Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

Chapter 722 Rebellion 2

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

The Brazilian Army's most powerful 1st Armored Division didn't even have time to take a proper defensive posture before the entire command was completely destroyed.

With the death of the division commander and chief of staff, the 1st Armored Division fell into a leaderless state. When the bombing ended and the team returned to calm, and when the leaders of the three main regiments came to the place where the division commander fell, everyone was confused.

“What’s going on? The division commander didn’t die from the bombing. This was a wound caused by a large-caliber firearm, at least 12.7mm in diameter.”

"Yes! The wounds on the chief of staff are the same. The enemy is no more than 800 meters away from here. Are these guys crazy for bombing the area so fiercely?"

A dark, middle-aged man with a mustache looked towards the dense forest not far away in the direction where the chief of staff fell.

 Several people around him felt a chill running down their spines after hearing what he said.

"Ours has been targeted for a long time. The target of this bombing is very clear. Most of the firepower is concentrated on the division headquarters. It seems that the Ministry of National Defense is very aware of our situation."

“What should we do now? Continue to follow the division commander’s instructions to go to Rio de Janeiro and occupy the presidential palace?”

“Are you tired of living? One bombing is not enough, do you want to be bombed again?”

“This time we didn’t discover their whereabouts in advance. Will you still let them bomb without warning?”

“Do you think we can drive into Rio de Janeiro smoothly even if we are prepared?”

"There is no turning back when the bow is fired. Now that we have arrived 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 taken the first step with their commander, and now it was too late to go back. After all, the power supply had been sent out, and they did not express any objection, which meant that they were also on the side of the rebels.

“But now that the division commander and chief of staff are dead, we must choose someone to be the commander-in-chief!”

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

Hearing this, the faces of the other two people all changed, and a trace of vigilance and excitement flashed in their eyes.

 “I am the commander of a regiment, and I take the position of commander as my duty.”

"What good things are you thinking about? I am the oldest regiment commander in our division. In terms of seniority, I should definitely be the commander!"

"You two, now that the division commander's body is still cold, it seems inappropriate for you to rush to seize the commander's position! Moreover, we are still in a war zone. The division commander and others were killed here, so you must be sure that the killer has left. ?"

Upon hearing this, the two captains couldn't help but shrink their necks and looked nervously at the dense forest not far away again.

“Yes, yes, it’s not safe here. Let’s go to my regiment headquarters together and discuss the next plan!”

"Why did you come to your regiment headquarters? Look at the performance of your regiment when it was bombed. It rushed the tank directly into the grassland. What was it doing? It was a living target for others! You can't think of it at this level. Be the commander-in-chief. Bah!"

"You sound like you are very powerful. Look at the people in your regiment who drove the tanks directly into the jungle. Those tanks have not climbed out of the pits yet! This means that the enemy does not have armored troops to hedge against us. Otherwise, Your regiment will lose a few tanks before the war even starts!"

Seeing that the two men were about to fight, the bearded officer quickly stepped forward to stop him:

“Both of you, please calm down, calm down, this is the most difficult period for our First Armored Division. Let’s stop arguing and come up with ways to solve the problems at hand!”

From the conversations of several people, it is not difficult to see that in fact, no one obeys anyone, and everyone wants to take the opportunity to take command of this armored division. Despite the fact that the bearded officer seemed to be a nice gentleman, he tried his best to mediate the conflicts between the two.

In fact, the reason why the other two people quarreled was because of his deliberate instigation, throwing out the command and causing the two to fight, but he stood aside and stopped the fight.

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

"Problem? What's the problem? The Ministry of National Defense doesn't think that just a few planes can make us retreat! If there is a way to pull their planes to the ground and compete with our tanks, I would like to see it. Who is more powerful in combat?"

When the bearded officer heard this, he felt that his whole outlook had been refreshed. He couldn't understand how a guy like this could become the commander of the main armored regiment in the country.

"Listen, are you talking about this? Aircrafts are born to fight in the sky. Why should they give up their own advantages and stop on the ground to fight you? Why don't you say that you will send your tanks to the sky? Go, let’s compete with them in terms of flight speed?”

 “Hey! With my bad temper, you must have trouble with me today, right?”

 Seeing that the two were about to fight again, the bearded officer also felt a headache. If he continued like this, not to mention continuing to march to Rio de Janeiro, it would be good if he didn't start a fight himself.

　　"Don't be impatient, you two. Listen to me and say something fair, okay?"

 “Okay, you say it!” “You say it!”

“I heard from you two that you are not planning to retreat, right?”

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

“That’s right, didn’t you hear the order from the Ministry of National Defense? Our regimental commanders have all been dismissed by the Ministry of National Defense. If we go back, the regimental commander will have nothing to do.”

Hearing this, the bearded officer could only sigh slightly. In fact, at this time, he no longer wanted to continue moving towards Rio de Janeiro. However, as the other party said, if he gave up the action, he, the leader, would not be able to do it. Instead of retreating, it was better to give it a go. Anyway, there was no power in Rio de Janeiro that could stop them.

"Since everyone's opinion is to continue to advance to Rio, and they all want to be the commander, I think it's better for everyone to make a bet! We simply divide our troops into three groups and advance forward. Whoever captures the presidential palace first will be the winner. Serve as our commander, see if you can do it!"

The other two people were stunned when they heard this. Judging from the meaning of these words, it turned out that this guy also wanted to be the commander! It’s true that people can’t be judged by their appearance!

The two of them looked at each other involuntarily, and then gave the bearded officer a slightly thoughtful look.

“Okay, I’ll accept this bet. My group will definitely be the first to occupy the Presidential Palace!”

"Haha... You should first think about whether you can pass the air blockade! Don't get killed by the plane from the opposite side before you even enter Rio de Janeiro." "It's not certain who will be killed! Don't change the subject, either. Just tell me whether you want to bet or not!"

