novelsite Chapter 599 : The Dark Elf on the Street
Chapter 599 : The Dark Elf on the Street
Chapter 32. The Dark Elf on the Street
Although the remaining three Dark Elf stealth fighters continued to haunt the sky over Manhattan Island, swooping down and attacking the US troops on the ground from time to time.And the dark elf infantry on the ground continued to fight with the US troops on the street.But it still quickly showed signs of decline.
——No matter how superb the military technology mastered by the dark elves, they have two fatal weaknesses that cannot be remedied:
First, the total force is too small, and second, the destructive power of weapons is insufficient.
Compared with the Chitauri who invaded Earth last time, the Dark Elves only had one basically unarmed landing spaceship, and the available troops were even less than one-tenth of the former.Moreover, they do not have the Death Star or Star Destroyer-level weapons in "Star Wars", and they cannot crush the human army.Even the firepower of those dark elf stealth fighter jets is only similar to that of human jet fighter jets.
And just in case, the U.S. military deployed a full six divisions on Manhattan Island in advance-although the military expenditure for this was huge, but compared to another New York nuclear explosion and the global financial market crash, this A little expense is nothing.
Such an astonishing troop density is simply not something that a small army like the dark elves can penetrate head-on.Moreover, the dark elves can only make their spaceships and fighters optically invisible, but they cannot equip every soldier with an individual stealth system.
Therefore, after the US troops on the front line used tanks to assault and crush them without hesitation, the dark elves, who had only light infantry, quickly collapsed.
As for the three Dark Elf stealth fighters that sneaked up in the sky from time to time, they couldn't change such a disparity in strength—although the U.S. Army is used to fighting when its own side has air supremacy, it doesn't mean they can't withstand the enemy's attack. Attack with indiscriminate bombing.
——After all, a group of assassins can't show much real ability in a frontal battle.In the plot of "Thor 2", an unarmed British intern can use the abnormal phenomenon of gravity to lift a car, and then easily smash a class of dark elves to death...
Therefore, when Thor, Iron Man Tony, and Hulk 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 enemy, preventing them from escaping back to the battleship.
When Captain America and Natasha the Black Widow brought Wang Qiu and other "Kryptonian friends" over, the dark elf landing infantry on the ground had basically been wiped out, leaving only a few stragglers running around in the city.The remaining three dark elf stealth fighters in the sky were also shot down by anti-aircraft fire. The last two fighters circled around the battleship, their energy on the verge of exhaustion, but they still couldn't find a chance to land safely.
But despite this, the dark elf space battleship, which was surrounded by the human army, was still unable to attack for a long time.No matter how crazily the army poured firepower on the hull, or the Hulk swung his fists and slammed it with all his strength, they couldn't break the tortoise-like energy shield outside the battleship.
The U.S. military commander on the front line, who was driven into a hurry, even started to think about digging tunnels and sewers, but they couldn't do it in a short time.
What's worse, after confirming the complete annihilation of the landing force, the aliens in the spacecraft seemed to show signs of taking off and fleeing again.
How can this work?So many people died, so many things were destroyed, and you still want to leave?Anyway, I have to keep the spaceship as compensation!
However, when Wang Qiu and others arrived with the magical props from Doraemon World, this little trouble was immediately solved:
"...This is [Transmission Ring], as long as it is buckled on the protective cover, a passage can be opened... Eh? Why did everyone go in?"
——I saw that [Crossing Ring] had just been buckled onto the shield of the Dark Elf Space Battleship, and Thor, the God of Thunder, took the lead wielding his hammer, followed closely by Iron Man Tony, and then Captain America, holding a shield in his hand, drew his bow and stringed it The eagle-eyed Button, the black widow Natasha holding two guns... Only the huge Hulk was blocked by the one-meter-diameter [crossing ring], he was so angry that he beat his chest and stamped his feet, and then punched him hard.
However, at this moment, with the explosion sound from inside the spaceship, the invisible shield surrounding the entire dark elf space battleship instantly collapsed and disappeared. He fell forward with a bang, and fell like a dog... Then, before the Hulk got up amidst the laughter of others, a figure in red and blue tights swung past his head.
"...Uh? Isn't this Spider-Man? Why is this guy here to join in the fun? Isn't he always fighting super criminals?"
Looking up at the nimble figure swinging from the high-rise buildings all the way into the alien warship, Wang Qiu couldn't help muttering in confusion.
"...Superheroes! Don't they all die like this?" Ma Tong shrugged his shoulders, "...do we still have to follow?"
"...Well, since so many people have already entered, let's forget it! After all, we don't like to play dead..."
