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Chapter 308 Asymmetric Warfare

In East Africa, at a military base very close to Wakanda, several massive transport ships, comparable in size to the original space carrier, slowly descended from the sky.

After landing, as the hatch on the belly of the transport spacecraft opened, squads of Stormtroopers stepped out in orderly fashion.

If a Star Wars fan saw this scene, they would probably think it wasn't in the Marvel Universe, but in the Star Wars Universe, with the Imperial Stormtroopers preparing to attack Orb.

However, this army was not an Imperial Stormtroopers at all, but a completely new mechanized legion formed under the guidance of the Earth Alliance after its establishment.

It's impossible for the Earth Alliance to provide them with equipment like the Arc Reactor and the Iron Man suit, which are Tony's private property.

However, developing a new powered armor suitable for the Earth Alliance and sufficient to bridge the physical gap between Earth soldiers and alien soldiers is not a problem for Tony at all—although the new gene serum has already begun to be rolled out in full force under the promotion of the Earth Alliance, it is ultimately designed to maximize its effectiveness when used on children.

If used on people who are older, it will still have some effect, but the effect will be greatly reduced, and may not even reach one-third of the effect.

Therefore, due to cost constraints, most ordinary adults today cannot enjoy this.

Only children under the age of twelve who belong to the Earth Alliance have the opportunity to enjoy this benefit for free.

Even if we calculate based on the age of eighteen as adulthood, it will still take at least six years for the first batch of children to grow up.

Therefore, in the short term, Earth's military forces will definitely still be mainly composed of soldiers from the old era.

Therefore, the only way to make up for the physical deficiencies of these soldiers from the old era was to rely on external forces.

A good and affordable power armor set is therefore very important.

Thus, at Levi's suggestion and with Tony's agreement,

A powered armor suit, designed with the two men's quirky sense of humor and resembling a Stormtrooper from Star Wars, was thus created.

Because of this power armor, the Earth Alliance and Sky Sword Bureau have had their share of complaints about its appearance—because in this world, there is the movie Star Wars.

So when this power armor was released, it caused quite a stir online.

Many even believe that the Earth Alliance's creation of this powered armor is a metaphor for the dictatorial rule they are about to implement.

The Earth Alliance was also at a loss for words; they certainly didn't want to create such a spectacle.

But there was no other way. Tony Stark said it was either this design or no power armor at all.

What can the Earth Alliance do?
Of course we should forgive him!
Moreover, after being tested by the Earth Alliance's new legion, this thing is really useful and suitable for various environments, even the cosmic environment.

As for the copyright objection raised by a certain copyright enthusiast after the design of this armor was released... come on, we're all family, what's with the copyright objection? (Marvel and Star Wars copyrights belong to Mickey Mouse.)

Moreover, this legion's power armor incorporates Star Wars elements.

Other vehicles provided by the Alliance to the Earth Alliance were also largely based on Star Wars designs.

For example, the spaceships that the Stormtroopers travel on are modeled after the Galactic Empire's Gamma-class ATR-6 assault transport aircraft.

(Gamma-class ATR-6 assault transport aircraft)

In addition, the various ground vehicles designed by the Alliance for the Earth Alliance, such as troop carriers, tanks, and fighter jets, were basically based on Star Wars designs.

As for the spaceships, they go without saying; the large spaceships completely adopted the shape of the famous "Star Destroyer".

(Auxiliary personnel vehicle)

(Anti-gravity tank)

Although the future is the space age, and because many civilizations in the Marvel Universe have high individual combat capabilities and advanced spaceship technology, ground vehicles are rarely seen.

But just like power armor.

Because of the relatively weak physical condition of humans, ground vehicles will still be necessary for a considerable period of time.

Moreover, due to the gravity within a planet, the operating cost of ground vehicles will always be lower than that of air vehicles under the same load conditions.

Therefore, for Earth, which is still in its early stages, it is not yet time to completely eliminate ground vehicles.

