He subconsciously grabbed a few handfuls of air and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
He quickly looked around, with a rare hint of panic in his tone, and shouted with all his strength:
"Aveline! Aveline! Where are you!"
However, what made his heart grow cold was...
No matter how he shouted, no answer came.
See this situation.
Even though the situation at this time was extremely dangerous and he could be killed if he was not careful, Xu Yun still had an extremely brief blank in his mind.
What about the girl?
Weren't you still here just now?
In the flash of lightning, many thoughts flashed through Xu Yun's mind.
first.
At this time, the surrounding scene was completely out of control, and every guest was running around like a headless Kennedy.
But it's not so crowded that an adult could be swept away.
Secondly.
Although Aveline's character is a bit cold, she would never run away alone - this girl actually values friendship.
Furthermore.
It is very close to Prince Albert's position, only three to five meters in front and back, and is quite heavily guarded.
Therefore, it is impossible for anyone to stun or kidnap Aveline without making a sound.
So it's obvious.
There is only one possibility before Xu Yun——
Evelyn, the girl, must have left the scene on her own.
But at such a critical moment, what could be the reason for her to disappear voluntarily?
The treasure left behind by the calf?
Or Leilani’s relic?
Xu Yun vaguely felt that he had caught some clues, but they were still unclear.
Then before he could think about it, a third round of gunfire rang out around him.
Bang——
Bang——
Bang——
Several more guests fell to the ground.
Some died on the spot, some were convulsing, or some were wailing in pain.
There were cries, screams and whistles everywhere:
"Help, don't leave me!"
"Alisson, Alisson, wake up!"
"My hand was shot. Someone give me a hand, please..."
But this time, the attacker finally showed some of his face.
Relying on the dim light, you can see that there are some figures rushing towards this place in an open space to the left of the auditorium.
At a quick glance, the number of people was probably over fifty at least.
See this situation.
The captain of the guard responsible for protecting Prince Albert snatched the Minie rifle from his subordinate's hand and fired a round in that direction.
One second later.
A figure in the distance fell heavily, and at the same time there was a howl.
The captain of the guard threw the rifle back to his subordinates to reload, and issued the same order as Xu Yun:
"Quickly retreat! Protect His Majesty and retreat to the auditorium! We will be safe in the auditorium!"
"Everyone, hurry up!!"
Xu Yun was also called back to reality by this voice. While protecting Gauss and running towards the auditorium, he took a deep look at the thin and capable captain of the guard.
This man looks thin and frail, but he is really a powerful figure at critical moments...
The real target of the captain of the guard's words was not his subordinates or Prince Albert, but the hundreds of guests present.
This is a psychological suggestion.
In fact, tonight's round of attacks has failed at least half of the meaning of the so-called "assassination" since the first shot was fired - after all, the dead Kennedy was not a big shot with the same name.
As soon as the gunshot fired and missed its target, the Guards began to protect Albert personally.
These assassins could only come to the bright side from Voldemort and start a frontal attack.
However, the attack method changed from dark to bright, but Prince Albert's crisis was not relieved at all:
The other party arranged an attack with so many people, so they must have been prepared to attack the enemy and take Prince Albert's head.
Otherwise, you can arrange for a skilled assassin to appear and flee immediately if the attack fails.
In other words.
If the opponent has come up with such a large array, there must be other traps around.
We don't know how the enemy is planning it right now, so it's impossible to run away randomly. We can only find a nearby bunker to hide.
At the same time.
This bunker cannot be easily breached, so the only one that can cover it at this time is Cambridge's highest summit auditorium.
And as the main target of assassination.
There are theoretically many risks for Prince Albert, both during the process of going to the auditorium and after arriving at the auditorium.
For example, a stray bullet occurred during the escape, or the other party continued to attack the auditorium frantically...
So what's the solution?
The answer is simple.
Naturally, it is to trick everyone into running that way, and to provide more human shields and defensive manpower.
No matter how useless people are, they can always contribute something in times of crisis.
