crazy!
For the people of San Diego on April 1, 1866, if they had known what was about to happen on that day, this would have been the only thought in their minds.
Not crazy!
But a madman!
They are absolutely crazy!
The carriages arrived at the Presidential Palace in a swaggering manner, without any cover-up. After several carriages stopped in front of the La Moneda Palace, the guards in front looked at these carriages in surprise, and looked at them jumping out of the carriages in confusion.
The soldiers who came down, where did they come from?
"Major."
The second lieutenant on duty glanced at the soldiers behind Major Fei Qian and said doubtfully.
"Where are you from?"
"It was Colonel Heinrich who ordered us to come over and strengthen the security of the presidential palace."
Colonel Heinrich was aide-de-camp to the Minister of War,
"But we didn't receive the order."
"This order was issued temporarily,"
Major Fei Qian took out a piece of paper and handed it to the second lieutenant.
"This is a transfer order from the War Department."
Of course, the so-called transfer order is fake, but even if it is fake, the second lieutenant has no ability to check the authenticity now. After all, in this day and age, there is not even a telephone, how can he check?
When he spoke, he even said a little dissatisfied.
"Hurry up and report to that guy Andler to arrange a place for us. We all need to sleep again."
"Major, Major Andler, he is not here, please and your subordinates come with me...Major, Major, you, you are..."
The next moment, the second lieutenant said nothing. With his chest pressed against the barrel of the gun, he looked at the major nervously.
"Stop talking, this is a military coup!"
Military coup!
The second lieutenant opened his eyes wide with surprise. What did he say?
"When the minister becomes president, all of you will be promoted!"
What?
what did he say?
Military coup!
This was a military coup. This action was not a storm attack at all, but a "military coup" in Chilean military uniforms. Even when An Fusheng attacked the presidential palace, his men divided their troops, except for the one along the way.
In addition to attacking military camps, other tasks include arresting ministers and congressmen.
At least on the surface, this looks like a military coup.
However, no one knows that the military coup is just a disguise. But this disguise can minimize the opponent's resistance. After all, the defenders themselves are also members of the military.
"Major, I-I don't quite understand."
The second lieutenant said nervously.
"You don't need to understand, do you want to die or live? If you want to live, take us into the barracks. After disarming, everything will return to normal tomorrow. If you want to die..."
The answer is obvious. The guards who were controlled immediately chose to cooperate. Facing the muzzles and daggers pressed against their chests, they had no idea of resisting. Soon, the guards in the barracks also became
After the prisoners woke up, although they were a little confused about the sudden military coup, most of them chose to obey.
Many of them even speculated who initiated this military coup.
Military rebellion, this is simply the most common method in South American countries!
It wasn't until they were imprisoned that an officer noticed something was wrong - these soldiers didn't speak from the beginning to the end.
"Why don't they talk?"
Then I noticed that the weapons they used didn't seem to be right. They were all Spencer's rifles.
But at this time, it was too late to say anything. With their hands tied, they could only watch helplessly as these people took control of the entire presidential palace.
It’s over!
This is not a coup!
It doesn't matter now!
After a while, An Fusheng went straight to the president's bedroom upstairs!
The La Moneda Palace in 1866 was definitely not the presidential palace more than a hundred years later. The La Moneda Palace at this time had no precautions at all. In other words, most of the royal palaces and presidential palaces in Western countries in this era were not. They are all careless in taking precautions. The powerful people who have not been baptized by the wave of anarchist assassinations from the late 19th century to the early 20th century still have little awareness of safety precautions.
After more than a hundred guardsmen were disarmed in the barracks, the second floor of La Moneda Palace was completely opened to the assault.
It wasn't until An Fusheng and his party arrived outside the president's bedroom that they were intercepted by President Peres's personal bodyguards. When the bodyguards guarding the door discovered An Fusheng and others, they fired directly.
"Bah!"
The gunfire was very loud in the middle of the night. When the gunfire came from outside the bedroom, President Peres was woken up. When he opened his eyes, the first thing that came to his mind was that there was a fire.
But the next moment, the continuous gunshots made him aware of the danger.
Gunshots!
"Honey, what's going on?"
the wife asked in horror.
"Maybe something happened, bring the gun..."
Just when Perez got up and wanted to get his gun, the door was knocked open and a group of soldiers walked in with guns in hand.
"Who are you?"
Facing the soldiers who broke in, Perez was relatively calm.
"Mr. President, you are captured!"
What?
captive?
When Perez looked at these soldiers who came from nowhere, violent explosions occurred one after another in the military camp outside the city. When the commandos entered the attacking military camp, they encountered extremely stubborn resistance.
"Blow open the wall and push the machine gun through!"
After giving the order, Zhang Pengju frowned. The troops actually encountered a patrol near the military camp, and the battle naturally began. Although the patrol was easily eliminated with overwhelming firepower, there was a surprise outside the military camp. There was resistance.
"Machine gun cover!"
Under the cover of the powerful firepower of two Gatling machine guns, several commandos carried boxes of explosives and approached the base of the military camp wall. With several loud noises, the wall collapsed and the commandos immediately rushed in. , they threw grenades and fired rifles at the Chileans who were hiding in the barracks and resisting.
Suddenly there were explosions everywhere in the military camp. The Chilean soldiers guarding the military camp fought back completely instinctively. They had no idea what was happening. The officers were not in the military camp. There were only a few officers on duty in the military camp. There were no Under the command of the officers, their resistance was quickly defeated, especially when the commandos threw grenades into the barracks through the doors and windows. With the continuous explosions, the Chilean soldiers who were blamed were shouted.
"We surrender, we surrender..."
They surrendered because they saw that the people attacking the barracks were Chilean troops wearing the same military uniforms as them.
Whose subordinates are they?
Why attack the military camp?
Although no one knows the reason, what is certain is that the Chilean military uniforms they wore minimized people's resistance.
This chapter has been completed!