Starting as an arms dealer, I am the overlord in South America

Seeing the second round of special forces being transported to the other side and gaining a foothold, Reynolds Rhodes was overjoyed and immediately ordered the Central Army to cross the river quickly.

The Central Army armored forces, which had already been prepared, rushed several tanks directly into the riverbed to block the impact of the river.

“”Quick, cross the river, cross the river!”

Seeing this, the commander of the 3rd Armored Brigade of Columbia hurriedly urged the infantry to cross the river.

The river was originally just washed out, and the water was very shallow, not even as high as a person.

It was mainly because the mud was washed away and it was easy to get stuck.

But now it is different. Many tanks rushed into the riverbed, and the effective river impact ability played a mitigating role.

A large number of infantry stepped on the muddy and turbid river water, rushed across the river that was only more than ten meters wide, and then quickly reached the other side.

At the same time, the Chinook and CH-53 and the Stallion lifted the armored vehicles one by one.

UH-60 Black Hawk general-purpose helicopters continued to transport troops, moving forward in parallel.

In less than an hour, more than 10,000 people crossed the river.

In addition, nearly 100 tanks and armored vehicles were also transported over.

With the arrival of the large force, the Colombian army extended the battle line outward.

Faced with powerful firepower, the Colombian army quickly retreated after the initial battle.

It was not that they wanted to retreat, but that they simply had no way to fight.

People used drones to observe the direction and found the enemy. They either used RPG rocket launchers directly. Or called in artillery.

Or helicopters for targeted elimination.

Under this kind of air-to-ground coordinated combat, Venezuela was retreating step by step, and its defense line was greatly reduced.

At this time, the headquarters of the 1st Division of Venezuela in the city center was in a panic.

Seeing the enemy army crossing the river, even a fool knew that if they continued to fight like this, they would be destroyed sooner or later.

“What should Philip do now?”

Deputy Division Commander Topian looked worried.

“What is the current situation of the troops?”Philip asked with a frown.

“Very bad, morale is very low, and there are desertions”

“Deserters?” Philip’s face darkened:”How many are there?”

“There are a lot of them. Before, there were only a few a day, but now there are hundreds a day. Last night, there were even more than 200.”

“All ran to the other side?”

Philip looked very unhappy.

“That’s not the case. Many people chose to throw away their guns, take off their clothes, and go home to hide.”

After hearing this, Philip’s face looked much better.

Although there are deserters, as long as they don’t join the other side, it’s fine.

As for controlling deserters, he has thought about it.

But after thinking about it, the defeat is already decided.

No one is stupid, and not many people are willing to fight Columbia to the death.

After all, those who are willing to sacrifice and defend their country are always a minority.

“Let’s retreat.”

Philip himself didn’t want to die.

“Good.”

Hearing the retreat, the deputy division commander Top did not object.

In fact, if Philip had not said nothing, he would have slipped away long ago.

“But where do we retreat to?”

“Now the two sides are fighting, and all the intersections are surrounded by the enemy. It is impossible to escape from the city.’

Philip shook his head:”In the current situation, the only way is to cross the mountains. Only by crossing the Atravis Mountains on foot can there be a glimmer of hope.”

Atravis Mountains?

Topian was slightly stunned. The whole city is at the foot of this mountain range. It is not an easy task to cross it.

But in the current situation, if he does not cross the mountain, he is afraid that he will not have a chance to escape at all.

“OK, I’ll go with you.”

“Then pack up your things and take your trusted people with you. Remember not to leak the news, otherwise it will cause a mutiny.”

“”Okay!”

Even if Philip didn’t remind him, he knew what to do.

The next day, at 5 o’clock in the morning, the two of them took a dozen confidants and left quietly without notifying anyone.

At seven or eight o’clock, the war started again, and someone came to report.

As a result, Philip and Topian were not seen.

As time came to ten o’clock.

The war on the front line became more and more tense, and the two still did not show up.

Soon, a piece of news spread in the city that Philip, the commander of the 1st Division, had run away. When the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar.

The intuitive feeling brought about was that the Venezuelan soldiers on the front line began to become negative, and there were more and more deserters.

On the Colombian side, they took advantage of the victory.

At 6 o’clock in the afternoon, they completely captured the headquarters of the 1st Division and the San Cristobal Municipal Building, representing that this important town in the northwest region of Venezuela was taken down by Colombia.

A large number of Venezuelan soldiers chose to surrender to Colombia.

Of course, there were also those who resisted stubbornly, but under the coordinated operations of special forces and armed helicopters, these stubborn resisters were quickly suppressed and eliminated.

Two days later.

About San The news that Cristobal was captured by Colombia spread to Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.

It shocked the Venezuelan military and political leaders.

Even if the Bay of Maracaibo was captured, they would not be too surprised, after all, the Bay of Maracaibo is a plain area with no strategic location to defend.

The Colombian army has advanced weapons and equipment, as well as a large number of fighter planes, helicopters and tanks to cooperate in combat, so the fall of the Bay of Maracaibo is a matter of time.