I have a dirty mind when it comes to tactics...
Fortunately, Xu Yun and the others were one of the few who took action first, so they successfully ran to the left side of Prince Albert's escort group - the attackers were on the right side.
A few minutes later.
The panting crowd finally arrived at the auditorium.
"Quickly, close the door first and leave a small door for others to come in!"
After rushing into the auditorium.
The captain of the guard first ordered people to block the door of the auditorium, leaving only a side door for people to walk through, and then led people to stick to the door pillars to be on guard.
The rest of the people quickly came to the auditorium and sat down near the podium, recovering their physical strength and energy.
After taking a deep breath.
Snapped!
A seventy-year-old man wearing a purple brocade robe with a red flower embroidered on the collar suddenly slapped the table.
He looked menacingly at another middle-aged soldier who looked not far away, and said coldly:
"Silman, what on earth is going on?"
"Why are there so many attackers in Cambridge University, which is supposed to be strictly guarded?"
"As the person in charge of tonight's vehicle inspection, I now reasonably question your loyalty to His Majesty!"
Swish——
After the old man finished speaking, everyone's eyes instantly locked on the middle-aged man.
There were even a few nobles who had been stimulated to have a stress reaction. Regardless of Prince Albert's presence, they subconsciously pulled out their knives.
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Just when the atmosphere was a little solemn.
Prince Albert spoke. He stretched out his hand and pressed it down a few times, his face looking very calm:
"Silman has been with me for twenty-four years. He has served and followed me since I was a child in England. There is no doubt about his loyalty."
"In my opinion, these attackers probably sneaked into Cambridge University through some other means. This matter can be investigated in detail after tonight."
"What we have to consider right now is not why the attacker appeared here, but how to quell this attack... Bourne!"
At the end of his speech, Prince Albert suddenly called out a person's name.
When the captain of the guard heard this, he quickly turned around from the entrance and trotted to Albert:
"His Majesty!"
Prince Albert looked out the window where the gunshots were still ringing, and asked the captain of the guard:
"Bourne, how many attackers are there outside?"
Bourne knelt on one knee, touched his shoulder with one hand, and said respectfully:
"Back to Your Majesty, the exact number of attackers is still unknown, but judging from the firing intervals of the firearms, there are about seventy people."
The rate of fire of the Minie rifle ranged from 2 to 4 rounds per minute, with the 4 rate of fire not being achieved until 1877.
Nowadays, the Minie rifle has just been born for only five months, and its rate of fire is generally only two rounds per minute, and a few can reach three rounds.
With such a long time interval, combined with the filling time and location, it is indeed possible to roughly determine the number of attackers.
After all, it is impossible for a person to become the captain of the bodyguard without some investigative skills.
"Seventy people..."
Prince Albert's fingers tapped the armrests of the chair rhythmically, and the tapping sound was particularly clear in the auditorium.
after awhile.
He looked at the guard at the door again and asked Bourne:
"How many weapons do we have?"
Bourne's expression paused slightly, and he replied in a low tone:
Such a small number of weapon configurations is not accidental, nor is it a difficult condition deliberately set by some will for the sake of the plot, but the configuration of the King's Guards is indeed so desolate.
This involves the division of labor in the British Royal Guards.
British Royal Guards.
It is more like a special war guard system than an army.
Its subordinates can be divided into three modules: the Royal Division, the Royal Artillery Regiment, and the King's Guard.
In 1850.
The Royal Division has 5 infantry regiments and 2 cavalry regiments.
These five guards are collectively called the Guards Division.
The cavalry regiments are the "Guards Cavalry" and the "Blue Coats Household Cavalry".
These seven regiments together are collectively called the Royal Division.
The 45th Infantry Regiment of the French Army, which Napoleon claimed to be invincible, was defeated by the Royal Division.
The Royal Artillery was founded in 1716 by George III.
Currently it has 24 cavalry artillery teams, 61 ground artillery batteries and 79 heavy artillery batteries.
