CHAPTER 637: CHAPTER 306: SUPERPOWERS FALLING INTO PITFALLS ONE AFTER ANOTHER

In the second year after the decision, the French Federation withdrew from NATO, and the internal camp was split.

Then followed a series of setbacks.

It wasn’t internal demonstrations, it was an economic crisis, the stalemate of the war, followed by various domestic situations, and even the president was forced to step down in a ’Watergate’ scandal.

It wasn’t until the Vietnam Federation War ended completely in 1975.

The United States had not yet recovered.

In the years following 1975,

economic inflation, energy crisis, US dollar crisis, and other issues emerged.

They were completely unable to focus on themselves.

Looking at it this way,

the internal chaos within the United States lasted for too long.

No wonder the Soviet Union judged that the United States had weakened.

Think about it.

Anyone who sees a country experiencing internal demonstrations, presidential mishaps, economic crises, and dollar devaluation over a span of more than ten years would consider it in decline.

It’s a wonder it didn’t collapse; isn’t this a clear sign of decline?

From their perspective,

it’s only a matter of two or three weeks.

But from the NPC perspective within ’Earth’ of the Soviet Union, this weakness of the United States had persisted for over ten years, so it’s no wonder they expanded like that.

Many Blue Star netizens gained some insight.

It’s still the time difference.

After all, they couldn’t notice much in two or three weeks, but the Soviet Union was watching the chaos in the United States unfold for more than a decade before their eyes.

Even in recent years, the newly appointed president took another swipe at the sick body.

He cut military spending.

No wonder the Soviet Union fell into strategic misjudgment.

After all, since the United States had severed its own arm, they had to seize the opportunity to expand quickly.

Thus,

after expanding to the limit and reaching the peak of its reputation in Africa, the Soviet Union targeted the Afghanistan Federation, which was a strategically significant location.

But no one expected what happened next.

Yu Feng finished talking about the United States and switched back to the Soviet Union:

"As for the Soviet Union, there’s no need to elaborate, is there?"

"Because it was already detailed during the recent exposure."

"The year it reached its peak."

"It immediately fell into the mire of war, followed by camp division, then economic crisis, the food sanctions from the United States, and a complete knockout punch, leaving them numb."

"Ironically, due to domestic conditions, they were unable to handle the situation in Poland, Eastern Europe."

"They could only tacitly approve of Poland solving it on its own."

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

"The camps of the United States over there, in the following steps, would probably pounce over to tear the Soviet Union apart like wolves smelling blood."

In fact,

even without exposure, Blue Star Players could imagine such a scene.

This was the great power game between countries.

It’s do or die.

If the United States didn’t take this opportunity to bite hard, then it wouldn’t be the United States.

Thinking of this,

the Blue Star netizens in the live stream room couldn’t help but click their tongues.

No wonder some big figures or historic celebrities from the Republic like to read history books.

It’s not for other reasons.

The key is that the history of Earth spans thousands of years, and since it’s all humans, what you can think of, they naturally can think of as well, and what you can do, they naturally can do as well.

Many things.

Have already happened in history.

As long as you study history well,

no matter what conspiracy and trick, you can analyze it as soon as it emerges, rather than immediately deciding the other side is weak and shouting even more aggressively when the other side shows a hint of weakness.....

The Republic’s two counter-offensives perfectly exemplified such a foolish opponent.

If the Soviet Union was a bit more cautious and didn’t fall into the quagmire of the Afghanistan Federation, it certainly wouldn’t be as embarrassed as it is now.

External expansion could have delayed domestic issues.

But now that it’s stuck in war and can’t retreat, they’re caught in a dilemma.

It’s truly absurd.

Two superpowers, one after another, falling into the quagmire of war, then starting to suffer setbacks.

Considering this,

the Republic seems brilliant.

Isolated as it may be,

they focus on their own development.

When provoked, they fight back; when left alone, they continue to develop themselves.

No wonder they later had the Dongfeng 5C with a strike range covering the globe, because they did nothing but research and develop themselves for decades without stopping.

How could they not be fierce?

Yu Feng in the live stream also answered some of the questions the Blue Star Players had.

And helped many Blue Star Players to understand not just what’s on the surface, but also the many entanglements within.

For instance, after the Republic established diplomatic relations with the United States, the cooperation between the two sides always kept the Soviet Union on its toes.

For example, the military expenditure consumed by the Soviet Union in Afghanistan was equivalent to the entire national medical budget, which should have been spent on their own people but was wasted unnecessarily in the war.

No wonder so many people started opposing this matter.

Furthermore.

Why was the reaction in Eastern Europe so significant?

Because the Soviet Union, with its militaristic approach, food crisis, and economic sanctions, was under multiple pressures.

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

Such as the amount of daily goods, people’s wages, reducing the distribution of food, and a series of measures to alleviate the food crisis.

This approach

can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

What’s more deadly is,

if this was done from the start, it might not be much.

But....

The internal situation of the Soviet Union had already persisted for a decade or so.

This means that the food crisis over the past decade relied on imports, and as it depended on imports, it certainly couldn’t satisfy everyone, so most people were already quite dissatisfied.

At this time,

they had to cut food distribution, and not just food, but daily supplies and wages were also cut comprehensively.

This inevitably triggered dissatisfaction among the people in Europe.

So an incident broke out in Poland, but the incident itself was an issue on the Soviet Union’s side, so the Soviet Union couldn’t directly intervene, after all, it sounds very bad.

Cutting wages and food, driving people to the point of explosion.

This kind of matter being exposed would be too embarrassing.

They could only let Poland resolve it on its own.

And through the Soviet Union’s tacit approval of Poland resolving it independently,

the United States camp was keenly aware of the Soviet Union’s difficult situation, so in Eastern Europe, under the agitation of ’human rights’ organizations created by the United States,

different voices began to emerge in several places.

And this was also tacitly approved.

Because in order to have the United States-led camp recognize the boundaries of the Soviet Union and its satellite countries, a treaty was signed years ago, which tacitly allowed the existence of such organizations.

This was also something that couldn’t be helped.

The treaty had been in place for years.

The exchange of some federal technologies with the United States camp was not yet complete. They couldn’t just tear up the treaty now, abandon the technologies, and drive away those ’human rights’ organizations.

That would lead to maximal losses.

The Soviet Union couldn’t agree to that.

So they could only tacitly allow the existence of those ’human rights’ organizations.

But the Soviet Union forgot.

Their fundamental base is the people of the Soviet Union, although there was much dissatisfaction, after all, no one spoke out.

But now....

Those many ’human rights’ organizations supported by the United States were active throughout Eastern Europe.

They spread the propaganda and expressed their dissatisfaction.

This is what resonates the most.

But due to the treaty conditions, the Soviet Union couldn’t arrest them.

After all, they didn’t do anything.

Just expressing complaints, and they are not allowed to? Then where are the ’human rights’?

It’s like a rogue holding a get-out-of-jail-free card, little by little dragging the Soviet Union into the abyss.

But unfortunately.

The current Soviet Union already had no time to pay attention to those matters; just dealing with Afghanistan and the situation in Eastern Europe kept them too busy, let alone managing those scattered throughout Eastern Europe.

The countless ’human rights’ organizations.

What’s even more problematic is that even if they wanted a comprehensive cleanup, there were no funds.

The people didn’t even have enough food now.

Where would there be funds to clean up those ’human rights’ organizations?