[Infrastructure] Rose kissed Barcelona

People in Barcelona never imagined that they would see such a horrible scene during the celebration of the National Day.

As if in response to people's screams, the lights in the city were instantly extinguished.

For a moment—just for a moment, the darkness swallowed the city into nothingness like a monster that opened its mouth suddenly.

But in an instant, people's eyes adapted to the new light and shade, and the blocks that lost their lights were also blood red in the distant firelight.

The raging flames became brighter and brighter, half of the night sky was filled with black smoke, and half of the night sky was filled with tragic light.

"What the hell happened?!" There were screams on the hillside one after another.

"on fire!"

"There! There is my home! God!"

"Won't burn the whole city?!"

In the desperate wailing, everyone remembered the fire that engulfed the entire city of London two centuries ago.

That has always been an existence like a doomsday legend.

But now, a dire fable seems about to take place in their own homeland.

The crowd on the mountain was in a mess, and there was a crackling sound of glass and ceramic vessels breaking, mixed with the heart-piercing howls of children and the screams of women.

Joey's hands were cold, and he subconsciously held onto Antonio's arm tightly, but the alarm sounded in his heart-this can't be done.

If it continues like this, I am afraid that before anything else happens, the stampede of the crowd will cause danger.

She squeezed Antonio's tense arms, and waited for him to look down at her, and said anxiously: "Antonio..."

"Everyone! Riots broke out in the city!"

Shouts suddenly came from the other side of the hillside, and people turned their heads to look.

The figure of a man appeared on the edge of the mountainside.Holding a kerosene lamp, he was wearing an army uniform and ran towards them with a gun hanging from his waist.

"There's a fire in the city - it's going to go this way very quickly, this side of the mountain is very densely vegetated and very dangerous."

"I was ordered by Lieutenant General Dali of the Southwest Barracks to take everyone to the south for refuge. Come with me!"

"It turned out to be violence|chaos..."

"terrible……"

"There is such a day in Barcelona! God help us..."

At such a chaotic moment, the first instinct of the rushing crowd is to obey when they see a clear and credible order.

So, the chaotic crowd staggered together regardless of the food scattered on the ground, ready to follow the officer to the other side of the mountain.

When the officer walked up to Joy, she also took steps, ready to follow.

She was suddenly staggered by the force in her hand.

"Antonio?" She turned around suspiciously, and looked at the man who stood still.

Joey saw again his pupils, which had been dyed deep purple by the mountain torches.

Antonio is looking in the direction of the top of the hill.

She subconsciously turned her head and glanced.

The Montjuic castle that belonged to her now stood coldly on the highest point of the hilltop in the night, overlooking the burning city and the panicked crowd.

Burning power plants, water plants, railway stations and barracks...

Suddenly, Joey suddenly thought of something.

The heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

She turned her head abruptly and looked into Antonio's cold blue eyes.

No one speaks.

But they both knew that both of them had understood the secret that could not be revealed.

Antonio gently pushed away Joey's hand, then touched his waist, as if he was casually hanging on something.

Joey's heart skipped a beat.

The potential that people can explode in a crisis is beyond imagination.

In the next second, she had already spoken in a polite and sweet voice: "Mr. Officer! Please wait a moment."

There is a slight tremor at the end.But this is also very normal, she is a pampered lady after all, obviously frightened by the sudden accident.

The officer froze and turned around.

The one who spoke was a well-dressed young girl, who looked frightened but still very polite, obviously a well-bred lady.

"It is very presumptuous to ask, you are from the Southwest Barracks, not a fortress?"

The Fortress is another garrison camp in the southeast corner of Barcelona.

Since its construction more than 100 years ago, the existence of the fortress has only one meaning from the beginning to the end - if there is a rebellion against the royal family and the central government in the city, bombard the city as an example.

It is the object of hatred of the people of Barcelona.

Sure enough, when the people who were still in shock just now heard these words, their eyes suddenly became alert.

The eyes of several men with guns turned cold, and they held the handles of their guns.

The officer smiled and showed his white teeth: "Of course I am from the Southwest Barracks, my dear lady. Otherwise, how could I come to save everyone?"

"But I'm still a little scared. After all, my brother died in the bombing of the fortress. Before that, they had come to the city pretending to be soldiers from the Southwest Barracks and deceived many people." The girl plucked up her courage and continued, "Can you check it out? What is your identity, sir?"

"If you're not afraid that you won't be able to escape later." The officer spread his hands.

He was always extraordinarily patient with pretty young ladies.

"Soon, just look at the collar of your military uniform." Joey insisted.

"Okay." The officer couldn't help but replied, "How do you want to check?"

Joey glanced at Antonio.

He let go of his hand knowingly, and walked slowly towards the officer.

"Sorry to offend you." Joey explained with a smile, "My family supplies military uniforms for several troops of different numbers, so I know these details better."

"Although it looks similar, the military uniforms in the fort have a special black silk thread on the back collar, and the Southwest Barracks use blue silk thread. Just by looking at the color of the silk thread, you can be sure that you are from the Southwest Barracks. "

Is that so?

The onlookers were a little surprised.

"Mom, isn't this Miss Gaudi?" A little girl timidly whispered in her mother's ear, "Is she even supplying uniforms to the garrison sent by Madrid?"

"Shh, don't talk, baby." The lady pulling her realized something, and hugged the little girl nervously.

The officer's neck muscles were slightly tense, but he still waved his hands magnanimously: "Okay, you can check it as you like. Just hurry up, we are in a hurry."

Under the nervous gaze of the crowd, Antonio glanced expressionlessly at the back collar of the officer's uniform.

He took a quick step back, and his hand slammed across his waist: "The white one is an intruder!"

