Arc of Gunfire

Chapter 250 Please call me Catherine III (Updated 14/33)

November 16, Yekaterinburg, Summer Palace.

At this moment, a strategic meeting was being held in the summer palace, and even Patriarch Belinsky and many important bishops were listening.

Marshal Semyon, who had previously served as commander of the Western Front, also came from the headquarters to attend this meeting.

However, because he no longer serves in the headquarters and the Ministry of Defense, his position is closer to the edge of the room.

Marshal Boris is explaining the current situation: "The enemy has occupied most of Kalanskaya, but the good news is that the enemy has not cleared up the scattered Guards troops in the city until now. We speculate that the enemy has reached the end of its strength.

“And there is still a ten-kilometer fortification zone between us and Kalanskaya, as well as a large number of skitarii and temporary troops.

"The good news is that the reorganization of the troops that were scattered during the enemy's onslaught has been completed. In the next week, we will have multiple fully-equipped armies going into battle.

“The second good news is that the first batch of wounded have been discharged from the hospital and are about to return to the army, and the young people of school age we recruited at the end of June and early July have also completed all military training and can be added to the army.

"We estimate that within the next month, we will have at least one million new troops. In addition, millions of young people are receiving military training.

"At the same time, we are also preparing to launch the second phase of the mobilization plan to mobilize veterans over the age of 30. We have a population advantage over Prosen. At the same time, Prosen is currently fighting on multiple fronts, and they have a large number of troops deployed. The western part of the country is on alert for a naval attack by the United Kingdom."

Marshal Boris looked at Nicholas V: "What does your Majesty have..."

"How much of these words are true?" His Majesty the Tsar asked.

Olga: "Father! Have more faith in the generals!"

Soon enough, a whistling sound came from the sky.

All the generals in the room who had actually been on the battlefield reacted, and General Turgenev even ducked under the table.

The next moment, the window glass shattered simultaneously, as if the sky outside broke through the window.

Olga opened her mouth wide and looked at the window frames and glass flying towards her, and she was about to be pierced into a hornet's nest.

A huge figure directly blocked Olga, it was Marshal Semyon.

He held the table with both hands, always maintaining a distance between his body and the princess.

His eyes were fixed on the princess, as kindly as if he were looking at his granddaughter.

Explosions sounded one after another, and dust on the ceiling fell on Olga's head.

The chandelier suddenly fell off and hit the conference table, shattering into pieces.

Suddenly, a small cut was made on the edge of Olga's cheek.

In fact, it was just a scratch from the broken glass of the chandelier. Just wipe it with saliva and it will be healed in a week.

The shelling stopped.

The cries of the wounded could be heard outside the conference room.

Marshal Boris stood up: "The shelling stopped so quickly, which means the enemy has run out of shells."

Others also got up from the ground. Chief of Staff Tukhachev asked loudly: "Count the wounded. It should not be aimed at the conference room."

At this time, Marshal Semyon, who had protected Princess Olga, used his last strength to leave the princess and fell backward.

Olga looked at him with wide eyes.

Nicholas V suddenly laughed strangely: "Hahaha! It's over, it's all over! Your lies are ruined! The war has been lost! Hahahaha! You are lying to me here, maybe you are secretly negotiating peace with Prossen !”

Belinsky raised his head and looked at Bishop Lavkid.

Rafkid nodded and silently exited the room.

Turgenev saw the scene of Lavkid leaving, and his brows twisted into knots.

And Tukhachev had no extra energy to care about other things. He tried to persuade His Majesty the Tsar: "Your Majesty! We have not failed yet! The enemy will stop shelling now. The fact that we are still alive means that they have reached the end of their crossbow!"

"The end of the crossbow! The end of the crossbow!" Nicholas V knocked on the table and shouted, "Since when did you start saying this, and how many times have you said it? I will shoot you all, and then go to make peace with Prossen! I Maybe he can become a king! Let’s start by shooting the unstoppable imperial wall! Come on, Rokosov’s defense zone is only thirty kilometers away from here, call him over!”

Although Olga was in shock, she still took a step forward: "Father!"

She tried to make her voice neutral, like that of a young man.

Nicholas V stopped being hysterical and looked at Olga: "Ivan! You are here. Wait a minute, what happened to your face?"

Olga raised her eyebrows.

Nicholas V raised his hand and pointed at Olga's cheek with a trembling finger.

Olga immediately raised her hand and touched it, but it turned out that the touch was bad. Originally it was just a small wound and it bled a little, but there was a patch of blood on her cheek.

