Chapter 249

The scoop Yu Feng dropped in the stream room surprised quite a few people.

However, since the intelligence was collected from the 【Global Anti-Terrorism】 DLC and organized from other people's leaks, a small portion of Blue Star players already knew.

It's just that most didn't know. Yu Feng picked up the document and said:

"The time the Soviet Federation entered the Afghanistan Federation was 1979-1989."

"According to the investigated data and analysis."

"The Soviet Federation's desire to control the Afghanistan Federation is actually about the same as the US Federation's current goal."

"The US Federation's goal now is to control the Afghanistan Federation to hold the surrounding federations and countries in check, treating it as a strategic vital point."

"And the Soviet Federation thought the same thing back then."

"It's just that their template was, on one hand, to cut off the retreat route from Europe, and on the other, to hold the Pakistan Federation south of the Afghanistan Federation in check."

"Because during that period."

"Pakistan was pro-US Federation, while India was pro-Soviet Federation."

"Even after watching the national games on this 'Earth' for so long, I still find it interesting."

"The changes are too great, unlike Blue Star, which has always had the six major federations."

"Look at the Afghanistan Federation here; when it was controlled by the Soviet Federation, it was to hold the neighboring pro-US Pakistan Federation in check."

"When the US Federation controls it now, it becomes the US Federation guarding against the Pakistan Federation, because the Pakistan Federation is close to the Republic."

As Yu Feng spoke in the stream room, the Blue Star netizens in the room also had strange expressions.

The Soviet Federation occupied the Afghanistan Federation to guard against the pro-US Pakistan Federation.

The US Federation occupies the Afghanistan Federation to guard against the pro-Republic Pakistan Federation.

The camp switching is really fast.

Yu Feng continued:

"Time is limited right now, and the content is relatively sparse."

"However, many official reports have recorded the war, so we found some data about the war."

"In the ten years from 1979 to 1989."

"The Soviet Federation invested a total of about 1.5 million troops in the Afghanistan Federation, and the war cost about 450 billion rubles, equivalent to 12% of their domestic gross product."

"In addition, they lost more than 300 helicopters, more than 100 aircraft and tanks, and a large number of armored vehicles."

"You can see that even though the Soviet Federation is close to Afghanistan, the equipment transported was limited; they fought a 10-year war and only lost 100-plus aircraft."

"During World War II in Europe, that wouldn't even be enough for a single day's consumption during less intense periods."

"From this, we can also see that although the geographical location of the Afghanistan Federation is very critical, the limitations of the environment are too great, and the equipment cannot exert its intended effect."

"In the 10-year-long war, the Soviet Federation only suffered about 50,000 casualties."

"This number is still very small compared to the World War II era."

"However."

"This war caused the Soviet Federation's international reputation and prestige to suffer extremely serious damage."

"Let's look at these reports in the newspapers."

As he spoke.

Yu Feng hung the screenshots of the intelligence in the stream room.

Because it was all intelligence from the 【Global Anti-Terrorism】 DLC, he could only take screenshots and hang them up; they were all newspapers, but the wording was exceptionally sharp.

Yu Feng said:

"Looking at these newspapers, everyone should have discovered the problem."

"That's right."

"This war caused the various heroic images that the Soviet Federation established during World War II, as well as the propaganda of the past few decades, to vanish completely."

"This war let the world's people see that the Soviet Federation was not the 'internationalist aid' they advertised, but rather armed interference in the internal affairs of other countries."

"It caused the trust other countries and federations had in the Soviet Federation to plummet."

"This is the terrifying aspect of this war."

"It takes decades to build an image, but it only takes one wrong war to destroy it."

"The sharp criticism in those newspapers was undisguised."

"And some later newspapers often cited this war as one of the important reasons for the disintegration of the Soviet Federation."

As he spoke.

Yu Feng released a few more screenshots of old newspapers, some from 1993, some from 1996, all containing analyses of the Afghanistan Federation war.

They believed that the collapse of international reputation brought about by this war, which made other member states no longer trust the Soviet Federation, was precisely an important reason for the Soviet Federation's disintegration.

Yu Feng hung the newspaper screenshots for a while, then continued:

"Of course, this kind of analysis is too one-sided."

