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Big Beard directly dispatched troops and took over the Southern Federation before Iron Emperor could react.

UDBA and the Zodiac were also taken over.

The Iron Emperor himself was also placed under house arrest.

As for giving Wakanda an explanation? That's out of the question.

Not long after, a Tu-4 bomber, which had just been produced by the Soviet Union, took off from the Southern Federation, flew over the Sahara Desert, and dropped a nuclear bomb.

And so, the whole world suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

Chapter 154 Agent Carter

Over the past six months, a series of events, from Austria's easy defeat of the Yugoslav Federation to Wakanda's crushing defeat of the British and French forces, have been shocking the world's major countries, leaving them almost numb with shock.

As for those small countries, they can only watch the show.

However, the news of the Russian bear dropping nuclear bombs still threw countries around the world into a panic.

Especially the Allied forces led by Britain, France, and the United States.

The Allies actually had contingency plans in place regarding the possibility of the Soviet Union developing nuclear weapons.

However, the fact that the Soviet Union developed nuclear weapons so quickly and possessed the strategic delivery capability was completely beyond the expectations of the Allied forces.

Besides nuclear weapons, the Tu-4 strategic bomber, as well as the supersonic escort fighter that briefly appeared during the drop, drew the attention of the Allied forces.

Encouraged by Britain and France, the United States even sent a note to its loyal ally Austria, asking, "Did you secretly sell fighter jet technology to the Russian bear? Is this why the Russian bear is so accommodating on the Balkan issue?"

As for the issue of nuclear weapons, the United States did not suspect Austria. After all, on the surface, Austria has never had any connection with nuclear weapons, and Austria does not have the capability to manufacture weapons-grade nuclear materials at all. The Americans never even considered that Russia would sell weapons-grade nuclear materials to Austria in private, because in their view, no normal country would sell such a strategic resource as nuclear weapons materials.

Austria, of course, would never admit to the suspicions raised by the United States—even if they were the ones who actually did it.

So they quickly produced evidence.

A video of an aerial dogfight shot from the first-person perspective of a Mirage 3 fighter jet.

The Mirage 3's opponent was none other than the Soviet Union's newest supersonic fighter jet, the MiG-21.

Seeing the Mi-21 in the footage, whose design style was quite different from the Mirage 3 but whose performance seemed superior, the United States and Britain and France fell silent and did not mention the matter again.

Of course, what the United States did not know was that after Austria secretly sold the Mirage 3 technology and production line to Boeing, it had officially stopped producing the Mirage 3 and instead used the money and production line earned from the Mirage 3 to quietly begin building a production line for a new fighter jet.

Yes, the name of this fighter jet in the original timeline before Josie's time travel was F4 Phantom.

While the Allied forces were getting anxious and angry because of the Soviet Union's sudden display of nuclear weapons and new fighter jets, Wakanda was actually the most furious.

Without a doubt, the nuclear bomb dropped by the Russian bear was aimed at them.

Wakanda was genuinely terrified.

That's right, Wakanda was very powerful because of the existence of vibranium, but the extent of Wakanda's power at this time was actually very limited.

Materials certainly play a significant role in technological development, but various scientific theories are equally important.

The two complement each other.

While Wakanda may indeed dominate the world in the former aspect, it may not be as strong as the European and American countries that have just fought a world war in terms of scientific and theoretical knowledge.

The fact that Wakanda possesses such advanced technology when it appears in the movie is actually inseparable from one person.

This person is Howard Stark.

As a scientist ahead of his time in the Marvel Universe, Howard Stark has many of his ideas that are extremely advanced, but often he is unable to realize them due to limitations in materials.

Even Tony Stark's Arc Reactor, in a way, is also relying on Howard's legacy.

For example, the hovercar at the 1943 exhibition. Doesn't its operation look exactly like the Wakanda fighter jet in Black Panther?

Although Howard Stark did not realize many of his scientific theories, many of them have spread around the world. However, due to limitations in materials, his theories cannot be implemented globally.

What Wakanda has in abundance is materials.

But all of this is in the future.

Although Howard is already an outstanding super scientist, he is far from reaching his peak, and many of his scientific theories have only just been proposed.

Even if Wakanda wanted to learn from them, they couldn't, so their overall technology remained at the level of Europe during World War I.

It was only by relying on vibranium that they were able to demonstrate a level of conventional combat power that overwhelmed Britain and France.

However, when faced with unconventional strategic weapons like nuclear weapons, Azuri and a group of Wakanda's top officials backed down.

The fact that the Russians could drop nuclear bombs without saying a word terrified them, especially since the nuclear explosion took place in the uninhabited Sahara Desert, Ethiopia was right next to the Sahara.

Moreover, apart from strategic weapons, population is Wakanda's most significant weakness.

Given Russia's industrial production capacity, producing a few dozen nuclear bombs would probably only take a few bottles of vodka.

If a string of nuclear bombs were dropped, Wakanda simply couldn't withstand it.

Despite its cowardice, Wakanda simply stopped talking about revenge against the Southern Federation, but it never stopped expanding its territory in the surrounding areas.

If I can't afford to mess with Russia, can't I at least mess with Britain and France?

Unfortunately, the United States and Russia are clearly not willing to let Wakanda go so easily.

