Chapter 463 463 Coup d'état in Venezuela
With Liu Jun and the Strategy Bureau behind the planning and support, Chavez's coup plan was extremely rigorous and thorough, which is also something that Chavez's coup d'état does not have. By the day the coup had been launched, the official government had not received a word of it.
The coup forces organized by Chávez carried out coups d'état at the same time in Caracas, Valencia, Maracaibo and Maracay, and the main force of the coup army was the Venezuelan armed forces, targeting the main military and communications facilities in the city. Among them, the capital Caracas was the focus of the attack, and in order to successfully occupy the capital, Chavez put the "heavily invited" Ximu mercenaries on the battlefield in Caracas.
Sergeant Major Zu Xiaozhou, who previously served in the Chinese Marine Corps' Evil Jiao Commando, also disguised himself as a contract mercenary of Westwood to participate in the battle this time. For a combat force like the Evil Jiao, not fighting for too long will make their muscles and bones rusty, and they can only maintain the bloody nature of the Evil Jiao by constantly stimulating it with blood. Therefore, many evil dragons will be sent to different battlefields to carry out special missions in various ways.
Zu Xiaozhou took a few members of the Evil Jiao team into the Ximu Company, although he did not know the details of the Ximu Company, but he also knew that there must be China behind it. In the past, the country's foreign policy of non-interference in internal affairs has long been a dead letter, and China has constantly exerted its influence in various forms. And military intervention is clearly one of them, both in Iraq before and now in Venezuela.
This operation was actually new to Zu Xiaozhou, because he was sitting in an MBT-2000 Rhino II tank at this time. In the past, he had done things like charging into battle, sniping assassinations, etc., but he really did such a thing as being a tank soldier. As an excellent special combat member, Zu Xiaozhou certainly knows how to drive a tank, but being able to drive it and using it to start are two different things.
At this time, he was the commander of the Rhino tank, and the company brought a total of 12 Rhino tanks with Westwood, which seems to be a small number, but there are not many tanks in Venezuela in the whole country. The Venezuelan army has purchased British Scorpion light tanks, French AMX-13 light tanks and AMX-30 tanks, and the number is not very large, and even if these tanks appear, it will be difficult to resist the MBT-2000 model, which is the main tank of the third generation.
In addition to the MBT-2000 Rhino II, the Westwood mercenaries also brought some MIFV multi-purpose infantry vehicles, they mainly fight urban warfare, so they need more armor to cover, and the commission army cannot be equipped with too many heavy weapons, so it is relatively easy for the Westwood mercenaries to deal with. Even Ximu brought two Wuzhi-10 and two Zhi-20 to be responsible for ground attack and transportation tasks.
The nominal leader of Ximu is still Jacqueline, but Jacqueline, a chick, doesn't like to leave Qi Yiming for too long now, so the big things are at most asked, and the small things are all ignored, but the American Kent, the commander who loves her, is miserable. This operation was also commanded by Kent, who had the experience of directing the last Sri Lankan bandits, and although the situation was different this time, it was still not beyond his ability.
"Our mission is to occupy the national radio station to broadcast Chávez's uprising speech to the whole country, and we must march fast before the Venezuelans find out what is really going on," Zu Xiaozhou called out in English. If the Venezuelan army starts to counterattack the radio station, we must defend the radio station to the death, and we must not let this place fall into the hands of the Venezuelan army! ”
Mercenaries are from all over the world, but the lingua franca is generally English, and even Chinese is limited to mercenaries who are Chinese. But another advantage of mercenaries is that because they come from all over the world, they can at least speak two languages, maybe five or six in a team, and they can communicate with the locals when they go on missions.
With the high speed of tanks and armored vehicles, Zu Xiaozhou and his gang quickly rushed into Caracas. The citizens of Caracas watched in bewilderment as the armored vehicles and tanks sped through the streets, not at all knowing what was happening. No matter how bold the local police are, they will not send police cars to stop these guys, and can only quickly contact the military.
However, the rebels had already prepared, and a group of special operators cut off the communication from Caracas, and all the telephones in the city were unable to work, and the radio communication was also affected by the electromagnetic jammer carried by Nishiki. Only Westwood's own communication equipment is capable of communicating under electromagnetic interference.
