In Tanzania's Great Rift Valley, elite soldiers from countries around the world had gathered with their best weapons.
After its disastrous battle with Wakanda, the unfortunate United States military couldn't even put together a decent force to take part.
The Powered Armor units had been smashed, most of the advanced vehicles belonging to the Advanced Armored Mobile Corps had been destroyed, and two of the four small Abominations had died.
The only force still mostly intact was the Superpowered Shadow Unit, but they were of little use on the front lines.
A major general at the United States military base had become the scapegoat. He was sent back home to face a court-martial, and his fate hinged on the strength and resolve Wakanda would show in the future.
There were "rumors" that the United States military had been set up this time. They had only bought a batch of precious Vibranium and had no idea where it had come from.
Unfortunately, not even their own people believed that load of crap...
In the end, Zhang Qiang and General Ross, who had rushed to the scene, had to step in and negotiate with Wakanda.
The executioners who had stolen the Vibranium and massacred the villages were handed directly over to T'Challa. The United States would investigate its own problems, and in the end, it would give T'Challa an explanation he could accept.
In the past, this would have been unthinkable. The mighty United States making concessions to an African tribe was the sort of thing that wouldn't even happen in a fairy tale.
But General Ross had no choice. The United States military absolutely couldn't afford to miss this Hell Expedition.
Missing this operation would mean the United States military had torn up the "ticket" it had bought for $50 billion...