Chapter 225: 【The American Federation That Fooled the Whole World】(4.1k)

The netizens in Lei Cheng's livestream also couldn't help but nod.

Indeed.

With the war fought like this, there was no need to continue; the Iraqi Federation was truly born at the wrong time.

If this troop strength and equipment had been placed in the World War II era.

That would have been a hegemon not inferior to the Empire, but unfortunately, it was now more than 40 years after World War II, and no one expected that in these 40-plus years.

The American Federation had pulled off such a big one.

What the situation was with the Iraqi Federation's high command and NPCs, he didn't know.

Anyway, the Blue Star players were beaten into a daze.

Some Blue Star players or streamers who were randomly assigned the identity of high-ranking Iraqi Federation officers were now livestreaming while mobilizing the Blue Star netizens in the livestream.

Pooling their wisdom and efforts.

Thinking of various ways to defend against the American Federation's attacks.

Now that communications were cut off.

So the streamers or players randomly assigned the identity of high-ranking officers in the Iraqi Federation had a higher degree of autonomy and could independently command the units they were with.

And so.

In many livestreams from the Iraqi Federation perspective on the Tian Sha livestream platform.

Various defensive measures they could think of were being carried out in full swing.

Compared to those livestreams randomly assigned the identity of soldiers, these livestreams of Blue Star players doing their own thing were more attractive.

Because the friends in the livestream would often see.

After a busy session, the American Federation would directly conduct a dimensionality-reduction strike.

And then destroy all the defenses the streamers had set up.

One streamer after another challenging the American Federation's offensive failed, which instead sparked a wave of competition, just wanting to see who could come up with a way to resist this kind of dimensionality-reduction strike.

However.

Was it that easy?

This kind of dimensionality-reduction strike at the technological level was not something that could be surpassed overnight.

Several consecutive days passed in the game.

Against the American Federation's dimensionality-reduction strike, the Iraqi Federation and the Blue Star players pooling their wisdom had not made an effective response.

But the Blue Star players were tireless.

Still trying various defensive methods.

And the Iraqi Federation, after this period of dimensionality-reduction strikes, had completely lost air superiority; now the sky over the Iraqi Federation and Kuwait was full of aircraft from the American Federation and the United Nations forces.

As long as any aircraft from the Iraqi Federation took off, it would be locked onto by the American Federation's radar.

Subsequently, not only were fighters dispatched to hunt them down, but there were also missile locks, resulting in the Iraqi Federation's aircraft being blown up almost as soon as they took off.

Originally, the Iraqi Federation had over 700 fighters.

After several days of strikes, less than half remained, and most couldn't even take off.

And under such circumstances, the Iraqi Federation.

Finally carried out a counterattack.

It was just that because of the loss of air superiority and the fact that ground armored units couldn't cause effective damage to the United Nations forces led by the American Federation.

So... the Iraqi Federation launched a large number of Scud missiles at neighboring countries, such as Saudi Arabia.

Causing not insignificant casualties and panic.

For a time, within the Saudi Federation, this panic also caused dissatisfaction and protests among many citizens.

After all, the American Federation was using the Saudi Federation's airports to bomb the Iraqi Federation.

The Iraqi Federation implemented retaliation against them, and the people in the Saudi Federation shifted half the responsibility to the American Federation.

Although the American Federation explained that their Patriot missiles helped Saudi Arabia intercept many Scud missiles.

But those Saudi citizens who were blown up and injured didn't believe this.

After all, the casualties were realistically placed there.

You say you intercepted them, so you intercepted them? Who knows how many you intercepted? If you intercepted them, why were so many people still blown up?

The Iraqi Federation naturally also noticed the public opinion in neighboring countries like the Saudi Federation.

Seeing that the effect was good, they began to increase their efforts.

It was just a pity that they underestimated the American Federation's resistance; for the American Federation, these public opinions were completely like "too many lice don't itch," letting those small federation countries' public opinion curse.

The American Federation still acted on its own.

After all, in this level of war, the degree of manipulation by public opinion was very small.

Even during the Peninsula War.

The American Federation had such a large public opinion outbreak domestically because of the death toll, but they still continued to conscript troops.

If domestic public opinion didn't work, then.

Public opinion within these small Middle Eastern countries worked even less; even if the American Federation wanted to block it, these public opinions wouldn't even spread internationally for people to know.

Soon.

After the Iraqi Federation found that public opinion didn't work.