 "Bet, why not bet! I'm already 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 he couldn't help but glance at the corpse of the division commander on the ground. I have already made up my mind to find a suitable time to send the other party on their way.

Soon, the three of them separated and drove towards Rio de Janeiro from different directions.

 Different from the 1st Armored Division, the 102nd Motorized Infantry Division, which did not have much armored defense power, suffered much higher losses after being bombed than the 1st Armored Division.

The jeep the division commander was riding in was even directly hit by an aerial bomb and turned into a gorgeous fireball. Because it was a counter-insurgency operation, the aviation's main bombing targets were Aston Martin jeeps, which only officers were eligible to ride.

Such precise bombing paralyzed the entire command system of the 102nd Motorized Infantry Division on the spot, and almost no officers above the regiment level were spared. The consequence of this was that the entire 102nd Motorized Infantry Division collapsed immediately.

In this case, an inconspicuous captain officer stepped forward, collected 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 situation reported by the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, it was learned that this humble captain officer was the intelligence agent placed by the Intelligence Agency in the 102nd Motorized Rifle Division.

  The rebellion of the 1st Armored Division and the 102nd Motorized Infantry Division not only plunged the Brazilian Presidential Palace and the Ministry of Defense into temporary chaos, 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. But because the train station was occupied by rebels, ordinary people could not escape the city by train.

In the air, the plane was unable to take off due to the air control of the Ministry of National Defense. The only options to leave the city are by boat and car. This resulted in the ticket price at the Rio de Janeiro shipping terminal increasing tenfold in one day, making it difficult to get a ticket.

 The entire traffic out of the city has almost come to a standstill, with fleeing vehicles and pedestrians everywhere.

What's even more outrageous is that many people began to take the opportunity to disrupt social order and carried out violent acts such as beating, smashing, and looting in the city. Fortunately, the Ministry of National Defense had already anticipated this situation, and all police officers had already begun to go 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 turned away directly by the U.S. Embassy. This made the streets outside the U.S. Embassy overcrowded.

And the Brazilian police needed to maintain order on the streets, and no one went to the U.S. Embassy District to maintain order. This allowed many Brazilian thugs to find the opportunity and began to gather in the U.S. Embassy District.

Of course they are not coming here to take refuge, but to rob the fat sheep. In just over three hours, nearly a thousand cases of robberies and robberies occurred near Embassy Street.

Forced the guards in the US Embassy to rush out to maintain order, but they could only maintain order and had no right to arrest or attack criminals.

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

This caused huge losses to American citizens outside the embassy area. Driven by some well-intentioned people, American citizens outside the embassy began to launch a fierce protest against the U.S. Embassy's behavior of not allowing American citizens to take refuge inside the embassy.

In the end, 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 triggered an incident in which the U.S. Embassy was attacked by American citizens, the U.S. Ambassador had no choice but to shamelessly ask for help from the Brazilian government.

 But in such a chaotic situation, the Brazilian government does not even have the troops to counter the rebellion, so it has no time to care about the life and death of the US embassy. What's more, President Scalia knew full well the situation of this rebellion, so how could he agree to transfer limited troops to help the Americans maintain order.

Finally, with the coordination of the Brazilian government, two police officers from the Rio de Janeiro Police Department hurried to the embassy district to maintain order. But in such a huge chaos, what effect can two police officers have?

What’s more, the people who wanted to break into the U.S. Embassy were all U.S. citizens, and they didn’t take these two police officers seriously at all. The two police officers were even more afraid to point fingers at a group of American citizens at the entrance of the US Embassy.

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

 Fortunately, the two groups of rebels were severely damaged by the Brazilian aviation force. The 102nd Motorized Infantry Division turned around and returned to camp and returned to the control of the Ministry of Defense. The 1st Armored Division was attacked head-on, and the news that the division commander was killed on the spot quickly spread to Rio de Janeiro.

　　It calmed down the mood of the people who were hurriedly fleeing. Some brave people simply chose to give up escaping and wait and see how the situation changes.

The team that was simply escaping turned out to be a group of people who were going against the current.

At this time, in the conference room of the Counter-insurgency Command of the Ministry of National Defense, a group of military officers were having a heated discussion around a map of Rio de Janeiro.

“The commander and chief of staff of the 1st Armored Division have both been killed, but the remaining three regiment commanders still dare to continue attacking us. It seems that they are determined to rebel to the end.”

"I guess these guys are just bullying us because we don't have armor. Now they are divided into three groups. If we can't deal with them all at once, once they rush into the city, there's really nothing we can do against them."

You can't let the air force bomb directly in urban areas! "

“Then we will find a way to prevent them from rushing into the city. Isn’t there no rebellion in the 103rd Motorized Infantry Division in the south? We ourselves ordered them to build a defense line on the western front and intercept all the troops of the 1st Armored Division outside the city.”

"You are stupid! Let a motorized infantry division block the attack of an armored division. You are not willing to kill them quickly enough!"

 Besides, the 103rd Motorized Infantry Division is originally a wall-mounted force. If you ask them to block the 1st Armored Division, they may defect directly on the front line, and we will be in even greater trouble. "

“Don’t we still have an air force? At worst, we will bomb all the way, making it difficult for their tanks to move. I don’t believe they can stop the bombs falling from the sky if they run on the ground.”

 Everyone was discussing with each other, and the expressions on their faces were much better than when they first learned about the rebellion of the two troops. General Crook heard the discussion and did not stop him.

From the discussions among these people, he could see that everyone's self-confidence was restored, so he was naturally happy to see it happen. As for the three armored regiments that were currently advancing rapidly towards the city, he didn't take them too seriously.

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

 (End of this chapter)