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Taking a deep puff of his cigarette, Alan Arthur put the remaining cigarette butt in his hand and put it in the ashtray next to him and extinguished it!

"Whew!"

After slowly exhaling the pale blue smoke from his lungs, his face showed a faint look of enjoyment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info's long-term work pressure has turned Mr. President, who was originally a non-smoker, into a big smoking gun!

However, unlike the usual use of cigarettes to numb yourself and relieve the pressure at work, this time smoking is accompanied by a strong element of joy!

Because, after more than two years of hard work, the United States finally slowly came out of the initial embarrassment under his leadership, although the domestic economy is still not improving, and even because of the international environment, it has become even worse than before, but in terms of the military strength that determines the strength of a country, the United States has slowly come up, and even those advanced weapons and equipment that originally belonged directly to the Chinese, they have also obtained them from the British, and have begun to equip a large number of front-line troops under the production of many arsenals!

Although it took two years to organize a military force that is now powerful enough to make any country in the world tremble, the price paid is staggering!

"As long as you can drive out the Chinese and regain all the land that originally belonged to the Americans, then even the price is worth it!" Alan Arthur muttered to himself with a determined expression as he looked out the window at the bleak winter scene.

'Knock...!'

There was a low knock on the door, a doorman in a black suit. Pushing open the door and walking in, "Mr. President, General Ulysses Simpson Grant and General William Tecusay Sherman are here!"

Hear the words. Alan Arthur looked at him for a while, and his face showed a strong look of joy, and now these two two most famous generals in the Northern Army during the Civil War have become two powerful Optimus Prime of the United States! Any one of the adjustments and use of the US Army's strength, as well as various military policies, are decided by the two of them, and even Alan Arthur, the US president, sometimes has to accommodate them!

"Let them in!"

Not long after the doorman turned around and went out, two of them were wearing the uniforms of American five-star generals. The silver-haired, but energetic old man walked in and looked energetic. It doesn't look like an old guy who is already seventy or eighty years old.

In particular, Ulysses Simpson Grant, an old man who was supposed to die of depression in 1885 due to business failures. Now he is in good health, and he doesn't look like he's sick at all. I don't know if it's because it's been reused. Coupled with the power in his hands, he rejuvenated the second spring of his life!

"Mr. President!" After entering the door, the two of them hurriedly took two steps forward, put their feet together, and performed a standard military salute!

Although they have great power, the two of them are still very attentive to the basic etiquette, and the president in front of them firmly supports them in expanding their armaments and recovering the territory of the United States. It can be said that it is officially because of the support of Alan Arthur that the US military was able to raise an army of nearly two million in two years!

"Sit down!" after a pause. "I called you here today to ask, how is the 'James Project' going?"

After listening to the president's questioning, a trace of excitement flashed on the faces of the two, and after glancing at each other, Grant said, "Very well, Mr. President!"

"Not found by the Chinese?"

"Probably not, according to the information we deliberately revealed about military movements, coupled with the investigation of the War Department Intelligence Bureau, the Chinese are mobilizing and distributing troops according to the number of troops we have now on the banks of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River! Obviously, they have no awareness of our 'James Plan' hidden behind the scenes!" Grant said.

After listening to his words, Alan Arthur couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart: In the past two years and more, the Army Intelligence Bureau, the main intelligence agency of the United States, has made rapid progress with the support of a large amount of funds! The efficiency and accuracy of obtaining intelligence are simply not the same as those at the beginning!

In addition, for the successful implementation of the 'James Plan', strict control has been carried out within the US government, and no more than five people really know about this plan related to the Sino-American war to recover the territories lost by the United States!

It can be said that in terms of the degree of secrecy, the secret projects he carried out by successive US governments are unparalleled!

"How long is it going to be ready?" asked Alan Arthur.

"There are still two months, Mr. President! As long as the Springfield Arsenal can produce rifles and artillery and equip the troops, and after a period of time for the soldiers to become familiar with them, we will be able to officially implement the 'James Plan.'" Sherman replied with a serious expression.

