Will the United States become the most powerful enemy of the Chinese Empire? This made the Imperial General Staff General Niu Meng and the Military Intelligence Bureau Commander Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao look at each other. They seemed to agree with the statement of the Imperial Emperor Long Yufei. Although the United States has developed very rapidly and has great potential. However, compared with the current Chinese Empire, it is still far behind. When the United States develops, the Chinese Empire will definitely be even stronger.

"Your Majesty, is this possible? It is difficult for Americans to pose a threat to the empire, let alone become the empire's biggest enemy!" said General Niu Meng, Chief of Staff. After all, there is a Pacific Ocean between China and the United States, which is tens of thousands of kilometers away. Even if it is a steam ship, it will take twenty or thirty days to reach it. What's more, the current United States is indeed not strong enough.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Although the United States has a population of 20 million, their military strength is very weak. The total army has only more than 100,000 people, and the size of the navy is even small. The fiscal revenue is only about 30 million US dollars. It is only six million pounds to convert it into pounds, which is only equivalent to the leader of the empire's annual fiscal revenue! In addition, the American power is mainly on the Atlantic side, and it may not be too easy to threaten the empire!" Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao, Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, also said. The Military Intelligence Bureau has mastered a large amount of US intelligence and has an intuitive analysis and judgment on the strength of the United States. However, compared with Long Yufei's ultra-long-term vision, their horizons are still very limited.

"Yes, the United States is indeed very weak now. However, the United States has a unique geographical location. Because of the barrier between the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean, it is difficult for other countries to launch large-scale attacks on it. In the entire North America, there are no powerful countries, except for the British colonies, Mexico, which is bullied by the United States. It can be said that the United States has the strength to dominate North America, which will allow them to gain a broad market. In addition, the rapid development of the United States' industry now. If this process is not interrupted, it will not take long before the United States will truly rise and even surpass the European powers easily! Therefore, the empire must pay attention to the development of the United States." Long Yufei said. As a person who traveled back in later generations, he certainly knew the terribleness of the United States. After the help of two world wars, the United States quickly became the world hegemon and continued until the 21st century. Even in the 21st century, China began to develop rapidly, but it was not so easy to surpass the United States!

General Niu Meng, Chief of Staff, and Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao, Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, nodded. Although they still felt that Long Yufei was a little alarmist, they believed that Long Yufei would not be aimless. Since Long Yufei attaches great importance to the United States so much, the United States obviously has its own advantages. Next, they may have more attention to the American continent!

Seeing that General Niu Meng and Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao really took it seriously, Long Yufei felt relieved. The rapidly expanding United States, Long Yufei felt the threat. Especially now that the United States defeated Mexico and occupied Mexico City, the Mexicans will soon surrender. At that time, the United States will gain a large area of ​​territory along the Pacific coast. The United States will become a powerful country across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. From then on, the United States will enter a stage of rapid development. Long Yufei has now considered how to make things difficult for the United States and curb the development of the United States!

As early as 30,000 years ago, indigenous people had settled on the American continent. They were distributed in different regions and organized into different tribal groups and countries. After Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, Europeans gradually came to the American continent. Britain, France, Spain and the Netherlands competed here. The British dominated the East Coast, and they mainly settled in New England and Virginia. In the south, the earliest settlers were the British, Irish and Scots, but French, Germans and people from other European countries also followed. In the southwest, the Spanish dominated.

In 1607, in order to avoid religious persecution, Captain Smith led more than 100 British pilgrims to cross the Atlantic Ocean and settled in the vast fields along the Atlantic coast of Virginia, establishing the first settlement of European whites on the American continent. They named this "James City" after the British king. Since then, the history of American development has been less than 400 years. From then on until 1776, about 160 years, American history books call it the "colonial period."

From 1607 to 1733, Britain established 13 colonies in North America from the Atlantic coast to the Appalachian Mountains, namely Virginia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhodes Island, Connecticut, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Georgia, with a total area of ​​320,000 square kilometers. By the eve of the American War, the 13 colonies had grown to more than 3 million people.

