Chapter 269: 【The Superpower Falling into Pit After Pit】(4k)

Of course.

Perhaps they knew the outcome on that side as well, but having already latched onto a powerful backer, they had offended the Republic to death.

Thinking that since they had already offended them to death.

Then why not take the opportunity to borrow the backer's strength? 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.

They would take action.

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

Although the probability is slim to none.

But... what if?

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

It's a pity.

The Vietnam Federation and its backer were a hundred and eight thousand miles apart, but the Republic was right before their eyes. If they couldn't understand human language, then they would be beaten until they could understand.

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

It had.

They just didn't want it.

Yu Feng flipped through the materials here and continued:

"Then it was 1980."

"In this year."

"The Republic was still developing itself, and grain production reached 320 million tons for the first time."

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

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

The danmu in the stream room drifted by.

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 organized his thoughts here and pinned that danmu to the top:

"I just saw some questions from friends that were confusing."

"I will briefly analyze and explain it here."

"First is the Soviet Union's grain crisis. Since they were going to use gold to trade for grain with the American Federation, why didn't they seek out 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 actually already ended."

"In 1979."

"The Soviet Union attempted to dialogue with the Republic, and the relationship between the two sides had 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 had always 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 evenly, it was 327 kilograms per person, barely enough to be self-sufficient for the year's grain."

"The Republic even needed to import grain in 1980 to alleviate the pressure of not having enough."

"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, that side was suspicious."

"On one hand, they didn't even have enough grain to eat domestically and had to import it, so how could they sell grain outward?"

"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 it, didn't they?"

"They had just eased up a bit with the Republic and were being wary."

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

"This..."

Hearing this.

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room 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 if the Republic had a good temper, it couldn't tolerate that.

So it was better to just buy from other places.

Yu Feng continued to say here:

"Speaking of which."

"There is another interesting point."

"That is, the American Federation and the Soviet Union, the leaders of these two camps, were actually 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.

Pointing to the American Federation camp side, he began to speak:

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

"In 1961, the Vietnam War escalated, and the American Federation began large-scale aid to the forces of the Vietnam Federation, but at this time, they hadn't yet allowed American Federation troops to intervene on a large scale."

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

"In 1963, the American Federation, the Soviet Union, the British Federation, and others took the lead in creating the 'Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,' attempting to establish a nuclear monopoly."

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

"In 1965, the American Federation sent troops and formally intervened in the Vietnam Federation war on a large scale."

"It was also in this year that the Republic also sent troops to intervene, only it was done in a covert manner, wearing the uniforms of the Vietnam Federation, etc."

"Up to this point, after the American Federation intervened in the Vietnam Federation war, it was the beginning of their bad luck."

"In 1966, the Vietnam Federation war fell into a stalemate, the American Federation increased troops to 380,000, still without strategic breakthrough, the war fell into a stalemate, 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 appeared within the camp."

"In 1967, there was an anti-war event involving a million people within the American Federation."

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

"In 1970, the economic crisis began to appear."

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

"..."

"66"

As Yu Feng narrated.

Many Blue Star netizens gasped.

They didn't know until they looked, but they were shocked when they did.

After 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.

It wasn't until the Vietnam Federation war completely ended 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 take care of themselves.

Looking at it this way.

The time of the American Federation's internal chaos was too long.

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

Think about it.

Anyone who saw a country in more than 10 years, either having internal demonstrations, the president having trouble, or encountering economic crises and dollar devaluation, with these problems stacked together.

It was good enough that it hadn't collapsed; wasn't this a clear decline?

From their perspective.

It was only two or three weeks of time.

But in the 'Earth' perspective of the Soviet Union's NPCs, this decline of the American Federation had lasted for more than 10 years, so it was 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 watched the American Federation's various chaos for these 10-plus years.

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

Cutting military spending.

It was no wonder the Soviet Union made a strategic misjudgment.

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

Thus.

After expanding to the limit and reaching the peak of its prestige in the African region, the Soviet Union aimed at the Afghan Federation, a place with an extremely important geostrategic position.

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

Yu Feng finished talking about the American Federation here 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 the peak."

"Immediately after, they fell into the war quagmire, followed by camp splitting, then economic crisis, the American Federation's grain sanctions, a set of combo punches, and they were already numb."

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

"We can only tacitly allow Poland to resolve it themselves."

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

"The American Federation and those camps, in the future, are afraid they will be like wolves smelling blood, taking the opportunity to rush over and bite 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 fierce bite, it wouldn't be the American Federation.

Thinking of this.

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room 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 anything else.

The key is that Earth's history spans thousands of years, and they are all human; 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, you can analyze one or two the moment it appears, instead of deciding the opponent is weak the moment they show weakness, and clamoring even louder; the Republic's two counter-attacks perfectly interpreted such stupid opponents.

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

External expansion can delay domestic problems.

But now they are stuck in war and can't withdraw, caught in a dilemma.

It's truly outrageous.

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

Looking at it this way.

The Republic's side is still wonderful.

Isolated, so be it.

Develop yourself.

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

No wonder the Dongfeng 5C with a global strike range appeared later; it turns out they didn't do anything else, just kept researching and developing themselves for decades without stopping.

Can they not be fierce?

Yu Feng answered some of the Blue Star players' questions in the stream room here.

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, their cooperation always kept the Soviet Union on guard.

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

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

And for example.

Why was the reaction in Eastern Europe so big?

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

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

Such as the usage of daily necessities, people's wages, cutting grain distribution, and a series of other methods to alleviate the grain crisis.

This kind of 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 would be nothing.

But...

The situation inside the Soviet Union had already lasted for more than ten years.

That is to say, the grain crisis of these ten-plus years was actually dependent on imports; since it was dependent 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 cut grain distribution, and not just grain, but daily necessities, wages, etc., all were cut in an all-around way.

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 of the Soviet Union, so the Soviet Union couldn't directly intervene, after all, it sounded very bad.

Cutting wages, grain, and making people explode.

This matter was too shameful to spread out.

They could only let Poland solve it themselves.

And by the Soviet Union tacitly allowing Poland to solve it themselves.

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

In many places, different voices began to appear.

And this was also tacitly allowed.

Because a few years ago, in order to let the camp led by the American Federation acknowledge 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 already been signed for several years.

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

Wouldn't that maximize the losses?

The Soviet Union couldn't possibly agree.

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, telling of their dissatisfaction.

This was what could most easily resonate.

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

After all, they hadn't done anything.

Just complaining, and you won't even allow that? Then is there still 'human rights'?

This was like a hooligan holding a death-exemption medal, slowly dragging the Soviet Union into the abyss.

But it's a pity.

The current Soviet Union was already unable to take care of those; just the situations in the Afghan Federation and Eastern Europe made them unable to spare any energy, so where would they still have time to manage those 'human rights' organizations scattered all over Eastern Europe.

Countless in number.

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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