I'm the Demon King in Marvel

As soon as the army arrived, they quickly rushed towards the nearest town.

A large number of engineers stayed behind to build a permanent fortress to guard this magical wormhole and prevent the retreat from being cut off.

As mentioned before, at the beginning of World War II, the number of U.S. Army soldiers was less than 100,000, and the vast majority of the 48 states did not maintain a military establishment, only some sheriffs and police to maintain law and order.

In 1939, Washington State was just a small state in the northwest with a sparse population. It was far from the high-tech industrial complex that it later became, with Boeing's production lines and the headquarters of Microsoft and Amazon.

How can the existing police and sheriffs in Washington State alone possibly stop the ferocious Guards?

In addition, in order to capture Washington State as quickly as possible, the general commanding the Imperial Guards Corps in this operation was not a prince of the royal family, but Seishirō Itagaki, who had just stepped down as Minister of the Army on August 8.

The prince also knew that this was not the time to grab the credit and he could just wait until the situation stabilized before reaping the benefits.

With the blessing of "Itagaki's courage", the Imperial Guards Division easily captured Olympia, the capital of Washington State, with a crushing momentum, and divided its troops to rush towards Seattle and Portland on the Columbia River.

The Imperial Guards Division encountered almost no enemy along the way. With the help of the newly built state roads of the "New Deal" in the previous years and the looted cars, these Japanese devils spread across Washington State at a speed faster than an armed parade and rushed south to Oregon.

“Is this the U.S. military?”

Seishirō Itagaki watched in disbelief as the only organized regiment stationed in Portland was defeated by a squadron of the Imperial Guards Division in five minutes.

"Is this also considered an army?"

As the leader who personally planned the incident and swallowed up Manchuria, Itagaki Seishirō had seen Zhang Xiaoliu's army and later participated in two major battles in the Central Plains.

He can say responsibly that, apart from having better equipment, the fighting spirit of these American troops is simply garbage!

If they were placed in any army in East Asia, these garbage soldiers would be shot by the supervision team.

The Japanese had heard of incidents of tanks driving out veterans who were demanding their wages before. As generals, they were naturally aware of the impact of such incidents on military morale, but they did not expect that the US top brass paid so little attention to military construction, and that the impact had not been eliminated after so many years.

"You've really brought this upon yourself! You've relied on the strategic advantage of your territory and are used to a life of luxury." The old Japanese sneered, "Since you're not prepared, don't blame me for not following martial ethics."

"Order the entire army to speed up the progress and continue to take over Oregon!"

"There are vast tracts of fertile land waiting for us to occupy!"

"Lazy and incompetent Americans don't deserve these lands!"

The original battle plan only included the occupation of Washington State, but when Itagaki Seishirō saw that the U.S. military was too weak, he simply pushed forward.

There was no way around it, because in the battle to capture Washington State, the Guards Division suffered only single-digit casualties, half of which were accidents during the journey.

Whoever becomes a commander must pursue the victory, fortunately, there is more strategic depth in the later defensive battles.

Chapter 464: The Stark family's stinking fart

The war came to the North American continent suddenly and unexpectedly.

When the news got back to the White House, the "gentlemen" panicked again.

Unlike the last time when "aliens landed in New York" turned out to be a false alarm, the "gentlemen" not only suffered no losses, but also received technical support that was far ahead of its time, which can be said to be a huge profit.

This time the wolf is really coming.

The Japanese devils are more cruel than wolves!

"Why? Why are the Orientals in Washington State? How did they cross the Pacific Ocean?"

"What is the Pacific Fleet doing? Didn't they notice the enemy is at their doorstep?"

"This is malfeasance! Kimmel should be court-martialed!"

The panicked "gentlemen" found it difficult to accept the cruel reality and only gradually regained their senses after shouting helplessly for a few minutes.

Franklin Roosevelt had already picked up the phone and called Stark, but this time it was a different Stark.

