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To be honest, the United States in the original time and space was very unlucky during World War I.
During the European War, they spent money, effort and personnel, and cost the lives of 100,000 American soldiers.
However, after the war, they were defeated by Britain, France and other old Europeans.
They joined forces to start a conspiracy, but in the end they didn't gain any territory.
They even got so angry that they withdrew from the League of Nations they founded, which led to the prevalence of isolationism after the war.
Well, strictly speaking, they also made a war fortune during World War I.
For example, DuPont earned more than 100 million U.S. dollars during World War I, but this money was basically earned by the powerful, what the hell are you talking about?
There are no benefits.
And this little thing is far from satisfying the appetite of the powerful.
They think they are right because they earn more.
As a result, when the cake was divided after the war, Britain and France kicked them out, and they didn't get anything.
They might as well This British-bred dog in Japan.
From the perspective of Americans, they are obviously rich, but they are still treated as dirtbags by old Europe.
This huge psychological gap makes them very angry, and they gnash their teeth with hatred for old Europe headed by Britain and France.
This is why they were so enthusiastic about rearming Germany after the war.
In addition to making money, using Germany to bleed old Europe and export bad luck to themselves was also a very important factor.
But the United States in this plane is different.
It is much luckier than the original time and space.
Because of the storm fanned by Mr.
Wen, the wind god pterosaur, history has been changed beyond recognition.
The Erdezi are much more powerful than the original time and space.
The Allies suffered serious losses from the beginning.
The British Navy suffered a disastrous defeat in Jutland, Italy's Joining the alliance completely changed history.
The Allies' losses far exceeded those of the same period in the original time and space, and their reliance on China and the United States, the two large industrial countries, was also very different.
Therefore, the United States and China on this plane colluded to make a huge profit in World War I, which can be said to be extremely beautiful.
Not only did he make a war fortune that far exceeded his expectations, but he also acquired a large amount of land for food and drink.
Through various means, they acquired a large number of colonies from the old colonial empires such as Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and all of them occupied the 462,000 square kilometers of Guyana in South America that was originally occupied by Britain, France, and the Netherlands.
The Caribbean islands occupied by Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries, totaling 220,000 square kilometers, were also included.
In addition, we also obtained some islands in the Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic, such as Bermuda Islands, Line Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Islands, etc.
These islands are very small, with a combined area of less than 2,000 square kilometers, but their locations are good.
From the perspective of Britain and France, these islands are relatively useless.
Britain does not care much because their territory is too large and there is mainland land near these islands.
France is too far away from these places, has little oil and water, and doesn't take it seriously.
When they asked the United States for help, they also used these islands as bargaining chips.
This is also a limitation of the times.
People of this era do not pay much attention to islands, even for maritime empires such as Britain.
In their view, these islands were of some use in the past and could be used as docking and supply points for ships. , but modern ships are of no use!
If your ship does not have the endurance of ten thousand miles, you will be embarrassed to say that you are an ocean-going ship when you go out.
And now the ships are getting bigger and bigger, and it is impossible for the simple docks on those small islands to dock.
In their view, except for places with particularly important strategic locations, these islands have no use except to show off the glory of the empire, so naturally they will not take them too seriously.
That’s why Britain, France and other countries use islands they think are useless to exchange China and the United States for what they consider more important practical interests.
Of course, the Americans don't have that far-sighted vision.
When they ask for these islands, they don't see how high their strategic value is, because Britain and France won't give up the really important places.
They are all veteran imperialists, and no one is better than the other.
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It's not stupid because the ocean resources are so rich.
Except for Mr.
Wen and his confidants, the world's understanding of the ocean is still very superficial.
On the other hand, there is no technology to develop it.
The United States’ purpose in wanting these islands is different from China’s.
On the one hand, they feel that these islands are relatively close to them.
There are few indigenous people on the islands, and the trouble will not cause much trouble.
They will not be like the previous “Philippine Quagmire” You've screwed yourself up, and you can handle it completely.
On the other hand, the United States does not like European powers, especially the United Kingdom, surrounding its doorstep.
There is nothing that can be done about a large pile like Canada, but other islands and so on can definitely be taken over.
You opium bull, get out of here, stay as far away from me as possible.
In addition, the United States also has a mentality of showing off.