Hearing this, Alan Arthur couldn't help but nod with some excitement, "After two years of preparation, the 'James Project' is finally nearing completion!"

At present, 800,000 of the more than 1 million troops of the Chinese in the Military Region of the Americas have been transferred to the Great Lakes region, and only the 10 divisions and 200,000 troops of the Chinese are actually guarding the main channel on the west bank of the Mississippi River. And more than half of them are black servant divisions formed by them, and their combat strength is limited! I believe that once the 500,000 elite troops trained under our 'James Plan' join the battlefield on the southern front, they will definitely break through the Chinese's Mississippi River defense line in one fell swoop before the enemy reacts, and then defend from the flanks, completely annihilate all the armies deployed by the Chinese in the Great Lakes region, and finally win the entire Sino-American battle and take back all the land we have lost!" Grant said excitedly.

If there were high-ranking officers of the Huo Jiajun present now, then they would definitely be surprised by the news that came out of Grant's mouth, because the number of American troops was obviously not one million eight hundred and fifty thousand as previously estimated, but more than two million, reaching as much as two million and three hundred and fifty thousand!

After listening to his words, Alan Arthur couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, "Ulysses, William, let the soldiers prepared for James's plan must be hidden in the Appalachian Mountains, and must not be exposed before the plan begins, otherwise our more than two years of hard work will be meaningless!"

"We understand, President!"

"Well, in 1845~1849, when James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States of America, was in office, we got Oregon, California, New Mexico and Texas from the British and Mexicans, more than three million square kilometers of western land, the reason why I named this plan with the name 'James' is to think that our United States can regain those western lands that used to belong to us, and I hope you can complete it for me!" Alan Arthur looked at the two generals he trusted the most with a serious expression, and said in a somewhat heavy tone.

"Please rest assured that the President will complete the mission!"

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After the outbreak of a serious economic crisis in the United States in June 1882, New York, the first prosperous city in the United States, no longer had the bright lights of the past! Especially in the cold and long winter, the whole New York became dead silent in the dark night!

The drunkards who used to be seen everywhere in the past have also disappeared because of the rapid rise in food prices, which has caused the prices of all kinds of alcohol to skyrocket, and the wallets that have been laundered by the severe economic crisis!

But no matter how embarrassing the lives of the poor in New York and even in the United States are, the lives of the rich at the top of society and the economic crisis have not changed in the slightest!

"Pierponte, look! the men of the Mellon and DuPont families are here!" said John Rockefeller Jr., after seeing the movement at the door, patted the middle-aged man beside him who was lost in his own contemplation, and whispered.

Hearing his words, little Morgan couldn't help but look up and look at the two guys who were smiling from afar and dealing with the many successful people and celebrities who came around, and couldn't help but shake his head lightly and sighed!

"Alas, now it's the turn of these two guys to be proud!"

Hearing this, Rockefeller Jr. also nodded with deep sympathy, the economic crisis of more than two years has dealt a heavy blow to the Morgan family, which is mainly engaged in the financial industry and banking industry!

The Standard Oil Company, which is mainly engaged in oil extraction, processing, and trafficking, has also lost all of its oil fields in Texas because of the Sino-US war, and in addition the oil prices have fallen due to the economic crisis! Over the past two years or so, the Rockefeller family has also suffered heavy losses!

However, compared with them, although the Mellon family and the DuPont family, which are mainly engaged in machining, chemical industry, and arms manufacturing, suffered considerable losses in the early stage of the economic crisis, they made a lot of money in the following series of orders for American goods! It's no wonder that their attendance at today's dinner organized by Stark Ross was so sought after by everyone!

"Hehe, in the words of the Chinese, the two of us are now 'difficult brothers', and those two are 'spring breeze proud'!" said Rockefeller Jr. with a laugh.

After listening to his words, little Morgan just smiled, and then, as if thinking about something, raised his head and stared at the middle-aged man sitting opposite him and asked, "John, who do you think will win the final victory in this war between the Chinese and the United States?" (To be continued). )