"The sound of guns in Rio de Janeiro sent away the short-lived republic and ushered in Pedro's restoration of the monarchy!"

"Rubber raw material battle! The Chinese Empire was defeated first and then won, and Britain, France and the United States suffered heavy losses! ”

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The British, French, and American groups, which won the first game, should have accepted it as soon as they saw it, so that they would easily obtain a huge amount of more than 100 million yuan without capital and become the biggest winners. It is a pity that the Anglo-French-American group was confused by huge profits and ambitions, and as a result, with the restoration of the Brazilian Emperor Pedro II, the Brazilian rubber plantations were seized by the Chinese Empire.

This can't help but make people think of how serious a blow the Chinese Empire's monopoly on the global supply of rubber raw materials will be to the local automobile industry of Britain, France, the United States and other Allied countries.

The price of rubber stocks in the Chinese Empire has rebounded and returned to normal levels again, and most of the citizens of the Chinese Empire who were ready to jump off the building have withdrawn their stock investments and paid off their loans and debts for the rest of their lives.

After such a life-and-death crisis, many citizens of the Chinese Empire were apprehensive about the stock market, and the boom of investing in the stock market was cooling down.

At the same time, the Chinese Imperial government has also issued stock market monitoring regulations and implemented a circuit breaker mechanism, and the government will sell out to intervene in any form of large stock price fluctuations to prevent the recurrence of events similar to the rubber crisis in Southeast Asia.

The Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Li Weiguo, the Emperor of Guanghua, once again won the respect and gratitude of the people of the empire for his wisdom and wisdom, and his wisdom completely bankrupted the conspiracy of the British, French, and American groups to short the stocks of the Chinese Empire.

However, some Western military experts pointed out that the Chinese Empire played a blitzkrieg this time, and before Britain, France, and the United States could react, it suddenly attacked Brazil, overthrew the Fonseca government, and supported the restoration of Pedro II, which will affect the pattern of the entire South America.

Undoubtedly, Emperor Pedro II of Brazil was grateful for the help of the Chinese Empire, and would have become a staunch ally of the Chinese Empire, if not in the Allied bloc, which seriously hampered the Entente's plans to penetrate Central and South America.

However, the Entente group still had a chance, albeit without the support of Brazil, with the possibility of Chile and Argentina. This is because relations between Brazil, Chile and Argentina are very tense on the South American continent, with wars or military conflicts often breaking out. Now that the Brazilian Empire has clearly become a small partner of the Chinese Empire, it is bound to affect the neutrality of Chile and Argentina, and if the Entente throws an olive branch to them at this time, there may be a windfall.

A few days later, William, Grant, and El spoke on the phone again, and all three of them were hoarse, apparently on fire.

William and Grant, in particular, both have a history of vomiting blood, and they are still pale at the moment.

El: "With this defeat, the Chinese Empire has already begun to retaliate against us!" ”

William: "You're talking about the price of rubber raw materials!" ”

El: "That's right! The French Import and Export Company has just received a telegram from the Chinese Empire informing us that the price of rubber raw materials has risen fivefold, and the supply is limited, and our local automobile companies in France will face high production costs, and in the long run, they will lose their ability to compete with the Chinese Imperial Automobile Company. ”

Grant: "It's the same on our side!" Damn the Chinese Empire, so soon to launch a retaliatory action against us! ”

William: "Don't panic, it's just temporary!" Although the Chinese Empire seized Brazilian rubber plantations and regained its monopoly on global rubber supplies. But after all, we already know that the rubber raw material comes from the special rubber trees in Brazil, and as long as it takes some time to transplant this rubber tree back to China to form a local rubber plantation, then the problem will be solved. ”

William's words made Grant and El's eyes light up, and they finally heard good news.

However, transplanting rubber trees from Brazil may not be so easy. At the same time, it takes a lot of time from transplanting to forming an industrial production scale. During this time, Britain, France and the United States were still subject to rubber sanctions imposed by the Chinese Empire, and they had to pay high import costs.

