Father Mavie

Chapter 748: Bloody Battle in the Palace ([-]-in-[-], please subscribe!!!)
The hard heels hit the floor tiles, making a dull sound of footsteps. Under the order of the second prince, all the Windsor Guards responsible for guarding the palace entered a state of combat readiness.

Wearing tall velvet hats and red military uniforms, the soldiers opened their weapons arsenal and took out their carefully maintained Dresser bolt-action rifles, hundreds of salute guns and five rotating machine guns.

Seeing the Windsor Guards bringing out such sophisticated equipment, Ma Wei was surprised: "You have collected so many good things!"

Herrera explained: "There are different models of salutes. Many of them are antiques from 20 years ago, but they are well maintained and can barely be used. The Dresser bolt-action rifle is standard equipment, and the rotating machine gun was purchased at the request of His Majesty. , this is the latest type of equipment used by the United States of America, with strong firepower and high collection value."

Since it was a positional battle and they needed to find a better firepower point, the guards simply raised the rotating machine gun to the roof and pointed it at the garden below from a high position.

Buckingham Palace is surrounded by a large flat lawn with few trees and a wide field of vision. Once a salvo of firepower is launched, the enemy will be hit head-on.

Artillery was also set up downstairs, divided into four directions. No matter which side the enemy came from, they would be baptized by artillery fire.

Just as the guards were setting up their firepower, Ma Wei came to the top of the building and found the second prince smoking a cigarette and looking listless.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

"Oh, it's Nicholas."

The second prince exhaled a puff of smoke and said quietly: "It's nothing, I just feel a little unhappy."

"Because of the eldest prince?"

"I am at odds with Charles, and it is natural for him to launch a coup. You cannot anger me."

After a pause, the second prince added: "I am unhappy because of what my father said."

"What did His Majesty say to you in the bedroom just now?"

"I asked my father to save me, but my father said that I am not worthy of commanding the Royal Guards." The second prince said with a gloomy look: "Father does not approve of me! Nicholas, do you think I am not worthy of commanding the Royal Guards?!"

"Perhaps Your Majesty is referring to military literacy." Ma Wei consoled him: "Your Highness, you have not received professional training and are not a general. Of course, you are not suitable for commanding an army. You must know that one general is incompetent and will tire the three armies. In terms of military literacy alone, Your Highness, you are indeed unqualified."

"I know, but what my father is talking about is definitely not about military literacy." The second prince sneered: "He just thinks that I am not worthy of being the king. I am also his son. Don't I have the qualifications to compete for the throne? If he doesn't want me to be the king, Why didn't you let me give up on this idea from the beginning? Give me hope and then destroy it, I won't accept it!"

Ma Wei shook his head and said: "There is nothing to accept. As long as you can spend tonight safely, Your Highness, you will be the king. I said at the beginning that I would help you ascend to the throne, but now you are just one step away from it."

"If you can survive tonight safely"

The second prince looked at Ma Wei: "Nicholas, I want to appoint you as prime minister, let you form the cabinet, and take charge of No. 9 Downing Street."

"Me? Be the Prime Minister of the Cabinet?"

"Yes."

"Baron Frederick is more suitable." Ma Wei said dumbfounded: "What should I do as prime minister? The potion company is already busy enough."

"The candidate I considered at the beginning was indeed Baron Frederick, but I figured it out." The second prince said with a cigar in his mouth: "At the critical moment, Baron Frederick cannot provide me with effective help, because right now This is the age of theocracy, and I can only gain more power by being attached to the church."

"Nicholas, you are the link between the kingdom and the church. If you are willing to take over as the prime minister of the kingdom, then the judgment made by the cabinet will be supported by the church to a certain extent. As long as you have the support of the church, what can't be done? ?”

"What's more, this is the biggest reward I can give you."

"remuneration."

Hearing these words, Ma Wei smiled. He helped the second prince not because he wanted to ask for anything from the second prince. The second prince was just a stepping stone in his plan, but the second prince had been thinking about this and kept giving. Gift', 'reward'.

"Prime Minister, this is a position that many people cannot reach in their lifetime."

Seeing that Ma Wei was not very interested in the Prime Minister, the second prince quickly said: "The Prime Minister has the power to dissolve the House of Commons, propose motions to the Parliament, recommend senior judges, appoint ministers of various ministries, and determine the powers of various ministries. He also has the power to command the army and navy. Declare war."

"The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Windsor and even the President of the United States of America have greater power!"

"If Nicholas becomes Prime Minister, not only will you get the full support of the church, but the royal government will also obey your words! Even I am only your nominal leader!"

