Chapter 513: The Great Uprising Collapses (3rd update, please subscribe)
“Damn it!”
In the study of the manor, General Haldane paced back and forth a little anxiously, holding a pipe in his hand.
"What a despicable bunch of guys! They are basically doing a purge. Yes, they are doing a purge. They want to use the assassination to completely wipe all of us out of this world!"
“Let’s do it!”
Martinez said excitedly.
"Since they won't let us live, we will fight them to the end!"
"Yes, General, give the order! For our honor!"
What is for honor?
They have no honor to speak of. The so-called honor is actually for money. If it was for honor, they would not have surrendered.
The reason why they keep shouting that they are doing this for honor is because all of them are in a dilemma.
Either life or death.
There is no other choice.
Turning around to look at his somewhat excited subordinates - his former subordinates, Holden took a deep puff of his cigarette and then said.
"Since everyone has decided, let's do it! We must reorganize our army! Otherwise, we will lose everything. Our estate and our property will all be taken away by them. After you return to the estate, gather everyone and tell them that this is for Argentina, for our freedom!"
"For the freedom of Argentina!"
Several lieutenant colonels and majors in the study shouted excitedly.
If they were outdoors, they might even get so excited that they pulled out their pistols and fired into the air.
Soon, they all rode back to the manor. After they left, Holden came out and gave orders to the butler.
"Adam, gather everyone and bring weapons!"
A manor is a small town with thousands of people living in it. They plant and graze for the manor owner, and of course, they also serve in the army for the manor owner. At the butler's call, the men put on worn-out military uniforms, picked up weapons, and rode on horses.
banner!
The Argentine flag was flying and teams of people were marching on the road leading to the city.
Just as they began to gather, the local gendarmes had already learned the news. After sending a telegram to their superiors about the rebellion, the gendarmes and the garrison immediately gathered together and set up positions outside the city.
The news of Haldane's rebellion spread like a whirlwind in the nearby estates, and people continued to join his troops along the way. Without exception, they all carried the Argentine flag and encouraged each other.
"Gentlemen, for Argentina!"
“For Argentina!”
The officers riding on their horses encouraged each other with smiles on their faces, as if at this moment, they had regained their former...power!
Yes, in the past they were militia commanders, generals, colonels, officers, and officials, but after the Ming people came, they lost everything.
Now, they are going to take it all back!
Of course, there are also many patriots among these people who truly love Argentina. Many of them are just ordinary farmers. The reason they took up arms is simply because of their love for their motherland.
Of course, they had no idea how impure those gentlemen's motives were.
Just as they were approaching the city, several people on horseback came from the direction of the city, shouting as they rode their horses wildly.
"The Nanhua Army, the Nanhua Army has escaped!"
The sudden good news made Holden and others stunned at first, and then everyone cheered. The officers even drew out their pistols, fired while running to tell others the good news.
"Gentlemen, the South Chinese have escaped, the South Chinese have escaped..."
While Haldane and his men were celebrating the "liberation" of Antrelios, these people did not know that they had become the target of public criticism.
Of course they wouldn't understand. Now for these people, they are just immersed in the joy of victory, as if at this moment today, Argentina has been restored.
“It’s just amazing!”
Upon learning that there were people who were so blind as to launch a rebellion, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but give Holden a thumbs up.
"Holdan's rebellion proves that the so-called 'Restoration Committee' does exist. Now, we must strike with an iron fist and completely annihilate this group of rebels. At the same time, we must use a heavy fist to completely crush the ambitions of those people!"
Even more perfect than planned!
Some people actually chose to rebel!
This is simply like giving a pillow to someone who is sleepy. Is there anything better than this?
Rebellion!
This is a head that has been delivered to my door. If I don’t chop it off, I would be letting down their kindness!
"Send out the airships and armored vehicles to eliminate them once and for all!"
"Your Majesty, isn't this a bit of an overreaction? This is like using a butcher knife to kill a chicken!"
In response to Wang Youling's surprise, Zhu Xianhai just laughed.
"Kill a chicken with a butcher knife? If you're going to kill me, what's wrong with using a butcher knife? This time, not only will I kill you, but I'll also kill you to bring about ten or twenty years of peace! Let them know what thunderous means are!"
As he finished speaking, Zhu Xianhai added.
"We want everyone to experience the wrath of thunder! From now on, even if they have only a slight thought in their minds, they will be terrified when they think of Antrelios! We... must completely raze the entire Antrelios to the ground! We will bomb it with airships!"
What is the age of breech-loading rifles without revolution?
Zhu Xianhai is not quite sure, but now is the time to let those people experience what it means to be free of rebellion in the aviation age.
On this day, with the issuance of an order, the fate of Antreyos was sealed. In the early morning of the next day, forty-six airships of the Ming Dynasty's floating force took off from the airship field west of Yingtian City. They lined up in neat rows in the air and roared towards Antreyos.
That morning, when the airship troops arrived at Antrerios and the roar of the engines came from far away, people in the city all looked up at the sky in horror.
"Airship, it's an airship!"
It was not until the airship was in the air that the people here realized how naive and ridiculous they were. They screamed in fear and the streets were crowded with people who were running around blindly. At the same time, men rode horses and drove carts, fleeing desperately out of the city with their families. Vehicles were crowded in the streets, and people were screaming and crying everywhere.
Once upon a time, they were cheering for the local "liberation" and singing the Argentine national anthem, as if Argentina had really regained its independence.
And where are you now?
Fear took away everyone's reason. What they were afraid of was the airship in the sky. After all, it had destroyed Buenos Aires.
When people were fleeing out of the city desperately, Holden opened his eyes wide, staring at the sky, his lips trembling slightly. Until then, he realized how naive he was. He was not facing the Argentine army, but an army that could launch attacks in the sky.
The roar of the engine rolled in like a raging wave, and finally, when flying over the city, the bombs began to be dropped.
Bombs weighing up to 50 kilograms whizzed down into the city. Amid the violent explosions, even the most solid brick and stone buildings collapsed. Even the church was destroyed in the earth-shaking bombing.
The whistling sound of the bombs brought destruction and death to the city. The decorated buildings of No. 4 Middle School that they were once proud of were razed to the ground in the bombing. Churches, municipal buildings, and of course many luxurious houses of the rich were also turned into ruins in the bombing.
Just as people in the city were fleeing, dozens of armored vehicles drove over to the grassland outside the city. Before the rebels could even resist, rapid machine gun fire rang out on the grassland. Everything was doomed from the beginning.
Their so-called resistance is nothing but a joke. In fact, everything was doomed from the very beginning.
It's just that these people who are in desperate situations want to grasp the last straw to save their lives. They fantasize about victory and that they can save everything through resistance, but the so-called resistance brings destruction.
The destruction was unprecedented. In the bombing, the entire city was razed to the ground. Everything became a thing of the past. Only the people crying and hugging their loved ones in the ruins reminded everyone what had happened here...
(End of this chapter)
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