African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1131 Assassination failed
Although there were relatively fewer people here, Ferdinand still happily greeted the crowd, and amid the cheers of the crowd, no one noticed Garylov's unusual behavior.

Finally, Ferdinand's car was getting closer and closer to Garilov's position, and the distance between them was less than five meters.

Garilov seized the opportunity, suddenly accelerated and took a few steps forward, and at the same time his hands moved, a Browning pistol suddenly appeared in the air.

At this time, the scene where Garilov suddenly broke away from the crowd and approached Ferdinand's car naturally attracted everyone's attention.

Including Ferdinand himself, after seeing a young man leaving the crowd, his alarm bells instinctively rang. Combined with Garylov's action of drawing his gun, Ferdinand did not think that Garylov would take out anything other than a pistol from his arms at this time.

Garilov's heart beat faster. Looking at Archduke Ferdinand, who was in a daze for a moment and was so close to him, he pulled the trigger of his pistol without hesitation. A sharp gunshot broke the noise in Sarajevo.

When Garilov pulled the trigger, Ferdinand reacted immediately and hid behind the car at high speed.

But unfortunately, Garilov was very close to Ferdinand, and the bullet went through the car window and hit Ferdinand on the right side of his chest.

Garilov wanted to fire a few more shots, but unfortunately he had lost his target. After all, the car only had one window to aim and shoot, and the car was moving around the corner, so in a flash, Garilov could only see the rear of the car.

Without time to think, Garilov instinctively fired two more shots at the back of the car, hoping to pose a more deadly threat to Ferdinand through the body of the car.

At the same time as Garylov opened fire, another member of the Black Hand organization finally took action. Unfortunately, he was not in the same position as Garylov and could only shoot at Ferdinand's car.

The streets of Sarajevo were in chaos. The Austro-Hungarian soldiers who reacted began to arrest the murderer and surrounded Ferdinand's car, which basically announced the cessation of this round of assassination attempts.

A soldier with obvious Chinese ancestry rushed forward with a rifle and hit Garilov hard in the head when he was about to shoot again.

As a soldier of the Bosnian local forces, his original position was behind Ferdinand's car. In front of the convoy was the honor guard carefully selected by the Sarajevo City Government and the military.

The butt of the gun hit Garilov's head. The soldier showed no mercy at all. Garilov felt his head getting hot and his eyes blurred.

Blood oozed from his hair, and the Chinese soldier continued to attack, kicking Garilov's pistol to the ground, and using the rifle as a support to pin Garilov to the ground. After a few seconds, others arrived and assisted him in completely subduing the criminal. By this time, Garilov had already lost consciousness.

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"Oh my God! Honey, how are you?" Things were far from over. In the car, Ferdinand's wife Sofia was completely panicked.

Because she was sitting on the inside, Sophia was not in danger, but in the original history, she was also shot because of the convertible design of the car.

The head of the Bosnian military government, Potiorek, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, was also panicked. After all, the person in trouble was the Grand Duke of the imperial royal family.

Fortunately, as a soldier, Potiorek quickly performed as he should and began to command the scene quickly.

"Madam Archduchess, we should send the Archduke to the hospital first. He was only shot in the chest. Perhaps he can be saved."

Ferdinand was not completely unconscious. He held his chest with one hand and touched Sofia's head with the other and said, "I... I think we can still save her. Don't worry!"

Archduke Ferdinand and Sofia were truly in love. After all, Sofia was just a maid in the palace. In the ancient Habsburg court, Archduke Ferdinand, as a top noble, chose a maid as his wife. Obviously, they had a foundation of love. At this time, Potiorek also comforted him, "Your Excellency, you will be safe and sound."

He turned to the driver and said, "When I get off the car, go directly to the nearest hospital."

After saying that, he opened the car door and got out. After all, there were still many things to deal with next. With Ferdinand injured, he was the highest person in charge on the scene.

Soon, under the command of Potiorek, his adjutant led the way and escorted Ferdinand and his wife to the hospital. At the same time, in order to avoid the tragedy from happening again, this time a large group of soldiers surrounded Ferdinand's car and jogged along. Fortunately, this was the city center and the hospital was not far away. Potiorek stayed at the scene and began to arrest people.

Soon, the dusty and dirty Garilov and his two accomplices were brought to Potiorek. At this time, Garilov was still in a coma.

Potiorek pointed at Garilov and asked, "Who arrested the murderer?"

As the real murderer, it can be said that Garilov left a deep impression on Potiorek. After all, he was sitting in the co-pilot seat. If Garilov's gun had deviated a little at that time, he might have become a direct victim.

"Reporting to the general, it's Juno from the Bosnian Infantry Regiment!"

A strange name came into Potiorek's ears. After all, this name was not in line with European tradition. He asked, "Is it Ottoman?"

"No, he is a Chinese, or a soldier from the lower Neretva River area."

"No wonder!" said Potiorek.

Potiorek had some understanding of the soldiers under his command. There were two very unique types of people in the Bosnian Infantry Regiment. One was the Ottomans. After all, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a Catholic country, and it was very inappropriate to choose pagans like the Ottomans as a source of soldiers.

Another more famous group is the Chinese in the lower Neretva River valley. In recent years, because of the obedience of Chinese soldiers, the Bosnian Infantry Regiment has recruited many Chinese soldiers.

Potiorek met the Chinese soldier named Juno. Although he was not unfamiliar with Chinese soldiers, Juno's fluent German further attracted Potiorek's favor. After all, in local troops like Bosnia, the language was not unified at all.

Potiorek decided to reuse a descendant of Chinese immigrants like Junod who speaks fluent German, of course, on the premise that he can continue to serve in the local position.

After all, Archduke Ferdinand had the accident in front of him. If Archduke Ferdinand had unfortunately died, it would definitely have a certain impact on his future.

So after briefly chatting with Juno, Potiorek rushed to the hospital where Archduke Ferdinand was.

However, the final result still made Potiorek breathe a sigh of relief. Although Archduke Ferdinand was shot in the chest, fortunately he was not hit in a fatal position. The bullet was still some distance away from the heart and had a greater impact on the lungs. Moreover, because the incident happened in the city center, it was close to the hospital and the rescue was relatively timely, so Archduke Ferdinand's life was saved.

This is completely different from history. In the previous life, Archduke Ferdinand was hit directly in the neck by Princillin and there was no chance of rescue at all. But this time, just because of the difference in car design, the murderer did not have much chance.

Even the five shots that followed did not cause further harm to the crew members because of the car's bulletproof performance. As time goes by, the defense of cars like this one that are specially produced for dignitaries will naturally be greatly improved. After all, the first car produced in East Africa used bulletproof windows, and the technology has become more mature in recent years. This is also the main reason why Garilov could not make further achievements.

If Ferdinand had not waved to the crowd at that time, but had closed the car windows, the assassins of the Black Hand might not even have found an opportunity to assassinate him. So to some extent, it can be said that the car produced in East Africa saved the lives of Ferdinand and his wife.

(End of this chapter)