Struggle in the Steam Age

Chapter 273 Riot and Rebellion!

After following Inquisitor Yagoda and turning a few turns in the corridor illuminated by dim kerosene lamps and candles, they came to the open space surrounded by the building of the previous referee.

When Lawrence looked at this open space before, it was still a beautiful garden with a large area of ​​lawn, but now there are several obvious scorched marks. And when Lawrence followed Inquisitor Yagoda and quickly ran towards the previous dormitory along the bottom of the wall, several glass bottles were thrown in from the outside.

These glass bottles crossed the wall and smashed into the open space, igniting a mass of flames. It seems that the scorched marks on the open space were caused by these burning bottles. However, just as the flames were just lit, several people extinguished all the flames with fireproof felt and mud-stained mops.

Fortunately, there is not much gasoline in this era due to the industrial level, and the price of alchemy items like Blazing Gel is so expensive that ordinary people can't afford it. So the Molotov cocktails that were thrown in were filled with a mixture of kerosene and whale oil, which were quickly extinguished by the firefighting team.

"Fortunately, we were prepared in advance, and there are not many Molotov cocktails like this." He smelled the stench of whale oil, kerosene, and burnt grass that came from the open space after the flames were extinguished. Yagoda explained to Lawrence, "Actually, we have the ability to intercept, but our transcendent and precision shooters mainly focus on the enemy's transcendent and high-value targets. So we can only put these incendiary bottles in." gone."

At this time, Lawrence could hear the gunshots of the guards attacking outside, and the artillery fired from far or near. Not at all like a regular army but attacking. This shows that the supernatural beings and sharpshooters on the court's side were very successful in suppressing the weapon operators, grassroots officers, and spellcasters in the Imperial Guard, making it impossible for the opponent to take advantage of the regular army's own firepower and organizational advantages.

Although due to their nature, the members of the Tribunal have stronger individual capabilities than ordinary soldiers, and their squad combat level is also stronger than ordinary troops. But basically he is not good at this kind of large-scale combat. Fortunately, the commander of the court took advantage of his own advantages to eliminate the grassroots officers and non-commissioned officers of the Imperial Guard who came to attack the headquarters, making the battle situation more favorable The direction of the melee on the side of the referee was developing.

The temporary medical center on the ground was set up in an activity room on the first floor of the dormitory. When Lawrence walked in, he saw that it was running quite regularly: someone was sorting the wounded, and someone was helping the wounded to clean up. The wound is dressed and the bones are secured with splints and bandages.

"I don't think I will be needed in this place for the time being." Seeing the orderly operation of the temporary rescue center, Lawrence finally knew why the person in charge just went to the front line to transport the wounded. After all, this place can operate normally without any personnel commanding for the time being, and as a responsible person, I am definitely not happy to stay here with nothing to do.

Soon, Lawrence followed a stretcher team and ran towards a city wall. Because it is now in a state of melee, and at the same time the grassroots commanders and heavy weapons of the offensive side are also suppressed. Therefore, the side of the referee who has a bunker and has a stronger individual quality has gained a greater advantage on the battlefield.

This caused Lawrence and the others to not be as busy as they had imagined after they ran up the city wall. At the same time, he took this opportunity to look outside the fortress through the gaps in the female wall of the city wall.

It is now around 9:00 in the evening. At this time a few days ago, Lawrence could see the gas lights on the street through the window in his dormitory, and the little lights revealed in the windows of the rooms on both sides of the road will bring the capital of the Holy Visby Empire to life. Wendobona lights up into a beautiful city that never sleeps.

But now everything has changed. A soaring fire against the city wall proves that the riot guards destroyed the gas factory. The residents in the room shivered and hid in a place where they felt safe at home, and did not dare to light the candles and oil lamps at home.

However, this does not mean that the surrounding area is very dark. In Lawrence's line of sight, the whole city is now glowing red with the light of various burning fires, as if it were in a crater.

After the Praetorian Guards riot started, apart from the organized Praetorian Guards who were organized to occupy various key places, at least half of the Praetorian Guards dispersed directly after rushing out of the barracks and started looting everywhere. As the guards who have been stationed in the capital for a long time, the rebels naturally know where the most lucrative places are. So as soon as I left the barracks, I went straight to those bustling commercial streets.

Although the shopkeepers who set up shop in this kind of place will hire security companies to take care of the security business, those security guards with guns usually maintain order, and it is no problem to deal with some thieves. But the armies facing these rebellions were far from adversaries.

Therefore, as the rebels killed those loyal security personnel and smashed the door of the store to enter the robbery, the chaos inevitably intensified, not to mention that the rebels set fire to the store after the robbery. The process ignited residual gas in those gas pipes, creating a series of explosions and larger fires.

What's worse, the explosion of these buried gas pipelines also caused the buried water pipelines to break and damage after being affected, which could not provide enough water for the surrounding fire hydrants and faucets. At the same time, bullets whizzing across the street and shells exploding from time to time stopped those trying to put out the fire.

Under such circumstances, the whole city seemed to be on fire. The only good thing is that the capital Vendor Bona considered the possibility of large-scale street fighting and reduced the use of wood during construction. At the same time, enough firebreaks were left, so it did not cause a terrible large-scale attack. fire.

However, the flames that were ignited in various parts of the city still made the night sky of the whole city burn red. At the same time, because the rebels continued to create chaos, many security personnel who were dispersed and hooligans who usually lived in the darkness of the city Hooligans also take advantage of this time to reap benefits for themselves.

"This is a rebellion." Just as Lawrence was bandaging a senior judge whose shoulder was injured by rubble from a shell blast after he went out to investigate, the judge said. "I really didn't expect the second prince to launch a rebellion with the imperial guards at this time, and hurt so many innocent people. What did these citizens do wrong to encounter such misfortune—"

"Are you saying that the rebellion was led by Duke Singidunum?" Lawrence's eyes widened. He had learned from his father that although the second prince's mother was a concubine of ordinary human origin, but He was also well liked by the Emperor himself, as evidenced by his taking the title of Duke of Singidunum when he came of age.

But other than that, the prince seemed to be a transparent person in the royal family, and he didn't have much sense of existence except for being keen on holding balls, hunting and other activities.

You must know that the inheritance of nobles in this world is closer to Lawrence's previous life in Europe than to his own motherland. That is to say, the order of title succession depends purely on the identity of the noble spouse, the birth time and gender of the heir himself. If it is not that the heir has obvious defects, basically there is no need to replace the heir.

Therefore, those aristocratic children who do not have the right of inheritance tend to do their own things directly, rather than the emperor's sons fighting fiercely for the throne like in the ancient times of Lawrence's previous life.

Therefore, like the second prince, there are not too few aristocratic children who usually seem to be eating, drinking and having fun, so not many people paid attention to this not special prince before.