C2119 The Boiling London (2/2)
Not only that, the Prime Minister Benjamin had also ordered the Army and Navy to mobilize a portion of their emergency forces to the edge of the city.
Benjamin really wanted all of these Chinese to die, but he absolutely could not die in London or in Britain!
All of these preparations were for today. The police department had finally calculated that there were close to a hundred thousand foreign guests who came to watch the ceremony. This kind of diplomatic event was truly rare, and the people of London would all go watch it.
A preliminary estimate was that this welcoming ceremony would cause more than three hundred thousand people to crowd onto the two sides of the street Tongzhi and the Emperor were walking on.
Otherwise, the three hundred thousand citizens who came to watch the show would not be able to take it!
The chaos reached its peak today, and the Chief of Police guarding the Tower Bridge did not sleep the entire night. The police of the entire city rode their horses and passed down orders back and forth.
”Hurry up! Urgent... ”More than 3,000 people suddenly poured out of Paddington. Our police force is not strong enough to ask for reinforcements …”
”Waterloo Bridge is overcrowded. People have already fallen into the water … ”Request for help, request for help!”
”West district, there are crowds on Twelfth Street. We're in the process of evacuating …”
”Unimaginable! ”It's really out of our expectations. There are way more people than we have expected …”
One by one, urgent requests for help was gathered to Tower Bridge, who was in a room inside the tower bridge. From the window, he could see the pier and the beautiful welcoming ceremony, where all the fresh flowers were already in place.
Chief of Police, whose head was drenched in sweat, anxiously shouted, ”Where's the subway? Is the subway safe? ”Oh god, it's fine if the streets are crowded, at least people won't die. We can't let anything happen to the subway, we'll step on them …”
The London subway system was the first subway system in the history of mankind. It was also the transportation hub that had to be built as the City of London city expanded continuously.
In 1863, the Metropolitan Line was the first subway station and also the pride of the British Industrial Revolution. In the era when the Qing Dynasty was still engaged in the final battle with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the British already possessed an incomparably sci-fi underground rail line. It was clear from this how big of a gap there was between the East and the West.
Chief of Police's worry was justified. The current Metropolis Line was packed to the brim, and all the police forces at the third floor of the entrance were unable to cope with the surging tide of people.
”Back...” Everyone back... One by one, they got off the subway! ”
”My hat, my hat is missing …”
”Child, you squeezed into my child's hand …”
”Oh my god, you bunch of trash, did the taxes from the people raise you idiots?”
The police blocked the entrance with their bodies, leaving a small gap for the crowd to enter. They knew that once the opening was opened, the crowd would rush in, and there would be disaster.
”Ladies and gentlemen! Gentlemen... It's too dangerous. All of you get in at once, and even the subway can't hold so many of you! ”
”Please back away... please step back... Oh God, who kicked my cock? It hurts so bad … ”Damn it!”