After coming out of the palace, Lu Weimin first went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain Zhang Wei's arrangements to Foreign Minister Hua Guoqiang, and asked him to immediately summon the British and French ambassadors to Beijing and ask them to stop trade with Venezuela, otherwise it would be regarded as interfering in the internal affairs of the Xia Empire, and its cargo ships in and out of Venezuela would be sunk by the Xia Imperial Navy. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Subsequently, Lu Weimin telegraphed to Chen Yifeng in the South American Theater to send airship troops to bomb Venezuelan cities, and specifically explained that partial incendiary bombs must be used to destroy the will of the Venezuelan people to resist and destroy the normal production and living conditions of their people; At the same time, the navy of the South American theater blockaded the coast of Venezuela, sinking or capturing all merchant ships entering and leaving Venezuelan ports, cutting off their communication with the outside world.

General Chen Yifeng was very happy after receiving the telegram, and the empire had finally made up its mind to fight; Now that the order was sent to his liking, he began to blockade its coastal ports and bombard the cities of its territory, and after a period of time it would be the dry season in the area, so that it would be easier for the ground army units to attack.

Venezuela does not have a complete industrial chain and cannot yet produce weapons and ammunition, etc., and if the port is blocked and their weapons and ammunition are not replenished, the power of resistance will gradually weaken.

Due to the underdeveloped industry of Venezuelan cities, Chen Yifeng discussed with Song Shijie and decided that airships could bomb their cities unscrupulously, while port cities mainly bombed residential areas and ships anchored in ports, so that they could immediately use their port wharves and other infrastructure after occupying the coastal areas, and the bombing of residential areas could break people's will to resist.

At present, there are five airships in the South American theater with sufficient ammunition, and except for two airships to protect the security of the northern and southern armies respectively, the remaining three airships have all been dispatched to bomb Venezuela's seaports, large cities, and military installations.

The airship unit is very happy to carry out this kind of urban bombing mission, the target is large, and there is no need to carefully observe and calibrate, as long as the bomb is dropped within the city limits, it can cause serious damage to it, and they can achieve fruitful results.

One airship took off from Guyana and bombed Poliville City, Guyana City, and the southern port city of Puerto de la Cruz; 2 airships took off from the direction of Colombia and bombed Mérida, Barquisimeto, Valencia and the capital Caracas, as well as coastal port cities; The commanders of these airships also deliberately increased the use of incendiary bombs, which accounted for at least half of the ammunition carried, which would increase the level of damage to Venezuelan cities.

War is so cruel, no one will care about the casualties of civilians on the ground, as long as they can win the war, their goal will be achieved, the more serious the casualties of the other side, the greater their military achievements.

On October 2, Hua Guoqiang reached a secret exchange of interests with Britain, France and other countries, and the merchant ships of Britain, France, Germany and other countries withdrew from the United States of Venezuela by October 5 and no longer traded with them; Although they were unwilling, the Xia Empire did not restrict them from continuing to trade with the United States and the 6-nation alliance, making them feel that there was still a chance, and as long as they could make trouble for the Xia Empire, they would not give up; And after this period of military support for Venezuela, they believe that they will definitely be able to deal a heavy blow to the Xia Empire, and even let the Xia Empire fall into the big quagmire of Venezuela.

On 6 October, the naval fleet of the South American Theater of Operations completed the blockade of the coast of the United States of Venezuela, and no ships were allowed to go to sea; The Russellan Navy blockaded the entire Caribbean Sea and the waters of the West Indies, and no ships were allowed to enter the area, except for ships of normal immigrants from the United States.

On the morning of 7 October, three airships took off from Port of Spain and Cúcuta, respectively, to bomb their respective target cities.

Airships taking off from Port of Spain bombarded mainly its coastal ports, as well as cities in the southeast; The two airships that took off from Cúcuta bombed mainly the Orinoco plain and the cities in the valley floor of the Mérida Mountains.

The first to be bombed were a number of small cities in the state of Mérida, including the capital city of Mérida; This is a very important agricultural and pastoral area of Venezuela, and the bombing of this area is mainly aimed at destroying the normal production of food and animal husbandry.

Since each city is not large, only a few grenades and incendiary bombs are dropped in each place, otherwise the cost will be too high.

The airship dropped bombs at an altitude of more than 6,500 meters, and with the influence of wind and other factors, there was no lack of accuracy, which could only play a deterrent effect on local residents and soldiers, but occasionally exploding incendiary bombs caused raging fires in the city, causing people to have serious fear; In Venezuela's cities, most people still live in wooden buildings, most of which are grass-roofed, and if a fire breaks out, the fire spreads quickly and is difficult to control.

The incendiary bombs dropped on the airship caused much more damage to the local area than the large grenades, and the flames destroyed the means of production on which people depended.

Each grenade fell to the ground, and with a "boom" explosion, a huge crater more than ten meters deep was blown up in the ground, shrapnel flew everywhere, and a huge shock wave would tear the surrounding houses to shreds.

Each incendiary bomb falls, there will be a "boom", rising dozens of meters of flames, huge fireballs will spread to hundreds of square meters, splashing incendiary materials quickly ignite the surrounding houses and all combustible materials, the high temperature makes people unable to approach, let alone fight the fire.

Many people were stunned by this sudden bombardment; Some people are so frightened that they stand still, and some people run wildly in all directions; There were cries, shouts, cries for help, moans, curses, all masked in the loud explosions.

Venezuela has suffered a civil war or various uprisings one after another, but the scale of the war is very small, how can it have suffered such a fierce bombardment? The fear of such bombing among soldiers and civilians is difficult to dispel in a short period of time; This bombardment came from the sky, giving them a sense of powerless frustration.

The airship bombing speed was very fast, and they were busy bombing other cities, the purpose was to bomb more cities, so that more Venezuelans would know that the power of the Xia Empire's artillery fire was not something they could withstand.

On the ground, however, the lives of Venezuelans have been severely damaged, with large numbers of homes destroyed or set on fire, a large number of people bereaved and many disabled.

Some people are busy fighting fires, or rescuing the wounded, or snatching limited food from the fires. Some people only know the pain, cursing the damned Xia Empire soldiers.

In 10 days, the three ships visited most of the cities of Venezuela, causing them to suffer heavy economic losses and casualties, the whole country was in chaos, and people were full of a serious fear of the Xia Empire.

Chen Yifeng was very satisfied with the results achieved by the airship.