August 11, 2768 (1927), Venezuela, Paria Peninsula.

The Paria Peninsula is a small peninsula in the northeastern part of the country, just across the 19-kilometer-wide Longkou Strait to the opposite island of Trinidad (now part of the Caribbean state of the United States). The Paria Peninsula is a beautiful place where the Paria Peninsula National Park was established in the region in the original time and space, and is a famous tourist attraction especially known for its abundant birds, which are said to be home to nearly 400 species of birds.

However, these people in front of them obviously have no intention of enjoying the scenery. The group numbered about 500 people, with more than thirty cars and armored vehicles, as well as more than 500 mules and horses. Most of the men wore Venezuelan uniforms and carried weapons, but it was clear from their frightened expressions and messy clothing that they were defeated.

That's right, this is a defeated army, and probably the last formed army in Venezuela. If someone familiar with Venezuela is present, they will surely recognize it at a glance as the "Presidential Guard" that is notorious among Venezuelan people.

Captain Molina ran to a Humvee in a panic and said anxiously: "Report to the president, it's not good." The bridge in front of it was damaged, and although the river was not wide enough for people to wade through, the cars could not cross......"

An old man in military uniform in the car frowned and looked at the convoy around him, half of which were trucks, which were filled with his savings for many years, how could he leave it. "No, these cars have to be passed too, otherwise we will go to the United States as refugees?"

This old man is the president of Venezuela, the famous dictator Juan Vicente Gómez. In 1902, he became commander-in-chief of the Venezuelan armed forces. Vice President from 1903. In December 1908, he seized power in a coup d'état. He improved relations with neighboring and Western countries, expanded foreign trade, and allowed foreign companies to acquire large concessions. After the discovery of oil near Lake Maracaibo in 1913, he encouraged foreign investment and vigorously defended his country's interests, and the oil industry developed rapidly. By the 20s, Venezuela became one of the world's leading oil producers and exporters, and in 1923 it paid off its entire foreign debt. A well-organized and well-equipped army and garrison have also been established.

It should be said that this guy's farming skills are still good, but he implements harsh rule internally, on the one hand, he cracks down on dissidents, on the other hand, he eliminates local forces, prohibits political parties and trade union activities, suppresses progressive forces, and his methods are very vicious, and he is called the "Andean tyrant". In addition, Gomez's personal wealth has increased, making him the richest man in South America.

He ruled Venezuela from 1908 until his death in 1935. However, on this plane, his luck was not so good, and Colombia next door called.

The all-out war in South America has been going on for more than half a year, and the fighting is becoming more and more fierce on all sides. Originally, according to the mainstream view of the world, the first to be unbearable must be Paraguay and Ecuador, the two small fart countries, especially Paraguay, a small landlocked country, 55 years ago, the bloody war has almost killed their men, and now the whole country adds up to only 850,000 people, Bolivia's population is almost three times that of them, and its economic strength is far more than theirs.

But the development of the situation is completely different, and the first to be unable to withstand it is actually Venezuela. You know, Venezuela at this time was very powerful, because of the money in hand, plus the surplus armaments that the big hooligans got rid of after World War I, Gomez equipped his army with quite sophisticated weapons, which can be said to be second only to the top three in South America, and even above Colombia, at least on paper.

Originally, according to the analysis of military experts from various countries, although Colombia and Venezuela have twice the population, they do not have the upper hand in terms of equipment, and even if they can rely on their national strength to win in the end, it will definitely take a long time, and it is normal to fight for several years.

However, the result was that military experts from various countries smashed their glasses, and Venezuela was defeated and retreated, and many armies surrendered in formations. At the same time, there was a mutiny in the country, and it took only half a year to kneel. It's all because of morale, there's no way, no matter how good the equipment is, there's no way to fight without morale.

Because President Gomez has been too ruthless over the years, but he is not ruthless enough, he has pulled too much hatred, and he himself is too greedy, and the benefits he gets from selling resources are not only enjoyed by himself, that is, his cronies, but more civilians do not enjoy it at all, and the resentment of the people is quite large. If in peacetime, he can suppress all opposition by the powerful means at his disposal, but once it encounters a foreign invasion, it will be over.