If the United States does not gain some overseas territory, how can it show that it is also an imperialist power?
In the end, since Britain and France are willing to give it, they naturally do not want it for free.
The acquisition of Guyana gave them an advanced base to join South America.
The acquisition of the Caribbean islands allowed them to completely tighten the fence in their backyard.
Now the entire Caribbean has become the power of the United States, and the forces of the other powers have all packed up and left.
The acquisition of islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean extended their tentacles to the ocean.
Although these islands were right at home in the past, they belonged to the European powers.
This feeling made the Americans very unhappy, but now they are finally comfortable.
However, from the perspective of Americans, although the above areas are also important, the biggest gain is Africa.
Africa is a beautiful and fertile land with abundant natural resources.
Americans have been drooling over it for a long time.
However, it was too weak at the time and suppressed by the troublemaker Britain, so the United States really couldn't get in.
Later, taking advantage of the opportunity of the whole Europe to watch Napoleon, I finally managed to grab a piece of Liberia, but it was others who grabbed the remaining bad land, not as much as a small country like Belgium.
Moreover, there were too many things going wrong at home during the Civil War.
Because the control over Liberia was relaxed, Britain and France pressed forward step by step, and Liberia lost 40% of its territory.
But things are different now.
The United States that experienced the test of World War I is no longer the United States 50 years ago.
They are now one of the top powers on the planet.
They have also gradually gained rich experience in imperialism and will not be as naive as before and commit the same crime as Liberia.
Wrong.
They decided to firmly control these hard-won African territories in their own hands.
The territory acquired this time is too large, covering 5.03 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to more than half of the United States.
Moreover, these territories are not hard-to-develop cold and cold places like Alaska.
They are all excellent resource producing areas.
The U.S. government and major financial groups have long been gearing up for this fertile land.
To firmly control a new territory, the first step is map surveying and various inspections.
Only by understanding the situation of the place can we have better control.
After the American Black Legion took control of the West African colonies that were originally owned by Derby, Portugal and Spain last year, the United States began to conduct resource inspections in these places.
In addition to the scientific expedition teams organized by the U.S. government, Rockefeller, Morgan, Zenith Star, DuPont, Several well-known large financial groups such as Mellon also followed suit.
They funded the formation of their own inspection teams to conduct resource inspections in Africa.
In addition, there are some small and medium-sized companies that, because of their own lack of strength, have banded together to form various inspection groups.
The United States made enough war fortune during the war, so it would naturally not be stingy with scientific expeditions.
These American expeditions have sufficient funds, advanced equipment, complete support, and up-to-date hardware.
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It didn't take long for these wealthy Americans to achieve results, and various inspection groups discovered many minerals one after another.
Especially in Namibia, Angola and the Belgian Congo, they found a variety of non-ferrous metals, rare metals and non-metallic minerals.
Copper, iron, manganese, uranium, lead, tin, zinc, tungsten, tantalum, germanium, cadmium, nickel, chromium, phosphate, oil, natural gas, coal, etc. are all available.
In addition to minerals, there are also rich forest resources here, rich in dozens of kinds of precious woods such as ebony, mahogany, rosewood, and yellow lacquered wood.
It is worthy of being called the "World Raw Material Warehouse" and "Strategic Metal Reserve" in later generations.
Of course, these minerals are of little use to ordinary people.
Those who are interested are governments and consortiums.
What really attracts ordinary people the most is gold and diamonds, and these two minerals are also the strengths of the "Three West African States".
According to the information revealed by the Zentraedi expedition, in the Congo state alone, the mineable gold reserves exceed 10,000 tons, and the diamonds exceed 10 billion carats and 2,000 tons.
The gold and diamond reserves of Namibia and Angola are not inferior to those of Congo.
Namibia’s diamond reserves are even more amazing, at least 50 billion carats and 10,000 tons.
Yes, according to a well-informed source from a certain consortium, they found more gold than the total amount mined in human history in the "Three States of West Africa".
In other words, it exceeds 30,000 tons.
And this is just a preliminary survey.
It is estimated that there is more. .
After the news came out, the whole United States was in a panic.
The gold rush in Alaska had only passed not long ago, and the American people simply could not resist the temptation of gold and diamonds.
If it hadn't been for the war at that time, the hard-working and kind-hearted American people would have rushed to Africa long ago.
