"A shield, a helmet, a bulletproof vest—I guess you're not dressed like that for a stage performance, are you?" Fang Yuan asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Fang? Why are you here?"
Steve was a bit embarrassed, because strictly speaking, Fang Yuan was still his Master.
Skipping work in front of his Master, an honest kid like Steve inevitably felt a little ashamed.
Howard and Carter exchanged glances, thinking Fang Yuan had come to drag Steve back. Just as they were about to speak up to help Steve, they saw Fang Yuan toss a backpack to Steve.
"I think you forgot this."
Steve caught it and opened it, finding it full of bombs and a wireless detonator.
"Fang?" Steve looked up sharply.
He hadn't expected Fang Yuan to know his intentions and still support him.
After all, Steve knew how much profit he had brought to Vought Corporation during this time.
"I told you, you should be a good person, not just a tool for selling national bonds."
Fang Yuan's smile was very gentle.
"Do whatever you want to do, I support you!"
Howard and Carter both looked at Fang Yuan with new respect; they hadn't expected him to be so understanding.
And Steve was even more moved beyond words.
Although his impression of Fang Yuan had greatly improved after Fang Yuan's return this time, Steve now truly regarded Fang Yuan as a close friend, like Bucky.
"Fang, why are you here?" Howard asked.
"I heard Steve was given the cold shoulder on the front line, so I originally intended to comfort him. Unexpectedly, I then heard about his conflict with Colonel Phillips regarding the captured soldiers."
Fang Yuan shook his head: "I knew Steve wouldn't be able to hold back."
Steve gave an embarrassed smile, then looked a bit puzzled: "Fang, I'm going to rescue hostages. Using bombs would attract too much attention."
"I'm not telling you to blast your way in like a bomb maniac. These are for your retreat."
Fang Yuan looked at him as if he were an idiot.
"Put the bombs inside the HYDRA Base vehicles. If you can sneak them into the ammunition depot, that's best. When you rescue the prisoners and retreat, detonate the bombs, and they won't be able to chase you."
"Oh, oh." Steve suddenly understood and quickly smiled, slinging the backpack on.
Although he had beaten the little mustache over two hundred times in stage plays and movies, this was his first time on a battlefield, and he inevitably lacked experience.
Steve dressed completely, placed his shield on his back, and then the four of them boarded the plane Howard had found.
The pilot was also Howard.
Steve really carried a lot of things: in addition to a backpack full of bombs and his shield, he also had a parachute.
Steve was just starting out and hadn't yet developed the skill of jumping out of a plane without a parachute, as he would later.
But Fang Yuan couldn't help but laugh looking at Steve's helmet; he had stolen it from a cheerleader.
So, while Steve wasn't paying attention, Fang Yuan snapped a photo of him with a "click."
"Captain America's first time on the battlefield, very much worth commemorating!" Fang Yuan explained.
Carter handed Steve a long, strip-like device: "This is a signal transceiver. With it, we'll be able to locate your position, so we can support you when the time comes."
Steve had never heard of such a thing and couldn't help but be a bit suspicious: "Is this reliable?"
Howard, who was flying the plane, turned his head and quipped, "I made it myself. Don't worry, it's been tested more times than you have!"
After being teased by Fang Yuan and Howard, Steve also relaxed and was less nervous.
The HYDRA Base was located between two mountain peaks. The plane flew all the way to the entrance of the valley until it encountered fierce artillery fire. Only then did Howard tell Steve to prepare to parachute.
The plane remained completely unscathed under the barrage of anti-aircraft shells, which made Fang Yuan Marvel that the future Iron Man truly inherited too much talent from his father.
If Howard were in Tony's era, he might also become a very powerful Superhero.
Although Steve had not undergone parachute training, his physical fitness was now extremely high. After learning the most basic operations, he could land steadily with his excellent reaction time.
Fang Yuan, along with Howard, successfully escaped the anti-aircraft fire coverage area after a trail of sparks and lightning, and returned to the military camp.
"Fang, I'll take you to eat some delicious cheese and bread... Hey, where's Fang?" Howard excitedly jumped off the plane, only to find that Fang Yuan had disappeared.
Carter also looked puzzled: "He was just here a moment ago."
Meanwhile, the subject of their discussion had already returned to the valley.
Fang Yuan wasn't there to escort Steve; he knew Steve's infiltration would be successful, and Red Skull wouldn't fight him at all.
His target was someone else.
Ancient One had said he could interfere with reality within a small scope, as long as it didn't affect the timeline's progression.
So, Fang Yuan could still make a small arrangement.
For example, recruiting a subordinate for himself.
Boom!
Boom!
He waited for a while, and several explosions came from the Base. Immediately after, a group of prisoners rushed out, began grabbing weapons, and attacked everywhere. The entire Base began to descend into chaos.
This was not a combat Base, but a HYDRA research institute, so the guards were not too strict. After all, Red Skull never imagined someone could descend from the sky like a divine soldier to attack this rear Base.
So, seeing the situation turn bad, Red Skull directly activated the Base's self-destruct sequence and fled in a black-tech single-person aircraft.
His chief scientist, Dr. Zola, drove Red Skull's vehicle and sped away. This car had been modified, and the soldiers rescued by Steve wanted to pursue, but they didn't even get a chance to eat dust.
Dr. Zola was also short in stature, but he was definitely one of Marvel's top scientists. Not only did he help Red Skull develop weapons using the Tesseract, but he later uploaded his consciousness into a computer, becoming an electronic life form.
Dr. Zola played a crucial role in the development of HYDRA.
The best part was that Dr. Zola would still appear seventy years later.
Fang Yuan was quite envious of HYDRA. Since Zola would become HYDRA's star assistant in the future, if he made Zola his own person now, it would be much easier to control HYDRA later.
And for Fang Yuan, making Zola his own person was not difficult.
"Hi!"
Fang Yuan directly teleported into Zola's car, and his greeting startled Zola so much that he almost drove the car into the woods.
"You are..." Dr. Zola was very surprised and quickly pulled out a pre-prepared pistol, but he suddenly froze, paused for a few seconds, then his expression softened, and he respectfully responded.
"Master."
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