January 2, 1909, 9 o'clock.
In the Guyana region of Brazil, in the city of Boa Vista, Andre, commander of the 8th Royal Division of the Fourth Military Region, made the final declaration before the expedition.
"Glorious soldiers of the 8th Royal Division, the king and the people are watching us.
This war with Venezuela is our first battle to restore the Kingdom of Brazil. This great and glorious responsibility falls on our Eighth Division. This is our honor.
I will only mention three points during this expedition.
First point, soldiers, you must maintain discipline and do not act as stragglers or disturb the people. Please strictly obey the instructions of commanders and political propagandists. Violators will be dealt with according to military law.
Of course, if there are unruly bandit troops who deliberately collide with and block the army, they must be suppressed quickly and decisively.
The second point is, in all actions, follow the command, do not act without authorization, leave the team, and do not leave the team without reason. Anyone who violates intentionally will be regarded as a deserter and will bear the consequences.
The third point is that Venezuela’s surrendered troops must not be mistreated without reason. All command units and political propaganda personnel are required to strictly implement the rules and regulations. Violators will be brought to military court.
Glorious Brazilian soldiers, long live the king, Brazil will win!
Royal Army, march out!"
"Long live the king!"
"Brazil must win!"
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British colony, outside Trinidad.
This time the army commander, young general Kaka, pointed to the island in the distance and asked Rivers.
"Hey Rivers, what's the name of this island!?"
Commodore Rivers: "It's Trinidad!"
"Trinidad is so wonderful."
Kaka was very happy to hear about this island.
Trinidad is only separated from Venezuela by the narrow Longkou Strait. When they reach this area, that is to say, they have entered the Venezuelan area.
"It's really painful. These five days have tortured me to death."
Although Brazil declared war on Venezuela at 10:00 on January 1, war preparations had already begun.
In this war, except for the Royal Eighth Division of the Fourth Military Region stationed on the border, they did not start the expedition until 10 o'clock on the 2nd.
Another division, the 1st Military District, the 2nd Royal Division, and the navy's three cruisers, five destroyers, eight frigates, plus four supply ships, and three passenger seagoing ships transporting the army, had already arrived on the 5th
We set off days ago.
These five days were undoubtedly torture for the Army.
Of course, this kind of torture is mainly due to mental dryness.
Because they use passenger cruise ships, there are not many people in the Brazilian Army who get seasick. It’s just that the ship is too boring. For the Army who rarely rides on ships, this is a kind of torture.
"Rivers, the landing point has been changed. How long does it take to get to Caracas?"
The Army's original landing site was the Paria Peninsula, and then used it as a base point to move south to capture the city and assume the responsibility of occupying Guyana together with the Royal 8th Division.
On the other side of the Paria Peninsula is the island of Trinidad. The original landing site was just a stone's throw away, but now it's in Caracas, and we don't know how long it will take the Army to leave.
"Tomorrow, around four o'clock in the afternoon, we should be able to reach it."
"Oh, that's great, it only takes one day."
Kaka, I am so happy to hear this news.
As long as it endures for one more day, the Army can land in the Venezuelan capital, and then launch an attack on Venezuela, fulfilling the glorious responsibility of the Brazilian Army and conquering Venezuela.
"The responsibility of your navy is to annihilate the Venezuelan navy and cover the landing of our army. This will take a long time."
I will definitely be able to log in tomorrow, but it should take some time.
Caracas is the capital of Venezuela, where the elite Venezuelan army and navy must be located. In order to protect the capital, they will definitely fight the Brazilian army.
"Kaka, you think too much of them."
Rivers smiled contemptuously. He really looked down upon the Venezuelan navy and was very unfavorable about their combat effectiveness.
"The fleet dispatched by Brazil this time can destroy the Venezuelan Navy five times.
The Venezuelan Navy, with its current fleet of warships and old destroyers and cruisers, cannot defeat our Brazilian Navy even if it is expanded five times.
With the combat power of their navy, they can be defeated in less than an hour."
The mission of the navy is actually very simple. It is to cover the landing troops, and the war is actually led by the army.
