As usual, as a reporter, Justo was writing an article when the sound of footsteps coming from the street interrupted his thoughts. At first, he did not notice anything strange, but soon he discovered
There were many people on the street, and the sound of footsteps was a little unusual.
"It's so late at night, how come there are so many people taking to the streets?"
Confused, Justo opened the window, and through the dim light of the street lamp, he caught a glimpse of hundreds of soldiers marching forward with rifles on their shoulders. The sound of footsteps was made by them.
Who are they?
Before Justo could figure out what was going on, the patrolmen encountered at the intersection were disarmed by the soldiers.
How is this going?
Justo was a little confused. Why did the army enter the city?
Suddenly, there were bursts of rapid gunfire in the night sky, even mixed with some explosions.
Where did the fighting begin?
Listening to the gunshots and explosions, an idea came to Justo's mind - rebellion!
"Did a military coup occur?"
Thinking of this, he immediately walked out. As a reporter, Justo hoped to record first-hand information.
After he walked out of the house, he followed the group of soldiers, not too close but not too far away. He watched them go directly to the wealthy area, where many congressmen and senior government officials lived. Before he reached the corner of the street, he heard
to a gunshot.
Justo hurried over and saw those soldiers charging into the rich area with guns in hand. In the sound of gunfire, a man who looked like a bodyguard fell down, and the others hurriedly retreated. Then the soldiers stood up and
He rushed over with his rifle, the bayonet on the gun tip gleaming under the streetlight.
Amidst the gunfire, the lights of the houses on the roadside lit up, and then the gunfire echoed inside and outside the building from time to time. It must be the bodyguards resisting the soldiers' attack. The soldiers kept breaking into the buildings on the roadside, and then destroyed the houses.
The owner dragged them out - all members of Congress and ministers. When the ministers were dragged out, they were still questioning loudly.
"Who are you?"
But the soldiers seemed to turn a deaf ear and just tied the hands of the dignitaries and threw them into the carriage.
By this time, Justo knew it all too well - a military coup!
Someone launched a military coup!
But who could it be?
Who is trying to overthrow President Perez? Justo has too many doubts in his heart, but obviously no one will answer his questions at this time, but he still takes the initiative to go over and want to find out what happened.
When something happened, he rushed directly to the street and walked to a soldier.
"Hey, sir, whose subordinates are you?"
At this time, Justo noticed that these soldiers seemed to be all Indians. Although there were also white people, there were very few white officers.
The other party seemed to not understand what he was saying and ignored him at all. Then an officer ran over, waving the weapon in his hand and rushing towards him, shouting.
"Get in the house! Get back in the house!"
"Sir, I am a reporter and I have the right to interview!"
"You have no power at all. If you want to survive, go back!"
The officer shouted cursingly, and even raised his pistol directly. Seeing this, Justo dared no one to argue.
After being driven home, Justo had no choice but to pace back and forth in the house.
what on earth is it?
Whose subordinates are these rebels?
Not to mention Justo's curiosity, even the officials of the British Embassy were also very curious. As the ambassador to Chile, John Duke looked in the direction of the Presidential Palace from time to time.
"Rebellion? How can there be a military rebellion?"
Ambassador Duke came up with such an idea because he knew very well that Peres' rule was relatively stable and it was basically unlikely that a rebellion would occur, especially a military rebellion like this.
"Could it be that the French are meddling in affairs here?"
Thinking of this, Duke once again ordered his subordinates.
"Neil, as soon as it gets light, go out and find out what happened. We need to find out who started the rebellion, who is in control of Santiago, and most importantly, whether the French have interfered in Chilean affairs!
"
As the British ambassador to Chile, what is Duke most worried about?
It was never a rebellion in the south. He knew very well who supported the rebellion in the south. It was just a colonial company that wanted to ensure their interests in Araucania by supporting the rebellion. But what about the French? The current emperor of France
Not only has it reached out to Mexico but also to South America, from Paraguay to Chile, there are shadows of France everywhere.
If it were that emperor, Chile's affairs would have become more complicated.
Military coup!
Who could have initiated this military upheaval?
Even if Duke tried hard, he would never have guessed that this was not a "military coup" at all, but a deliberate attack!
It was a surprise attack!
Facing a commando force of more than a thousand people, this city with a population of 170,000, the capital of Chile, was completely defenseless.
The resistance of more than 2,000 Chilean soldiers in the military camp lasted less than thirty minutes. As for the resistance in the city... it was almost zero!
As for the ambassadors from various countries, they all tried to find out what happened through their own channels, but they did not receive any news. They only knew that members of Congress and ministers were arrested by the rebels and they were all taken to the Presidential Office.
Mansion.
Outside the presidential palace, several bronze cannons pointed straight ahead, while in the brightly lit hall, the arrested ministers and congressmen all looked around blankly.
This...what exactly happened?
Is it the Secretary of War?
While the congressmen were thinking like this, they saw General Odria, the Minister of War, being escorted over.
In fact, when General Odria was captured at home, facing the dark muzzle of gunfire, the first thought that came to his mind was that there was a rebellion.
He even guessed who started the rebellion - it must be General de la Cruz. That guy had launched a rebellion a few years ago, but in the face of the Mapuche invasion, on his advice, the president pardoned the Germans.
General La Cruz, it must be that guy, that guy is fighting the rebels in the south, maybe he has compromised with the rebels.
Maybe... what the Minister of War felt at this time was unprecedented anger and betrayal!
How could General de la Cruz betray Chile?
How could he do this?
When General Odria was brought in, looking at him who was also arrested, the hall suddenly became chaotic. Everyone was asking one question - who started the rebellion!
This chapter has been completed!