Although there were relatively few people here, Ferdinand still happily greeted the crowd, and amidst the cheers of the crowd, no one noticed Gavrilo's unusual behavior.
Finally, Ferdinand's car got closer and closer to Gavrilo's position, and the distance between the two parties was less than five meters away.
Gavrilo looked at the right opportunity, suddenly accelerated a few steps closer, and the movements of his hands happened at the same time, and a Browning pistol suddenly appeared in the air.
At this time, the scene where Gavrilo suddenly separated from the crowd and approached Ferdinand's car naturally attracted everyone's attention.
Including Ferdinand himself, after seeing a young man break away from the crowd, his instinctive alarm went off. In conjunction with Gavrilo's action of pulling out a gun, Ferdinand did not think that Gavrilo would take out anything other than a pistol from his arms at this time.
Gavrilo's heartbeat accelerated. Looking at Archduke Ferdinand who was so close, he was in a daze for a moment. He pulled the trigger of the pistol without hesitation, and a sharp gunshot broke the noise of Sarajevo.
When Gavrilo pulled the trigger, Ferdinand also reacted immediately and hid behind the car at high speed.
But unfortunately, Gavrilo was very close to Ferdinand. The shot hit Ferdinand on the right side of the chest through the car window.
Gavrilo wanted to shoot a few more times, but unfortunately he had lost his target. After all, the car only had one window to aim and shoot, and the car was already moving around the corner, so in a blink of an eye, Gavrilo could only see the rear of the car.
Gavrilo had no time to think, and instinctively fired two more shots at the rear of the car, hoping to pose a more deadly threat to Ferdinand through the car body.
While Gavrilo was shooting, another member of Black Hand organization finally took action. Unfortunately, he was not in a position like Gavrilo, so he could only shoot at Ferdinand's car.
Sarajevo The streets were already in chaos. The Austro-Hungarian Empire soldiers who reacted began to arrest the murderer and surrounded Ferdinand's car. This basically announced that this round of assassination operations had stopped.
A soldier with obvious ethnic Chinese blood rushed forward with a rifle and hit Gavrilo hard on the head who was still trying to shoot again.
As a soldier of the Bosnia local army, his original position was behind the Ferdinand car. As for the front of the motorcade, there was an honor guard carefully selected by the Sarajevo municipal government and the military.
The gun butt hit Gavrilo's head. The soldier showed no mercy at all. Gavrilo only felt his head was hot and his eyes were blurred.
Blood seeped out from his hair, and the ethnic Chinese soldier continued to attack violently, kicking Gavrilo's pistol to the ground, and using the rifle as a support, he pushed Gavrilo to the ground. After a few seconds, other people arrived to help him completely subdue the criminal. By this time, Gavrilo had long lost consciousness.
"My God! Honey, how are you?" The matter was far from over. In the car, Ferdinand's wife Sophie was completely panicked.
Because she was sitting on the inside, Sophie was not in danger. In the original history, she was also shot because of the convertible design of the car.
The military government chiefs Bosnia and Potiorek who were sitting in the passenger seat were also panicked. After all, the one who had the accident was the Grand Duke of the imperial family.
Fortunately, as a soldier, Potiorek quickly showed his due performance and began to quickly command the scene.
"Madam Grand Duke, we should send the Grand Duke to the hospital first at this time. He was only shot once in the chest. Maybe he can be revived."
Ferdinand did not lose consciousness completely. He held his chest with one hand and touched Sophie's head with the other and said, "I... feel like I can still be saved, don't worry!"
Archduke Ferdinand and Sophie can be regarded as true love. After all, Sophie was just a palace maid. In an ancient palace like Habsburg, Archduke Ferdinand, as a top nobleman, chose a palace maid as his wife. Obviously, the two still have a relationship.
At this time, Potiorek was also comforting him. "Your Excellency, you will definitely be safe and sound."
He turned to the driver and said, "After I get off the car, go directly to the nearest hospital."
After that, he opened the door and got out of the car. After all, there were still many things to deal with. When Ferdinand was injured, he was the person in charge at the scene.
Soon, under the command of Potiorek, his adjutant led the way and escorted Ferdinand and his wife to the hospital. At the same time, in order to avoid the tragedy from happening again, this time Ferdinand was directly surrounded by a large group of soldiers in front of his car and trotted along. Fortunately, this was the city center and the hospital was not far away. Potiorek stayed at the scene of the incident and started to arrest people.
Soon, the disgraced Gavrilo and his two accomplices were brought to Potiorek. At this time, Gavrilo was still in a coma.
Potiorek pointed at Gavrilo and asked, "Who captured the murderer?"
As the real murderer, Gavrilo can be said to have left a deep impression on Potiorek. After all, he was sitting in the passenger seat. If Gavrilo's gun was slightly offset at that time, he might have become a direct victim.
"Report to the general, it's Juno from Bosnian Infantry Regiment!"
A strange name came to Potiorek's ears. After all, this kind of name was not in line with European tradition. He asked, "Is it Ottoman?"
"No, it's a soldier from the lower reaches of ethnic Chinese or Neretva River."
"No wonder it's so!" Potiorek said.
Potiorek still has some understanding of the soldiers under his rule. There are two kinds of people in Bosnian Infantry Regiment who are very unique. One is Ottoman. After all, Austro-Hungarian Empire is a Catholic country. It is very inconsistent to choose a pagan like Ottoman as a source of troops.
Another more famous one is ethnic Chinese of Neretva River downstream valley region. In recent years, because of the obedience of ethnic Chinese soldiers, Bosnian Infantry Regiment has recruited many ethnic Chinese soldiers.
Potiorek met the ethnic Chinese soldier named Juno. Although he was not unfamiliar with the ethnic Chinese soldier, Juno's fluent German still further aroused Potiorek's favor. After all, in local troops like Bosnia, the language was not unified at all.
Potiorek, a descendant of Chinese immigrants who speaks fluent German like Juno, decided to reuse him. Of course, the premise is that he can continue to serve locally.
After all, Archduke Ferdinand had an accident in front of him. If Archduke Ferdinand was unfortunately killed, it would definitely have a certain impact on his future.
So after briefly chatting with Juno, Potiorek rushed towards the hospital where Archduke Ferdinand was located.
However, the final result still made Potiorek relieved. Although Archduke Ferdinand was hit in the chest, fortunately it was not hit in a fatal position. The bullet was still a certain distance from the heart and had a greater impact on the lungs. Moreover, because the incident happened in the city center and was close to the hospital, the rescue was relatively timely, so Archduke Ferdinand's life was saved.
And this is completely different from history. In the previous life, Archduke Ferdinand was directly hit in the neck by Princip, and there was no chance of rescue. However, this time it was just because of the difference in car design that it did not leave many opportunities for the murderer.
Even the five shots at the back did not cause further harm to the occupants because of the bulletproof performance of the car. As time goes by, the defensive properties of a car like this, which is specially produced for dignitaries, will naturally be greatly improved. After all, the first car produced in East Africa used bulletproof windows. In recent years, the technology has become more mature. This is the main reason why Gavrilo cannot make further achievements.
If Ferdinand had closed the car windows tightly instead of waving to the crowd at that time, Black Hand organization's assassin might not even have found a chance to assassinate them. So to a certain extent, it can be said that cars produced in East Africa saved the lives of Ferdinand and his wife.