Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The hot air balloon in Paris was far from being as advanced as Qi Bolin's airship. The round airbag looked extremely primitive, and the narrow suspension chamber could only carry three adults at most.

In Vendome Square, countless citizens watched as the huge balloon started to inflate. A operator was doing the final inspection nervously.

On the plaza, Gan Bida was being escorted by many of the representatives and citizens. At the moment, even the representatives from the left wing had thrown away their dark faces, and were looking at Minister of the Interior with complicated expressions.

Thiers didn't know what to say, he absolutely didn't think that Gan Bida's promise that night would actually come true. Gan Bida once said that he wanted to personally break out of Paris to command the Southern Regiment to fight.

"The France needs victory. We urgently need a victory to boost the morale of the entire nation... As long as we endure through the most difficult start, then everything will turn out better! "

"I want to go to Orleans, I want to personally direct Loire River Regiment, I want to be nailed there like a nail! If there is no victory, my body will be buried in the battlefield! "

Thiers asked helplessly, "How are you going to leave Paris? How could the three hundred thousand Prussian army s surrounding the city let you go? "

Gan Bida did not reply, but a few days later, all the hot air balloons in Paris were mobilized by him. This Minister of the Interior actually wanted to use such a dangerous method to break out of the siege of Paris.

A hot air balloon was never a safe flying machine. It never was!

Its flying speed was extremely slow, and it did not have any active power plants, so all it could do was rely on the wind. If Gan Bida wanted to fly towards the south, he had to find the right weather.

This was almost a gamble. Who could guarantee that they would be able to get wind of the north wind every day? Even though the wind was blowing strongly in front of his eyes, how could it change in a few hours' time?

In other words, if Gan Bida wanted to go towards the direction of the Orleans to break out, he had to fight for probability and luck, otherwise, he would have to go wherever he wanted!

The balloon was too high, the wind was too strong and cold, the balloon was too low, and it was too close to the enemy.

Gan Bida's adventure was a life wager, an absolute life wager!

However, no one could persuade him otherwise, even the old General Trochu himself was useless. In fact, Gan Bida could even persuade the old general otherwise.

"The nation is in a difficult position. Morale is more important than anything. We can buy time just by stabilizing our morale. We can already resist Prussia with the resources of the south …"

"The longer this battle drags on, the better it will be for us … You can also call the British Embassy and have them fight for British mediation, at least to ensure that Britain protects us on the sea … "

"Our France not only has the rich resources of the south, we also have countless colonies … Immediately contact the colonial army. There will also be countless patriotic civilians and soldiers there! "

"Calling on the global colony to support the motherland. They will definitely do their best for the sake of the nation!"

"So we need time, but time isn't obtained by defending, Thiers was right … We really need a victory! "

The old General Trochu's face turned red and he left without saying anything. But after that, he used his identity as the person in charge of Interim Defence Government to order all the hot air balloons in Paris to fly together to protect Representative Gan Bida as he broke through the encirclement.

This time, even the left wing faction's Blanqui and the rest did not dare to hold back. They were convinced, and looking at Gan Bida who was dressed in a fur coat, they only had one thought in their hearts: "Damn it, I really have guts!"

"Minister, the pressure from the balloon is enough …" The rope was about to give way... Please go to suspension chamber... " The operator shouted from the suspension chamber.

At the moment, the hot air balloon had already reached a height of more than two meters, with four ropes and more than fifty strong men pulling it, preventing it from flying. Gan Bida patted on Thiers's shoulder and said softly, "For our homeland! Long live the France! "

After saying that, he turned around and left!

At that moment, Thiers truly felt the torment within his soul. It was a type of shame that was revealed through the genes in his bones and blood!

Looking at everything that Gan Bida had done, then looking at everything that he had done behind his back, he truly felt a little self-reproach and regret for those few seconds!

"For... "The motherland …"

"Long live France!"

Thiers raised his fist and shouted, the entire Vendome Square was instantly filled with cheers, thousands of citizens were watching the Minister of the Interior off!

"Hero!" the hero of France! "

"God bless you! Long live the France! "

Gan Bida climbed onto the suspension chamber and waved at the crowd. At the same time, the 50 strong men gradually loosened their ropes, and the gigantic hot air balloon started to rise into the sky slowly!

At the same time, more than thirty hot air balloons from other parts of Paris City flew up as well. Those warriors protected Gan Bida as he broke through the encirclement towards the south.

As the balloon rose to a height of thirty meters in the air, the northwest wind began to slowly blow the hot air balloon towards the south.

People swarmed towards the South City. They climbed up the walls of the South City and waved their hats in salute to these brave warriors who had broken through the siege!

Prism Castle s and soldiers from the fortification outside the city had also climbed out. They cheered excitedly, as the brave warriors who broke through the encirclement at that moment had the entire city's morale boosted!

General Trochu leaned against the window of the council building helplessly as he watched Gan Bida in the distance, "Young man! How can I not know that you're right... "But I can't take the risk …"

"After all, you all are not from professional soldier. You all really don't know how powerful those Prussian s are … Fighting in the Field... We can't win! "

Thiers sent Gan Bida away. Those few seconds of regret and self-blame were also thrown into the Atlantic Ocean. Just say that Gan Bida had already broken out of the encirclement and went to the Orleans … He is going to command the Loire River Regiment … "

Hehe … You want to be a hero? Want to turn the tide? Hahaha … You have no idea what a terrible enemy you are facing!

The action of breaking out of the encirclement of the Paris City shocked the entire Prussian army. The soldiers raised their weapons and fired towards the balloon above their heads.

The most threatening ones were the newly constructed tall watchtower towers. These towers that were at least five stories tall were even closer to the hot air balloons. The Sharpshooters began to rush forward and shoot at the balloons that were getting closer!

"Increase height! Continue to increase... Up to 40 meters in the air... Continue to level up... "

Pah pah pah … Bullets rained down like rain on the thirty plus hot air balloons. Only one of them was unlucky. The uncontrolled hot air balloons transformed into a masterless floating object in the sky!

As for the remaining hot air balloons, rode either one of them, they successfully broke through the encirclement and disappeared into the southern horizon!

"Success!" The minister successfully broke out of the encirclement! "Long live …"

The entire Paris City was suddenly in an uproar, and the morale of the city rose to an incomparably high level at that moment!