"The disintegration of a country or federation is not composed of a single aspect."

"There are many other reasons."

"It's just that I'm not a historian, I can't analyze it, and if you want to know more clearly, you'll have to wait until the timeline of the 【World War II】 series reaches 1991."

"Let's continue to analyze the impact of this war."

"It's not just about losses and prestige."

"Just like the Gulf War, the US Federation's move shocked the world."

"And this time, the Soviet Federation's move left the world stunned."

"Because decades had passed since World War II, and the countries of the world discovered that the performance of Soviet soldiers in the war with the Afghanistan Federation had almost no progress."

"Tactical command was rigid, and weapons and equipment were unsuited for mountain warfare, Mobile Corps Commander warfare, and other defects."

"They suffered about 50,000 casualties but failed to complete their strategic objectives."

"It was simply a carbon copy of the 'US Federation's Vietnam War'."

"Brothers, pay attention to this timeline."

"The final period of the war was 1989."

"Which means the Soviet Federation of this period still maintained the tactics of the World War II era, with rigid command, unsuited weapons and equipment, and so on."

"But what did the US Federation demonstrate two years later in 1991 during the Gulf War?"

"A dimensionality-reduction strike of modern warfare against the steel torrent tactics of the World War II era."

"From the perspective of 'Earth' at the time, it even seemed a bit sci-fi."

"So the military strength gap exposed by both the US Federation and the Soviet Federation was also the reason why many member states dared not continue to trust them later on."

"After all, the gap displayed was really too large."

"However, this can't be blamed on the Soviet Federation."

"In reality."

"On the Earth at that time, no country or federation could withstand this textbook-like modern warfare strike from the US Federation."

"Perhaps except for the Soviet Federation and the Republic, almost no one could withstand it."

"Even the British Federation and the Falanxi Federation, which were also among the five permanent members, couldn't hold out."

"Why?"

"To put it bluntly, land area."

"The Iraq Federation has an area of about 430,000 square kilometers."

"The Afghanistan Federation has an area of about 650,000 square kilometers."

"The US Federation's reconnaissance planes flying on the periphery could detect the dynamics of the entire federation; how did the Iraq Federation lose during the Gulf War?"

"The US Federation's reconnaissance planes flew a circle around the periphery and could almost monitor the entire electronic information of the Iraq Federation."

"Then what about the area of the British Federation?"

"Not counting other territories, just the British mainland is only about 240,000 square kilometers."

"Almost half as small as the Iraq Federation."

"What about the Falanxi Federation?"

"It's only about 550,000 square kilometers."

"So assuming the US Federation at the time was attacking the British Federation or the Falanxi Federation, according to the situation shown in the Gulf War, these two wouldn't have fared much better."

"Of course, the result would definitely be stronger than the Iraq Federation."

"Because many of the British Federation's technologies were contributed by the US Federation, so some tactics and electronic jamming that had miraculous effects on the Iraq Federation..."

"... wouldn't have had such a great effect on the British Federation."

"The process of the battle wouldn't be a clean sweep, but the British Federation couldn't outlast the US Federation."

"The Falanxi Federation is the same."

"Their technology was also considered advanced at the time, offsetting some of the US Federation's advantages; the battle might have been very intense, but after lasting several months, the US Federation would still have held the upper hand."

"Because the land areas of these two federations were too small."

"Not enough depth."

"And assuming the US Federation were to attack the Soviet Federation or the Republic..."

"... although both sides had rigid tactics and lagging technology, their land areas were large and their depth was long."

"The US Federation might have been able to advance into a few territories the size of the British Federation on their land in the early stages, but just like the Empire in World War II..."

"... they blitzed the Soviet Federation, but the front line was stretched too thin, and the Soviet territory was too vast."

"Such strategic depth, trading space for time, meant both sides could only fight a war of attrition."

"It would just depend on who could hold out."

As he spoke, Yu Feng pulled up a world map and then ranked the land areas:

"Of course."

"The above are all assumptions."

"Because at that time, the Soviet Federation's land area was about 22.4 million square kilometers."

"The Republic is about 9.6 million-plus square kilometers."

"The US Federation is about 9.36 million square kilometers."

"It was impossible for these three superpowers with such land areas to fight, not to mention that all five permanent members had the ultimate weapon—nuclear weapons."