"Your Highness, you seem to be very scared." Ma Wei asked a little strangely: "What are you afraid of?"

"I"

The second prince opened his mouth but was speechless.

The arrival of the enemy broke the deadlock.

The dull footsteps echoed in the street, the ground shook slightly, and countless soldiers emerged from all directions. They surrounded Buckingham Palace. The leading general was riding a horse and observing the palace with a telescope.

When Ma Wei and the second prince arrived, Herrera was discussing countermeasures with Arthur. The Windsor Guards had already arranged their positions. No matter which direction the enemy attacked from, they would be blocked. The entire palace had turned into a fortress. Everyone is ready for war.

"It's been 200 years. In these 200 years, this is the only time the palace has been surrounded by rebels!"

Looking at the army below, the second prince shouted angrily: "I order you to retreat! Immediately! Immediately!"

The generals below sneered at the second prince's order. Not to mention that the second prince was not the king yet, so what if he was?
The army stationed around London had long been subdued by the third prince, and the disobedient generals had been replaced early, coupled with the action orders of the Prime Minister Winston.
It is no exaggeration to say that they are the righteous party!
The second prince is the traitor and traitor!
Surrounding the palace, the army did not launch an attack immediately, but waited for the arrival of the eldest prince before assuming an offensive posture.

"What are you waiting for! Attack!" the eldest prince shouted to the surrounding soldiers.

"Your Highness, I didn't see the priest of the church."

"Can't you fight without a priest? You are soldiers! Soldiers of the kingdom! It is your bounden duty to obey orders!"

Hearing this sentence, the leading general gritted his teeth, rode his horse and ran in front of the soldiers. After reviewing them back and forth, he fired the first shot.

"attack!!!"

"kill!!!"

The soldiers gathered into a sea and rushed towards Buckingham Palace. As soon as they stepped into the garden, they were bombarded by artillery. Amidst the violent explosions, countless people were killed and injured.

On the roof of the palace, Herrera looked at the soldiers rushing out of the gunfire and waved his arms: "Shoot!"

Bang bang bang!
Suppose the rotating machine gun on the roof of the building together with hundreds of Dreiser bolt-action rifles burst out with dazzling sparks. The fire lit up the sky of the palace. Bullets poured out wildly. Army soldiers fell one after another. For a while, they could not get close to the palace. .

"Assholes! Assholes! Where did they get the heavy firepower!" Seeing that he could not take the palace, the eldest prince couldn't bear it anymore and immediately pulled out a flare gun and shot into the sky.

The dazzling ball of light burned high in the sky. After receiving the signal, the three warships docked in the Port of London buzzed and rushed towards the Central District along the Thames River.

In addition to the three warships that were originally resting in the Port of London, five warships under the personal command of Rear Admiral Joshua almost arrived near the Port of London. Eight warships lined up in a line and sailed into London.

On the leader of the Dauntless, Toure Crowley looked at the cities on both sides, his face as sinking as water, and he held the saber tightly in his hand.

He was waiting for Ma Wei's signal, but he didn't see it for a long time. Instead, he waited for the order from the eldest prince to attack.

"General! General!"

The soldiers on the watchtower suddenly shouted: "There is a bridge ahead! We can't pass!"

bridge?
Tulay picked up the telescope and looked forward, and indeed saw a bridge spanning the river. It was London Bridge.

"General! What should we do! The warship is too high to pass!" the adjutant suggested: "Why don't we blow up the bridge?"

This is really a good idea. Toure glanced at the adjutant and said: "The London Bridge is an important facility connecting the north and south cities. Blowing down the bridge will bring unnecessary trouble to the residents. It cannot be blown up!"

"But General, we can't get through without blowing up the bridge!"

Toure looked back at the towering watchtower. In the age of sails, the importance of masts was self-evident. It was the key to whether the ship could sail with the wind. But since the installation of steam engines, warships no longer need sails. The raised mast is only used as a watchtower.

Do they need a watchtower right now?
It doesn't seem necessary.

"Blow up the watchtower!"

"What?! General! Are we going to blow up the warship?!"

"Only blow up the watchtower! As long as the watchtower is blown up, the warship can pass under the bridge! Execute the order!"

"Yes!"

The adjutant turned around and left. After a while, a loud noise was heard under the watchtower. Along with a scream of metal bending, the watchtower hit the river heavily and quickly sank to the bottom.

Without the watchtower, the height of the Dreadnaught warship immediately halved, and it passed under the bridge dangerously. Several warships following closely followed the same pattern, blowing up the lookout poles, and rushed to the central area as quickly as possible.

