Chapter 317: Empire ends

On August 19, 1879, Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian capital, fell into chaos due to a sudden military coup. The City Defense Forces, the Royal Guards, the Armed Gendarmerie, and several Brazilian troops of different systems were mixed and ignored. Moving around in the city.
In a military coup conspired by Fonseca and others, only a few key members learned that the vast majority of middle- and lower-ranking officers and soldiers merely obeyed the orders of their superiors and gathered from their respective camps into the city of Rio de Janeiro.
More than a dozen important institutions, such as the Imperial Cabinet Parliament Building, the Royal Palace, the Royal Army General Staff, the National Information Office, and the Central Bank, were attacked by coup soldiers. Unidentified gendarmerie and some loyal guards loyal to the imperial government were guarded by their duties. Fighting fiercely with the soldiers that flowed out of the city, at various institutions.
At 1.18 pm, the coup soldiers occupied the National Information Office and the Post Office. Rio de Janeiro's external contacts and publicity channels were all under the control of Fonseca and others. Several news editors who refused to cooperate were shot and killed in public. Pesoto led an army to support the battle in the direction of the palace and the cabinet parliament building, while Morais sat in the press office and declared the Republican Revolution a decisive victory in the name of the Republican leader. Pedro II and a few royalists The party army has been surrounded by coup armies, and the corrupt and incompetent imperial government is about to fall apart. The military in Rio de Janeiro and throughout Brazil should obey the republican government's instructions and expel the stubborn royalists.
Temporarily printed newspapers and leaflets were widely distributed by Republicans and Democrats, making the security soldiers scattered in various government agencies gradually give up resistance, and one government agency after another fell into the hands of the coup army. At this time, most of them tended to The Democratic Republic and the officials who were disappointed with the incompetence of Pedro II were quickly drawn to the side of the coup by Morais, and immediately afterwards, these officials who only verbally declared their allegiance to the Republican government were immediately restored to their original positions, and even It was promoted to the ranks of the government, and devoted to the operation of controlling the administrative operation of Rio de Janeiro.
At 3:27 pm, the advantages of the coup party such as Fonseca became more and more obvious. Atrenota noticed the change in the situation and immediately announced that the Rio de Janeiro City Defense Army accepted the leadership of the Republican government. Crude royal army.
The transformation of the 4000 city defense forces led to a subversive change in the military strength comparison in Rio de Janeiro. More than 2,000 Brazilian troops hurried by General Garcia were not blocked by the coup army and they were unable to break into the front line of the palace and scattered the city. The military forces of the various royalists, because they had been unable to restore their ties with Pedro II, were defeated by the city defense forces.
Outside the palace walls, coup forces are stationed in every direction. When the last Guard, still loyal to the Brazilian Empire, guarded Pedro II and Baron Murrita, they faced the back door of the garden. It is an army of more than 3,000 coups to be prepared for.
Most of the two forces inside and outside the palace are comrades-in-arms and friends who originally belonged to a battle sequence, because of the political divisions of higher-ranking officers and their own political beliefs, they became opposing enemies.
The back door of the garden is the closest way from the palace. In order to break out of the siege of the coup army, Baron Muritba personally directed his army to attack.
The sound of gunfire and killings continued, and the guards loyal to Pedro II shouted and rushed towards the gate. Rows of soldiers fell on the open space outside the gate and passed through the victims. Breaking through the defense line, the soldiers of the Guards in the garden desperately stepped forward, and face-to-face with the coup army at the foot of the city gate.
The narrow back door is full of dead bodies, and the gathered blood flows along the thin drainage channel into the garden full of golden tulips. At the root of the noble and elegant tulips, a strange blood red is left.
The soldiers guarding Pedro II were transferred one after another to attack the back door defense line. When Baron Muribat personally led the army to launch the fourth attack, there were fewer than 700 surviving Guard soldiers. Fang's soldiers fought less and less, and when they heard the fierce fighting sounds coming from the back door of the garden, more and more coup soldiers flocked to the direction of Pedro II. The enemy's defense line did not see a slack defeat. The next 700 tons will soon be lighted up.
The hopeless Baron Muribat broke through in pain and told Pedro II of their difficulties.
"Sorry, Your Majesty, to tell you the sad news that the rebels have occupied the walls of the garden's back door, and our army has failed to break through the rebels' lines of defense."
"Where is the City Defense Force? Why did General Atrenota not lead the City Defense Force to reinforce the palace?"
Pedro II panicked.
"Atrenota betrayed his Majesty. He has taken the city defense forces to the rebels. The first person to rush to the back door of the garden to reinforce the rebels is his city defense forces!"
A Guards officer angered.
"Admiral Garcia? Yes, General Garcia is a great empire and he must be able to defeat the rebels!"
"Your Majesty, hopelessly, the rebels outside are all passing on General Garcia to learn how to rescue His Majesty, and were shot dead while directing the army!"
"How could General Garcia die? No one in the Imperial Army can defeat General Garcia!"
Pedro II, like a poor drowner, clung to the last straw for life, and could not accept the cruel truth for a while.
"General Garcia cannot be easily defeated by the rebels, and there are many generals and officials loyal to the empire in Rio de Janeiro. They know that His Majesty is surrounded by the rebels in the palace and will surely rescue his Majesty at any cost!"
Baron Mulibat decisively deterred the spread of frustration in the remnants, encouraging "Lt. Colonel Ebel, Duke Frobert, Prime Minister of the Empire, and His Excellency the Minister of Finance are all loyal servants of the Empire. The coup is indifferent. "
"Yes, yes!" A ray of hope suddenly appeared in Pedro II's frustrated eyes. "Aristocrats and officials of the central government have the wealth of power from the empire. They will not allow the empire to be destroyed by the rebels! "
After persuasion by Baron Mulibat, Pedro II took the courage to lead the last 700 Guards soldiers to retreat to the only palace in the palace that was not occupied by the rebels—Santo Cosford Palace ~ www. EbookFREE.me ~ Ready to stand there until the arrival of the Royal Army.
As night fell slowly, the sound of gunfire in Rio de Janeiro gradually ceased. After all, the PDR reinforcements that Pedro II was waiting for did not arrive at the palace to meet them.
The rebels outside sent many former members of the Imperial Parliament and officer representatives to Santo Cosford Palace to persuade Pedro II to give up resisting surrender.
"Your Majesty, for the future of the Brazilian mother, for the glory of you and your family, please accept the will of the people, give up resistance, and with the noble dignity of the Brazilian emperor, stop this meaningless bloodshed and sacrifice."
"Does the empire have to be destroyed? If I promise to abdicate, will you allow Isabella to take over the throne of the Brazilian empire?"
Pedro II was frustrated and unwilling to make the last effort: "Isabella is a benevolent and sincere crown prince. The Brazilian Empire needs a benevolent and excellent queen to heal the wounds of war. I pray you Give Isabella a chance, and she will make a good emperor brazilian. "
"You are the last emperor of Brazil. Beginning today, there will be no emperor in Brazil. Your Majesty is running out of time. If you do not give a clear answer again, after 10 minutes, the outside army will forcibly come in. Neither you nor your family will be guaranteed by the Republican government at that time. "
The Republican representatives were aggressive and did not give Pedro II a chance to compromise. The time passed by one minute and ten minutes were about to pass. When the Republican representatives turned and were about to step out of the palace, Pedro II compromised. For the sake of his life and that of his family, he chose to abandon the title of Emperor of the Brazilian Empire. He signed his name on the last edict bearing the coat of arms of the Brazilian Empire. Since then, he has passed on two generations of 57 years. The Brazilian Empire officially came to an end.