"What?!" The officer's expression changed suddenly.

He turned around abruptly, threw down the kerosene lamp and ran into the darkness.

boom.

The deafening gunshots exploded around him with the rapid fire tongues.

Amidst the screams of the crowd, the black shadow fell down in response.

"Don't look."

A hand quickly covered Joey's eyes.

Joey: "..."

She pushed Antonio's hand away, but suddenly found that his hand was shaking slightly.

She was stunned for a moment.

A thought popped up from the bottom of my heart—this is the first time this 22-year-old man has killed someone.

Those hands that originally only needed to create beauty began to create killing | killing.

Joey suddenly thought of a sentence, war will change human nature.

An inexplicable shudder ran through his body.

"He really has a problem!" Ada shouted, clutching her heart.

The crowd was also discussing the scene just now in shock.They almost followed him away!

Joey suddenly came back to his senses.

She looked at Antonio, who was a little surprised, and smiled wryly, "It's okay, since your accident, I basically don't feel dizzy... So what color is the silk thread?"

"It's so dark, how can we see clearly." Antonio's voice quickly returned to normal, as if with a slight sneer, "It's red, I guess."

I'm trying to be strong again.Joey secretly thought.

woo-

The sharp sound of the horn suddenly tore through the night sky.

"Did you hear that!" People panicked and confirmed each other, "That voice, that voice is—"

"Enemy attack." Antonio's voice was extremely cold.

The last time this ominous horn sounded in the city was when Napoleon led the French invasion 70 years ago.

Joey picked up the kerosene lamp on the ground first, and turned to the crowd: "Now, follow me—let's go to Montjuic Castle."

"On the mountain tonight, I'm afraid it's the only place that's safe."

This hillside facing the urban area is planned to be the venue for the World Expo, but construction has not started yet.

It's not far from the castle.When Joey led the crowd through the still dense woods and grass, thinking of this fact, he felt a kind of ironic sadness in a trance.

Perhaps the "Convention Internationale des Expositions" aimed at the city that filled the people of Barcelona with righteous indignation was not completely unreasonable.

For a country that has not yet been unified, there is really only a thin line between peace and war.

……

When the last person also rushed into the once most popular attraction, Joey immediately directed everyone to lower the heavy gate at the entrance.

The surrounding mountains and fields were pitch black, and there seemed to be no movement.

The people who were still in shock crossed the drawbridge that had just entered the door, and ran into the hall on the first floor of the castle.

Fortunately, there is no power outage in the castle.

As soon as the bright lights were turned on, it immediately revealed the horrible appearance of the people in costumes.

The ladies' well-groomed hairstyles fell apart, and the beautiful skirts were torn in many places, with wet fallen leaves and grass stems sticking to them.The men looked slightly better, but were also panting and embarrassed.

"So, Miss Gordy, you know what's going on, don't you?" someone gasped.

All eyes turned.

In disasters, people will experience firsthand that human beings are indeed social animals.

A flock needs a leader.After what happened just now, people now seem to have acquiesced that this decisive and witty lady is the leader.

"This is just my conjecture, but I'm afraid it will be verified soon."

Joey quickly sorted out his thoughts, and said as briefly as possible: "Everyone, please be mentally prepared."

Everyone waited with bated breath for her next words.

After the scene just now, they were indeed mentally prepared.

"I think what we are facing is probably a war."

Thanks to Antonio, she immediately knew where the fire was.

Power plants and water plants.This is the basic resource to keep the city running.

Stables and train station.This is traffic.

And barracks—the flesh and blood of city defenses.

There are no airplanes in this era, but Joey knows that in modern warfare that pays attention to lightning strikes, if the initiator of the war wants to attack a city, he will often destroy these functional buildings first-of course, communication facilities such as TV stations and radio towers.

Thinking about it this way, the cutting of the telegraph cable may be a precursor.

The seemingly prosperous big city is actually vulnerable to war.When the foundation of basic operation is disrupted, there is almost no need to attack, and the city itself will be completely paralyzed.

Then, when the army actually moved in, the chaotic city was vulnerable.

When the experience of later generations overlapped with the scene in front of her, she realized after a short period of doubt that this was likely to be a war.

Since it was a war, it would be very suspicious if an officer who claimed to take them asylum appeared and said yes.

What is even more suspicious is that Montjuic Castle is only a few hundred meters away from where they are, but he wants to take them to the back of the mountain to take refuge.

On this 173-meter hill, Montjuic Castle is the commanding height of the whole city, and it can almost be regarded as the most important highland in military affairs.

During the siege of Barcelona by the Madrid royal army 160 years ago, and when Napoleon attacked the city 70 years ago, they both occupied this fortress and bombarded the city from here.

This fortress was built to face the city - to deter the people within the city and to defend against possible threats coming from the direction of the city.

Even if it was really just a fire threat, it would be enough to hide in the castle—there was enough material reserves to last for a period of time.

What's more, if it is really a war, this must be a place that both the attackers and the defenders must do their best to win.

"So, if my guess is correct," Joey said with a serious face, "since the fake officer asked us to go to the side of the mountain, it probably means..."

"Our enemy is approaching from there."

boom.

The loud noise and vibration suddenly exploded behind them, and the earth wall trembled and a cloud of dust fell.

A cannon shot.

The author has something to say: warning + guarantee

Still continue the previous bumpy plot warning, there are knives and knives and knives, HEHEHE.

Thanks to the little angel of water beauty for the grenade!

Thank you Baa Pu, Sauvignon Blanc, Jiu Xian, Chen Yu, Luan Cheng, Xiao Xiao Chun Yu for their nutrient solutions~