In order to exert pressure on the military and political officials of the United States of Venezuela, Jose asked Chen Yifeng for instructions to launch a partial attack, preferably to occupy the cities along the Olinoch River first, and divide Venezuela into two parts, and at the same time, the troops on the northern front could enter Venezuela, occupy the important border towns of the other side, and prepare for a full-scale attack. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Chen Yifeng looked at the map and adopted Jose's opinion, the dry season is about to begin, and the Olinoch River is also about to enter the dry season, and before that, it is a good way to occupy the cities on both sides of the river.

As long as the cities along the Orinoc River are occupied, then the Bolivarian state and the Amazon region in the south of the river will be easy to rebel, these two regions are extremely economically backward, there are not many residents, and they have not received the attention of Venezuela, and it is not difficult to occupy, but the area of these two areas is 420,000 square kilometers, close to half of the total area of Venezuela territory (its total area is 920,000 square kilometers), but it is a big blow to its people.

From the Colombian-controlled port of Quereño to the following sections, which belong to the lower reaches of the Orinoc River, the horizontal width is about 1,500 meters, and the water depth can be maintained at more than 10 meters in the dry season.

In order to better cooperate with Jose's rebellion work, Chen Yifeng finally decided to attack more and create a posture of Mount Tai to exert strong military pressure on the United Venezuelan States.

The northernmost route, starting from Mai Kao on the Guajira peninsula, bypassing the northern edge of the Perrija Mountains, entering the United States of Venezuela, quickly occupying the western shore of Lake Maracaibo and making a gesture to cross the Bay of Maracaibo; This route is 1 national defense division, 1 cavalry division, 2 garrison divisions, 1 brigade of Japanese mercenaries, as well as 1 heavy howitzer regiment, 3 brigades of mixed-race mercenaries are responsible for the transportation of logistics and heavy materials, and a airship cooperates, a total of more than 70,000 people, commanded by a major general and deputy commander;

The second route starts from Cúcuta and seizes the city of San Cristobal, which is located at the westernmost point of the Mérida Mountains, at the confluence of the Mérida Mountains, the Cordillera Oriental and the Andes, and is geographically very important. The road is the main force, consisting of an army, plus 2 brigades of Japanese mercenaries, 2 cavalry divisions, 8 brigades of mixed-race mercenaries, and 1 airship, with a total strength of nearly 200,000;

The third route, starting from Puerto de Quereño, would occupy Puerto Padus in Venezuela and cut the Olinac River in two, which could isolate the Amazon; The second route army was mainly defensive, and only sent 1 national defense division, 2 garrison divisions, 2 brigades of mixed-race mercenaries responsible for logistics and baggage transportation, and 1 airship to cooperate;

The Fourth Route Army, with the cooperation of the navy, set out from Georgetown to occupy the entire lower Olinoc River area, isolate the Bolivarian state, and facilitate the intelligence personnel to plot against the local military and political personnel; In order to cooperate with this operation, the Navy sent 6 destroyers, 12 fast torpedo boats, 1 light cruiser and 1 heavy cruiser; The army sent 2 defense divisions and 2 brigades of Japanese mercenaries, as well as escorted by airships, totaling more than 50,000 people.

Chen Yifeng, chief of the general staff, arranged very carefully, in addition to leaving one airship as a mobile force, there were also many troops as reserves; Mixed-race mercenaries were also not assigned to key positions, and most of them were responsible for the transportation of logistics supplies.

According to Chen Yifeng's plan, the four-way army launched a simultaneous attack in the early morning of November 10.

The 1st Route Army marched very quickly and met no resistance, and the Venezuelan army was all deployed on the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo, relying on natural hazards and fortresses for defense.

The entrance to Lake Maracaibo is very narrow and the water is very shallow, and the Venezuelan military does not have to worry about the Xia Empire's navy entering Lake Maracaibo to attack the military fortress on its eastern shore.

On the west shore of the lake lived an Indian tribe called Anyu, and the army of the Xia Empire did not attack the Indian tribe, and the two sides were at peace; leaving a garrison division at the exit of Lake Maracaibo to prevent the Venezuelan army from crossing the lake and cutting off the supply lines of the troops; The remaining troops moved south along the western shore of Lake Maracaibo, preparing to join forces with the 2nd Route Army on the southern shore of Lake Maracaibo.

The 3rd Route Army was only separated from the destination by the Meta River, and first sent airships to bombard the enemy's positions violently, destroying the defensive fortresses of the opponent's artillery units along the river, and then the mercenaries pushed the wooden platoons that had been tied up long ago into the water and connected them into pontoon bridges, and the ground troops successfully crossed the Meta River; The campaign mission was successfully completed without encountering much resistance.

Because the logistics line for the Xia Empire to launch an attack from the port of Carreño was too long, and the roads along the way were difficult, it was difficult to ensure the normal supply of logistics materials, so Venezuela did not consider that the Xia Empire army would attack from here, and only arranged 1 infantry division and a mountain artillery battalion to defend, so that the 3rd Route Army could successfully complete the campaign mission and isolate the Amazon region.

The 2nd Route Army was stubbornly resisted by the Venezuelan army.

The commander-in-chief of the 2nd Route Army was Lieutenant General Cao Jiachuan, former chief of staff of the Southeast Theater of the Lu State.

The city of Cúcuta is located in the eastern valley plain of the Andes, close to the border between the two countries and only 30 kilometers from the city of San Cristobal.

Not far from the city of Cúcuta, cross the border line into the territory of the United States of Venezuela, and march less than 5 kilometers into the mountains; The Venezuelan army built a large number of permanent fortresses along the mountainous terrain in the mountains to block the attack of the Xia Imperial army, which was a necessary place to attack Venezuela from Colombia.

In order to have a better deterrent effect, Lieutenant General Cao Jiachuan did not order the troops to charge forcibly, but asked the airships to closely cooperate with the attack of the ground forces, first bombing the enemy's fortress fortifications, and then the ground troops launched an attack, adopting a strategy of taking the battalion step by step.

This was the first large-scale battle commanded by Lieutenant General Cao Jiachuan, and he commanded it with great caution and tried to avoid large-scale battle losses.

Venezuela has set up a commander-in-chief of the western defense line, with the headquarters set up in Mérida, and the troops on the western front have a total of five corps, plus directly subordinate troops and logistics personnel, with a total strength of about 300,000 troops, and only in the city of San Cristobal, a corps of troops and some artillery units have been arranged, with a total strength of more than 60,000 people.

The commander of the Venezuelan troops was also cautious, he had long known the combat effectiveness of the Xia Empire's army, so they did not dare to collide head-on with the Xia Empire, but organized a tight defense and built many defensive fortresses, and the instructions to the troops were to put an end to the attack, and they must rely on the protection of the fortress to fight back, and it was a victory to block the attack of the Xia Empire's army.