Chapter 246

The Soviet Union's unbridled expansion, in the eyes of Blue Star netizens, is already courting death.

After all, such examples are everywhere.

In the "Huaxia" history series games, a famous one is the "Emperor Wu of Han period," and the current Soviet Union is about the same.

Although it has energy dividends and export value has soared.

But the most basic problems have not been solved, and it is difficult to hide the domestic imbalance.

It hasn't erupted yet.

It is only because it is constantly expanding, using the benefits brought by expansion to superficially compensate for the imbalanced structure.

But the foundation has not changed and is constantly accumulating.

When one day it can no longer expand, the accumulated backlash will likely cause this huge federation to suffer heavy damage.

This is not alarmist talk.

But an inevitable result that can be foreseen at a glance.

It's just that Blue Star players are puzzled; the Soviet Union is so big, has no one foreseen such consequences, and why does it continue to expand infinitely?

But thinking about it is useless, because the Soviet Union's expansion is still continuing.

The Soviet Union's expansion in these years has been finished.

Yu Feng took out the documents on the American Federation and said:

"Then there is the American Federation."

"Last time we talked about 1970, the American Federation bombed the Cambodia Federation, triggering global public opinion protests, while internal inflation and economic crisis began to appear."

"And by 1971."

"The economic crisis had already erupted."

"The president of the American Federation announced the decoupling of the dollar from gold."

"The currency within the American Federation camp began to float freely, indirectly weakening the dollar's financial hegemony within the American Federation camp."

"This move belongs to shaking the fundamental foundation of the dollar."

"Because the original dollar was pegged to gold, so dollar = gold; now that the dollar is decoupled from gold, the value of the dollar has become dependent on the national credit and strength of the American Federation."

"So whether the dollar is valuable in the future depends on the strength of the American Federation."

"But looking at the current situation, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"Because in the timeline of the 'Global Counter-Terrorism' DLC, the American Federation has already become the only super hegemon on Earth."

"From this point of view, the dollar will not depreciate later."

"But there is one problem."

"Because after decoupling from gold, the currency is free, so the American Federation can print a large amount of money to obtain wealth."

"Initially, you certainly can't see anything."

"But later, it will definitely lead to inflation."

The original dollar was pegged to gold, so the dollar could not be printed at will, because once it was printed at will, why would others use gold to pay you back for something printed at will?

But with the decoupling of the dollar from gold.

The American Federation can print money at will to flexibly respond to domestic economic challenges.

But if you print too much, inflation is certain.

Dollar depreciation is also certain.

It's just that I don't know how it will be adjusted later, but it shouldn't be a problem.

After all...

There are too many people doing finance in the American Federation.

Compared to the American Federation, the Soviet Union and the Republic are still a bit behind in financial sensitivity.

Of course.

The most important thing is that the rules of the game are set by them, so the participants are relatively passive.

Yu Feng looked at the documents and continued:

"At the same time."

"Although the American Federation has withdrawn its troops."

"But after more than a year of withdrawal, there are still 330,000 soldiers left in the Vietnam Federation."

"It has never crawled out of the quagmire of the Vietnam Federation war."

"And it is even sinking deeper and deeper."

"Anti-war demonstrations that created world records have erupted within the American Federation, with the number reaching 500,000."

"I have to mention here."

"Because the American Federation can print banknotes at will."

"So when it was stuck in the quagmire of the Vietnam Federation war and couldn't pull itself out, the American Federation printed a large amount of banknotes to finance the Vietnam Federation war."

"It is equivalent to saying that the subsequent expenses in the Vietnam Federation war were all printed out of thin air."

"In the short term, you certainly can't see anything."

"But later, there will definitely be inflation; you don't even need to think about that."

"The consumption of war is too great."

"And it won't end in a year or two."

Yu Feng said.

The Blue Star netizens in the live broadcast room nodded.

That's true.

If it could end in a year or two, it would be fine, but many Blue Star players roughly know the subsequent timeline, and it wasn't until 1975 that it barely ended.

If they do this.

Then the subsequent turmoil might be relatively large.

But the basic situation is in the American Federation.

It still depends on what they do next.