The Royal Division and the Royal Artillery Regiment together belong to the external combat module.
When tanks appear in a few decades, there will also be four Royal Guard regiments in the Royal Armored Tank Force.
In the entire external combat module, only the first battalion of the Coldstream Guards will participate in the Changing of Guards, and the rest will at most serve as ceremonial guards.
The third module of the British Royal Guard is actually responsible for the personal security of the royal family.
That's the King's Guard.
It is divided into the honor guard and the personal guard. Among them, the honor guard is the soldiers wearing bearskin hats in front of Buckingham Palace who claim to never smile and will be slapped with oil pipes if they smile.
The personal guards are Bourne and others who are following Prince Albert.
A king's personal guard usually consists of two 'regiments'.
They are a mixture of the St. James group wearing red and the Buckingham group wearing blue. Since ancient times, red and blue have produced CP.
However, these two 'regiments' are said to be regiments, but in fact they only have 43 troops:
Each regiment has one officer and 20 soldiers. The immediate boss of the two regiments is a captain of the guard, that is, Bourne.
The rank and position in 1850, and the military rank in later generations when Xu Yun crossed over was major.
And what’s so damned is.
The British King's or Queen's Guards themselves are not equipped with firearms.
If you don't believe it, you can search for the keywords "Queen Elizabeth 1981" and you will see a very outrageous news:
During the Queen's Birthday Parade in 1981, a 17-year-old boy shot at the Queen. Although it was eventually confirmed that the bullets were hollow-point bullets that made no sound, Elizabeth was shot six times.
This incident was already outrageous, and what was even more outrageous was that the Queen's personal guards covered the young man's mouth with his hands and captured him because they did not have live ammunition...
Of course.
This does not mean that members of the British royal family will not be escorted by firearms when traveling, but it means that the personal guards will not be equipped with live ammunition.
The escort...that is, outside the personal guard, the accompanying troops composed of combat modules will still be equipped with firearms.
But the problem is...
The University of Cambridge is just 100 kilometers outside London and is absolutely in the heart of London.
Therefore, Prince Albert did not bring too many real gun guards on this trip.
Moreover, the guards were all in the small town of Cambridge at this time, and it would take at least twenty to thirty minutes to arrive at the scene.
So within a short period of time.
Prince Albert could only rely on Bourne's 30 bayonets and five Migne rifles. The reason why the bayonets were not fully stocked was mainly because some of the guards did not retreat.
What's even worse is that this is Cambridge University!
In addition to the audience present, there are also a large number of students in the dormitory building.
Once those thugs feel that the assassination is completely fruitless, they may turn their guns and point their guns at those students...
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And just a few seconds after Bourne reported the armed intelligence.
A Guardsman standing on guard at the door raised his hand and shouted to Bourne:
"Chief Guard, there's a situation!"
Seeing this, Bourne raised his head and glanced at Prince Albert:
"His Majesty......"
Prince Albert nodded knowingly:
"Go ahead, you can handle it yourself in case of emergency."
Bourne saluted him, stood up, and walked quickly to the window.
The Guardsmen who made a sound were heard whispering something to Bourne. The visible gaze on Bourne's face froze and he listened carefully outside.
A few seconds later.
Bourne suddenly turned around and said to Prince Albert:
"Your Majesty, you are from damn Scotland and Tsarist Russia!"
The words just fell.
As if cooperating with him, waves of shouts with thick accents rang out in the distance:
"minger!"
"Sukabule!"
Wow——
Upon hearing Bourne's words, the originally quiet scene suddenly became noisy again.
Scots and Russians.
One is the northern nation that has been clamoring for secession.
The other was a sworn enemy fighting the Crimean War with Britain.
no doubt.
This is a long-planned assassination operation involving an international war!
At the same time, that’s it for the Scots. After all, Scotland has not yet been divided, and it is not difficult to come to London - things like soup and wheat came from Scotland.
But it is quite intriguing that the Tsarist Russians were able to lurk in London...
A few more seconds passed.
