 A signal is given by morse code by car headlights to prisoners being held in prison by the DGS.Maia's armoured column has to stop in open countryside due to a breakdown by one of the key armoured vehicles; at this point Major Gervasio arrives in a conspicuous red sports car and joins the rebels.Maia's troops arrive in the Praça do Comércio in Lisbon, but are threatened by a naval warship and by a column of tanks commanded by Brigadier Pais (who remains loyal to the regime).