On the evening of 10 July 1971, a military coup d'état took place at the Schirat Palace in Rabat, Morocco. Under the frenzied fire of machine guns, the president of morocco's supreme court died, the ambassador of Belgium died, and the ambassador of Saudi Arabia was seriously injured, and in an instant, the life of King Hassan II of Morocco was in danger.
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At 7 p.m. that night, the rebels suddenly released a message that shocked the whole country through the radio: "King Hassan II is dead!" But just when there was chaos in Morocco, Hassan II suddenly appeared unscathed in front of everyone, and the rebels who had shouted "Kill Hassan II" a few hours ago fell to their knees at hassan II's feet shouting "Long live the king".
Why did there suddenly be a military coup in Morocco? What is the purpose of the coup d'état team? With Hassan II captured, why did the rebels kneel and surrender? Today, Leng Ge will take you into the thrilling military coup in Morocco in 1971.
The sudden coup d'état took heavy casualties
On February 26, 1961, the 52-year-old Moroccan King Mohammed V suddenly died of illness, and in the panic, Hassan, who was only 32 years old, hurriedly succeeded to the throne, but Hassan never expected that what awaited him next was endless danger.
As a coastal country in the northwest of Africa, Morocco has a very advantageous geographical advantage, and its anchorage, the Strait of Gibraltar, is the only link between the western Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. However, such a privileged geographical location has brought convenience to Morocco at the same time, but also put Morocco in a state of trembling all year round.
Moroccan location
The three giants of the United States, the Soviet Union and France have always been eyeing Morocco, and since taking office, Hassan II has been trying to maintain a balance between the three countries, and the situation in Morocco has been stable during his time in power.
However, as Hassan II implemented a policy of monarchical centralization at home, discontent rose and fell in Morocco. Especially after the promulgation of a new constitution by Hassan II in 1970, protests in Morocco became even stronger. And the resistance of the broad masses soon became a "dagger" in the hands of ulterior motives, and a conspiracy against Hassan II quietly arrived...
On 10 July 1971, the 42nd birthday of Hassan II and the 10th anniversary of Hassan II's accession to the throne, the Royal Government of Morocco held a grand celebration at the Schiath Palace. On that day, Morocco's princes and nobles, ministers of civil and military affairs, and envoys from all over the world gathered together to send their most sincere wishes to Hassan II, but unexpectedly, a bloody coup that shocked the whole world suddenly arrived.
Hassan II
The coup was led by General Madmeh, the head of the Moroccan royal family's military service, who planned to detain Hassan II by force at his birthday party and then force him to abdicate and form a new government centered on the coup d'état.
To ensure the success of the coup, Madmeh seduced 250 paratroopers and more than 1,400 cadets into carrying out their own conspiracy. On the day of the coup, Madmöh moved the coup team out of the barracks under the guise of "live-fire military exercises", while he also mobilized 60 trucks to transport the soldiers of the coup and the ammunition needed.
Madmöch
At 6:15 p.m. on July 10, as all the birthday greeters were preparing for the 45-minute dinner, gunshots rang out from the coup d'état team. Under the frenzied attack of the coup d'état team, all the guards on the outskirts of the Schirart Palace were killed. Suddenly, everyone in the venue frantically fled outside, but at this time, the coup team brutally machine-gunned the crowd, and for a time, dozens of people fell in a pool of blood. And in such a dangerous situation, there is a Chinese who is always calmly thinking about countermeasures.
The Chinese ambassador was in a dangerous situation and turned the danger into a disaster
Under the frenzied strafing of machine guns, the Palace of Schirat was in chaos, and the venue that had just been talking and laughing was now full of corpses. In the panicked crowd, an ambassador from China said calmly: "We must find a way to get out of here!" As soon as the words fell out, the Belgian ambassador standing next to him was unfortunately shot in the chest and died on the spot.
Zhang Weilie
This ambassador from China is named Zhang Weilie, who is from the New Fourth Army, who has participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and is a veteran with very rich combat experience. As soon as the gunshots rang out, Zhang Weilie quietly said to Nie Bingjie, the translator next to him: "There has been a coup!" ”
Witnessing the fleeing crowd and the fierce rebel team, Zhang Weilie always stayed where he was, did not move a step, he carefully observed his position and the deployment of the rebel troops, and soon, Zhang Weilie found that the east gate of the Schiat Palace was heavily guarded, it was impossible to rush out, and there were two high walls in the south and north of the Summer Palace, which could not be turned over without the help of external forces.
Just when Zhang Weilie was at a loss, he suddenly found that there was a long corridor leading to the beach on the west side of the summer palace, and there was no rebel guard here, just need to take advantage of the fact that the rebels were not ready to escape to the beach, then you can quickly detour to the road to escape smoothly.
After determining the escape route, Zhang Weilie immediately pulled the interpreter Nie Bingjie to quietly approach the long corridor, and in the process of the two of them escaping, more and more people followed, but because the target was too large, just when Zhang Weilie ran to the beach and prepared to go around to the south, the rebel team suddenly found them, and suddenly, accompanied by fierce gunfire, the rebel team quickly surrounded Zhang Weilie and his party.
Escape the process
The rebels' bullets hit the beach and stirred up a large amount of sediment, and at this moment of life and death, Zhang Weilie calmly instructed Nie Bingjie: "Don't move, as long as you lie on your stomach and don't move, it will be okay!" Sure enough, under the motionless, all the people who escaped were not injured, but soon, all the people on the beach began to return to the summer palace under the escort of the mutinous soldiers, looking at the escape road that was close at hand, Zhang Weilie was unwilling, and he decided to take a "dangerous move".
