At 10 o'clock in the morning, the launching ceremony officially began. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Most of the people who came to attend the ceremony were clergy and Catholics, and people from other denominations were not allowed to enter unless they were invited.

A fence has been built around the entire church site, where not only the largest church in the world will be built, but also some of the outbuildings, which can take decades to complete, including more than ten years for the main project alone, followed by a long renovation time.

At the entrance to the venue, there were soldiers of the security forces on duty, and behind the barricades were two armored vehicles, and the general-purpose machine guns were already on the chains, and they were waiting for them with murderous vigour.

On the surface, there is only about a platoon of soldiers on duty, but there are soldiers on the trucks nearby, and they can enter the venue immediately when needed, because the venue is in an open area, and there is no commanding height nearby, which saves the security forces a lot of work, at least there is no need to send people to garrison there.

From half past eight in the morning, the people who participated in the ceremony had already begun to enter, and there were no invitations, let alone documents or anything like that, and the participants had to be led by a clergy to enter, and at the same time, they had to go through strict security checks.

In order to ensure efficiency, security forces even use riot dogs to clear certain explosives.

It does look impregnable.

At ten o'clock, the ceremony officially began, and according to the predetermined requirements, the entrance was supposed to be closed and everyone was refused to enter or leave, but because of the endless stream of people who came to participate in the ceremony, no strong measures were taken.

As the largest clergyman in the region, Auerbach was about to speak, and just as Auerbach was speaking, there was a sudden argument at the entrance.

The dispute arose by a couple who had travelled from France, who, according to them, had come from Paris to attend the ceremony, but because of the delay, they were not registered in the Catholic Church in Jerusalem, and naturally no clergy took them in.

For the Lanfang soldiers in charge of security, the current French, like the British and the Americans, do not have any preferential treatment, and the security personnel refused the couple's request to enter the venue, without the slightest room for accommodation.

This caused the couple to be dissatisfied, and they immediately became furious and tried to storm the venue.

For such a thing, the security forces also had a plan, and the soldiers were not polite, one person and one rifle butt were knocked down, and then tied up and thrown directly to the truck next to them, waiting for the launching ceremony to be dealt with later.

Originally, the matter should have settled down at this point, but when the soldier in charge of tying up the people came back to his senses, he found that more people had gathered at the entrance.

This time, it was not the French, but the locals of Jerusalem, and judging by their expressions, they were not very kind.

The officer who led the team at the door was Ye Zhengqing, Ye Zhengqing, as a marine, originally did not have to go through this troubled water, but because Ye Zhengqing himself knew a little Persian, Ye Zhengqing was seconded and returned to the office after the ceremony.

Seeing that there were locals gathered, Ye Zhengqing was immediately vigilant, if these Persians were alone, they might not have the slightest courage in the face of the military and police, but if there were many people, these Persians would not even pay attention to the king of heaven, especially in the name of religion.

"This is a Catholic meeting place, it is strictly forbidden to enter without an invitation, please disperse immediately and do not gather." Ye Zhengqing immediately used an iron horn to shout, trying to get these Persians to disperse on their own.

At the same time as Ye Zhengqing shouted, the soldiers in charge of guarding the entrance were already on high alert, the horses that had been removed were stopped in the middle of the road again, and the machine gun safety on the armored car had been opened, waiting to meet the impact of some Persians.

These Persians were indeed dead-eyed, and in the face of the soldiers who were waiting for them, these Persians did not back down, and continued to approach the entrance in silence.

"This is Catholic-" Ye Zhengqing was still repeating the shouting, and secretly made a gesture behind his back to prepare for battle.

"Ye, forget it, they won't listen to you." Mark Ferguson, who was also a captain, was a little impatient.

Unlike Ye Zhengqing, Mark Ferguson is a standard Catholic believer, and in the face of these Persian believers, Ye Zhengqing can still maintain his sanity, and Mark Ferguson has long been impatient.

If it weren't for Huang Li's emphasis on Ye Zhengqing's status, perhaps Mark Ferguson would have ordered the shooting by now.

There is a cordon 50 meters outside the entrance, and the white cordon painted in lime stands out against the gray ground.

Just as the Persians were about to step into the cordon, the machine-gun shooters on the armored car pulled the trigger.

Click-and-click-

The sound of the Type 20 general-purpose machine gun is crisp and pleasant, this is a heavy machine gun with a heavy barrel, the bullet hits the boundary line, and the dust splashed is nearly a meter high, and the momentum is indeed amazing.

Perhaps they didn't expect the security forces to really dare to shoot, and the Persians immediately stopped.

At this moment, in the venue, Auerbach was still giving a speech calmly, and he didn't even raise his eyelids when the gunshots rang out.

