The number of people who died during this period definitely far exceeded that of a real war.
Moreover, this move was designed to kill and terrify.
Once those countries under blockade see no opportunity to make money, they gradually become unstable. At that time, America can simply send some proxies to easily tear these countries apart overnight.
These were not mere figments of Lin Mo's imagination, but events he had genuinely experienced during his years abroad.
They are extremely bloody cases.
There were even some sanctions so severe that even someone as worldly as Lin Mo felt chilled to the bone.
Many times, he had pondered, if he were the king of that country, how he would handle such a blockade. His conclusion was that there was no solution.
Even having an Intelligence System would not suffice.
There was no way,
If blockades were so easily broken, then the current world hegemon wouldn't be so securely in place.