2523 Never back down
At 12 noon, the demonstration in Paris suddenly became out of control. Under the teasing of countless unknown people, the originally peaceful demonstration suddenly turned into a feast of killing!
There are always some irrational workers who are irrational to attack the nobles, capitalists, policemen, and even some workers who turn into thugs and smash the shops along the street to plunder.
At the same time, there are always some policemen who do not follow the orders, who take the opportunity to shoot and turn the conflict between the two sides into a war that will never end.
In less than half an hour, Valland and Duval discovered that something was wrong just after leaving the Champs-Elysées.
"Where do you hear the gunshots come from?"
"God! There is indeed a gunshot, and there is a faint shouting of killing!"
"Send someone to check it out now! What's wrong with it?"
At this moment, a group of union leaders came from afar, all the organizers of other parades. They ran over panting and shouted loudly.
"God! Something big happened. The police in London have begun to suppress them. They actually shot at our brothers!"
"The intelligence is wrong, the information you gave is wrong, Napoleon III did not give in at all, and he did not want to let us go. He set up a trap and lured us to the streets. They wanted to surround us and kill us all!"
Vallan yelled, "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible. Our intelligence source is very reliable. Archbishop and the MP of Ganbi, all conveyed to us the attitude of Napoleon III!"
"As long as we don't take action, they will never interfere with us! And even if they interfere, they will never be able to shoot so quickly!"
"Napoleon III was not a fool. Didn't he know that we have gathered 250,000 people now? Do he dare to fight us directly? Isn't he afraid of forcing a big uprising?"
The person who came said panting, "I understand what you said, but the facts are the facts! They are shooting and suppressing us. We have suffered heavy casualties. Our comrades have already started to fight back. We can't control the situation at all!"
"How do you explain? Our comrades are dead at any time! They are bleeding, and you as a leader must take this responsibility!"
"Enough! Now is not the time to blame each other. Of course we have to bear the responsibility, but the most important thing for us is to make decisions at this moment."
Vallan and Du Haier looked at each other, and they shouted to the senior leaders around them, "Now we have two choices in front of us. The first is to disband on the spot and avoid the magnification of conflict!"
"The second choice is that we must continue to move forward in the enemy's artillery fire. At least we must send the body of Martyr Victor Nova to the cemetery..."
Before we finished speaking, we heard a fierce quarrel in the crowd, "Why don't you resist? More than 200,000 like-minded comrades gathered together, we are not afraid of any emperors and generals!"
"Shut up! Have you used the lives of our comrades as a joke? Have you forgotten the lessons of past failures? Have 250,000 bare-handed workers fought against Napoleon III's 200,000 armed troops armed to the teeth?"
"We don't have the strength to arm the uprising at all. Do you want us to bleed in vain?"
"I don't have time to waste. How should I choose? Everyone vote on the spot!"
The leaders of the workers' movement present also had tens of thousands of ordinary citizens, angrily shattering their steel teeth, but no one could refute it. The gap in strength was in front of us. It was useless to have no guns in my hands.
But people will not choose to retreat in shame. If they retreat today, it will be difficult to unite people's hearts in the future.
The gunshots have ignited the anger in the hearts of tens of thousands of people. This is the largest parade. A total of 60,000 people gathered under the hero's coffin. They are not afraid at this moment, and only the flames of fighting are burning in their hearts!
"Keep moving forward and never retreat!" The masses burst into thunderous roars, and there was no need to vote at all! Everyone chose to move forward.
"No matter how cruel the suppression is, it cannot extinguish the flames of our working class revolution! Go forward, continue to move forward! Keep forward against the enemy's rain of bullets! Let the whole world know the power of our working class!"
Now that the scene has completely lost control, conflict is inevitable! Even if the leaders of the movement hope to restrain the situation, bloodshed and sacrifice are inevitable.
The US ambassador to France, Elihu Washbon, looked at everything outside the window in horror. The orderly demonstration just now turned into chaos under his nose.
He watched the noble lady be stripped into a naked pig by an angry worker, and saw the angry workers rushing up to beat the noble lady. Then the police rushed over and began to fight back, and finally the gunshots rang out.
His camera faithfully recorded everything, from the beginning of the demonstration to the end of the corpse everywhere, black and white images would not lie.
"God, what happened? Why did you suddenly fall into such a terrifying battle? Come on! Let our people go out quickly and save people!"
While pressing the shutter to record everything today, the ambassador issued orders to the military officers of his embassy.
But at this time, the American soldiers on duty at the gate refused his order on the spot, "Mr. Ambassador, we can't go out, it's too dangerous... Look! There are a group of crazy workers in front of you!"
Through the windows along the street, the people in the embassy saw hundreds of workers covered in blood running to the west of the long street. They ran over angrily and searched for something everywhere.
Everyone in the embassy saw some workers searching for the pile of corpses all over the ground. All the angry workers were carried out to rescue them, and all the police who saw that they were not dead rushed up.
The furious workers took out the dagger in their hands without hesitation and directly stabbed the undead policeman in the throat. The ambassador looked at the two seriously injured policemen in horror, and a ball of black blood flowed out of their necks when they kicked their legs.
The violent workers shouted excitedly, "Search for weapons and ammunition, keep moving forward, and kill all the emperor's lackeys!"
With a bang, the doors and windows of the small building opposite the embassy were smashed. A group of thugs rushed in, and only the screams of horror were heard in the villa opposite.
The ambassador desperately drew a cross on his chest, "God! Why is the situation so decayed to such a point? Have they started robbing the house?"
At this moment, the ambassador on the second floor suddenly saw a group of thugs rushing towards his embassy. He quickly ordered, "Call them immediately, this is the territory of the United States, so that they cannot do anything randomly!"
The ambassador even personally unfolded an American flag and stretched out the window and shook desperately. The gun guard at the door also shouted out through the door, "This is the territory of the United States! This is the US Embassy. Please leave quickly and back down, otherwise we will shoot!"
The workers finally calmed down at the shaking flag at the door and the other party's shouting. They took a few steps back and whispered to each other, "Don't cause diplomatic conflicts, let's retreat and go to the next block!"
The minister looked at the departing thugs and wiped his sweat with lingering fear. He sighed, "God! What's going on? Have these workers really revolted with armed uprising?"
"But Napoleon III stationed nearly 200,000 troops in and outside the city! Are these workers really not afraid of death? They have to challenge the regular army with bare hands?"
"And these policemen, what's going on? Why do they dare to shoot? France is now on the verge of war, and Prussia is ready to move in the north. How dare they provoke civil unrest at this moment?"
"There must be a conspiracy, there must be a conspiracy!"
Chapter completed!