At 8:35 pm, the warship arrived in the Central District and stopped in the middle of the Thames River.

At this time, the battle for the palace has entered a fierce stage. The rotating machine gun was red and smoking, and it was paralyzed. Some soldiers wanted to water the water to cool down, but they did not expect that the barrel of the gun cracked with a bang, and it was completely destroyed. Lost.

Dreiser's bolt-action rifle also had to be reloaded. The originally ferocious firepower was momentarily insufficient. Seizing the opportunity, the eldest prince once again ordered the soldiers to charge. The soldiers stepped on the corpses of their companions and screamed towards the palace.

This time, without the obstruction of the rotating machine gun, the soldiers easily reached the downstairs of the palace, blasted open the palace door with explosives, rushed in, and started hand-to-hand combat in the corridor.

"Report! The first floor has been lost! The enemy is fighting fiercely at the stairs!"

"Report! The left staircase on the first floor has been captured by the enemy! There are too many enemies! They are attacking the second floor!"

"No! The artillery position has fallen!"

Whether it is the army stationed in London or the Windsor Guards, they are all the elites of the elite. This battle is head-to-head. Without the help of the church, every life and death are real. The soldiers on both sides are not afraid of death. The palace has become Using the meat grinder, both sides continued to replenish their forces in an attempt to grind each other to death, often killing several people in one room.

However, the army has a total of 2 people, and they are still coming from all directions to join the battlefield. The Windsor Guards stationed at the palace are retreating steadily. Less than half an hour after the gate fell, only 1000 people were left out of 500. There was a fight for the stairs. In the most intense battlefield, explosives, bullets, and cold blades are harvesting lives all the time, like the scythe of death.

Finally, when the stairs were about to collapse, a soldier detonated explosives, completely destroying the stairs.

His sacrifice succeeded in delaying the attack for a few minutes, but only a few minutes, before the enemy set up ladders and resumed their assault.

"Where's the Royal Navy?!"

The enemy had captured the second floor and was only three floors away from the roof. Seeing that the situation was not good, the second prince asked loudly: "Nicholas! Isn't the Royal Navy here yet?!"

After estimating the number of soldiers besieging the palace and finding that there were more than 5000, Ma Wei felt that the time was right, pulled out a signal gun and fired it into the sky.

boom!
A red signal flare flew high into the sky, reflecting the blood red color of the earth. The eldest prince looked up at the signal flare, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.

whoosh-

The scream of the cannonball piercing the air rang in his ears. Marquis Bracken looked up, his face changed drastically, he shouted "His Highness", rushed forward and knocked down the eldest prince. The next second, a cannonball was right where they were standing. The location exploded.

boom! ! !
boom! ! !
The shells fell like raindrops. The eldest prince was shocked to the point of tinnitus and dizziness. He lay in the crater and shouted at the Marquis of Bracken: "Where is the bombardment? Where is the bombardment?!"

The Marquis of Bracken looked at the size of the crater and shouted loudly: "It should be a naval gun! A naval gun!"

He couldn't hear the sound due to tinnitus, and could only judge what the other person said by the shape of his mouth. The eldest prince, who was so disgraced by the bombing, turned his head and looked in the direction of the Thames. His chest felt tight, and soon his upper lip felt hot, and something hot flowed down.

He reached out and touched it, and there was thick blood.

"Your Highness! Your Highness, are you okay!" Marquis Bracken crawled to the eldest prince's side. Seeing the eldest prince's ears and nose bleeding, he cried without tears: "The Royal Navy has betrayed us! The Crowley family has rebelled!! !”

The eldest prince, whose blood was surging in the shock, was speechless. He clutched Marquis Bracken's sleeve tightly, raised his trembling hand, and pointed at the palace.

"I understand I understand."

Marquis Bracken nodded heavily and issued a death order to capture the palace within 10 minutes.

Only by capturing the palace and establishing the overall situation can the Royal Navy be forced to surrender!
the other side.
Dreadnought warship.

The naval guns stopped bombarding, and flames shot up in the direction of the palace, lighting up the night sky.

The boarding board was set up on the shore. Toure slowly drew out his saber, turned around and looked at the naval soldiers behind him, and said loudly:

"Brothers! The army mutinied! This is a once-in-a-century opportunity! The time has come to make great achievements! We want to tell the world! The Royal Navy is not only powerful in sea battles, but also in land battles, it is also better than those armies! Everyone, listen to the order! Follow me. King Qin!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

(End of this chapter)