Chapter 313: Edelman Alloy
Although he also created a super soldier that could rival the Red Skull, Captain America, the gains in genetic enhancement were not enough to turn the tide of the war, so the United States invested a huge amount of money in the research and development of new weapons.
In order to win this war, the Americans are working simultaneously in multiple tech tree directions.
And one of them is to find a way to defend against the Hydra energy attack!
Due to the overwhelming power of Hydra's current energy weapons, they urgently need to find a way to break the myth that Hydra is invincible. In this way, the morale of the almost bottomed out can be saved!
After a dragnet investigation, they finally found an extremely rare metal substance in a small African country called Waganda!
The elements of this metallic substance are not on the periodic table of human beings, and it is a new type of metal material that mankind has never seen.
This magical material can absorb any energy shock, and it is exactly what Americans think is an excellent metal material for defending against attacks by Hydra's energy weapons. They named this new type of metal vibranium!
Unfortunately, the problem is that the metal is extremely difficult to mine and the reserves are extremely small.
Because these strange metals come from a meteor that fell on Earth 10,000 years ago. Therefore, these vibranium are buried hundreds of meters underground, and because the structure of this area contains a large number of meteorite and other metal materials, the earth is extremely hard and extremely difficult to mine.
And even if all of them were mined, their reserves would only be a few hundred tons, so low that the metal would simply not be able to be used in large quantities.
However, the answer to this question was found in one of Howard Stark's experiments.
By a coincidence, the genius actually created a special metal containing vibranium.
The metal has the ability to absorb various energy shocks to strengthen its own interatomic bond. In other words, the more energy this metal absorbs, the more indestructible it becomes.
But if its upper limit is exceeded, a radical reversal occurs.
At that time, this alloy will have a super explosion, and all the energy it has accumulated will be released at once, producing an extremely terrifying explosion.
Howard Stark referred to this particular alloy as the original Edelman, because it was a complete coincidence, making replication impossible.
In desperation, Howard Stark had no choice but to make a round shield from these precious alloy samples and give them to his friend Captain America. With this round shield, Captain America can withstand almost any attack on the battlefield.
After all, it would be astronomical to reach the limit of what the original Edelman alloy could withstand.
Then, according to the proportioning method of the original Edelman alloy, Howard Stark whimsically created the primary Edelman alloy!
Although this primary Edelman alloy cannot absorb energy shocks without limit, its extreme hardness and toughness make it resistant to extremely powerful physical and energy attacks.
Unfortunately, the cost of manufacturing this primary Edelman alloy is so staggering that each gram costs hundreds or even thousands of times more than gold.
So much so that the wealthy American dads knelt down when they saw this price!
On the one hand, they had to admire Howard Stark's genius invention, but on the other hand, they had to express in a euphemistic tone that the US government is too poor, this thing is too expensive to play!
Howard Stark scoffed at the appearance of poverty in the U.S. government. But in order to defeat the evil Hydra, this genius scientist had to improve the formula again, and finally obtained a new defense material coveted by the US government - secondary Edelman alloy!
Although the manufacturing cost of this metal is still far higher than that of ordinary steel, at least the United States can finally afford it!
This material, known as the secondary Edelman alloy, has more than 100 times the strength of ordinary steel, and its ultra-dense structure allows it to effectively resist various energy shocks.
Even with the same armor thickness, armor of the same thickness of secondary Edelman alloy can achieve the same effect as uniform steel armor of 100 times thickness.
Even the Hydra's space energy projectile can only slowly erode this new type of armor!
As soon as the alloy was obtained, the U.S. government immediately began mass production.
At the suggestion of Howard Stark, a large number of secondary Erdman armor was created.
As long as these external armors are mounted on the frontal turret of the road tank, the survivability of the tank can be effectively improved. And it's cheaper!
From now on, the tanks of the Allies were no longer a wave.
Not to mention ordinary tank armor-piercing shells, even the space erosion energy projectiles fired by the Hydra energy tank require several rounds to completely penetrate this new type of armor.
With this layer of fortified defense, the Allied tanks were finally able to compete with the Hydra's energy tanks!
Under the construction of the Americans at any cost, thousands of large cargo ships frequently travel between the two sides of the Atlantic, bringing a steady stream of materials and equipment to the European continent!
The British, on the other hand, sent their troops to France, plus the National Salvation Army organized by France itself, and on the confrontation line between the two sides, the Allies gathered nearly 10 million troops!
It's just that compared to the rich human resources of the allies, the Hydra Empire is a bit stretched.
You must know that the total population of Germany at that time did not exceed 80 million.
After the moustache maniac expansion of the army, the total number of legions amounting to 8 million has taken a huge toll on the German economy.
And now the Red Skull has become even more intensified, but the shop is too big, and the Hydra Empire needs to fight on two fronts, and it is impossible to deploy 10 million troops on the European front to confront the allies.
In addition, Red Skull is extremely confident in his Legion of Strengtheners, so even if there is a gap in numbers, he never thinks that the Hydra Legion will fail!
But as soon as the war began, both sides immediately fought bitterly.
In terms of the amount of equipment, the Americans are already mad!
If the Hydra Legion produces one tank, the Americans will be able to send you ten!
Even though the power of the Hydra's energy tank is amazing, under the protection of the secondary Edman alloy armor, the Hydra energy tank, which cannot be killed with one hit, begins to suffer heavy damage!
But in the battle of the GIs, it was the reinforced legion of Hydra that had the upper hand.
However, Captain America led a small team to frantically attack Hydra's logistical support, causing Hydra's battle line to be very tight for a while.
Although a large number of troops have been sent several times to try to encircle Captain America, it is a pity that in front of this superhero who has reached the limit of mortals, these GIs, who have only strengthened to two to three times the size of ordinary people, are no match for Captain America at all.
With the shield made of the original Edman alloy in his hand, Captain America can literally be unparalleled in the Hydra Legion, and he alone can sweep through a large part of the opponent!
In this way, the battlefield was at a stalemate.
Hydra and the United States are fighting each other frantically on this front, and in order to achieve the final victory, both sides are desperate to deploy more legions and more equipment on this front!
It will be a decisive battle for the European continent. As soon as this battle is lost, the Americans will completely withdraw from the European continent. At that time, a super hydra empire across Asia, Europe and Africa will appear in this world!
If the situation really develops in this direction, then the US dream of superpower will be shattered, which the United States will never allow!