Chapter 32: The Dark Elf on the Street
Although the remaining three Dark Elf stealth fighter jets continued to appear over Manhattan Island, swooping down to attack the U.S. troops on the ground from time to time. The dark elf infantry on the ground continued to fight with the US military on the streets. But it soon showed signs of decline.
——No matter how superb the military technology the dark elves master, they have two irreparable fatal weaknesses:
First, the total military strength is too small, and second, the destructive power of the weapons is insufficient.
Compared with the Chitauri who invaded Earth last time, the Dark Elves only had one basically unarmed landing ship, and the available troops were less than one-tenth of the former. Moreover, they do not have the Death Star or Star Destroyer-level weapons in "Star Wars" and cannot crush the human army. Even the firepower of those dark elf stealth fighters is only similar to that of human jet fighters.
Just in case, the US military deployed six divisions of troops on Manhattan Island in advance. Although the military expenditures consumed for this were huge, compared with another nuclear explosion in New York and a global financial market crash, this would A little expense is nothing.
Such an astonishing troop density cannot be penetrated head-on by a small force like the Dark Elves. Moreover, the dark elves can only make their spaceships and fighter jets optically invisible, but they cannot equip every soldier with a personal invisibility system.
Therefore, after the US troops on the front line used tanks to attack and crush them without hesitation, the dark elves with only light infantry quickly collapsed.
As for the three Dark Elf stealth fighter jets that make sneak attacks in the sky from time to time, they cannot change such a disparity in troop strength. Although the U.S. Army is accustomed to fighting when its own side has air superiority, it does not mean that they cannot withstand the enemy's attack. Attack with indiscriminate bombing.
——After all, a group of assassins won't be able to show much real skill in a head-on battle. In the plot of "Thor 2", a mere unarmed British intern was able to use the anomaly of gravity to lift a car, and then easily smashed to death a class of dark elves...
Therefore, when Thor, Iron Man Tony and Hulk rushed to the battlefield one after another, the dark elf soldiers who landed had actually completely collapsed. Their main job became to divide and outflank the remaining enemies, preventing them from having the chance to escape back to the battleship.
By the time Captain America, Black Widow Natasha and Wang Qiu and other "Kryptonian friends" came over, the Dark Elf landing infantry on the ground had been basically wiped out, leaving only a few stragglers running around in the city. The three remaining Dark Elf stealth fighters in the sky were also knocked down by anti-aircraft fire. The last two fighters circled around the battleship, their energy was on the verge of being exhausted, but they could never find a chance to land safely.
But despite this, the dark elf space battleship, which is surrounded by human armies, is still unable to be attacked for a long time. No matter how the army pours crazy firepower on the hull, or the Hulk swings his fist and slams it with all his strength, they can't break the turtle shell-like energy shield on the outside of the battleship.
The front-line U.S. military commanders who were forced to panic even began to think about digging tunnels and sewers, but it was impossible to do it in a short time.
What's even more terrible is that after it was confirmed that the landing force was completely destroyed, the aliens in the spacecraft seemed to show signs of taking off and escaping again.
How does this work? So many people have died, so many things have been destroyed, and you still want to just walk away? After all, I have to keep the spaceship as compensation!
However, when Wang Qiu and others arrived with the magical props from the Doraemon world, this little trouble was immediately solved:
"...This is the [Travel Ring]. As long as it is buckled on the protective cover, a passage can be opened...Eh? Why did everyone get in?"
——As soon as the [Travel Ring] was buckled onto the protective cover of the Dark Elf space battleship, Thor took the lead waving his hammer, followed closely by Iron Man Tony, and then Captain America, holding a shield, cocked his bow. Hawkeye Barton, Black Widow Natasha holding two guns... only the huge Hulk was blocked by the one-meter-diameter [traveling ring]. He beat his chest in anger, and then punched him hard.
However, at this moment, with the explosion sound coming from inside the spacecraft, the invisible protective shield surrounding the entire Dark Elf space battleship instantly collapsed and disappeared. The Hulk, who was punching the protective shield, suddenly couldn't hold back his strength and plopped down. He fell forward with a loud sound and was knocked to his knees... Then, before the Hulk could get up amidst the laughter of others, a figure wearing a red and blue tights swung over his head.
"...Huh? Isn't this Spider-Man? Why is this guy here to join in the fun? Doesn't he always only fight super criminals?"
Looking up at the flexible figure swinging from the high-rise building to the alien battleship, Wang Qiu couldn't help but murmured in confusion.
"... Superheroes! Aren't they all willing to commit suicide like this without limit?" Ma Tong shrugged, "... Do we still want to follow?"
"...Well, since so many people have already entered, let's forget it! After all, we don't like to seek death..."
First he looked at the Hulk, who was roaring and rushing to dismantle the battleship with his bare hands, and then at the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and U.S. soldiers around him. Wang Qiu, who thought he had earned enough reward points, finally shrank decisively: He is neither Superheroes are not Lei Feng. It is better to do less thankless things.
