Chapter 239 Escape to Uruguay at dusk

Style: Historical Author: Baichuan ZizhuWords: 5108Update Time: 24/01/12 12:17:00
At 9:10 on September 16, Lieutenant Thistle took off from Moron Air Force Base with four aircraft.

At 9:28, four aircraft raised their altitude, dived towards La Rioja and fired with cannons. Although both ships were equipped with anti-aircraft guns, the counterattack failed due to insufficient power.

The destroyer La Rioja was severely damaged by the swooping cannons of government aircraft. One of its cannons was hit, but it was able to fight back after emergency repairs.

The Cervantes of the coup party's navy came to support and hit two aircraft, causing heavy losses to the government forces.

Soon, three more Moron Meteor aircraft took off and launched a second wave of attacks under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Perez Lapolda. Both ships were hit and the government troops returned safely.

The target of the next wave of attacks by the government forces was to attack two infantry landing ships that were reinforcing the coup party at the Rio Santiago Naval Academy.

The coup party dispatched a medium-sized landing ship from Rio Santiago City to support, but this ship also had weak anti-aircraft firepower, and its main function was to attract the firepower of the government forces.

A few minutes later another air strike was carried out, killing 2 of the Cordoba troops and injuring 7.

Krechar returned to the Moron base and began planning the next wave of strikes, explaining to the pilots the best way to attack the ship - to enter at a low altitude at a certain angle from the stern of the ship.

The two destroyers suffered a third wave of air attacks at 11 o'clock, causing serious casualties. Near the mouth of the southern coast of Uruguay, they suffered another wave of air attacks, but the damage was minimal. Soon after, the attack was stopped.

The attention of the government forces turned to Rio Santiago, and only the coup party of the two patrol ships Murature and Juan-Jin gradually succumbed, and the air raids continued until dark.

At night, Bilon shrank its posture, and the Cordoba Army had approached Rosario and joined the Rosario Coup Army.

The fighter pilot who took off was sympathetic to the coup, so he did not intercept the bomber.

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city ​​of cordoba,

General Eduardo issued a military mobilization order.

He reviewed Cordoba's 12,000-strong army and air force on the outskirts of the city.

Five Meteors and four Arrow 2 jet fighters passed by in the sky.

The Arrow 2 fighter jets are provided by the Argentine Military Aircraft Factory and the San Martin Aircraft Factory respectively, and are comparable to the British Meteor fighter jets.

Marching towards the University of Buenos Aires, the capital, and converging with the coup navy, General Jose also sent warships north to prepare to deter Buenos Aires.

Eduardo formed the Supreme Headquarters to unify the command of the Cordoba Army. In the past three months, he prepared the coup in the cities of Rosario, San Martin, and Santa Fe.

He sent a national telegram to the presidential government demanding the dissolution of the National Congress, claiming that the Congress had become a dictatorial hall of Bilong.

At the same time, he ordered Bilong to resign, release church personnel, restore the 1949 Constitution, restore the position of General Thomas Jr., and release political prisoners and democrats, among other 15 demands.

Eduardo did not expect Bilon to agree at all. This was just his general offensive order. With the support of coup plotters from all parties, he combined part of the navy and air force to organize and prepare for this armed seizure of power.

As far away as the capital, General Thomas Jr. was also closely monitored and imprisoned in a prison on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, which increased his reputation.

At midnight on September 16, the Cordoba military headquarters once again ordered nationwide mobilization and ordered the country to lay down their weapons and take over the government.

The Supreme Command also issued another message to all Argentinian citizens and announced its march to Buenos Aires.

He advised the military and police in various places not to fight them, stating that their goal was only to overthrow the corrupt Bilong government, so that the people in the capital should not be afraid, and stated that they would protect the legitimate rights of the people.

Protecting the country and the people is the just pursuit of the Cordoba Army, and they win over the people of Buenos Aires in an attempt to reduce the resistance to seizing power. This strategy is quite successful.

On the eve of the march into Buenos Aires, Eduardo once again summoned the general leaders and government officials for an emergency meeting.

Ten key personnel attended the meeting, and the meeting once again decided that Eduardo would be the supreme commander.

This army will march along the railways and roads to join the Rosario Army. Along the way, they will occupy the city, post office, government affairs department, police department, train station, military camp and other important facilities.

And it was decided that if there was any resistance from the army or an obstruction by the Bilonists, it would be completely eliminated.

Fortunately, we encountered only sporadic resistance on the road, and tanks and trucks also drove along the road.

And the Cordoba Army's march command headquarters was located in the city of Cordoba.

The transportation here is developed and it is easy to advance and retreat. If the coup fails, you can retreat to Cordoba Province and fight a civil war. Historically, every major civil war in Argentina has had a rebel government serving as the command center.

After everything was ready, this mighty green army of tens of thousands set off for the capital.

Two hours later, 1,000 police officers from the San Martin City Police Department joined the command to provide logistics for the army. There were 20 large trucks in Blanca City responsible for transporting combat supplies.

