Chapter 692: Start seizing the crown
In Riyadh, the fire at the refinery is still burning, and a coup d'état is taking place in Riyadh.
The Saudi Deputy Chancellor's home was woken up by an explosion, and the Deputy Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was about to continue sleeping, was awakened by the sound of a broken door.
When he opened his eyes, he saw several people standing next to the bed, one was a subordinate he was quite familiar with, and the third-in-command of the Saudi financial department, who was standing by his bed with a smile, smiling and looking at himself.
On the bed, two young girls with his arms around him, one on the left and one on the right, were looking at the heavily armed people beside the bed with a look of horror.
"What do you want to do?" Deputy Chancellor of the Exchequer. Asked tremblingly.
"On the orders of the new King Nayef, you are formally arrested for the crimes of accepting bribes, embezzlement of public funds, and embezzlement of state assets." The man was expressionless, and with a wave of his hand, the wolf-like Red Police soldier behind him stepped forward and directly lifted the Deputy Chancellor of the Exchequer from the bed and unceremoniously handkled him.
"This is a coup d'état, you will ......" the deputy chancellor of the exchequer suddenly understood and was about to shout, but was immediately gagged. Bar.
On the other side, at the home of the Deputy Military Minister, the same scene was also staged, and this led the team by a lieutenant general in the Saudi army, who was not a member of the royal family, but who was highly meritorious and directly won the deputy military minister.
The two second-in-command of the military and the government were caught, and the number one was Crown Prince Mohammed himself, who was the first crown prince and also held the positions of chancellor of the exchequer and secretary of the military.
But now, it's not at all.
At the same time, the same picture was playing out in the three garrisons around Riyadh, where a certain senior officer in the garrison, with the Red Alert soldiers who had already secretly joined the army, quickly controlled all the officers who supported Salman and his son.
The whole process went very smoothly, and no one expected that there would be such a thing as a coup d'état, and there was no preparation for it.
And the communication of the whole Riyadh is also all controlled, there is no news to be transmitted, plus Riyadh is not calm now, the burning oil refinery, whether there will be an explosion, no one has heard any abnormal sound.
At this time, Salman and his son did not know that their team was being quickly eradicated, and the father and son were still personally presiding over the work of supervising the fire fighting.
Nayef was now riding in an armoured command vehicle, a unit from the Saudi Army, and although Salman and his son controlled the army and finances, they could not control everyone.
In recent months, Nayef has also been quietly infiltrating, mobilizing armored units of the Riyadh garrison with the help of his so-called recruited soldiers, plus his own secret supporters.
By the time the armored vehicles were heading towards the Saudi Palace, all of Riyadh, except for the Palace, was already under Nayef's control, and the police department, from the army, to various other government agencies, had already fallen.
However, this is only the first step of the whole coup operation, because in the Saudi royal palace, there is also a royal guard, which is very effective, this force is the real henchmen of Salman and his son, if you want to completely capture Riyadh, you must completely capture the royal palace and defeat this guard.
At night, the Saudi royal palace is still brightly lit, and the guards in the palace are patrolling and guarding day after day.
The garrison of the palace guard covers a large area, the formation of an armored regiment, the number of guards soldiers is 3,000, there are more than a dozen Apache helicopter gunships, dozens of Abrams main battle tanks and a large number of armored vehicles.
If it is a frontal attack, if you want to defeat this guard, you will have to pay a lot of price, and at the same time, it will be a considerable waste of time, and this time is enough for Salman and his son to transfer away.
Nayef had already been prepared for this, and when the troops were about to arrive at the palace, on the outskirts of Riyadh, more than forty long-range self-propelled guns of two self-propelled artillery battalions had already aimed their muzzles at the garrison of the guards.
When the guards at the gate of the guard station spotted the armored troops approaching from afar, they sounded the alarm.
At this time, there was actually an army approaching the palace, and without receiving any notice or order, the officers of the palace guard did not hesitate to gather troops at the first time.
The piercing sirens sounded in the Saudi royal palace and the guard station, and Salman and his son, who were organizing the extinguishing of the fire in the palace, looked at each other when they heard the siren, and Mohammed immediately asked: "What happened?" ”
"Report to the Crown Prince, there is an armored unit approaching the palace and has ignored our warnings." The captain of the guard immediately reported the situation to Muhammad.
"Damn, is there really an accident, immediately contact the surrounding garrisons to come to support immediately." Salman immediately ordered.
"Our communications were cut off, and it was impossible to contact the outside garrison at all." The captain of the guard replied immediately.
"Who is it? At this time, who can still get help from the army. Without hesitation, Salman's first thought was a military coup, and those who were capable of carrying out a coup d'état could not think of a corresponding person in their minds.
"It can't be Nayef!" Muhammad said with some seriousness.
"It can't be him, although he has a lot of supporters because of the old king, but he has long been under house arrest, and he can't be contacted at all, so it's impossible to launch a coup d'état." Salman shook his head dryly.
"Anyway, let's deal with the troops outside first." As Muhammad was about to walk outside, Salman grabbed him and asked: "Where are you going?" ”
"Go see what's going on outside." Muhammad said without thinking.
"No, the situation outside is unknown, you have to go to the safe house with me, order the guards, and be ready to transfer, the other party is prepared, I am afraid that it will lose control." Salman said decisively.
When Muhammad heard this, he did not continue to insist, although he wanted to stand with his troops, but at this time, it was safer to stay here.
At this moment, all the guards in the kingdom are also receiving weapons and ammunition, and all the female dependents are also gathered in the safe house.
No matter what happens outside, the safe house is the first choice at the moment, and once the safe house is no longer safe, the only way to do it is to move out of the palace.
Under the protection of the guards, Salman and his son immediately went to the safe house under the palace, and also locked the only elevator leading to the safe house.