Chapter 297: War Machine

Seeing James Rod who was not wearing the military uniform with the silver eagle epaulettes, the first thought that came to Greer's mind was 'Stark really pulled him over', and Stark once mentioned asking Rhodes to 'help'.

But after mentioning it once, there was no follow-up, and even Stark hadn't been to the base for two months, and Grell thought that the war machine had probably been flapped by his wings. Stark solved the crisis of palladium poisoning in advance, so he didn't deliberately let Rhodes take away a steel suit, let alone fight side by side with Stark, destroying the whip, winning honors, getting medals and a series of other things.

Lost this opportunity, Rod naturally did not have the opportunity to become a war machine, in the original book, Mark2 was handed over to the military by Stark by Rod's hand, making Rod the driver of Mark2, so the war machine is for the military.

But the current Avengers are completely civil organizations initiated by Stark, if Rhodes comes, unless he hands over the steel suit to the military, then only Rhodes can serve this civil organization if he leaves the military and becomes a free person.

One is a member of a non-governmental organization, and the other is a colonel of the Air Force and the head of the Army Weapons Department, and it is very likely that he will be able to become a general in the future, and it is clear which one is more promising and powerful.

Well? Wait......

Grell suddenly felt that something was wrong, Rhodes was obviously a colonel in the Air Force, but he was the head of the Army's weapons development department, this is a cross-service right, and then think about Stark Industries was the largest weapons supplier to the U.S. Army before, and Rod and Stark had an excellent personal relationship, good enough to be able to work together on the plane with a group of pole-dancing flight attendants.

In this case, the position of head of the Army Development Department may not be appointed because of Rhodes' ability, but because of his relationship with Stark. But Stark announced the dissolution of Stark Industries' weapons development department the year before last, and no longer provided any weapons for the army, and forcefully refused the military's request for steel suits, and the relationship with the military was very stiff.

This can be seen from the steel suit hearing initiated by Congressman Stern last year, where the military not only had several generals sign it, but also sent Rhodes to the hearing site to issue a report on the so-called steel suit that I don't know if Rhodes wrote or someone else gave him.

The content in it is very unfavorable to Stark, if Stark hadn't hacked the network on the scene and broadcast a lot of various cases of other people's failures in the development of steel suits, it would have been impossible to get out so easily, and it also made Senator Stern scold.

From this, it can be seen that the relationship between the military and Stark is so bad that it has reached the point of falling into a rock, and if it were before Stark was kidnapped, this hearing would not have been held at all, and the military and the Pentagon alone would have vetoed the hearing, let alone send someone to say bad things.

Stark, who doesn't produce weapons, has become so unimportant, and Rhodes, the middleman, is even less important. Could it be that he was not satisfied in the army, so he was ready to join the Avengers, after all, the steel suit is still quite attractive.

When Greer was thinking about it, Rhodes also saw Grell and Daisy walk in hand in hand, just glanced at Greel, and stayed on the pretty girl for a while, who would stare at the rough man unless he had an idea.

What made Rhodes wonder was why the girl wore a shiny metal 'sleeve' on her arms, and was it now fashionable to wear heavy arm guards instead of necklaces and bracelets? Or is it that the arm injury is not in a cast, and the metal sleeve is changed?

After admiring the beautiful young lady for a while, Rod noticed Grell next to him, very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, and thought for a while, until Grell and Daisy walked to the bar full of various drinks and liquor and sat down, Rod remembered that he had seen this child in Stark's villa a few months ago.

At that time, the entire villa was smashed to pieces, full of pipes and lines, Stark canceled the plan that had been discussed for a long time, and before the military could take other actions, there was a Hammer drone loss of control, causing huge casualties, Stark became one of the heroes who saved the contract, and was more confident, and forcefully rejected the military's request for a steel suit under the pretext of safety.

What puzzled Rhodes was why there were two children here. Thinking that Spider-Man is very young as mentioned on the Internet, could it be that the boy is Spider-Man? In this case, the explanation makes sense. Rhodes was about to step forward to say hello to 'Spider-Man' when the automatic door on the right side of the two- or three-hundred-square-meter complex hall opened, and Stark and Banner walked in talking and laughing.

"Hey, James," Stark greeted him warmly, "Nick is very efficient, let the Air Force release him so quickly." ”

Rod suddenly understood why the Air Force suddenly approved the discharge report that he had submitted for a month, and went through the discharge procedures as quickly as possible, co-authored Stark to find someone, nodded clearly, and said, "Tony, what can I do?" ”

In order to join the Avengers, he gave up the rank of colonel in the army in a desperate way, and he had nothing but a discharge fee, and now he was eager to know what Stark's arrangements were for him.

"Well, how about being my wingman," Stark walked to the wine cabinet at the bar, took out a glass, lowered his head and poured wine into the quilt, and said, "The position of the long plane is mine, and it will not be given to you, you can only fly the position of the wingman." ”

"What?" Rhodes didn't react at first, as a former Air Force colonel, he flew fighter jets for nearly 3,000 hours, so he heard that the 'long plane, wingman' first thought of fighter jets, and then realized that Stark was talking about steel suits.

Could it be that Stark really wants to give him a set of steel suits, this idea makes Rod, a middle-aged man, a little excited, can't sit still, every time he goes to Stark's villa, he sees the steel suit in the Gana library in the basement of his villa, and his heart can't help but rise with amazement and envy, Stark canceled the plan and let him not have the opportunity to drive Mark2, he regretted it for a long time, and now he has to make up for this regret?

Stark picked up his glass, raised his glass to Rhodes, who was sitting on the sofa, and said, "Come on, show you your steel suit." ”

After receiving Stark's own admission, Rhodes hurriedly stood up, even threw away the bag he was carrying, and hurriedly ran to Stark without saying hello to Grell and Banner, for fear that being one step too late would make Stark change his mind.

Greel, who was holding black tea, thought silently in his heart: "Is this the plot back on track?" ”

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