Chapter 786: Primitive Africa
Sandwiched between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the African continent has always been known for its pristine and wild nature, with vast expanses of rivers and lakes like the sea.
There are not only Algeria, where most of the country's land is desert, but also the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where 60% of the area is tropical jungle, there are vast deserts, there are mysterious and deep tropical jungles, and there are also deserts and grasslands in the dry season and rainy season.
This continent is rich in mineral resources and a wide variety of animals and plants, but it has never been able to ignite the light of science and technology called 'industry', even in the modern era of advanced technology, there are primitive tribes, you can imagine how poor.
All the country's economic sources are basically based on agriculture, forestry, and mining, and there are occasional places to develop tourism, and as for industry, it is even rarer, and even domestic demand cannot be satisfied.
Therefore, it is extremely difficult to meet the needs of food and clothing on this continent, and the average life expectancy is the lowest in the world, and a large amount of international assistance is needed every year to reduce the number of people who die of disease and hunger.
But who would have thought that on this continent of least developed countries and regions, there is a country (tribal group) with the richest, most technologically advanced and the longest history in the world - Wakanda.
Greer sat in the co-pilot, looking down on the continent below through the cabin cover made of acrylic resin and carboxylene, and holding the Cobra mobile phone in his right hand, looking at the images transmitted by the two disc beasts, which is the most special feature of the disc beasts, which can be connected to each other to transmit image data without signals.
After Stark knew this, he immediately expressed strong indignation at the first meeting, Grell gave the disc beast a gift, and co-authored it not as a gift, but as a spy by his side, which was definitely a scheming BOY.
In the image transmitted from the screen of Cobra's mobile phone, a half-worn convoy is driving on a dilapidated road, bumpy like a trampoline, but the people in the car are accustomed to it, it is good to have such roads, many parts of Africa have only dirt roads.
The cars were filled with Ulysses Crowe's underground munitions factory, which manufactured all kinds of weapons, from bullets and grenades to artillery shells and rockets.
Relying on the sale of vibranium, Ulysses Crowe obtained the first pot of gold, but he did not lie on the vibranium and eat his old money, but found another way to make money.
Buying the weapons production lines that have been eliminated by the developed countries, producing backward weapons, and selling them to small African countries and some forces, starting from scratch and developing for more than 20 years, he has actually made a career.
The cheap arms he produced were sold very well in the African market, and he also developed a lot of regular customers, earning a lot of money every year, laying a small territory and raising an army (?). ), became a hegemon.
For example, Stark once met Ulysses Crowe at an arms conference, but he wanted to use vibranium as a stepping stone to befriend Stark, and maybe he had the opportunity to get some advanced weapons produced by Stark Industries.
It's just that Stark was at the peak of his life at that time, and there were countless people around him everywhere he went, and he didn't look down on this black market arms dealer at all, and after understanding that the other party wanted to exchange vibranium for Stark Industries' advanced weapon blueprints and obsolete production lines, he ignored him.
It was also that conference that made Stark pay attention to Ulysses Crowe, and after in-depth investigation, he found that a large part of the vibranium circulating in the black market was circulated from his hands, but this guy was very low-key, unless he met Stark's level, he would never reveal that he had vibranium in his hand, and he really didn't see rabbits and eagles.
Ulysses Crowe has always been very low-key, never personally trading vibranium, and has always said that he also received it from other people, making a difference, and the shipment is small, so it is not very noticeable.
If it weren't for the 'prophet' news, who would have thought that this guy had sold vibranium for one or two decades, and he still had nearly half a ton of vibranium in his hand, you can imagine how much vibranium he had in his hand at the beginning.
Stark glanced at the screen of his mobile phone in Greer's hand, saw that he was searching for 'Wakanda', and said, "Are you interested in this agricultural country?" ”
Grell gave Stark a roll of the eyes, let him understand for himself, he knew everything, what kind of novice is he here.
