Chapter 1013: Chaotic Mexico City
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"Your Excellency, something is wrong! The Americans ran away! "The secretary of the Mexican presidential palace stumbled into President Madero's bedroom and woke up President Madero, who was sleeping with his wife in his arms. paitxt.com』
"What? What's going on? President Madero, who was woken up, was stunned for a moment, and then jumped straight out of bed, as if forgetting that he was now completely naked. It's just that the secretary doesn't have the heart to pay attention to this.
"Your Excellency, our men have found that the Americans are fleeing Mexico City. A large number of U.S. troops are moving from the barracks along the road to northern Mexico! The scale is very large, and the hundreds of thousands of Americans stationed in Mexico City are among the evacuation teams! The secretary said.
"Bastard! Those damned Yankees, those liars, they deceived us again! President Madero said angrily. Yesterday, when he and senior Mexican government officials visited Admiral Pershing, Admiral Pershing also vowed that the U.S. military would be able to hold Mexico City. But it was only a day, and the Americans were about to retreat to northern Mexico, and they had not yet informed the Mexican government that they were completely going to abandon them! Fortunately, President Madero was also on guard and secretly sent people to monitor the US military camp 24 hours a day, and if he found anything unusual in the US military, he would report it immediately. President Madero did this just in case, but he didn't expect that such a thing would happen!
"Your Excellency, what should we do now?" The secretary asked anxiously. The massive withdrawal of the Americans meant that the Americans had suffered a crushing defeat on the battlefield, otherwise they would not have abandoned Mexico City so quickly. Once the Chinese fight back to Mexico City, they, the betrayers who betrayed China before, will definitely not end well!
President Madero shuddered. He thought of these things too. The Chinese will not show mercy to traitors. He has been a puppet under China's control for several years, and he is relatively clear about this. President Madero was sure that if he was caught by the Chinese, he would have been sent directly to the gallows.
"Inform the rest of the cabinet at once, and we will immediately withdraw to the north, to San Luis Potosí!" President Madero ordered. In any case, Mexico City cannot stay any longer. For the sake of your own life, it's better to flee as soon as possible. Though. After fleeing from Mexico City, his power will be greatly affected, but at this time there is not so much to care about.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" The secretary nodded. Obviously, this time in addition to running away. He couldn't do anything else!
"Wait a minute! Get everyone ready, you'll have to evacuate in an hour! President Madero said. No one knows when the Chinese will enter Mexico City, and if they stay for one more minute, there will be more danger!
"Yes, Your Excellency!" The secretary replied.
After that, President Madero quickly got up and woke his wife up. Get dressed and let the attendants at the presidential palace begin to take care of their outfits. President Madero knew that after escaping Mexico City this time, he would probably never return. Therefore. He had to take all his possessions with him. In the future, whether you flee to northern Mexico or go into exile, it will cost money.
"Someone, call the chief guard!" Madero then commanded. The guards protecting the president of Mexico are numbering thousands of people. They are all elites selected from the Mexican government army, and they are also loyal to Madero.
"Your Excellency. What do you command? The chief guard asked respectfully.
"You take someone right away, go to the National Bank of Mexico, and take all the gold and other treasures with you!" A flash of greed flashed in President Madero's eyes. The National Bank of Mexico is a publicly owned bank and Mexico's biggest influence. The Mexican government's revenues and the wealth of most of its inhabitants are stored here. Precious metals such as gold and jewellery are also in the vaults of the National Bank of Mexico. Gold alone is more than a hundred tons. Rather than staying here and being captured by the Chinese, it is better to take them all away now, these are the guarantees of Madero's future life. As for the savings of ordinary Mexicans, they will also suffer and even become penniless, but Madero obviously does not care so much anymore.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Without any doubt, the chief of guard accepted President Madero's order and immediately provoked a force of two hundred men from the presidential palace guard to go to the National Bank. At the same time, Madero also sent an infantry regiment to accompany them, and directly swept away all the gold, jewelry, and foreign exchange of the National Bank of Mexico. This qiē was completed in just one hour.