More than 2,000 people fled to the beach, but the number of rebels in charge of detention was less than 50, so Zhang Weilie and Nie Bingjie decided to take advantage of the chaos to escape again. In order to let the rebels relax their vigilance, Zhang Weilie and Nie Bingjie deliberately pretended to be injured and were inconvenient to walk, and slowly approached the tail of the line. At this time, the sky had gradually darkened, which undoubtedly provided great convenience for Zhang Weilie's escape plan.
Ambassador Zhang Weilie (first from left)
In order to delay time, Zhang Weilie would bend down and pour the sand in his shoes every few steps, and soon the night would completely fall, taking advantage of the rebel soldiers not paying attention, Zhang Weilie pulled Nie Bingjie quickly out of the team, and then crept into the night.
After escaping from the Schirat Palace, Zhang Weilie carefully bypassed the guards guarding the surrounding area, and then quickly got into the car back to the Chinese Embassy, but on the way back, a scene on the street made Zhang Weilie afraid. All the main roads of Rabat were seen with heavily armed tanks and armored vehicles speeding along, and several important locations in Rabat were lit up, and the light and shadow of shells fired frequently in the night sky.
At about 9 p.m., Zhang Weilie returned safely to the Chinese Embassy, but as soon as he walked through the embassy's door, he heard a thunderbolt-like message on the radio: "Hassan II is dead, long live the Republic!" Upon hearing the news, Ambassador Zhang Weilie immediately conveyed the news of the Military Coup in Morocco and the death of Hassan II to the Chinese Embassy in France.
At this moment, Zhang Weilie's heart is both sad and regretful, he served as China's ambassador to Morocco for less than 3 months, and before he could submit his credentials to Hassan II, the other party was suddenly killed, which is undoubtedly an unprecedented diplomatic change. And just as Zhang Weilie was pondering countermeasures, a familiar voice suddenly sounded on the radio: "The rebellion has been quelled!" "Yes, that's the voice of Hassan II.
The rebels had clearly occupied almost all important places, such as the Schiath Palace, the royal army headquarters, and Radio Rabat, and Hassan II had obviously been captured by the rebels, but why was he safe and sound, and claimed that the rebellion had been quelled?
The king of Morocco turned the tide and the rebels fell to their knees and surrendered
Under the fierce attack of the rebel troops, the outer guards of the Schirat Palace were quickly destroyed, and the few remaining palace guards guarded Hassan II in the middle, but just when the bloody battle was about to break out, Hassan II made a "bold" move.
As was the case, once the battle broke out, Hassan II was likely to be killed in the confusion. In order to save his life, Hassan II immediately ordered all the Guards soldiers to lay down their weapons. Hassan II was immediately taken to a room by the rebels and placed under house arrest. In order to demonstrate, Madmakh immediately ordered the execution of many of Hassan II's close associates, including deputy chief of staff Enlaisi and gendarmerie commander Buash, but Madmakh's move quickly provoked infighting among the rebel ranks.
Ababu, another mastermind involved in the coup, was extremely dissatisfied with Madmoh's order to execute the king's cronies, and for a time, the dispute between the two became more and more intense, and finally it turned into a firefight between the two sides, and in the course of the battle, the rebel leader Madmakh was hit by a stray bullet and died on the spot. The rebels who had lost their leader were suddenly in chaos, and it was this sudden change that allowed Hassan II to find the best opportunity for PUBG.
When madmöh learned of Madmakh's death, the soldiers in charge of guarding Hassan II also panicked, witnessing the emotional changes of the guards, hassan II immediately launched a psychological offensive. He first memorized the Quran to the soldiers, saying that the following offenses were immoral and would go to hell in the future!
Under the preaching of Hassan II, the attitude of the guards gradually began to waver, and aiming at this opportunity, Hassan II immediately began to induce, and he promised: "As long as you release me, I promise that I will never pursue your crimes, and I will also reward you for your merits, and it is not a matter of adding officials to knighthood!" ”
Sure enough, with the grace and power of Hassan II, these young soldiers, who had no experience at all, suddenly floated in the army, turned against each other, and expressed their loyalty to Hassan II one after another. A few minutes later, under the protection of heavily armed young soldiers, Hassan II walked out of his room under house arrest with his head held high, and as he walked to the hall, Hassan II's mouth was still shouting the contents of the Quran. Suddenly, all the rebels in the Schiath Palace fell to their knees and chanted the slogan "Long live the king, swear allegiance to the king to the death."
Under the efforts of Hassan II, most of the soldiers of the rebel army turned against each other, and the crowd shouted "Long live the king" while frantically attacking the rebel mastermind Ababu's own soldiers, and in less than half an hour, Ababu's relatives were quickly eliminated, and Ababu himself was shot and killed in the battle. At this point, the military coup that lasted less than 4 hours came to an end.
Ababu
Years later, when a reporter interviewed Zhang Weilie, he asked: "Ambassador Zhang, were you afraid when you faced a military coup in Morocco?" Zhang Weilie smiled and said: "Fear is certain, but I am more certain that behind me, there is a strong motherland, as the Chinese ambassador, I must be calm." ”
Our country has exchanged decades of resistance and countless sacrifices for the peace of the present, but this does not mean that we live in a peaceful era. In today's world, almost every day people are sacrificed in the shelling, and the reason why we can enjoy life in peace is because there are millions of heroes guarding the peace of the motherland, because there are countless diplomats who are unswervingly safeguarding the dignity of the motherland, and they are the most worthy of our tribute.