Chapter 254

Just from the Soviet Federation's style of conduct at this time, one could already see some clues; after getting used to the happy feeling brought by expansion, they started throwing money directly.

Yu Feng looked at the intelligence and continued:

"While the Soviet Federation was providing military aid to various African countries."

"Its domestic strategic weapons had also been deployed."

"The medium-range missiles deployed this time had a range of up to 5,000 kilometers, meaning all countries in Western Europe were within the strike range."

"And it was also because of this move by the Soviet Federation."

"NATO accelerated the development of the 'Pershing missile'."

"What is a Pershing missile?"

"[Pershing] is a medium-range tactical ballistic missile developed by the American Federation, with a maximum range of up to 1,800 kilometers; of course, it is still under development."

"According to the plan."

"Once this 'Pershing missile' is developed, it will be deployed in Western Europe."

"Mainly used for strikes against the satellite states under the Soviet Federation."

"Focusing on striking hard targets such as command posts and transportation hubs of its satellite states."

"As for why they don't strike the Soviet Federation..."

"Not daring to strike is one aspect."

"After all, no one starts a war by hitting the boss of the other side first."

"Another reason is that the range is not enough."

"Striking the satellite states under the Soviet Federation is already the limit."

"After all, the Soviet Federation's territory is too vast, and its strategic depth is more than just 1,800 kilometers."

"But the strategic missile range of the Soviet Federation is 5,000 kilometers."

"It can easily strike various Western European countries."

"The power of the Soviet Federation has been fully revealed at this time."

"After all, the countermeasures of the Western European countries, although they are 1,800-kilometer tactical missiles, the problem is that they haven't been developed yet and are being rushed."

"And the Soviet Federation's 5,000-kilometer range missiles have already been deployed."

"Aiming at the countries of Western Europe."

"So the countries in Western Europe are truly trembling with fear."

"This is the Soviet Federation in 1976."

"Then let's look at the period of 1977."

Yu Feng flipped through the data and said:

"This year."

"The number of intercontinental missiles of the Soviet Federation reached 1,500, while the American Federation in the same period only had 1,054; these extra 500 intercontinental missiles could cover North America."

"In other words, the Soviet Federation can now not only deter Western Europe but also simultaneously deter the North American region."

"However, at this time, the Soviet Federation's grain imports had reached 27 million tons, and oil accounted for nearly 70% of export foreign exchange."

"This seems to be unsolvable."

"Because it has been several years since this problem was first discovered. Not only has it not been solved, but it is getting more and more serious."

"They can only take it one step at a time."

Yu Feng continued, looking at the data in his hand:

"Then it's 1978."

"The Soviet Federation's strength in Africa reached its peak this year."

"In fact, the American Federation has had many problems domestically in recent years and hasn't had much energy to manage it."

"So this year."

"The Soviet Federation has no more scruples."

"Strategically, intercontinental missiles are aimed at Western Europe and North America, and its strength in the African region has reached its peak."

"At the same time, in Asia, it supported the Vietnam Federation, and the Vietnam Federation attacked Cambodia."

"The following year, the Vietnam Federation and the Republic... um..."

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"To be honest, it's hard to understand."

"Even if someone is backing them, it shouldn't be like this."

"Continue."

"However, this year, the Soviet Federation's military spending accounted for 35% of fiscal expenditure, while the national shortage rate of livelihood products like televisions and refrigerators reached 70%."

"It belongs to being militaristic."

"Then it's 1979."

"It was clearly at its peak the previous year, but in this year, the Soviet Federation entered a countdown."

"Why do I say that?"

"Because there were two major events this year."

"First."

"The Soviet Federation attacked the Afghanistan Federation; the name 'Graveyard of Empires' is not for nothing."

"Even the later American Federation, as powerful as it was, got stuck in the mud."

"Not to mention the Soviet Federation, which was militaristic at home at this time, with a 70% shortage rate of livelihood products nationwide."

"It entered the war quagmire of the Afghanistan Federation."

"One can imagine how it will be consumed in the end."

"This is just one."

"And the second thing is more serious."

"It's what I just said."

"In this year, the Vietnam Federation attacked the territory of the Republic."

"And this move by the Vietnam Federation also led to the division of the Soviet Federation's camp."

"In other words, this year, the boss and the second-in-command completely cut ties."

"The entire camp was split into two."

"Although the Republic's share is small, the impact is huge."

"At the same time, it also got stuck in the quagmire of Afghanistan this year."

"So the Soviet Federation instantly went from its peak to a countdown state."

Hearing this.

The Blue Star netizens in the livestream room were also dumbfounded.

Hiss, what the hell?

They were still wondering what the Soviet Federation had done to suddenly go from the peak of global military power to a countdown; was it an economic crisis? A food crisis?

Leading to chaotic livelihood and protests?

It turned out to be these two operations, burying itself.

First, it entered the Afghanistan Federation.

It fell into this war quagmire that no one has completely conquered for thousands of years.

Then it supported the Vietnam Federation.

Splitting its own camp into two halves.

Isn't this equivalent to suddenly stabbing itself, cutting off both arms and hands?

This...

Alright.

They didn't know what to say either.

From a third-party perspective, this is purely digging a hole and burying oneself.

But maybe from the perspective of the countries on "Earth".

The Soviet Federation was just doing a normal operation.

After all, according to the Soviet Federation's military expansion at this time, who would have thought it would get stuck in the Afghanistan Federation.

Not to mention that the Soviet Federation probably wouldn't have thought that while they wanted to support a few little brothers in East Asia to check and balance the Republic, they were all more disappointing than the last...

The Indian Federation and the Vietnam Federation, these two teammates were also chosen ridiculously.

One is worse than the other.

Of course.

Perhaps according to the Soviet Federation's normal thinking, if they supported them, those countries would slowly rise, rising to the point where they could compete with the Republic.

But they overlooked one point.

That is the recovery speed of the Republic.

The Republic at this time.

"Two Bombs, One Satellite" had been developed for many years; to let a Vietnam Federation that had been beaten for thousands of years check and balance the Republic, one would have to support them to an unimaginable extent.

It probably wouldn't be enough even if they threw in their entire family fortune.

The land area limited them.

Yu Feng looked at the intelligence in his hand and continued:

"I'll talk about this later."

"Let's look at what's next."

"Because next is 1980."

"In this year."

"The Soviet Federation suffered several more blows."

"First is the war quagmire characteristic of the Afghanistan Federation; this year, the Soviet Federation had 100,000 troops stationed in the Afghanistan Federation."

"Military spending was 3 billion US dollars."

"Um... the money is a bit small."

"After all, compared to the later American Federation's stationing in Afghanistan, with a multi-million dollar anti-biochemical toilet, the Soviet Federation was too frugal."

"But even the military spending that we think is not much."

"It caused great controversy in the Soviet Federation at the time; this expense was indeed huge at the time."

"And it was a consumption of manpower, materials, and military spending."

"It was not proportional to the income."

"But they couldn't withdraw either."

"Little did they know."

"This failure to cut losses in time would drag the body down."

"Of course."

"No one believes that the Soviet Federation will collapse now."

"This is the first thing."

"Don't rush."

Saying this.

Yu Feng shook his head and looked at the collected intelligence: "There is a second thing."

"The second thing is that this year, the American Federation began to implement economic sanctions against the Soviet Federation."

"Brothers."

"The economic mine finally exploded."

"It's just that after 10 years of the Soviet Federation's economic deformity, and even when the domestic public had become accustomed to this economic deformity, the American Federation took action to detonate it."

"This move is too ruthless."

"It belongs to wanting to bury the Soviet Federation in one go."

"Obviously, they had long discovered the Soviet Federation's economic crisis and deformity."

"They were just waiting."

"Waiting for a suitable opportunity to detonate it."

"The two major economic deformity problems in the Soviet Federation at this time are grain imports and oil export share."

"And this first step by the American Federation."

"Is to implement a grain embargo on the Soviet Federation."

"First, choke your grain supply."

"Anyway, the initiative is in their hands, take it slow."

Yu Feng shrugged; the Soviet Federation had imported grain for so many years, and now it was suddenly choked; who could stand that?

This was just a preliminary probe.

Because in the second year, the Soviet Federation, unable to buy grain, could only take its gold reserves to exchange for grain.

What US dollars, what pounds, what rubles.

None are as solid as gold.

Exchanging grain for gold is simply making a killing.

But the Soviet Federation had no choice.

Because only gold could be used to exchange for grain; other things couldn't buy grain.

The Blue Star netizens in the livestream room couldn't help but sigh at the poison of this move.

And...

They could wait so long.

The Blue Star netizens in the livestream room felt intuitively at this moment what a great power game is.

The time for the game is calculated in years.

If it were up to them to operate, they would have been impatient to take action in the first or second year of discovering the Soviet Federation's economic crisis and deformity; who could have thought of this.

The American Federation knew about the hidden dangers and deformities of the Soviet Federation's economic crisis.

Yet they didn't take any action from this aspect at all.

Causing the Soviet Federation to operate smoothly under such circumstances for 10 years without any major problems breaking out.

And when everyone, even the Soviet public, was accustomed to this situation.

The American Federation, which had been holding back for 10 years, came up with a big one.

Economic sanctions, banning grain exports.

Directly forcing the Soviet Federation into a corner.

Now the Soviet Union wants to buy grain.

Nothing works; either use gold or use technology.

Technology is the existence that dominates the world, so it definitely can't be easily exchanged; it's still better to use the grain that grows in the fields.

Knowledge and technology don't grow in the fields.

So only gold is left.

And using the Soviet Federation's gold to exchange for the opponent's grain... the American Federation is simply robbing them in broad daylight.

Yet they have no way to deal with it.

Ruthless.

Too ruthless.

Holding back for 10 years to do such a big thing, but the profit is really huge.

Grain for gold.

Who wouldn't do such a thing?

Yu Feng continued:

"After the American Federation's economic sanctions."

"The Soviet Federation also adjusted its strategy, but the effect was limited, and in order to cope with the grain shortage crisis, the Soviet Federation began to cut consumption from all aspects."

"But it was precisely because of this."

"That led to the turmoil in Eastern Europe, the rise of the 'Solidarity Union' in Poland, and the Soviet Federation had no way to deal with it."

"Militarily, they were stuck in the Afghanistan Federation quagmire, Eastern Europe couldn't afford turmoil, especially in such a time of grain shortage, they couldn't afford to cause trouble in Eastern Europe."

"So they didn't send troops to suppress it directly as before."

"Because Poland itself had 400,000 troops; if they really fought, the Soviet Union would be under pressure from both sides."

"At the same time, the members of the 'Solidarity Union' were mostly shipyard workers, etc."

"What workers represent is self-evident."

"So there was even less way to suppress it by force, because if they did that, before the whole world could condemn them, the interior would probably be in chaos."

"So the Soviet Union had no choice."

"They could only tacitly allow Poland to solve it themselves; they wouldn't intervene."

"This is the third thing."

"You can see."

"In the first year of entering the 80s."

"It was as if the Soviet Federation had been punched; the smooth sailing of the past ten years vanished, and they were directly stunned."

The Blue Star netizens in the livestream room listened and also sighed at the impermanence of the world.

After all, in 1978.

The Soviet Union was still crushing the American Federation in the number of intercontinental missiles, threatening the North American region, aiming at the Western European region, its prestige in Africa reached its peak, and it was backing the Vietnam Federation to cause trouble in East Asia.

As a result, in just two years.

The situation changed.

Stuck in the Afghanistan Federation quagmire, split from the Republic, followed by economic sanctions from the American Federation, having to exchange gold for grain, and at the same time, turmoil in the Eastern European region.

This is only because the Soviet Federation's foundation is large.

Otherwise, if any small federation or small country had encountered any one of these, they might have died back then.

Blue Star netizens all know that the Soviet Federation will disintegrate later.

But they didn't expect that from the peak to the countdown to disintegration.

It only took two short years.

No matter how you think about it, it's unbelievable.

Such a large Soviet Federation, in just two short years, started to enter a countdown.

It was clearly at its peak the previous year.

This...

In the livestream room, the Blue Star netizens were discussing it extremely lively.

And many friends watching the livestream also ran into the forum to supplement various aspects.

Although these things were the triggers that led to the Soviet Federation's countdown, looking at them from all aspects.

You will find that the countdown of the Soviet Federation actually had the seeds buried long ago.

Yu Feng said:

"The Soviet Federation is now at its peak and declining."

"And this is just the situation of these five years; we will talk about the rest later."

"Let's see how the American Federation developed in these five years."

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