"Damn it! I'm so! ”

Grant coughed twice, resisting the urge to squirt blood, and proposed: "Is it possible for us to retake Brazil, is it possible for the Chinese Empire to control Brazil like this?" ”

William and Elton were silent, they didn't want to take back Brazil and the rubber plantations, after all, the huge amount of money invested there was cheaply given to the Chinese Empire, and they were so angry that they trembled when they thought about it.

"We are not sure of defeating the Chinese Empire at this time!"

"We can find a surrogate! Aren't there Argentina and Chile? They have perennial tensions with Brazil, and they can provoke a war and destroy Brazil! ”

"No! The Chinese Empire was so shameless that once they found that the Brazilian Empire could not stand it, they would inevitably intervene to ensure their economic interests in Brazil. ”

All three were silent at the same time.

After a while, Grant suddenly said, "It's still good!" If the Chinese Empire intervenes in the end, it will inevitably be hated by Chile and Argentina. In this way, Argentina and Chile may need our help even more, and joining the Entente group will be possible. ”

William and Elton's eyes lit up, and they nodded their heads and agreed to the proposal on the phone.

Next, the three militaries began to negotiate and contact Chile and Argentina respectively to provoke them to attack Brazil.

At the White House, Grant convened a meeting with Roosevelt, the head of the Military Command Department, and others.

"It is inevitable that we will have a war with the Chinese Empire, but our United States faces the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in the east and west, and once a war with the Chinese Empire starts, the main force of our navy needs to be transferred from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, bypassing South America, and the voyage is too long, once the war is urgent, it is difficult to play a role."

"Then we can deploy the main force of the fleet on the Pacific side in advance!"

"That's even worse! You must know that the main force of the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy is stationed at the Pearl Harbor base in Ezo Tail, and our naval bases on the Pacific coast are in no danger to defend, and once the Imperial Chinese Fleet raids, our fleet is afraid that it will be in danger of being completely annihilated. ”

"It would be nice if Brazil was still in power with Fonseca, in that case, Brazil would join the Entente bloc, and we would be able to station at the Brazilian naval base, so that if something happens in the Pacific, our naval fleet will quickly bypass South America and reach the Pacific theater."

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Everyone said a word, but in the end they just shook their heads and sighed.

At this time, Roosevelt suddenly proposed: "Mr. President, if we can dig the Panama Canal, so that the main force of our navy can quickly pass through the Panama Canal and enter the Pacific theater." ”

Grant and the rest of the group were amazed and thought it was a very good proposal.

But soon, Grant frowned and said, "That's a good proposal!" But don't forget that the Chinese Empire has a naval force in the Caribbean, and if we build the Panama Canal, it will be easily attacked by the Caribbean Fleet! Wouldn't that facilitate the direct access of the Imperial Chinese Navy from the Panama Canal to the Caribbean Sea and threaten our backyard? ”

Roosevelt sneered: "Is Panama close to us, or is it close to the Chinese Empire?" If we can't even hold Panama, wouldn't it be better to stop confronting the Chinese Empire as soon as possible, and obediently admit defeat and become a slave? ”

Roosevelt's words immediately angered everyone, but it made sense to think about it.

Grant, who came from a military background, was most susceptible to such remarks, so he immediately agreed to Roosevelt's plan to dig the Panama Canal.

Historically, the Panama Canal was supposed to be dug by the French Republic, but unfortunately the Republic did not appear, and France remained an empire. Napoleon III was not interested in the Panama Canal, because his energy was all drawn to Europe, and he was bent on revenge for the German Empire.

At the same time, the Entente bloc was established ahead of schedule, and the United States and France were allies, so that the historical war between the United States and France over the right to dig the Panama Canal would not break out.

On the contrary, Britain and France will work together to develop the Panama Canal and strive for the early opening of this strategic location.

When Grant spoke to El on the phone, El immediately expressed his willingness to cooperate with the United States.

Originally, the Colombian government did not want the Panama Canal to be handed over to the United States for development, he did not trust the United States, and was worried that the United States would occupy the Panama Canal from now on, so after signing a 20-year contract with the United States, the Colombian government refused to renew the treaty with the United States, and instead handed over the right to dig the Panama Canal to the French Empire.

As a result, the French Empire joined the Entente, and now secretly cooperates with the United States to dig the Panama Canal, which is very unhappy for the Colombian government.