Then, amid the messy explosions and fires, the people watching on the periphery heard another heart-breaking sound of metal friction, as well as Iron Man Tony. Stark shouted a warning through the loudspeaker: "...Look out! Back off! This thing is going to fall!"
——Boom!
The space battleship accompanying the Dark Elf was broken into two pieces by the Hulk and collapsed, thus ending the Second Battle of Manhattan.
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"...The great federal army once again faced the alien invasion in Manhattan, New York, and won a complete victory in just three hours! This is a victory for democracy, a victory for freedom, and a victory for the earth and human civilization! As the guardian of the world , the Pentagon expressed its confidence in protecting the security of the earth..."
The smoke on the banks of the Hudson River has not yet dissipated, and the victory reports of the "relevant departments" have been broadcast on the TV news.
Next, in major cities across the United States, there may be torch parades to celebrate victory, as well as various banquets and dances.
Even governments in Europe, Asia and Africa have sent enthusiastic congratulatory messages to the United States.
——Regardless of whether the leaders of those countries are secretly gloating about the misfortune, at least on the surface, they must put on a posture that all mankind shares the same hatred and the same enemy. Otherwise, it will be criticized by thousands of people and criticized by everyone: In any case, Americans have indeed been on the front line of resisting aliens these two times.
At this time, Wang Qiu and others, who had once again delayed their return, were sitting in the VIP room of Stark Industries Building, watching news reports about the Second Battle of Manhattan. Compared with the chaos and heavy casualties of the last Battle of Manhattan, this Battle of Manhattan was well-prepared, capable of commanding, and more importantly, the opponent was stupid and weak, so the US military and S.H.I.E.L.D. performed better, and finally It's almost like avenging one's previous humiliation.
For this reason, although there were still many casualties among the soldiers, and one brigade of tanks and armored vehicles was wiped out, the Pentagon still proudly showered medals on them and commended a bunch of combat heroes. And the major consortiums and scientific research departments are also very happy: the wreckage of an alien battleship that is more than half intact, and an intact alien fighter jet (after the mothership was destroyed and the energy was exhausted, the last Dark Elf The stealth fighter had no choice but to make an emergency landing and was captured), which can definitely bring great enlightenment to the development of human science and technology, which is of extraordinary significance.
In comparison, the publicity image of the superheroes fighting on the front line in the news media seems a bit subtle. Although the main theme is praise, there are also various insincere tones, as well as explicit or implicit disparagement. Even as an outsider, you can feel it.
"...It seems that the major media are very repulsive to these superheroes! It's completely different from the reaction of the people!" Ma Tong muttered.
"...American public opinion claims to be free, but in fact the major media are backed by consortiums. How can they like superheroes?"
Wang Qiu shrugged his shoulders, "...In the eyes of the rulers, there is no difference between eradicating violence and maintaining good law and order, and it is even more hateful! Because it is performing government functions on behalf of the government! The emergence of superheroes itself means that the government has failed in its duties. The authorities will naturally suppress it whenever they get the chance.”
Any country must rely on violence to maintain itself. Those who hold the strongest force can and should hold the highest power. This is an inevitable law of history. If the above laws are not followed at a certain stage in history, various distortions and abnormalities will occur in society.
The biggest problem in the Marvel world is that the superheroes who actually have the most powerful weapons do not have the highest power in the country.
As the saying goes, if you don't take what God gives you, you will suffer the consequences. Since superheroes do not hold the highest power due to boring factors such as moral obscurity or lack of brains, they will naturally be hostile and suppressed by vested interests. However, human society has become much more civilized now, and some despicable and shameless things cannot be exposed openly. If you want to suppress and discredit superheroes, you have to find ways to coerce public opinion and seize the moral high ground to gain the upper hand.
At first glance, it seems very difficult to make the protected people hostile to the superheroes who save them, but in fact, even ordinary people of the same race and culture, once they are ideologically deceived, If there are differences, then no matter how many benefits the strong party gives to the weak party, the other party will only take it for granted and show no gratitude at all. Awareness, and bit back, accusing the other party of having the mentality of being a benefactor and having bad intentions: "You should spend more money to contribute when you come to travel", "The colonial era was good, we should continue to be a colony for another three hundred years", "Give us profits from the other side of the Taiwan Strait" They want to massacre the city with a Trojan horse." "They can't even afford tea eggs, so how can they give away profits? Everything is a conspiracy of the Chinese people"...and so on.
In the Marvel world, there are similar conflicts between superheroes and ordinary people, or to be precise, between unruly superheroes and the plutocratic bosses who actually rule ordinary people. As superheroes who are very different from ordinary people, their differences from ordinary people are far greater than those of various ethnic groups in the real world, and it is easier to incite division and confrontation. What's worse is that the common people have been fooled by the media and have forgotten the cruel truth of the law of the jungle. Instead, they absurdly believe that the strong have the natural obligation to take care of the weak, and even sincerely believe that the weak have the natural right to command the strong: but this violates Common sense things are just like a rabbit commanding a tiger and a wolf. How can it be realized?
The final result of such torment will definitely become "one country, two IQs", or even worse.
