FARC's sudden declaration of war on the Colombian government forces not only shocked the UA, but even Russia and Xin, who advised him, were also stunned.
Not only did Timoshenko Timoshenko advance his plan by half a year, but he also didn't even say a word and just went ahead with the plan.
But he couldn't be entirely blamed.
Juan died in the hands of the CIB … Regardless of whether he died in the hands of the CIB or not, this was an excellent opportunity to attack the pro-UA government.
The Colombian president died, the vice president couldn't take on important tasks, the power struggle within the party intensified, the political situation was chaotic, and public support declined …
There was an excuse and an opportunity for revolution. If they didn't rise up now, when would they?
Following Timoshenko's order, the FARC guerrillas active in the eastern tropical rainforest turned out and launched the largest offensive in the twenty-first century to the area controlled by the government forces in the west.
The militants, wrapped in orange bullet chains and armed with light machine guns, rushed out of the tropical rainforest and rushed onto the street. They fired bullets at the police cars and suppressed the small pistols of the Colombian police.
The militias that came to support were also no match for them and were forced to retreat. Soon, the entire town fell into the hands of FARC.
The same scene happened in various small towns at the foot of the Andes.
This time, Timochenko thoroughly implemented the strategic idea of surrounding the cities from the countryside and exerted guerrilla tactics to the extreme. He didn't touch the cities controlled by the government forces at all, and he pursued and attacked the towns and even the countryside with weak defenses.
As for the Colombian government forces, the situation was quite bad.
To describe it in one word, it was chaos.
The vice president who took over the power of the president was a mascot in itself. He was the kind of person who had no say in his own party. If it weren't for Juan's coincidental death, he wouldn't have the opportunity to sit in the position of president.
However, such a mascot was now sitting on the throne of the president. Not to mention the complicated power structure of the Congress, he couldn't even coordinate the internal issues of the party, let alone solve the dual dilemma of diplomacy and civil war that Colombia was facing.
The battle in Pamplona was in a stalemate, and the central region was caught in the quagmire of guerrilla warfare. The Colombian government immediately dispatched an armored brigade to the northern Cucuta area of Pamplona. On the one hand, it was to calm the panic of the local people, and on the other hand, it was to prevent FARC, who took down Pamplona, from moving north to encroach on this economic town.
Unfortunately, South America was in the typhoon season, and the heavy rain had lasted for many days.
The road conditions in the Andes Mountains were not good to begin with, and the threat of heavy rain and mudslides made the entire mountain area a nightmare for armored forces. Most of the tanks were stranded at the foot of the mountain, and the armored brigade had to abandon the cumbersome heavy armor. The infantry went first, taking military trucks to the border of Costa Rica and Venezuela.
What was even more unfortunate was that the armored brigade encountered the FARC guerrillas.
The two sides broke out into a chaotic battle in the rain.
Both sides had their own elites, especially the Colombian side. Although the armored brigade lost two tank battalions, at least the armored vehicles could still be used. In the end, the retreat of the FARC guerrillas announced the outcome of the encounter.
As for who had taken advantage of the situation?
It was hard to say.
After many hardships, this elite division finally arrived in the Cucuta area and stabilized Colombia's control of the border. In a short period of time, FARC would not target this city, but it was foreseeable that the two sides would launch a fierce battle for control of this area.
Because this was a shortcut to Venezuela, if Timochenko wanted to receive support from armored units from Russia and Xin from Venezuela, he must take this city.
At this point in the war, the areas controlled by the two sides had been divided.
Colombia controlled most of the country, while Colombia controlled the central mountains of Colombia with the Andes as their battlefront, as well as their traditional sphere of influence – parts of the southernmost Amazon jungle.
Speaking of this, the geographical environment of Colombia had to be mentioned.
The Andes was like a dividing line, dividing Colombia into two worlds.
On the left was the bustling West Coast, and on the right was the endless rainforest and grassland.
Looking down from Google Maps, the crisscrossed road network in the west formed a sharp contrast with the bare east. Just from the difference in the road network, it was not difficult to see the huge difference in the development of Colombia's east and west, and the sharp contradiction.
Although Timochenko was a cruel and evil tyrant, notorious for drugs and hostage problems, he still had a good support rate in the southeast of Colombia because his drug plantations were concentrated in the southeast and greatly improved the living standards of the local people.
When FARC waved its flag, many young South Americans still stood up to respond to his revolution.
If the FARC guerrillas completely controlled the Andes, it would inevitably cut off the government's control of the southern provinces, and there was no doubt that the Colombian government would completely lose them. FARC would also lose more than half of Colombia's territory.
And this was what the Colombian government and the UA did not want to see.
It was precisely because of this that in the twenty-fourth hour when the FARC guerrillas launched a full-scale offensive against the Colombian government along the Andes, the UA Capitol signed a special decree and received more than 80% of the votes in Congress.
In short.
The UA finally made a move.
…
Standing on the bridge of the flagship, Hogg looked at the South American continent in the horizon through the waves and heavy rain. His eagle-like eyes narrowed into slits, and no one knew what he was thinking.
On the Ford-class aircraft carrier not far away, the ground crew was busy shuttling back and forth. An F35 loaded with ammunition slowly drove from the hangar onto the runway and flew into the sky through the rain. Although its mission was only to investigate, if the situation required, it would not be stingy to pour the flames of "justice" on FARC.
For the children in South America, the UA made a huge investment this time.
Not only did the Ford-class aircraft carrier battle group, which confronted Xin in the Western Pacific some time ago, but they also sent a brigade of Marines and an integrated aviation squadron.
Yes, not just aircraft carriers, but also ground forces.
The Capitol and the UA rarely reached an agreement on whether to send ground forces. After receiving authorization from the current Colombian president (former vice president), they sent ground forces to Colombia as reinforcements.
It seemed that this time the UA not only planned to crush the weak in the air, but they also planned to send tanks up.
Even the aircraft carrier battle group was the latest Ford-class. Jiang Chen speculated maliciously.
Jiang Chen speculated maliciously. The UA probably used Colombia as a weapon test site to test the Ford-class aircraft carrier battle group's ability to provide ground support. After all, among all the aircraft carriers in the UA, only the latest Ford-class had not been baptized by war.
Of course, regardless of what the UA thought, after seeing the UA soldiers landing, someone who was originally full of confidence could no longer sit still …
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