On July 4, 1776, representatives of 13 colonies signed the ** Declaration at the ** Palace in Philadelphia, declaring the birth of the United States. The 13 colonies, namely the 13 states in the early days of the founding of the United States, became 13 red and white lines on the American flag. At this time, the US territory began to the Canadian border in the north and ended at the northern border of the Florida Peninsula in the south, extending about 600 kilometers from the Atlantic coast to the inland, all of which were east of the Appalachian Mountains, which was only 1/10 of the current territory.

The United States won the war and signed the Treaty of Last Peace between Great Britain and the United States with Britain on September 23, 1783, also known as the Peace Treaty of Paris. According to this treaty, the United States' territory expanded from more than 900,000 square kilometers before the original to more than 2.3 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to 1/4 of the current territory.

In 1803, he was interested in the Mississippi River Basin and was eager to obtain the Pacific coast, east and west Florida, Cuba and Central American canals. On April 30, 1803, France signed the Treaty of Transfer of Louisiana with the United States, and the United States actually cost 15 million US dollars, or 3 cents per acre. As a result, the United States laid the foundation for its great power. In response, Napoleon said: "Entering this territory can make the United States stand forever, and I created a maritime rival for Britain that would sooner or later defeat its sharpness."

The United States-British War broke out from 1812 to 1814. During the war, the United States defeated Spain, occupied 2/3 of Alabama's land, east and west Florida and its adjacent areas, and incorporated West Florida into the Mississippi area of ​​the United States. In addition, the United States also destroyed the tribal alliance of the Indians and gradually occupied the Indians' land in the Michigan Lake area. By 1819, the United States took advantage of the uprising of Spanish-American colonial uprisings and legalized the occupation and annexation of more than 100,000 square kilometers of land in East and West Florida, making the territory area reach more than 4.6 million square kilometers, equivalent to more than half of the current territory.

In 1818, the United States and Britain held negotiations on the northwest border, and reached a trade-off agreement on the disputed area ownership between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, between 42 degrees and 54 degrees and 40 minutes north latitude (including part of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming in the present United States, and half of British Columbia in Canada). From Lake Woods to the top of the Rocky Mountains, Oregon, west of the Rocky Mountains, bounded by the 49 degrees north latitude line, Oregon west of the Rocky Mountains was jointly managed by Britain and the United States for 10 years, freely and open to the citizens and subjects of the two countries. In 1827, the United States and Britain reached an agreement to extend the co-management of the Oregon area. Later, the United States negotiated successively with Britain to determine the northern border, and through a series of agreements, the United States obtained more than 700,000 square kilometers of land and expanded its territory to the Pacific coast.

The southern part of the United States is Mexico, which was independent from Spanish colonies. Compared with the United States, Mexico is weaker and is constantly bullied by the United States. The United States even finds various reasons to invade Mexican territory.

On May 13, 1846, the United States declared war on Mexico and sent 50,000 troops to attack Mexico. In just four months, the United States* army captured Mexico City. However, because the strength of the two sides was too great, the Mexicans were no match for the United States at all. Historically, Mexico and the United States would soon start negotiations. By then, Mexico would lose land including the current Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, and part of Wyoming and Colorado. The United States used military conquest, political diplomacy and forced purchases to seize about 55% of Mexico's original land area, about 2.3 million square kilometers.

"The United States is expanding too fast, we must find a way to curb Americans!" Long Yufei said.

"Your Majesty, do we need assistance to Mexico? However, we are too far away from Mexico. In addition, Mexico has been defeated by the United States, and they are about to lose their fighting spirit. Even if we want to help them, it will probably be very difficult!" Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao, Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, said with a frown.

"Your Majesty, with the strength of the US Army, if we can send an army to the California coast, it will be enough to defeat the Americans. However, the broad Pacific Ocean will hinder us from sending troops to the Americas!" said General Niu Meng, Chief of Staff. It would be very difficult for the Imperial Army to land in the Americas across the Pacific Ocean! r1152
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