First he looked at the roaring Hulk rushing up to dismantle the battleship with his bare hands, then he looked at the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and American soldiers around him. Wang Qiu, who thought he had collected enough reward points, finally shrunk decisively: He was neither A superhero is not Lei Feng, so it is better to do less thankless things.
Then, amidst the messy explosions and flames, the people watching the battle outside heard a burst of teeth-stinging metal friction sounds, as well as Iron Man Tony.Stark yelled through the loudspeaker to warn: "... Watch out! Back off! This thing is going to fall!"
—Boom!
Accompanied by the dark elf's space battleship, which was broken into two pieces by the Hulk and fell down, the second battle of Manhattan came to an end.
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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, freedom, and even more importantly, a victory for the earth and human civilization! As the guardian of the world , the Pentagon expresses its confidence in safeguarding the security of the planet..."
The smoke on the banks of the Hudson River has not yet dissipated, and the news of the victory of the "relevant departments" has been broadcast on the TV news.
Next, in major cities across the United States, there may be a torchlight parade to celebrate the victory, as well as various banquets and dances.
Even the governments of various countries in Europe, Asia and Africa have sent warm congratulatory messages to the United States.
——Whether the leaders of those countries are secretly gloating or not, at least on the surface, they must put on a posture that all human beings share the same hatred.Otherwise, it will become a target of criticism and criticism: In any case, the Americans are indeed on the front line of resisting aliens these two times.
At this time, Wang Qiu and others, who had delayed their return trip again, were sitting in the VIP room of the Stark Industrial Building, watching the news reports about the Second Battle of Manhattan.Compared with the chaos and heavy casualties of the last Battle of Manhattan, this time the Battle of Manhattan was well prepared, well commanded, and more importantly, the opponent was stupid and weak, so the U.S. Army and S.H.I.E.L.D. It's almost a shame.
For this reason, although the soldiers still suffered a lot of casualties, and a brigade was reimbursed for tanks and armored vehicles alone, the Pentagon proudly sprinkled a rain of medals and commended a bunch of combat heroes.And the major consortiums and scientific research departments are also very happy: a wreck of an alien warship 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 forced landing and was captured), which can definitely bring great enlightenment to the development of human science and technology, and it is of great significance.
In contrast, the promotional image of the superheroes who are fighting on the front line in the news media is a bit subtle.Although it is also mainly praise, but all kinds of insincere tone of voice, as well as explicit or implicit derogatory, even if you are an outsider, you can feel it.
"...It seems that the major media seem to reject 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, there are consortiums behind the major media, and why do they like superheroes?"
Wang Qiu shrugged his shoulders, "...In the eyes of the rulers, there is no difference between breaking the law and breaking the law, and even worse! Because this is acting on behalf of the government! The appearance of a superhero itself means that the government has failed its duty. The authorities naturally have to suppress it whenever they have the opportunity.”
Any country must rely on violence to maintain itself. Those who wield the strongest force can and should wield the highest power. This is an inevitable law of history.If the above-mentioned laws are not followed at a certain stage of history, various distortions and abnormalities will appear in society.
The biggest problem in the Marvel world is that, in fact, the superheroes who have the most powerful force have not obtained the highest power of the country.
As the saying goes, God does not take, but suffers.Since superheroes do not hold the highest power due to boring factors such as moral cleanliness or lack of brains, they will naturally be hostile and suppressed by vested interests.However, the current human society has become much more civilized, and some despicable and shameless things cannot be made clear. If you want to suppress and discredit superheroes, you have to find a way to coerce public opinion and grab the moral high ground to gain the upper hand.
At first glance, it seems difficult to make the protected people hostile to the superhero who rescued them, but in fact, even the same ordinary people of the same race and ethnicity, once they are fooled into thinking If there is a disagreement, no matter how much benefits the strong party gives to the weak party, the other party will only take it for granted, without the slightest sense of gratitude, and bite back, accusing the other party of daring to have a benefactor mentality and malicious intentions: "You come to travel You should spend more money to make contributions", "The colonial era is good, and it should be a colony for another 300 years", "The other side's profit sharing is to engage in Trojan horse massacres", "They can't even afford tea eggs, how can it be possible to make profit sharing, everything is in China Man's conspiracy"...and so on.
In the Marvel world, there is a similar contradiction between superheroes and ordinary people, to be precise, between unruly superheroes and the plutocrats who actually rule ordinary people.As superheroes who are very different from ordinary people, the difference from ordinary people far exceeds that of different ethnic groups in the real world, and it is easier to incite tearing and confrontation.To make matters worse, the common people have been fooled by the media into forgetting the cruel truth of the strong preying on the weak. Instead, they absurdly believe that the strong have a natural obligation to take care of the weak, and even believe that the weak have the natural right to order the strong from the bottom of their hearts: but this violates A common sense thing is like a rabbit ordering a tiger and a wolf, so how can it be realized?