The two wars between Britain and France against Wakanda have exposed Wakanda's true strength and weaknesses, and the existence of vibranium has also come to the attention of the intelligence agencies of the United States and Russia.

Good heavens, such amazing material, and it's actually in the hands of a bunch of primitive people.

How does this work?

Wakanda's impressive military prowess in the war against Britain and France did not deter the United States and Russia; on the contrary, it greatly strengthened the two superpowers' determination to obtain vibranium!

One reason is the intrinsic value of vibranium.

Another issue is that Wakanda is already so powerful now. If its technology catches up, how will they survive?

"Josie Kahn, I think you need to give us an explanation regarding the Russian nuclear weapons!" Just as the outside world was in turmoil, with another storm brewing against Wakanda, Josie was being questioned by the council in New York. He had barely sat down at the conference table when Calvin Chadwick, who had always been at odds with him, began to attack.

Other countries and organizations may not know the connection between nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union, Austria, and Josie, but the nine-member council, which also obtained nuclear weapons information from Josie, obviously could not have been unaware of it.

"Explanation? What explanation? Nuclear weapons data, that's my own stuff. Who I sell it to, do I need to explain to you?" Josie glanced at him and said disdainfully.

"You're harming the interests of the council!" His disdainful attitude clearly enraged Chadwick, the young master, who slammed his fist on the table and jumped up in anger.

"Damage the interests of the Council? Ha! You sold nuclear weapons data to the British and French, wasn't that betraying the interests of the Council?" Facing the agitated Chadwick, Josie calmly dropped a bombshell.

"You're spouting nonsense!" Chadwick was stunned for a few seconds after hearing Josie's words, before he roared in exasperation.

But aren't all the members of the council shrewd and calculating? Chadwick's behavior almost confirms that he secretly sold nuclear weapons data to Britain and France.

In fact, Josie's words were not just empty talk; he did have evidence.

He knew about this thanks to the hotels he had acquired in various countries around the world during the war.

Today, these hotels have all been brought under the control of Continental Illinois Bank, one of the core banks of the Chicago financial group he controls, and the entire hotel chain has been officially renamed Continental Hotels.

However, the actual management was entrusted to Ouroboros, who was in charge of Ophelia.

Therefore, the entire mainland hotel system became an important intelligence hub for the Ouroboros organization.

The intelligence that Chadwick had secretly handed over nuclear weapons data to Britain and France was discovered by chance at the Continental Hotel—there was no way around it, since Chadwick's people just liked to stay in high-end hotels and like to show off.

But speaking of which, why does the name "Mainland Hotel" sound so familiar?

“Calvin, you need to give the Council an explanation for this later! But Josh, it’s true that the nuclear weapons data is yours, but you should at least inform us before selling it to the Soviet Union. Congress is already suspecting that the reason the Soviet Union was able to develop nuclear weapons so quickly is because there was a spy inside. They have now handed the matter over to the FBI for investigation. FBI Director Edgar Hoover is not one of our people, and he is very difficult to deal with. We are in a very passive position right now!” Seeing that Chadwick was about to continue arguing with Josh, Thomas, as the head of the Council, stopped him and then spoke to Josh in a serious tone.

"Alright, enough of this nonsense. Haven't you already found a scapegoat? As for Edgar Hoover, he is indeed a tough guy to deal with. In that case, why don't we replace him and put our own people in the position?" With his rapidly expanding power, Josie's influence in the council has grown significantly. He has now become the third most powerful figure after Thomas and Hugh Jones, which is one of the main reasons why Chadwick is increasingly displeased with Josie.

The scapegoat Josie was referring to was none other than the darling of the world, the super inventor Howard Stark.

During this turbulent period of global events, our super scientist also encountered trouble when his private warehouse, which contained a large number of his inventions, was robbed.

More than a dozen high-tech military inventions were stolen and ended up on the black market and in hostile countries.

This includes the Nightlight Agent, which was once listed as a failed product—it was undoubtedly a failure as a combat agent, but it could still be quite useful as a biological weapon for biological attacks.

In addition, there was something else extremely dangerous: a highly unstable vacuum implosion type nitrate bomb.

A bomb the size of a baseball can reduce a factory covering tens of thousands of square meters to ashes; that's incredibly powerful.

If it weren't for its highly unstable nature preventing the expansion of its yield, this would likely be a strategic weapon even more terrifying than a nuclear bomb.

The loss of these dangerous items, coupled with Howard's own actions, has led to him being directly accused of treason.

The fact that the Russians acquired nuclear weapons technology was also attributed to him.

It was also because of this incident that Peggy Carter made a special trip to see Josie before the meeting.

Without a doubt, Agent Carter's main storyline has officially begun.

Chapter 155 This place now belongs to me

The New York Bell Telephone Company was actually the New York branch of the Strategic Scientific Corps.

Peggy Carter walked wearily into the office, but before she could even sit down, Chief Flynn came out of his office and called her over.

Last year, due to the Josie incident, the entire New York branch of the Strategic Scientific Corps underwent a major reshuffle.

After General Phillips bailed out the original director Roger Dooley and his men from the NYPD, they were demoted and transferred to the Los Angeles precinct, and Agent Daniel Souza became the interim director.

However, Susa's tenure as interim director did not last long. After all, he was far from qualified. So, less than a month later, the current director, Flynn, was parachuted into New York to become the new branch office director, and Susa became his deputy.