Stark laughed like a child who had succeeded in his prank, and pointed downward, "We're in the sky over Wakanda right now." ”
Following Stark's words, Jarvis also showed Wakanda shot by the Kun fighter jet: endless jungles, vast grasslands, rolling mountains, large and small lakes, dotted tribal groups, almost no traces of modernization, maintaining a very primitive appearance.
"Look, it's a very backward agricultural country." Stark raised his eyebrows, turned off the useless aerial footage, changed to a slightly more comfortable position, and said to himself, "Next time, the seat should be modified to be able to lie down." ”
"Yes, a backward agricultural country, but it insists on not wanting outside assistance, and there are no roads, railways, airports, and the outside world to figure it out, and it is truly closed to the outside world." Grell tilted his head to the left, looking out at the jungle below, wanting to go down and see what kind of shield it was strong enough to defend against the troop carriers that Thanos had fallen from outer space.
If Wakanda's high technology can be applied globally, can it fight with Sanos?
In the movie, Wakanda's combat effectiveness... It's hard to say, although there are flying boats, but there are not too many of them, they have no sense of existence, and they have been easily beaten by the panthers, and the most is the army, carrying spears and clothes made of vibranium, and there is a tribe that is a cavalry, and it seems that the rhinoceros is still used as a mount.
It seems that they claim to be the world's leading technology, mainly in life, not in the military, otherwise human beings outside have invented nuclear bombs, shouldn't they have more powerful weapons? Or is it peace-loving and not too much about the development of weapons and equipment?
This is not something that can be solved by adding a server array, the simplest example, ten 256MB memory sticks, in terms of technical content, computing speed, working frequency, etc., add up to no more than a 2GB memory stick, technology is not a simple addition and subtraction.
Although Stark had just said that he had control over the Trident headquarters, Greer felt that he must not have let go of the surveillance of important locations such as Capitol Hill and the White House, otherwise he would not be indifferent to the suspicions of the White House and the criticism of the Parliament, and he looked like he was in control.
When did Stark get so bold? In the past, he persuaded Grell to abide by the rules of humanity, but now that Grell has begun to obey the rules, he has become 'lawless', and he doesn't care how much accusation he will face when these things are exposed.
I think it must have started with the knowledge of the 'future', half of humanity was reduced to ashes, and the world fell into chaos and chaos from then on.
In the movie, Stark did not develop a swarm of nanobots, probably because he was worried about being discovered, which would lead to trouble, but now, Stark has nothing to fear, and if he loses, he may be a handful of ashes, and it doesn't matter if he abuses, boycotts and asks for guilt.
Grell didn't dare to think about it, the current Stark was really a bit scary, and he was indeed a little unscrupulous for the sake of victory, and hurriedly said something else: "You won't use vibranium as a material, right?" ”
Recently, Stark has been extremely pursuing vibranium, and has borrowed two disc beasts to track down the biggest vibranium dealer, in order to catch all the materials in the other party's hands.
"Vibranium is currently the best material for nanotechnology applications." Stark generously admitted that he would carry out a large-scale outfit based on nanotechnology, and be ready to face the battle at any time, whether it was a nano machine group or a steel suit, vibranium was needed.
Immediately after, Stark talked about the contribution of the Disc Beast, drones can only monitor at high altitudes, the nano machine swarm is too small and easy to interfere, the Disc Beast is very suitable for tracking and listening, and has found two places where Ulysses Crowe hides vibranium.
One was Ulysses Crowe's newly acquired cargo ship, which he had been busy converting into an munitions shop for the past two months to evade tracking and tracking; The other is in a slum all over the African continent, where the art of hiding is very well understood, and no one would have thought that the stinking shack area hides vibranium dozens of times more valuable than gold, and not many people know what vibranium looks like and how expensive it is.
Stark is making the final confirmation, to see if these are all the stocks in his hands, and after getting them ready, he will start to get rid of the harm for the people and harvest a large amount of vibranium by the way.