The final result of such tossing will definitely become "one country, two kinds of IQs", or even worse.
Although this sounds despicable, the United States is a country ruled by plutocrats. No matter how many times superheroes have saved the world, in the eyes of the government and the plutocrats, they are all disgusting lawbreakers who want to fight every chance they get. We must hold them down and beat them hard, and do everything possible to smear and slander them in publicity-this has nothing to do with whether they do good or bad things. In other words, it is precisely because superheroes have done too many good things that the government Hatred with plutocrats: If superheroes can keep the peace, what are the police, judges, and lawyers for?
Fortunately, despite the same obtuseness, greed and shamelessness, the ruling class in the United States has not yet completely degenerated to the level of the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty who would rather subjugate the country and exterminate the species than to value civility over military affairs.Facing the endless destructive crises in this world, they still know that they must rely on superheroes to keep human civilization from being destroyed.But I was still very reluctant to have to bow my head to a group of untouchables. Whenever I had the opportunity, I couldn't help stabbing the knife from behind, and I took it for granted.The result is that the tide of public opinion makes a 180-degree turn in two days and two days, and superheroes are promoted to the sky for a while, and they are all demolished for a while.
However, in the eyes of superheroes with a more serious mind, this approach is a typical reversal of right and wrong, and repaying favor with revenge. Therefore, the relationship between superheroes and the government is generally extremely tense, and they often fight because of some misunderstandings. Instead of planning how to control or eliminate these superheroes, the result is a growing hatred between each other.Today's two sides are somewhat similar to the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party during the Anti-Japanese War. They reluctantly sat together to protect the earth and human society. When the cults are completely in the same boat, they will fight immediately.
So, are superheroes with extraordinary powers unable to coexist harmoniously with ordinary people?The answer is definitely not the case.In the not-too-distant ancient society, nobles and commoners who claimed to be of noble blood were also people from two worlds, but everyone at that time took it for granted.Even if there are so many inspirational stories about poor and lowly boys becoming famous through hard work, it can't change the fact that the two classes are separated like a world.
Even in modern times, there are many 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 by force also want to grab a few chairs in the top circle of national power and wealth, but the original old forces insist on refusing to give up any power and wealth , but want to use them as consumables.Whether it is violence to control wealth, or wealth to control violence, this question is estimated to be disputed for 100 years without a result.
Therefore, the superheroes in the Marvel world still have to engage in endless internal friction and battles with the authorities...
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Of course, all these intricate social problems in the Marvel world are not directly related to Wang Qiu and the others.The only thing they need to pay attention to now is the progress of scoring points-in general, the situation is not bad. The plot of "Thor 2" has been tossed and completely deviated from the original track: the Asgard domain of the Asir protoss 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 this unrecognizable appearance, and the reward points are naturally rolling in like a torrent.
"...the current total points are... [-] points... it will reach [-] soon!"
Looking down at the "Book of Time Traveling" in his hand, Wang Qiu announced, "...But where should we go to collect the remaining [-] points?"
"...Oh, it's hard to do! According to the chronological order, the plot of "Guardians of the Galaxy" that follows takes place on the distant Xandar star. Got lost, God knows what it will look like. The story of "Captain America 2" will have to wait another year and a half. Even if we expose the hidden Hydra agents in S.H.I.E.L.D. in advance, no one will believe it , Besides, we don’t actually have a complete list of Hydra lurkers, only a few important characters.”
Li Wei frowned and muttered, "...Could it be that we want to go back to the farm in Montana and continue to nest for a year and a half? Or take the [cosmic lifeboat] to try our luck in the universe and see if we can find a needle in a haystack Crash into Xandar?"
——Obviously, neither of the above two suggestions was a favorite choice, and everyone was distressed for a while.
Next, the door of the VIP room was suddenly opened, and Iron Man Tony with a calm face pushed the slightly shy Captain America and walked in.
"...Hey, dear alien boy, I came to say goodbye to you!" Tony yelled carelessly, while pushing Captain America to the front, "...But Rogers is still a little small Personal prayer, can you do me a favor for my sake?"
Then, after hearing Captain America's faltering narration, Wang Qiu and the others couldn't help but silently exchanged glances.
——Finally found a way to quickly collect the remaining [-] reward points!
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PS: Tomorrow, no, today is Valentine’s Day. Let’s give Captain America and Agent Carter, the suffering couple, and their infatuated love blocked by 70 years of long time, an ending that is as comforting as possible. The end of this volume.