Group behavior is also to be imposing, and the so-called one drum and then three times exhaustion, even the slightest hesitation, will seriously affect morale.

After the Persians stopped, the air at the entrance seemed to freeze.

The Persians did not advance further, and they looked at the soldiers with hatred and fear in their eyes. The soldiers did not continue to shoot, and there was no oolong incident similar to "misfire" because of the sudden sound of gunshots, but the soldiers' eyes were still firm, and the shooter's fingers did not leave the trigger guard, ready to fire at any time.

"This is Catholic-" Ye Zhengqing continued to shout, his voice was flat, without any emotion, and even the rhythm did not change.

A big man with a beard on his face in the Persian crowd looked at Ye Zhengqing fixedly, Ye Zhengqing was not afraid, and his voice did not change.

Halfway through, the big man finally took a sip of hatred and slowly retreated backwards.

It's good to retreat, where the big man can't see, the clothes on Ye Zhengqing's back are already soaked, if these Persians continue to move forward without knowing whether they are alive or dead, Ye Zhengqing will also give the order to fire, but this does not mean that Ye Zhengqing has no pressure, not everyone can pull the trigger fiercely in the face of these unarmed civilians.

Seeing these Persians retreating, Mark Ferguson was a little regretful: "It's a pity-"

"There's nothing to be sorry for, this is just the beginning, sooner or later they won't be able to help it, and then you will be busy." Ye Zhengqing frowned, as if he had seen the flames of Jerusalem soaring into the sky.

Then there were no accidents, and when it was time to eat in the evening, Ye Zhengqing had just touched the rice bowl when he received a report from the soldiers: "Report, there was a homicide at the Desert Boat Hotel, four Italians who came to the pilgrimage were attacked, they were killed with knives, and the belongings they were carrying were also looted. ”

"It's the job of the police, tell them to call the police." Ye Zhengqing didn't want to make a fuss, attacks have been common in recent times, and all Westerners who come to Jerusalem will receive a friendly reminder that it is better for them to stay in a Catholic hotel with soldiers stationed, but there will always be some people who will not listen to dissuasion.

The "Ship of the Desert" is a hotel run by locals in Jerusalem, and if it were a hotel started by Catholics, the name would be "Hand of God", "Sword of Justice" or something like that.

"The police can't control it, there are too many things going on today, the police station doesn't have extra police resources, this is the news sent by Bishop Victor, it seems that we have to go." Mark Ferguson had already put down his job and walked out, checking the bullets in the pistol's magazine as he went.

Looks like this guy really has itchy hands.

"What can we do? Do you want to collect the corpse? Ye Zhengqing had no choice but to come out, if Mark Ferguson was allowed to bring someone by himself, maybe the case would be "solved" immediately.

In fact, before again, a similar incident had already happened, and it was not Ye Zhengqing who dealt with it at that time, but a knight of the Knights Templar took someone to deal with it, it was a vicious incident in which a family of three was attacked, the man was killed, the woman was killed after being insulted, and those people didn't even let go of the children.

This case did not become an unsolved case, almost at the moment when Mr. Knight arrived at the crime scene, the case was declared "solved", it was a vicious case of a hotel owner colluding with outsiders to seek money and kill people, in the process of arresting the suspect, because the suspect resisted force, all the suspects died on the spot.

Ye Zhengqing didn't want this kind of thing to happen again, when was the time for retribution.

As Ye Zhengqing thought, the first thing Mark Ferguson did after arriving at the crime scene was to order the soldiers to arrest everyone at the scene.

"Don't do that, it won't help solve the problem." Ye Zhengqing disapproves of such simplicity and rudeness.

Although Ye Zhengqing can also be ruthless in the face of thugs, Ye Zhengqing does not approve of this indiscriminate revenge.

"It's not that they should be sent to the gallows right away, but they must be brought back for careful interrogation, and if they don't resist, I won't open the killing ring." Mark Ferguson still looks a little sane.

As soon as Mark Ferguson finished speaking, gunshots rang out in the hotel.

"What the hell is going on?" Mark Ferguson was furious, and the speed at which he got into the armored car was not at all slower than Ye Zhengqing.

If there is a gunshot, it means that there is a fight, no matter how the fight starts, first protect yourself.

"As soon as we went up, a guy rushed over with a knife, and we had to shoot." The squad leader who led the team upstairs looked innocent.

"Be careful, don't shoot if you can, don't shoot, a dozen of you are still afraid of one with a knife?" Mark Ferguson didn't mean to be angry, but more like a hint.

"Head, this time it's a big problem, two Jewish families have been attacked on the other side of the Wailing Wall, and these are two families that have settled here, eleven people in all, all killed—" An ensign hurried over.

It's really a big trouble, Ye Zhengqing raised his head, and the sky above his head seemed to be glowing with blood.

(To be continued.) )