The whole Parliament Square scene was completely out of control.

"The military and police lined up their guns, and the workers fell to the ground. Because of the close distance, the scattered bullets shot hundreds of people in front of them covered in blood, and they fell to the ground wailing. Many of the workers trembled at this, and even thousands of workers began to disperse and prepare to flee, but the military police who crashed into the square immediately retreated into the crowd.

At this time, the workers' volunteers in the workers' ranks also led a group of workers behind them to hold iron pipes, waving their anger and rushing forward to fight with the military and police, and a scuffle unfolded, with gunshots, angry scolding, and screams.

The military police on guard all around were not strong enough to shoot at a time, after all, it took a lot of time to shoot at a time, and the number of military police was also insufficient, and they quickly collapsed under the onslaught of the raging workers. A military policeman was surrounded by several volunteers and workers, and was stoned to death and wounded with iron pipes, fists and feet, and the handle of a rifle snatched from the military police.

The military police who were swept through the gap quickly retreated, and many even took off their uniforms, shouted for mercy, or pretended to be workers to pursue other military police.

The rioters were about to storm the parliament building when a large number of armed soldiers rushed out from the side of the parliament building, and the situation was turned around.

It turned out that the Cabinet Government, when it heard of the workers' rally and march, realized that something serious was going to happen, and immediately mobilized the regular army stationed in London to Parliament Square, and for the first time continued to bring in a steady stream of infantry units from Winzer, Henslot, Chichester, Chatham, Winchester, and Dover to London.

The Royal Marines stationed at Hillness, Chatham, Birkenhead, Spithead, and other towns around London, the sailors of the Port of London, and the naval dockyard workers on both sides of the River Thames were ordered by the War Office and the Admiralty to assemble and go to the main streets of London for armed alert. Even the Thames Water Police kept a close watch on merchant ships to prevent them from supporting the rioting workers who were demonstrating.

The War Office also redeployed heavy artillery from the Woolwich Arsenal and placed it at major street intersections. The Marines went directly to the Admiralty for deployment. Some militias of the National Guard were also redeployed by the War Office to prevent workers from elsewhere in London from responding to gatherings in Parliament Square.

I have to say that the precautions of the cabinet government really worked. More than 12,000 workers in the Parliament Square clashed with more than 2,000 military and police, and although they paid a huge price and killed and wounded thousands, they also won an initial victory and successfully besieged the parliament building. But that's all there is to it, the military and police are back to the parliament building, holding the parliamentarians firmly. Under the continuous onslaught of the incoming troops, the workers who finally surrounded the parliament building were scattered.

But by this time, the time had already come to the afternoon.

Chaos began throughout London. Workers from various workers' associations, flour workers, weavers, dock porters, shavers, coachmen, coal workers, cleaners, and even some disgruntled police and painters, led by the workers' leaders, took to the streets and began to storm the public buildings on the streets of London.

Workers' groups were crowded with the Metropolitan Police, Guildhall, Library, and so on, and thousands of volunteers began to fight with the patrolmen and the few soldiers they encountered. More often, however, it was the formation of large armies that murderously drove away the troublesome workers.

Cavalry and military policemen armed with sabers and pistols have been dispatched to patrol the area. The Cabinet government sent troops and other forces at its disposal throughout London, and 2,000 weapons and equipment from warehouses in the western suburbs were distributed to the General Post Office for use by high-income post office employees, who had been drafted as special police officers to defend their government. The prisons in the city were defended by the army, and the chapels were converted into barracks and garrisoned.

Nearly 50,000 people in the city were conscripted as special police officers, commanded by officers sent by the War Department. The regular army in London amounted to 9,000 men.

Even so, Queen Victoria and the royal family left London under the protection of the soldiers, and were secretly escorted by the soldiers, and fled to the sea on a steamer.

A staggering 200,000 workers took part in the demonstrations and uprisings in London, and the number was growing, as more and more poor workers came out of the factories to hear about the workers' uprisings organised by the workers' associations and joined in. However, because the workers lacked weapons, were not organized and trained, and were disorganized, they were gradually no match for the military police, and if it were not for the fact that many policemen sympathized with these workers and did not contribute to their work, the workers would probably not be able to withstand it.

The besieged parliament building next to the Parliament Square, where the uprising began, has been lifted.

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Prime Minister Russell and Army Secretary Panmuel Ramsay, Home Secretary Howard, Security Secretary Wallace and other cabinet ministers were relieved to hear that a worker around the parliament building had been routed and fled.

Today, they were all in the Houses of Parliament, and they were horrified by the frenzied onslaught of the rebellious workers outside, and the sound of artillery in the neighborhoods of London in the distance.

It has not been many years since there has been such a tragic labour movement. No, no, this is no longer a workers' movement, but a workers' uprising. Listening to the reports of the officers, the workers outside have openly raised the slogan of an uprising and the overthrow of the current cabinet government, which is a naked insurrection.

On several occasions, these cabinet ministers and parliamentarians thought that the parliament building could not withstand the onslaught of tens of thousands of thugs outside, and that the defenders could not hold it, and they were even ready to flee. Thankfully, it was blocked.

Russell secretly congratulated himself on the advice of Home Secretary Howard and War Secretary Panmore Ramsay, and as soon as he heard of the riots, he immediately mobilized all the force at his disposal to forcibly suppress the mobs, and finally saved the parliament building.