"Howard, I hope you can temporarily break away from the embrace of the ladies and make good friends with your future son..."

Howard on the other end of the phone screamed and complained loudly: "Sir, I'm only 30 years old. How can I accept a son who is over 50 years old?"

"Listen, I know he is not your son, but America needs you and his special identity now." Roosevelt's tone suddenly became cold and serious, "I already felt Mr. Stark's dissatisfaction with us during the last meeting. The White House can no longer call him as it did before."

"Uh..." Howard Stark was obviously not a fool. He heard Roosevelt's subtext and immediately asked, "Sir, what happened?"

"The Japanese army suddenly appeared in Washington State. Olympia fell. Seattle and Portland will certainly not be able to be defended. With the existing military strength in the West, San Francisco and Los Angeles will not be able to be defended."

"..." Howard took a breath and immediately pushed away the three bodies climbing on him. He climbed up from the big bed in the hotel and said quickly, "I'm going to find him now. I will rely on him in the future."

It's not just his patriotism, what's more important is Stark Industries' business. The President has already said so much, if he is not proactive, the Pentagon will definitely remove Stark Industries from its supplier list next year.

This is a national disaster. If he can't do it or there is someone else who can replace him, it would be fine. At least he has an excuse to shirk responsibility. But now he is the only one who can do this. It would be not only stupid but also bad to act like a petty person.

The playboy, who was in his prime, drove to his "son's" villa immediately after leaving the hotel.

In 1939, Tony Stark purchased a property in New York for the Avengers as a new headquarters building, located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, including the Empire State Building and its surrounding area.

Yes, Tony surrounded the entire portal and used automated construction robots to build a circle of walls that were hundreds of meters high. He also flattened most of the high-rise buildings inside and converted them into an airport, leaving only the Empire State Building and a high-rise building next to it as offices and residences.

He handled the portals in several other cities in the same way, but in order to ease the anger of the refugees in the main universe of the movie, Tony set new rules for them. After meeting certain conditions, they could immigrate to the safe time and space of 1939.

This time and space is not only safe, but also backward.

The refugees have all been exposed to time-travel-themed movies and TV shows to some extent, and they also know Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in Arthur's King's Law". Ever since they learned that the other side of the portal is the year 1939, they have been imagining how they will make money and fortune after traveling back in time, how they will recruit younger brothers to become the boss, and how they will become the king.

With this carrot, most of the refugees stopped making trouble. The few who wanted to make trouble gradually went into hiding after being suppressed, trying to obtain immigration qualifications as soon as possible and become noble time travelers in the space and time of eighty years ago.

Unfortunately, before the refugees could put their dreams into practice, reality had already changed in a direction that they could not understand at all.

"Mr. Stark, your father Howard is here to visit." The artificial intelligence "Friday" is obviously not as human as Jarvis.

Ever since the Ultron incident, Tony has deliberately limited the humanity of the new version of artificial intelligence.

So Jarvis is special. He is the family that young Tony created for himself after losing his parents, and too much emotion was invested in the design process.

"Remember, although this man is closely related to me on a genetic level, he is not my father," Tony emphasized to Friday again.

Having said that, at least the other party has a special relationship with him.

"Open the door and let him in."

Roosevelt's judgment was correct. After several contacts, he could feel how much Tony valued his friends and family. After all, this Tony was old Tony who was willing to sacrifice himself for his family and friends.

If it were someone in the White House, even Secretary of State Cordell Hull, he might have been turned away after the unpleasant atmosphere last time.

"Wow!" Howard looked around after entering the room, and praised in a half-surprised and half-pretentious tone, "The equipment here is so advanced!"

"What...what are these things?"

Howard swore that if it weren't for America, he would never behave like an idiot who had never seen the world.

Although he had never seen these advanced equipment, he was proud!

Tony felt inexplicably refreshed when he saw his awkward look. Although the other party was not his father and might not give birth to a Tony Stark of this universe in the future, seeing this face and remembering the experience of being scolded by him in the past, compared with his current naive look, Tony always felt inexplicably refreshed.