With such a delay, the Venezuelan army did not catch up with the rapid response to resist the rebel army armed to the teeth. When Zu Xiaozhou and his gang arrived at Venezuela's national radio station, they did not meet the slightest resistance. I found a Mexican who could speak Spanish, seized the director of the station, handed him the material that had been prepared, and ordered him to broadcast the message to the nation immediately and without conditions.
“…… All the citizens of Venezuela, we can no longer choose to be silent, the chaotic country and government have lost the meaning of existence, corruption and corruption are rampant, the wealth of the people is being plundered, and there is no way out of our future......" Chávez's voice came out, making all Venezuelans suddenly realize a problem - another military coup d'état in Venezuela.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in any country in South America, but this time there are many people who want to overthrow the current government and establish a more effective government.
The occupation of media facilities and the issuance of statements to the locals were an extremely important step in the occupation of military operations, and the Soviet Union liked to send airborne troops to occupy television and radio stations when it was repeatedly engaged in quelling local unrest. Chávez's speech was delivered over the radio, accelerating the entire uprising.
Some eager Venezuelans took to the streets to support and welcome Chávez's coup, even if they didn't even know who Chávez was.
The troops sent by Chavez to capture the presidential residence were the first to enter the battle, and no one expected that the defense of the empty capital would make the insurgents rush until outside the presidential residence before the gunfire appeared. The rebels who attacked the presidential residence consisted mainly of a company of the Venezuela Army and a company of mercenaries, without particularly heavy weapons, only two multi-purpose infantry vehicles and two V-150 armored vehicles of the Venezuelan Army.
The Venezuelan forces guarding the presidential residence set up heavy machine guns to fire at the attacking armoured vehicles before they stormed the residence.12 The 7mm warhead damaged the V-150 armored car, while the two MIFVs stopped their direct charge and made a roundabout maneuver, while the 30mm turret began to fire at those machine gun points.
These machine gun points are either in the open air, or only light offensive defense, which cannot withstand the 30mm cannon of the infantry tank, and the tank is not afraid even if it encounters relatively thick fortifications, because the Red Arrow-73 missiles on board also have the ability to attack fortifications.
The fierce rebel army beat the committee troops guarding the president's official residence to the ground, and it was the group of mercenaries who really attacked black and ruthless, because the rebels at least knew that the other party was their own compatriots, although everyone was fighting but the camp was different, and there was no essential grudge, and the Ximu mercenaries were a group of war maniacs, who could kill people and set fire at first sight, which was a standard of unscrupulousness.
This also made the current President of Venezuela, Shimon Peres, very afraid, and in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, he finally walked out of the official residence and surrendered to the rebels, hoping not to hurt innocents.
In the afternoon of the same day, in a Dongfeng Mengshi jeep, Chavez arrived at the presidential residence, even though there were sporadic exchanges of fire and resistance in some places at this time, but the general trend has been clear, Chavez has seized the leading power of the country, and his military coup has been successful.
Chávez forced President Peres to make a speech in front of the cameras at the presidential residence, similar to his own edict, first of all, explaining how incompetent he was during his administration, allowing the domestic economy to continue to decline, not restraining corrupt officials, and colluding with foreign reactionary forces to infringe on national sovereignty and interests. Chavez.
The coup d'état in Venezuela lasted about three days, and finally Chávez still obtained state power as he wished, and he did not make too big changes to the current state institutions according to Liu Jun's suggestion.
Liu Jun did not immediately become the prime minister of the Venezuelan government, which is also what he proposed, and the transition of the government is not an easy thing to do, and it needs to be done step by step.
Qi Yiming, who was far away in China, also received the news of the success of Chavez's coup and couldn't help but smile. He could have replaced Chavez, but it was unnecessary. Because Chavez is inherently pro-China and anti-American, and he is not in a hurry to put his hand in the backyard of the United States so quickly. It would be bad to attract the vigilance and vigilance of the United States.
In addition, Venezuela is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, and its oil production is very considerable, and Qi Yiming is now extracting oil all over the world, and Venezuela is not only able to supply its own country, but also to hold other countries hostage. Oil is a weapon, not just empty talk.
On the other hand, Venezuela has also become one of China's major exporters of military products, and Venezuela, which has become rich because of oil, prefers to buy Chinese weapons, and Chinese weapons are more high-end at this time, and I believe that if there is demand, Venezuela will be more inclined to buy Chinese weapons.
China's operation in Latin America has always been a difficult subject, far less easy to penetrate than Africa, and Venezuela will become a window for China's power to enter Latin America.