However, in the face of the powerful United States, the Colombian government could not defeat it at all, and the United States and France were both members of the Entente, so they could not be provoked.

As a result, the Colombian government thought of the Chinese Empire and summoned the Chinese Imperial Minister to Colombia to express its concerns in this regard, hoping that the Chinese Empire would intervene.

For Colombia, a small country can only swing between large and powerful countries, and there is no way to provoke the Chinese Empire.

The news was quickly conveyed to the Imperial Court of China, and Zhang Peilun reported the matter to Li Weiguo.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that you help Colombia and intervene in the construction of the Panama Canal, and you cannot let the United States and France monopolize the right to dig the canal."

The Prime Minister and Household Minister, Wang Kaitai, said excitedly that he saw the huge economic benefits after the Panama Canal was dug.

"Once the Panama Canal is opened, the shipping lanes from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean will be shortened by more than half, which will not only facilitate maritime trade, but also have great strategic military value. At present, the main force of the American Navy is deployed on the Atlantic side, and once the war starts, without the Panama Canal, it will take three months for the American Navy to be transferred from the Atlantic to the Pacific to participate in the war. If the Panama Canal is opened, the time will be shortened to less than a month, and the huge military value of this is worthy of our attention. ”

Wu Yong immediately explained his views from a military point of view.

"Colombia is located in a key location in Central America, a hub between North and South America, and once under the control of the Entente, the Entente can expand its influence from North America to South America. At present, Chile and Argentina are already secretly in contact with the Entente, and if the Entente opens up the entire continental shelf of the Americas, it will be a threat to the security of the empire in the South Pacific. ”

"As soon as we helped the Brazilian emperor to restore, the Entente backhanded Chile and Argentina to confront and contain us, and now they are preparing to start in Panama, Colombia, and the canal must be dug for military preparations, so that the Entente navy can enter the Pacific Ocean from the Panama Canal."

Everyone expressed their opinions, and basically all agreed to intervene in the Panama Canal, take the right to dig the canal as their own, and form a strategic deterrent to the United States.

Li Weiguo is also in favor of intervening in Panama, and he is well aware of the enormous strategic role of the Panama Canal.

However, the excavation of the Panama Canal was time-consuming and costly, and if the Chinese Empire intervened, it would inevitably have to pay huge political, economic, and even military costs, because the Entente would not easily hand over Panama to the Chinese Empire, and the United States would inevitably fight back with all its might.

Even if the Chinese Empire finally overwhelmed the Entente and took over the construction of the Panama Canal, it would require a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and the situation in Colombia could change dramatically during this period, and history has proved that the situation in Colombia is not stable, which will have all kinds of unpredictable consequences.

"Let the Americans and the French fix it, and when they fix it, we'll pick the peaches!"

"Ahh ……”

Hearing Li Weiguo's words, everyone was dumbfounded and opened their mouths wide in surprise.

Chen Jingnan immediately understood Li Weiguo's intentions, and immediately smiled and said: "Your Majesty is wise, anyway, the empire and the United States will have a war sooner or later, instead of wasting financial resources to fight for the right to dig the Panama Canal, when the war breaks out, the troops of the United States and the Entente will also attack the Panama Canal frantically, and will never let the imperial naval fleet easily enter the Caribbean Sea through the Panama Canal." In the same way, for the United States and France to spend huge sums of money to dig the canal, the Imperial Divine Army only needs to attack Panama and seize the canal in a blitzkrieg on the eve of the war. ”

When Chen Jingnan said this, everyone understood.

Feelings, this is the highest level of business!

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Everyone sighed, worthy of Your Majesty, really wise and martial, admired the five-body throw!

Zhang Peilun then asked: "Your Majesty, did the ministers of Colombia reject them?" ”

Li Weiguo waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need! We need to stimulate the United States and France, and we want them to feel a sense of crisis and urgency, and only then will they desperately dig canals, consume their national strength, and finally make us wedding dresses. ”

The ministers finally couldn't help laughing, if the plan succeeded, let the United States and France build the canal, and finally the Chinese Empire grabbed it again, the cliff is very happy!

Is there a better strategy to trap the enemy than this? (To be continued.) )