Chapter 512: Twenty-four hours for the coup
At present, Suharto's Army Strategic Reserve is in a standoff with the commander of the Air Force and his own presidential guard. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But from Handayani's words, Sukarno heard a rather unexpected news. That is the perception of the Ministry of Internal Affairs about this matter and the commander of the Air Force Omar? Dani was more consistent, so it seemed that the balance of power in the capital was a little stronger on this side, and after thinking about this, Sukarno took his guards and decided to go to the headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
President Sukarno's response was to ask for clarification, and President Sukarno was very sympathetic to the left-wing forces of the coup d'état, because the army forces had long been in a situation that directly threatened the position of President Sukarno, and President Sukarno's comment on the kidnapping of the generals was that it was natural for such a thing to happen in the course of the revolution, while reminding the coup participants of the possible repercussions and consequences of Nasutian's escape.
"Report Comrade Edgeny, just now we have intercepted a signal, which should be in the direction of the US Embassy. But it takes time to decipher. "Soviet electronic jamming ships in the harbor. Lieutenant Colonel Yedergeny received the report.
"There is no need to decipher, all comrades immediately return to their posts and turn on full-range interference." Lieutenant Colonel Yedergeny knew that he was no longer waiting, and he didn't know if Handayani's Ministry of Internal Affairs was ready to see if it was ready.
In fact, there was no large-scale military clash between the two sides of the coup, and according to normal history, the air force side was quickly defeated, and then Suharto stabilized the situation after finding General Nasutian. Then the military began to seize power, and the bloodshed throughout Indonesia should have started after Sukarno was controlled by the military, but this time it was different.
After sending a telegram from the U.S. Embassy, it suddenly found that all of its equipment had been interfered with. This was true of all communications, not even the Jakarta radio broadcasts, which made Jones, who had just sent the news, feel a bad feeling in his heart. Although he didn't know where this feeling came from.
At this time, Suharto was busy organizing a task force to prepare a fatal blow to the coup forces at the air base, and after careful study by Suharto and the Army Strategic Command, it was decided to continue military preparations, and for operational purposes, the Army Strategic Command moved to the Snayan Gymnasium.
"Suharto is at the Snayan Gymnasium, and immediately attacked the Snayan Gymnasium? Tell our fighters that for a long time, the army has penetrated into all aspects of the country, and as a country's army, it has maintained an ambiguous relationship with the Americans, and the tragedy of the army generals is certainly worth regretting, but Indonesia does not need a military junta, to avoid the military becoming the master of the country, this is the original intention of our Ministry of Internal Affairs, and now is the time for us to truly embody centralized democracy, and President Sukarno is on our side. "In earlier conversations, Handayani had blamed the military for the death of the Minister of the Interior. It is not unreasonable to use the death of his own minister to show that it is not unreasonable for the Air Force to take the initiative to worry about the Army's actions.
"The pro-American attitude of the military is really worrying, and it is time for this army to become a real Indonesian army." Sukarno, accompanied by his wife, appreciated Handayani's attitude. Although he himself was only a mascot in the early days of independence, and only became a president with some power in recent years, he could not stand up to the name of the father of the nation, as long as he clearly stood on one side, it would actually play a great role.
In the Snayan Gymnasium, Suharto, who had just moved here, suddenly found that the entire communication had been cut off. All signals were jammed, "General Suharto, we have been subjected to unknown interference, and the intensity of the interference is very strong, beyond our capabilities. ”
Suharto sat there for a long time, and a bad feeling rose in his heart. The emissary who contacted the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the second time never returned. This is not good news, the name of a country looms in his mind, the Soviet Union......
Suharto was not highly educated, but as a general, he had a clear international understanding, and there were only two countries that could use such powerful electronic forces without scruples, one was the United States and the other was the Soviet Union. But the United States hated the socialist forces in Indonesia very much, and there was no reason to do so at this time, and it was only the Soviet Union. But where are the Soviets?
He did not know Serov's assessment of these countries at the meeting in Lubyanka, "Modern society has opened up the gap between ordinary countries, what is the generational difference in ancient wars?" It's just that one side holds a knight's sword, and the other side holds a hoe, as long as the number of people is enough, the hoe can also fight the knight's sword, because the risk of both sides is the same, and in modern society, we fight those small countries are no different from me beating my son, what is the power of some countries that have just become independent colonies? Don't talk about the current Soviet Union, even if you take out Germany during World War I, his father can't recognize him when he beats him up, and for those backward countries, our Soviet Union is equivalent to aliens......"
"Report, General Sukarno, the internal troops appeared, and they said that we must be disarmed." Another piece of bad news came that brought Suharto's somewhat erratic state of mind back to square one.
