Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 600 - 288: [United States: Did I Come Here for Nothing?]
The Blue Star viewers in the livestream aren’t fools either.
When you connect these policies together, it becomes too obvious.
The Soviet Union is clearly preparing for something big.
It’s all in preparation for war.
Yu Feng continued speaking:
"And it’s only 1966."
"By 1967, the Soviet Union was expanding its influence in the Middle East Region."
"The main reason for this is related to the Third Middle East War."
"Before the Third Middle East War in 1967, the Soviet Union obtained intelligence suggesting a Federation plan to invade Syria, Egypt, and other areas."
"This intelligence, once published, became an important bargaining chip for countries in the Middle East against the Federation."
"With the outbreak of the Third Middle East War in June 1967."
"Although it was quickly mediated."
"Syria, Egypt, and other Federation countries lost some land."
"Which fueled their hatred toward the Federation."
"Meanwhile, Syria’s fierce resistance in the Third Middle East War also caught the Soviet Union’s attention."
"They needed such a strong Federation to counter the United States and its allies."
"Therefore, after the Third Middle East War, the Soviet Union increased its military aid to the Middle East Region."
"They provided support including tanks, planes, missiles, and other equipment."
"And dispatched military advisors and technical personnel to assist in training and rebuilding the army."
"Syria and Egypt were the biggest beneficiaries of this."
"Through massive military support, the Soviet Union exchanged for the use of ports in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea from Egypt and Syria."
"And the Suez Canal in the Mediterranean."
"It became a hub for the Soviet Union to project power into the Indian Ocean."
Yu Feng placed a picture in the livestream.
From the picture, you can see Egypt and Syria on either side of the Suez Canal entrance.
After the Soviet Union exchanged military support for port usage rights here.
They could station their navy in the Mediterranean permanently.
And stationing in the Mediterranean strengthened the deterrence over the Middle East oil routes.
After all, the United States isn’t without its arrangements here.
With the Federation now aligned with them, the Soviet Union naturally needed to increase its military deployments here.
Yu Feng continued:
"With these port usage rights."
"The Soviet Union’s Black Sea Fleet could confront the United States’ Sixth Fleet."
"Breaking the United States’ blockade of the Mediterranean."
"And with military bases in the Mediterranean, the Soviet Union could quickly intervene in various conflicts in the Middle East Region."
"Provide rapid military aid, forming an anti-Federation alliance led by the Soviet Union."
"Countering the United States’ arrangements in the Middle East Region."
"From this perspective, there’s nothing wrong with the Soviet Union’s arrangement."
"Of course."
"This arrangement itself isn’t problematic."
"The real focus is still on the countries in the Middle East Region."
"How should I put it...."
Yu Feng looked somewhat troubled as he glanced at the intelligence in his hand:
"The Third Middle East War lasted only 6 days before being mediated by the United Nations."
"But this war....."
"The Federation occupied the West Bank of the Jordan River, the Old City of Jerusalem, Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, and Syria’s Golan Heights, totaling 65,000 square kilometers of Arab land."
"In the 6-day war, these Arab countries suffered over 20,000 deaths and had over 60,000 captured."
"The Federation only lost 983 people."
Upon hearing this.
The Blue Star viewers in the livestream didn’t know what to say.
In just 6 days, over 20,000 killed, 60,000 captured, and 65,000 square kilometers of land taken—how did those Federation countries resist?
These results.....
Are too unbelievable.
However, some Blue Star Players who have experienced the story explained:
[Actually, the weakness of the Arab Federation countries is part of it; the extensive support from the United States played a significant role.]
[Exactly.] 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
[According to the standards of the time, the Federation was using the most advanced fighter jets from the United States.]
[And more; from the later Gulf War, we can see that the tactics of the Federations and countries in the Middle East Region were rigid, something I initially thought had been the case since the end of World War II.]
[But in reality, after being hit in the Third Middle East War in 1967, they should have changed but didn’t.]
[The Federation’s tactic was a technological gap (air superiority + electronic warfare), almost no different from the later Gulf War.]
[Indeed, the Federation destroyed 451 fighter planes of the Arab countries in 60 hours, a tactic identical to how the United States attacked Iraq during the Gulf War.]
[There must have been American command and planning involved if that’s the case.]
[This shows that these Arab countries indeed lost without much injustice; they were hit like this in 1967, yet no one paid enough attention.]
[It’s not entirely their fault, really.... The Soviet Union and the Republic also didn’t notice this minor war until the Gulf War shook them awake.]
Looking at the comments in the livestream, Yu Feng couldn’t help but nod.
Indeed.
The disputes in the Middle East Region are too minor.
It’s not just the area of land fought over that’s small, but the duration is short, making it hard for other Federations and countries to pay attention; even if they do, they only find it curious.
They won’t dive deeper into the study.
But in reality.
The tactics used by the Federation during this period already showed the embryonic form of the tactics used by the United States in the subsequent Gulf War.
With precise strikes in just 60 hours after the war started, they nearly destroyed all air forces of the Arab countries.
With air superiority, then covering ground forces of the Arab countries, turning armor and tanks into easy targets.
