Chapter 153: Truman's Death (I)

Orwell, Correzzo and Torresola, after a long period of reconnaissance of the Blair Building, finally formulated a plan to assassinate Truman, they were ready to take a pincer action of attacking left and right at the same time, with the least number of personnel to inflict maximum damage on the guards, this is also the plan made by Correzo and Torresola in history, but slightly different from history, there is an additional agent of the Belgian intelligence organization.

President Truman returned to the Blair Building after his official business, and after lunch, he went to the second floor to nap as usual, having a habit of sleeping soundly in the afternoon. It was a sweltering day at the beginning of summer, but President Truman had no idea that someone was preparing for an assassination attempt that would change the history of the world.

At around 2 p.m., Oscar Torresola and Grell Corezzo checked their watches at the door of the hotel to confirm the time of the move, and then they set off together for the Blair Building. Orwell, on the other hand, went to the crown prince's designated apartment, took out the Mosin Nagant sniper rifle, and aimed his scope at the gate of the Blair Building, where the guards were still heavily guarded.

The two men in their blazers came to the front of the Blair Building. They strolled down the sidewalk, took a cursory look at the terrain outside the presidential residence, and retreated to the corner of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Here Crezzo and Torresola shook hands and said goodbye, Torresola shook Korezo's hand with a heavy expression and whispered, "Take care, my brother. ”

"All for the people of Puerto Rico." Corezzo also replied with a resolute response, and after the two parted, he glanced back in Orwell's direction, of course he couldn't see anything, but he was a little uneasy in his heart for no reason, and he didn't know why.

Orwell, of course, in the scope, could see Corezzo's expression clearly, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After the two separated, they approached the building in a pincer motion. Torressola crossed Pennsylvania Avenue to the opposite side of the Blair Building and walked slowly west. Every step was slow, he tried to observe the favorable terrain, he walked past the Treasury building and the adjacent White House, until he walked forward for more than 200 meters, leaving the Blair Building behind, and then crossed Pennsylvania Avenue, detoured back to the side of the Blair Building, turned around and walked towards the building, and gradually approached the guard box on the west side of the building.

Standing in the sentry box at this time was Leslie Kofalto, a member of the White House Police Brigade of the Security Service of the U.S. Treasury Department, who had to pass through before Torresola could reach the entrance to the Blair Building.

As he passed the sentry box, Torressola smiled at Sergeant Leslie Kofalto, who nodded politely and continued to look down at his newspaper, not making the slightest connection between the well-dressed man and the assassin who was about to assassinate the president.

As Torresola headed west, Crezzo was left alone on the east side of the Blair Building, and he also began to slowly approach the building. During this action, Corezzo's eyes were fixed on him in Torresola in the distance as he slowly walked towards the Blair Building. He had to slow down his pace, as Torressola was still far away. The two of them had to attack from the east and west at the same time in order to achieve maximum damage in the shortest amount of time. This requires them to be seamless in terms of timing.

At this time, President Truman in the Blair Building had just closed his eyes and started his short nap, and soon fell asleep. Because the weather at the beginning of summer was very hot, Truman stripped off only his underwear and fell asleep.

The minions were constantly shuttling up and down the hallways, doing their part. On the first floor, Presidential Guard Officer Stuart Stout guards the stairs leading to the presidential bedroom on the second floor. Somehow, he had a feeling of uneasiness that didn't disappear as he shifted his attention, but instead haunted him like a vine.

At around 2:15 p.m., Crezzo approached the sentry box on the east side of the Blair Building. On duty at the booth here was Joseph Davidson, who was chatting with another officer on duty, Fred Boleyn. Mixed in with the few pedestrians passing by, Crezzo slipped easily past the sentry box and came to the steps of the main entrance of the Blair Building. By the time we got here, the preparations were basically done, just waiting for the last order.

In the distance, Torresola pulled a white handkerchief from his pocket and gently threw it on the ground, a code sign that the action had begun. Crezzo nodded, pulling out the Uzi submachine pistol from behind his waist.

Guarding the area was another White House Police Brigade, Donald Birzele, who was facing away from Corrazzo with his back to him, so he didn't see Corrazor pull out the Uzi assault pistol in his belt.

"Bang bang bang", and in an instant, Colazzo's gunfire rang out, and the bullet hit Bözel right in the left knee. Bözel screamed, and hurriedly ran down the street with his injured knee in one hand, and pulled out his gun with the other to shoot back at Correzo. And use walkie-talkies to report the situation.

"Somebody wants to assassinate the president, somebody wants to assassinate the president." Bözel yelled at the walkie-talkie, but this time Corezzo did not make the mistake of history, he first fired several shots at Brazel's walkie-talkie-holding figure with his Uzi submachine gun, and the other party fell to the ground in a burst of Corezzo's powerful fire.

After dealing with Birzell, Corezzo did not run to the door of the Blair Building according to the plan, but planned to finish out Davidson and Boleyn in the sentry box first, according to the original plan, they stormed the Blair Building to deal with President Truman, but Orwell otherwise made this risky action. He believes that the White House has a strong firepower network and well-trained security personnel, and if the breakthrough is unsuccessful, he will only be sent to death. So he persuaded Correzo and Torresola to lure the snake out of the hole.

At this time, Davidson and Boleyn in the sentry box noticed the anomaly here, and also began to fire at Crezzo. A nervous Correzzo quickly ran out of bullets from his gun, and his poor marksmanship meant he never hit any targets again. In the midst of the whistling of bullets around him, Corezzo calmly sat down on the steps, unloaded the empty magazine, and refilled it with a new one. However, it was this action that saved his life, as the iron railings and stone steps in front of the building prevented the guards from aiming and blocked the bullets for him, and the whizzing projectiles bounced off the iron railings and steps.

The assassination was at an impasse at this time, and Truman, who was asleep, also heard the barrel of the gun, and he quickly got up from the bed. By this time, the guards had already rushed into the president's room and surrounded President Truman with a nervous expression.

Truman, on the other hand, was not too nervous, but he was also a member of the National Guard, he took a pistol from the guard, loaded the bullet, and aimed it at the only door in his bedroom. He hadn't picked up a gun since he entered politics, and he didn't expect to pick up arms and fight again in such an emergency today.

"Remember, boys." Truman didn't forget to joke in such an emergency, "As long as it's not our guards, even if it's an elephant, you're going to make it a hornet's nest for me." ”