Venezuelan President J.V. Gómez, known as the "Tyrant of the Andes", seized power in a coup d'état in December 1908 and began to rule Venezuela as president; Gomez's dictatorship at home, the creation of a well-organized and well-equipped army and garrison, his crackdown on dissent, the elimination of local forces, the prohibition of political parties and trade unions, and the suppression of progressive forces led to widespread resentment in the country. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

J. V. Gomez's government was close to the United States, after the United States was defeated by the Xia Empire, Gomez lost the United States as a backer; later the Americans became the pawns of the Xia Empire, frantically occupied the land of Mexico and Central American countries, and handed over the occupied territory to the Xia Empire; the Xia Empire occupied the West Indies and the British, French and Dutch colonies in South America in the name of protecting overseas Chinese, and semi-surrounded Venezuela, if the Xia Empire continued to occupy Colombia to the south, then Venezuela would have the fate of being destroyed, which made Gomez feel the danger.

The United States brazenly launched a war against Brazil, Brazil was defeated, and countries such as Argentina and Chile began to expand their military and strengthen their military forces.

Although President J.V. Gomez had no formal education, he was a shrewd person who saw that the Xia Empire and the United States were not at peace, South America was plunged into war, and Venezuela was already in danger.

As a result, Venezuela actively borrowed from Europe, purchased a large number of arms, expanded its army, and prepared for self-defense.

Venezuela and Britain and France and other countries had great contradictions due to the previous territorial issue, so they had to turn to the Germans for help, and the Germans could not give up this piece of fat for the sake of interests, so they reached an agreement with Venezuela to exchange agricultural products for weapons and equipment.

The Republic of Colombia, since independence, has been in constant wars, and the "Thousand Days War" that has just passed has caused serious damage to the Colombian national economy, full of devastation, greatly reduced national strength, and divided the people; The United States and Britain have invested heavily in Colombia's oil, railroads, textiles, food industries, coffee and banana plantations, plundering Colombia's wealth and making the people's lives miserable. The dictatorship of the ruling Conservative Party, which brutally persecuted dissidents and suppressed the masses, exacerbated internal contradictions, conflicts and riots, and the dictatorship of President Rafael Reyes Prieto made it increasingly unbearable for the Colombian people.

After the defeat of the United States by the Xia Empire, the Colombian people saw hope of recovering Panama, but the United States soon launched the Mexican War, and later continued to invade the south, which dashed Colombia's hopes and felt a great threat.

The contradictions between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party in Colombia quickly transformed into external contradictions to resist foreign invasion.

Colombia itself has a huge contradiction with the United States, Panama was planned by the United States to become independent, and now facing the invasion of the United States, the Colombian national resistance has been aroused, and the Liberal Party has also eased relations with the government.

In order to protect the huge investment in Colombia, Britain quickly established good relations with the government of President Reyes, weapons and ammunition were quickly shipped to the Republic of Colombia, and veterans trained through the "Thousand Days War" were re-drafted and armed to defend against the invasion of the United States.

The influx of displaced people from Central America into the Republic of Colombia has severely damaged the local economy, and in this case, the able-bodied young people of the displaced people have been conscripted into the army, and these people are full of hatred for the Americans, who have destroyed their homes, destroyed their happy lives, displaced them, separated their wives, and now they are organized and provided with weapons and equipment, which is exactly what they want, and they are determined to fight the American army to the death.

Portugal and Spain, the former suzerains of South America, have maintained close political and economic ties with them, and there are still large numbers of descendants of both countries in South America, and in this atmosphere of war horror, many white South Americans have returned to their European homeland.

The two countries also provided a large amount of arms and ammunition and other assistance to South American countries under the mobilization of Britain; Portugal was angry because of the loss of the Macau lease and the East African colonies, and although they were afraid of the Xia Empire's military, they were still very happy to accept this way of retaliating against the Xia Empire without coming out.

Of course, several countries are not in vain, and a large number of cocoa, coffee, sugar, textiles, etc. produced in Colombia are exported to the United Kingdom and Portugal, alleviating the shortage of domestic materials.

The South American war is cloudy, and the Republic of Peru is also nervous, it itself has many wars with Chile and Colombia, and now the two countries are expanding their armies significantly, and there is also external pressure, and the pace of military expansion has also begun.

Peru is rich in silver, copper, zinc, tin and gold, and the country is relatively rich.

After Argentina and Chile purchased a large number of warships and army equipment from the Xia Empire, Peru also contacted the Xia Empire, seeking to purchase warships and army equipment, and the gap between it and Chile must not be too large, otherwise, the occupied provinces will never be recovered, and they will have to bear the military pressure of Colombia.

The Xia Empire successively sold weapons and equipment to countries in South America, which made the world incomprehensible.

Originally, everyone thought that the Xia Empire wanted to invade and occupy the countries of South America, and it should not sell active weapons to these countries; Since the Xia Empire dared to sell so many weapons and equipment, it must have no intention of invading South America, or the Xia Empire had more advanced weapons and equipment and appeared to be fearless.

If it is the second case, then the Xia Empire is too terrifying.

However, the Xia Empire sold so many battleships and battle cruisers at one time, and the active equipment was drawn from the three major fleets, which made Britain, France, Germany and other countries feel the pressure drop sharply.

