United States, White House.

Charlotte is presiding over an emergency meeting.

"I know it's late," Charlotte said, looking at the core members of the U.S. government and the top scientists, "but there are some things we have to figure out tonight, and some decisions we have to make tonight." So hard work everyone. First of all, let me introduce, this is Howard? Mr. Stark, who has long been responsible for the development of our cutting-edge weapons, is now widely active on the battlefield. ”

Howard nodded to the government officials present, in fact, he knew many of them, especially the generals, who had a good personal relationship with him. But it was the first time he had been seen in public form.

"Mr. Howard, tell us what you think of what happened in Cyprus a few days ago."

"Yes, Miss President. We've been working on magic technology for a long time, and we've tried to figure out where the energy comes from, and eventually we think that it might come from another world. After that, the focus of our work shifted to how to artificially break the connection between the two worlds, and through guò, we can break the barrier between the two worlds, and we can obtain endless energy. However, when we got to the most critical part of our theory, we ran into an impenetrable barrier, and we found that the equation we had deduced was unsolvable. ”

"That is to say," asked the Minister of War, "it is impossible to break the barrier between the two worlds, right?" ”

"No, uh, how to say, we think that the reason why this equation is not solved is because our mathematical theory is not perfect enough, and in the history of mathematics, there are many equations that were originally thought to have no solution, and they have been understood with the development of theory. So, we've been waiting for someone who can push math forward so that we can solve this equation. And now, I think, the Germans have somehow broken through this barrier. ”

Of course, Howard did not know that Lin Youde's scientists had made progress by abandoning their original scientific thinking and studying this problem from a completely new angle, and he could only look at and study this from a formal and scientific point of view, and in his opinion, the achievements of the Germans must have been because the Germans had solved the equation.

"So they opened a passage to another world?"

"Opened for a short time."

At this time, the director of the US Army Intelligence said: "But the information we have received from the British shows that the Germans do not think that it is another world, and their theory seems to be inclined to the two worlds as one." ”

"Did the British get the Germans' research report?" Howard asked

"No, they made it up by eavesdropping on the small talk of German scientists."

"Interesting," Howard cupped his chin in deep thought, "if this is true, then it would be really interesting, but our theory has many real results to support it, and even this time in Cyprus, we made a machine based on our theory that we correctly detected it, and we reported to the White House that something was wrong in Cyprus before the intelligence services." ”

"Yes." Charlotte briefly affirmed Howard's statement, and then motioned for Howard to continue.

"Leaving aside the German theories for the time being, after this incident, we have collected a large number of numbers, which may not help us solve the equations, but may have a positive impact on our research in the application of magic technology. So I think we should control Cyprus and then send a scientific expedition team to collect a few samples on the spot. ”

As soon as Howard's voice fell, the chief of staff of the US Army, George? Marshall asked, "What I want to know is, how long will it take for these positive effects you are talking about to be translated into combat effectiveness?" ”

"Well, five to ten years soon."

"Isn't that useless for the war we're waging now?"

"Yes," Howard nodded decisively in acknowledgement, "but it is impossible for the Germans to convert their theoretical superiority into combat effectiveness in a short period of time, and the fact that they were able to cause this incident in Cyprus shows that their theory is quite advanced, but we have not seen the Germans' Shenji achieve an overwhelming superiority on the battlefield with magic armor, have we?" According to the previous assessment of the German and Russian Shenji battles by our military observers, the Germans' Shenji magic armor and our Shenji magic armor are the same level of products. ”

"In that case," said Admiral King, chief of naval operations, "it seems that there is no need for us to fight for Cyprus." ”

"No, it is necessary, sir." "I have just made it clear that the number of jù gained on the island of Cyprus in five to ten years may turn into a tangible advantage," Howard said categorically. We can't just look at the present, we have to plan for the future, can we? ”

At this time, Shi Tingsheng spoke again: "If you want me to say, we really don't need to focus on Cyprus, let the Germans take this island and let them study, we just need to defeat Germany according to the original war plan, and then snatch the results of German research." If you win the war, you have everything. As Mr. Stark said, it may take five to ten years for the research to have a positive impact, doesn't it? By that time, the war was long over. ”

"On this point," this time it was changed to Charlotte, who had been listening, "The British sent information that the events in Cyprus had caused the appearance of something on the island that the Germans called Element Zero, which could be used to produce high-grade alchemy materials and powerful magic devices, and we have not been able to have further information about Element Zero, but it is certain that the Germans have used the Element Zero made in the real yàn room for equipment production. ”

Charlotte paused: "The British believe that if the Germans exploit Element Zero in Cyprus on a large scale, the tide of the war may turn against us. Churchill even believed that the Germans had gone to Cyprus to make Element Zero, believing that it had been chosen because of its low population density and the fact that it was an island that was prone to blocking news and control. ”

"It's an island," Admiral King said, "but the coastline of that island is hundreds of kilometers long, so it's not an easy blockade, right?" ”

"It's easier than setting up a quarantine zone on land." Charlotte said disapprehantly, "Churchill was convinced that we should take that island." Britain will do its best to do so. ”

"Aren't the British now busy fending off the French attack from Libya?" George? Marshall shrugged, "Do they have time to attack Cyprus now?" ”

"No, that's why we are needed."

"But if we don't take control of the sea in the western Mediterranean, we can't send army troops to Egypt," Admiral King reminded Charlotte, "and we can't have troops cross the Pacific and then the Indian Ocean by boat." To increase the number of troops to Egypt, it had to be transported to Britain first and then to Egypt. ”

"Then seize the sea supremacy of the western Mediterranean, and this task will be handed over to the navy, and the Royal Navy should be happy to assist you." Charlotte said in an incredibly calm tone.