Chapter 39 Life and Death Line
The roads and streets of this imperial commissioner were usually cleared when he went on a patrol. Those "silent" and "avoid" signs had already been avoided far away. How dare you do anything? Therefore, it looked particularly empty.
However, since the first year of the Restoration, various new styles have blown away the stagnant officialdom. The Imperial Guard delegation returned from Europe to China without taking the airs of official airs and escaped. After Wang Jingwei and others were arrested, the inside story was already known to the officials. Therefore, since then, the officials did not deliberately show off their posture and pomp when they went on a patrol, because they knew that this was incomparable to their lives. The bigger the arrogance, the more amazing the pomp, it reminded the revolutionary party that had important people in the ranks, which stimulated the revolutionary party's "take risks". Therefore, although the grand show was majestic, compared with life and safety, the latter was more important. If you must make a choice, everyone would definitely choose the latter.
Moreover, in a special city like Tianjin, the empire lost the right to guard the troops. All the officials of the court could rely on were the police affiliated to the Ministry of the Interior, but the number of police officers was limited and their escort capabilities were far from that of the Imperial Guards. After the lessons learned from Wuchang, the important officials had firmly believed in the Imperial Guards' capabilities and agreed with the emperor's decision to vigorously develop the Imperial Guards.
But Zai Ze and others never expected that as the saying goes, there is no completely identical strategy in the world that can be used to imitate. Although the Imperial Guard delegation avoids disaster because of its low-keyness, the imperial envoy team he was in covered up the signs of a possible crisis because of its low-keyness.
Under the silver bullet attack of the salt merchants and Zhang Zhenfang, the revolutionary party not only obtained the various equipment and supplies needed for the operation, but also learned about the imperial envoy's queue in advance - this was deadly enough. What's more, after Zai Ze and others took a people-friendly attitude without deliberately clearing the scene, the revolutionary party found a good way to approach the target and get along with the crowd. They disguised themselves as ordinary people and hanged in the crowd watching the fun, preparing to attack - tactics are changing day by day. Without improvement and progress, it is a dead end. After summarizing the lessons learned by the failure of many assassinations, the revolutionary party has found a lot of successful experiences, and used them this time.
...After hearing the shout from the guards outside, Zaize suddenly caught a glimpse of two young men suddenly jumping out of the crowd of respectful people, one holding a short gun and the other holding a bomb that he got from somewhere, and rushed towards the team regardless of his life. The Revolutionary Party originally planned to bury explosives on the road that the imperial envoys must pass. However, after the lesson of Wang Jingwei's failure to assassinate the Regent, the Revolutionary Party believed that the imperial envoys would definitely survey the road in advance, and the act of burying explosives was very easy to be exposed. They left out this "complete solution" method and planned to achieve the goal through traditional channels.
The intentions of Zhang Zhenfang and others are not uncommon, and the arrangements and thoughts of the revolutionary party are not incomplete, but the plan is in people and the success of things is in heaven. Although the attitude of the imperial envoy is sufficiently close to the people, the constraints of traditional concepts and the continuation of inertial thinking make the people still maintain enough awe of the important personnel. Although the revolutionary party successfully mingled in the middle and avoided the search of the police, their figures still seemed extremely abrupt in the crowd at the moment of the specific action, so the two had just launched the mission and the officers who served as guards of the imperial envoy division had already discovered.
"Protect your sir..."
After two screams in front and behind, the revolutionary party that rushed out of the crowd at the speed of the arrows had already rushed to the sedan chair like a flying arrow. Zai Ze looked at it with real eyes. These two extremely young faces were completely distorted by tension and depression. The expression at that moment was simply indescribable.
Looking at the revolutionary party holding the bomb thrown out the bomb, Zai Ze's eyes turned dark and he was completely lost - it's over!...
Almost at this moment, he remembered the crackling sound of gunfire in his ears. The guards fired, hoping to use bullets to block the assassination's pace. The revolutionary party holding short guns also shot. He ignored the bullets of the guards and pointed the muzzle directly at the sedan chair in the center of the team.