A relieved Russell asked, "Aside from the Palace of Westminster (the Parliament building) here, what happened to the rebellion in Westminster and other neighborhoods in London?" Is it all settled? ”

Home Secretary Howard said: "Mr. Prime Minister, our army has taken control of the situation, and the whole of London's major streets and important public buildings are in our hands. Although the thugs are still rampant in some places, they have been divided and cannot become a general climate. I believe that it will not be long before noon tomorrow at the latest, and all the bandits who riot will be dispersed and all those leaders will be arrested! ”

After saying that, Howard frowned, although he had the chance to win, so many thugs still gave him a lot of headaches. They are all poor workers, and naturally they can't all be killed, let alone put all in prison, and they can't fit so many people, unless they are all sent to distant Australian colonies, but that is also very troublesome. Therefore, he can only say that these bandits were dispersed.

Rose said hatefully: "These thugs must be severely punished......"

He was halfway through his sentence when he was interrupted by Edward Cardwell, the First Minister for Irish Affairs, who rushed in. The newly appointed First Minister for Irish Affairs blushed and hurriedly said to Ross: "It's a big deal, I just received the news." The 25,000 troops that had been marching from Wales and Scotland a dozen days earlier suffered a crushing defeat, with the Kingdom of Great Britain losing more than 20,000 troops in Dublin. ”

Ross and War Secretary Panmel Ramsay were taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What the hell is going on?" How could it be such a fiasco? ”

Rose's face turned even pale. He naturally understands what such a fiasco means! In peacetime, the loss of 20,000 troops would be a heavy loss for the Kingdom of Great Britain, but it could barely afford it. But now when this kingdom is at its most critical, such a loss is extremely fatal! Although the British Empire claims to be an empire, it has no troops to send now!

Edward Cardwell gave the details of the matter: "The 25,000 troops who had marched from Wales and Scotland a while ago landed in two routes, Belfast in the north and Dublin in the middle. The 5,000 troops in the north, assisted by the Scots in Northern Ireland, soon took control of the whole of Northern Ireland. But 20,000 reinforcements in the middle were sniped by the Irish rebels who were guarding Dublin City, and after more than a week of fierce fighting, after losing more than 3,000 people, they finally captured Dublin City, and more than 10,000 reinforcements rushed into the barracks, wanting to rescue the original nearly 10,000 Dublin defenders and police trapped in the barracks, but unexpectedly, this was a conspiracy of the Irish. Those barracks, which had already been captured by the rebels, had set up countless gunpowder and oil in the barracks, and they didn't know where they came from, and had ambushed thousands of Irish daredevils, dressed in the clothes of the British defenders, and after more than 10,000 reinforcements rushed into the barracks area, they launched a suicide attack, igniting gunpowder and kerosene, and perishing with our army, turning the entire barracks into a hellish sea of fire. The remaining 15,000 reinforcements withdrew from Dublin City as the ships in the harbor were sunk and fled to the small town of Drick, north of Dublin. ”

"Our army has suffered a crushing defeat! The Irish rebels in Dublin have seized the weapons in Dublin City, plus the muskets, cannons and ammunition carried by the 10,000 reinforcements today, and have developed into an army of about 50,000 men, and the Irish rebels who occupied Dublin have also begun to search for workers and technicians, who should be ready to produce their own guns. ”

War Secretary Panmmel Ramsay lamented: "It's broken. Dublin is the second largest city in Great Britain, and although there are no large arsenals, there are many machine factories that can be turned into arsenals with a little modification. With weapons, it is even more difficult for those Irish lunatics who are not afraid of death to submit. ”

Suddenly, Ramsay remembered something and exclaimed, "Wait, where did the Irish rebels get so much fire oil?" Aren't these oils the same as those used by the British Empire's expeditionary fleet to China? I understand, hateful Oriental traitors, these fire oils must have been secretly sent by the Chinese Empire! ”

Russell was also angry when he heard this, and he hated the Chinese Empire in the far east in his heart! It's just that it's too late to pay attention to that country now.

Ireland was the closest territory to Great Britain proper, the breadbasket and pasture of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and Russell knew that no one in the British Empire would accept the loss of Ireland. Coupled with the workers' riots in London today, the British Empire's army was still too small and had to be expanded.

Russell thought so, and was ready to wait for the riots in London to subside, so he began to speed up the pace and expand the army, of course, there was a plan to expand the army, but now it seems that this level is not enough. However, in order to continue to expand the army at a rapid pace, first, the soldiers' military quality will be insufficient if they have not undergone systematic training, and second, the problem of military spending, which is also the problem that Russell is most worried about.

The last expedition to India and Ireland was already borrowed from various bankers for military spending, and now where do you have to find military spending?

Raising taxes? The poor ghost workers in front of him are still making trouble.

Increase foreign trade revenues? Great Britain's exports to the rest of the world have recently been backlogged, especially the two largest markets of Great Britain, Europe and the United States, especially the United States, Great Britain's goods are flooding the entire American market, and there has been a lack of sales.

If neither worked, Russell didn't know how to raise the sheer amount of money needed to expand the army. This time, Russell had a splitting headache!

Damn the Chinese! Russell found at this moment that all this seemed to be inextricably linked to China.

In any case, these cabinet ministers in the parliament building are well aware of one thing, and that is that the Kingdom of Great Britain is in complete chaos!