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    Just as the war in Europe was raging, the companies under the McDonald's consortium were also very busy.  , the war brought a large number of orders, from food to medicine, from steel to weapons, Europeans had almost nothing they didn't want. In order to buy these things, they were even willing to pay hard currency gold instead of the paper currency they were used to.  The doors of the Macdonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, Macdonald Steel, Macdonald Infantry Weapons, and other enterprises owned by Macdonald were overwhelmed with orders from Europeans.  As the person in charge of arms affairs, Donald is very busy these days. According to the plan, he will participate in the signing of a large-scale weapons order project with the French in the morning.  After the war started, the French discovered that they seemed to have a little less heavy artillery in their hands, and it was not just heavy artillery that was missing, but also various transport vehicles.  In the Battle of the Marne some time ago, the Germans relied on their artillery superiority to almost defeat France.  Therefore, the French's attitude towards artillery and their transport vehicles at this time is almost to buy as much as they can.  In addition to artillery, what is more important is artillery shells.  Before the war began, both sides prepared a large number of artillery shells, but no one expected that so many artillery shells would be consumed in this war.  On the front line, due to the popularization of trench warfare tactics and the continuous fortressization of the front line, the effect of infantry charges is getting worse and worse. If the enemy's defenses cannot be destroyed first or a large number of enemy fortifications are destroyed, the infantry assault will be like  It's like dying.  To achieve this, it is necessary to carry out continuous and large-scale artillery bombardment before the attack. As far as the current situation is concerned, if an attack is not prepared for artillery fire for more than an hour in advance, there is simply no possibility of success.  Even though everyone is not so cool now, as soon as the fight started, the French immediately discovered that there were really not enough artillery shells.  Therefore, the French government signed a large contract with Macdonald, involving thousands of cannons with a caliber of 6 inches or more, including thirty 280 mm caliber train guns and four of the latest 380 mm caliber fortress guns.  Of course, there are more various types of artillery shells.  And at this time, the French obviously value delivery speed more, so they are much easier to talk about in terms of price.  "Mr. Armand, happy cooperation!" After signing his name on this larger contract, Donald stood up and said to Armand, the French representative, "In addition, we have some new things, if Armand  Sir, if you have time, we can arrange for you or your representative to take a look. Ah, here is some relevant information. You can take a look first." At this time, a secretary next to Donald wrapped a large document.  Pass it to Armand.  Armand took it, but did not hand it to his secretary, but took it directly in his hand.  This is not surprising, after all, there may be some confidential things involved.  "Thank you very much for your support for us." Armand said, "I believe that our cooperation will become more and more pleasant." At this time, someone brought champagne, everyone drank a glass and left happily.  ¡­ Back to the hotel room, Armand closed the doors and windows and drew the curtains.  Then he returned to the table and opened the package.  There are indeed many basic instructions and quotations for new weapons in the document package. In addition, there is a check in a small bag with a number written on it: one million.  The unit of calculation is US dollars.  According to the promise Donald gave him, he could get 0.5% of the value in the transaction.  This ratio is not high, but considering the amount of the transaction is so large, the benefits are amazing.  "Americans are still really straightforward." Armand thought like this as he put away the check, then picked up the introduction instructions for the weapons and read them On the other side, Donald was also slumped on the sofa, his  His wife Daisy is massaging his head.  In recent days, he has been working fourteen to five hours a day and signed several contracts. He is indeed very tired.  "Honey, what time is it now?" Donald asked. Although there was a large clock in the room, Donald still didn't bother to open his eyes and look.  "It's one o'clock in the afternoon. Why do you have something else to do?" Daisy frowned slightly.  "Yeah, a bunch of British guys." Donald opened his eyes and sat up, "Honey, I have to leave, and it will take me a few days to come back." Donald stood up slowly, and Daisy untied her clothes and hats.  He took off his coat, put it on for him, and put on his hat.  "Goodbye, dear." Donald and Daisy kissed gently and walked out. ?¡­ ?Blows from Alaska through CanadaThe cold wind swept across this large open space on the edge of Lake Erie, raising a cloud of dust.  Brigadier General William Wellesley, the attach¨¦ of the British Embassy in the United States, narrowed his eyes slightly.  "General Wellesley, you see, this is the latest fighter jet we have developed. It can easily knock down German airships. This ensures the safety of the British sky." Donald stood aside and pointed to a biplane.  Introduced to Brigadier General Wellesley.  Brigadier General Wellesley was born into a noble family, and his family produced the famous Iron Duke Wellington.  Even now, their family is still quite influential in the UK.  Therefore, Brigadier General Wellesley received the important position of military attache stationed in the United States at this time.  "Well, it is indeed a very beautiful aircraft." Brigadier General Wellesley looked at the aircraft and nodded.  Compared to other aircraft of this era, this aircraft is indeed quite beautiful.  It used a tall all-metal structure, which was simply too luxurious at the time.  You know, in this era, airplanes and other things often even have the engine mounted on a steel frame, then wrapped with cloth and painted with a little paint.  As for the wings, most of them are made of wood, and some are even just a steel frame, wrapped with cloth and painted with some paint.  "Not only is it beautiful," said Donald, "it also performs much better than other airplanes. You may find it hard to believe that this airplane can fly as fast as one hundred and sixty miles an hour. Compared to the Germans,  The Zeppelin is much faster. "Well, can it fly as high as the Zeppelin?" Brigadier General Wellesley asked.  "This is not easy." Donald said, "The Zeppelin can fly to an altitude of 26,000 feet. It is difficult for an airplane to fly to such a height in a short time. This kind of aircraft can only fly to an altitude of 20,000 feet.  Height." Seeing Brigadier General Wellesley's look of disappointment, Donald added: "But General, you have to know that the Zeppelin can't fly so high at all times when it carries a lot of weapons.  He will never be able to fly so high when bombing. At that time, it will definitely be within the strike range of our aircraft. "So, what weapons do you plan to use to attack them? This aircraft only has one pilot."  Seats, no rear seat gunners, no mounted machine guns?" asked another British officer.  "Oh, that's right. Based on some information you provided us, we know that there are many hydrogen gas bladders in the Zeppelin airship, and the spaces between these hydrogen gas bladders are filled with helium." A technician explained,  "If the news is reliable, the lethality of the machine gun against such a target is very doubtful. After all, the holes that the machine gun can make are too small. For such a big guy, the lethality is completely insufficient. Therefore, we give this kind of  The aircraft is equipped with a more powerful weapon. General, please see, there is an 'air torpedo' hanging under the belly of our aircraft. It can fly in a straight line in the air like a torpedo.  Flying. The power of this 'air torpedo' is equivalent to that of a five-inch artillery shell. As long as it hits one or two rounds, it will definitely be shot down." In fact, there is no hydrogen gas bag inside the German Zeppelin airship.  Filled with helium, this is just a luxury version of the German idea and has never been implemented.  But the British believed it to be true.  Of course, Scrooge knew that this was pure nonsense. In the original history, just a few ordinary bullets from the machine gun and an incendiary bomb could make the German airship burn like a torch.  However, since the British don't know, of course they make more money selling "air torpedoes" than selling machine gun bullets.  What's more, the British can also produce machine guns and incendiary bombs themselves, and they will probably use their own.  Then you will earn even less.  "Your Excellency, General, this weapon can also be used to attack the ground. General, if there are thousands of such aircraft flying on the battlefield, once they find the German artillery group, they will fly over and use it to attack the ground."  If you give them this kind of weapon, the German artillery will simply be unable to fight." Donald also added appropriately. He noticed that after hearing this sentence, Brigadier General Wellesley's expression changed.  The eyes seemed to flicker.  The so-called "air torpedoes" are actually just aviation rockets that the Red Rabbit Kingdom would use once or twice every time during military exercises, and were popular among the people.  The reason why it was given such a lofty name as "Aerial Fish and Mine" was entirely due to price considerations.  Because if they were called rockets, they would be in the same category as ordinary consumable "arrows" and become a bargain.  Although it is always said that aviation rockets are cheap goods.  The price of torpedoes used in naval battles is definitely not cheap. Even in later generations, the price of torpedoes is still much more expensive than anti-ship missiles.  So I named it "Fish and Thunder in the Sky" so that when the price comes up, I can move towards the fish.The price is set in the direction of ?.  The difference here is definitely not small.  "Can you perform for us now?" Brigadier General Wellesley asked slowly.
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