Chapter 271: 【The Terrifying Aspect of the American Federation's 'Cultural Invasion'】(4k)

Regarding this approach, the Blue Star netizens in the stream room didn't know what to say.

This move was too...

Not only did it not play a role in suppression, but it also let other member states see how weak the Soviet Union had become.

Thinking back to the plot just after WWII ended.

The Soviet Union would send a million-strong army to clean up rebels in member states, and no one in Eastern Europe dared to speak out.

Up to now.

Sending troops to suppress not only didn't have the success imagined, but instead aroused the alienation of other member states.

The weakness of the Soviet Union's prestige at this time is evident.

And this is inseparable from the foolish moves they have made in recent years.

Yu Feng looked at the materials here and began to speak: "August."

"An incident broke out within the Soviet Union."

"The hardliners within the Soviet Union attempted to prevent the then-Soviet leader from signing the 'New Union Treaty,' a treaty that granted greater autonomy to other member states."

"They placed the then-leader under house arrest."

"At the same time, they abolished the then-leader's position, took back the power devolved to each member republic, and implemented a state of emergency nationwide to restore order."

"Such an approach exacerbated the panic and determination for independence of the member states."

""

"This incident, which had the original intention of 'maintaining the union,' ended up having the opposite effect."

"Directly taking back the power devolved to each member republic not only didn't achieve the goal of maintaining unity, but instead, after it ended, other member states declared independence one after another."

"Finally, on December 26, 1991."

"The Soviet Union officially ceased to exist."

The plot had finally reached this point.

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room were a bit dazed.

And this last wave of operations by the Soviet Union was also... belonging to thinking too well.

According to the situation of the Soviet Union.

It was now the Zhou Emperor who had lost his majesty.

Because with the policies of the past few years burying mines, the power of the member states (vassals) had suddenly expanded; seeing that they had made a mistake, it would have been better to sign the 'New Union Treaty.'

Increasing the power of other member states, although the Soviet Union might have been reduced to a symbolic existence.

But it would have existed after all.

Just like the Zhou Emperor in the 【Huaxia】 history series.

After Duke Zheng of Zheng shot the Zhou Emperor, the Zhou Dynasty, which had lost its imperial majesty and exposed its weakness, was maintained by vassals like Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin through the slogan of 'respecting the king and expelling the barbarians.'

But the actual power structure had already changed.

But even so, the Zhou Dynasty existed in name.

And it lasted until the Warring States period.

Even if it was reduced to a symbolic Zhou Dynasty and Emperor, it continued to exist for about 380 years.

And the Soviet Union, according to normal circumstances, perhaps would have walked this path.

But.

No one expected that the Soviet Union didn't follow the script that had already been written.

Instead, someone was unwilling to let the Soviet Union be reduced to a symbol.

So they launched a coup, in the posture of an order, to take back the power of all member states (vassals).

But at this time.

The member states that had already enjoyed those powers, as well as those with thoughts of independence, how could they still listen to a Soviet Union whose majesty had declined to a certain point.

And...

The organization that launched the coup in the Soviet Union was disintegrated in just three days under the resistance of the member states, and the hardliners who launched the coup quickly fled outside by plane.

This was an unbelievable thing for other member states.

They had thought of others.

But they never thought that this coup in the Soviet Union would be maintained for such a short time and collapse so quickly.

They were even discussing how to resist the Soviet Union's policy of taking back power in the future.

But they didn't expect that under the resistance of a group of member states and the people.

It couldn't hold on for just three days; they hadn't even discussed a way to resist, and the other side collapsed first.

This let them see the Soviet Union, which was weak to the extreme.

It couldn't even maintain its interior.

If it had developed according to the history of the 【Zhou Dynasty】, the Soviet Union might have still been able to exist, but it's a pity... history walked onto a fork in the road.

Things didn't develop as expected.

When there was no deterrent force, a piece of paper ordering the recovery of devolved power was no different from a pipe dream.

And the member states that saw the weakness of the Soviet Union finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Yu Feng continued to say some data about the Soviet Union at the end: "The Soviet Union's oil foreign exchange income dropped from 53 billion US dollars in 1985 to less than 10 billion US dollars in 1991."

"When the Soviet Union officially ended in 1991, there was only 270 million US dollars worth of gold left in the national treasury."

