On the outskirts of Belgrade, a huge performance is going on.
The weapons used by the Austrian military in the previous Balkan wars were displayed one by one in this performance.
But the most eye-catching ones are the Mirage 3 fighter jets and two military helicopters.
The Mirage 3 fighter jet roared past the sky. At a speed of Mach 2, it instantly ejected the shadows of several American-made jet test aircraft serving as sparring partners.
These American jets used for training were the first-generation F80 Meteor, F84 Thunder and F86 Saber fighter jets equipped by the US military.
Although in the nearly ten years immediately after the end of World War II, piston fighters with a large number of possessions were still the main force of fighter jets around the world, in fact, from World War II, the German army put the first-generation jet fighter-me262 into actual combat for the first time and achieved great success.
After the low results, the world's major powers were shocked and put the research and development of jet fighters on their development agenda.
Among them, the one with the fastest progress is the British Meteor fighter which was successfully developed at almost the same time as the me262.
Following closely behind were these three fighter jets developed by the United States from 1944 to 1946.
Especially the f86, which is still just a prototype.
In the original time and space, these three fighters can be regarded as models.
But unfortunately, they ran into the Mirage 3 fighter, which is the pinnacle of second-generation aircraft.
You must know that among all fighter generations, due to various reasons such as concepts and weapon equipment, second-generation fighters are the generation that most pursues high-speed and high-altitude concepts. This is why there are many third-, fourth- and even fifth-generation fighters that are not as fast as they are fast.
It happens that it is not as good as the second-generation machine.
For example, the fifth-generation aircraft F35 has a top speed of only Mach 1.8, which is 0.4 Mach less than the Mirage 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 where speed is king.
Conventional piston fighter jets, as well as first-generation jets whose top speed cannot even exceed the speed of sound, how can they compete with the Mirage 3?
Below, the U.S. military military observation group headed by Eisenhower looked at the performance of the Mirage 3 and was amazed. Looking at the performance of its three fighter jets, they shook their heads again and again.
It is foreseeable that starting from today, these three fighter jets that once shone so brightly in the US military in the original time and space will be directly thrown into the garbage dump in this world.
In this regard, Howard Stark, who was also in the observation group, and several people in suits around him, did not look very good-looking. Only two of them were smiling.
Howard Stark represents Lockheed. His Trans World Airlines and Lockheed have cross-shareholdings, so he is still the major shareholder of Lockheed, and now the main force of the US military is equipped with F-
The 80 Meteor fighter jet was developed by Howard with help from Lockheed during World War II.
Next to him were representatives from Republic Aircraft Company, which developed the F84 Thunderbolt, and representatives from North American Airlines, which developed the F86 Saber fighter jet.
As for the two smiling faces, they are representatives of Boeing Company aircraft.
Why are they laughing? Because their major shareholder is Josie. Just before this military exercise, without doubting Josie's relationship, Boeing had already obtained the production license for the Mirage 3 and two armed helicopters, and the U.S. Department of Defense had basically
It is confirmed that they will purchase Mirage 3 fighter jets on a large scale. How could they not be happy under such circumstances?
And just as unhappy as the representatives of the major airlines were the spies from Britain, France and other countries hiding nearby.
For them, an Austria equipped with a small amount of super-era weapons is actually not scary, but a United States fully equipped with super-era weapons is very scary.
If the United States were to be fully equipped with super fighter jets like the Mirage 3, even if Mao Xiong had nuclear weapons, he would be unable to confront the United States—because the only way to drop nuclear bombs in this era is through bombers.
Among all the bombers currently available, is there any aircraft that can break through the Mirage 3's defense line?
However, Qiao Xi was already prepared for this. The Phantom 3 must not be given to the furry bear.
Americans are not stupid. Fighters with very similar styles appeared in their own country and the Mao Xiong at the same time. Even fools know that Austria sells two goods.
But the Mirage 3 cannot be sold, so the MiG-21 can be sold.
The Mao Xiong is Yuri’s hometown, and he is very familiar with the MiG series.
With two fighters with completely different styles and parameters, it is impossible for the U.S. military to find out what is wrong with them.
Of course, the price will definitely not be cheap, and what Qiao Xi wants is never money.
"Long time no see, dear Claire!" In a café in Belgrade, Ophelia met Claire Wayan, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
"Tell me, what conditions do you need to provide us with the relevant technology for that new cutting-edge fighter jet!" Claire said with a somewhat unsightly look on her face.
As a senior agent of Mao Xiong, this is the first time Claire has seen a female agent like Ophelia, who is more difficult than herself.