"Ah...!" All the onlookers and police were shocked by this scene and stood on the spot. They seemed to have been immobilized and could not move. Only the look of surprise on their faces revealed what they were thinking at the moment. Everyone's thoughts were the same - how could it be? Did the revolutionary party emerge from the ground?
Of course not!
The revolutionary party discussed how many times it took to succeed in order to succeed, and finally decided on such an assassination method. They were infinitely close to success. Not only did the two assassinators carrying out the mission have rushed to a place less than 10 steps away from the imperial envoys, but they even had the most powerful bloodthirsty essence in their hands.
Kill!
The two faces that were distorted and deformed due to tension suddenly had a smile. It was a pleasure after the depression was released, and it was a excitement after the extreme tension was relieved.
The bullets flew by, and the guards wanted to use all their strength to block the assassination. The bullets were shot at the two revolutionaries in a series, and they both hit the target.
"Puchi", "Puchi" blood flowers bloomed from the body of the revolutionary party. The bright red blood stains and scarlet wounds seemed to be venting the struggle and efforts of despair.
The shooting skills of the Revolutionary Party holding a short gun were obviously extremely suspicious. He put 34 shots in succession, and one shot hit a guard, and no one knew where the other bullets floated, but he successfully attracted the attention of the guards and covered the Revolutionary Party holding a bomb threw out the fatal killer in his hand.
"Bang!" It was the sound of the bomb falling to the ground. Before being hit by a bullet and fell to the ground, the revolutionary party had already thrown out the deadliest weapon in his hand. The round, rolling eyes and hissing sound was showing the round bomb on the ground, and it was displayed in front of everyone at such a close distance.
"Ah!" exclaimed! Shout!
All the sounds gathered into a torrent, a torrent that burst out before despair, because the bomb was less than 3 away from Zaize's official sedan, which was enough to tear anyone into pieces.
But...and slowly...
All the actions and thoughts were only a moment in the flash. At such a critical moment, actions could no longer keep up with the development of sight and situations, and only thinking could maintain a high-speed growth.
Actually! Actually!
The most incredible thing happened. The bomb was spinning 34 on the ground. Although it had not exploded, all the guards instinctively wanted to lie down, but one of them looked extremely precisely. He stretched out his legs and used all his strength to concentrate all his strength on the toes, and kicked the bomb away.
The force of this leg was strong enough that the bomb that was several pounds was kicked away by more than ten steps in one go.
With a "boom", the bomb rose up and exploded on the spot. The air waves and powerful shock waves caused the crowd to be shocked, trembled, and be glad.
"grown ups!"
The harsh calls pierced the sky.
Although it was only a moment, Zai Ze, who woke up leisurely, seemed to have walked through the line of life and death. He looked pale and sweaty on his head. He asked in almost unsatisfactory words: "I...I...I am still alive?"
"grown ups!"
"It's really alive! I'm still alive!"
Within a radius of dozens of meters, Zai Ze could hear the roar of a roar. The feeling of surviving the disaster was so good. He could not believe his eyes and ears, as if he still didn't believe that such a big assassination had happened in front of him just now.
"God bless!" Tears were flowing in his eyes, unable to say whether it was sadness or something else...
Finally escaped.
At this time, the policeman in the crowd on the side woke up as if he had a dream and rushed forward, "Catch the assassin!"
The assassin actually no longer needs to be caught. Both of them were already lying in pools of blood. Both of them witnessed the scene with their own eyes. They never thought that the end of the matter would be like this.
When the police rushed to the assassin, the two of them had already tilted their heads and died. They did not expect such a result, leaving the world with reluctance, regret, and melancholy. They were less than one tenth of a second away from success, but it was this tenth of a second that made them not succeed after paying the price.
This is an unfairness, but it is destined by God. Compared with the various miracles and doubts in the world, this unfairness is no longer important.
Death is no longer just a symbol and representation at such a juncture. It has become a test and challenge that everyone faces. The indescribable fate and the difficult-to-grasp fortune are released at such a critical point. Human nature has almost become a small topic in the face of the test of life and death.
After all, it’s better to be alive!
Chapter completed!