"And in 1991, the Soviet Union's fiscal deficit had reached 300 billion rubles, and the ruble devalued by more than 5,000 times."

"As a former major grain exporter, at the end, more than 90% of the Soviet Union's grain was dependent on imports."

"The rupture and imbalance of the economic structure meant that even if that coup hadn't happened, the Soviet Union would have eventually been reduced to a symbolic existence, because these things could no longer be saved."

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room couldn't help but be silent.

Indeed.

The ruble devalued by more than 5,000 times, more than 90% of grain dependent on imports from other countries, only 270 million US dollars of gold left in the national treasury, and foreign exchange income plummeted by more than five times.

This couldn't be saved at all.

The economy had already collapsed, not to mention the American Federation wouldn't give the Soviet Union a chance to save it.

Not to mention the Soviet Union's frequent foolish moves.

Burying mines for itself.

Yu Feng continued: "With the end of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation inherited the Soviet Union's seat in the United Nations, as well as most of its territory."

"The Ukraine Federation took away 30% of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons."

"Eastern European countries declared independence one after another."

"And after the American Federation dragged down the Soviet Union with the space arms race, it turned around and acquired the rocket engine technology left behind by the Soviet Union."

Hiss—

This damn?

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room gasped, it was too ruthless.

Good guy.

It turns out the Soviet Union researched for so many years, and in the end, it all went cheaply to the American Federation.

Yu Feng gave the Blue Star friends in the stream room time to discuss.

A moment later.

Yu Feng picked up the materials on the American Federation side again and began to speak: "Alright."

"Let's talk about the events of the American Federation in these few years."

"They were all aimed at the Soviet Union."

"First is the Iran incident."

"In 1986, the American Federation, through a younger brother acting as a go-between, reached an agreement with Iran; the American Federation secretly sold weapons to the Iran Federation, and the Iran Federation released the detained American Federation hostages."

"Up to here, it was still considered normal."

"The American Federation transported anti-tank missiles and some other military equipment to the Iran Federation, and the Iran Federation also released a portion of the detained American Federation hostages."

"But..."

""

"The media exposed it."

"After the American Federation received the detained hostages and the funds for purchasing weapons given by the Iran Federation."

"It turned around and supported a portion of the funds to the anti-armed forces in Guaranila."

"This kind of doing one thing on the surface and another behind the back made many allies of the American Federation publicly condemn it."

"However, the American Federation hadn't done this just once or twice."

"Although other countries condemned it, the internal situation was quickly stabilized, and it also weakened the Soviet Union's influence in the Middle East."

"'You can scold if you want, anyway, my goal has been achieved.'"

"The American Federation had this thought."

"Then."

"It was the American Federation joining forces with the Saudi Federation to significantly increase crude oil production capacity."

"Increasing production to a daily output of 9 million barrels, international oil prices plummeted to 10 US dollars/barrel, and the Soviet Union lost 20 billion US dollars in foreign exchange annually."

"In reality."

"This wasn't just the American Federation pushing it, but also partly because the Saudi Federation wanted to save itself, but it buried the Soviet Union."

"Everyone should still remember before."

"The conflict between the Israel Federation and Arab countries led the Arab Petroleum Organization (OAPEC), led by Saudi Arabia, to decide to use 'oil weapons' to strike at supporters of the Israel Federation."

"Leading to soaring oil prices, but more than ten years have passed."

"The Arab Petroleum Organization (OAPEC)'s market share globally, from more than 50% originally, to 1986, was already less than 20%."

"Initially, they wanted to sanction the superpower through production cuts, but found that people didn't buy it at all and started looking for new substitutes."

"The result was that market share gradually flowed away."

"And such a result also caused the proportion of oil foreign exchange exported by the Soviet Union to continuously rise."

"Thus."

"When the American Federation in 1986 attempted to cut off the Soviet Union's main source of foreign exchange through low-priced oil, as an ally of the American Federation in the Middle East, the Saudi Federation couldn't wait to take action."

"Why?"

"Because although oil can be exchanged for money, there must be someone to buy it."

"And this thing was originally underground."

"Selling how much is profit."

"But it's just because of their own death-seeking at the beginning, leading to no one coming to buy their oil now."

"And this move proposed by the American Federation, although it would cause oil prices to plummet, they wouldn't care at all; after all, it was something dug out from underground."