Yu Feng continued:

"Then it's 1972."

"This year, a relatively big thing happened."

"The president of the American Federation visited the Republic."

"After 23 years of severed diplomatic relations, the American Federation signed the 'Shanghai Communiqué,' acknowledging that there is only one Republic, and its attitude toward the Republic has softened."

"It belongs to uniting with the Republic to strategically balance the opposite side."

"However, this approach."

"Actually had quite a reaction within the American Federation camp."

"Just like the time the Soviet Union visited the American Federation before, you two bosses let us fight to the death, and then you turned around and shook hands and made peace?"

"What do the federations and countries below think?"

"Although it was left unsettled later because of camp issues."

"But at this time."

"The American Federation's visit to the Republic had similar effects and reactions to the last time."

"The opposition from the federations and countries below was quite large."

"After all, we listened to you, the American Federation boss, and fought the Republic to the death and severed diplomatic relations, and then you turned around and shook hands?"

"What did you take us for?"

"But well..."

"The situation of the American Federation is well known."

"Let alone opposition."

"Even if you condemn and protest the American Federation's actions at the United Nations, it has no effect."

"Let alone the voices of opposition within the federation."

"So the American Federation didn't take it seriously at all and just did what it wanted."

"And the reason why the American Federation was able to establish diplomatic relations with the Republic and achieve strategic relaxation was also because there was no major conflict with the Republic in global layout."

"The reason why there was no relaxation with the Soviet Union last time."

"Was because there were too many conflicts in global layout between the two sides; relaxation was possible, but the American Federation didn't want to give in at all."

"So relaxation is relaxation, but they still ended up confronting each other."

"But the Republic is different."

"The only conflict the American Federation currently has with the Republic is the war in the Vietnam Federation."

"And the American Federation has already planned to withdraw its troops."

"So strictly speaking, it doesn't count as a conflict."

"It's just that the American Federation might still want to struggle for the last time."

"Although it restored diplomatic relations with the Republic this year."

"But the following month, the American Federation launched an 'Easter Offensive' in the Vietnam Federation; as the name suggests, it was similar to the 'Christmas Offensive' in the Peninsula War."

"Attempting to fight for a wave of victory and then flatten everything and go home."

"But obviously... such a thing is impossible."

"The American Federation's 'Easter Offensive' failed, and now there was absolutely no thought of continuing to fight."

"This year, the American Federation's troop strength also dropped from 330,000 to about 240,000."

"It can be considered a comprehensive withdrawal."

Yu Feng flipped through the documents and continued:

"Then it's 1973."

"In this year, the American Federation signed the 'Paris Peace Accords,' and the American Federation's soldiers all withdrew, but the aid was still continuing."

"And having lost the support of the American Federation's own soldiers."

"The war situation within the Vietnam Federation presented a one-sided state."

"However, this year."

"The American Federation's economy also began to experience inflation, soaring by 8.8%, and the post-war economic golden period was forced to end."

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"Of course, the reason here is that the Vietnam Federation war is one aspect, because of the large amount of money printing."

"At the same time."

"The proxy war in the Middle East is also an important reason."

"Because in this year."

"The Fourth Middle East War broke out."

"The American Federation-supported Israel Federation fought a great war with Arab countries, and the American Federation provided large-scale military aid to the Israel Federation."

"This incident made Arab countries angry."

"Therefore."

"As a counterattack by Arab countries, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), led by Saudi Arabia, decided to use the 'oil weapon' to strike at the supporters of the Israel Federation."

"And who are the supporters of the Israel Federation? Need I say?"

"The American Federation."

"So how did the Arab countries use the 'oil weapon' to strike the American Federation?"

"First, it was to implement an oil embargo on countries led by the American Federation that supported the Israel Federation (American Federation, Netherlands Federation, Kingdom of Portugal, etc.)."

"At the same time, it significantly reduced oil exports, leading to a global oil supply crisis."

"Unilateral price increases."

"Raising the price of about 3 dollars per barrel of crude oil by 4 times, which is an oil price surge of 400%."

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"After this combination of punches... everyone."

"What do you think?"

Yu Feng's voice fell.

