The fighting on the western front of Rio de Janeiro was short and fierce. In fact, it was not a battle at all, because it was just a planned air raid from beginning to end.

The Brazilian Army's most powerful 1st Armored Division didn't even have time to take the necessary defensive posture before its entire command center was completely wiped out.

With the death of the division commander and the chief of staff, the 1st Armored Division fell into a state of disarray. When the bombing ended and the troops returned to peace, the commanders of the three main regiments came to the place where the division commander fell, and everyone was confused.

"What happened? The division commander didn't die from the bombing. This was a wound caused by a large-caliber firearm, at least 12.7mm caliber."

"Yes! The Chief of Staff has the same wounds. The enemy is no more than 800 meters away. Are these guys crazy to bomb the area so fiercely?"

A dark and strong middle-aged man with a moustache followed the direction where the chief of staff fell and looked towards the dense forest not far away.

After hearing what he said, the people around him all felt a chill down their spines.

"We have been targeted for a long time. The bombing target this time is very clear, and most of the firepower is concentrated on the division headquarters. It seems that the Ministry of Defense is very clear about our situation."

"What should we do now? Continue to follow the division commander's instructions and head to Rio de Janeiro to occupy the presidential palace?"

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"Are you tired of living? One bombing is not enough, do you want another one?"

"This time we didn't discover their whereabouts in advance. Will you allow them to bomb without any vigilance next time?"

"Do you think we can get into Rio de Janeiro even if we are prepared?"

"Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Now we have come here under the leadership of the division commander. Can we avoid being held accountable if we stop now?"

Hearing this, everyone fell silent. Yes! They had already followed their superiors and taken the first step. It was too late to regret now. After all, the power had already been sent out and they had not expressed any objections, which meant that they were also on the side of the rebels.

"But now that the division commander and the chief of staff are dead, we have to choose someone to serve as the commander-in-chief!"

A gleam of light flashed in the bearded officer's eyes, and he spoke slowly and calmly.

When the other two heard this, their faces changed at the same time, and a hint of vigilance and excitement flashed in their eyes.

"I am the head of a regiment. I take the position of commander naturally."

"What are you thinking? I am the most senior commander in our division. Based on seniority, I should be the commander!"

"You two, it's not appropriate for you to rush to seize the position of commander now that the division commander's body is still warm. Besides, we are still in the war zone. The division commander and his men were shot dead here. Are you sure the killer has left?"

Upon hearing this, the two team leaders could not help but shrink their necks and looked towards the dense forest not far away again with some nervousness.

"Yes, yes, it's not safe here. Let's go to my regiment headquarters and discuss our next plan!"

"Why should I come to your regiment headquarters? Look at how your regiment behaved when we were bombed just now. You just rushed the tanks into the grassland. What were you doing? You were making a sitting duck for others! You want to be the commander-in-chief with this level of ability. Ugh!"

"You talk as if you are so great. Look at the people in your regiment. They drove the tanks directly into the jungle, and those tanks haven't crawled out of the pit yet! This is because the enemy has no armored troops to fight us, otherwise, your regiment would have lost several tanks before the battle even started!"

Seeing that the two men were about to fight, the bearded officer stepped forward to stop them and said:

"Calm down, both of you. Calm down. This is the most difficult time for our First Armored Division. Let's stop arguing and think of ways to solve the problem at hand first!"

It was not difficult to see from the conversation between the two that no one was willing to give in to the other, and everyone wanted to seize the opportunity to take over the command of the armored division. Although the bearded officer looked like a good man, he tried his best to mediate the conflict between the two.

In fact, the other two people quarreled because of his deliberate instigation. He threw away the command power, causing the two people to fight for it, while he stood by and fanned the flames and tried to stop the fight.

After the two of them quarreled and became opposed to each other, he became a good friend with both sides, and then he would naturally have the opportunity to benefit from it.

"Problem? What kind of problem is that? The Ministry of National Defense doesn't think that a few planes alone can make us retreat! If you have the guts, pull their planes to the ground and fight them against our tanks. I want to see whose combat power is stronger."

When the bearded officer heard this, he felt that his entire world view was refreshed. He couldn't understand how such a guy could become the commander of the country's main armored regiment.

