Chapter 267

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 have a range of up to 5,000 kilometers, which means all countries in Western Europe are within the strike range."

"And it is 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 opponent's boss 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 on the Soviet Federation side is 5,000 kilometers."

"It can easily strike various Western European countries."

"The Soviet Federation's strength has been fully revealed at this time."

"After all, the countermeasures of Western European countries, although they are 1,800-kilometer tactical missiles, the problem is that they haven't been researched yet; they are rushing to develop them."

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

"Aiming at various Western European countries."

"So the countries in Western Europe are really 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:

"In 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."

"That is to say, 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 also 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 becoming increasingly serious."

"We 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 at home in recent years and has no energy to manage it."

"So this year."

"The Soviet Federation has no scruples."

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

"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 consumer goods such as televisions and refrigerators reached 70%."

"It belongs to being bellicose."

"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 you 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 American Federation later was deeply mired in the quagmire."

"Not to mention the Soviet Federation, which was bellicose at home at this time, with a 70% shortage rate of daily necessities nationwide."

"Entered the war quagmire of the Afghanistan Federation."

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

"This is just one of them."

"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 camp."

"That is to say, this year, the boss and the second-in-command completely cut ties."

"The entire camp was divided into two halves."

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

"At the same time, it also fell into the quagmire of Afghanistan this year."

"So the Soviet Federation instantly stepped from its peak into a countdown state."

Hearing this.

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

Hiss, what the hell?

I was wondering before, what exactly did the Soviet Federation do to suddenly go from the peak of global military power to a countdown? Is it an economic crisis? A food crisis?"

"Leading to livelihood chaos and protests?"

"It turned out to be these two operations, burying themselves."

"First, it entered the Afghanistan Federation."

"Fell into this war quagmire that no one has completely conquered for thousands of years."

"Then it supported the Vietnam Federation."

"Letting its own camp be divided into two halves."

"Isn't this equivalent to suddenly giving oneself a knife, cutting off both arms and hands?"

"This..."

"Alright."

"They also don't know what to say."

"Standing from a third-party perspective, this is purely digging a hole to bury oneself."

"But perhaps 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 East Asian countries to check and balance the Republic, one was more disappointing than the other..."

"The India Federation and the Vietnam Federation, these two teammates chosen are also outrageous."

"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 check and balance the Republic."

"But they ignored 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 have a Vietnam Federation that had been beaten for thousands of years check and balance the Republic, how much support would that take?"

"I'm afraid even throwing in the entire family fortune wouldn't be enough."

"The land area limited them."

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

"Let's 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 initial appearance of the Afghanistan Federation's war quagmire; this year, the Soviet Federation's garrison in the Afghanistan Federation reached 100,000 people."

"Military spending was $3 billion."

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

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

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

"Caused great controversy in the Soviet Federation at the time; this expenditure 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 it couldn't be withdrawn."

"Little did they know."

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

"Of course."

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

"This is the first thing."

"Don't rush."

Saying this.

Yu Feng shook his head and looked at the intelligence he had collected: "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 was 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 wave."

"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 were grain imports and oil export share."

"And this first step by the American Federation."

"Was 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 suddenly being choked, who could stand it?

This was just a preliminary probe.

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

What US dollars, what British pounds, what rubles.

None are as solid as gold.

Exchanging grain for gold, this 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 were so patient.

The Blue Star netizens in the livestream room felt intuitively 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 would have thought of this.

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

Yet they never took any action from this aspect.

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

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 Soviets want to buy grain.

Nothing works; either use gold or use technology.

Technology is the existence that dominates the world, so it certainly cannot be easily taken out for exchange; it's still better to use the grain grown in the fields.

Knowledge and technology cannot grow in the fields.

Then only gold is left.

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

Yet they have no way to deal with it.

Ruthless.

Too ruthless.

Holding back for 10 years to make such a big move, 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, it was deeply mired in the Afghanistan Federation quagmire, Eastern Europe couldn't afford turmoil, especially in times of such grain shortages, so it couldn't cause trouble in Eastern Europe."

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

"Because Poland itself also had 400,000 troops; if a real fight broke out, the Soviets 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 that happened, before the whole world could condemn it, the interior would probably be in chaos."

"So the Soviets had no way."

"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, and the smooth sailing of the past ten years had vanished."

"It was directly beaten into a daze."

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

After all, in 1978.

The Soviets were still crushing the American Federation in the number of intercontinental missiles, threatening the North American region, aiming at the Western European region, reaching the peak of prestige in Africa, and backing the Vietnam Federation to cause trouble in East Asia.

As a result, in just two years.

The situation changed.

Deeply mired in the Afghanistan Federation quagmire, divided from the Republic, followed by economic sanctions from the American Federation, only able to exchange gold for grain, and at the same time, turmoil in the Eastern European region.

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

Otherwise, if any small federation or small country had encountered any one of these, it might have been finished 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 years, actually started to enter a countdown.

It was clearly at its peak the year before.

This...

In the livestream room, Blue Star netizens discussed it extremely enthusiastically.

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

Although these things led to the countdown of the Soviet Federation, looking at the supplements from all aspects.

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

Yu Feng said:

"The Soviet Federation is now declining after reaching its peak."

"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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