Chapter 146: Assassination

The inertia of history is far beyond human means, because the gunshot on the morning of June 28, 1914 still came as promised, and the only difference may be that Archduke Ferdinand did not die on the spot as in history.

To be honest, it would be foolish to conduct military exercises on this day, because 28 June is a day of national shame for Serbia after its defeat in the Kosovo campaign more than 500 years ago and its conquest by Turkey. What is the identity of Archduke Ferdinand at this moment? He is the second aggressor after the Turkish Ottoman Empire, and who says that the exercise at this time is not a provocation, a contempt?

How could the angry Serbian youth endure such humiliation, and under the leadership of some well-intentioned people, the prelude to affecting the world began, but one thing is certain, no one would have imagined that the consequences of this incident would be so serious.

The sun was shining brightly, Archduke Ferdinand was also in an open-top car, and the beautiful Archduchess Sophia was beside him, but Archduke Ferdinand was wearing a body armor sent by Ernst. When the shots rang out, Archduke Ferdinand protected Archduke Sophia, and although the final result was that Archduke Ferdinand was seriously wounded, fortunately there was no fear for his life.

There were six assassins in total, and the streets were crowded with people, some cheering and others watching in silence. After reviewing the military exercises, Archduke Ferdinand and his wife drove to the town hall in an open-top car, when an explosion was suddenly heard. The policeman who accompanied him concluded that the sound of the explosion was made by a Serb miniature ** and that someone had seen a small black object flying through the air, which was a bomb dropped by a Seville.

Originally, the bomb flew towards Archduke Ferdinand's car, but the driver reacted quickly and immediately stepped on the accelerator to speed up. Archduke Ferdinand also saw the bomb, and subconsciously returned his hand to make a blocking motion, and the bomb flew backwards for some distance, landing and exploding not far behind the archduke and his wife, blowing up a car following behind and injuring several people. At that time, Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Sophia were fine, but Archduchess Sophia was almost hit in the neck.

At this time, everyone thought that the assassination was over, even the Archduchess Sophia, who had always been very vigilant, thought so, but ...... It's far from that simple.

Six young assassins who carried out the assassination plan, carrying pistols in addition to bombs. From the time the bomb was dropped to the time the convoy arrived at the town hall, the Ferdinands' sedan drove past the ambush sites of the three Assassins, but none of the three Assassins took action.

Afterwards, Archduke Ferdinand came to the town hall to receive a welcome from the mayor. The mayor was hypocritical in the face of Archduke Ferdinand, who had just been assassinated, and even said that all the people of Sarajevo respected Archduke Ferdinand very much and were happy with his visit.

It was indeed enthusiasm, so enthusiastic that bombs and bullets came towards Ferdinand, but who would carefully investigate these official words? Even Archduke Ferdinand himself had to show that this was indeed the case, so as not to be caught and thus spread rumors. It stands to reason that he was safe at this time, but this was not the case, Archduke Ferdinand got the news of the wounded people just now, and Archduke Ferdinand, who wanted to show his mercy, was actually going to visit the wounded in the hospital.

At this time, Archduke Ferdinand asked Madame to stay and avoid danger, but Madame Sophia simply refused and said that she would be with her husband no matter what. At this time, it was the Bosnian governor who sent Archduke Ferdinand and his wife to the ghost gate, who swore to the Grand Duke that there would be no more danger in Sarajevo, saying that he knew the Serb fanatics well, saying that they were limited in their ability to organize only one assassination per day.

So, the Grand Duke's convoy set off again. But this time it was the abyss of hell, if it weren't for the intervention of Ernst, a traverser.

When the car passed through an intersection, Archduke Ferdinand's driver realized that he was taking the wrong route and had to stop and change gears and prepare to make a U-turn. At this moment, a shocking coincidence arose, and when the driver turned around, he stopped precisely in front of a Serb named Princip, just a few meters away from him.

Princip, who was 19 years old at the time, was the last member of the assassination team and the leader of the assassination team. Prinzep seized the golden opportunity, pulled out his pistol, aimed at the stopped car, and fired two shots in succession. If the car is moving, it may not be accurate, but at this moment, the car stops.

When the car started again, a stream of blood spurted out of Archduke Ferdinand's mouth, and Archduchess Sophia was screaming: "My God, what's wrong with you?" ”

With that, she herself fainted from the fright, and her head landed right between the knees of Archduke Ferdinand. The Bosnian governor who was in the same car thought that they were both stunned and did not take it to heart. But the Grand Duke was clearly aware that he had been assassinated. The Grand Duke said, "Dear Sophie, dear Sophie, don't die!" For the sake of our children, you have to live! ”

At this time, someone ran over, surrounded the Grand Duke, tore open his coat, and wanted to check where the injury was. The Grand Duke held on, because he was a soldier and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

At this time, tragedy also happened to the Assassin, who wanted to assassinate and even put a gun on his head, but Archduke Ferdinand's guard was no ordinary person, and before he could shoot, he had already knocked him down and snatched the history-changing pistol from his hand.

A sneering smile on his face as he faced the Assassin who had controlled him, for he had swallowed the poison he had prepared in the process of being controlled. It's just that I wanted to shoot and end my life because I was worried about the slow onset of the poison, but it's not too late now.

Is this really the end of the matter? Naturally, it was impossible, because the unlucky young assassin was greedy for cheapness, and the poisons he bought were all expired items, and the effect on him was only diarrhea and not life-threatening. Of course, neither the guards nor the assassins knew this at this time, and the defiant smile on his face was not over, and the guards, who had already seen the medicine in his mouth, were desperately hitting his stomach to make him vomit.

At this time, the assassin had already begun to sense that something was wrong with the poison, because he did not react at all, and he took advantage of the moment when the guard was distracted to break free and jumped into the river without hesitation, but ...... Because the river was too shallow, he was quickly recaptured.

All three suicides were unsuccessful, and there is no doubt that the tragic figure of 1914 should be the Assassin, but unfortunately there was no similar ranking at this time.

The Assassin Princip was taken away for trial, while Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Sofia were rushed to the hospital for treatment, without body armor, Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Sofia were already dead, but in fact Archduchess Sophia was only a little frightened and Archduke Ferdinand was suffering some internal injuries caused by the impact of bullets.

How did Archduke Ferdinand's history change? Heaven naturally could not forgive them so easily, and Archduke Ferdinand, who thought that wearing body armor would not be in much danger, suddenly had bad news at this time.

A bullet hit Archduke Ferdinand's back, which was a shot he was hit when he was protecting Archduke Sophia, the bullet did not enter the body because of the body armor, but it changed Archduke Ferdinand's spine and caused nerve compression, simply put, Archduke Ferdinand is likely to spend time in bed in the future.

This is not good news, although the survival of his life also means that Archduke Ferdinand has passed by the throne of Austria-Hungary, after all, Austria-Hungary cannot make a guy paralyzed in bed its own emperor.

Archduchess Sofia's mood can be called a lot of ups and downs, and when she wakes up, doctors and local officials tell him that Archduke Ferdinand is okay and that the bullets are kept out of her body by body armor. But before he could rejoice for too long, the second bad news came, because of the compression of the nerves, Archduke Ferdinand was actually paralyzed! Compared with life, this is naturally too good news to be good, but everything is afraid of comparison, and it is estimated that no one can bear it after tossing one good and one bad.