2124 Lobster Praetorian
The difficulties encountered by Benjamin also shocked the British crown prince. Prince Edward, who was tidying up his dress at St. Paul's Cathedral, was frightened when he heard that 400,000 people were coming over.
"Four hundred thousand? How is this possible... Is there enough manpower in the Police Department?" Although Edward is an ostentatious prince on the surface, he seems to be a playboy and doesn't care about anything about food, drink, and entertainment. In fact, he is still a very capable politician in his bones, and his historical evaluation of him is very pertinent.
He just made his mother's halo more than he could compare. Queen Victoria was so powerful that no matter how outstanding the heir was in front of her, she could not let out a single light.
After Queen Victoria passed away, Prince Edward ascended the throne as King of England, that is, Edward VII. Under his leadership, Britain still maintained the glory of the Empire of the Sun Never Settling Empire, and he also laid the prototype of the Allies in advance through his superb diplomatic skills.
Many treaties of military alliances were signed in his hands. Without his diplomatic efforts, Britain would have suffered a lot in World War I.
Such a temporarily buried great man immediately lost his cynical face once he encountered serious matters, and his eyes turned to analyze the key to the problem.
He said to Colonel Walster, who brought the news, "Tell me the truth, did Benjamin encounter some resistance? Does anyone dare to rush into internal strife at this time? Say..."
Walster sniffed, and the heels of the leather boots hit together and stood attentively and replied seriously, "No, Prince, I have not seen any internal strife... Although some officials have quarrels, they did not deliberately restrain themselves!"
"Oh? Really... Gladstone didn't say anything?"
"Prince, I only know that the Minister of Finance has mobilized thousands of grassroots personnel from the Liberal Party and has gone to the streets to help the military and police to help maintain public order... But the number of people is too large, and those thousands of people are dropping a drop in the bucket!"
"The situation is urgent, and the troops outside London will be able to move forward for some time, so the Prime Minister asked me to ask the prince for help. Now we can only mobilize the cavalry in Hyde Park. This is the nearest reinforcement!"
Hearing that Gladstone was not restrained, Edward's expression relaxed a little, "Well... Gladstone really didn't move? Why am I so afraid to believe it?"
Walster smiled bitterly and whispered, "This... there are still some ironic words, but in terms of major issues, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will not be in chaos. After all, today's day is too special..."
"Okay, as long as you don't have a bad move, I won't care about quarrels... I only have the power to use troops within two battalions, and no matter how many I don't have the power, you take my note to Hyde Park and let them dispatch seven hundred cavalry!"
Hyde Park is the largest green park in London, equivalent to the lungs of London. The park has more than 360 acres of battlegrounds. It was originally the property of the church and later became the royal family. It was not open to the public until the Victorian era.
The Hyde Barracks here are the nearest barracks guarding Buckingham Palace, where the Imperial Guards are stationed.
The Crown Prince is right. The Imperial Guards are directly managed by the royal family. It is not easy to mobilize these soldiers to find the Army Minister, so the royal family members must come forward.
More than 2,000 imperial guards wanted to mobilize all of them, and only the queen could order them, and the crown prince was in the head of the army of two battalions, and eight hundred people were over.
After receiving the order from Prince Edward to dispatch troops, the garrisoned cavalry in Hyde's barracks quickly dispatched. These cavalrymen wearing bears and high hats and big red uniforms rushed out of the barracks and were cheering from the people on the streets.
"Look, it's our Imperial Guard!"
"What a mighty hat, I will be an imperial guard when I grow up... a bearskin hat!"
"This group of British lobster soldiers is really loved by the people..."
The guards whose chins were raised to the sky were pride in every pore on their bodies. This was the era when the British Empire was at its peak. Britain's glory was inseparable from the military's conquest, and the guards were the swords that defended the royal family.
All the soldiers didn't speak, but just separated the crowd with tall Arab horses. The police following them ran and shouted, "Walk on the left, everyone walked on the left..."
"Division, diversion...Citizens on the left, please walk on Groveno Street...Thank you, please keep up!"
"Give up the way, give way to the lady with heatstroke..."
Cavalry is more useful than infantry at this moment. High-headed horses line up in a line, which is the wall of movement. Soon, the blocked crowd that gathers into big lumps is gradually washed away.
Diversion, diversion and diversion, the streets quickly restored order, and the London police, who were so busy that their legs were about to break, were relieved.
At this moment, on the bustling street, at the top of the bell tower of Westminster Abbey, several well-dressed men were looking at the city of London under their feet with telescopes.
"Oh? The chaos in Hyde Park has begun to calm down! It seems that the British still have a backup plan..." The person who spoke was Pierre who returned to Europe early, and the one next to him was the Golden Pencil Leo.
In fact, Pierre and Leo basically set off from Asia at the same time to return home, but they were only for security reasons. In order to avoid the pursuit of French intelligence organizations, the two did not take a route.
Pierre headed north on the Suez Canal, while Leo headed south to the Cape of Good Hope to bypass the entire Africa.
Pierre attracted the attention of French intelligence agencies, while Leo arrived in Europe safely, first went to Prussia and then sneaked into London secretly.
At this moment, the two of them were carrying out the secret mission conveyed by Xiao Letian. With the support of Gladstone and the royal family, they reached the commanding heights of the church. From here, they were going to start a war without gunpowder, and their target was the hearts of the 400,000 people in the entire London.
Leo put down his telescope and sneered, "The number of people dispatched by the Imperial Guards is not large. It seems that it is the order of Prince Edward... Haha, it's a drop in the bucket! Even if the Imperial Guards have the ability, the number is too small, and they can't control the chaos in the entire city!"
"Look, the Thames Building is in chaos again..."
Pierre was excited and sweaty in his palms. "Yes, this chaos arose because of the head of state, so the only one who can calm it is the head of state himself! The London Police Department cannot do it, and the British army cannot do it..."
"The chaos of 400,000 people has exceeded the limit of the government's organizational capabilities in this era. You can wait. Tomorrow, newspapers in Europe will definitely be reported by jokes..."
"Will you take action?" Pierre suddenly asked in Chinese.
Leo took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. "Wait a little longer, I hope they are a little more messy..."
"Do you still have to wait? If the troops outside the city really come up to maintain order, then we will take action again, and the visual impact will be weak!"
"We can't let those troops take our credit!"
Leo nodded, "I understand the truth, but seeing that the troops outside the city of time want to drive in, it is not enough to have twenty minutes. If we let them get in for another ten minutes, we will throw out our killer weapon before the army arrives!"
"Head of the People's Republic of China! The wind of the east has blown, so you can see! We will definitely burst the hearts of these 400,000 people!"
Chapter completed!