By the time the British troops stationed in Dublin arrived at the Doge's Palace, the vile and shameless attackers were long gone. The Governor's Palace was littered with ruins and corpses. As the soldiers were cleaning up the bodies, there were several more explosions - the attackers set up mines near the bodies. For example, a corpse has a thin wire tied to its belt, and this thread is connected to a mine or something. There were also doors, windows, and so on, and a few of these things were put behind them.

As a result, the British soldiers who arrived were killed and wounded by more than a dozen others, so that when everyone continued to search inside, they were all scared to death.

In this way, the British army cautiously searched the door of the governor's office. The mahogany door to the office was still hidden, and it seemed that the owner was still inside. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and no one dares to go up and push that door—who knows if the door will boom when it is pushed.

"Well, does anyone have anything a little longer?" A captain asked.

"I remember there was a half-section of the flagpole over there." One soldier shouted, "I'll go get it." ”

Then the soldier went out, and—"Boom"!

"Captain, Captain, Jim is dead!"

"Hell!" The captain was so angry that he slammed his hat on the ground, "Damn it! Harry, go outside the Governor's Palace, go to the house over there, and requisition a clothespole! ”

A small soldier answered and ran out, and after a while he returned with several clothes poles.

"Company commander, there are a few clothes poles here, let's connect them so it's safer."

"Not bad! Clever lad! The captain complimented.

Several people connected several clothes poles with their hands, and the captain waved his hand, and everyone silently retreated to the back. The captain lay on the ground, stretched out the pole that was bound together, almost ten meters long, and carefully pressed it against the door. The door opened silently—and there was no explosion.

The captain got up angrily, remembering Jim, who had just been blown up for trying to get the broken flagpole, and he suddenly felt the pain and annoyance that his intelligence had been trampled on.

But despite his anger, the captain still told himself that he must be calm, he must be calm, otherwise, he might be fooled.

He cautiously walked to the door, and peeked inside, only to see a naked, fat corpse hanging under the crystal chandelier in the middle of the office. The Captain recognized the corpse as the Governor, the Duke of Bedford!

"It's a big deal now!" The captain thought, "I don't know how many people will lose their heads because of this......"

At this time, the other soldiers also came and walked in one after another.

"Don't walk around, don't touch anything! Don't put him down either, beware of explosives. The captain hurried.

"Company commander, the Governor has a word on him!" A soldier shouted.

The captain had just focused on seeing where there were mines, and when he heard this, he hurried to look at the duke's corpse, and then he saw that on the duke's chest, the thugs had carved the following line with their knives: "The fate of the invaders!" ”

At this moment, a gust of wind blew in, and the duke's hanging body turned, and the duke's back appeared in front of them, and the line was also engraved on it: "This is your tomorrow!" And he had a long knife stuck in the middle of his buttocks.

It took the British more than half an hour to make sure that there was no mine at the Duke's place - the Irish bandits feared that the explosion would damage their message, so they did not place explosives there.

This attack by the Irish shook the whole of Britain and even the whole of Europe. After all, this time the British Empire died a duke at once, and the British Empire has not died a person of this level for many years.

In a speech to MPs in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Pitt condemned the "appalling terror" crimes committed by the French in collusion with the rebels in Britain against the "basic morality of war" and vowed to "blood for blood and tooth for tooth". At the same time, he submitted a request to Parliament for an additional sum to be raised and trained to suppress the rebellion in Ireland.

"We will make those rebels regret it, and they and their children and grandchildren will never dare to look at us with their eyes, and they will never dare to have the idea of rebellion again!"

Prime Minister Pitt let out such words.

And what about the European countries? Prussia said it was a matter of great regret that such a thing had happened. I hope that everyone will exercise restraint and refrain from doing things that will further aggravate the situation, after all, peace is rare.

Austria said: "French businessmen should control their arms exports, especially to some unstable regions." After all, weapons are not ordinary commodities, and businessmen should also consider moral issues. ”

The Russians, for their part, showed some sympathy for the British. They believe that the French should stop exporting these dangerous weapons, especially those that are easy to carry in concealment. But at the same time, the new tsar said that the British should also reflect on their behavior in Ireland.