It must be said that this army, despite its metaphorical nature, has become somewhat controversial.

However, its appearance is viewed very differently, much like the M32 military uniform back then, with opinions being completely unanimous.

Now, the appearance of such an army on the outskirts of Wakanda speaks volumes about its purpose.

At the same time, almost all the attention on Earth was focused on the impending war.

Wakanda, as one of the parties declaring war, was no exception.

The moment this army appeared, footage of its operations was transmitted to Erik Killmonger, the new king of Wakanda.

"Wakabi, are you confident you can win this war?" Eric looked at the "Stormtrooper" in the holographic image in front of him, chuckled, and asked his Minister of Defense and Border Tribe Commander.

Having grown up in the United States, he naturally watched Star Wars.

Now, facing such an army in person, he couldn't help but feel a bit amused and exasperated, and inwardly remarked that those Americans just loved to do these fancy, frivolous things.

"Come on, how good can the stuff the Americans make be? If we win, we might even come back for lunch!" It was morning, and Wakabi said dismissively. "But Your Majesty, about my wife..."

Although the alliance is not affiliated with the United States, even within the Earth Alliance, the United States does not have as much influence as Earth in the original timeline.

However, because of Tony Stark, the "face" of the league.

Whether it's Erik or the other Wakandas, they still habitually refer to the Alliance and the Earth Alliance's armies as "the United States."

"Don't worry, I believe Okoye is only temporarily bewitched by that little girl. As long as you can bring that little girl back and persuade Okoye to return to the fold, I will forgive and forget!" Eric said magnanimously, waving his hand in response to Wakabi's plea.

Of course, that's what he said; no one knows what he really thought.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Please rest assured, I will soon annihilate this army. They will never be able to set foot on Wakanda's territory!" Wakabi grinned maliciously, then walked out of the palace and led his troops into battle.

Soon, dozens of vibranium fighters, unique to Wakanda, flew toward the "Imperial Stormtroopers".

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Meanwhile, on a transport ship, the command ship of the "Imperial Stormtroopers," a group of officers from the Earth Alliance and the Sky Sword Bureau were listening with blank expressions to a man named "Darth Vader" who was wearing black "Stormtrooper" armor, a black cloak, and holding a red "lightsaber."

Without a doubt, this "Darth Vader" is Tony Stark, who served as the commander of this war.

Because of the "Imperial Stormtroopers," this guy has become addicted to cosplay. When he appeared in this "Darth Vader" outfit, everyone was practically stunned.

Is it really reliable to let such an unreliable guy command this war?
Of course, people might complain in their hearts, but no one would actually say it out loud.

After all, the fate of Earth is now truly in the hands of the Alliance.

To put it bluntly, if Tony wanted to unify the Earth and become the real "Emperor" or "Darth Vader," it wouldn't be a big problem.

"Sir, enemy aircraft have been spotted approaching at a very high speed!" the communications officer reported at that moment.

"Send fighter jets to intercept!" Although it was extremely morbidly funny, Tony wasn't really acting recklessly. In fact, he already had a very comprehensive plan for this war, so he didn't need to put in much effort. He could just play around with it without worry.

With Tony's command, dozens of "TIE Interceptors" from Star Wars swept past the army advancing towards Wakanda and headed straight for the Wakanda fighters.

However, unlike the Earth Alliance's radar, which could detect Wakanda's warplanes, Wakanda's radar had no idea that Earth Alliance warplanes had launched an attack.

This is not surprising, as Wakanda's suits are, in fact, "stealth" fighters.

However, this stealth capability is relative to the ordinary radar systems that once existed on Earth.

In the past, countries around the world knew virtually nothing about vibranium.

Therefore, with the properties of vibranium, Wakanda's fighter jets can easily enter and exit the airspace of various countries.

Even let alone Earth's radar, most conventional radars from extraterrestrial civilizations might not be able to detect Wakanda's spacecraft.

From this perspective, Wakanda certainly has reason to be proud.

