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Chapter 479 Burning the Palace of Versailles ([-]rd update, please subscribe)
Versailles!

For France, it has a very special meaning. From 1682 to 1789, it served as the French court for 107 years.

It is the most prestigious palace in Europe, and the most luxurious. The palace ball here once made every European nobleman yearn for it. For any European nobleman, it is worthwhile to be able to enter and exit this palace and participate in the ball here. Glory to show off for a lifetime.

On October 1789, 10, Louis XVI was taken to Paris by the people, and the history of Versailles as a royal palace came to an end.During the French Revolution, the Palace of Versailles was looted many times by the people. Since then, this "former heart of Europe" has been reduced to ruins for 6 years. Until 40, King Louis Philippe ordered the restoration of the Palace of Versailles and changed it to history. museum.

Although it is no longer a royal palace, it is the glory of France, and it has witnessed the most glorious past of France.Since the completion of this magnificent palace, it has been a political symbol of France!But now out of the needs of Prussian national sentiment, this former royal palace has become the base camp of Prussia. Even when William I led his base camp members into this palace, the whole of Berlin, the whole of North Germany, and even Austria cheer!

This is the glory of Germany!

Because the Germans also hold grudges!

From 1806, Napoleon decided to send the "Holy Roman Empire" with only the title to his grave, and issued an ultimatum to the Austrian Emperor Franz II, asking him to dissolve the Holy Roman Empire and abandon the "Holy Roman Emperor and the Roman people". from the day of the title of "King".

The most simple national sentiments of the divided, dilapidated, and feudal German nation were impacted beyond comprehension by outsiders. Since that day, revenge and unity have been engraved in the hearts of many Germans.

And now, when William I led his stronghold into this "heart of Europe", it naturally made the entire German nation cheer.

"We - the king of Germany are in Versailles! In the palace of the French!"

What a simple national sentiment this is!

When the German newspapers reported the news with excitement, they apparently forgot one thing-the war situation had changed.

Glory is likely to be the glory of accomplishing others.

On October 10, at 1:[-] pm, the Prussian soldiers on guard outside the Palace of Versailles heard the roar from the air, and they immediately sounded the alarm.

For a while, the urgent whistle echoed inside and outside the Palace of Versailles. As in the past, King William I, Prime Minister Bismarck, Chief of Staff Moltke and others hid in the underground wine cellar near the palace. The underground wine cellar is the best bunker.

The guards guarding the palace hid in the woods.

"Maybe just passing by here."

The officers looked at the black spot in the distance and said to themselves, before this, the airship had also flown to the palace, but it only circled a few times over the palace, maybe it was the same this time.

Just when this idea came to their hearts, the airship that flew over the Palace of Versailles began to drop bombs.

"bomb!"

With an order, the hatch opened and the bombs fell one by one. Liu Cunyu pointed the camera at the Palace of Versailles. At this time, no one knew that this was the last picture of this "Heart of Europe" .

The Prussian officers and soldiers hiding in the forest could even see silver-white bombs falling from the sky, which even reflected a little dazzling sunlight.

"Quick, lie down!"

When the bombs were found to fall, the officers all shouted and immediately fell to the ground. As professional officers, they may not have found a way to fight the airship, but they have researched many ways to protect themselves.

Just as they were lying down, without preventing them from looking into the sky, the bombs that were suddenly dropped made a harsh whistling sound and "flyed" directly towards the palace.

At the moment the bomb fell, there was no violent explosion, but a muffled sound of "Boom...". Its explosion was not earth-shattering, but at the moment of the explosion, a huge group of flames rose near the palace. The rising flames rolled and spread along the outer wall of the palace, spreading for hundreds of meters, and the fiery red flames rolled and engulfed the palace.

But in the blink of an eye, the once magnificent palace was swallowed by such a fire dragon. Hundreds of napalm bombs fell from the sky, exploded, and burned.The flames engulfed the palace like this!
"my Lord!"

William I, who was hiding in a nearby wine cellar, was stunned. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the palace hundreds of meters away in astonishment, but in just a split second, the palace was engulfed in flames.

"What weapons did they use?"

Moltke was also stunned by the scene in front of him. They were not unfamiliar with shelling or bombing, but they had never seen such a scene.

"This, is this an incendiary bomb?"

Mao Qi said with some surprise.

It is indeed an incendiary bomb, but napalm bombs are more powerful.Although the flames had engulfed the palace, the airships in the sky did not stop dropping bombs. They dropped not only bombs, but also high-explosive bombs.

Aerial bombs weighing hundreds of kilograms roared down from the sky, setting off waves of storms on the ground. The once strong palace collapsed in the burning flames like paper in the violent explosions. reduced to ashes...

Occasionally, some bombs will fall in the nearby forest. The moment those napalm bombs fall, a fire dragon hundreds of meters long will burn in the forest. Those fire dragons will always devour some unlucky people, causing misery The screams rang out in the forest, and when the black smoke from the napalm bombs dissipated, the Prussians who escaped saw a more horrifying scene—one by one burning men writhing in the forest, struggling.

"Ah, help, help me..."

Heart-piercing shouts echoed in the burning fire, and then hundreds of fireballs struggled and ran in the forest. Around them, the trees were burning, and the forest seemed to be burning!
"God, hurry up, let the people in the forest escape immediately, they will definitely be burned to death..."

When the king shouted in horror, Bismarck stared at the flames outside the window with a livid face. What he cared about was not the people struggling in the flames. His eyes were fixed on the burning palace in the distance.

Said to stare like this...

(End of this chapter)