Bourne's voice came over again, making everyone's hearts tighten:
"Your Majesty, the enemy seems to have divided into groups, and some of them are moving towards the auditorium!"
Hear what Bourne said.
Several gasping sounds could be clearly heard in Xu Yun's ears, and even Gauss's hand holding his wrist was faintly tightening.
Xu Yun even smelled a smell of urine. It was obvious that someone was already fighting...
But fortunately.
Prince Albert, the most critical person in charge at this time, is obviously not one of the cowards.
Seeing the gloomy atmosphere visible to the naked eye, he stood up suddenly and stopped everyone's decline:
"Everyone, please be quiet first and listen to me!"
There was a moment of silence all around.
Prince Albert looked around and continued to speak loudly:
"Everyone, we are now in a desperate situation with no way to retreat. Instead of panicking and crying bitterly, we might as well fight to the death!"
"According to what Bourne said, the opponent has divided its forces - although the main force will definitely attack the auditorium, the number will definitely be reduced."
"As for our Cambridge students alone, we have close to a hundred guests. Counting my king's escort, the number of guests is about two to three times that of the other party."
"Although the enemy is superior to us in terms of firearms, the reloading speed of the Minie rifle is extremely slow. We also have the wall of the auditorium as a barrier, so we may not have no chance of winning in a battle."
"so....."
With that said, Prince Albert drew out the king's sword.
Qiang——
A cold light flashed in the auditorium.
I saw him inserting his sword heavily on the wooden table in front of him, looking at the shocked people, and decisively issued a battle order:
"Now, as the prince of the empire, I order that all those over fifty years old and women at the scene should retreat to the back of the auditorium first!"
"The rest of the people worked together to move tables and chairs to block the side windows and the auditorium door, leaving only the small door and the front window for fighting!"
"In addition, quickly collect the copper lamp bases, heavy books, short stools and other items in the auditorium. If the enemy rushes into the house, just smash them directly!"
Following Prince Albert's order, everyone at the scene looked at me, and I looked at you, and they all started to do it.
Now that Prince Albert has extremely high power and prestige in the UK, now that he has stepped forward to become the backbone, everyone naturally chooses to follow him.
at the same time.
Bourne walked up to him quietly and asked him in a low voice:
"Your Majesty, why don't you block all the small doors of the auditorium and wait for reinforcements from the town to arrive?"
"Reinforcements?"
Prince Albert looked at him and suddenly sneered:
"Bourne, do you think the escort will get here in time?"
Bourne was slightly stunned, not knowing why.
Prince Albert glanced at Xu Yunmai and Lao Tang who were moving the table with his peripheral vision, and said again:
"The person responsible for the external protection today is the 7th Company of the 1st Coldstream Battalion. They were transferred back to London from the border at the beginning of the year."
"Don't forget, according to the news we got a year ago..."
"The James Hope Grant who attacked the Scottish outpost at that time was a captain of the Coldstream Battalion..."
As he spoke, he slowly exhaled, took off the long sword on the table, and said pointedly:
"If you think about it again, the University of Cambridge has seventeen colleges. The terrain is extremely complex, and most soldiers have never understood the layout of Cambridge."
"If someone deliberately takes a detour and delays it for a while, by the time they get here... maybe the day lilies will be cold."
Bourne finally understood what Prince Albert meant. His breath suddenly stagnated and he lost his voice:
"Your Majesty, you are saying that there is a traitor in the escort..."
Prince Albert patted his shoulder heavily and sighed:
"So Bourne, instead of believing that reinforcements will arrive, it's better to fight them in a roundabout way - the entrance to the auditorium is so big, if we can withstand two or three rounds of attacks and grab a few rifles, we may still be able to survive.
"
"In this offensive and defensive battle, there is no so-called complete defense, only open-minded offense and defense..."
Bourne was silent for a moment and nodded slightly.
The meaning of Prince Albert’s words is very clear:
Due to limited time and materials, they could not quickly construct a complete protective offensive just by relying on the tables and chairs in the auditorium.