Nicholas V was frightened and took a step back: "No! My Ivan will not bleed! You are not Ivan, who are you! Who are you?"

Olga tried to save her: "Father, don't you recognize me?"

"You're actually pretending to be Ivan! Come on! Catch him! This is the damn Prosen spy! They took my Ivan away! I know, Ivan was taken away, and they used this to Force me to surrender! As long as I surrender, Ivan will come back!"

Olga stared at Nicholas V who had gone completely crazy.

Turgenev glanced at Belinsky, then stood up and looked out the broken window.

Nicholas V's voice was so loud that even the rescuers who came to rescue heard it.

But Turgenev was obviously not looking at these stunned ordinary people.

He soon saw what he was looking for.

Gas trucks carried a large number of troops wearing blue hats into the palace gate of the summer palace.

It was an infantry division composed of judges, and its equipment was better than that of ordinary infantry divisions.

The moment he saw the blue hats, Turgenev withdrew his gaze and turned to Patriarch Belinsky.

Belinsky was looking at him too.

Turgenev sighed, picked up his briefcase, and took out the pistol holster from the briefcase that said top secret.

The top-secret briefcase would naturally not be opened and inspected. Who would have thought that a gun holster was stuffed inside the document.

Turgenev put the holster on himself, adjusted the position of the pistol, opened the holster, pulled out the gun, and checked the safety and whether the bullet was loaded.

At this time, because Nicholas V stood at the center of the stage, where all the spotlights converged, no one noticed Turgenev's actions.

In addition to the new Defense Minister Field Marshal Boris.

Turgenev prepared his gun and looked at Her Royal Highness the Princess.

At this time Olga was shouting to Nicholas V: "Father! You are an emperor! Don't be so hysterical! You will shake the foundation of resistance! It will shake the foundation of the will to fight!"

Nicholas V: "Who are you? Why do you preach to me! I just want to get my son back!"

Olga: "My brother is dead! He is dead! Now he is very disappointed in you! He must be very disappointed!"

"No! My Ivan will not be disappointed in me!"

Olga was furious and strode forward, wanting to give her father a slap in the face.

Turgenev saw the opportunity and went out to stop Olga: "Your Royal Highness, this is useless. Your Highness, when His Highness Ivan was not martyred for his country, you have been spending time in my office. Didn't I teach you ? Always look at the situation around you and take the most advantageous and straightforward action with the least consequences. "

He took Olga a step aside so that no one else would be in the pistol beam.

Then he whispered, "Look out the window."

Olga looked out the window.

The blue-hatted inquisitor was dispersing the crowd of spectators.

At this moment, Olga thought of someone.

Then she touched her waist, only to find that she only touched the stiff waistband.

Since Rokosov shot and killed General Skorobo, except for the palace guards, soldiers are no longer allowed to bring guns into the summer palace.

Turgenev: "Look around, Your Majesty."

Only then did Olga realize that Turgenev actually had a gun and the holster was open.

She didn't ask any questions and just pulled out her gun.

In fact, Olga's shooting experience was not enough for her to identify whether there were bullets in the gun based on its weight. But she believed the gun had bullets and was even loaded.

She checked the safety, and then aimed at His Majesty the Tsar who was shouting "I want to surrender in exchange for my son" before anyone could react.

The moment Nicholas V saw the gun, he seemed to be healed suddenly.

He looked at the muzzle of the gun, then at Olga's face, and suddenly smiled: "It was in this room that Rokosov killed Skorob. You are indeed his -"

Olga fired.

But she missed. After all, she had only learned how to shoot a shotgun and had never even used a pistol.

At this moment, Belinsky stepped forward and grabbed Olga's gun: "If you become a parricide beast, we will also have a headache."

At this time a large number of inquisitors rushed into the room.

There were even inquisitors climbing in through the windows that were broken by shelling.

Suddenly the whole room was filled with blue hats.

Belinsky checked the condition of the pistol, then raised the gun and aimed: "Nikolai Alexandrovich Antonov, you are guilty of treason and are punished by death."

Then Belinsky shot Nicholas V through the head with a clean shot.

Belinsky picked up the Tsar's scepter that had been thrown to the ground during the shelling, turned around and handed it to Olga.

Olga took a breath: "My father has committed treason and has been punished. From now on, please call me Catherine III."

Belinsky was the first to kneel down and salute: "God bless you, my emperor!"

Tukhachev glanced at Boris and Turgenev, followed by kneeling down on one knee and taking the lead in shouting: "Long live our emperor!"

Everyone on the field knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Long live my emperor!"

Only Nicholas V was lying there, looking at the ceiling blankly.