Peru purchased 2 Xia-class battleships, 1 Baiqi-class battlecruiser and 10 destroyers, as well as numerous 75mm mountain guns, 105mm and 155mm howitzers, as well as numerous rifles, heavy machine guns, etc.

This made Colombia unable to sit still, that is, not to resist the invasion of the United States, and if the Peruvian attack was not something they could afford, President Rafael Reyes Prieto ordered a larger expansion of the army, and actively procured battleships, etc.; This made the British government cheer together, good business, just to dispose of the battleships that were about to be decommissioned to the Colombian government at a low price, in exchange for the supplies they urgently needed; The French government also stained the old racks and tubes to sell to the Colombian government.

With the support of its allies, Britain, France, Portugal and Spain, the Colombian government has become more and more emboldened, and does not take the 300,000 US troops who are outdated in equipment at all.

In order to make Peru unhappy, Colombian President Rafael Reyes Prieto ordered the expulsion of a large number of Central American displaced people to Peru, which triggered the intensification of conflicts between the Peruvian and Colombian governments.

Due to the intervention of the United States and the Xia Empire, the contradictions between the countries of South America have intensified, and the countries are vying to expand their armies, and while preparing to resist the invasion of the United States, they are also on guard against each other, and the clouds of war are thicker than those in Europe, and there is a possibility of a major war breaking out at any time.

Brazil and Argentina formed an alliance to deal with the invasion of the United States, and the United States did not have a good time; Since everyone knows that the United States has the support of the Xia Empire, and the United States has lost confidence in European countries, the United States can only fight alone for the time being, but fortunately, there is no shortage of food and energy for the Xia Empire's assistance to the United States, and there is no shortage of ordinary ammunition, but there is a shortage of howitzer shells.

The rapid advance at the beginning and the current confrontation between the two sides have put great pressure on the US government and people. Now that the Xia Empire is selling weapons and equipment to Argentina, the US Government is extremely dissatisfied with this, and has lodged several diplomatic protests with the Xia Empire, but they have been directly ignored by Ambassador Li Jingfa, and the reply to them is that the Xia Empire has not sold any weapons and equipment to Brazil and Colombia, and this will not affect the US Government's strategy.

As for whether Argentina supports weapons to Brazil or sells weapons and equipment to Brazil, it is not the Xia Empire's concern; The weapons and equipment flowing into Colombia from Britain, Spain, and Portugal were also not controlled by the Xia Empire.

Zhang Wei is very satisfied with the current situation in South America, and it is better if South America is reduced by more than half before the Xia Empire invades South America.

The tension in South America has caused the international prices of saltpeter, copper, steel, grain, cloth, etc. to continue to rise, which is also the result that Zhang Wei is willing to see, and the Xia Empire can get rich returns from it. In order to continue to push up the prices of strategic materials such as saltpeter and copper, Zhang Wei ordered the General Staff to allow Chile, Peru and Argentina to use materials to top the account during negotiations.

Since the Xia Empire's forces were not currently attacking the South American states, Venezuela rejected Colombia's request for an alliance; Colombia had no choice but to seek an alliance with Brazil and Argentina, and since they were both facing a military attack by the United States, the three countries quickly came together to form the South American Union, which was later joined by Uruguay and Paraguay to deal with the American invasion.

By this time, the United States felt that the Xia Empire was in the hands of it, but they had already been unable to ride the tiger, so they could only grit their teeth and insist.

Facing increasing pressure, Chile felt that it could not go it alone, and joined the South American Union, which has become stronger and stronger.

Both sides of the Xia Empire sold weapons, and whoever paid for them sold them; Britain, France and other countries sell weapons and equipment to the South American Union; The Germans looked greedy, and also adopted the strategy of the Xia Empire, and began to contact all countries in South America, selling weapons to whoever paid for it; The United States is worried about the insufficient reserves of howitzer shells and the shortage of 155mm howitzers, and Germany came to the door and just procured a batch of emergency supplies, so that the Germans could get a big order in South America; The Germans tasted the sweetness, and they could not only dispose of the arms stockpile, but also exchange them for the products needed by the Reich, so they were more active in recommending their weapons and equipment to other countries, lest the world be in chaos.

Venezuela is still hesitant to join the South American Union, and Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, which are backed by Britain and France, have always been at odds with Venezuela. The most difficult thing now are the three small countries of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, which do not know what to do, so they can only go with the flow and start to desperately expand their troops.

Faced with this situation, Lu Weimin, after carefully studying the situation in South American countries, suggested to Zhang Wei that the imperial army should postpone its entry into South America and first manage the existing territory; In the absence of external pressure, it is very difficult for the South American countries to unite together, and in the case of mutual arms expansion, the absence of external pressure will cause their contradictions to intensify and plunge into war ahead of schedule.

Feng Guohua and Chen Yifeng also agreed with Lu Weimin's suggestion that the second half of the year happened to be the rainy season in South America, not the best season to enter South America, and the empire was still mainly wait-and-see; Letting the 300,000 U.S. troops enter Colombia first to clear the way for the empire is also to deplete the number of American officers and soldiers, and drag them in Colombia to prevent them from smoothly joining the Brazilian battlefield. (To be continued.) )