Various donated combat materials have also been distributed.

Prairie Foods offers a wide range of simple drinks, compressed cookies.

The city of San Martin provides supply points along the way.

Five hours later, the army arrived at Rosario. After resting for three hours, the army continued to move south.



At 10 a.m. on September 17, the Radical Citizens League once again requested the use of national broadcasts, which was approved by the Presidential Palace.

For the second time in nine years, the Radical Party has access to state media.

Arturo Frandisi was reassured in his speech on September 19, his second nationwide address since July 27, and the Radical Party's popularity was once again boosted.

This was a huge mistake by the Bilong government, but it was too late for him to react, and the outer positions of the capital came under fierce attack.

In exchange for a specific industrial plan, which ranged from the restoration of the original constitutional disease protection to a plan for national industrialization, the speech had to be delivered in advance and recorded as it was read, and it was broadcast over the air with a 10-second delay.

General Eduardo also came to Rosario to claim support for the Radical plan and urged Bilon to lay down his arms.

On the afternoon of the 17th, the Cordoba Legion arrived on the outskirts of Buenos Aires and fought fiercely with the garrison.

On the night of the 17th, Barado and Weber took off from the military aircraft factory and attacked the government anti-aircraft artillery unit approaching Cordoba in the east. Both aircraft were damaged, but they could continue to fly.

The fighting continued on the 18th. The Cordoba Air Force and government forces continued to compete for air supremacy, and the Army continued to launch attacks.

On the 19th, the Cordoba Army launched an offensive from the northeast and occupied the Cordoba Norte Railway Station in Buenos Aires.

During the war, weapons from Rennes Military Industry were widely used. Rocket launchers, tank guns, assault rifles, submachine guns, grenades, and mortars all exerted great combat power, making this war and death more violent.

These weapons of German origin allowed the Argentines to fight a meaningless battle, and their tactical level was probably only equivalent to that of World War I.

By the end of the 19th, President Bilon had realized that his country was on the verge of a devastating civil war, so he established a presidential palace to negotiate ceasefires with the coup parties.

The battle was over and both sides were given time to reorganize their forces.

The Córdoba Army discovered that a large number of Pilonists were moving south of Córdoba and seemed to be encircling them. Thinking that they had violated the ceasefire agreement, they launched a preemptive attack.

Negotiations failed before they even started.

At this time, the jet fuel at the Capital Factory had been exhausted and had to be replaced by conventional fuel.

Government forces opened fire on the Cordoba base, and the two armies fought fiercely.

By the morning of the 20th, the overall situation in the country had become clear, and Bilong's decline was irreversible.

On September 21, Bilon announced his resignation and fled to Uruguay, marking the end of his hero's life.

The Cordoba coup party declared victory and formed a new government in Cordoba headed by General Eduardo Ronaldi.

On September 22, during the victory parade in Cordoba, the new government’s Meteor and an Arrow 2 fighter jet produced by the Military Aircraft Factory were displayed.

The Arrow 2 fighter jet was stimulated by the San Martin Aircraft Factory and played a major role in this air battle and became famous.

On September 23, the new Argentine leader General Eduardo Ronaldi's special plane, escorted by two Meteors and two Arrow 2s, flew to the capital to take over the country.

The military once again intervened in the country's political and social crisis.

The Bilong era is over and a new era has begun.

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Many places across the country supported this military coup.

Rebel forces took control of the army and navy and threatened the capital with bombings, and the Bilon government capitulated.

After news of Bilom's collapse broke on Monday, ecstatic crowds flooded the streets everywhere.

They dragged a statue of Bilon's ex-wife, Eva Bilon, through the streets.

The Argentine people thought that good times were coming, but they did not know that greater difficulties were also coming.

The military junta now controls much of the country.

Fighting continued only in some isolated areas still controlled by the Bilonists.

San Jose paid close attention to this event, and information from the Falcon Bureau spread quickly to Blanca City.

He has a complicated heart and does not support this military coup. This is a serious damage to the civilian political system of the Argentine military.

However, the situation forced the Rennes military industry and the Saint-Jerusalem factory, which played an important role in the civil war, to benefit a lot.

Perhaps a strict constitutionalist would not blame the military coup of 1943 for replacing a corrupt, unrepresentative government with an equally unrepresentative military government.

Although the results of Bilon's rule were relatively poor, and his second term seemed a bit messy, the method of electing the president twice was quite transparent and fair.

This is the second time in the 20th century that military personnel have overthrown democratically elected presidents, Hipolito Yrigoyen and Juan Pilon, who were elected in transparent and free electoral competitions - all in the name of saving the country.

In the eyes of the military, these civilian politicians once again stirred up middle-class rebellion, thereby putting the country at risk.

It's just that such a situation is very rare in Latin America, but it does not ignore the various circumstances caused by foreign conflicts and domestic conflicts. Saint Jose is certainly not defending Bilon.