"The Air Force that is ready for war, the Internal Affairs Forces and the coup d'état are in one gang." Suharto smiled coldly and gave the order, that department was established with the help of the Soviet Union after all, maybe the Minister of Internal Affairs was finished. Are the police ready to fight the military now? Then give it a try.
Following Suharto's order, the soldiers of the Army's Strategic Reserve began to prepare and wait for an exchange of fire with the internal affairs forces. Suharto believed that the military had not yet lost, because while disarming the two battalions of the Maidan and at the same time contacting the nearby garrisons, the army paratrooper commando regiment had arrived from the camp south of the capital. Part of this elite unit, in Sharvo? Under the command of Colonel Eddy, he was redeployed to Gillitan near Halim Air Force Base, while a battalion of the regiment remained to augment the forces available at the Army Strategic Command headquarters. Around this time, the 1st Mechanized Division of the Sili Vangi Division, based in Bandung, arrived on the outskirts of Jakarta.
"This can't be the contact after we started the interference, Suharto must have contacted the garrison outside the city a long time ago, which is more indicative of the fact that the military is indeed preparing a coup d'état, but now the capital's communications are definitely under our control." General Antonov, who is in Indonesia's Ministry of Internal Affairs as a tourist, said on a warrant, "Prevent them from entering the city, defeat Suharto, and disarm us from the interference, and President Sukarno can declare this coup illegal." ”
"Okay, order the two regiments of the First Division of the Capital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to attack the Snayan Gymnasium, and the Second Division of the Capital to block the entry of the Xili Wanji Division into the city." Handayani gave the order and then reported back to President Soekarno.
The Indonesian Internal Affairs Forces were formed by Serov according to the standards of the KGB border guards, which belonged to the category of light infantry in the Soviet Union, but that was in the Soviet Union, and the KGB border guards could be considered heavy troops in any country. Considering that Indonesia is a tropical country with a lot of precipitation, he also communicated with the Ministry of Defense to equip the Indonesian Ministry of Internal Affairs with the Soviet PT-76 light amphibious tank, and the PT-76 light amphibious tank with a 76 mm gun also has sufficient firepower to complete the combat mission.
Near the Snayan Stadium, Indonesian Interior Forces and Suharto's forces began to exchange fire, the first large-scale exchange of fire in the capital, and there was no clash between the two sides when Suharto drove out the coup soldiers. The Indonesian Ministry of Internal Affairs, on the other hand, did not have this problem, and from the very beginning they knew that they were using it against the army.
Whether it was the soldiers supporting Suharto or the soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Handayani, moving between civilian houses, the suppression of small arms was an essential element of warfare, and the AK assault rifles equipped by the Ministry of Internal Affairs were clearly superior in this regard, both in terms of firepower and sustained power. Moreover, the communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs remained open, and Handayani soon learned that Suharto's army was not in command without communication.
Soldiers from both sides fell in the alleys during the firefight, but the internal affairs forces continued to advance steadily, driving them out of the street leading to the Snayan Coliseum. "The army is plotting a coup d'état, President Sukarno has authorized the Indonesian Ministry of Internal Affairs to restore order in the capital, and the army soldiers had better not resist or be killed on the spot."
In the fierce exchange of fire, accompanied by the shouts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, this combination of soft and hard means made the internal affairs forces approach Suharto's headquarters at the Snayan Stadium step by step. The PT-76 light amphibious tank bore the brunt of the fire, and while shouting, one of the 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns on it was still firing wildly, knocking down the soldiers who had not yet exited the gymnasium in a pool of blood.
On the battlefield on the outskirts, the Ministry of Internal Affairs managed to get the commander of the army paratrooper assault regiment, Sharvo? Colonel Eddy gave up resistance, and put Sharvo? Colonel Eddie took him to the Ministry of the Interior and met with Indonesian President Sukarno. In the other direction, it was much more bloody, and the 1st Mechanized Regiment of the Siriwanji Division, which had been ordered to support Suharto, and the 2nd Capital Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which had gone to the outside of the city to block it, began to fight, and Handayani ordered the other two combat divisions of the Internal Affairs Army, which were in the field, to rush back to the capital.
The Snayan Gymnasium was in ruins at this time, and it was only a matter of time before Suharto's command fell after the Ministry of Internal Affairs brought in artillery and air force support, and the commander of the Air Force, Omar? At this time, the general secretary of the Indonesian Communist Party, Aidi, who had already figured out the ins and outs, called on the Indonesian Communist Party to defend Sukarno and mobilize the militia to fight to show support for President Sukarno.
"Is the situation under control?" Serov, who received the telegram, raised his wrist and smiled, "It's been twenty-four hours." (To be continued.) )