By this time, it had come to 21 o'clock in the evening.

The Atlanteans suddenly stopped attacking, but the fire in the city was still burning and could not be stopped.

The firelight lit up the night sky of Gotham, as if an ancient bonfire feast was taking place.

The Atlanteans did not choose to continue the attack, but were stationed in place.

It could be something waiting for or something being prepared.

Or maybe it's trying to torture the nerves of humans so that they don't have to fight.

All in all, it gave the human side a rare breather.

Now the entire barracks, from the colonels to the soldiers, have no will to fight, and the morale has reached the lowest.

The high-ranking officers of the Ministry of Defense just came over and gave a few symbolic words of encouragement and left in a hurry.

After all, there is already turmoil in North America, the stock market has plummeted, and riots have begun to occur in various places.

At this time, Ellis also had a headache, and the situation in various parts of the country was like a chain reaction, which made him anxious.

"Sir, if we can't produce favorable information now, it won't be until next year, and in a week's time, our Ministry of Finance will be able to choose to resign en masse." Treasury Secretary John Snow reluctantly reported.

"John, I don't know that, but the question is how do you tell me how to make good news?" Ellis said helplessly.

In an hour, he answered five phone calls, all of whom were people who really had the vast resources behind North America.

At the same time, he got the message that if he could not think of a solution within two days, then nuclear weapons would have to be used.

Can Ellis refuse?

If he refuses, he may soon be asked to step down and be replaced by someone who listens to them in that position.

"I can only try my best to help you stabilize the situation and reduce ZF's losses, you can't expect me to take the money to defeat those undersea people, right?" John Snow said helplessly.

"Wait, you say it again!" Ellis said suddenly.

"I said, I can only try to ......."

"No, not this one, the last one!"

"I mean, you can't expect me to take the money and win against those undersea people, can you?" John Snow repeated in confusion.

"That's right, it's money!"

Ellis said excitedly: "Immediately notify all the Ministry of Defense to cooperate, no, all arms dealers, as long as there can be weapons and equipment that can cause damage to the Atlanteans, all the purchase orders of the Ministry of Defense will be given to them this year!" ”

"If I can be re-elected, I will give him all orders for weapons and equipment for the rest of his term!"

Swanwick on the side wanted to say something, but he still kept his mouth shut.

The Minister of Finance opened his mouth slightly, but immediately got up and said: "Then I will go and transfer the funds now to ensure that the Ministry of Defense is ready to pay for the order." ”

"Go ahead." Ellis waved his hand.

It wasn't until John had left that Swanwick said, "Sir, are you sure you want to do this?" ”

Ellis looked at Swan and said, "Those arms dealers must still have something at the bottom of the box, as long as I let what I just said out, wouldn't it be the best chance for them?" ”

As Secretary of Defense, Swanwick naturally knew that arms dealers would more or less have a few treasures at the bottom of the box.

Or something that is in a semi-finished product and cannot be fully mass-produced.

Including their subordinate laboratories, there will also be such semi-finished products, but this is for the cost of ......

Ellis stood up and slapped his hands on the table and said, "If I don't use it, I'm going to be liquidated from power, so why don't I save this situation while I still have that power?" ”

Soon, arms dealers in North America got the news, and soon the Department of Defense received invitations from various arms companies to test their equipment.

The next day, even well-informed officials of the Ministry of Defense were in the laboratories of major arms companies.

All kinds of equipment that had never been sold to them were pouring out at this time, like a hundred flowers blooming on the spring solstice.

Of course, it's not to blame that they hid it before, after all, if they can win it, this is all the orders of the Ministry of Defense this year.

And if Ellis can win this war and be re-elected, it will be all the orders he has for the next few years of his term!

The profit is in billions! It's enough to make them break their heads one after another, cut their heads and compete for it.

For the sake of momentum, some companies even forcibly display the scientific and technological equipment that is still in the research period as a materialization.

Of course, all of this is thanks to Huang Yuan, thanks to the Kryptonian spaceship he contributed.

Although, with the exception of the Lex Group, these arms dealers, including the defense laboratories, are making slow progress in their research.

But with the help of mutual exchange and information exchange, they were soon able to make progress that could be translated into tangible benefits.

Physics, materials science, energetics and other subjects have made a lot of breakthroughs during this time.

This shocked Ellis, who got the news.

These damn guys were hiding before, and the FBI undercover agents couldn't get much useful information, but I didn't expect him to blow up all of them with one order operation.

"Tell them that this Gotham City battlefield is the best testing ground, and I will buy whoever has good things!" Ellis gave his own reply.

After all, no matter how big the cowhide blows, it's useless, it's a mule or a horse that comes out for a walk.

……

Soon, Tony got off the plane and flew directly over the periphery of Gotham City.

Looking at the ruins of the city, which continued to burn even after a night, made Tony frown.

It's one thing to see it on TV, it's another thing to be there and feel it for yourself.

If ZF hadn't evacuated the residents in advance, it is likely that there would have been a scene of corpses strewn all over the place.

"These guys!"

Tony didn't know if he was scolding the other party or himself, but his face was extremely ugly.

[Sir, you have been photographed by the media.] 】

At this time, Jarvis prompted in the armor.

Tony turned his head to see a screen appear on the helmet panel.

Not far from him, a media company helicopter was hovering the outskirts of Gotham City, filming him with a camera.

"With them, someone can report on our heroics."

"Let's go, Jarvis, let's see if the undersea people are that scary." After Tony Stark finished speaking, he spewed tail flames from his feet and hands and rushed towards the assembly area of Atlantis.

.....

"Who's coming?"

Orm, who was sitting on the throne, opened his eyes and asked as he looked at the red and gold armor floating in the sky.

Tony said sternly: "I am Iron Man, your behavior has seriously affected the property and life safety of ordinary people, please retreat immediately!" ”

Orm immediately laughed and said, "Are you kidding me?" Let's go back? ”

He glanced at the army behind him and said, "Even if I agree, they won't agree, will they?" ”