Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 349 Gundam Takes Flight
Of course, the retreat of only a few bombers did not mean that the raid was over so hastily.

Soon, a large number of ground troops also appeared on the Sokovia border.

Among these ground troops, there were not only obvious American weapons, but also a large number of disorganized and chaotic armed forces from neighboring countries.

It's important to know that Sokovia isn't the only place in Eastern Europe.

Sokovia was just lucky to have Luca step in and end the previous chaos, but the surrounding small countries were not within Luca's reach to help.

It's unclear what benefits the Skrulls promised them, or whether they simply replaced the leaders of these warlords in secret.

The warlord forces, who used to fight each other to the point of near-brain damage, have now all gathered together and are menacingly surrounding Sokovia.

Unfortunately, Sokovia's regular armed forces consist of more than just this 'small' number of drones.

Mech units, robot legions, and superhuman armed forces.

All sorts of military forces capable of confronting the Hell Dimension were mobilized in full force, staging a devastating massacre for all the covert forces watching the battle.

Even the 'medical robots' that have now entered most Sokovia households have now taken to the battlefield with special weapons, becoming a formidable fighting force.

However, Luca, who was the de facto ruler of Sokovia, was not paying much attention to the battle that was essentially one-sided.

Because right there at the original New York site, more Skrull troops also launched their first wave of attack.

"Sir, we have detected that eleven military bases across the United States have launched ultra-long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles at us, seventy fighter jets have taken off simultaneously, two aircraft carrier fleets are approaching New York from the open sea, and ground forces are mainly based at military bases in North Carolina to the southwest. It is speculated that a small number of airborne troops will also set off simultaneously with the ground forces."

In a makeshift operations room at the New York site.

Having changed into a Sokovian military uniform, Little Vision was now meticulously reporting the radar intelligence to Luca.

This place was originally Tony's architectural office during the reconstruction of New York. However, after Luca took over the place, anticipating that the Skrulls would not allow him to build the 'Scanning Spire', he simply converted it into his command center.

Listening to Vision's report, Luca waved his hand casually without even looking up.

"Understood. Locate the bases controlled by the Skrulls as soon as possible and send Haro troops to strike them."

"As for those missiles, just leave them all to Spot to handle; intercept the rest according to plan!"

"understand!"

Little Vision, dressed in a military uniform, gave a respectful military salute.

He then immediately took control of the equipment and ordered the deployment of interceptor drones to deal with the long-range missiles.

In an instant, dozens of drone groups took off and rushed toward the flight paths of the intercontinental ballistic missiles calculated by Hakimi.

Of course, while it's called drone interception, these drones are actually just used for remote positioning.

Whenever a drone group appears in the flight path of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the spotted people immediately activate a dark teleportation device in front of these drones that have completed optical lock-on, directly swallowing the oncoming missile and sending it directly into space.

This was mainly because Luca was worried that the Skrulls might develop something as powerful as a nuclear strike, so he tried his best to intercept these missiles directly outside of New York.

However, these missiles are relatively easy to deal with compared to the ones that seem to pose the greatest threat.

In reality, it was the army composed of ordinary soldiers that posed a real challenge for Luca. "Luca, those soldiers are just being manipulated by the Skrulls. Should we..."

Dr. Banner, who was also in the operations command room, looked at Luca with a troubled expression.

Although all action plans have been arranged long ago, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

But when these human soldiers, under the command of the Skrulls, launched an attack on them, Dr. Banner, with his kind nature, couldn't help but feel the urge to show mercy.

However, Luca simply shook his head slightly upon hearing this.

"You know, not all of these people are innocent. We can only minimize casualties as much as possible, but we can't give up the fight completely!"

Upon hearing this, Dr. Banner hesitated for a moment, then remained silent.

In fact, Luca was also aware of the fact that he was 'not entirely innocent'.

According to intelligence relayed by Natasha and the Skrulls who were mind-controlled by Luca, a significant portion of the American troops attacking New York have actually defected to the Skrulls.

Yes, join the Skrulls!
Due to the Skrulls' own population shortage, they placed great importance on the availability of manpower for their troops.

For these US military units, they not only deployed a large number of personnel to replace the upper echelons, but also placed some Skrulls in the lower-level units to disguise themselves and continuously guide and brainwash ordinary soldiers.

Of course, not all soldiers would 'defect' because of this.

But when a series of benefits such as medical subsidies, salary increases, meal allowances, and retirement settlements are thrown at them like they're free, they are met with a different reality.

In stark contrast to the tragic fate of those who, after retiring from the military, could only become bankrupt homeless people, a large number of American soldiers still became accomplices to these green-skinned aliens, even though they knew that these aliens wanted to rule the earth.

In addition, some of the soldiers who continued to oppose the Skrulls were subsequently arrested.

The result of this carrot-and-stick approach was that the speed at which these American troops, especially the Army, defected, without any backbone, was beyond everyone's imagination.

Of course, none of this has much to do with Luca.

Those Americans who sided with the Skrulls wouldn't care how many Luca died.

The reason he still chose to minimize casualties in his tactical arrangements was mainly to maintain his upright and glorious image in the eyes of the world, so that after the war, no one would nitpick about these issues and criticize him.

Luca's so-called "reducing enemy casualties" tactic is...
"Sir, the Dark Goddess Gundam has completed its exit preparations!"

"Really? Let's go then!"

As soon as Luca finished speaking, Hakimi had already conveyed the instructions without Vision relaying them.

Outside the construction site, three mechanical doors that were originally disguised as ordinary supply warehouses suddenly opened.

Three mass-produced Gundam models, painted entirely in black and with a simpler design compared to Luca's Boxer Gundam, quickly rose into the air and scattered to their respective battlefields.

However, those who are familiar with Gundam technology will notice this.

The particle flames emitted by these three black Gundams after activation were different from the dazzling blue particles of the Boxer Gundam 'Hextech GN Drive'.

Instead, it was the scarlet particle light band that looked rather evil and eerie!
(End of this chapter)