Chapter 420: Wakanda's backwardness

After learning about Thanos' movements from Captain Marvel, Qiao Lu continued to lead the meeting, saying:

"Well, at least we know that Thanos is building up his army of the dead, and maybe we still have time to prepare."

So far, this should be the only good news, but it's not entirely a good thing, after all, while Thanos is spending time on this, his army of the dead is growing, and no one knows what the final outcome will be.

"As I said before, our side will provide Space Gems and Mind Gems as support, as well as an army that will not be lost to Thanos, at least in numbers."

The army that Qiao Lu refers to is, of course, the Worm troops that surrendered in StarCraft, as long as they use the power of space gems to attract swarms to descend on the Marvel Universe, then at least they can surpass Thanos' troops in numbers, even if they are the army of the dead that he built with soul gems.

If this sentence is said by others, I am afraid that the Avengers will not dare to believe it, but in the mouth of Qiao Lu, who represents the United Government of the Wandering Earth, it has unparalleled convincing.

"Thank you for your support." Captain America said to Joru, "It means a lot to us. ”

After receiving Qiao Lu's support commitment, the people of the Avengers couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved, and the Wandering Earth was undoubtedly an extremely reliable backing.

However, Captain America immediately changed his tone and said: "Even so, we can't think of relying on outside support, this is our world, and each of us has a responsibility to protect it." ”

The panther also nodded and said: "The warriors of Wakanda will never back down, and we will not be absent from this war!" ”

As the saying goes, God helps the people of Wakanda who are willing to fight until the last moment, and Qiao Lu will do everything he can to help them.

War Machine Rhodes, who is the representative of the military, went on to say: "The countries of the world will also provide military support to Wakanda, and as long as they can do it, they will do their best." ”

It's like a human war against alien aggression, and superheroes are only a member of humanity and don't need to fully shoulder the responsibility of saving the world.

"Looks like you're all ready." Qiao Lu said with relief, "Then let's face this infinite war together!" ”

After the meeting, the crowd dispersed and ran around for the war.

Black Widow tries to contact Captain Marvel again, trying to get her not to act so recklessly;

Spider-Man runs to the lab to find Tony and Banner to see if there's anything they can do to help;

Captain America, War Machine, and Hawkeye travel to the barracks in Wakanda to help Wakanda's army improve their tactical thinking;

Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver also went to train together to make their special abilities better match the army;

Only Star-Lord remained, devastated that he had clearly not yet recovered from the shadow of defeat.

After reporting the situation of the meeting to the Wandering Earth Coalition Government, Qiao Lu also planned to go to the military camp in Wakanda first, Wakanda's army will be the vanguard to resist Thanos' invasion, and Qiao Lu must first master their strength before further strategizing.

Due to the relatively high level of science and technology in Wakanda, according to inertial thinking, it must be considered that their army is also very strong, at least stronger than the modern army, which is a matter of course.

However, when Qiao Lu actually saw this army conducting drills, he found that this was not the case at all. In a sense, the army in Wakanda is even more backward than the modern army outside!

That is, their tactical thinking is still in the infantry phalanx stage of the cold weapon era, and there is no modern tactical concept such as bunker combat, trench digging, and artillery support.

It is hard to imagine that the formation of several infantry phalanxes in the open African savannah for defense is the way of human warfare with high-tech weapons.

Obviously they have energy shield technology, but they use it to form a shield wall and insist on fighting in the formation of an infantry phalanx.

He has an energy weapon that can shoot lasers, but he still has to design it as a spear that is good for melee combat. It's very inconvenient to aim in terms of design, so almost all of them are masters of human strokes, and the killing efficiency is not as good as directly using it in melee combat.

Therefore, the fighting style of the Wakanda army is still mainly hand-to-hand combat, and large-scale group charges are very common, as if they are all super soldiers born with divine power and invulnerability.

But in fact, most of them are still ordinary humans with flesh and blood, and the heart-shaped herbs that can change their physique can only be used by the black panther as the king.

Qiao Lu was really angry when he saw this, the high-tech given by vibranium is what you use? It's not as good as a modern army outside!

Rod knew what he was thinking when he looked at Qiao Lu's expression, and quickly explained to him:

"I was taken aback when I first arrived, but it's their tradition, and it's hard for us to change it."

Qiao Lu shook his head and said, "No, I can understand, it should be that I have been mentally prepared for a long time." ”

The reason why Wakanda's tactical thinking is so backward is not for no reason, not just because they stick to tradition, but because of the inevitable price of long-term isolation.

One of the most obvious points is the extreme lack of practical experience.

Originally, during the Cold Weapon Age, the five tribes of Wakanda would still fight each other, but after the unification of the first Black Panthers, there were no large-scale wars in this paradise.

While Wakanda was enjoying peace on its own side, mankind had experienced two world wars, as well as countless wars, large and small, and weapons had evolved from the original spears and clubs to the modern rifle tank.

Although these things can also be made in Wakanda, advanced tactical ideas are not obtained on paper.

During the First World War, mankind gradually abandoned the large-scale group charge of the Cold Weapon Age; It was only during the Second World War that it was recognized that mechanized troops were the way of the future; After experiencing the collision of blood and iron again and again, and paying heavy casualties, we learned a lesson, and then gradually evolved into a modern tactical thinking.

These are all valuable experiences forged with the blood of countless people, Wakanda has been far away from the strife of the world since the era of cold weapons, so their tactical thinking has always stayed in the era of cold weapons, and they have never realized that there is anything wrong, so they have been using it all the time.

Closing the country will inevitably lead to such an outcome. Although Wakanda has developed advanced technology because of the existence of vibranium, it cannot change the fact that they are far behind the world in terms of tactics, ideology, political system, cultural traditions, etc.

In Qiao Lu's eyes, Wakanda is a group of nouveau riche who developed because of the meteorite falling from the sky to obtain vibranium, and they also let themselves gradually fall behind the world by closing the country, ignorant and ignorant thinking that with vibranium technology, they can be invincible in the world.

It may hurt to say this, but the truth is always cruel, and if Wakanda's armies are to play their part in Infinity War, they must first abandon their sense of superiority over the world in all respects.

Only then can they face up to their own problems and humbly accept the advanced ideas from outside.

Qiao Lu must first play this role that shatters their illusions, otherwise it will be Thanos who will teach them an even more painful lesson!