They shifted their focus to defense.

After this period of bombing and precision strikes, although various regions were still in a scattered state.

But through the most primitive means.

The Iraqi Federation was still able to command unit movements, but the reaction was relatively slow.

And the Iraqi Federation was currently continuing to reinforce Kuwait.

The Iraqi ground forces in Kuwait already exceeded 600,000 people.

Iraq claimed to have a million-strong army, many of whom were veterans who had fought in the 8-year Iran-Iraq War.

But at this time, this million-strong army had deployed over 600,000 people just in Kuwait.

This Kuwait, which was only 1/24th the size of the Iraqi Federation, occupied over 70% of the Iraqi Federation's troop strength, leading to empty defenses within the Iraqi Federation.

Some Blue Star players also felt something was wrong.

Was the Iraqi Federation being too extreme?

Just guarding Kuwait to the death like this?

Not caring about the domestic situation?

Not only did the Blue Star netizens not understand, but many officers of the six major federations on Blue Star also didn't understand.

Logically speaking, a federation that could be armed to this level.

With a steel torrent, they shouldn't lack this much vision.

On the other side.

Polar Star Game Company headquarters.

In the president's office.

It had been a few days since the game went online, and the popularity of "Modern Warfare: World Hegemon" was still high, although the growth rate was slower compared to the first day of launch.

Zhao Ming was sitting at his desk, looking through the game's data.

And although there were many praises in the game's comment section, there were more complaints from old players who had been abused, as well as some new players who had been beaten into a daze.

At the same time, there were many players asking Polar Star to continue opening up the plot; this Iraqi Federation was afraid it would be finished soon, what about the follow-up?

Opposite the desk.

Shen Qinghan was also looking through the game's comments, seeing those comments, one of which complained that the Iraqi Federation didn't seem to know how to fight a war.

Sending all troops to Kuwait and not caring about their own home.

Was this really something that troops and generals tempered by 8 years of bloody fighting could do?

Shen Qinghan had been paying attention to the new game, naturally knowing this, and coupled with her long-term immersion in war games, she was also confused by the Iraqi Federation's operations, so she couldn't help but ask:

"Have you seen the comment discussed the most online?"

"Why did the Iraqi Federation send so many troops to Kuwait?"

"Is it a setting?"

Sending over 70% of the domestic troops to Kuwait, which was only 1/24th the size of the country, resulting in not many troops left to defend their own territory.

Do they trust their neighbors that much?

Or are they certain that the Iranian Federation on the other side has a grudge against the American Federation, so they won't kick them while they're down?

Zhao Ming looked up, looked at Shen Qinghan, and said with a smile:

"It's not that."

"If you pay more attention to the public opinion information in the game, you will find..."

Saying this.

Zhao Ming clicked on the 【Public Opinion War】 module in the game forum, which contained many newspaper and news screenshots of the American Federation and Iraqi Federation fighting a public opinion war against each other.

Clicking on a few to project onto the table, Zhao Ming continued:

"Look at the American Federation's propaganda from beginning to end."

Shen Qinghan looked up and saw several newspaper screenshots marked with different times, spanning from August 1990 to January 1991.

The initial stage was the American Federation condemning the Iraqi Federation's invasion of Kuwait.

The later stage was the American Federation organizing the coalition forces, claiming the liberation of Kuwait as a strategic goal.

Shen Qinghan frowned slightly as she looked at the newspapers, pondering for a moment:

"Is the core Kuwait?"

Because these newspapers were mentioning Kuwait from beginning to end.

Zhao Ming nodded and said:

"That's right."

"It's Kuwait."

"Everyone was fooled by the American Federation."

"Including the Iraqi Federation."

"From the news in these newspapers, it can be seen that the American Federation's core goal is the liberation of Kuwait."

"Since it's the liberation of Kuwait."

"Then from the Iraqi Federation's perspective, as long as I hold Kuwait and resist the American Federation's United Nations forces, that is the final victory."

"The reason players found it wrong is because the plot on the 【World War II】 side had just finished the Peninsula War."

"Coupled with the confrontation between the American Federation and the Soviet Federation during this period."

"All players know that the American Federation doesn't do anything without profit, so how could they shout such righteous slogans?"

"But at this point in time."

"The American Federation's focus had always been on Europe; although there had been interference in the Middle East, they hadn't directly participated in the war."