Saint Jose actually wants to develop the national economy and increase the population, rather than going on strike all day long. Wealth will not be generated out of thin air. Even if it cannot undertake any industrial transfers now, it must work hard to expand the economy. Exporting resources will never work.

But the real enemy is the Americans and their lackeys, the Brazilians. The United States blocks Argentina and seizes Argentina's export market. It also prohibits Argentine products from entering the United States, the world's largest market. Even more stringently, it strictly prohibits the export of machinery, steel, machine tools, etc. It is not easy to break through the economic and trade blockade imposed by chemical equipment to Argentina.

The internal contradictions are lazy welfare, unlimited welfare, financial expenditures, and constant strikes, as well as the feudal land system, over-protected infant industries, and crazy tariffs.

These generals must have not read books such as "On Contradiction" and "Ten Major Relationships". They just want to find a scapegoat to get the country back on track.

Unfortunately, times cannot be turned back, and Argentina can no longer return to the era of free trade.

Just like the air war in June, General Eduardo Ronaldi launched a military coup aimed at ending the Justice Party's "destruction of Argentina's culture and economy."

Although their coup was successful.

In fact, Argentina's economy is now on the verge of collapse.

Cordoba's army chose a good time, and Cordoba once again defeated Buenos Aires.

For five years, except for three new industrial cities, Argentina's economy has made little substantial progress, while the world's major economies have been recovering and developing crazily.

The brilliance of the three emerging industrial cities of Blanca, La Plata, and San Martin is not enough to illuminate the gloom in the hearts of Argentines.

The influence of these three medium-sized cities is still too small.

After all, industrialization is a way of life and production. It cannot be accomplished by just a few large-scale industrial projects, but a complete industrial chain.

Even big cities such as Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, and Santa Fe have experienced severe declines.

Under the pressure of Bilon's blood-sucking policy, the development of Argentina's agriculture and animal husbandry has also stagnated. By lowering the purchase price of agricultural products and then monopolizing exports, Bilon has obtained a large amount of profits from agricultural products, accounting for almost half of Argentina's treasury revenue.

This has resulted in farmers and landowners becoming less motivated to plant crops.

This is also the reason why Sunshine Agriculture has been able to expand a land cultivation scale of 7 million hectares in southern Argentina. The signing of this comprehensive agricultural development agreement actually indicates that the authority of the Rose Palace is slowly disintegrating.

In addition, the great economic recession has caused the living conditions in Argentina to deteriorate day by day, and the working class is suffering from unemployment.

Although mass unemployment did not yet exist at that time, the fact that the demand for labor was reduced itself brought disasters to Argentines.

In response to the foreign exchange crisis, the Presidential Palace printed money, and the unfavorable phenomenon in the lives of the Argentine people was soaring prices.

The Río de la Plata Review, an economic magazine affiliated with XinA Media, provided a very clear picture of rising prices and falling real wages at that time, and the prices of many products increased.

Of course, in Sanjesé’s view, the development of Blanca City is already optimistic enough. A series of incentive policies, coupled with a large amount of foreign investment, have created in one year what Blanca City has achieved in the past fifteen or even twenty years. Massive wealth created.

Another obvious reason for the rapid development of Blanca City is that frequent strikes by dock workers at the Buenos Aires port caused heavy losses in trade, causing Argentina's trade trend to move from north to south, towards the emerging Buenos Aires port. The port of Lanka City has been moved. Anyway, Argentina’s railway transportation is now sufficiently developed.

And it has some very strong attraction policies, and it is also one of the ports of Prairie International. Saint Jose has a very important channel.

Although the United States now does not allow Argentine goods to enter the U.S. market, it even prevents Argentine goods from entering Europe.

However, it did not prohibit Brazilian goods from entering the United States. This allowed Saint Jose to set up a number of leather bag companies in Brazil to re-export Argentine goods. Every month, a large number of Argentine goods branded as Brazilian goods enter the United States and Europe, serving as Saint Jose. Jese made a profit.

It’s just that economic development has not yet succeeded, and Blanca City still needs to continue to lay the foundation.

In fact, even Saint Jose was a little confused. Bilon did leave Argentina with a mess.

There are now 134 state-owned enterprises in the country, accounting for 1/3 of the country's employed population. The Argentine Railway Company alone has 120,000 employees, accounting for another 1/2 of the state-owned enterprises.

Some of these state-owned enterprises are affiliated with the military. The navy, air force, and army all have their own factories.

And these state-owned enterprises will not lose their jobs.

In addition, there are almost 400,000 civil servants across the country, which represents a huge financial expenditure.

If you think these state-owned workers are the lucky ones, you are right. At least they are much better than the unemployed. However, the skyrocketing prices have plunged everyone into poverty.

One-fifth of the people in the country have lost their jobs, mainly in big cities such as Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, and Santa Fe.

As for the Cordoba soldiers, they do have their own set of methodology. Bilon is indeed developing the economy, but it cannot be said that they have done much, although the starting point in many places is good.

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