Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 575 - 275: [Soviet Union Prestige Gap] (4k)
"The last phase of the war was in 1989."
"That means that the Soviet Union at that time still maintained World War II-era tactics, with rigid command structures and weaponry that weren’t well-suited for the era."
"But then two years later, in 1991, what did the United States show in the Gulf War?"
"Modern warfare dealt a dimension-reducing blow to the steel flood tactics of the World War II era."
"From the ’Earth’ perspective at the time, it all seemed somewhat sci-fi."
"So the military power gap exposed between the United States and the Soviet Union was also the reason many member countries were reluctant to continue trusting them later on."
"After all, the disparity was indeed too vast."
"Though you can’t really blame the Soviet Union."
"In reality."
"At that time on Earth, no country or federation could withstand the textbook-like modern warfare strike from the United States."
"Perhaps aside from the Soviet Union and Republic, hardly anyone could withstand it."
"Even fellow major powers like the British Commonwealth and French Federation couldn’t withstand it."
"Why?"
"Simply put, land area."
"The Iraq Federation had an area of about 430,000 square kilometers."
"The Afghanistan Federation had an area of about 650,000 square kilometers."
"The United States, with reconnaissance aircraft flying around the perimeter, could monitor the entire federation’s dynamics. How did the Iraq Federation lose in the Gulf War?"
"The US reconnaissance aircraft flew a circle around the perimeter and could almost monitor the entire electronic information of the Iraq Federation."
"So what about the area of the British Commonwealth?"
"Not counting other land, just the UK homeland, it’s about 240,000 square kilometers."
"Nearly half the size of the Iraq Federation."
"And the French Federation?"
"It’s only about 550,000 square kilometers."
"So assuming that the United States had attacked the British Commonwealth and the French Federation at that time, judging by the situation displayed in the Gulf War, they wouldn’t fare much better."
"Of course, the outcome would certainly be stronger than that of the Iraq Federation."
"Because many British Commonwealth technologies were contributed by the United States, some practices, like tactics and electronic jamming, which had miraculous effects on the Iraq Federation."
"Don’t have as significant an effect on the British Commonwealth."
"The fighting processes won’t be overwhelming, but the British Commonwealth couldn’t outlast the United States."
"The same is true for the French Federation."
"While their technology at the time was considered advanced, somewhat counteracting some US advantages, the battle might be very intense, but after sustaining for several months, the United States would still have the upper hand."
"Because the land area of these two federations is just too small."
"Not enough strategic depth."
"And assuming the United States attacked the Soviet Union or Republic."
"Though these two were on the one hand tactical rigidity, and on the other hand technological backwardness, their large land areas and extensive depth."
"Initially, the United States might advance over territories the size of several British Commonwealths on both sides, but as was the case with Imperial in WWII."
"It blitzed the Soviet Union, but the front was stretched too long, and the Soviet territory was too vast."
"Such strategic depth uses space to exchange for time, forcing both sides into a war of attrition."
"Then it’s just a matter of who can hold out."
As he spoke, Yu Feng pulled out a world map and arranged the land areas by sequence:
"Of course."
"These are all hypothetical."
"Because at that time, the Soviet Union’s land area was about 22.4 million square kilometers."
"The Republic was about 9.6 million square kilometers."
"The United States was about 9.36 million square kilometers."
"These three superpower nations with massive land areas couldn’t possibly engage in conflict, not to mention that all five major powers have nuclear weapons as a major deterrent."
"What fits US war interests is bullying small countries."
"Facing off against the Republic isn’t worth it."
"Let’s pull it back."
"Returning to the Afghanistan Federation here."
"Let’s talk about the losses on the Afghanistan Federation’s side during those 10 years of war."
"Why did the Soviet Union’s reputation plummet?"
"Firstly, around 1.3 million civilians died in Afghanistan Federation, over 2 million were displaced, and over 5 million fled overseas."
"Destroyed nearly all national infrastructures in the Afghanistan Federation."
"The social structure completely collapsed."
"Just looking at these figures was chilling."
"Seeing just the text figures this tragic, how would other federations and countries think?"
"This is also why the Soviet Union’s reputation crumbled so quickly."
Yu Feng shook his head here, placing screenshots of collected newspapers within the game into the live stream so Blue Star netizens could also see.
Coupled with previous articles with harsh words about the Soviet Union, even Blue Star players couldn’t help but relate.
Having finished talking about the British Commonwealth and Afghanistan, the Soviet Union and Afghanistan.
Yu Feng took down the screenshots hanging in the live stream and then spoke:
"Let’s now talk about the United States and the Afghanistan Federation."
"Currently, the situation of the United States parallels that of the previous British Commonwealth and Soviet Union."
"Advancement is going smoothly."
"The situation is fascinating with the Afghanistan Federation here too."
"Thousands of years."
"Anyone who comes can get a wave in, but it remains resilient, fighting guerrilla warfare from ancient times to modern days."
"Let’s check the current map."
"The regime supported by the United States, along with its occupied areas, already cover 70% of the national territory, and it might not be long before it’s completely occupied."
"But the problem is that the place isn’t small, and it’s full of mountains."
"The Afghanistan Federation, which fought guerrilla warfare for thousands of years, is already prepared for long-term combat."
"The British Commonwealth lasted 81 years here and couldn’t hold out and withdrew."
"The Soviet Union lasted 10 years here and couldn’t hold out and withdrew."
"How long do you think the United States can last?"
"After all, the United States’ logistical capabilities far surpass those of the previous two countries, I estimate it can persist for a longer time."
Blue Star netizens in the live stream chimed in:
[15 years?]
[That’s unlikely, probably 20 years.]
[Forget 20 years, what if the Afghanistan Federation gets exhausted by the United States?]
[Come on, this place has buried so many empires, what’s one United States?]
[Wake up, you’re not considering the current ’Earth’ technology and logistical capabilities.]
[Exactly, when the British Commonwealth occupied, there weren’t even planes, now large transport planes can even transport armored tanks.]
[With the United States’ logistical capabilities, it’s not impossible to exhaust the Afghanistan Federation.]
[But the premise for exhausting is that the United States can maintain this, I don’t trust any United States even with a $300+ million biological toilet can hold out for long.]
[Indeed...even if greedy, it doesn’t go on forever, a year or two is fine, but continuing this way, even the United States can’t hold out.]
Blue Star netizens in the live stream continued the discussion, and a bullet comment left all Blue Star players silent.
Indeed.
According to the United States forces’ greedy extent, while fighting for a few years might not reveal anything, as time stretches even longer, who can withstand it?
The military budget will just be spent this way?
$300+ million to buy a biological toilet?
For heavens’ sake, does Afghanistan have biological weapons?
Moreover, what biological protection does the toilet provide, wear it on your head?
Such military expenditure is absurd.
And yet it got approved.
It speaks volumes about the internal situation in the United States, fighting for one or two years might be fine, but if one day a president suddenly conducts an inspection.
Everyone would be doomed.
If checked, it’d be for sure.
Yu Feng glanced at the bullet comments and, based on the situation within ’Earth’, most Blue Star players here believe that the United States should be able to hold out for 15 or 20 years.
After all, times are progressing.
The United States’ logistical capabilities far exceed those of the Soviet Union back then.
Since the Soviet Union persisted here for 10 years.
Then the United States, with strong logistical capabilities, should be able to hold on for at least a double or half the time.
