Chapter 252: Invasion? No, this is a military coup (Second update, please subscribe)

Crazy!

For the people of San Diego on April 1, 1866, if they knew what was about to happen that day, this would have been the only thought in their minds.

Not crazy!

But a madman!

They are absolutely a bunch of lunatics!

They actually drove their carriages to the presidential palace without any disguise. After several carriages stopped in front of the La Moneda Palace, the guards in front looked at the carriages in surprise and looked at the soldiers who jumped off the carriages in confusion. Where did they come from?

"Major."

The second lieutenant on duty glanced at the soldier behind Major Fei Qian and asked in confusion.

"Where are you from?"

"Colonel Heinrich ordered us to come and reinforce the security of the presidential palace."

Colonel Heinrich was the aide-de-camp to the Minister of War.

"But we didn't receive any orders."

"This order was issued on short notice,"

Major Fei Qian took out a piece of paper and handed it to the lieutenant.

"This is a transfer order from the War Department."

The so-called transfer order was of course fake, but even if it was fake, the second lieutenant had no ability to verify its authenticity. After all, there were no telephones in those days, so how could he verify it?

As he spoke, he even sounded a little dissatisfied.

"Hurry up and report to Ander and arrange accommodation for us. We all need to get some more sleep."

"Major, Major Andler, he is not here, please follow me with your men... Major, Major, you, you are..."

The next moment, the second lieutenant said nothing, with the gun barrel against his chest, looking at the major nervously.

"Don't talk, this is a military mutiny!"

Military mutiny!

The lieutenant opened his eyes wide, full of surprise. What did he say?

"When the Minister becomes President, all of you will get promoted!"

What?

What did he say?

Military mutiny!

This was a military coup. This action was not a surprise attack at all, but a "military coup" launched in Chilean military uniforms. Even when An Fusheng attacked the presidential palace, his subordinates divided their troops into several routes. In addition to one route attacking the military camp, the others were responsible for carrying out tasks such as arresting ministers and congressmen.

At least on the surface, this looks like a complete military coup.

However, no one knew that the military coup was just a disguise. But this disguise could minimize the other party's resistance. After all, the defenders themselves were also military personnel.

"Major, I, I don't quite understand."

The lieutenant said nervously.

"You don't need to understand. Do you want to live or die? If you want to live, take us into the barracks. After we disarm, everything will return to normal tomorrow. If you want to die..."

The answer is obvious. The controlled guards immediately chose to cooperate. Facing the muzzles of guns and daggers against their chests, they had no intention of resisting. Soon, the guards in the barracks also became prisoners in their sleep. After they woke up, although they were a little confused about the sudden military mutiny, most of them chose to obey.

Many of them even speculated who started the mutiny.

Military mutiny, this is probably the most common approach in South American countries!

It was not until they were detained that an officer noticed something was wrong - the soldiers had not spoken a word the entire time.

"Why aren't they talking?"

Then I noticed that the weapons they were using seemed to be wrong, they were all Spencer repeating rifles.

But at this point, it was too late to say anything. With their hands tied, they could only watch helplessly as these people arrogatedly controlled the entire presidential palace.

It’s over!

This is not a coup!

It doesn’t matter now!

A moment later, 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. At that time, the La Moneda Palace had no precautions at all, or it could be said that most royal palaces or presidential palaces in Western countries at that time were lax in precautions. The dignitaries who had not been baptized by the wave of anarchist assassinations from the late 19th century to the early 20th century had no sense of security awareness.

After the hundred-plus guards were disarmed in the barracks, the second floor of La Moneda Palace was completely open to the assault.

It was not until An Fusheng and his party arrived outside the president's bedroom that they were intercepted by President Perez's personal bodyguards. When the bodyguards outside the door saw An Fusheng and his party, they opened fire.

“Beep!”

There were loud gunshots in the middle of the night. When the gunshots came from outside the bedroom, President Perez was awakened. When he opened his eyes, the first thing that came to his mind was an accidental discharge.

But the next moment, the continuous gunshots made him realize the danger.

Gunshot!

"Honey, what's going on?"

The wife asked in horror.

"Something might have happened, bring the gun over here..."

Just as Perez got up and wanted to get his gun, the door was kicked open and a group of soldiers walked in with guns.

"Who are you?"

Facing the intruding soldiers, Perez remained relatively calm.

"Mr. President, you are captured!"

What?

captive?

As Perez looked at these soldiers who came out of nowhere in confusion, violent explosions occurred one after another in the military camp outside the city. The commandos encountered extremely stubborn resistance when they entered the attacking military camp.

"Blow up the wall and push the machine gun over!"

After giving the order, Zhang Pengju frowned. The troops actually encountered a patrol team near the military camp, and the battle naturally broke out. Although they easily dealt with the patrol team with overwhelming firepower, they encountered resistance outside the military camp.

"Machine gun cover!"

Under the cover of powerful firepower from two Gatling machine guns, several commandos carrying boxes of explosives approached the base of the military camp wall. With several loud noises, the wall collapsed at the moment. The commandos immediately rushed in, throwing grenades and shooting at the Chileans who were hiding in the barracks with rifles.

For a moment, the military camp was filled with explosions. The Chilean soldiers guarding the camp fought back completely instinctively. They had no idea what was happening. The officers were not in the camp. There were only a few officers on duty in the camp. Without the officers' command, their resistance was quickly defeated, especially when the commandos threw grenades into the barracks through the doors and windows, accompanied by continuous explosions. The Chilean soldiers who were caught in the act shouted one after another.

"We surrender, we surrender..."

They surrendered because they saw that the people attacking the barracks were Chilean troops wearing the same uniforms as themselves.

Whose subordinates are they?

Why attack the military camp?

Although no one knows the reason, it is certain that the Chilean military uniforms they wore minimized people's resistance.

(End of this chapter)