The Geneva Contract had just been signed, and the state of war had just been lifted.
Soon the first batch of Americans who were not afraid of death went to Africa to pan for gold.
There must be brave men in the face of heavy profits, and the barrier of the Atlantic Ocean was not a problem at all.
Even though the Spanish flu is still raging now, it is nothing under the temptation of gold and diamonds.
Following some maps of vaults and diamond mines flowing out of underground channels, they began a gold mining adventure in Africa.
Their adventure soon came to fruition.
The first group of adventurers was about 1,500 people, and about 500 people came back in July.
The other one-third stayed in the local area to continue gold mining, and the remaining one-third left.
They stayed in Africa forever.
The Spanish flu and various tropical diseases, various indigenous people, and poisonous snakes and beasts made them bury themselves in a foreign land.
But now all the 500 people who have returned are rich, and one lucky guy showed reporters the results of his expedition in the Congo.
There are several large pieces of natural nugget gold, the largest one weighs 63 kilograms, and the smallest one weighs more than 7 kilograms.
In addition, there are large packages of melon seed gold and placer gold.
Another lucky guy showed off a bag full of natural diamonds he found in Namibia, with a total weight of more than 1,500 carats.
These two guys instantly became millionaires.
After these lucky people came back with gold and diamonds, the whole world was boiling.
Not to mention the envy, jealousy and hatred of the great powers that did not grab it, the UK and France.
Their printing of newspapers was like replacing the ink with adult vinegar.
As soon as the newspaper was opened, a sour smell hit the nostrils.
The Times declared sourly: "Too much gold is not a good thing for a country, just like Spain back then."
Well, Spain was shot again.
The Marseille newspaper advocated: "According to Professor XX, an African expert, our French colonies should also have a lot of gold.
Now we must also vigorously develop Africa, and we will definitely find more gold and diamonds than the Americans."
Countries such as Derby and Portugal that lost their territory were even more angry and beat their chests.
The hosts of TV and radio stations seemed to be possessed by Mrs.
Xianglin overnight.
They muttered on the program all day long: "These gold and diamonds were originally ours."
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They are all our Yankees who have been killed by a thousand cuts.
They must not die well.
They must not die well."
Because it is very important, I say it twice.
On the other hand, they are scolding their own government for being incompetent.
Experts are all pigs.
The Yankees found them as soon as they arrived.
Why haven't you found these things so many years ago?
This must be a systemic problem.
After Japan had a few sour words with Britain, it started looking for gold.
They are ready to completely turn over Mosan Mozambique.
As for the United States, the country involved, it is completely crazy.
The nearest east coast felt the impact of the gold rush first, and almost all businesses were severely affected.
They either stopped operating or reduced their business volume because there were no people left.
Peasants pledged their fields and houses, workers threw down their tools, civil servants left their desks, soldiers left their barracks, servants left their masters, sailors abandoned their ships in the harbor, and even missionaries left their mission houses.
Countless people flock to the birthplace of gold mines in Africa with dreams of getting rich.
The craze spread as far west as San Francisco in the Rockies and as far south as New Mexico.
This gold rush not only affected the United States, but also Europe and Japan.
Europe was devastated by the First World War and is currently undergoing post-war reconstruction.
It still cannot spare the time and energy to go to Africa, but it has also increased its inspections of Europe.
Japan's homeland was not affected by the war, so they could invest a lot of manpower like the United States.
China is the calmest, but some people in the public complain that it is not cost-effective for the government to exchange Italian Somaliland for a few small broken islands.
Maybe Italian Somaliland also has large gold mines.
The Chinese government also took advantage of this craze and promulgated new homestead laws and resources laws in a timely manner.
It was announced that all Chinese citizens can go to new territories and overseas provinces to pan for gold and mine as long as they apply for a gold mining license from the government.
The gold mining income will be theirs after paying taxes in accordance with the law.
Of course, China is a socialist country, and the model of private gold mining is different from that in Europe, the United States and Japan.
Gold mines cannot be mined casually.
This is mainly to prevent waste of resources and damage to the environment, as well as to increase efficiency and utilization of minerals.
Gold diggers must undergo unified training and be freely organized into a number of "gold panning groups".
Members of the group divide work and cooperate, which is much more efficient
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