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The battle plan for the raid on Rio de Janeiro was proposed by the officer corps sent to Chile by China. A division plus five battalions is only more than 23,000 people, and with such a small army to raid the capital of the largest power in South America, if it is placed in peacetime, it is simply delusional. But now? A qiē is already possible!

First of all, the Brazilian navy has been annihilated, and the Chilean navy has been operating near the Brazilian coastline during this time, especially the coast south of Rio de Janeiro, which has become a place frequented by the Chilean navy. Under such circumstances, the Brazilians, who usually rely on fishing and hygiene, did not dare to go to sea, which also made the Brazilian military completely lose control of the movements of the Chilean Navy.

Second, the disastrous defeat of the Brazilian army led Brazil to send the rest of its troops to Uruguay, where it amassed up to 600,000 troops. Although, with the current combat strength of the Chilean army, if it proves to be a surprise, it also has a high chance of defeating the Brazilian army. However, it will definitely have to pay huge casualties, which is still a bit too great for the sparsely populated Chile. Therefore, the plan proposed by the Central Officials to raid Rio de Janeiro and force Brazil to surrender was endorsed by the Chilean president and cabinet members. According to the information they obtained, the Brazilian army in Rio de Janeiro had only one infantry division of more than 1,000 policemen, and the nearest reinforcements were in São Paulo, 350 kilometers away. With the combat strength of the Chilean army, it is not a big problem to send a division and five battalions to take Rio de Janeiro. The only difficulty, presumably, was that during the raid on Rio de Janeiro, it was necessary to capture as many members of the Brazilian president's cabinet as possible. Only in this way will they be able to force them to surrender and finally sign a treaty in favor of Chile!

On February 22, four o'clock in the morning, it was the coldest time of the day. Even though the southern hemisphere is in the middle of a hot summer, it is still a little cold at sea at this time.

Off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, a large number of ships suddenly appeared. The darkness of the night gave them good cover. Because the Chilean Navy often shelled Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian inhabitants here have almost fled, and the rest of the population lives in the western suburbs, out of reach of the Chilean Navy's guns, and Brazil retains only a handful of reconnaissance troops off the coast. Their only role, presumably, was the timely arrival of the enemy's navy. Then report to Rio de Janeiro.

It's just that on this day, the defense of the Brazilian army was somewhat lax, which eventually caused incalculable losses to Brazil.

A merchant ship approached less than two hundred meters from the coast, and then more than a dozen small boats were lowered from the merchant ship. A company of the 1st Battalion of the Chilean Marine Corps, under the cover of dark night, quietly landed on the beach of Rio de Janeiro. above the beach. There was silence, not even a ghost. The Brazilian army, which was supposed to defend the area, had already been transferred to the Uruguay River defense line to replace them. It's nothing more than a class of Brazilian recruits. By this time, however, the recruits were already asleep in their tents in the woods above the beach, and they were not alert at all.

Marines in Chile. The light yì resulted in the lives of these recruits, and then began to infiltrate the city of Rio de Janeiro. Meantime. Merchant ships anchored in the sea also began to approach the coast, lowering the soldiers of the Chilean Marine Corps on board.

At five o'clock in the morning, a battalion of Chilean marines captured the port of Rio de Janeiro. The sudden burst of fierce gunfire woke up the Brazilian defenders. The Brazilian defenders hurried to the port, but were intercepted by three battalions of Chilean marines. In the dark, the Brazilian recruits' unit, suffering heavy casualties, collapsed and Gen was unable to break through the defenses of the Chilean marines. After the defeat of the Brazilian army, the soldiers of the Chilean Marine Corps, who landed first, immediately launched an attack on the city of Rio de Janeiro as a battalion. The targets of several battalions, in addition to the camp of the Brazilian garrison in Rio de Janeiro, were the provisional presidential palace of Brazil.

The 19th Division of the Chilean Army and its units were in the process of loading and unloading the heavy equipment after the merchant ships entered the port. Originally, this division was stationed in the northern region of Chile, and together with the Chilean 20th Division, it defended the northern border of Chile. After all, Peru and Bolivia in the north of Chile also have very tense relations with Chile, and it is inevitable that they will not take advantage of the fierce war between Chile and Brazil. Therefore, it is very necessary to leave two divisions to defend the north. However, after Chile defeated Argentina and Brazil one after another, he was also shocked by Peru and Bolivia in the north, and Gen did not dare to provoke Chile at this time, which also allowed the Chilean side to dispatch the 19th Division to be responsible for the raid on Rio de Janeiro at this time!

