January 2, 1909, 9 o'clock.
In the city of Boa Vista in the Guyana region of Brazil, 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 on 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 bandits who deliberately collide with and block the army, they must be suppressed quickly and decisively.
The second point is that 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, off the island of 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, it’s so nice.”
Kaka was very happy to hear about this island.
Trinidad is only separated from Venezuela by the narrow Longkou Strait. When they reach this vicinity, 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 o'clock 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 waited until 10 o'clock on the 2nd to start the expedition.
Another division, the 1st Military Region, 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 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 it uses a passenger cruise ship, 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 Trinidad Island. The original landing site was very close. Now it is Caracas. It is not known how long it will take the army to go.
"We can arrive around four o'clock tomorrow."
"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 must fight the Brazilian army with swords.
"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, including its aging 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 actually to cover the landing troops. 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 last? Will naval guns support you multiple times when the time comes? "
"It's really hard to say. 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, it is smaller in number. Venezuela relies on the tactics of human sea 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 a large number of other troops mobilized, 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 bombard them, and then the army will defeat them. It will take a long time, but 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 military's deterrence capabilities 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, Presidential Palace in Caracas.
"Report, Your Excellency.
The Eighth Division of the Brazilian Army, occupying Santa Ana on the border, advanced rapidly towards Eldorado. "
Listening to Defense Secretary Carlos' report, Juan's first thought was whether there were any casualties among the Eighth Route 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 collected 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. 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. By doing so, the King of Brazil will be happy and we can continue to control the country. "
"What do you know? If we surrender so quickly, what will the people of this country think of us? Will we still rule them in the future?"
Venezuela, of course, knows that Brazil is powerful, but even if it is powerful, it cannot surrender. Brazil has just declared war one day and entered Venezuela the next day.
The Venezuelan people know that they cannot beat 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 please the king of Brazil, but he knelt down the next day and it would be difficult to rule the people in the future.
The best situation now is to not resist and wait until the Brazilian army reaches near Caracas before surrendering. It would be better.
Given the dire situation in the interior of 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. By then it will be easy to fool the people, and the King of Brazil should be able to accept it.
It's just that Juan Cuo missed something. Brazil announced that it would dispatch two divisions and a fleet this time.
The division and fleet taking the sea route set off five days in advance and will arrive in Caracas tomorrow.
In other words, Venezuela's surrender to Brazil was fixed in 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 newspapers properly to publicize it to the people.
Even the Venezuelan army, although weak, still supports the defense of the country. Under my leadership, Venezuela will support it for at least a week. "
"Copy that, Your Excellency."
