Marvel Plane Trader

  Chapter 146 Austria's Powerful Secret

  On the outskirts of Belgrade, a huge show is going on.

  The weapons that the Austrian military had appeared in the previous Balkan Wars appeared one by one in this show.

   But the most eye-catching ones are the Mirage 3 fighter jets and two military helicopters.

  The Phantom 3 fighter roared and roared through the sky, with a speed of Mach 2, and instantly disappeared the shadows of the American-made jet test aircraft that were used as training partners.

  These American jets used for training are the F80 Meteor, F84 Thunderbolt and F86 Saber fighter jets equipped by the US military.

Although in the nearly ten years after the end of World War II, the piston fighters with a huge number of stocks were still the main force of fighter jets around the world, but in fact, from World War II, the German army put the first generation of jet fighters—ME262 into actual combat for the first time and gained a lot. After the results of the war, the major powers in the world that were shocked put the development of jet fighters on their development agenda.

   Among them, the fastest progress is the British Meteor fighter, which was successfully developed almost at the same time as ME262.

  These three fighter jets were developed by the United States between 1944 and 1946.

   Especially the F86, which is still only a prototype.

  In the original time and space, these three fighters were all models for a while.

   But unfortunately, they ran into the Phantom 3 fighter, which can be called the pinnacle of the second-generation fighter.

We must know that among all fighter generations, due to various reasons such as concept and weaponry, the second-generation fighter is the generation that most pursues the concept of high speed and high altitude. This is why there are many third-, fourth- and even fifth-generation fighters. On the contrary, it is not as good as the second-generation machine.

  For example, the fifth-generation aircraft F35 has a top speed of Mach 1.8, which is 0.4 Mach less than that of Phantom 3. This is because later generations of fighter jets pay more attention to comprehensive performance and beyond-visual-range strike capabilities, so speed is no longer the most important indicator.

  But in this era, there is no doubt that it is an era when speed is king.

  Conventional piston fighters, and the first-generation jets whose top speed can't even exceed the speed of sound, what can they use to touch the porcelain of Phantom 3?

  Below, the U.S. military observation team headed by Eisenhower was amazed at the performance of Mirage 3, and then shook their heads again and again when they looked at the performance of their own three fighter jets.

   It can be foreseen that from today onwards, these three fighter jets that once shined in the US military in the original time and space will be directly thrown into the garbage dump in this world.

   Regarding this, Howard Stark, who was also in the observation group, and a few people in suits around him didn't look very good. There were only two of them smiling.

Howard Stark, representing Lockheed Corporation, has a cross-shareholding between Trans World Airlines and Lockheed Corporation in his hands, so even if he is a major shareholder of Lockheed Corporation, the F- The 80 Meteor fighter was developed by Howard to help Lockheed during World War II.

  Beside him are representatives of Republic Aircraft Corporation, which developed the F84 Thunderbolt, and representatives of North American Airlines, which developed the F86 Saber fighter jet.

   As for the two smiling faces, they are representatives of Boeing aircraft.

  Why are they laughing? Because their major shareholder is Josie, just before this military exercise, after hesitating about Josie's relationship, Boeing has already obtained the production license for Mirage 3 and two armed helicopters, and the U.S. Department of Defense has basically confirmed that it will Phantom 3 fighter jets are being purchased on a large scale. In this case, how could they be unhappy?

  And with the same bad face as the representatives of the major airlines, there are also those spies from Britain, France, Maoxiong and other countries hiding nearby.

  For them, an Austria that is equipped with a small amount of super-era weapons is not terrible, but a United States that is fully equipped with super-era weapons is terrible.

  If the United States is fully equipped with super fighter jets like Mirage 3, even if Mao Xiong has nuclear weapons, he will be unable to fight against the United States-because the only way to drop nuclear bombs in this era is through bombers.

  And among all the bombers now, is there any aircraft that can break through the defense line of Phantom 3?

  However, Josie has long been prepared for this, and Phantom 3 must not be given to Mao Xiong.

  Americans are not stupid. Fighters with very similar styles appear in their own and Maoxiong at the same time. The fool also knows that Austria sells two products.

   But the Phantom 3 can’t be sold, so you can sell the MiG-21.

   Mao Xiong is Yuri's old family, and he is very familiar with the MiG series.

   Two fighters with completely different styles and parameters, it is impossible for the U.S. military to find the tricks in them.

  Of course, the price will definitely not be cheap, and what Josie wants is never money.

   "Long time no see, dear Claire!" In a coffee shop in Belgrade, Ophelia met Claire Wayan whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

   "Tell me, what conditions do you need in order to be able to provide us with the relevant technology of that cutting-edge fighter!" Claire said with a somewhat unsightly expression.

  As Mao Xiong's senior agent, Claire was the first to see a female agent like Ophelia who was more difficult than herself.

The most important thing is that she has never had an advantage in dealing with her several times, which makes Clare, who has always been extremely conceited, very unhappy. Of course, what is even more uncomfortable is that every time she deals with Austria, her motherland always does not take advantage .

