The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 605 "Assassination"
Captain Calvin immediately shouted "Everyone on alert!", and was shot through the head by a bullet.

In fact, when the carriage full of logs suddenly appeared, everyone had already entered a state of battle.

Because in theory, such large trucks are not allowed to enter on this street, even if some people want to make money, they will choose to come at night, after all, it is not easy to be discovered.

However, transporting these timbers during the day would easily be spotted by the police and gendarmes and would inevitably be exploited. Even if the police and gendarmes were sent away, pedestrians in the two bustling streets before and after would be a big trouble.

It was too abrupt for an obviously overloaded carriage to appear suddenly, and when the captain of the guard pulled out his pistol, the driver on the opposite side obviously panicked, that's why the carriage suddenly lost control.

Otherwise, those logs would not have been scattered on the ground, but should have smashed into Baron Brook's carriage.

Seeing that the plan had changed, the assailant was unambiguous and chose to shoot directly.

The first shot was followed by another, but the main targets of the shots were the coachman and the horses.

It's a pity that the attacker was still using a rifled rifle, and even a skilled veteran would need more than twenty seconds to reload.

The guards accompanying Baron Brook immediately raised their guns and returned fire, killing several gunmen who did not hide in time.

But at this time, another group of gunmen came out from both sides of the street. They also used revolvers, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides immediately.

The attackers wanted to use their numbers to end the battle quickly, but what they didn't expect was that just four air rifles suppressed the charge of dozens of people.

The range of the air rifle is 150 meters, but in fact it cannot kill people more than 50 meters, even if it is close to shooting, it cannot penetrate the 3mm (millimeter) steel plate.

But the air rifles had an unparalleled shooting speed and continuous shooting ability before the invention of the submachine gun. The four air rifles sowed bullets at the speed of two rounds per second to the gunners rushing up.

15 seconds, 120 rounds of bullets, directly knocked the twenty gunmen who rushed to the front to the ground, and the remaining gunmen had never seen such fierce firepower, and they all shrank back for a while.

At this time, it was the turn of the lever rifle to exert its power, and the fierce and accurate bullets kept reducing the number of attackers.

Of course, some attackers used the commanding heights to shoot cold arrows at the guards.But soon the attackers discovered the problem. Pistols and muzzle-loading guns could not take advantage of lever-action rifles at all.

Revolvers, in particular, seem to be able to kill opponents only by ricochet and "God", while lever-action rifles can accurately fire them.

At the same time, the attackers discovered a problem, that is, instead of the expected guards blocking the bullets in front of the carriage, everyone hid behind the carriage.

What was even more outrageous was that the compartment of the carriage was unscathed after being shot by dozens of rifle bullets and hundreds of pistols, and the leader of the attackers was also anxious.

Hearing the sound of a flowerpot breaking, all the gunmen rushed towards the carriage as if they had been shot with chicken blood.

They thought that the silent and fast weapons had been exhausted, but they miscalculated.The four air riflemen had already replaced the cylinders just now, and the bullets rained down again.

But this time the attackers did not retreat, and rushed to the carriage with huge casualties.The guards also knew that the last moment had come, and they dropped the spears in their hands one after another, and drew out their revolvers to fight.

The melee shooting was very brutal. People on both sides fell one after another, and soon the last guard and the last attacker who rushed up shot each other and fell to the ground.

At this time, there were nearly a hundred corpses lying on the street. In fact, there was still a team of attackers left, but because the carriage was too strong, long-distance shooting was ineffective, so they could only get close to the carriage to ensure that they killed the target.

"Fuck! How can these bastards fight so well! They have been fighting for so long, it seems that we can't escape!"

One attacker said very unwillingly.

Another assailant said blankly: "The buyer has already paid enough for the hush money. Our task now is to confirm the death of the target, and then the final payment will be left to our family."

"Damn! Damn!"

When the assailant got close to the carriage, he realized that the entire carriage was forged and welded with steel.

Just as they were thinking about how to open the "steel shell bastard", Klaus overturned the stall on the side, and the air rifle fired again. As the gas in the high-pressure gas cylinder was exhausted, the last attacker died in convulsions.

Klaus pulled out his revolver and leaned against the stall to be vigilant. He didn't lose consciousness until the city defense army arrived.

Looking at the corpses all over the ground and the messy streets, there is an illusion of being in a battlefield. They have never seen such a tragic battle.

80% of the attackers were killed directly or bled to death, and the situation of the rest was not optimistic.

Eight of the guards died on the spot, and ten of the remaining 13 lost consciousness, and the other three also lost their ability to move.

Baron Brook himself only hit the steel plate on his forehead, and suffered some minor trauma and concussion.

After interrogation, it was determined that the attack was planned by certain big families.

What is the purpose?Naturally, it was the position of the governor of the central bank, because Brook blocked too many people's money.

Since Baron Brook was supported by Grand Duke Franz, those people naturally did not dare to do anything to the latter, so they could only find ways to deal with the former.

So a hundred gunmen were hired and decided to assassinate Baron Brook on the street in front of the Central Bank, but Franz knew that it was far from that simple.

Who has the ability to remove all the gendarmerie and police in the vicinity, and at the same time keep the guards attached to the central bank on hold.

Just when Franz was about to investigate thoroughly, Earl Hussel found the former and warned Franz not to pursue him any further.

He knew that this was what his mother meant, so Franz immediately rushed back to Schönbrunn Palace to ask Mrs. Sophie face to face.

"Mother, why is this? They took the initiative to provoke us, do you want me to swallow my anger? The assassination against my father was also the same. What are you thinking?"

Mrs. Sophie: "Frantz, I hope you can understand that this country does not belong to you before you take the throne.

And by sacrificing Brook alone, you can get the support of many people. "

Franz asked very angrily: "Is it necessary to exchange a loyal financial expert for the country for the support of a group of rubbish who only know intrigue?"

Madam Sophie was not in a hurry, she seemed to have known that Franz would say that.

"Mr. Brook is indeed a loyal person, but he is not irreplaceable. There is no shortage of people in the empire who are more capable and background than him.

You are not the emperor yet, you need to win over those big families to support you, instead of fighting against them, forcing them to support your opponents and not let you ascend the throne. "

Madam Sophie's words confused Franz, who didn't know what "opponent" he had.Could it be Maximilian, but that's too ridiculous.

Only the will and the Salic law left by Franz II made Franz feel that it was impossible for him to lose to Maximilian.

In addition, if his brother is really so confused, although he will not kill his relatives, he still has to teach him a lesson.

(End of this chapter)