After receiving President Madero's notice, the rest of the Mexican cabinet members also scolded the Americans for being untrustworthy, and told their families to pack up and prepare to flee Mexico City. Some high-ranking officials of the Mexican government, who hold military power, also have plans to get a vote before leaving, and they have sent people to forcibly wipe out all the wealth of other banks as a guarantee for their future survival. In addition to the National Bank of Mexico, there are also a number of private banks and even some foreign banks that have also suffered losses. According to incomplete statistics, the total losses of the robbed banks reached hundreds of millions of dollars. And these are also counted on the head of the Mexican government. It's just that in the end, the money was not recovered. The Mexicans and foreign bankers who have suffered are powerless in the face of Mexico's new government, which is backed by China. However, it is rumored that the squadron captured the fleeing senior Mexican government officials, executed all of them, and confiscated their property, including the wealth that these high-ranking officials sent to loot. In this regard, the Chinese side naturally denied it!
The actions of the senior officials of the Mexican government did not hide from the big families in Mexico City. When the big families, especially some of the capitalists, found out that the government was beginning to flee, they did not sit idle, and immediately followed these high-ranking government officials and began to flee Mexico City. And this, too, has caught the attention of ordinary Mexicans. For a time, rumors that the Chinese were about to invade Mexico City and that all the Mexicans who betrayed would be executed spread among ordinary people. Frightened Mexicans began to flee Mexico City with their families and fled to northern Mexico. Slightly more affluent families have horse-drawn carts or donkey carts, but more Mexicans can only walk. At this time, more than a million people lived in Mexico City, and the vast majority of Mexicans had joined the group that had fled north.
Some Mexicans, who were already poor, began to use the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and became thugs. A large number of thugs rushed into homes and looted valuable things. In some houses, the owner has already fled first, and there is nothing of value. The thugs were furious and set the house on fire. Still others did not have time to flee Mexico City, which became the target of the mob's anger. They beat and even killed the male hosts, robbed them of their wealth, and at the same time brutally violated the women, and the whole of Mexico City was thrown into chaos because of it. The police in Mexico City also stationed and fled north, so naturally there was no one to stop the rioters. A large number of houses were set on fire, men lay in pools of blood, and women and children wept. The whole of Mexico City, as if in pre-apocalyptic chaos. The ugliness of human nature is vividly displayed at this moment.
From Mexico City to the north is a 20-meter-wide road, which the Chinese asked the Mexican government to build when they were stationed in Mexico. Convenient transportation will facilitate China's rapid deployment of troops to threaten the U.S. mainland from Mexico. Now, the road is crowded with people fleeing Mexico City.
Admiral Davis gave the order to the 10 corps stationed in and around Mexico City to retreat to the north, and the American troops had already prepared for it, and immediately after the order was given, they withdrew to the north according to the plan. However, the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people cannot be completed in a short period of time, and a large amount of combat materials and heavy equipment need to be towed by trucks or horse-drawn wagons. As a result, a procession of tens of kilometers long was formed on the road, and there was no end in sight. Even so, this was only part of the retreating troops to the north. To the south of Mexico City, there are still ten corps of U.S. troops who are gathering towards Mexico City after receiving orders, and they will also retreat to the ground as planned. In the evening, the 22 corps of the 22 corps stationed in Cuernavaca and Cuautra will also retreat. Now, the squadron is heading towards Mexico City, which makes the US military have to speed up.
But when the Mexicans joined the fledgling band, the entire road became congested. These Mexicans have no order at all, although the Chinese do not know how far away from Mexico City is, but these Mexicans seem to be frightened, desperately fleeing as fast as possible. Large numbers of Mexicans and U.S. troops crowded together, causing congestion on the roads and more than doubling the rate of U.S. withdrawal. If this continues, there is no possibility that all 20 corps of the US army will withdraw from Mexico City during the day.
"General, what should we do now? There are Mexicans everywhere, and our speed will be greatly affected. If the Chinese catch up, we won't be able to go! A major general of the U.S. Army said worriedly!