"What fits the US Federation's war interests is bullying those small countries."

"Going up against the Republic is not worth it."

"I've digressed."

"Let's cut back to the Afghanistan Federation."

"Let's talk about the losses of the Afghanistan Federation during that 10-year war."

"Why did the Soviet Federation's prestige plummet?"

"First, about 1.3 million civilians died in the Afghanistan Federation, more than 2 million people were displaced, and more than 5 million fled overseas."

"It destroyed almost all of the Afghanistan Federation's national infrastructure."

"The social structure completely collapsed."

"Just these data points make one's scalp tingle."

"The literal data alone is so miserable; how would other federations and countries think?"

"This is also the reason why the Soviet Federation's reputation collapsed so quickly."

Yu Feng shook his head and placed the screenshots of the newspapers collected in the game into the stream room, which the Blue Star netizens in the room could also see.

Added to the previous articles with sharp wording against the Soviet Federation, even the Blue Star players couldn't help but immerse themselves in it.

After finishing talking about the British Federation and Afghanistan, and the Soviet Federation and Afghanistan.

Yu Feng removed the screenshots hanging in the stream room and then said:

"Now let's talk about the US Federation and the Afghanistan Federation."

"The current situation of the US Federation is the same as the previous British Federation and Soviet Federation."

"The advance is very smooth."

"The Afghanistan Federation is also magical."

"Thousands of years."

"Anyone who comes can beat them up, but they are just resilient, fighting Mobile Corps Commander warfare from ancient times to modern times."

"We can look at the current map."

"The regime supported by the US Federation, plus the US Federation's occupied areas, is already 70% of the land area, and it's estimated that it won't be long before they occupy it all."

"But the problem is that this place is not small, and it's all mountains."

"The Afghanistan Federation, which has been fighting Mobile Corps Commander warfare for thousands of years, is already prepared for a long-term battle."

"The British Federation resisted here for 81 years, couldn't hold out, and withdrew."

"The Soviet Federation resisted here for 10 years, couldn't hold out, and withdrew."

"Everyone guess how long the US Federation will last?"

"After all, the US Federation's logistics capability far exceeds the previous two countries; I estimate they can hold out for a bit longer."

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room also chimed in:

【15 years?】

【That can't be right, 20 years is about it.】

【Forget 20 years, what if the Afghanistan Federation wears out the US Federation?】

【Just kidding, this place has buried so many empires, one more US Federation won't make a difference.】

【Wake up, look at the technology and logistics capabilities within 'Earth' now.】

【That's right, when the British Federation occupied it, there were no planes; now large transport planes can transport armored tanks?】

【Based on the US Federation's logistics capability, it's not impossible to wear out the Afghanistan Federation.】

【The premise of wearing them out is that the US Federation can maintain this; I don't believe a US Federation where even an anti-biochemical toilet costs over 3 million dollars can last long.】

【Indeed... even if they are corrupt, they shouldn't be this corrupt; one or two years is fine, but if they keep being corrupt like this, the US Federation won't be able to hold up, right.】

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room discussed and discussed, and one barrage silenced all the Blue Star players.

Indeed.

According to the level of money-grubbing of the US Federation troops, you might not discover anything after fighting for a few years, but over a long period of time, who can hold up?

Is military spending consumed like this?

Over 3 million US dollars to buy an anti-biochemical toilet?

Does Afghanistan even have biochemical weapons?

Besides, what the hell does a toilet defend against in terms of biochemicals? Do you wear it on your head?

This kind of military expenditure is outrageous.

Yet it actually passed.

One can imagine the situation inside the US Federation; if they fight for a year or two, it's fine, but over a long time, wait until the day a president suddenly decides to do a spot check.

Everyone will have to die.

One check, one hit.

Yu Feng glanced at the barrage; based on the analysis of the situation within "Earth," most Blue Star players here believe that the US Federation should be able to hold out for 15 or 20 years.

After all, the times are progressing.

The US Federation's logistics capability is far stronger than it was during the Soviet Federation's time.

Since the Soviet Federation held out here for 10 years.

Then the US Federation, with its powerful logistics capability, should be able to hold out for longer, maybe one and a half or two times as long.

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