Unfortunately, the Wakandas are unaware that their prized secret of vibranium is hardly a secret to the Alliance.

Tony, Rocket, and other Alliance scientists had already developed a special radar targeting vibranium.

Without updates to its "stealth" technology, Wakanda's spacecraft would be completely undetectable to the Earth Alliance.

In contrast, the stealth technology used by the Earth Alliance's spacecraft is entirely extraterrestrial technology, completely different from Earth's previous technology. It would be strange if Wakanda, who had never made contact with them, could detect it.

Thus, this war, which the Wakandas considered an asymmetrical war, began in a rather asymmetrical way.

It's just that this asymmetry is somewhat different from what the Wakandas expected.

When they saw the blue dots representing their own fighter jets on the virtual screen mysteriously disappear.

King Eric was completely bewildered.

He had absolutely no idea what was happening!
“Wakabi, what exactly is going on?” Eric questioned his defense minister through Chimoyuzhu.

"I don't know... our fighter jets... suddenly lost contact..." Wakabi replied, looking completely bewildered.

"Send more fighter jets! I need to know what happened!" Eric felt inexplicably panicked by this sudden and unexpected situation. While ordering Wakabi to continue the attack, he looked at Mavis, the captain of the Dora Guard whom he trusted: "Mavis, issue a full mobilization order!"

Because of Okoye, the former captain of the Dora Guard, almost the entire original Royal Guard betrayed the regime along with Su Rui.

The current Dora's Guard is one he rebuilt.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Mavis immediately accepted the order and went out to issue the mobilization order.

The so-called mobilization order is a nationwide war mobilization order.

Despite its long history, Wakanda's population is not large due to its isolation.

The entire country has a population of less than three million.

With such a small population, the standing army would naturally not be large either, only around 100,000.

However, this does not mean that Wakanda really has little military strength.

Because in some ways, Wakanda is also a country where "everyone is a soldier".

Almost every adult, regardless of gender, receives some form of military training.

So if we really wanted to mobilize, we could pull out hundreds of thousands of people.

Eric had originally predicted that the war could be won without even having to deploy all of his regular troops.

In addition, he had only recently ascended the throne, and the people's hearts were unsettled.

Therefore, even though they declared war on the Earth Alliance, they did not issue a war mobilization order.

Instead, they planned to win this battle and accumulate a certain amount of prestige before issuing a mobilization order to officially launch the "Five Major" dungeons.

However, the unease caused by the inexplicable loss of contact with dozens of fighter jets has led Eric to abandon his original insistence.

Soon, the sounds of Wakandans shouting "You're whiter than me!" echoed outside the palace.

The loud and powerful slogans calmed Eric's slightly uneasy mood a little.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!" Just then, his Chimoyu Pearl transmitted a panicked message from Wakabi.

"What's going on?" Eric's heart, which had just settled down, jumped again.

"The enemy used sonic weapons that can completely neutralize vibranium, and they also possess more advanced stealth technology. All our fighter jets were destroyed without any warning! ... What the late king said about traitors among us is true!" Wakabi said angrily.

Ultrasound has a suppressive effect on vibranium, which is one of Wakanda's greatest secrets.

However, not all ultrasound waves are effective on vibranium; specific frequencies are required for them to work.

Therefore, according to the Wakanda's way of thinking, someone within their ranks must have leaked this frequency, which is why this situation occurred.

"How is this possible?" Eric slammed his hand on the table in front of him, exclaiming in shock.

Wakanda's greatest trophy is vibranium.

Now that the opponent has grasped the weakness of vibranium, how can they possibly win?
“Damn it…it must be that little brat Su Rui, she betrayed Wakanda…” Eric roared.

Wakabi remained silent. In his view, this was simply unrealistic, because Shuri had not been away from Wakanda for long, but the invading Earth Alliance forces were clearly well-prepared.

However, he knew that Eric was in a bad mood, so he didn't say anything more about the topic.

(End of this chapter)