Although this sounds despicable, the United States is a country ruled by plutocrats. No matter how many times superheroes save the world, in the eyes of the government and plutocrats, they are all annoying law-breakers who want to do whatever they want whenever they get the chance. We must hold them down and beat them hard, and we must do our best in publicity. Do everything possible to smear and slander - it has nothing to do with whether they do good things or bad things. In other words, it is precisely because superheroes do too many good things that the government and plutocrats hate them: if there are superheroes, they can maintain peace. , then what are the police, judges and lawyers doing?
Fortunately, although they are the same dull and greedy and shameless, the American ruling class has not yet completely degenerated to the level of the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty, which preferred to subjugate the country and exterminate the species, but also valued culture over military affairs. Facing the endless destructive crises in this world, they still know that they must rely on superheroes to protect human civilization from destruction. But I was still very reluctant to have to bow my head to a bunch of untouchables. I couldn't help but stab him in the back whenever I got the chance, and I thought it was a matter of course. The result is that the tide of public opinion takes a 180-degree turn every few days, lifting superheroes to the sky at one moment and knocking them all down at the next.
However, in the eyes of more down-to-earth superheroes, this approach is a typical reversal of right and wrong, repaying kindness with hatred. Therefore, the relationship between superheroes and the government is generally extremely tense, and they often fight because of some misunderstandings, and the government is indeed always in trouble. Instead of planning how to control or eliminate these superheroes, the result is an increasing accumulation of hatred between them. The relationship between the two parties today is somewhat similar to the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party during the Anti-Japanese War. In order to protect the earth and human society, they reluctantly sit together. Once the threat from foreign enemies is reduced, or the government and plutocrats degenerate to betray humanity, they will lead wolves into the house and join forces with aliens, aliens, and When the cult is completely complicit, a fight will begin immediately.
So, are superheroes with extraordinary powers unable to coexist harmoniously with ordinary people? The answer is definitely not so. In ancient society not so far away, nobles and commoners who claimed to have noble blood were also people from two different worlds, but everyone at that time took it for granted. No matter how many inspirational stories there are about poor and humble boys becoming famous through hard work, they cannot change the fact that the two classes are as separated as abyss.
Even in modern times, there are many wealthy political families in various countries, and no one can deny the various privileges they have, whether explicit or implicit.
In view of the above situation, superheroes who think they can rise to power through force also want to grab a few chairs in the top circles of national power and wealth, but the original old forces insist on refusing to give up even a little bit of power and wealth. , but wanted to use them as consumables. Is violence controlling wealth, or wealth controlling violence? This is a question that could last for a hundred years without any resolution.
Therefore, the superheroes in the Marvel world still have to engage in endless internal friction and battles with the official...
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Of course, all the complicated social problems in the Marvel world have no direct relationship with transient passers-by like Wang Qiu and others. The only thing they need to pay attention to right now is the progress of scoring points - overall, the situation is pretty good. The plot of "Thor 2" has been completely deviated from the original track: the Asgard domain of the Asa clan was not attacked, Thor's mother was not killed, the ether particles disappeared, and the dark elves attacked New York instead of London, the Avengers assembled again a few years in advance, and the evil god Loki did not appear at all...
The entire plot has been destroyed into an appearance that is completely unrecognizable, and the reward points are naturally rolling in like a flash flood.
"...The current total points are...98,500 points...will soon reach 100,000!"
Looking down at the "Book of Time Travel" in his hand, Wang Qiu declared, "...but where should we get the remaining 1,500 points?"
"...Oh, it's difficult to do! According to the chronological order, the plot of "Guardians of the Galaxy" that follows takes place on the distant star Xandar. We don't know the coordinates of going to that place at all, and the ether particles that serve as the introduction to the plot are also unknown. If it is destroyed, God knows what will happen next. The plot of "Captain America 2" will have to wait for another year and a half. Even if we reveal the Hydra agent lurking in SHIELD in advance, no one will believe it. Besides, we don't actually have a complete copy of Hydra. The list of lurkers only includes a few important characters.”
Levi frowned and muttered, "...should we go back to the farm in Montana for another year and a half? Or should we take the [Space Lifeboat] to try our luck in the universe and see if we can find a needle in a haystack?" Crash into Xandar? ”
——Obviously, the above two suggestions are not popular choices, and everyone was distressed for a while.
Next, the door of the VIP room was suddenly opened, and a calm-looking Iron Man Tony pushed a slightly shy Captain America in.
"...Hey, dear alien kid, I'm here to say goodbye to you!" Tony shouted carelessly, while pushing Captain America forward, "...but, Rogers is still a little bit small. Private prayer, can you do me a favor for my sake?”
Then, after listening to Captain America's hesitant statement, Wang Qiu and others couldn't help but silently exchange glances.
——The way to quickly collect the remaining 1,500 reward points has finally been found!
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※PS: Tomorrow, no, today is Valentine’s Day, so give this to Captain America and Agent Carter To the suffering lovers, and their infatuated love separated by seventy years, let's give the most comforting ending possible as the end of this volume.