Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 664 - 320: The Terrifying Aspect of the United States’ ’Cultural Invasion
The viewers in the Blue Star live stream were at a loss for words regarding this approach.
This move was too....
Not only did it fail to suppress, but it also showed other member states just how weakened the Soviet Union had become.
Recalling the days right after the end of World War II.
The Soviet Union would readily dispatch a million troops to clear out dissidents within the member states, and no one in Eastern Europe dared to speak up.
To this day.
The military intervention not only failed to achieve the expected success, but it also stirred up more discontent and desire for independence among the member states.
The current weakness in the prestige of the Soviet Union is apparent.
This is closely related to the series of blunders they’ve made over the recent years.
Yu Feng looked at the information and began to speak:
"August."
"An incident erupted within the Soviet Union."
"Hardliners within the Soviet Union tried to prevent the then-current leader from signing the New Alliance Treaty, a treaty granting greater autonomy to other member states."
"Put the current leader under house arrest."
"At the same time, removed the leader’s duties and revoked powers given to the various member republics, imposing a national state of emergency to ’restore order.’"
"Such actions only heightened the panic and resolve for independence among the member states."
"This event, initially aimed at ’maintaining the alliance,’ ended up being counterproductive."
"Directly taking back the powers granted to the member republics not only failed to maintain unity but also led to the other member states declaring independence after it ended."
"Ultimately, on December 26, 1991."
"The Soviet Union officially ceased to exist."
The storyline finally arrived at this point.
The viewers in the Blue Star live stream were somewhat stunned.
And the Soviet Union’s final actions were also.... overly optimistic.
Considering the situation in the Soviet Union.
By now, it has lost the dignity of the Zhou King.
As poorly laid policies over the years magnified the power of member states (Dukes), it seemed better to go along with it and sign the New Alliance Treaty.
By continuing to expand the powers of the other member states, although the Soviet Union might become a symbolic existence,
it would still exist.
Just like the Zhou King in Huaxia’s historical series.
After Duke Zhuang of Zheng’s arrow fell upon the Zhou King, he lost the king’s dignity and exposed the weakness of the Zhou Dynasty, but Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin maintained the Zhou Dynasty’s existence under the banner of "Revering the King and Expelling Barbarians."
Yet the actual power dynamics had already changed.
Even so, the Zhou Dynasty nominally continued to exist.
And it persisted all the way to the Warring States period.
Even if it was merely a symbolic Zhou Dynasty with a king, it lasted for about 380 years.
Normally speaking, the Soviet Union might have walked this same path.
However.
Nobody expected that on the Soviet side, there wasn’t a follow-through of the already-written script.
Some people were unwilling for the Soviet Union to become merely symbolic.
So, they launched a coup, demanding by order to reclaim all the powers of the member states (Dukes).
However, at this point.
The member states, which had already enjoyed those powers and harbored thoughts of independence, would no longer listen to a Soviet Union whose authority had weakened significantly. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Moreover....
The organization that instigated the coup within the Soviet Union disbanded under the resistance of the member states in just three days; the hardliners who initiated the coup quickly fled abroad by plane.
This was an unbelievable situation for the other member states.
They had considered other possibilities.
But they never expected that the Soviet Union’s coup would last such a short time and crumble so quickly.
They were even discussing how to counter the Soviet Union’s policy of reclaiming powers in the future.
Yet they hadn’t expected that under the resistance of the member countries and the populace,
in a mere three days, the other side couldn’t hold its ground, and before they could even come up with a way to resist, it collapsed on its own.
This revealed to them just how extremely weakened the Soviet Union had become.
It couldn’t even maintain internal cohesion anymore.
If the Soviet Union had developed according to the Zhou Dynasty’s history, it might still exist, but unfortunately.... history took a different path.
The events did not unfold as anticipated.
Without deterrence, reclaiming delegated powers with just an order was nothing but a fool’s talk.
And the member states, having witnessed the Soviet Union’s weakness, could no longer be restrained.
Yu Feng continued to speak with some data about the Soviet Union at the time of its end:
"The Soviet Union’s foreign exchange income from oil fell from 53 billion US Dollars in 1985 to less than 10 billion US Dollars by 1991."
"By the end of 1991, when the Soviet Union officially ceased to exist, its treasury held only 270 million US Dollars’ worth of gold."
"By 1991, the Soviet Union’s fiscal deficit had reached 300 billion Rubles, with the Ruble depreciating over 5000-fold."
"Once a major grain exporter, by its end, over 90% of the Soviet Union’s grain was dependent on imports."
"The disruption and imbalance in the economic structure meant that even without the coup, the Soviet Union could only become symbolic in the end, because these issues were beyond redemption."
The viewers in the Blue Star live stream couldn’t help but be silent.
Indeed.
With the Ruble devalued by more than 5000 times, over 90% grain dependence on foreign imports, a treasury with only 270 million US Dollars worth of gold left, and a foreign exchange income plummeting by more than fivefold.
There was simply no way to save it.
The economy had already collapsed, not to mention the United States would not give the Soviet Union a chance for rescue.
