When national forces make a serious decision, they act extremely quickly.
In just one morning, an armored division entered the city and, together with the help of the arriving aviation brigade, put the entire city under martial law.
Wall Street is the focus. Dense soldiers and tanks surround this financial center which has turned into a bloody place. In the sky, fighter planes are hovering in the air to monitor at all times.
"I suggest an immediate saturation bombing of Wall Street!" General Peter, who had just received the news and rushed over to the temporary command center, said as he sat in a chair.
The First Armored Division came to Manhattan for support, but the command was under his control and he did not hand it over. He did not need to listen to what the newly dispatched general said.
Similarly, as a global intelligence organization, SHIELD, the newly dispatched general is not qualified to give orders to Nick Fury, the director of SHIELD.
During their first meeting, the new West German general tried to seize power by showing off his power, but his plan was easily defeated by both sides and he failed. After that, everything concerning Manhattan City had to be handled by the three parties through discussion.
The most important thing at the moment is to resolve the issue of the destruction of Wall Street. The newly dispatched senior military officials, General Peter of Blackwatch, Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D., Steve Rogers, and Tony Stark who followed them, held another meeting here.
However, judging by the tense atmosphere in the command center at this moment, it seemed that the discussions were not very successful.
"Saturation bombing of Wall Street? That would cause the loss of a lot of very important things. We can send soldiers in to slowly clean it up..."
"You simply don't understand how terrible the Blacklight virus is!" General Peter interrupted with narrowed eyes.
"Terrible?" The speaker laughed. "Well, General, what do you mean? Is it the contagiousness or the infected monsters?"
"For the former, we can send soldiers in protective clothing, and for the latter..." The military personnel who spoke revealed a hint of disdain in his eyes: "The ones standing here are not those trash who are easily killed in Hollywood movies, but real American troops. We can easily kill some monsters who only run around looking for smells with just one bullet."
The officer who spoke made a shooting gesture with an arrogant expression.
On the SHIELD side, Steve frowned, stood up and said, "I don't know if you have read the information, but it was not... "
"Oh! Captain!" Before Steve could finish his words, the officer spoke with a respectful look: "I personally admire your achievements, but now it is the 21st century, and the equipment, weapons and combat concepts have been greatly updated. I heard that you were personally in charge of the investigation of the Jintek Group? Oh... Sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned this."
The officer who spoke looked at Steve apologetically, but even a fool could see that he did it on purpose. He told Steve that he was an old and backward antique and that he should just be a quiet and silent saint and stop giving him random advice.
"with… "
"That's enough, Captain."
Seeing Steve frowning and wanting to speak, Tony, who was sitting next to him, pulled Steve's sleeve and whispered, "Do you think they don't know the danger of the Blacklight virus and that it's dangerous to send soldiers into Wall Street now? No, they all know, and they did it on purpose."
"what happened?"
Hearing Tony's words, Steve frowned, but stopped being tough. He sat down and asked in a low voice.
"What is the place that is destroyed now?" Tony didn't give a direct answer.
"Wall Street, how..." Steve said thoughtfully.
"Yes, Wall Street!" Tony sneered and continued, "As the world's largest financial center, even if it has become like this now, the secrets hidden inside and the extremely valuable documents still exist in the treasure houses of various banks. And those capital giants, can they accept that Wall Street has become what it is now and then be completely destroyed again?"
Without waiting for Steve's response, Tony continued, "No, they will use all their energy to stop this from happening, at least before they get what they want, they will stop it at all costs."
"Now these people are not unaware of the dangers of Wall Street, but if they can trade the lives of some soldiers for their promotion and wealth, who will care about that?"
"They won't, and those who play with finance won't either, even though it's a little ironic to hear these words coming out of my mouth."
Tony shrugged his shoulders and said this, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.
Nick, who was also not far away, heard what Tony said and looked at him without saying anything, but Steve's eyes turned red as he listened.
This behavior of letting soldiers sacrifice their lives for some shitty benefits completely violates his philosophy. Now that he knows it, it is impossible to make him pretend that he didn't see it unless he kills him!
Steve was about to stand up and speak again, but Tony, who had noticed it, stopped him and whispered, "We will need their help next. We can't fall out. Don't worry, leave it to me."
Steve paused after hearing this, turned his head to look at Tony's face, exhaled deeply, and stopped moving.
"… It seems that you have decided to use the lives of soldiers in exchange for an impossible result."
In the temporary command center, General Peter looked at the shameless officer in front of him and narrowed his eyes.
As a leader of Hydra, he is not a good person. As a general, if necessary, he will never be stingy with the sacrifice of his soldiers.
However, he would not let soldiers sacrifice meaninglessly for a result that was almost impossible to achieve.
No one could fail to see Elizabeth Green's strength after the fall of Wall Street, and he believed that no one could fail to see why he chose Wall Street as his starting point.
If he still does this, no matter how much he says, it will be useless.
"Trade results with soldiers' lives? General, this is just a simple battle!" The officer who spoke looked very dissatisfied.
"Fight, well, I wish you success!" General Peter sneered twice and didn't say anything else.
Anyway, it's not his who will die, so if he can't stand it, he can just say a few words. The rest is none of his business.
"Of course, they are just some garbage that can be easily dealt with by guns." The officer said indifferently. Just as he was about to order the soldiers to explore Wall Street, Tony, who had been silent, stood up and said, "I see that everyone has objections to this. How about this, I will go in and explore the way first."
(End of this chapter)