"Listen, is this reasonable? Their planes are born to fight in the sky. Why should they give up their advantages and stay on the ground to fight you? Why don't you send your tanks into the sky and compete with them in flying speed?"

"Hey! I have a bad temper. You are determined to make things difficult for me today, right?"

Seeing that the two were about to fight again, the bearded officer also felt a headache. If they continued like this, let alone continuing to march towards Rio de Janeiro, it would be a good thing if they didn't start a fight among themselves.

"Please wait, both of you. Let me tell you something fair, okay?"

"Okay, go ahead!" "You go ahead!"

"From what I heard from you two, you are not planning to retreat, right?"

"Of course, we have come this far, how can we retreat? If we retreat, we will probably die too, so we might as well go all the way to the end!"

"That's right. Didn't you hear the order from the Ministry of National Defense? All of our regiment commanders have been dismissed by the Ministry of National Defense. If we withdraw, we will no longer be the regiment commanders."

Hearing this, the bearded officer could only sigh slightly. In fact, at this time, he no longer wanted to continue to advance to Rio de Janeiro. However, as the other party said, if he gave up the action, he would not be able to be the head of the regiment. Instead of retreating, it is better to give it a try. Anyway, there is no force in Rio de Janeiro that can stop them.

"Since everyone wants to continue to advance towards Rio, and everyone wants to be the commander, I think we should make a bet! We can simply divide our forces into three groups and advance forward. Whoever occupies the Presidential Palace first will be our commander. Let's see if this works!"

The other two were stunned when they heard this. From what he said, it turned out that this guy also wanted to be the commander! You can't judge a person by his appearance!

The two men looked at each other involuntarily, and then looked at the bearded officer meaningfully.

"Okay, I accept this bet. My group will definitely be the first to occupy the Presidential Palace!"

“Haha… Think about whether you can get through the air blockade first! Don’t let yourself get killed by the enemy’s planes before you even enter Rio de Janeiro.”

"It's still unclear who will be killed in the explosion! Don't change the subject, just tell me whether you want to bet or not!"

"Bet, why not! I'm looking forward to your expressions when you salute me! Haha..."

At this moment, a trace of disdain flashed in the bearded officer's eyes, and the corner of his eyes could not help but sweep over the body of the division commander on the ground. He had already made up his mind to find a suitable time to send the other party to his death.

Soon, the three of them went their separate ways and headed towards Rio de Janeiro from different directions.

Unlike the 1st Armored Division, the 102nd Motorized Infantry Division, which did not have much armored defense, suffered far greater losses after the bombing than the 1st Armored Division.

The jeep that the division commander was riding in was even directly hit by an aerial bomb and turned into a brilliant fireball. Because it was a counterinsurgency operation, the main bombing targets of the aviation force were Aston Martin jeeps that only officers were qualified to ride.

Such precision bombing paralyzed the command system of the entire 102nd Motorized Infantry Division on the spot, and almost no officers above the regimental level were spared. As a result, the entire 102nd Motorized Infantry Division immediately collapsed.

In this situation, an inconspicuous captain officer stepped forward, gathered most of the scattered soldiers, and sent a report to the Ministry of National Defense that the rebellion of the 102nd Division had been quelled.

Later, according to the report from the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, it was learned that this inconspicuous captain was precisely the intelligence officer planted by the Intelligence Agency in the 102nd Motorized Infantry Division.

The rebellion of the 1st Armored Division and the 102nd Motorized Infantry Division not only caused a brief chaos in the Brazilian Presidential Palace and the Ministry of Defense, but also caused large-scale riots in society.

A large number of Rio de Janeiro citizens began to find ways to flee as soon as they received news of the rebellion. However, because the train station was occupied by the rebels, ordinary people could not escape the city by train.

Because of the air traffic control by the Ministry of Defense, planes could not take off. The only options were to leave the city by boat or car. This caused the ticket price at the Rio de Janeiro shipping terminal to increase tenfold in one day, and it was difficult to get a ticket.

The entire traffic out of the city was almost paralyzed, with fleeing vehicles and pedestrians everywhere.

