Under the command of Vice Admiral Cao Jiachuan and coordinated by naval cruisers, the troops launched an attack from the sea, successfully occupied the port city of La Cruz, a coastal port city in Venezuela, and a large number of land forces landed from the port to join forces with Anaco's mercenaries at San Mateo, isolating the northeastern region of Venezuela. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, the forces of naval transport were reaching the southern front, and the fortresses built in the hilly areas could not withstand the bombardment of airships and artillery, and the 2nd Route Army advanced by leaps and bounds, successfully occupying the cities of Valencia and Maracay, completely isolating the northwestern region from the capital area. Subsequently, the 2nd Route Army dispatched superior forces to annihilate the Venezuelan 9th Army and occupy Puerto Cabello, which had a convenient supply port for supplies.

Cao Jiachuan's strategy was to defend the isolated areas in the northeast and northwest, intensify the attack on Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, and gradually reduce the encirclement of it.

The rapid attack of the Xia Imperial Army made the southern defense line formulated by the Venezuelan General Staff collapsed, and the Germans couldn't help but sigh that the offensive speed of the Xia Imperial Army was too fast, not a blitzkrieg, but the effect was better than the blitzkrieg, and the Venezuelan army was divided and surrounded, and the end could not be taken into account.

The German military observers were forced to flee Venezuela by submarine, and the Germans, who were isolated in the northwest, were also quietly withdrawn to the German consulate in Mérida.

The departure of the Germans was a great blow to the Venezuelan commanders, and it seemed that there was no possibility of victory.

Caracas is located in the Caracas Valley, surrounded by mountains, at an altitude of nearly a thousand meters, with only a few mountain roads leading to the outside, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. This increased the difficulty of the Xia Empire's army attacking.

After completing the partition and encirclement of Venezuela, Cao Jiachuan was not in a hurry, and ordered his troops to gradually sweep away some towns on the outskirts of Caracas, adopt a steady and steady posture, and gradually reduce the encirclement of Venezuela.

Venezuela arranged 7 armies in Caracas, with more than 400,000 troops, and they relied on the mountainous terrain to build numerous fortresses, relying on these fortresses to gradually block the attack of the Xia Imperial army.

The Xia Imperial army just surrounded them, and did not rush to attack, but sent 2 airships every day to bomb the city of Caracas non-stop. The bombing not only bombed its military installations, but also indiscriminately bombed civilian houses and buildings on both sides of the streets, occasionally dropping an incendiary bomb, which immediately caused a fire in the city, which would burn down buildings and the materials inside the buildings, and at the same time released incendiary bombs on the fields that were about to ripen, turning their crops into flames.

Most of the citizens of Caracas are desperate, cursing the damned invaders so that they can't even survive their hardships.

The continuous bombardment has made Caracas a ruin, the resistance potential of the garrison is getting lower and lower, the morale is getting lower and lower, and their food quota is getting smaller and smaller.

Even the printing supply of the army is tight, not to mention those civilians, even if they survived the bombing, they are facing a life of lack of food and clothing, and all the exit routes are guarded by the army, and it is not easy to escape from this place.

President Gomez is also at a loss for what he is doing.

Military and political officials at all levels began to look for a way out, and everyone was anxious like ants on a hot pot, but at this time, there were no intelligence officers arranged by the Xia Empire in Caracas, and they had already evacuated from the encirclement before the bombing.

By the end of December, the 4th Route Army had occupied Puerto Igrote, and the forward forces had reached the city of Caucagua.

The inhabitants of Caucagua, who were mostly descendants of black slaves, had no objection to who occupied the area, and they continued to live in poverty and took a dismissive attitude towards the war. There was no danger of the Great River, and the troops stationed there quickly retreated after being bombed.

The 3rd Route Army marched to the Santa Teresa and La Victoria lines, preparing to continue its advance after stabilization.

The next step they are preparing to occupy the city of Lastex, one of the most important barriers in the south of Caracas, located in a strategic pass in the Coast Mountains between the Caracas Valley and the Aragua Valley, 20 kilometers northeast of the capital Caracas, at an altitude of more than 1,200 meters.

The capture of the city of Los Troux was very difficult, and the Venezuelan army was well prepared there, but if the city of Los was captured, the south of Caracas would not be safe.

However, Cao Jiachuan has not given the order to attack, otherwise the battle damage will be very large, and now that the enemy's capital area has been surrounded, there is no need to rush.

The situation was already very dangerous for Venezuela, and Gomez urgently ordered the commanders of the northwestern front to retreat to support the capital campaign and launch an attack on the Xia Imperial army from behind.

However, at this time, they did not dare to leave the mountain position where they were hiding, only in those secret fortresses did they feel a little safe, and they did not dare to leave the mountains to fight with the Xia Empire army on the plains, which was tantamount to killing themselves.

Even the army reorganized from the Presidential Guard, which is very loyal to President Gomez, did not dare to come to the rescue.

After thinking about it, President Gomez ordered his troops to blow up the cliffs on all the passages in the north, east, and south, and block the roads with boulders to slow down the Xia Empire's advance.

This trick is very effective, from the current position of the Xia Imperial army, to the city of Los Tekes and Caracas, the altitude suddenly rises from more than 100 meters to 1000 meters high, if the few roads are blocked, it is very difficult to clean, the large army can not pass smoothly at all, and the small force does not dare to rush in.

However, this is a double-edged sword, the army of the Xia Empire is not easy to enter, and it is not easy for them to come out, and the capital Caracas area has become a complete dead land.

Cao Jiachuan had an idea, thinking that since the enemy could block the attack of the Xia Empire by blowing up the rocks, the Xia Empire could also take the same method to blow up the rocks and block the reinforcements and supplies of the Xia Empire, so he ordered an airship to bombard the road between the city of Los and Caracas, so that the garrison of the city of Los could not get supplies and assistance.

The same approach was taken in the eastern part of the country, which successively blew up the cliffs from Caracas to Guatire, blocking its roads and isolating Guatire and facilitating the occupation of the city of Guathire and the surrounding areas by the 4th Route Army.

This kind of bombardment has achieved good results, as soon as the cliffs collapse, there are a large number of them, and huge boulders block the road to the bottom of the valley, and it is wishful thinking to clear them in a short time. Cao Jiachuan and his staff formulated an adventurous plan, sending 1 national defense division, 2 national defense divisions and 3 brigades of Japanese mercenaries from Santa Teresa, through St. Lucia, directly between Caracas and Guatire, and then encircling Guatiere's defenders, completely opening the passage from Port Igrote to Caracas.

With airships to cover them and airships to transport supplies and supplies, all officers and men did not worry about the risk of being besieged, resolutely supported the plan, and vied with each other to apply for war, all wanting to obtain this battle feat.