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Sending an army, that is, more than 35,000 people, to the Americas for landing, was not difficult for the Imperial Navy. Hundreds of transport ships are needed to transport the personnel of these troops and their equipment. However, the difficulty is to ensure the war attrition of these armies. In high-intensity warfare, the daily consumption of war materials is an astronomical amount. Once the Imperial Army landed in the Americas, every Qiē would need to be transported from the Empire, which would put a heavy strain on logistical supplies. What's more, once a war breaks out between the Imperial Army and the United States, the Americans will inevitably regard the Empire as their great enemy. When the time comes, fighting on two fronts will put a heavy burden on the empire's back!

"The Americans are still suppressing Mexican revolts and forcing Mexicans to submit in order to achieve favorable terms in their favor. We still have more than a year to go. And, in the meantime, we can get in touch with the Mexicans and give them the courage to continue fighting. In this time, we can prepare for the march to the American continent! Long Yufei said.

General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff, and Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao, Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, nodded, knowing that Long Yufei had made up his mind to intervene in the war between the United States and Mexico. Long Yufei has already made a decision, so the next thing is how to implement it. What they have to do is to turn Long Yufei's decision into reality.

"Your Majesty, the MIA can get in touch with the Mexican government, which is holding out on resistance. I believe that our help will strengthen their confidence to continue to resist. But. It's really hard to say how long the Mexicans will be able to hold out. According to the information we have received, the whole of Mexico. Very pessimistic, they have no hope of victory! Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao said.

"Hmmm! Still, if we offered to buy territories on the west coast of the Pacific such as California from Mexicans, would the Mexicans object? Anyway, if they give in to the Americans, these territories will be taken away by the Americans. Perhaps, we can buy these territories at a very low price. And then step by step, it will encroach on the North American continent. Of course, I don't expect the Empire to be able to occupy the entire North American continent, as long as the Empire is able to maintain a large enough territory on the North American continent. And then the North American continent is in a state of fragmentation, and that's enough! Long Yufei said. Once the United States is allowed to complete its expansion, they will quickly grow into enemies of the empire. If North America falls into a state of fragmentation. That's the case. They would not be enough to pose a threat to the Chinese Empire across the ocean.

The Chief of the General Staff, General Niu Meng, and Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao both nodded in agreement with Long Yufei's construction. Now, Mexicans are almost at the point of desperation, and most of those territories have been occupied by the Americans. Of course, this is nothing more than a nominal occupation. These territories can be described as vast and sparsely populated, with few permanent populations. The vast majority of the population of the United States is concentrated on the Atlantic coast in the east. Mexico's population is concentrated in the vicinity of Mexico City. The rest of the area is completely sparsely populated. If the empire buys tens of thousands of people from California and several other states from Mexico, it can completely immigrate tens of millions of people to North America. This would make the North region second only to the United States in terms of the number of Chinese. Coupled with the support of the empire itself, it is entirely possible to start a confrontation in North America and the United States.

"陛xià. This is simply a tiger's mouth! The Americans waged war against Mexico for these territories. If the Mexicans sell these territories to us at a low price. The Americans were empty. Still, the Americans will certainly not recognize this deal between us and the Mexicans. When the time comes, war will inevitably break out. Although the military strength of the empire is far greater than that of the United States, we are now working to destroy the Manchus and defeat Russia. This will contain the vast majority of the Empire's military strength. Coupled with the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, we will be able to send very few troops to the Americas. In addition, there is the pressure of logistical supply. After all, the United States has a population of 20 million and a high level of industrialization. If the Americans start to expand their military frantically, we will probably have to send more troops to the United States. This will be a huge pressure for the Empire! General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff, said with some concern.

Long Yufei nodded, he really can't underestimate the United States because of this. During the American Civil War, there were more than 3 million troops from both the North and the South who participated in the war, and the total casualties were also in the millions. If the Empire wants to take the spoils out of the mouths of the Americans and swallow their spoils this time, the Empire may have to commit hundreds of thousands of troops. This is a typical two-front battle when the empire is fighting Russia with all its might, crossing the entire Pacific Ocean and then fighting the United States!