The most important thing is that she has never had an advantage in several interactions. This makes Claire, who has always been extremely conceited, very unhappy. Of course, what is even more unhappy is that every time she deals with Austria, her motherland always fails to take advantage.
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"Haha, dear, you are still so impatient. Well, our conditions are actually very simple. We have them all from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Albania!" Ophelia said her conditions with a smile.
"What? Don't even think about it!" Claire's expression changed drastically when she heard Ophelia's conditions. At first, the conditions given to her were to agree to Austria and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia occupying the currently occupied land. However, she did not expect the Austrians to
His appetite is so big that he even wants Albania.
"Oh, sister Claire, you are in a hurry. When I finish, hand over Albania to us. In exchange, we can help convince the United States to acquiesce in your partition of Greece. You see, it will be beneficial to both of us.
Yes!" Ophelia said with a smile.
Upon hearing Ophelia's words, Claire Wayan immediately understood the Austrian's purpose.
In fact, the Austrians' purpose in wanting Albania is the same as the bear's purpose in wanting Greece, both hoping to open their own channel to the Mediterranean.
Although Austria already had an outlet to the sea before, this outlet was in the narrow Adriatic Sea, the channel leading to the Mediterranean Sea, which was blocked by the Strait of Otranto between Italy and Albania.
The narrowest point of this strait is only 75 kilometers.
During World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Navy was destroyed in the Adriatic Sea because Albania was occupied by Italy.
With the precedent set, neither Qiao Xi nor the Austrian senior management would make such a mistake again.
Italy is now an ally, so this idea cannot be pursued, but Albania, which has become independent and has fallen into the embrace of the bear, can make plans. For this reason, just like Peter II of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia before, Josie also specially recruited
Albania's exiled King Sogu I.
As long as Mao Xiong nods, Austria will dare to help Sogu I regain his kingdom.
Not to mention completely controlling Albania, as long as we can control the Strait of Otranto area, it will be a great victory.
For this reason, it doesn't matter if Greece's interests are betrayed.
What? Greece is also an ally? Sorry, Greece is just an ally of the British...
The reason why Mao Xiong and the Yugoslav Federation promoted the Greek Civil War was actually for the same purpose as Austria - the Aegean Sea was of great value to Mao Xiong.
During World War II, the Wooly Bear had reached an agreement with the Turkish Chicken and obtained the right of passage through the Turkish Strait.
So now the only thing that hinders the Mao Xiong 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 is no longer
A little further 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 beginning, and did not hesitate to betray the interests of Yugoslavia, Albania and other European allies to protect Greece.
The Suez Canal is too important to Britain and France. It is the lifeline for them to control their colonies in Asia and Africa.
In comparison, Greece is not that important to Americans. Because of the geographical location of the United States, the Suez Canal is not that important to them. In many cases, they even wish that Suez could be blocked - so that
It means that Britain and France have lost their control over Asia, and the United States has basically dominated Asia.
This is why during the Second Middle East War, when Britain and France tried to maintain their control of the Suez Canal, the United States severely cheated them.
In the original time and space, the reason why the United States replaced Britain to help Greece during the Greek Civil War was simply because the furry bear camp had almost swallowed up the Balkans, leaving Greece alone. The United States did not want the furry bears to dominate.
Only the Balkans can help.
But in this world, due to the rapid rise of his younger brother Austria, the original little overlord of the Balkans was unable to take care of himself.
In this way, Greece means nothing to the United States.
Therefore, both Josi and Austria are confident enough to persuade the United States to give up interfering in Greece.
Since then, a world where only Britain and France are sad has been achieved.
After thinking about it, Claire Wayan conveyed Austria's conditions back to the country.
It only took a week for me to get a reply from Mao Xiong.
make a deal!
But there is an additional condition, which is that Austria returns Belgrade to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and withdraws from the Serbian region.
The Austrian side readily agreed to this. The Serbian region was of little significance to Austria. It was used in exchange for the interests of the Albanian region, and it was a sure profit. Anyway, after this battle, it was completely impossible for the Iron Emperor to become the overlord of the Balkans like in the original time and space.
, it is even difficult to escape the control of the furry bear.
As for Albania’s own opinion? Who cares?
But at the same time, Austria secretly and overtly reached an agreement with the two big bosses, the United States and Mao Xiong.
A special piece of information was placed on the desks of the British and French intelligence agencies through various channels.
The content of this intelligence is about exploring the reasons why Austria possesses super-era technological weapons such as the Mirage 3.
In the intelligence, various clues pointed explicitly or implicitly to a certain area in East Africa.
And in this place, there is only a very inconspicuous small country.
This country is called Wakanda!
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