Chapter 232

Yu Feng said this, took out another newspaper, placed it here in the live stream, and said to the Blue Star friends in the live stream:

"The representative of the Republic has talked in the People's Daily about the solution to that side."

"Proposing to convene a meeting to resolve the tension, and proposing to invite representatives from the American Federation to sit down and negotiate, including the tension in the Far East."

"The newspaper was issued a few days ago."

"Before, there was no response from the American Federation, but I think they will sit down and talk."

"After all, the American Federation doesn't want to fight either."

Yu Feng showed the date of the newspaper to the friends in the live stream. Reading novels to kill boredom every day, 🅣🅣🅚🅢. 🅣🅦 is super convenient.

It was indeed from a while ago in his timeline, because he only skipped to the beginning of 1955 in the plot, so he didn't know the subsequent development of events.

However, a lot of things can be analyzed from this information.

Sovereignty is fought for.

Without the victory of the Peninsula War, how could the American Federation be so polite.

And the disagreement within the American Federation is also a major factor.

Among them, some brainless high-ranking officials directly advocated using nuclear weapons to flatten everything.

But some high-ranking military officials within the American Federation, such as Secretary of Defense Wilson, Army Chief of Staff Ridgway, etc., all held opposing views.

It was mainly because those islands had no great military value, let alone being so close to the Republic's mainland.

Once they intervene.

They cannot explain to their allies and the public that they have already negotiated a ceasefire for such a large territory on the peninsula, and now they are fighting to the death with the Republic for such small islands.

How can they explain this to their allies and the public?

Once a fight starts, they will inevitably fall into a disadvantage in public opinion.

Even as early as 1953, when some high-ranking officials within the American Federation threatened to use nuclear weapons to flatten the Republic, many media and newspapers published commentary articles.

Condemning the brainless officials and hardline attitude of the American Federation, believing that going to war with the Republic just because of this is an extremely stupid act.

At the same time, the American Federation's allies, such as the British Federation, also did not approve of this matter.

Because under the current world background.

The alliance between the Republic and the Soviet Union is close, and at the same time, Kinmen and Matsu are geographically adjacent to the Republic; anyone with a bit of intelligence knows that it is their sovereign territory.

If you insist on publicly promising to defend these islands, it is equivalent to challenging the rules of the world.

It doesn't matter if you are powerful enough to challenge and break the rules, but once you, the American Federation, really do this, it gives the Soviet Union an excuse.

To let the Soviet Union participate in it.

That would bring the "NATO" member states into a dangerous situation.

Because once the American Federation intervenes, then whether the "NATO" member states send troops or not—once they send troops, it violates the nature of the "NATO" defense alliance and gives the Soviet Union an excuse.

It doesn't matter if you attack the Republic, but what if you give the Soviet Union an excuse to deal with these "NATO" member states in Europe because you attacked the Republic?

They are not the American Federation and cannot resist the Soviet Federation.

So what they are pursuing here is not to give the other side any room for talk, and absolutely not to fall into a moral disadvantage.

And once they actively participate in these small islands that are far from their European mainland but close to the Republic's mainland, and confront and go to war with the Republic, they will not be able to stand on firm ground in public opinion.

It is very easy to be shaped into "imperialism" or "neocolonialism".

This will greatly damage the international image of their British Federation, French Federation, and other federations.

You have to know that it has only been a few years since the Empire was destroyed.

If they are defined as "imperialism", that image will be hard to recover.

The opposition of allies is also one of the factors that the American Federation cannot wage war.

Yu Feng finished talking about the Republic's current situation in the world camp, its close relationship with the Soviet Federation, and after being isolated by the Western camp such as the American Federation, he switched back to the two major camps:

"Alright, finished talking about the Republic."

"Let's look at the current situation of the American Federation and the Soviet Federation."

"Currently, the Cold War camp confrontation in the world is still led by these two superpowers, and it is becoming increasingly isolated."