"No-cost business, selling how much is profit."

"And as the Saudi Federation increased production output, crazily gathering wealth."

"Oil prices plummeted from 30 US dollars per barrel to 10 US dollars."

"In this way, it caused other oil-producing countries to stop extracting oil and turn to buy oil from the Saudi Federation."

"For no other reason."

"It was simply too cheap."

"So cheap that it was a loss for them to dig it themselves, so it was better to import directly from the Saudi Federation."

"Under such circumstances, one can imagine how great the Soviet Union's losses were."

"Foreign exchange income was cut in half, which was also one of the reasons for the disintegration."

"This move by the American Federation was too precise, cutting the Soviet Union's economic artery, and it didn't recover until the disintegration."

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room were also surprised.

The American Federation was both precise and ruthless.

The cruelty of the game between great powers once again refreshed the worldview of Blue Star netizens.

Yu Feng continued to flip through the materials and said: "Then it was 1987."

"This year."

"The American Federation and the Soviet Union signed the 'Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty' regarding the destruction of intermediate-range and short-range missiles."

"The cause was because the Soviet Union deployed SS-20 intermediate-range ballistic missiles in Europe in the 70s to threaten Western European countries, and Western Europe also sought for the American Federation to deploy missiles to threaten the Soviet Union."

"And now, in this period of 1987."

"The Soviet Union could no longer afford turmoil, so when the American Federation pushed the Soviet Union to sign the treaty and destroy intermediate-range and long-range missiles."

"The Soviet Union also agreed."

"Both sides signed the treaty in 1987 and subsequently destroyed the intermediate-range and long-range missiles deployed in the European region."

"Among them."

"The Soviet Union destroyed nearly 40% of the missiles in its own nuclear arsenal."

Hiss—

Hearing this.

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room were numb.

This conspiracy of the American Federation.

Did it need to be any more obvious, yet the Soviet Union actually followed along?!"

Holy crap?!"

For a time, Blue Star netizens didn't even know what the Soviet Union was thinking.

Did it really want peace?

Or could it not afford turmoil?

This pit was jumped into...

Blue Star netizens discussed it, but there was no result.

Yu Feng waited for a while and continued: "Then it was 1988."

"This year."

"Although the American Federation changed to a new leader, it still adopted a hardline policy toward the Soviet Union and secretly formulated a 'Soviet Union disintegration response method'."

"Three years in advance, the American Federation had already anticipated that the Soviet Union might disintegrate."

"And the Soviet Union was still reforming."

"In the same year."

"The Soviet Union withdrew troops from the Afghan Federation; the failure of the Soviet Union caused its prestige to plummet, and the American Federation took this opportunity to secretly provide support to organizations in Eastern European countries."

"Disintegrating the foundation of the Soviet Union."

"Not only that."

"The American Federation also continuously exported through 'Voice of America + Hollywood culture,' making the younger generation of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe collectively Westernized."

Saying this.

Yu Feng hung a data chart in the stream room.

Looking at the chart.

The Blue Star netizens in the stream room also felt a tremor in their hearts.

They hadn't expected this.

Cultural export was actually so ruthless?

The younger generation collectively Westernized?

In reality.

It was even more ruthless than this.

According to the data in the data chart.

In the 80s.

In the Eastern European border region, for every 10 square kilometers, there were about 3.2 radio stations, using an information saturation bombing strategy, making the recognition of the American Federation's freedom and democracy among young people in Poland in the 80s reach 42%.

At the same time, Hollywood's market share in Eastern Europe also soared to 38%.

"Individual heroism" became the core element of the values of young people in Eastern Europe in the 80s.

According to the surveyed data.

Among young people in Eastern Europe in the 80s.

In the 18-25 age group, 73% of people took the 'American Federation Dream' as their life goal, the recognition of American Federation culture reached 89%, while only 11% were members of the inheritance of Eastern European local culture.

It can be said that it directly cut off the foundation of the Soviet Union.

Because their will had no younger generation to inherit.

Hiss, looking at this data chart, the data of 89% of young people in Eastern Europe shocked the Blue Star friends; this was truly digging up the roots... ===== CHAPTER 272 =====

Hiss—looking at this data chart, the fact that 89% of young people in Eastern Europe are represented by this data shocks the Blue Star friends; this is truly digging up the roots...