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After two days and one night of consultations, the European countries finally made a decision.

Withdraw troops from various countries involved in military operations.

Sell ​​off a large amount of remaining U.S. Treasury bonds to support the legitimate proposals of the desert countries.

Put pressure on the Squid Nation to return the occupied desert land.

The time came to July 1988.

In Dragon Kingdom, spring comes and flowers bloom, and all things come back to life.

The United States seems to be shrouded in a cold winter, and European countries announced their withdrawal a month ago.

More and more countries have unilaterally announced that future oil transactions will be settled in gold.

Even European countries have joined the camp of using gold to settle oil.

On the other hand, the European Parliament officially notified the United States.

The United States is required to withdraw all its troops stationed in Europe by the end of the year, without leaving a single soldier behind.

The U.S. Third Fleet, which has been cruising along the coast of Europe for a long time, will also withdraw.

From October 1987, when the Black Monday stock market crash broke out, until March 10, the US dollar depreciated every day and a large amount of capital fled the United States.

European countries, which are close friends of the United States, are frantically selling U.S. Treasury bonds.

Withdraw troops and make it clear that they will draw a clear line with the United States.

At this time, a new war broke out.

The desert nations formed a coalition and declared war on the squid nation.

The United States is unable to take care of itself and cannot and dares not continue to openly support the Squid Kingdom. The opportunity to eliminate this major threat is right in front of it. The desert countries have mobilized nearly one million troops, trying to make the Squid Kingdom disappear from the map in one battle.

Without this major threat, the desert world can achieve true peace. Only when the European region obtains enough funds and drives out the hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops stationed there, can it control its own destiny.

A change unprecedented in history has really occurred.

In the following international conferences, the topic of gold replacing the US dollar was discussed every time.

Every time the United States uses its veto power, more U.S. Treasury bonds will appear on the market.

The front-line troops suddenly became a huge burden for the United States. With 300,000 troops stationed in Lak, the daily military expenditure seemed an astronomical figure.

The US Cabinet is no longer able to maintain the expenses generated by foreign wars and has begun to use various methods to reduce military spending.

In addition to cutting military spending on frontline troops, a large number of key projects were also cancelled.

Among them are the US anti-missile system and the research and development funds for the US's new generation of stealth fighter F-22.

The Star Wars program was the most expensive program in the space competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, and it was intended to drain the Soviet Union dry. First of all, everything in the program had to be the same as the real thing.

Simply put, the United States invested 100 million US dollars in the plan, but the result was that the Soviet Union spent 300 million US dollars.

The Star Wars project, which was born in the early 1980s, has invested a total of 50 billion US dollars.

Just when the plan was about to succeed, the U.S. economy collapsed.

Domestic opposition and impeachment voices have become a dominant force.

President Reagan announced his resignation.

With extremely complicated feelings, he handed the hot potato to his deputy, the Deputy Commander of the United States.

On his first day in office, the US Deputy President gave up his plan to confront the world and gritted his teeth and agreed to use gold to settle oil payments.

Use war reserve gold to ensure normal oil supply.

The Bretton Woods system made the United States the world's largest gold reserve country, with more than half of the world's gold resources.

Also, the United States made a smart move and firmly linked the US dollar to oil when the Bretton Woods system collapsed, once again becoming the biggest beneficiary of the system.

Today, the prosperous situation is gone forever.

European countries are resolute in their attitude, while desert countries are spending money lavishly.

Dragon Country, Gaul, and the Soviet Union put pressure on the United States in different ways.

In line with the principle of watching the fun, the third world countries launched an unprecedented wave of expelling US troops.

The United States has deployed a large number of military bases around the world.

When the country was at its peak, no one dared to say anything about these military bases.

Now, in the United States, even breathing a breath of air is a sin.

The military bases will be taken back by various countries, and the soldiers stationed in other countries must immediately return to the United States.

The military-industrial complex, which has gradually taken shape, has become the biggest victim.

The United States cannot afford to maintain the Star Wars program and hundreds of high-tech projects.

There is not even enough money to maintain military spending.

The military system that could be compared with the Soviet Union was reduced at almost the speed of light.

The number of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle groups that have long been roaming across five continents and four oceans is decreasing day by day.

Lacking support from the United States and facing boycotts from Western countries, the Squid Country is losing ground in the new round of war.

The military strength of the desert country is indeed not strong, but it has a large population.

The participating countries cover the entire desert area, and the Squid Country has no way of resisting the repeated attacks launched by millions of troops.

The battle lines are divided, weapons and equipment are consumed but there is no place to replenish them.

The sixth war lasted only a month and a half before the Squid Nation declared defeat.

Without the support of the United States and the help of the Western world, the Squid Country is unable to engage in a war of attrition with the Desert Country.

Even one soldier from the Squid Country can kill dozens of soldiers from the Desert Country.

But the enemy has absolute numerical and munitions superiority.

The desert world has hundreds of millions of people. How many people are there in the Squid Kingdom?

About two million.

Due to its over-dependence on the United States, the Squid Country’s military research is in an embarrassing situation of being top-heavy.

It is able to develop and manufacture domestic main battle tanks, but is unable to produce fighter jets.

Every aircraft type lost was reduced by one, and could not be replaced.

The Desert Country is engaging in a long war of attrition with the Squid Country at a ten to one exchange ratio.

Seeing that continuing the war would lead to the destruction of the country and the people, the Squid Nation admitted defeat and chose to return the land.

The international situation has been reshuffled, and Longguo has gained unprecedented opportunities to play its role.

Both superpowers fell from grace, and Dragon Country's economic development, foreign trade, and military research and development entered a golden age.

With the removal of the largest outer ring, the scale of Northern Machinery Group has been further expanded.

In 1990, we assisted relevant departments in building the Longguo satellite navigation network that surpassed GPS.

Two years later, it brought Longguo into the 3G era.

Use Longguo's Internet system to replace the Western Internet.

New technologies bring new technological developments.

Longguo has achieved a leapfrog development in the field of aerospace.

In 1995, astronauts from the Dragon Kingdom successfully landed on the moon.

The following year, the Technology Group, a subsidiary of Northern Machinery Group, began launching probes to Mars.

In 1998, China's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was launched.

It has been exactly twenty years since Lin Kaifeng traveled back to the heyday.

The once humiliated Long Kingdom has become completely different because of Lin Kaifeng's arrival.

The Dragon Kingdom achieved revival ahead of schedule.

Standing on the rooftop of the group, looking at the busy streets below.

Lin Kaifeng smiled with relief.

After twenty years of hard work, Longguo finally ascended to the throne of the number one superpower.

Technological development and economic construction are much more prosperous than in the original time and space.

Globally, there is no country that can rival the Dragon Kingdom.