Moreover, Venezuela has only been established for 100 years, lacks traditions, and the country's cohesion is not strong. Colombia and Venezuela are of the same language and species, and they are also under the banner of "reunification", which is different from the invasion of foreign enemies in the general sense. Most of the officers and soldiers of the Venezuelan army do not want to work for Gomez, and the low morale, coupled with the co-optation and lobbying of Colombia and certain mysterious organizations, has produced a large number of leading parties, and the consequences of Venezuela are not difficult to imagine.

On July 28, the main Colombian forces, with the support of the Belt and Road Party, captured Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, and Gómez fled with a few cronies and family members. Of course, Gomez also has a backer, and the United States is supporting him, but the Yankees are not easy to rescue directly, or they didn't expect Gomez to be so indifferent and actually hit the street all of a sudden, and he didn't react at all.

By the time the Americans reacted, Gomez had already gone and the situation was out of control. So the Americans let them flee to the sea, and the American side will send ships to meet them.

But Gomez and the others unfortunately encountered mutinous civilian forces. These people are the remnants of the political enemies he killed back then, and the hatred is as deep as the sea, and if they fall into the hands of these people, the consequences will definitely be much more serious than being caught by the Colombians. In addition, because of the massive wealth he has accumulated for many years, it has also become a huge bait. Many mercenaries and civilian armed forces who had no hatred for him also surrounded him like sharks smelling of blood.

Therefore, in order to avoid the search and siege of Colombia, the rebel army and the civilian forces, Gomez and his family had to take a miserable path, hide in Tibet, and finally make a big circle and turn to the Paria Peninsula. Once here, Gomez was relieved that it was only a 19-kilometer-wide strait from the American island of Trinidad. As soon as you get to the beach, signal the Americans, and in a maximum of an hour, the Americans' ships will come.

Venezuela can't stay still, but it has looted so much wealth that even if it goes to the United States, it can be a fool. Besides, there may be a chance to make a comeback in the future.

They soon came to the river to check, the river was not large, only about five or six meters wide, there was originally a small bridge here, but now only the middle pier remained.

Molina said anxiously: "President, this river is not big, and people and horses can cross it, but if we want to cross the car, we must repair the bridge immediately, otherwise those damned traitors will come after us." ”

Gomez asked with an ugly face, "How long will it take to repair the bridge?"

"We can get a few tree trunks and build a makeshift bridge, which will take about two hours......," Molina said.

"Then call someone to repair it immediately, call more people, and I'll give you an hour......"

As soon as Gomez finished speaking, he heard the sound of ping-pong gunfire around him.

"Dada...... Da Da Da Da ...... "Before Gomez could react, there was a burst of machine-gun fire on the other side of the river. More than a dozen clumps of blood rose from Gomez's body and fell like a broken sack. The "Andes tyrant" lay on the ground with blood on his eyes, as if he could not believe that he was dead......

On August 12, the Colombian government announced that Venezuelan puppet government leader Gómez had been killed by rebels and that the Venezuelan region was "on the verge of recovery."

On August 31, most of Venezuela was occupied by Colombia.

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September 12, Longhai Line.

A passenger train from Hanjing to Dihua is speeding on the Longhai line.

Although the war in South America is fierce, for the vast majority of Chinese, it is just a talking point. Everyone did what they had to do, and they weren't affected.

Bai Ye sat in his seat and looked at the rapidly regressing scenery outside the window, and he couldn't help but think about it. Born in 1901 in a small village in Anhui Province, like most Chinese, he came from a poor family that he had not had enough to eat in his early childhood in his vague memory. If he had followed normal history, he would have struggled in extreme cold, like most others, and if he was lucky, he would have grown to adulthood, and if he was unlucky, he might have died of famine, war, disease, and so on.