   "Hehe, my dear, you are still so anxious, well, our conditions are actually very simple, from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Albania, we have everything!" Ophelia said her own conditions with a smile.

"What? Don't even think about it!" Upon hearing Ophelia's conditions, Claire's face changed drastically. The permission conditions given to her at the beginning were to allow Austria and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to occupy the existing land actually occupied, but it did not occur to the Austrians China has such a big appetite that even Albania wants it.

"Oh, sister Claire, you need to be in a hurry. When I finish speaking, hand over Albania to us. In exchange, we can help persuade the United States to acquiesce in the division of Greece by you. You see, it will be beneficial for both of us. Yes!" Ophelia said with a smile.

  Hearing Ophelia's words, Claire Wayan immediately understood the purpose of the Austrians.

  Actually, the purpose of the Austrians in wanting Albania is the same as that of Mao Xiong in wanting Greece. They both hope to open up their own passage to the Mediterranean.

  Although Austria already had an outlet to the sea before, this outlet is in the narrow Adriatic Sea, the channel leading to the Mediterranean Sea, and is firmly stuck by the Otranto Strait between Italy and Albania.

  The narrowest part of the strait is only 75 kilometers.

  During the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian Navy was destroyed in the Adriatic Sea because it was occupied by Italy in Albania, and then no effect was exerted.

   With a precedent, whether it is Josie or the Austrian high-level, it is naturally impossible to make this mistake again.

Italy is now an ally, and this idea cannot be made, but Albania, which has become independent and embraced by Mao Xiong, can make a decision. For this reason, just like Peter II of the Yugoslav Kingdom before, Josie also specially recruited King Zogu I of Albania in exile.

  As long as Mao Xiong nods, Austria will dare to help Sogu I restore the country.

  Not to mention complete control of Albania, as long as the Otranto Strait area can be controlled, it is a big victory.

   For this reason, it doesn't matter if you sell Greece's interests.

What? Greece is also an ally? Sorry, Greece is only an ally of the British...

  The reason why Mao Xiong and the Yugoslav Federation promoted the Greek civil war before was actually aimed at the Aegean Sea, which is similar to Austria. For Mao Xiong, the value is very huge.

  During World War II, Mao Xiong had reached an agreement with Turkey and obtained the right of passage to the Turkish Strait.

So now the only thing that hinders the Maoxiong Black Sea Fleet from entering the Mediterranean is the Aegean Sea—and the actual controllers of the Aegean Sea are not actually Greece and Turkey, but the British and French, because the Aegean Sea goes further A little to the south is the Suez Canal controlled by Britain and France.

  This is the most fundamental reason why Britain and France were so nervous about Greece from the very beginning, and they did not hesitate to sell the interests of Yugoslavia, Albania and other European allies, but also to keep Greece.

  The Suez Canal is too important to Britain and France. It is the lifeline for them to control the Asian and African colonies.

In contrast, Greece is actually not that important to Americans. Because of the geographical location of the United States, the Suez Canal is not that important to them, and many times they even wish that Suez would be blocked—this means that With Britain and France losing their control over Asia, the United States basically dominates Asia.

  This is why during the Second Middle East War, when Britain and France tried to maintain their control over the Suez Canal, the United States pitted them hard.

In the original time and space, the reason why the United States replaced the United Kingdom to help Greece during the Greek Civil War was only because the bear camp had almost swallowed up the Balkans at that time, and there was only one seedling left in Greece. The United States did not want the bear to dominate Balkan was there to help.

  But in this world, because of the rapid rise of his younger brother Austria, the life of the original Balkan bully can no longer take care of himself.

  In this way, Greece is meaningless to the United States.

  So both Josie and Austria are sure enough to persuade the United States to give up interfering in Greece.

  In this way, only the sad world of England and France is achieved.

  After thinking it over, Claire Wayan conveyed Austria's conditions back to China.

   After only a week, I got a reply from Mao Xiong.

make a deal!

   But there is one more additional condition, that is, Austria will return Belgrade to the Southern Federation and withdraw from the Serbia region.

The Austrian side readily agrees to this. The Serbia region is meaningless to Austria. It is used to exchange the interests of the Albania region. It is guaranteed to make a profit. Anyway, after this battle, it is completely impossible for the Iron Emperor to become the hegemon of the Balkans like the original time and space. , It is even difficult to get out of Mao Xiong's control.

   As for Albania's own opinion? Who cares?

   But at the same time that Austria reached an agreement with the two big bosses of the United States and Mao Xiong, both overtly and secretly.

  A special piece of information was placed on the desks of the British and French intelligence agencies through various channels.

  The content of this information is about exploring why Austria possesses the Phantom 3, a super-age technological weapon technology.

  In the intelligence, various clues point to a certain area in East Africa, either explicitly or implicitly.

   And in this place, there is only one very inconspicuous small country.

   This country is called Wakanda!

   Sorry...it's late, I'm fishing at work

  (end of this chapter)