"This time the protagonist is your army. How long can Venezuela hold on? It depends on how hard their army can take the beating.
Kaka, how long do you think their army can hold out? Will they need naval guns to support you multiple times?"
"It's hard to say this. Your naval guns will probably be busy by then."
Although the Venezuelan army is weak, they have many people to defend the capital.
The Second Division of the Royal Brazilian Army has more than 10,000 and 6,000 people. Although it is more elite than the Venezuelan Army, the number is smaller. Venezuela relies on the human sea tactics to sustain it for four or five days.
"The Venezuelan army has backward weapons and is very weak, but there is still an elite army of several thousand people in the capital.
With these thousands of elite troops, and mobilizing a large number of other troops, temporary defense is still possible, but their shortcoming is the lack of artillery.
However, there must be a defense line along the coast. Our army's artillery will blast them, and then the army will defeat them. It will take a long time. We still need the help of your naval guns. Then your navy must help!"
Faced with Army Major General Kaka's request for help, the Navy is of course willing to help, all for the sake of the Kingdom of Brazil. The sooner Venezuela is defeated, the better.
The sooner Venezuela is defeated, the stronger the Brazilian army's deterrence capability will be, and the people will be satisfied with them, and military spending will not be a problem in the future.
"No problem, Caracas is a coastal city and is within the range of our navy.
With the support of our naval guns, the Venezuelan Army cannot even think of establishing a defense system within the range. Your Army has no problem logging in. It is only a matter of time to defeat them."
13:10, Venezuela, Caracas Presidential Palace.
"Report, Your Excellency, President.
The Eighth Division of the Brazilian Army occupied Santa Ana on the border and advanced rapidly towards Eldorado."
Listening to the report from Defense Minister Carlos, Juan's first thought was whether there were any casualties in the Brazilian Army.
"Carlos, the defense forces at the border didn't resist, right? Is anyone in the Brazilian Army injured?"
"Your Excellency, the border guards did not resist, and the Brazilian Army did not harm them. They only confiscated their weapons and guarded them uniformly."
"That's good! That's good!"
But he must not let the Brazilian Route Army be damaged. He is ready to surrender, and he also wants to protect the position of the commander-in-chief of the country.
"President, haven't we decided to surrender?
We should announce our surrender as soon as possible. In doing so, the King of Brazil should be very happy and we can continue to control this country."
"What do you know? If we surrender so quickly, what will the people of this country think of us? Will we continue to rule them in the future?"
Venezuela, of course, knows that Brazil is powerful, but even if it is powerful, it cannot surrender. Brazil just declared war one day and entered Venezuela the next day.
The Venezuelan people know that they cannot defeat Brazil, but they think they can still hold on for a while and cannot kneel down all of a sudden.
Of course Juan wanted to surrender and make the King of Brazil happy, but he knelt down the next day and it would be difficult to rule the people in the future.
The best situation now is not to resist, but to wait until the Brazilian army reaches the vicinity of Caracas before surrendering.
Given the poor transportation situation in Venezuela, it will take at least a week for the Brazilian 8th Division to reach Caracas.
There is also a fleet and another division coming by sea. It should take a week to slowly grind it out. When it reaches Caracas, it will surrender.
Holding on for a week will be a lot of time for Juan. It will be easy to fool the people by then, and the King of Brazil should be able to accept it.
It's just that Juan made a mistake. He couldn't control the actions of the Brazilian army, especially the speed of its advance.
Brazil announced that it will dispatch two divisions and a fleet this time, which is correct.
However, how could Juan control the marching speed?
Juan could not have imagined that the division and fleet taking the sea route had set off five days in advance and would arrive in Caracas tomorrow afternoon.
In other words, Venezuela’s surrender to Brazil was fixed within three days.
On the first day I received Brazil's declaration of war, on the second day I watched the Brazilian Army march into Venezuela, and on the third day I saw the army appear in Caracas, it was time to surrender.
"Well, let me use the newspaper to publicize it to the people.
Tell the people that although our Venezuelan army is weak, it still insists on protecting our country. Venezuela will support it for at least one week under my leadership."
"Roger, Your Excellency, President."
This chapter has been completed!