"Your Majesty, the key is to solve the problem of logistical supply. There are also more than 3,000 highways from the east coast to the west coast of the United States, and although they are all land routes, the transportation conditions are also relatively backward. The vast Midwest of North America is almost a desolate and undeveloped area. The United States wants to send large troops to the west, and logistical factors are also a big constraint for them. Suffice it to say, their logistical pressure will be much less than ours. If we can solve this problem, we will be much less stressed! Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao, commander of the Military Intelligence Agency, said.

"Haha! This problem does not seem to be unsolvable! Long Yufei said confidently.

"Oh? Majesty, how to solve this! "Admiral Niu Meng and Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao are both eye-catching, if this problem can be solved, then it is not impossible for the empire to cross the Pacific Ocean to defeat the United States! If the United States can really be defeated, this will not only allow the empire to expand again, and its influence will expand to the American continent, but also contain the United States and reduce the threat of the United States to the empire. It's a win-win-

"We can build a stopover! A transit point from an empire to the American continent. It would even be possible to build some arsenal there, as long as it was able to produce weapons and ammunition. This will also greatly reduce the logistical supply pressure of the Empire's * army! Long Yufei said.

After Admiral Niu Meng and Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao reminded Long Yufei, their eyes turned to the large world map hanging on the wall. Soon, their targets fell on several islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. These islands fully meet the requirements of the transfer station that Long Yufei said!

"Your Majesty, you mean we're going to attack the Kingdom of Hawaii?" Admiral Niu Meng asked.

"Yes!" Long Yufei nodded. Anyway, the Kingdom of Hawaii will be annexed by the Americans in a few decades, and now the empire can completely annex the Kingdom of Hawaii first. In this way, the empire would have a foothold in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The empire could even use this to control the central Pacific Ocean and threaten the North American continent. After the Empire went to war against the United States, Hawaii could be turned into a transit point for the transportation of war materials to the Americas. This will be of great help to the Empire's war against the United States.

"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Hawaii is an independent country. Although the national strength is weak, Britain, France, the United States and other countries have intentions against the Hawaiian Kingdom. However, given that the kingdoms were evenly matched in the Kingdom of Hawaii, no one was able to annex the Hawaiian Islands. If we attack the Hawaiian Islands, we will inevitably lead to opposition from other countries! Lieutenant General Luo Hongtao said.

"I don't think any country would go to war with the Empire just because of a Hawaiian kingdom, right? Even the British, of course, they will jump out and shout, but as long as the empire maintains a tough attitude, they will not dare to really do anything! Long Yufei said confidently. France is an ally of the empire, and even if they are dissatisfied, it is estimated that they can only pinch their noses and admit it. Britain would not go to war with the Kingdom of Hawaii when they were not very sure that they would be able to defeat the Empire. As for the United States, they were completely ignored by Long Yufei because of their weak military strength!

The Kingdom of Hawaii was established in 1810 by a small independent tribe of the islands of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and Hawaii after a direct and bloody war. The chieftain who led the war and unified the Hawaiian Islands, he was later revered as Kamehameha the Great. Kamehameha was hampered by a storm and failed to grasp the victory of staying on Kauai. However, the chieftains of Khao Yai later submitted to Kamehameha's rule as well. The unification of the Hawaiian Kingdom put an end to the feudal society of the tribes of the Hawaiian Islands and transformed it into a modern prototype, independent, and constitutional monarchy similar to that of European empires.

In 1830, Anglo-American missionaries arrived in Hawaii. In 1840 and the decades that followed, as the number of immigrants, merchants, and investors from the United States and Japan increased on the island, and both maritime powers began to aggressively expand their influence in the Pacific, the United States finally chose to take a more aggressive approach to control. In 1842, the United States first recognized the Kingdom of Hawaii, a diplomatic recognition largely because of Japan. If Japan forcibly annexes Hawaii, the United States will intervene on the grounds of counter-aggression.

Now, Japan has been conquered by the Empire and has become a colony under Imperial control. Although there are quite a few Japanese in Hawaii, they are completely scattered. In addition, the number of Chinese in Hawaii is also quite large, second only to the indigenous and Japanese people in the Hawaiian Islands, as well as the Americans. In addition, the total population of the Kingdom of Hawaii is now only fifteen, which is only one-third of what it was at its peak, and the number of troops is even more scarce, only a few hundred. If the Imperial Army wanted to control the Hawaiian Islands, it was estimated that it would only need to send a few warships and one or two battalions of marines. (To be continued......)