But the city of San Cristobal is different. The terrain is very suitable for defense, and it is not suitable for large-scale mechanized warfare. With the natural barrier of rivers, they could at least hold out for two to three months, or even half a year.

But how long did it take?

They were conquered within five days of the start of the war.

How could this not shock the Venezuelan military and political leaders? It also meant that the northwest gate was wide open, and the two armies of Colombia could join forces.

This was already precarious for Venezuela, which was already in a bad situation. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

Needless to say, Colombia will concentrate its forces to attack Barquisimeto and Valencia, the two major cities in Venezuela.

At this moment, Venezuela is like an ant on a hot pot.

Very anxious and uneasy.

After internal discussions, the Venezuelan military dispatched two mechanized infantry brigades and two border defense brigades from the capital to quickly reinforce Valencia.

As for the capital, there is no need to worry too much.

The capital Caracas is located in the coastal mountainous area. There are many mountains in the territory, which is a bit like the Min Province of Longguo. It is not suitable for mechanized troops to fight, and there are too many places suitable for sniper warfare.

Valencia is different.

Although there are many mountains around, the northwest is relatively flat and is a hilly area.

As for why Valencia should be protected.

It’s very simple. Valencia is the outer barrier of the capital Caracas.

If you want to attack Caracas and attack by land, you must pass Valencia first. It’s okay not to go through Valencia, but you need to go around a circle, and the journey is up to hundreds of kilometers.

And the difficulty of attack is not simpler than attacking Valencia directly.

So it must be heavily defended.

Just when the Venezuelan military urgently mobilized troops and headed to Valencia[]

Bad news came again.

After holding out for a week, the Colombian army officially announced the capture of Maracaibo Bay, and wiped out the last rebels in the city.

Since then, the second largest city in Venezuela has been completely captured by the Colombian army.

At the same time, Cabimas, Ojeda City, and Valera across the lake were also captured by the 7th Army.

In other words, more than a week after the war, nearly one-third of the territory of seven states in Venezuela, including Trujillo, Zulia, Táchira, Merida, and Apure, was captured by the Colombian army.

For Venezuela, not only did it lose a large area of territory, but it also lost an important oil town.

In addition, 4 regular divisions of the army were written off, and 7 border defense brigades were eliminated as a whole. As for paramilitary forces, such as the National Guard and militia, the losses were even greater.

Conservatively, more than 100,000 combat-capable soldiers were lost.

Venezuela’s strength has dropped by 50% to 60%.

Faced with this crisis.

Venezuela had to continue conscription, and if no one served, it would be forced to conscript.

At the same time, it sought support from the United States and other Western countries internationally.

However, any ship heading to Venezuela from any direction, once discovered, would be sunk by the Colombian Navy without a second thought.

As for air transport.

Unless it is disguised as a civilian airliner, otherwise, as long as it is a military transport plane.

No matter which country it is, if it refuses to evacuate, there is nothing to say, just shoot it down.

Such arrogant and domineering behavior naturally made many countries unhappy, and they denounced Colombia’s hegemony at the United Nations, but no one was willing to intervene.

No one wants to be Colombia’s next target.

You know, the island country supported Miru and sent troops to Miru, which made Colombia unhappy, and it directly dropped small nuclear bombs on the island country.

The scene is still fresh in my memory.

At this time, in the waters near Curacao.

A huge aircraft carrier fleet is sailing slowly.

“‘What do they say in Bogota?”

“The General Staff has approved our combat application.”

“Really? That’s good. I said that this battle plan would definitely be approved.”After learning that the battle plan was approved, Valando was overjoyed.

“Commander, although the General Staff agreed to our battle plan, they strengthened the battle plan and asked us to cooperate with the army and air force!”

Cooperate with the air force and navy?” (Wang De)”What do you mean?”

Valando was stunned for a moment.

“The General Staff believes that simply capturing the Bolivar Airport in the Venezuelan capital is of little significance. They believe that after capturing this airport, the air force can transport only a few troops to reach here, and the army in the rear can be deployed here in large numbers to launch an attack on the Venezuelan capital directly from here, which can speed up the end of the war.”

Hearing this, Valando frowned and carefully studied the terrain around Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.

It can indeed save a lot of time to attack the heavily guarded areas of Venezuela.

Bypass the heavy troops on land and launch an attack directly from the sea.

Moreover, the Bolivar Airport is only 8 kilometers away.

His previous plan was just to cut off the escape route of the Venezuelan army, which had already caused Venezuela to lose its assistance from the sea. Now the plan of the General Staff is undoubtedly at a higher level.

“Since the General Staff has already made the decision, we just need to execute it.”

“When is the attack planned?”

“The General Staff said,”Look here. Several transport squadrons of the Air Force and three brigades of the Army have already assembled and are just waiting for us to take over the airport.””

“Then we’ll do it at 3 a.m. tomorrow.” Valando narrowed his eyes, thought carefully, and then said a time.

“OK, I’ll report back to the General Staff right away!”

“Hmm!”

Valando nodded slightly. His eyes were fixed on the battle map in front of him, and his mind was turning rapidly.