"First is 'NATO', led by the American Federation, an alliance formed by the American Federation and European mainland countries such as the British Commonwealth, French Federation, Dutch Federation, Belgian Kingdom, Canadian Federation, etc., and North American countries."

"As an organization to confront the Soviet Federation."

"Then there is the 'Warsaw Pact' organization, which was just recently led by the Soviet Federation, consisting of the Soviet Federation, East Empire, Polish Federation, Czechoslovak Federation, Hungarian Federation, etc., satellite states close to the Soviet Federation."

"The current situation is the formation of a pattern of direct confrontation in Europe."

"Because of these two major organizations, countries and federations located on the European continent have only one choice."

"Either join 'NATO' or join the 'Warsaw Pact'. 'Want to be neutral?'"

"You have to have the strength to be neutral."

"After all, the British Commonwealth and the French Federation have joined forces, so not joining won't work."

"Now the form of Cold War camp confrontation is becoming more and more obvious."

"However, the American Federation still has a deep foundation; while confronting the Soviet Federation in Europe, it is also strengthening the military blockade circle in Southeast Asia to guard against the Republic."

"The situation on 'Earth' now is visibly a tripod."

"Although the American Federation is laying out in Europe and Southeast Asia, it does not dare to go to war easily."

"If they go to war with the Republic, it will inevitably reduce military aid to Europe; everyone knows the reaction of the British Commonwealth, and they certainly wouldn't agree."

"If they go to war with the Soviet Federation, it will inevitably reduce attention to Southeast Asia; how can the American Federation, which just failed on the peninsula, let the Republic develop in peace."

"If they relax here and the Republic rises, and they haven't solved the Soviet Federation, that would be a double blow."

"So the situation now is that no one can start a fight."

"However, although no one can start a fight, the situation is becoming more and more isolated."

"Either join NATO or join the Warsaw Pact."

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

Indeed.

These camps and factions are too obvious.

The British Commonwealth led by the American Federation, the French Federation, and a host of Western European federations and North American federations formed NATO.

Many satellite states located in Eastern Europe led by the Soviet Federation joined the Warsaw Pact.

And the Republic in the Asian region is isolated by the West.

The surrounding federations and countries are either those that hate the Republic because of defeat, like the southern peninsula and Japan, or those that are close to the Republic, like the northern peninsula and neighboring Southeast Asian countries.

It can be considered a clear division of camps.

For Asia, the American Federation is also stationing troops in the southern peninsula and Japan, territories that hate the Republic because of defeat; these small countries are also happy to have the American Federation's protection.

As for Southeast Asia, it's not that they are all leaning toward the Republic, but the distance is too close..."

So the American Federation is also secretly pulling in many Southeast Asian countries, at least not too noticeably on the surface.

Yu Feng organized the materials and said:

"Finished talking about the American Federation, the Soviet Union, and the Republic."

"Let's look at other regions. 'First is the Middle East.'"

"Everyone is familiar with this; many people should have played 【Modern Warfare】, which mainly takes place in the Middle East."

"This is also the intersection point of the American Federation and the Soviet Federation's struggle."

"It's just a proxy war."

"First is the Federation supported by the American Federation, established in the Middle East in 1948."

"And the old-fashioned Arab countries supported by the Soviet Federation on the opposite side, such as Egypt, Syria, and other Arab countries."

"Speaking of this."

"I have to mention the conflict between the two sides in the Middle East."

"The Federation side believes that the Middle East is their ancestral land, and there are records, so they want to return here."

"And the Arab countries have lived here for generations, believing that the Federation side is not returning but invading, and oppose the establishment of the Federation."

"The situation now is."

"The American Federation supports the Federation to ensure its interests in the Middle East, providing many weapons, equipment, and funds, making this a military fortress for the American Federation in the Middle East."

"The Soviet Union aids Egypt, Syria, and other Arab countries, expanding its influence in the Middle East by transporting arms, etc."

"As for why the American Federation wants to support the Federation?"

"Through investigation, I really found some reasons."

"Maybe when everyone played 【Modern Warfare】 before, there was a doubt: why doesn't the Iraqi Federation guard against the Iranian Federation?"

