Chapter 473: Chain Surrender
With the chief of staff taking the lead, the deputy army commander and several division commanders and deputy division commanders who decided to surrender immediately expressed their stance and agreed to obey the orders of the army commander. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
When others looked at this situation, they felt that what the chief of staff said was still reasonable, that is, the breakthrough was successful, and they had no logistical support, where could they go? Besides, the family members of the army commander, the chief of staff, and the deputy army commander are also in Caracas, and these executives are not worried about the safety of their families, and there is no need for middle-level officers to worry, so they have expressed their attitudes: "We resolutely obey the orders of the army commander." β
Seeing that everyone expressed their stance and resolutely obeyed his orders, he was temporarily relieved, so he said: "My choice has a certain element of risk, but if I don't do this, I can't bear to see thousands of soldiers die, and I can't bear to let our families die, so what we have to do is to unite closely at all times, only unity, we can rely on collective strength to get a glimmer of life." β
"Commander, give the order."
"We strongly support the decision of the military commander."
"Okay, since everyone agrees with my decision, then the most important thing for us now is to pacify the troops and try to rescue the wounded, as long as the troops are still there, we have the value of being used, and we have bargaining chips, I hope you understand; Then I will urgently send someone to contact the Xia Empire, hoping to obtain some food and medicine first; Now that the meeting is over, let's go and get busy. Ishabel ordered.
"Yes, Commander!"
Subsequently, Isabel carefully explained to the deputy chief of staff, and asked him to go to Ciudad Bolivar again, ask the other party to send someone to negotiate the surrender, and ask for some food, medicine, and doctors.
Division Commander Ma Yongheng did not dare to make his own decisions, so he asked the military headquarters of the 4th Army for instructions, and after receiving the reply, he agreed to the conditions put forward by the other side, and sent the chief of staff to lead some food, medicine, and doctors to negotiate and provide support early on the morning of the 22nd.
All the officers and men of the 6th Army of the Venezuelan Defense Forces are very excited that the other side has sent support supplies before the negotiations have been successful, at least they will not have to go hungry anymore, and many of their wounded comrades will receive the treatment they deserve and will no longer endure unbearable pain.
The negotiations were attended by three members: Isabelle, the deputy commander and the chief of staff.
Isabel began by proposing: "We can surrender and we can be reorganized as mercenaries, but we are determined not to participate in the war against Venezuela; We are nationals of the United States of Venezuela and will never do anything against our own nationals; Secondly, our family is still in Caracas, and if we don't, our family will be persecuted. β
"Okay, no problem, I accept your opinion and will not involve you in the war against Venezuela."
The first question passed, which made Isabel and the others breathe a sigh of relief, so that their lives and their families were saved, and the next thing was to try to fight for as many benefits as possible.
The Xia Empire's opinion was that they could continue to own their property, but they had to pay taxes according to the rules, and they had little objection to this issue, and whoever ruled had to pay taxes.
Another focus was on the question of how to obtain the citizenship of the Xia Empire, which was disputed by the two sides for a long time.
In the end, it was agreed that all officers would be treated as citizens of the Xia Empire, and that their families would have to be proficient in Mandarin before they could obtain this qualification. For soldiers, their personal assets remain the same, and they must obtain the corresponding military merits in order to obtain citizenship, and their family members can only obtain citizenship after they have obtained citizenship and pass Mandarin.
The results of the negotiations were reported to Chen Yifeng and Song Shijie, who immediately agreed, and urgently sent a deputy minister of civil affairs to Ciudad Bolivar to participate in deeper negotiations.
Only then did the negotiations take part mainly Isabel and the governor of the former Bolivarian state, who had decided to surrender to the Xia Empire just for the sake of more benefits for the locals.
Since the Imperial Council has sent the immigration index of South America, there are only more than 200,000 Chinese immigrants every year, and the South American theater must assimilate and transform some local natives to join the big family of the Xia Empire, instead of adopting the same management model as other regions; This is also the reason why the conditions for these people to obtain citizenship have been relaxed.
By the 25th, a total of 2 defence divisions had arrived in Ciudad Bolivar, followed by nearly 2 brigades of mercenaries, alleviating the shortage of troops in the state of Bolivar.
On November 25, the Venezuelan 6th Army signed a troop reorganization agreement with Commander Ma Yong, and on the same day, Commander Isabel announced its surrender to the Xia Empire. Commander Issabel then sent an order to the officers and men stationed outside the city of Bolivar, demanding that they surrender to the Xia Imperial army.
On the 27th, the remaining officers and soldiers of the 6th Army announced that they would obey the orders of the commander and surrender to the Xia Imperial army.
On November 29, the former governor of Bolivarian and other administrative officials signed a secret agreement with the Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs of the South American Special Administrative Region of the Xia Empire to ensure their private interests, and then they announced in Bolivar City: Bolivarian State became independent of the United States of Venezuela and joined the Guiana District of the Xia Empire, becoming a province of the Xia Empire.
The surrender of the military and political officials of the Bolivarian state caused an uproar in the United States of Venezuela; Subsequently, in order to calm domestic public opinion, the War Department announced that the families of the officers of the 6th Army had been secretly handled, and warned other commanders at all levels to take warning and resolutely fight against the Xia Empire to the end.
In response to the warning of the Venezuelan War Department, Song Shijie announced in a timely manner that all military and political officials at all levels in the Bolivarian State would remain in office.
Then the governor of Bolivarian issued a telegram calling on all Venezuelans to unite to overthrow the brutal rule of President GΓ³mez's dictatorship. The families of these administrative officials are not being held in Caracas and are not subject to family constraints, so they can speak as they please, without fear of reprisals.
In the dry season, the extreme position that the cruiser can go up is Ciudad Bolivar, and the water level is too shallow and very unsafe.
On the 25th, after pacifying the Bolivarian state, three destroyers led six fast torpedo boats up the Orinoco and occupied the two small cities on the southern coast of Kaikala and Raurcana, completely cutting off the connection between the north and south of Venezuela and completely isolating the Amazon region.
The Amazon region is covered with rainforests and harsh environments, where most of the people live are Indians, and the Venezuelan government has sent administrators only in large towns such as San Fernando, with only a few police and a few local troops, and the equipment is even poorer.
Ramo Raphilis, the mayor of the Amazon, hesitated to weigh the pros and cons, and then the north-south corridor was cut off and the state of Bolivar announced its surrender to the Xia Empire, if he continued to insist, the Xia Empire would not enter the rainforest area, but would simply send airships to drop bombs on the towns, destroying their infrastructure, their production and their lives.
In desperation, he finally decided to agree to the conditions put forward by the intelligence officers of the Xia Empire, and announced that he would join the Guiana Special Region of the Xia Empire and become a province of the Xia Empire.