What's even worse is that many people took the opportunity to disrupt social order and carried out violent acts such as looting and smashing in the city. Fortunately, the Ministry of National Defense had anticipated this situation and all police officers had already gone out to maintain order, so that these riots did not cause greater losses.

What’s interesting is that many Americans in Rio de Janeiro fled to the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, but were directly turned away by the embassy, ​​which made the streets outside the embassy crowded.

The Brazilian police needed to maintain order on the streets, and no one went to the U.S. Embassy area to maintain order. This gave many Brazilian thugs an opportunity and they began to gather in the U.S. Embassy area.

They certainly did not come here to seek refuge, but to rob the fat sheep. In just over three hours, nearly a thousand serious robberies occurred near the Embassy Street.

The guards inside the U.S. Embassy were forced to rush out to maintain order, but they could only maintain order and had no right to arrest or attack lawbreakers and criminals.

After seeing this clearly, the criminals simply restrained their actions slightly and had no intention of stopping at all.

This caused huge losses to American citizens outside the embassy area. Under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, American citizens outside the embassy began to launch fierce protests against the US Embassy's behavior of not allowing American citizens to enter the embassy for refuge.

Finally, everyone started to confront the embassy guards directly, overturned the embassy fence, and rushed directly into the embassy area.

Seeing that the rebellion in Brazil had led to the US embassy being stormed by its own citizens, the US ambassador had to shamelessly begin asking the Brazilian government for help.

But in this chaotic situation, the Brazilian government did not even have the troops to suppress the rebellion, so how could it have the time to care about the life and death of the American embassy. Moreover, President Scalia knew the situation of the rebellion very well, so how could he agree to transfer limited troops to help the Americans maintain order?

Finally, under the coordination of the Brazilian government, two police officers from the Rio de Janeiro Police Department rushed to the embassy area to maintain order. But in such a huge chaos, what effect could two police officers have?

What's more, those who wanted to storm the US Embassy were all American citizens, and they didn't take the two policemen seriously at all. The two policemen didn't dare to point fingers at a group of American citizens at the gate of the US Embassy.

So, the final result is that it is still useless.

Fortunately, the two rebel groups were severely damaged by the Brazilian Air Force. The 102nd Motorized Infantry Division turned back to the camp and returned to the control of the Ministry of National Defense. The 1st Armored Division was hit head-on and the news that the division commander was killed on the spot soon reached Rio de Janeiro.

The crowds of people who were fleeing in a hurry were calmed down. Some brave people simply gave up fleeing and waited to see how the situation changed.

The team that was originally trying to escape suddenly split into a group of people who went against the current.

At this time, in the conference room of the Ministry of National Defense's counterinsurgency command, a group of officers were having a heated discussion around a map of Rio de Janeiro.

"The commander and chief of staff of the First Armored Division have both been killed, but the remaining three regiment commanders still dare to attack us. It seems that they are determined to continue the rebellion."

"I guess these guys are just taking advantage of the fact that we don't have armored forces. Now they are divided into three groups. If we can't deal with them all at once, once they rush into the city, we really won't be able to do anything to them.

We can’t let the air force bomb directly in the city!”

"Then we will find a way to prevent them from entering the city. Isn't the 103rd Motorized Infantry Division in the south rebelling? We can order them to build a defense line on the western front and stop all the troops of the 1st Armored Division outside the city."

"Are you stupid? You want a motorized infantry division to stop the attack of an armored division. Are you kidding me that they won't die fast enough?

Besides, the 103rd Motorized Infantry Division is a fence-sitter. If you let them stop the 1st Armored Division, they might defect to the front line, and then we will be in even greater trouble."

"Don't we still have the air force? At worst we can just bomb them all the way and make it difficult for their tanks to move. I don't believe that they can stop the bombs falling from the sky just by running on the ground."

Everyone was discussing this, and their expressions were much better than when they first learned about the rebellion of the two armies. General Crook, who was standing by, heard everyone's discussion, but did not speak out to stop them.

From their discussion, he could see that everyone's confidence had been restored, so he was naturally happy to see it happen. As for the three armored regiments that were now rapidly advancing towards the city, he did not take them too seriously.

After all, he still has a few cards in his hand that he hasn't played yet!