force of the National Guard under the leadership of Marquis Lafayette has really always maintained the vigorous fighting enthusiasm on the front line, from early morning to evening!

The line infantry, who could not hold their positions, even set fire to the wooden houses they were stationed in large numbers and tried to stop the attack of the National Guard, but to no avail, because the Marquis de Lafayette had too many human resources at his disposal, and it was really not a big deal to mobilize hundreds of thousands of citizens with buckets in their hands to extinguish the fire......

What's more, the Marquis de Lafayette's men did not have to keep the dilapidated buildings that had been beaten, as long as they ensured that the fire did not spread.

In this way, while the two sides continued to produce a large number of corpses, the neighborhood from the Bastille to the Bastille was leveled as if by bulldozers, and became a pile of wreckage and charred 'garbage'......

It has to be said that the burning of a large number of buildings has made the shooting field of muskets wider, and the lethality of lead bullets has also increased exponentially......

In Lin Haoda's office in the Bastille, Sister Zhaoyun is reporting to Lin Haoda the latest battle situation.

"To date, our army has completely lost control of all the main roads that reach the Paris City Hall, including the three major crossroads lines, Casio. Thunder, with the remnants of the First Legion and the surviving line infantry, retreated to the HΓ΄tel de Ville in Paris, where he established a line of defense against the few defenders there, but after losing contact, we had no way of knowing what was going on with Casio......

The last contact revealed that Casio had only a few men under his command, just over 1,600 men. β€œ

Lin Haoda sighed lightly and asked, "How many remnants are there of the other line infantry subordinates?" ”

"There are still more than 3,000 people left in the line infantry who were evacuated to the Bastille and those who originally stayed here, and they still have the basic structure, and as for the other line infantry subordinates, they lost contact with Casio before they cut off contact, and with the habit of the National Guard not leaving prisoners, I am afraid there are not many survivors, after all, Lafayette can mobilize a large number of armed citizens to search the houses one by one, and find out the line infantry who are hiding......"

"How many National Guard units were gathered outside the Bastille? I'm referring to the kind of troops that serve as the main force and wear uniform in uniform in white. ”

Lin Haoda said in a deep voice, a dangerous cold light flashing in his eyes.

"Now that there are more than 10,000 main forces of the National Guard gathered outside the Bastille, and there are scattered forces from other directions, the main force of the National Guard has suffered only a lot more casualties than us, and this size of the force can already confirm that Lafayette has taken the Bastille as the main direction of attack."

"Very well, it seems that Lafayette has understood that the quickest and easiest way to break up my army is to kill me, and he has received a lot of useful information from the unreliable prisoners of the line infantry.

Tell Lieutenant Colonel Siri Rafaeli that tonight is the time for their Grenadier Vanguard Regiment to make a name for itself!

I'd like to see how long it will take Lafayette to launch another attack of this magnitude after the last remnants of the main force of the National Guard are defeated! β€œ

Lin Haoda stood up, squinted slightly at the red, white and blue tricolor flags fluttering in the distance outside the window, and commanded Zhaoyun.

"At this point, Lafayette, you don't feel good at this time, you will definitely regret this decision, I promise!"

Lin Haoda's speculation on the National Guard is similar, at this moment the Marquis de Lafayette is indeed anxious about the huge casualties of the National Guard, in order to suppress the resistance generated by the death of a large number of armed citizens, he had to transfer a group of henchmen of the elite of the National Guard, and form a gendarmerie that only obeys his personal orders, to maintain and suppress the bad mood within the National Guard.

At the same time, the Marquis de Lafayette frequently met with the representatives of the Patriotic Party, who he once despised and represented the interests of the middle and lower burghers, re-rapprocheted relations with them, and in the future National Constituent Assembly, sold some seats and government positions in exchange for these figures of great prestige among the burghers, appeased the grief of the citizens who had lost their relatives and friends, and aroused the hatred of the burghers towards Lin Haoda!

Under the compromise of the Marquis de Lafayette and the management of a strong gendarmerie, the National Guard was able to lay siege to the Paris City Hall and the Bastille in an orderly manner without losing much morale due to huge casualties.

The only thing to lose is probably the cake of the rights of the constitutional monarchists in the future government, but compared to the revival of the king's autocratic power, this transfer of power can only be regarded as a scratch of the surface.

The losses caused by Lin Haoda's department are far from reaching the bottom line in the heart of the Marquis Lafayette!