"So this led to the Iraqi Federation not understanding the American Federation well, not thinking they were a major enemy of the American Federation."

"The American Federation's reaction this time had already exceeded the Iraqi Federation's expectations."

"It's just that they didn't use the greatest degree of malice to speculate, only thinking that the American Federation wanted to stand up for the Kuwait Federation, so they only needed to hold Kuwait."

"As long as the American Federation retreats, then Kuwait formally belongs to them."

"But they didn't expect that the American Federation wasn't kindly liberating Kuwait."

"If you use the greatest degree of malice to speculate, what do you guess the American Federation wants?"

Hearing this, Shen Qinghan said without hesitation:

"Oil."

No one understood the importance of resources better than the people of Blue Star, especially after getting used to the infinite resources of Blue Star, entering the plot world of "Earth" in the game where resources were limited.

What was most important was naturally beyond doubt.

Zhao Ming nodded and said:

"That's right, it's oil."

"The American Federation is clearly going for the oil of the Iraqi Federation and the Kuwait Federation."

"But almost everyone was fooled."

"Because the American Federation's initial propaganda was a righteous image of maintaining world peace, the boss who spent money and effort to liberate Kuwait."

"Including the Iraqi Federation itself, they were also fooled by the American Federation."

"So now the Iraqi Federation has been fooled into putting all its troops on the line to defend Kuwait to the death."

"But in reality, the American Federation has already set its sights on the desert that occupies 20% of the world's oil reserves, combining the Iraqi Federation and the Kuwait Federation."

"From this perspective, you will find that the Iraqi Federation is now hovering on the edge of death."

"Because if they want to occupy the oil here and develop the American Federation's hegemony system."

"Then they must disintegrate the Iraqi Federation's army, destroy the Iraqi Federation's domestic control, and turn this place into a land of chaos."

"Only in this way is it convenient for the American Federation to intervene."

"As for the other federations around, they don't have the American Federation's capability."

"After all, they can't even beat the Iraqi Federation, so how could they beat the American Federation that destroyed the Iraqi Federation."

"As long as this place becomes chaotic, the American Federation's control of this place will be a matter of course, and they will also gain a good reputation."

Shen Qinghan was dumbfounded, looking at the newspapers on the projection.

Dark, truly dark...:

The calculations were so deep, and the key was that not many people had seen it yet.

This was outrageous.

It could only be said that the American Federation's early disguise was too good; even now, the Iraqi Federation and many federations in the world thought they really came to liberate Kuwait.

In reality, the American Federation had long since set its sights on the Middle East.

If they didn't destroy the Iraqi Federation, how could they achieve oil hegemony? After all, the current American Federation leader made his fortune in the oil business.

It was very normal for an American Federation president who made his fortune in the oil business to set his sights on oil-producing areas... it was all for business.

It just turned from a family business into a national-level business.

After explaining the ins and outs to Shen Qinghan, Zhao Ming clicked on the database and began to expand the data for subsequent copies.

He was also looking at the players' opinions; the Gulf War could only serve as a short-term experience.

After all, it was fought quickly.

It was flattened by the American Federation in 43 days, breaking the record of the French Federation in World War II by one day.

Shen Qinghan looked over and asked:

"Are these subsequent copies?"

Zhao Ming said:

"They are all new DLCs."

"Subsequent versions will be updated one by one."

"The Gulf War is just to let Blue Star players familiarize themselves with the rhythm of modern warfare and feel the dimensionality-reduction strike of modern warfare."

"Later, wars of the same level and special operations will be carried out."

Saying this, Zhao Ming showed Shen Qinghan the latest produced DLC.

【Modern Warfare: Global Counter-Terrorism】

The scene in the projection was still the Middle East region, but now it was exceptionally desolate.

The American Federation special forces in the scene were carrying high-tech equipment that was out of place in this desolate area, preparing to attack the city in front, and behind these special forces were armed helicopters fully loaded with ammunition.

On the other side of the scene were insurgents relying on complex terrain, even strapping bombs to civilians, ready to blow everything up at any time.

The walls were covered with "anti-American slogans," scattered ammunition boxes, and simple bombs made by hand.

It formed a sharp contrast with the various high-tech and hovering armed helicopters on the American Federation side.

The time displayed at the top of the screen was 2001.

10 years had passed since 1991 in the game plot.

Looking at the screen.

Clearly, the American Federation's planning in 1991 hadn't gone very smoothly... ===== CHAPTER 226 =====