King's Landing in France

Chapter 314
After the weapons craftsman inspected the weapons, Desmoulins and Pauline walked to the two sides of the gun table.

Paulina smiled as soon as she touched the gun. She was also a veteran, and she was quite familiar with breech-loading rifles.

The weapon craftsman on Anning's side prepared the gun for Paulina. The rifling was deliberately not so obvious, and the position of the breech loading was deliberately camouflaged by the craftsman.

But those who are familiar with firearms will know something tricky when they see the gun.

It's a pity that Desmoulins couldn't see it.

Paulina has no resistance at all to using this weapon to win a duel, or rather, she is eager to try it.

It should be said that Napoleon's sister, like Napoleon himself, has no concept of invincibility, and feels that it is good to use all means, as long as she wins in the end.

The gun that An Ning gave to Paulina has already been loaded. Because the design of the breech-loading gun is more advanced, the standby time after loading is much longer than that of ordinary flintlock guns, and it can be loaded in advance.

But Paulina picked up the gun and still pretended to perform a series of loading actions before holding the gun to her chest and taking a deep breath.

Robespierre walked to the center of the arena and began to play his part.

"Both of you, are you ready?"

Desmoulins became nervous instead at this time. He straightened the front of his clothes, then held the gun steady, took a few deep breaths before nodding to Robespierre: "I'm ready."

Robespierre turned to Paulina, who immediately said: "I'm ready to start anytime! Take your life!"

Desmoulins sneered: "Hmph, if you die, maybe we will be able to see Frost weeping. That is a scene that you in the Jacobin Club have never seen before."

Paulina: "I won't die. After all, the area I was shot in is so much smaller than yours, and the probability of the bullet hitting me is much smaller than hitting you."

Desmoulins: "Let's see."

At this time, Robespierre coughed and intervened in the conversation: "I want to emphasize one thing first, this time we are a civilized duel, as long as someone is hit, the duel will end, and no one can do anything after I say it!

"We are different from the nobles. We are all people who have read books and have knowledge and insights, so we must show the difference!"

Robespierre's words were cheered by the Parisians who came from all directions to watch at some point.

At least at this time, Robespierre was still a positive figure in the eyes of most Parisians.

Robespierre took out his pocket watch to confirm the time, and then shouted: "Duel, start!"

Next to it, the soldier band was ready to start playing drums.

An Ning was speechless: "Is this using drums to coordinate the pace of the two? I didn't have this step when I was dueling before."

Dandong, who is also a witness, nodded: "At least in terms of formality, this duel has crushed the duel of the year."

Desmoulins and Pauline walked to both ends of the square, beating drums.

The moment the drum beat stopped suddenly, Desmoulins turned and raised his gun.

But Paulina was quicker, turned faster, and her gun fired first.

Then the accident happened.

An Ning racked her brains to equip Paulina with a breech-loading gun, obviously the accuracy should beat contemporary flintlock pistols.

However, Paulina fired a shot at this distance and missed at all, and the bullet went nowhere.

Anning Khan has come down. If Polina breaks here, Napoleon should turn against him.

Polina immediately started reloading, not looking at Desmoulins at all, as if she was not at all worried that Desmoulins would shoot her down.

Desmoulins fired, and the bullets went nowhere.

He immediately lowered his head and started reloading, and because he lowered his head, he didn't see Paulina opening the locking mechanism on the rear of the gun to reload from behind——

But at this time, Robespierre shouted: "Stop!"

Pauline and Desmoulins looked up at Robespierre.

Robespierre: "Miss Bonaparte, how do you load the gun from the rear? No, it's not fair. Either you two use ordinary flintlock pistols together, or you both use breech loading together. arms."

At this time, An Ning said: "Maximilian, do you think a person who is used to front-loading firearms can adapt immediately after getting a breech-loading gun? A person like Desmoulins who has no military experience can get used to it with a breech-loading gun. Guns are probably at a greater disadvantage."

Robespierre was not persuaded: "No, I also heard that your muzzle-loading gun has a rifle in it, and the shooting accuracy will be higher, which is obviously unfair!
"Since Desmoulins can't use breech-loading guns, so be it: you both duel with old-fashioned, standard-issue pistols."

Paulina: "I have no objection. I originally planned to use my cleverness and luck to defeat him. I never considered using a double-threaded gun at all."

Robespierre looked at An Ning with a comprehending look, and did not hide his anger at all.

An Ning pouted.

If An Ning had known that the third-party witness to this duel was Robespierre, he would definitely not have done such tricks.

Robespierre is a person who can't tolerate sand. When he discovers the fraud, he will definitely ignore Frost and his Excellency General, and justice will be done first, and the rest will be discussed later.

A moment later, both Pauline and Desmoulins had replaced their old pistols.

Robespierre deliberately ordered that the gun be served empty, so that the interrupted duel could start from the moment of loading the bullet.

Robespierre personally threw the inspected gun at the feet of the two, and he said loudly, "You can start!"

Desmoulins and Pauline flung themselves on the gun and ammunition packs on the ground.

Paulina started loading with ease. After all, she came out of the Brienne Military Academy, and this is her old profession.

Desmoulins was obviously not as sloppy as Paulina in reloading, and he was also influenced by Polina, and he would glance at Polina's reloading progress from time to time.

Seeing Paulina's smooth play, Desmoulins visibly tensed up.

Then he shook his hand, and the gunpowder and bullets that should have been poured into the gun barrel were scattered outside the paper bag.

Desmoulins made a decisive decision and immediately took out a new pack of prefabricated paper ammunition packs, tore off the seal on the top, and poured the bullets mixed with gunpowder into the gun——

By this time Pauline had finished reloading, raised the gun, took careful aim at Desmoulins, and pulled the trigger.

Desmoulins was shot in the right chest before dropping the gun in his hand to the ground.

He clutched his chest and knelt down in pain.

Robespierre waved his hand: "Okay, that's it! The winner is Pauline Bonaparte!"

An Ning breathed a sigh of relief, but Danton rushed to Desmoulins and shouted: "Doctor! Where is the doctor? Desmoulins—my friend is bleeding all over the floor!"

(End of this chapter)