If you try to cover everything, you will only end up being broken in by attackers from outside.
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Firstly, it can free up materials to reinforce other parts, and secondly, it can tell the attacker a message:
If you have the ability, just come in from here.
For the attackers, they also face a choice:
Impact other doors and windows that have been reinforced again, or enter directly from the small door.
After all, Cambridge University is located in the hinterland of London. Even if there is a mole in the escort to delay them, these people are still under a very tight time limit - after all, it is obvious that so many people cannot all be dead soldiers, and they must have a follow-up escape plan.
Maybe it's a carriage, maybe it's a boat. There are many possibilities for the method, but the prerequisites are certain:
Can't be surrounded.
Therefore, this battle has now directly turned into a wicket attack and defense battle.
One side consisted of 140 men, 30 bayonets plus a number of knives and projectiles, and five Miné rifles.
The other side has about 50 people, but has the same number of rifles.
However, Prince Albert's face seemed calm, but there was a hint of worry in his eyes.
As an industrial fanatic, he is very aware of the power of thermal weapons.
Yes, the rate of fire of the Minie rifle is indeed very slow, and firing three rounds per minute is considered to be of excellent quality.
But the problem is that there are so many people on the other side.
Assuming there are fifty people surrounding them, shooting once for every 15 people is enough to ensure strong fire suppression.
And although there are some auditoriums here as bunkers, if there are explosives on the other side...
That's hard to say.
all in all.
This is a life and death situation.
Then Prince Albert looked outside again, his eyes a little misty:
"Scottish people, Tsarist Russians... I wonder who else is hiding and not showing up?"
While Prince Albert was talking to Bourne.
A simple line of defense is almost completed:
This auditorium covers a large area and can accommodate about two to three hundred people. It has eight windows on each side.
However, under the division of labor among more than a hundred people, it is easy to block them with tables and chairs.
at the same time.
Bourne led the people to quickly get into position:
Soldiers with bayonets and nobles who were temporarily selected and relatively skilled in martial arts stood beside the wall of the side door. The thick wall could ensure that they would not be shot by bullets.
If the enemy does rush in, they will engage in hand-to-hand combat.
There are two shooting points located at an angle of 45 degrees on the two small doors, one with three guns and the other with two guns.
The rest of the young men stood behind the shooting point, ready to throw heavy objects at any time.
Wheat is naturally among them.
The expression of this young Scottish man looked extremely severe, his mouth was pursed tightly, and his face was a little pale.
He held an ax tightly in his hand, ready to throw it at any enemy who might appear.
It seemed that it was also at this time last year that he and Lao Tang were attacked and killed by Grant in the camp.
If Xu Yun hadn't taken action at that time, he and Lao Tang would have celebrated their anniversary by now.
Thinking of this, Xiaomai couldn't help but shook his head slightly:
During the attack on the camp, Grant and others used cold weapons, so Mr. Luo Feng was able to turn the tide.
Now that the attackers are carrying firearms, Mr. Luo Feng is afraid that there is nothing he can do.
It's impossible for Mr. Luo Feng to suddenly take out a firearm that can suppress 50 Miné rifles, right?
After recalling this idea that came to his mind, Xiaomai himself laughed:
If this kind of thing could really happen, he would eat the ax on the spot!
By the way, what is Mr. Luo Feng doing now?
Think about it.
Xiaomai subconsciously turned his head and looked at Xu Yun - as a young man, Xu Yun was naturally assigned to the front row.
But after seeing the situation clearly.
A question mark appeared in Xiaomai's eyes, and he subconsciously asked Xu Yun:
"Um, Mr. Luo Feng, why are you taking off your clothes?"
That's right.
Xu Yun at this time...
Taking off clothes.
When Xiaomai was talking, he had already taken off his windbreaker, revealing the bottoming sweater he was wearing.
Hear about the wheat problem.
Snapped--
Xu Yun gently patted a pile of things beside him and said matter-of-factly: