Chapter 256: 【The Superpower Falling into One Pit After Another】(4k)

Of course.

Perhaps they knew the outcome over there as well, but having already latched onto a powerful backer, they had offended the Republic to the point of no return.

Thinking that since they had already offended them to death.

Why not take the opportunity to use that backer? What if they really managed to finish off the Republic?

Although such a probability was almost non-existent.

But as long as the thought existed.

Action would follow.

Because the people in the Asian region have a long history, they always harbor a thought, which is... what if?

Although the probability is minuscule.

But... what if?

After all, their backer, the Vietnam Federation, was even more powerful than the Republic.

It’s a pity.

The Vietnam Federation and its backer were separated by ten thousand miles, but the Republic was right in front of them. If they couldn't understand human speech, then they would be beaten until they could understand.

After all, it wasn't as if the Republic hadn't given them a chance.

They had.

But they didn't want it.

Yu Feng flipped through the documents here and continued:

"Then came 1980."

"In this year."

"The Republic was still in a phase of development, and grain production reached 320 million tons for the first time."

"At the same time, many students were sent to Europe and the American Federation to study."

"Overall, it was still a very stable year."

Comments drifted across the live stream.

Seeing that the Republic had plenty of grain at this time, some were confused as to why the Soviet Union didn't seek out the Republic; after all, no matter what, they were in the same camp, right?

Seeing this.

Yu Feng gathered his thoughts and pinned that comment to the top:

"I just saw a question that some friends are confused about."

"I'll provide a simple analysis and explanation here."

"First is the Soviet Union's grain crisis. Since they had to use gold to trade for grain with the American Federation, why didn't they look for the Republic?"

"Gold circulating within one's own camp is better than being taken away by the American Federation, right?"

"In reality."

"Ever since the incident in 1969."

"The relationship between the two sides had effectively ended."

"In 1979."

"The Soviet Union attempted to dialogue with the Republic, and the relationship between the two sides eased quite a bit."

"But because the Republic had already established diplomatic relations with the American Federation at that time."

"So even though it had eased."

"They remained wary of the Republic."

"At the same time."

"The Republic during this period also didn't have enough grain to eat."

"Don't look at 320 million tons as a lot."

"But when divided equally, it was 327 kilograms per capita, barely enough for self-sufficiency for the year."

"In fact, the Republic also needed to import grain in 1980 to alleviate the pressure of insufficient supply."

"So it wasn't that the Republic didn't want to earn this money."

"It was that there was no way to earn it."

"Although the relationship had eased, there was still suspicion on that side."

"On one hand, they didn't even have enough grain for their own country and had to import it, so how could they sell grain to others?"

"Of course."

"There was also the reason that the Soviet Union couldn't bring itself to do it."

"What did the Vietnam Federation do in 1979? Everyone just learned about that, didn't they?"

"They had just eased relations with the Republic and were on guard."

"And over there, the Vietnam Federation was provoking the Republic."

"This..."

Upon hearing this.

The Blue Star netizens in the live stream were also speechless.

Indeed.

In this situation, it was better to buy grain from the West.

After all, the Republic didn't have enough to eat either.

Furthermore, they had given support to the Vietnam Federation, and the Vietnam Federation turned around and provoked the Republic.

Even the Republic couldn't tolerate that, no matter how good-tempered they were.

So it was better to just buy from somewhere else.

Yu Feng continued:

"Speaking of which."

"There is another interesting point."

"That is, the American Federation and the Soviet Union, the leaders of these two camps, were both almost dragged down by war."

"It's just that the American Federation pulled back from the brink."

"The Soviet Union..."

"Let's look at the previous timeline."

Saying this.

Yu Feng displayed the previous timeline.

He pointed to the American Federation camp side and began to speak:

"Let's just look at the first 5 years before the Vietnam War started."

"1961, the Vietnam War escalated, and the American Federation began large-scale aid to the Vietnam Federation's forces, but at this time, they hadn't yet intervened with large-scale American troops."

"1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis; the American Federation and the Soviet Union almost started a nuclear war that would have blown up the Earth, but fortunately, it didn't happen."

"1963, the American Federation, the Soviet Union, the British Federation, and others spearheaded the 'Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,' attempting to create a nuclear monopoly."

"1964, the Gulf of Tonkin incident broke out, and the American Federation fully expanded the Vietnam War."

"1965, the American Federation sent troops, formally intervening on a large scale in the Vietnam Federation's war."

"It was also in this year that the Republic also sent troops to intervene, only they intervened in a covert way, wearing the Vietnam Federation's uniforms and so on."

"By this point, after the American Federation intervened in the Vietnam Federation war, it was the start of their bad luck."

"1966, the Vietnam Federation war fell into a stalemate; the American Federation increased troops to 380,000, still without a strategic breakthrough, the war was deadlocked, and domestic anti-war protests erupted."

"In the same year, the French Federation withdrew from NATO, the American Federation's military bases were forced to withdraw from the French Federation, and cracks within the camp appeared."

"1967, a million-person anti-war event within the American Federation."

"1968, American Federation troops suffered heavy losses in the Vietnam Federation and were forced to open ceasefire negotiations."

"1970, the economic crisis began to appear."

"1971, the US dollar decoupled from gold, the Vietnam War quagmire..."

"..."

"..."

As Yu Feng narrated.

Many Blue Star netizens gasped.

They didn't know until they looked, and they were shocked once they did.

Looking at it in succession.

The American Federation's bad luck was too severe.

They were still running rampant in the five years before starting the Vietnam Federation war.

As a result, in the second year after starting, the French Federation withdrew from NATO, and the internal camp split.

Then a series of bad luck.

It was either internal demonstrations or economic crises, the war was stuck in a quagmire, followed by various domestic situations, and even the president was forced to step down due to a 'wiretapping' scandal.

Until the Vietnam Federation war ended completely in 1975.

The American Federation still hadn't recovered.

Then in the years after 1975, economic inflation, energy crises, dollar crises, etc.

They were completely unable to look after themselves.

Looking at it this way.

The period of internal chaos for the American Federation was too long.

It's no wonder the Soviet Union judged that the American Federation had already declined.

Think about it.

Anyone who sees a country in 10-plus years where it's either internal demonstrations or the president getting into trouble, or encountering economic crises and dollar devaluation, with all these problems stacked together.

It would be a miracle if it didn't collapse; wasn't this a clear decline?

Standing from their perspective.

It was only two or three weeks of time.

But in the 'Earth' perspective of the Soviet Union's NPCs, this kind of decline of the American Federation had been going on for more than 10 years, so it's no wonder they expanded like that.

Many Blue Star netizens had some realization.

It was still the gap in time.

After all, they didn't feel much in two or three weeks, but the Soviet Union had been watching the various chaos of the American Federation for these 10-plus years.

Even the new president who came up in recent years had cut himself on that sick body.

He cut military spending.

It's no wonder the Soviet Union made a strategic misjudgment.

After all, the American Federation had cut off its own arm, so they had to seize the opportunity to expand quickly.

And so.

After expanding to the limit and reaching the peak of its prestige in the African region, the Soviet Union set its sights on the Afghan Federation, a place with an extremely important geopolitical strategic position.

It's just that no one expected what happened later.

Yu Feng finished talking about the American Federation and switched back to the Soviet Union:

"As for the Soviet Union, there's no need to say more, right?"

"Because when this was exposed, it was already said in great detail."

"The year they reached their peak."

"They immediately fell into the quagmire of war, followed by camp fragmentation, then economic crisis, and the American Federation's grain sanctions; after a combination of blows, they were already numb."

"Yet because of the domestic situation, they were unable to handle the situation in Poland in Eastern Europe."

"They could only tacitly allow Poland to solve it themselves."

"But this also further exposed the weakness of the Soviet Union at this time."

"Those camps of the American Federation, in the future, I'm afraid they will act like wolves smelling blood, taking the opportunity to rush over and tear at the Soviet Union."

In fact.

Even without the exposure, Blue Star players could imagine that scene.

This was a game between great powers.

A life-or-death struggle.

If the American Federation didn't take this opportunity to take a hard bite, then it wouldn't be the American Federation.

Thinking of this.

The Blue Star netizens in the live stream couldn't help but click their tongues.

No wonder some big figures or historical celebrities in the Republic liked to read history books.

It's not for anything else.

The key is that Earth's history spans thousands of years, and they are all people; what you can think of, they can naturally think of, and what you can do, they can naturally do.

Many things.

Have already happened in history.

As long as you study history well.

Then no matter what kind of conspiracy or trickery it is, you can analyze it the moment it appears, rather than deciding the opponent is weak the moment they show weakness and shouting even louder; the Republic's two counter-attacks well interpreted such stupid opponents.

If the Soviet Union had been a little more careful and hadn't fallen into the quagmire of the Afghan Federation war, they would certainly not be in such a predicament as they are now.

External expansion can delay domestic problems.

But now they are stuck in war and cannot withdraw, caught in a dilemma.

It's truly absurd.

Two superpowers, one after another, falling into the quagmire of war, and then starting to have bad luck.

Looking at it this way.

The Republic's way is still wonderful.

If isolated, then be isolated.

Develop yourself.

If someone provokes, fight; if no one provokes, continue to develop yourself.

It's no wonder that later there would be the Dongfeng 5C with a global strike range; it turns out they didn't do anything else, just kept researching and developing themselves for decades without stopping.

How could they not be tough?

Yu Feng answered some of the Blue Star players' questions in the live stream again.

It also made many Blue Star players realize that it wasn't just what they saw on the surface, but also many entanglements within it.

For example, after the Republic established diplomatic relations with the American Federation, the cooperation between the two sides always kept the Soviet Union on guard.

For example, the military spending the Soviet Union consumed in Afghanistan was equivalent to the national medical budget; this was money that should have been used on their own people, yet it was consumed in war for no reason.

It's no wonder so many people started to oppose this matter.

Another example.

Why did Eastern Europe react so strongly?

Because under the multiple buffs of the Soviet Union's warmongering + grain crisis + economic sanctions.

The Soviet Union's method was to cut everything domestically.

Such as the consumption of daily necessities, people's wages, reducing grain distribution, and a series of other ways to alleviate the grain crisis.

This method.

Can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

What's even more fatal is.

If they had done this from the beginning, perhaps it wouldn't have been anything.

But...

The situation within the Soviet Union had been going on for more than ten years.

That is to say, the grain crisis of these ten-plus years actually relied on imports; since it relied on imports, it certainly couldn't satisfy everyone, so most of the people were already very dissatisfied.

Yet at this time.

They still had to reduce grain distribution, and not just grain, but daily necessities, wages, etc., all of which were cut across the board.

Wouldn't that ignite the dissatisfaction of the people in Europe?

So an incident broke out in Poland, but the incident itself was a problem on the Soviet Union's side, so the Soviet Union couldn't directly intervene, after all, it sounded very bad.

Cutting wages, grain, and driving people to explode.

It was too shameful for this matter to get out.

They could only let Poland solve it internally.

And through the Soviet Union's tacit approval of Poland solving it themselves.

The American Federation camp keenly sensed the Soviet Union's current dire situation, so in Eastern Europe, under the instigation of 'human rights' organizations created by the American Federation.

There were already many places starting to have different voices.

And this was also tacitly approved.

Because a few years ago, in order to get the camp led by the American Federation to recognize the boundaries of the Soviet Union and its satellite states, the contract signed tacitly allowed the existence of such organizations.

This was also something that couldn't be helped.

The contract had been signed for several years.

And the technical exchanges with some federations in the American Federation camp hadn't ended yet; they couldn't just tear up the contract now, not want the technology, and drive away those 'human rights' organizations.

Wouldn't that maximize the losses?

The Soviet Union couldn't agree to that either.

So they could only tacitly allow the existence of those 'human rights' organizations.

But the Soviet Union forgot.

Their basic foundation was the people of the Soviet Union; although many were dissatisfied, no one had said it out loud.

But now.

Those 'human rights' organizations supported by the American Federation were active all over Eastern Europe.

Propagating, speaking of dissatisfaction.

This was what could most easily resonate.

And because of the conditions of the contract, the Soviet Union couldn't carry out arrests.

After all, they hadn't done anything.

They were just complaining, and they wouldn't even allow that? Then was there still 'human rights'?

This was like a hooligan holding a death-immunity medal, dragging the Soviet Union into the abyss bit by bit.

But it's a pity.

The current Soviet Union was already unable to look after those things; just the situation in the Afghan Federation and Eastern Europe made them unable to spare any energy, so how could they still manage those 'human rights' organizations scattered all over Eastern Europe.

Which were too numerous to count.

What's even more fatal is, even if they wanted to clean them up completely, there was no funding.

The people didn't even have enough grain now.

Where would they get the funding to clean up those 'human rights' organizations?

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