In the two decades between 1824 and 1846, Mexico had about 250 military coups and 31 presidents, including more than a dozen in the five years between 1841 and 1846 alone, an average of one every four months.

The extent of the chaos within Mexico is evident.

In the course of this series of coups, the most famous military dictator was Antonio López de Santa Anna, the de facto de facto ruler of what is now Mexico.

In the more than 20 years since the establishment of the Federal Republic, he has succeeded in manipulating and controlling the government of the Republic several times by virtue of the military force at his disposal, through the use of various cunning and conspiratorial means, or by raising puppets or taking matters into his own hands.

Between 1833 and 1846, he became president or de facto dictator of Mexico four times.

After coming to power, these military dictators, including Antonio López de Santa Anna, did not want to stabilize the situation and develop the economy, but used the power in their hands to wantonly loot the people's wealth and make the people's livelihood miserable.

In this volatile situation, the Mexican government is unable to exercise effective jurisdiction and control over the northern border provinces, and in northern California, the Mexican government has not even established an orderly government, and there is almost no communication line between Mexico City and Monterrey.

Although Mexico achieved independence, because the land system did not change fundamentally, the backward feudal large estate system still dominated, coupled with the political turmoil, the wanton looting by the dictatorial rulers and the destruction of war, Mexico's agricultural development lagged behind for a long time, and the development of industry and mining was extremely limited.

On the whole, the Mexican economy has been very slow to develop since independence.

However, as a neighboring country, the United States has shown a vigorous economic development trend during the same period, and the industrial revolution is vigorously carried out in the central and eastern regions and the northern region, and the gap in economic strength between the two countries is widening.

The United States, which has become increasingly powerful in its national strength, has begun to infiltrate and provoke Mexico's northern provinces by coveting Mexico's resources and land, and Mexico, which is weak in national strength, has been doomed to its tragic fate of defeat in this contest of aggression and counter-aggression.

Chen Mo did not intend to stop the United States' war of aggression against Mexico, the United States' coveting of Mexico's northern territory is no longer a day or two, a weak and chaotic country, but it has vast land and rich resources, but he does not know how to use and protect, just like a rabbit sent to a hungry wolf, it is a matter of time before it is eaten.

The outbreak of this war of aggression is something that Chen Mo cannot prevent and does not intend to prevent, after all, Mexico is not Chen Mo's country, he can't do it for others, and this is the general trend and the inevitability of history.

It's just a matter of making a move on the economy, Chen Mo doesn't want to interfere too much or even change the outcome of the war, which will have an unpredictable impact on the future.

In fact, Chen Mo not only had no intention of organizing a war, but was even looking forward to the arrival of this war.

While Chen Mo was enclosing land in the west and establishing many large ranches, Victor and James also went on a killing spree in the Rocky Mountains, and with the cooperation of Indian warriors, they soon slaughtered most of Jim Breed's armed men of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, completely seizing control of the Rocky Mountain fur trade.

After all, the armed personnel of the fur company are private forces, both in number and strength are very limited, with the rapid increase in the strength of the two, these opponents can no longer pose much threat to them, and usually can end the battle without damage.

They need stronger opponents to help them continue to grow in strength, and the army is clearly the best option.

Of course, the stronger the opponent, the greater the danger they face.

However, after this period of combat training, their strength has been greatly improved, not only their physical fitness has far surpassed ordinary people, but their self-healing ability has also been greatly improved.

At first, it took more than ten minutes for the more serious injuries on the two of them to fully heal, but now, this time has been shortened to less than three minutes.

In other words, even if they are hit by a bullet in the heart or brain, the two will not die, but will be "resurrected" again after three minutes!

Of course, if they are accidentally hit by a bullet in the brain, although the two can still come back to life, the original memory will be lost.

However, the improvement of the physical fitness of the two is accompanied by the repair of injuries, so the strength of the entire body, including the bones, is much stronger than ordinary people, as long as it does not hit the weak parts such as the eyes, with the power of the musket at this stage, if the bullet directly hits the skulls of the two people, it may not be able to shoot through their skulls.

Therefore, Chen Mo also relieved the two of them to set foot on the battlefield and continue to temper themselves in a harsher environment.

In the movie, Victor and James first set foot on the battlefield during the Civil War, sixteen years ago, when the two were already in their twenties, from two thin teenagers who left home to two burly men.

With the belligerent instinct naturally formed after the awakening of the two people's abilities because of the need to improve their strength through battle, they are naturally eager to fight, but in the movie, they did not participate in the Mexican-American War, because at that time they were just two homeless teenagers who had just left their homes, without Chen Mo's care and training, and without so many armed personnel to help them hone themselves, their strength should improve very slowly.

Even the two of them may have been hiding their identities all along, and they didn't dare to expose their special abilities at all, let alone fight to their heart's content, so in Chen Mo's memory, the strength shown by the two when they participated in the Civil War was not even as strong as they are now, let alone the current time period, in the movie, the two of them are estimated to have not even come out of Canada at this time.

But now, with Chen Mo's deliberate cultivation and teaching, not only has the strength of the two been greatly improved, but even their figures have changed a lot.

In less than a year, the height of both of them has grown a lot faster, and their bodies are no longer as thin and thin as before, they have all become burly and strong, and their original immature faces have also become much more resolute and calm under the tempering of this battle.

Now the two of them look like they are sixteen or seventeen years old at first glance, which is very different from when they first met Chen Mo.

If you want the two to participate in the Mexican-American War, you naturally have to join the army first, and Chen Mo has been prepared for this.