"How many have you found?" Grell is more concerned about whether the amount is enough, in the movie, Ultron made such a thick vibranium pillar, even if it is doped with other metals to cast into alloys, it will cost a lot of vibranium.
Stark stomped his foot and said, "You can buy this building at our feet." ”
"Nearly half a ton, it should be about the same." With a little calculation, Grell came up with the Stark Tower, which is located in the most prosperous part of Manhattan, and the United Nations Building is located on the same street, and is worth billions of dollars.
"Do you have time tonight?" Stark made an offer.
"Of course."
Stark immediately looked up and shouted, "Jarvis, leave in an hour." ”
"Yes, sir, a route to the east coast of Africa has been planned."
This is a walk-and-go journey, when the outside world is in full swing to discuss how to deal with the Avengers, the main force of the Avengers quietly left the Avengers Building, and did not take a rather conspicuous Kun transport plane, but drove away.
Stark's luxury car didn't move, and Grell drove an ordinary official car, but all kinds of high-tech equipment were readily available, even the seats were specially made, and the design could be filled with nano suits, so that Stark could wear steel suits at any time.
Drive all the way through the tunnel to New Jersey, and according to Jarvis's navigation, you arrive at a warehouse far from the downtown area, where there is a well-maintained Quint fighter jet, yes, a Quint fighter capable of attacking, not a transport plane that the Avengers Building can only use to transport things.
Greer was speechless in the face of this trapped fighter, Stark's courage has indeed always been quite big, and after having no scruples, there is nothing to restrain him, Greer is quite skeptical, is this fighter the only one Stark?
The answer is definitely not.
Walking around the Kun fighter, Greer found a lot of differences, there were no peripheral cannons, all weapons and equipment were hidden in the body, ensuring perfect stealth characteristics, and the means of attack also canceled traditional weapons such as missiles, and replaced them with energy weapons such as lasers.
Inside the Kun fighter, the front cockpit has two seats, and the rear cabin has four seats, which is only half of the former in terms of volume compared to the transport aircraft.
Stark dismantled the seats in the rear cabin and converted it into a Ghana library for steel suits, and the latest Mark46.Some parts use micro-storage technology based on nanotechnology, which is faster to wear and more convenient to carry... All in all, a whole bunch of advantages.
According to the classification, this set of steel suits is to verify the prototype of nanotechnology, and two or three sets of testing machines will be built according to the situation, and a series of tests will be completed before the real nano suit will be manufactured, and at that time, the combat power will show a qualitative leap.
Of course, the cost will also soar in a straight line, once hand-built mark1, to alloy mark2, and titanium alloy made of Mark3, every time the replacement represents the cost of adding a few zeros.
According to Stark's estimates, the cost of the nano suit is likely to exceed ten figures, and Grell is frightened when he listens to it, this plan, the amount of money invested is astronomical, and there is no return, can Stark really hold on? .
This question is not useful, and if you ask, you will definitely say that there is no problem, even if you sell the property, Stark will advance his plan, once the war with Sanos is lost, the rich and worthless will have the same probability of turning into a pinch of loess.
The roof had been opened, and the Kun fighter turned on optical stealth, and then took off quietly, almost without any movement, and flew into the sky, reaching an altitude of 15,000 meters, before starting to accelerate and heading towards the east coast of Africa.
Greer has flown more than once in the Kun series of aircraft, but this is the first time to sit in the driver's seat, giving people a completely different feeling than sitting in the back cabin, with a wide field of vision, such a high altitude overlook has a unique charm.
Along the way, Grell and Stark exchange ideas about the operation against Hydra, Greer is worried about Hydra's counterattack, and Stark says that the Hydra personnel hidden in government agencies influence and obstruct, which are more difficult to solve than S.H.I.E.L.D.
After a long time, a black line appeared in the vast ocean, and the African continent arrived.