Chapter 390 Military Coup (Part 2) (Patreon)

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After reaching an agreement with Colonel Numar regarding their "intimate" intentions, Yuri began his final preparations for the military coup.

Bolivia, like many Latin American countries, had varying degrees of lax border controls, unlike European or Asian countries.

Having prepared for almost a month, Yuri's subordinates had already arranged for over a thousand mercenaries to enter Bolivia in various ways, some through legal means, while others resorted to illegal border crossings.

Of course, while personnel could easily enter the country, equipment was not so easy to transport and had to be split up for transportation.

Yuri had bribed border inspectors and customs officials in advance, allowing for light military supplies such as standard rifles, bullets, grenades, and machine guns to be continuously transported in small amounts.

However, heavy military equipment such as tanks and armored vehicles could only be secretly transported to La Paz via warehouses and trains.

Yuri's security company had grown in scale after nearly half a year of hard work and management.

Although Brazil was one of the most prominent BRICS countries, its internal situation was more chaotic than that of India or South Africa in terms of technological innovation.

Drug trafficking and the power of drug cartels were on the rise, while lenient immigration policies allowed a large influx of low-quality personnel, leading to a surge in gangsters in the city slums, as well as corruption among politicians.

The true situation in Brazil was that the wealth gap was rapidly widening, while various internal problems were escalating, making it increasingly difficult for people to make ends meet.

Even veterans were not exempt from this, in fact, in Brazil, due to the lack of proper government support after leaving the military, more and more soldiers had turned to gangs and drug cartels as thugs, further exacerbating the chaos in society.

Therefore, Yuri recruited personnel in Brazil under the guise of a security company and offered higher salaries than other security companies. Although each applicant was informed that they might be sent overseas or even to war zones for dangerous tasks in the future, Yuri was still able to recruit thousands of trained veterans in a very short time, with nearly a quarter of them coming from Venezuela.

With the help of Colonel Numar, Yuri and his team smoothly converged into a camp controlled by him, while the Bolivian authorities remained unaware.

In addition to Yuri's mercenaries, Colonel Numar's army also received some weapons assistance.

Sun Cheng had been purchasing military weapons from Russia for some time, and the first batch of standard Russian-made weapons had already been shipped to South America. Except for a few anti-aircraft missiles and radar system bases, the rest were stored in several relatively hidden locations.

Yuri provided Colonel Numar with mostly old AK-74 rifles that had been phased out by the Russian military, as well as a small number of RPG rocket launchers and shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles.

Although not many, the Bolivian army stationed in the capital, La Paz, was only less than 2,900 soldiers in three regiments, one of which was Colonel Numar's armed forces, which were prepared for the coup.

Moreover, there was only one armored battalion among the defending forces near La Paz, and all their tanks and armored vehicles together amounted to just over thirty vehicles. Although they were all in the hands of the current president's confidants, they were just old junk.

This was not Yuri looking down on the Bolivian military, but a fact.

Just look at the weapons of the Bolivian army's mechanized troops. There were still over ten T7 Staghound armored cars, which were equipped by the United States during World War II, still in service in the Bolivian army. In addition, the most powerful tank battalion equipped by the Bolivian army was bought from former Soviet Union countries in the late 20th century, consisting of dozens of T-72 tanks. Most of the parts were severely aged and close to being scrapped, to the point where even replacing a part for maintenance was a waste.

As everything was proceeding in full swing, Yuri, who was originally from the intelligence agency, was most familiar with the tactics used by US intelligence agencies when subverting other countries' regimes.

He suggested to Colonel Numar that the coup was just a means, and they also needed to strengthen control over public opinion and the people's hearts.

After investigating for some time, Yuri was well aware that the current Bolivian society, especially the business community and the middle class, were extremely fearful of the new president's proposal to "strive for socialist movements."

Thanks to decades of demonizing propaganda against "socialism" by the US and Western societies, as well as the fact that the Soviet Union and certain countries had advocated for revolution through armed force in the past century, Peru, which was just across the river from Bolivia, was deeply influenced and had yet to completely resolve the glorious path.

Therefore, Yuri believed that as long as Colonel Numar raised this banner, he would surely receive unexpected support.

Colonel Numar was not a fool. Although he had chosen to rebel for his own political ambition, Yuri's proposal was a very good excuse in his eyes.

The two quickly agreed, and Yuri personally paid off many newspapers, magazines, and private radio stations in Bolivia. He spread the propaganda materials he had urgently commissioned people to complete in major cities throughout Bolivia, calling on the people and all levels of society to criticize the current president's political tendencies. They also exaggerated Bolivia's increasingly severe economic hardships and high prices in recent years, subtly shifting all the problems that previous governments had been unable to solve to the new president's head.

These propaganda materials naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to explicitly state who the savior was, so although they immediately attracted the attention of the government and intelligence agencies once they broke out, when they really wanted to investigate further, they found that the clues were too complicated and required a lot of manpower and resources.

They were also afraid of falling into the trap of the hidden hand behind the scenes and neglecting their control over the capital, La Paz. Therefore, they could only secretly increase their vigilance. Meanwhile, the current president appeared in front of the people and media day after day, condemning all kinds of irresponsible reports and calling on all sectors to give him more trust and support. He would use time to prove that he would lead Bolivia towards a brighter future.

Even Yuri had to admit that the new president elected in Bolivia was indeed a remarkable figure. He was responsible, had courage, held considerable hostility towards the United States, and had almost controlled most of Bolivia's situation through several unsuccessful assassinations and coups.

Unfortunately, someone had set their sights on Bolivia.

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With Yuri and the base's planning and support behind him, Colonel Numar's coup plan was exceptionally tight and meticulous. Although the La Paz authorities soon suspected him, even canceling his military power and ordering him to rest at home on the day before the planned coup, in Colonel Numar's eyes, this move only added many uncertainties to the coup.

But in Yuri's eyes, the coup had actually succeeded.

Because on this day, he finally saw the other supervisor who was going to assist him in completing this Bolivian campaign after replacing the second-in-command.

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