Just like a child who has always been looked down upon by his parents, eventually surpasses his parents, returns home in glory, and makes his parents admit their mistakes...

"The simulation workbench is an inconspicuous little thing. I made it twenty years ago." Tony said calmly.

Howard glanced at him and confirmed in his heart: This guy is indeed his own! When he farts, it's like he's looking in the mirror.

"Wow, you're so awesome!" Howard gritted his teeth and played the clown for America.

"It's okay. The Nobel Prize wanted to give me a few times, but I didn't have the time to go." Tony still looked calm.

"..." Howard was silent for a moment, and then he forced himself to continue the comedy: "Really? I haven't even been nominated."

Tony felt so refreshed that he couldn't even suppress the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

After a long period of disgusting flattery, Howard finally stated his purpose: "Smart Mr. Stark, do you know why the Japanese devils' army appeared in Washington State?"

"Of course I know. 'Friday' pulled up the satellite cloud map." Tony already knew why he came.

Chapter 465 Steve's Second Time

Howard Stark once again witnessed the advancement of future technology.

The images transmitted back by the satellite include not only high-definition color photos, but also continuous videos, like an extra eye in the sky.

The concept of artificial satellites appeared as early as 1870, but it was not until 1957 that the first satellite was built by the Soviet Union.

Even in the Marvel Universe, at this point in time in 1939, the Earth's natives hadn't even mastered rocket technology.

"It's amazing!" Howard did not act this time, but instead expressed the excitement and emotion of an engineer and scientist when he saw the road ahead.

"As you can see, this wormhole appeared suddenly." Tony Stark explained: "Looking at its color and the way it appeared, it should have been opened by the energy of the Space Stone."

"Space Gem?" This undoubtedly touched upon Howard's blind spot in knowledge.

"It's the Cosmic Cube, a treasure owned by Odin in Norse mythology. It's actually one of the six Infinity Stones. It was dropped on Earth by aliens from Asgard more than four thousand years ago..."

Tony added some knowledge to Howard, which undoubtedly shook his three views.

"What? The gods in mythology are all aliens?"

"Not all, but most of them." With the help of Carol Danvers and Stephen Strange's popular science, Tony learned more about alien civilizations and the gods on Earth.

"Oh my God!" Howard couldn't believe it: "God is also an alien? Then what is Christianity? An alien cultural invasion?"

"..." Tony was silent, not knowing how to answer, so he had to change the subject: "Did you come here today to hear me introduce aliens?"

"Well, although I really want to know, the people in the West are now being persecuted by the invaders..." Howard knew the seriousness of the matter.

"So? What do you want us to do on behalf of the White House?" Tony looked at him leisurely and said with a smile, "Don't forget, we are just partners with you."

"But you are also Americans, aren't you?" Howard rolled his eyes and said cleverly, "The domestic army needs time to reorganize, but the enemy is already wreaking havoc on the country..."

"Haha, twenty years after World War I, you didn't think about restoring the army, and now the enemy is coming and you want to form an army again?"

Even Tony Stark, an American capitalist, could not agree with the bizarre actions of his American colleagues in the 1920s and 1930s. He could understand the reasons for their bizarre actions from the nature of capitalists, but as an arms dealer, he really could not accept these outdated ideas.

For twenty years after the end of the war, the military establishment in the United States was reduced again and again. In order to save money, the capitalists reduced the number of domestic troops to an outrageous level. If they had not relied on the navy to guard the sea gates, they might have sent the warships to be scrapped, just like the Great Ying Empire decades later.

"It costs a lot of money to maintain an army..." Howard smiled awkwardly: "In fact, I definitely hope that there are as many troops as possible!"

"We can take action."

Tony thought about it and finally agreed. After all, Steve Rogers, another backbone of the Avengers, would definitely not sit idly by and watch the Japanese devils poison America.

“But this is a business!”