Brazil did not expect Chile to take such a move, and its preparedness in this regard is almost empty. The 112th Division of the Brazilian Army, stationed in Rio de Janeiro, was unable to organize a strong defense in a hurry. The army dispatched, almost at the touch of collapse, could not stop the attack of the Chilean army. After the 19th Division of the Chilean Army also joined the battlefield, it exacerbated the rout of the Brazilian army!

The provisional presidential palace of the Brazilian government, located on the western outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, more than twenty kilometers from the coast, protected from the threat of the Chilean Navy from the sea. It was originally the villa of a wealthy merchant who donated it to the Brazilian government after Rio de Janeiro was shelled by the Chilean Navy and became a temporary presidential palace. Brazilian President Alfonso Pena lives here. Other members of the Brazilian government's cabinet also live in the vicinity.

"Knock knock!" On the second floor of the villa, there was a sharp knock on the door of President Alfonso Pena's room. This is the secretary of the presidential palace who came to wake up President Alfonso Pena after getting Rio de Janeiro to be attacked by Chilean troops.

Recently, because the army suffered a defeat on the front line, President Alfonso Pena was very impatient and had a very bad night's sleep. Last night, I didn't fall asleep until two o'clock in the morning. Therefore, after being woken up, he was in a very bad mood!

"What's going on?" President Alfonso Pena, who was wearing pajamas, opened the door with an angry face!

"Your Excellency, the Chileans are calling, it's not safe here, we have to retreat immediately!" The secretary hurriedly said.

"What? The Chileans called? How is this possible? Rio de Janeiro is at least a thousand kilometers away from the Uruguayan line, have the Chileans broken through our defense? President Alfonso Pena asked, his face full of anger replaced by surprise.

"Your Excellency the President, the Chileans came from the sea, and they attacked us from the sea. The Chilean attack was so fierce that the 112th Division was about to be unable to resist it! The secretary said anxiously.

"Oh God! How so? President Alfonso Pena's face turned pale. At this moment, he no longer has the pride and self-confidence that he had when he declared war on Chile, and the successive defeats have made him a little discouraged.

"Your Excellency, let's go! It's too late! The secretary urged. The Chileans raided Rio de Janeiro clearly for the president and the cabinet members, and as long as the president and the ministers of the cabinet were captured, Brazil, which had already suffered heavy losses, had to surrender to Chile and thus end the war. And Chile was able to win this war at the lowest cost!

"Patrick, what the hell is he doing? He didn't know why the Chileans were calling. Sue him, if he can't resist the attacks of the Chileans, then he will wait to be dismissed! President Alfonso Pena said angrily! However, it seems that it is useless to talk about this now, and if they can't escape this time, they will all become prisoners of the Chilean army.

President Alfonso Pena, who did not even have time to change his clothes, got into a carriage and fled to the interior west of Rio de Janeiro under the protection of the presidential palace guards. Other cabinet ministers of the Brazilian government, also under the protection of the Guard, began to flee inland. These high-ranking officials, who are usually high-minded, have now completely become lost dogs.

It was already dawning, because there were so many people, in addition to the president and cabinet ministers, there were also their families, more than a thousand people in total, and the speed of the flight was not fast. At this time, the 2nd Battalion of the Chilean Marine Corps had taken the lead in breaking through the 112th Division of the Brazilian Army and rushed to the outskirts of the western city of Rio de Janeiro.

The Brazilian government did not seem to have had good luck, and the defeated soldiers fled in the same direction as they retreated. Therefore, the Chilean marines, after capturing a few prisoners at random, knew the direction of the escape of President Alfonso Pena and other cabinet ministers!

"Brothers, chase me! The president of Brazil and those cabinet ministers, just in front, catch them all, don't let any of them go, and we will win this battle completely! The commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Chilean Marine Corps immediately ordered. They abandoned captives, mounted their horses, and pursued the fleeing President and Cabinet Ministers. Where can these ordinary prisoners of war compare with the President of Brazil and his cabinet ministers? Whoever catches Brazilian President Alfonso Pena will have a first credit!