However, what made the riot escalate was the military sending troops to suppress it!
In a block in Moscow, thousands of workers knocked down hundreds of private soldiers of the nobles and prepared to set fire to the noble's company building, intending to burn the nobles hiding in the building to death.
Just as he was about to light the fire, fully armed soldiers appeared on both sides of the street.
An armored vehicle slowly drove over, and the loudspeaker on the roof kept shouting.
"Stop the violence and squat on the ground with your hands on your head!”
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"Stop the violence and squat on the ground with your hands on your head!”
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"Stop the violence and squat on the ground with your hands on your head!”
The workers were frightened when they saw the army move out. They hurriedly retreated to the side and did not dare to set fire.
When the nobles hiding in the building saw this, they were no longer as timid as before. He jumped out and hid behind the army, pointing at the dead bodies of the private soldiers on the ground and crying to the leading officer, demanding that the murderer be severely punished.
Most of the officers in the Russian army were children of nobles, so they had to protect the noble class. They immediately ordered the arrest.
The problem was that the workers involved in the riot were not just tens or hundreds of people, but thousands or tens of thousands of people.
Moreover, the workers would not sit still and wait for death. They would unite to resist arrest!
As night fell, the two sides were still confronting each other on the streets. The atmosphere was unusually tense.
The officer didn't dare to arrest them by force. He could only keep shouting, trying to control the situation in a peaceful way.
The workers, on the other hand, were filled with righteous indignation. They kept telling the army about the hardships of their lives and wanted the army to convey their demands to the Tsar!
It was ten o'clock at night. The workers who had not eaten for a day became even more agitated.
However, they were facing an army with loaded guns, and no one dared to break through the human wall formed by the soldiers to escape capture.
In the crowd, a man in light blue overalls rolled his eyes and raised his arm as he shouted,""Let us go home, we want to go home!”
The workers who had lost hope in the government also wanted to go home. They raised their arms and shouted.
"Let us go home!"
The nobles hiding behind the army had suffered heavy losses today. How could they let these murderers go?
If they didn't arrest him today, how would they arrest him after that?
If they caught the person, even if they couldn't pay, they could confiscate all the houses and land to make up for the losses.
Therefore, dozens of nobles made an extremely stupid move.
Seeing the workers approaching step by step, the soldiers who were born as farmers moved to make way. A few noble children took out their guns and fired a few shots into the sky.
"Stop, the murderer must be severely punished!”
Shot?
The worker was stunned for a moment and became even angrier.
The worker who had led the group to shout the slogan to go home took out a pistol from his pocket and aimed it at the noble son behind the soldier and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The bullet accurately hit the noble's forehead, leaving a large hole in the back of his head.
It only took three seconds for the aristocrats to shoot and the workers to return fire!
When the corpse fell, the 200 soldiers who had sealed off the street reacted and subconsciously raised their guns to aim at the crowd.
Faced with this sudden situation, the workers were stunned, and the noble children were even more furious.
The private soldiers had suffered heavy casualties from the workers. The company's shops had been smashed, looted, and burned by the workers. Now, they had killed their people.
These lowlifes deserved to die!
The emotions that had been suppressed for a long time erupted, and the aristocratic children raised their guns and fired!
Bang bang ~
Gunshots rang out, and a large number of the workers who were caught off guard fell.
They were facing a life and death crisis, and the one who wanted to kill them was the noble they hated the most. How could they not resist?
The living environment of the Russians was harsh, and they were born with tough personalities. They immediately waved the tools in their hands and roared as they charged at the nobles behind the wall of soldiers.
When the soldiers saw the workers rushing over, they thought that they were going to attack them. Adrenaline surged, and the hand that was holding the trigger pressed down uncontrollably.
Bang!
A soldier opened fire.
A chain reaction occurred as all the soldiers opened fire.
However, the distance was too close, and the soldiers were still holding bolt rifles. They could not stop the workers who had the advantage in numbers.
Crackling ~
Steel pipes, wooden sticks, and even some workers holding homemade welding knives were used to attack the soldiers with all their might. The noble children were especially taken care of, screaming as they were beaten into meat paste.
Screams and gunshots rang out continuously. More than two hundred soldiers and dozens of noble children died tragically at the hands of the furious workers.
Upon hearing the gunshots, the hundreds of soldiers who had rushed over to provide support saw this scene and fired back without hesitation.
The machine guns on the armored vehicles also opened fire, slaughtering the dense crowd on the streets.
The workers were already filled with killing intent. They picked up the guns from the dead soldiers and fired at the soldiers.
The situation escalated from a riot to an armed fight. This was something the military did not expect and could only send more troops to suppress it.
Gradually, the armed conflict broke out from one or two streets and quickly spread to the entire city of Moscow.
With less than 20,000 soldiers suppressing hundreds of thousands of workers, they were clearly at a disadvantage!
Because in the armed conflicts all over the city, hundreds of soldiers were basically outnumbered by tens of thousands of angry workers.
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The Palace of the Klimlin.
Hearing the gunfire in the city, Peter was completely flustered. If this continued, when all the soldiers in the city were killed, would the workers who had seized the weapons attack the palace?
However, misfortune never came alone. The deputy commander of the Guards, Kornilov, rushed in to report.
"Your Majesty, the 100,000 Imperial Guards in the military camp outside the city have collectively rebelled. They refuse to shoot at the civilians and support the Empress, asking Your Majesty to withdraw the order to violate the contract.”
As soon as he said this, the hall fell silent.
Peter could understand the military mutiny. Why did they support the Empress?
Peter looked at Catherine!
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know what Your Majesty is talking about, but the choice of the soldiers has nothing to do with me, but I agree with the decision of the soldiers.”
Catherine shrugged and asked calmly,"Your Majesty, the situation has gone out of control. You still have a chance to take back the order and apologize to the Qin Corporation and the people of the country!”
Apologize?
Impossible!
Peter sneered and shook his head.
"Impossible, I didn't do anything wrong! The Imperial Guards Army mutiny, and the first group of soldiers from the city east camp will enter the city to quell the rebellion…"
Your Majesty!
Chief of Staff Anatoli stepped forward and said in a deep voice,""Your Majesty, the First Army will not be mobilized, and neither will the army. The weapons in our soldiers 'hands are meant to protect the people, not to slaughter them!”
As soon as Anatoli finished speaking, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Navy also said that the Air Force and Navy would not be dispatched.
The commander of the internal guards... the commander of the reserve army... It was not until the military minister Voroshilov stood up and said that the military would not suppress them and would stand with the peasant workers that Peter realized that something was wrong.
" Why?"
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