The Blue Star netizens in the live broadcast room were all stunned.

Holy crap?

What the hell?

Are the Middle Eastern countries trying to dig a hole and bury themselves?

Is the American Federation someone you can deal with?

If you can't deal with it, go find the Soviet Union; this is creating a global oil crisis, unilateral price increases, pricing at will, this thing... a superpower can play it."

But it is definitely not something these Arab countries can play.

This oil crisis.

It didn't just catch the American Federation off guard."

The Soviet Union is the same.

The most fatal thing is."

The problem exposed by this."

That is, you absolutely cannot entrust the most important resource, oil, to a group in an unstable region."

You have to know that there are only two superpowers on "Earth" now."

But the oil lifelines of these two superpowers are actually in the hands of a group in an unstable region."

Let alone the American Federation not agreeing."

Even the Soviet Union, which is expanding rapidly now, cannot agree."

It was fine before when it wasn't discovered."

But now... this move by the Arab countries has set a trap for the whole world."

Although they can win a temporary victory."

But the subsequent impact will definitely far exceed this short-lived victory."

I'm afraid the later Iraq Federation Gulf War also has some of these reasons."

In the live broadcast room, they discussed one after another."

Everyone was incredulous about how the Arab countries could think of such a stupid move."

Including the Soviet Union's unbridled expansion in the previous revelations, as well as the American Federation's massive printing of banknotes, and now adding the Arab countries pulling a self-destructing mine..."

Blue Star players are puzzled."

Feeling that this "Earth" also seems to be a makeshift stage."

How could they think of such stupid moves."

In fact."

It's just survivor bias."

Compared to the common schemes and plots in the "Huaxia" series, no matter what happens, you can find many similar cases in history."

Many things in foreign federations, because of their short history, actually don't know what will happen after doing them."

Plus long-term chaos."

Records are lost, and they don't know if such things have happened before."

So things that players used to the "Huaxia" history series feel are incredible, in the eyes of many foreign "

Earth indigenous NPCs" are all brilliant operations."

Without the slightest idea of how big the subsequent impact will be."

Watching the discussion in the live broadcast room, Yu Feng also continued:"

"That's right."

"The Arab countries, this is indeed too..."

"Perhaps in their view, this is a weapon of 'justice'."

"But the hegemon of 'Earth' is not them."

"Not a hegemon, yet they held the lifelines of all other federations in the world."

"How can this not be attacked?"

"Following this move by the Arab countries."

"It directly spurred the British Commonwealth, Norway, and other federations to accelerate the development of the North Sea oil fields, wanting to break the monopoly of Middle Eastern countries on oil."

"The Soviet Union took the opportunity to export oil in large quantities and earned a large amount of funds."

"The American Federation accelerated the development of the Alaska oil fields and invested heavily in local oil field exploration."

"It can be said that after this move by the Arab countries."

"Countries and federations all over the world are trying to find 'substitutes'."

"And the core purpose is only one."

"That is, absolutely not to be choked by these unstable groups in the Middle East."

"If something happens and they do this."

"Who can stand it?"

"Although this move gained huge benefits in the short term."

"But it directly spurred powerful opponents."

"That is, oil fields are being explored all over the world, looking for oil that can be extracted; you have a lot of oil in the Middle East, but it's not like other places in the world don't have it."

"Although the total reserves are not as much as yours, when added together, it is certainly enough."

"It also forced the world to accelerate the process of 'de-OPECization'."

"Originally, countries around the world relied on the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to import oil, but after suddenly doing this, countries around the world discovered."

"This is too unstable."

"You say raise prices, you raise prices; you say cut production, you cut production."

"No, absolutely not."

"As long as countries find new oil supplies, they will likely abandon 'OPEC' imports without hesitation."

"This kind of move."

"Honestly, it's really not suitable for small countries to use."

"If the Soviet Union and the American Federation used this move, other federations or countries might pinch their noses and endure it, but for a small country to use this move is purely looking for death."

"Without the strength of monopoly, using the methods of monopoly."

"The worst result, the Gulf War plot afterward, has already given the answer."

"Earth, after all, still speaks with strength."