Even His Holiness the Pope has come forward to issue a statement, expressing the hope that Catholics in Ireland will not be unjustly treated after this tragic time, and calling on the British government to learn a lesson and stop persecuting Catholics in Ireland.

As for the French, Lucien said in the National Assembly: "What is happening in Ireland is not some rebellion, but a cry of despair from the oppressed, enslaved." The great French people will always stand with the oppressed and enslaved people of the world, and will always stand with truth and justice. We are not afraid of the howls of the British, and we will continue to support the Irish people in their struggle for freedom and liberation! ”

Of course, from the rostrum of the National Assembly, Lucien visited the Minister of Public Security, Fouché, under heavy protection, and had an in-depth discussion on how to combat the possible sabotage of the British terrorists.

As for Ireland, the British army had set out in formation to attack the areas where the rebels were most likely to hide......

A detachment of British cavalry stormed a small Irish village in the middle of nowhere. The company commander, William Tarwhiton Jr., was ordered to come here to clear the rebels. Of course, the rebels will certainly not admit that they are traitors. Therefore, he told the soldiers that any Irishman who saw us and ran must be a traitor who was frightened when he saw us; Anyone who sees that we are not running away, it is an elite, well-trained rebel; Any Irish who claims to be a traitor is naturally a lawless traitor; The Irish, who says they are not traitors, are the most dangerous and cunning of traitors - in short, cut off all their heads and burn down their villages.

However, when the cavalry stormed the village, they found that there was no one in the village. All the doors are dry.

"What about people? Where have all the people gone? Company Commander Tahuiton looked in all directions, puzzled.

"I don't believe they can hide underground!" "Get off your horse and find those guys!" ”

The horsemen dismounted, and someone went over, kicked open the door of a broken house, and—"Boom! ”

"Don't go into the house! Set fire to the house and burn it all down! Company Commander Tahuiton shouted.

Someone went to the firewood pile to draw firewood and prepare to burn the house, and then stepped on something as if he had stepped on it—"Boom! Then, a piece of leather booted foot landed in front of the company commander of Tahuiton.

At that moment, a gunshot rang out from a distance, and one of the soldiers fell to the ground.

"Traitor! The traitors are over there! The company commander drew his command knife and pointed to the left, and everyone looked to the left, and saw a figure holding a gun, rushing forward.

The cavalrymen also fired at the man, but the cavalrymen's guns could not reach far and could not be accurate. So some of the horsemen got on their horses. He drew his saber and urged his horse to chase after him, and then - there was another "boom......

At this time, several more shots came from the other direction.

"Traitor, traitor over there!"

A soldier ran to the corner, trying to avoid the gunfire of the rebels, and the result - another "boom".

Bullets were coming from all directions. However, the rebels did not have many guns, and the density of fire was very limited, but the British always had a "boom" when dodging shots or trying to pursue. These "booms" caused a lot of casualties to the British army.

Company Commander Tahuiton found that if he continued like this, he would continue to suffer. And it's starting to get dark, and once it's dark, God knows how many rebels there will be...... So he cried out, "Retreat, retreat, withdraw from the way you came!" ”

The horsemen mounted their horses and ran back along the same path, and in the process, two more horsemen were struck and fell. But the company commander of Tahuiton could no longer care about them, and he fled with the rest of the cavalry on his own.

Looking at the British troops fleeing in disarray, the soldiers of the Irish partisans who were lying in ambush around the village smiled with joy. Prior to the battle, their observation post on the top of a hill not far away had first spotted the cavalry of Company Commander Tahuiton and brought down the message tree. Then the guerrilla fighters organized the villagers to take refuge in the nearby forest, and wound up the mines that had been laid in the village long ago.

As a result, the results of this battle were even better than the results of their exercises in the Toulon training camp. The British stepped into their trap at almost every step, and in the end, they did not even die a single person, leaving the British with more than a dozen corpses and fleeing. It didn't even have time to destroy the village. How can such a result not make these warriors full of pride?

So I don't know who started it, so everyone sang together the fast-paced and uplifting song they learned in the Toulon training camp:

"Lay the mines, pick up the guns, and set up the battlefield all over the mountains. Resolutely destroy the invaders and defend their homeland with arms......"