"I have to say something here."

"It's also an interesting piece of intelligence I just learned."

"First, doesn't the Middle East produce oil? But Middle Eastern countries obviously don't have the powerful extraction technology of Western countries."

"What to do then?"

"They can only extract their Middle Eastern oil through Western companies."

"But this money is all earned by Western countries."

"And the Arab region is a very ancient religious region, with serious nationalism and religious ideology."

"As information exchange has become more and more developed over the years."

"The wave of nationalist revival has surged, which has led them to look at the Western companies that control the extraction of their oil."

"You have to know this is oil, an important strategic resource."

"What's more, the price of oil can't be hidden; once they think of the wealth hidden in their land being continuously taken away by Western countries, leaving them only some leftovers."

"Do you think it can be done stably in a place where such religious and nationalist sentiment prevails?"

"So in recent years, there have been more and more voices in Arab countries opposing Western countries' oil extraction."

"But opposition is opposition; as long as the rulers don't give orders, it's actually fine."

"But the problem lies right here."

Yu Feng in the live stream paused here.

With a mysterious look.

The Blue Star netizens in the live stream couldn't help but curse, and the barrage floated by one after another.

Yu Feng smiled when he saw this and continued:

"The American Federation and the British Commonwealth did a big thing in 1953."

"You can't even imagine."

"I guess this is why the Iraqi Federation, despite having just fought an eight-year civil war with the Iraqi Federation, had no worries about the Iranian Federation's retaliation."

"Because the Iraqi Federation's opponent is the American Federation."

"In the Arab countries of the Middle East, the American Federation's reputation has completely stunk."

"Let's talk about the details."

"First is the democratically elected Prime Minister of the Iranian Federation, who attempted to promote the nationalization of the Iranian Federation's oil after taking office."

"The situation in the Middle East was just explained."

"Oil extraction is entirely controlled by the American Federation and the British Commonwealth because they have the technology, and once oil is nationalized, the interests of the American Federation and the British Commonwealth will be greatly damaged."

"Everyone should understand this."

"And what I want to say is that the oil in the Iranian Federation has been monopolized by the British Federation for 40 years; one can imagine how much wealth it has brought to the British Federation."

"The Iranian democratically elected Prime Minister wanting to nationalize oil is like cutting meat from the British Federation."

"Although this oil was originally the Iranian Federation's."

"But the British Federation, which has monopolized the Iranian Federation's oil for 40 years, had long ago regarded this oil as their own."

"So after the Iranian democratically elected Prime Minister promoted this policy that benefited the Iranian Federation."

"The British Federation's MI6 joined forces with the American Federation's CIA to plan a coup, overthrowing the democratically elected government and welcoming back the exiled 'Pahlavi King'."

"Supporting the Iranian Federation's government into a regime that was close to them."

"But such an act."

"Also gave birth to a wave of opposition from the people within the Iranian Federation."

"First, the original Prime Minister's oil nationalization policy won the support of most of the people, but the government was overthrown under the American Federation's conspiracy, and the exiled 'King' was welcomed back."

"This immediately ignited the anti-American Federation ideology in the Arab region."

"You have to know this is the Arab region where religion and nationalism prevail."

"With this kind of hatred."

"Remembering it for a thousand years is no problem; unless it is completely destroyed, it will be passed down forever."

"So this might also be the reason during the Gulf War in 1991."

"The Iraqi Federation had no worries about the Iranian Federation invading, because compared to invading Iraq, the American Federation, an external force, was more hateful."

"Coupled with the American Federation and the British Commonwealth's operation, most Arab countries became wary of them."

"So it is impossible for the American Federation to want to support Arab countries."

"They can only support external forces."

"That is, the Federation."

"And the Soviet Federation doesn't directly intervene in Arab countries for this reason; mainly because religious countries have their own beliefs, and if you really use hardline means, they really dare to sacrifice their lives."

"Hardline means don't work, they can only take the route of support, so they export arms to help Arab countries confront the Federation and expand their influence."

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