Chapter 1129 Alaska

Alaska is located at the northwest end of the North American continent, bordering Canada to the east and surrounded by the Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean on the other three sides. This huge land does not border the United States, so it can be said to be an enclave.

Historically, most of the enclaves were formed as a result of the colonial era, and their areas were very small. However, Alaska is different. Alaska covers an area of ​​more than 1.7 million square kilometers, accounting for one-fifth of the United States' land area of ​​more than 9 million square kilometers!

Moreover, on maps, because of its proximity to the North Pole, it appears unusually large in world maps drawn according to various equidistant latitude polyconic projections. How could the United States have such a large enclave?

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And this enclave is the pain of the Soviet Union.

Historically, the first civilized people to enter the American continent were Western Europeans, who mainly crossed the Atlantic Ocean and entered the east coast of America in the 16th century. They included the Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, British, French, etc. They continued to explore the American continent and move westward, and this journey lasted for hundreds of years.

The other group was the Russians who walked through Siberia and crossed the Bering Strait into Alaska in the 18th century.

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Finally, the two civilizations met. As a result, after the meeting, everyone quarreled. The dates of the two sides were one day apart! This dispute lasted for more than a hundred years, and finally a winding "International Date Line" was drawn across the Bering Strait. Those who went east added one day, and those who went west subtracted one day. God is fair.

Of course, at this time, Alaska has completely belonged to the Russians who crossed the Bering Strait. Due to geographical reasons, Russians are naturally very cold-resistant, and the severe cold here is normal for them, while people living in warm Western Europe, such as Britain and France, do not have this demeanor and cannot adapt to this severe cold.

However, Alaska was a waste in the hands of the Russian Tsar.

After all, Alaska is too cold, and no one knows what lies beneath this frozen land. Russia also has no ability to develop it. Moreover, Alaska is right next to Canada, a British colony, and backward Tsarist Russia had just been beaten badly by Britain and France in the Crimean War and had to cede territory in exchange for peace.

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Even the old Tsar Nicholas I died, and the newly enthroned Alexander II was also a wimp. He felt uncomfortable looking at Alaska. If there were conflicts with Britain and France again, they would attack from the direction of Alaska and reach Siberia!

No, this problem must be solved! Sell it to a country that is at odds with Britain and France, and rely on other countries to stop the threat of Britain and France to the mainland!

In later generations, if a real estate developer came here, people would definitely rush to buy the house. But at that time, the Tsar had been calling for it for several years, but no one dared to buy it.

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First of all, the one who wants to buy this land must be a powerful country, and these powerful countries are not interested in this land at all. It is just a piece of frozen land. What is the use of it? As a natural refrigerator?

At the same time, after the rise of Russia, it has been encroaching on other people's territories. Other countries are also suspicious of the Tsarist Russia. Is it really selling it? Or is it just trying to fish?

As a result, after waiting for several years, a country finally came, the United States!

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At that time, the United States was not in the same boat with Britain and France, and the conflicts between the two sides were at their most intense.

In 1861, the American Civil War broke out. This kind of American civil war is rare in a century, no, it can be said to be the only one in the entire history of the United States. At that time, the Western European powers who disliked the United States also took the opportunity to dismember the United States.

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After all, the Americans had been liberated from the colonial war, so they certainly did not see eye to eye with the West. President Lincoln at the time turned to Tsarist Russia for help. After all, Tsarist Russia also had grudges against these powers, so Tsarist Russia did send a fleet into New York Harbor to contain other powers.

During the entire war, the Tsarist Russian fleet did not fire a single shot. However, it cost a huge amount of military expenditure to travel halfway around the world. At that time, Tsarist Russia came here in friendship and did not ask the Americans for money.

At that time, U.S. Secretary of State William Henry Seward decided to get closer to the Russians, so he bought Alaska, which the Tsarist Russia had been asking for for several years but no one wanted to buy it, for $7.2 million.

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Nowadays, $7.2 million is not a lot of money, but at that time, it was an astronomical transaction!

As a result, the Russians happily sold Alaska to the United States. And Seward was scolded at home. Stupid Seward spent 7.2 million US dollars to buy a super large refrigerator!

At the time, Seward withstood the criticism, and history has proved his foresight.

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Just a few decades later, rich mineral resources were discovered in Alaska, including gold and oil. The unique geographical location made it a transit point for inter-Pacific air routes. For example, flying from the United States to Tokyo does not fly directly, but first goes north to Alaska and then to Tokyo. This saves more routes because the latitude circle above is shorter!

At the same time, what made the Soviet Union even more depressed was that after World War II, with the entry into the Cold War, Alaska's superior geographical location became the launch site for the United States' intercontinental missiles, from which it could directly hit the Soviet Union!

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It's just like when the Soviet Union wanted to deploy ballistic missiles in Cuba, but the United States strongly opposed it. Deploying nuclear bombs on someone else's border is the most deterrent.

At the same time, if the Soviet Union regained the land here, it would be a huge threat to the United States!

You know, the south of Alaska is Canada, which is also a developed capitalist country. However, the Canadian army has no combat effectiveness. If the Soviet army wants to pass through it, Canada may only be able to make way for the Soviet army to pass!

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At that time, the Soviet army will be able to attack the United States directly! The main battlefield of the war will be on the American mainland!

Alaska, a previously unknown state, has suddenly become the focus of world attention, even surpassing Arkansas in the south!

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The Soviet Union did not declare war on the United States. After the United States decided to declare war on the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union simply looked up the past: Alaska was sold by that idiot Alexander II back then, and now we, the Soviet Union, have decided not to sell it!

Didn't we sell it for $7.2 million? Now, we buy it back for $7.2 million!

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The arrival of this news almost made the White House's top officials vomit blood in anger. Damn, how many times have prices increased over the years? At this time, 7.2 million US dollars can only build an F22 at most!

The deadline given by the Soviet Union was one day! After one day, if the United States did not agree, the Soviet Union would take Alaska in its own way!

Those who are now controlling the American government are just a group of businessmen. Do you understand war?