When he was eight years old, an army with a red flag came to his hometown, and the army was very kind to them, and gave them candy to these children, and Bai Ye took a candy cube wrapped in wax paper in the hands of a soldier, and he tasted something so delicious for the first time. For the first time, he had a full meal, his family was given their own land, and he was sent to school. In school, he learned that all these changes were brought about by "Mr. Wen".

Since then, his fate has changed, or the fate of the whole of China. After that, life at home became better day by day, and he, his family and neighbors were fed and put on new clothes, and soon moved into a new village and lived in a new small building. Everyone said that such a good day was brought by Mr. Wen, and since then, "Mr. Wen" has become the sun in Bai Ye's heart.

Bai Ye was almost nine years old when he started the first grade, but he listened to the teacher's words very much, studied hard, and quickly caught up with the progress. After that, he gradually showed a talent for learning, especially mathematics. It took Bai Ye three years to complete the primary school curriculum, a result that shocked the school teachers. Subsequently, he spent another four years to complete the middle school course, and successfully passed the college entrance examination with high scores, and entered the Southwest University of Technology.

Bai Ye's talent was out of control, and he completed his doctoral examination in mathematics in 1923, when he was 22 years old. Subsequently, he was absorbed into the Mathematics Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and participated in a key project team to study some very confidential and high-end things. In March of this year, the task of their project team was completed, and their research results were put into practical use. But he couldn't imagine how useful those things were, and to what extent, because he was just a mathematician.

A few days ago, he was called by the leader to attend a meeting, at which he saw Mr. Wen up close for the first time. After the meeting, Mr. Wen specially met with them. Then they were sent out to the Gobi Desert in Xinjiang to participate in a very important experiment, which is said to be the practical application of his results.

At this time, the train has entered Gansu, which is already in a desert climate, and it stands to reason that the surrounding area should be very barren. Although Bai Ye is a mathematician, he still understands this kind of common sense. But to Bai Ye's surprise, along the way, he saw a lot of trees and grasslands, which were lush and lush, and it didn't look like a desert climate at all.

"Professor Chen, why doesn't the scenery outside look like a desert climate? Isn't this a desert area?, how can the vegetation be so good?" he asked his companion on the other side in confusion. Several carriages of this train have been chartered from above, and the people sitting in them are all their own family members, or they are all companions who went to that place this time, and they are all secret-related personnel, so the conversation is easy, as long as they don't talk about things related to their own tasks. Although Bai Ye has been in the research institute for many years, he still has at least a sense of confidentiality.

The person in the box with him is called Chen Yilong, a visiting professor at the Communication University of China, and I heard that he has made many films and television, and he is very famous in the film and television industry. However, Bai Ye is not a star chaser, nor is he a movie controller, and he doesn't know much about things outside his circle, and he just thinks the name is familiar. He still doesn't understand why he has to find someone from the film and television industry to come over for this experiment.

"Hahahaha, Dr. Bai, you don't listen to things outside the window, and you are wholeheartedly engaged in research......" Chen Yilong, a handsome guy in his early thirties, smiled and said: "The northwest here began to change a few years ago, these plants are not ordinary." Many of them are the latest achievements of biological science in China, which are drought-tolerant, cold-tolerant and heat-resistant, and have deep roots, rapid growth, and can also transform the soil. In addition, it is the credit of water conservancy projects, several key water conservancy projects in China have been in the northwest in recent years, and after so many years, they have begun to bear fruit, and the current northwest is much better than before......

Bai Ye is a technical nerd, and Chen Yilong is the complete opposite of him, Professor Chen has been running around the world for a long time in order to make films. For the changes in society, I know a lot more than Bai Ye.

He talked a lot, making Bai Ye stunned. Finally, Professor Chen said: "We at DreamWorks Film and Television have made more than a dozen documentaries and promotional films on these themes, I will leave you a phone number, if you are interested in watching it, you will come to me when you return to Hanjing, I have the video tapes of these films, you will know when you take them to watch." ”

"Okay, then I'll bother you then. In the past few years, we have been so busy there that we don't even have time to watch the news broadcast......" Bai Ye said with some joy.

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