Chapter 253 Who launched the coup? (3rd update, please subscribe)

As usual, when Justo, a reporter, was writing an article, the sound of footsteps coming from the street interrupted his thoughts. At first, he didn't notice anything unusual, but soon he found that there were many people on the street, and the footsteps were a little unusual.

"Why are there so many people on the street at this late hour?"

Confused, Justo opened the window and in the dim light of the street lamps, he caught a glimpse of hundreds of soldiers carrying rifles and marching forward. The footsteps were made by them.

Who are they?

Before Justo could figure out what was going on, the patrolman he met at the intersection was disarmed by the soldiers.

What's going on?

Justo was a little confused. How did the army enter the city?

While I was wondering, there were bursts of rapid gunfire in the night sky, even mixed with some explosions.

Where did the fight break out?

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 team of soldiers, not too close but not too far away, and watched them go directly to the wealthy area where many congressmen and senior government officials lived. Before they reached the corner of the street, he heard a gunshot.

Justo rushed over and saw the soldiers charging into the rich area with guns pointed. A bodyguard fell down amid the gunfire, and the others retreated in a hurry. Then the soldiers rushed over with rifles, and the bayonets on the guns gleamed in the light of the street lamps.

Amid the sound of gunfire, lights in the houses along the road lit up, and gunshots echoed from time to time inside and outside the buildings. It must be the bodyguards resisting the attack of the soldiers. The soldiers kept breaking into the buildings along the roadside, and then dragged out the owners of the houses - they were all members of Congress and ministers. When those ministers were dragged out, they were still questioning loudly.

"Who are you?"

But the soldiers seemed to turn a deaf ear to them and just tied the hands of the dignitaries and threw them into the carriages.

By this time, Justo knew it all too well - a military mutiny!

Someone launched a military coup!

But who could it be?

Who wants to overthrow President Perez? Justo had too many doubts in his mind, but it was obvious that no one would answer his questions at this time, but he still took the initiative to walk over. He wanted to find out what was going on, so he rushed to the side of the street and walked to a soldier.

"Hey, sir, whose subordinates are you?"

It was only then that 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 not to understand what he was saying and ignored him completely. Then an officer ran over, waving his weapon and shouting.

"Come back into the house! Come back into the house!"

"Sir, I'm a reporter, I have the right to interview!"

"You have no power. If you want to live, get out of here!"

The officer yelled and cursed, and he even raised his pistol. Seeing this, Justo dared not argue.

After being sent back home, Justo was at his wit's end and could only pace back and forth in the room.

What is going on?

Whose subordinates are these rebels?

Not to mention Justo, even the officials of the British Embassy were equally curious. John Duke, the ambassador to Chile, looked towards the direction of the Presidential Palace from time to time.

"Rebellion? How can there be a military rebellion?"

The reason why Ambassador Duque came up with such an idea was that he knew very well that Perez's rule was relatively stable and a rebellion, especially a military rebellion like this, was basically unlikely to occur.

"Could it be that the French have interfered in the affairs here?"

Thinking of this, Duke once again gave instructions to his subordinates.

"Neil, as soon as the sun rises, go out and find out what happened. We need to find out who started the rebellion, who took control of Santiago, and most importantly, whether the French have interfered in Chile's 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 guarantee their interests in Araucania by supporting the rebellion. But what about the French? Now the French emperor has extended his hand not only to Mexico but also to South America. From Paraguay to Chile, there are French shadows everywhere.

If it was that emperor, Chile's affairs would become more complicated.

Military coup!

Who launched this military mutiny?

Even if Duke racked his brains, he would never have imagined that this was not a "military coup" at all, but a premeditated attack!

It was a surprise attack!

Faced with a commando force of more than a thousand people, this city with a population of 170,000, the capital of Chile, was completely unprepared.

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 of various countries, they all tried to find out what had happened through their own channels, but they did not receive any information. They only knew that the congressmen and ministers had been arrested by the rebels and were taken to the presidential palace.

Outside the Presidential Palace, several bronze cannons were pointing straight ahead, and in the brightly lit hall, the arrested ministers and congressmen were all looking around in confusion.

What...exactly happened?

The Secretary of War?

Just as the congressmen were thinking about this, they saw General Odria, the Minister of War, also being brought in.

In fact, when General Odria was captured at home, facing the black muzzle of a gun, the first thought that came to his mind was that someone was rebelling.

He even guessed who started the rebellion - it must be General De La Cruz, the guy who had started a rebellion a few years ago, but in the face of the Mapuche invasion, at his suggestion, the president pardoned General De La Cruz. It must be that guy, the guy was fighting the rebels in the south, and perhaps he had compromised with the rebels.

Perhaps... the Minister of War felt unprecedented anger and betrayal at this moment!

How could General de la Cruz betray Chile?

How could he do that?

When General Odria was brought in, the hall suddenly became chaotic when they saw him being arrested as well. Everyone was asking the same question - who started the rebellion!

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(End of this chapter)